Life is a Game

When Jiang Feng, Lu Sheng, and Peng Changping walked into the box together, everyone stared at them in unison, and even Chef Arnold quickly shifted his gaze to them.

What made Jiang Feng feel a little uncomfortable was that he felt that Chef Arnold was staring at him longer than Peng Changping. Chef Arnold's eyes were switching back and forth between him and Peng Changping. When Jiang Feng began to try to observe Chef Arnold's eyes and expression carefully, he found that his eyes were not as hostile and aggressive as he thought before.

On the contrary, there is firmness and satisfaction.

It was as if he had seen something that satisfied him, even some joy.

Chef Arnold is indeed a mysterious man.

Others looked at the three of them more uniformly, with SOS written in everyone's eyes. From their point of view, Chef A Nuo came here uninvited, Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng escaped one after another, and now they dragged Peng Changping over directly. They must have found the most important person to deal with this uninvited guest.

Then everyone looked at Peng Changping and smiled at Chef Arnold, and Chef Arnold nodded to Peng Changping, just like normal friends. Peng Changping walked straight to Chef Arnold, sat beside him, and chatted with him in English very naturally.

"When did you come?" Peng Changping asked.

"Just arrived." Chef Arnold said.

"Have you seen the little apprentice I'm going to accept? What do you think?" Peng Changping couldn't wait to show off. It was really difficult for him to take a young apprentice and find someone he knew to show off to.

Chef Arnold's expression was a little complicated, a little unhappy and a little happy. This kind of extreme opposite expression didn't seem like it could appear on a human's face.

"It's okay." Chef Arnold's happiness overcame his unhappiness when he said this.

Although Peng Changping felt that Chef Arnold's expression was a bit weird, he didn't know Chef Arnold very well, they just had a relationship with him. He thought that he might not be able to manage his expression well on weekdays, so he didn't care too much.

The door opened, and five waiters walked in with five dishes, and put the dishes on the table in order. Because the boss and big customers are both present, everyone’s expression management is very good. Although they are very distant but seem very friendly smiles on their faces, their movements are decent and unified without making any noise. , Never procrastinate and try to add drama to yourself.

"Spiced fish."

"Yellow braised shark's fin."

"Phoenix egg."

"Grilled Fish Maw with Crab Fillet."

"Emerald Double Vegetables."

Of the five dishes served first, except for braised shark's fin, spiced fish and phoenix eggs, the rest were all Jiang Feng had never seen before, and phoenix eggs were still seen in his memory. Jiang Feng had long heard that the hidden menu of Yongheju was very rich. Even if there were many dishes that were not on the menu, as long as the old diners had connections and experience, they could still order these hidden dishes when they invited the chef to come. However, the chef of Yongheju may not come to the door once or twice a year, and Jiang Feng has never seen it even though he has entered the interior.

Jiang Feng hadn't seen it, but it didn't mean Xu Cheng hadn't.

"Phoenix eggs, I feel like I haven't seen this dish for many years." Xu Cheng looked surprised when he saw the phoenix eggs. If it wasn't for Peng Changping's silence and chopsticks, one of the phoenix eggs might have already entered his bowl .

"There are a lot of dishes today, and everyone came to my apprentice banquet specially because of friends to save me. When serving the dishes, I don't pay attention to the order. I hope you will not be offended. Don't be stunned. It's ready, wait until the dishes are cold, you can't wait for good dishes, eat quickly." Peng Changping greeted.

Everyone moved their chopsticks one after another.

Jiang Feng had been thinking about the phoenix egg for a long time. As expected, his chopsticks met Xu Cheng's chopsticks on the same top-grade phoenix egg with tender and attractive egg skin, which looked like elastic and breakable skin.

This is undoubtedly a good egg.

Jiang Feng and Xu Cheng looked at each other, and just for a moment, Jiang Feng used his Jiang family's instinct of grabbing food at the dinner table, and acted first, even before Xu Cheng had time to react, he picked up the food quickly, ruthlessly and naturally. The phoenix egg, which they all looked at at the same time, was directly put into their mouths without even putting in a bowl.

Xu Cheng:? ? ?

Jiang Feng bit open the phoenix egg.

burst.

The tongue just touched the surface of the egg skin, and the teeth had already bit off the dumpling. The juice tightly wrapped in the fish ball splashed in the mouth. The warm and even hot seafood-flavored juice scalded Jiang Feng's tongue Shrinking, almost couldn't hold back subconsciously spit out the dumpling.

Fortunately, he held back.

This dumpling is small, but the ingredients are very rich. The outermost layer is fish balls made of hammered fish meat. The filling is filled with a mixture of diced cuttlefish and bamboo shoots, and there is a whole fresh shrimp. I don’t know. What kind of cooking method is used, the juice is very rich, and it tastes like the sea.

Such a small egg contains so many ingredients, it is indeed a phoenix egg.

There were only a dozen or so phoenix eggs on a plate, not many, Jiang Feng calculated that one per person was just right, so he didn't stretch out his chopsticks to eat other dishes.

Chef Arnold saw that Jiang Feng and Xu Cheng's first chopsticks were both holding phoenix eggs, and he followed suit. I have to say that as an orthodox American, Chef Arnold made pretty good chopsticks, holding them firmly. The hit hits the target without any clumsiness.

Then Chef Arno got burned too.

Although he hid it well, Jiang Feng could still see it.

"Fengfeng, Chef Arnold has been watching you." Wu Minqi reminded in a low voice.

In fact, Jiang Feng had noticed it a long time ago, because he had been watching Chef Arnold.

"I feel like he doesn't pay much attention to Zhou Shi." Wu Minqi continued.

Jiang Feng nodded in agreement. It stands to reason that Zhou Shi should be the protagonist of this apprentice banquet, after all, he was the lucky one who was accepted. As a result, because of Chef Arnold's intrusion, everyone was paying attention to Chef Arnold, and Chef Arnold kept staring at him, and no one paid attention to Zhou Shi at all.

Zhou Shi is also used to not being noticed, and eats quietly without saying a word.

27 dishes, a normal table is absolutely unable to accommodate so many dishes.

Everyone eats while eating, and eats while removing. The more famous dishes that are delicious at first glance, such as braised shark's fin, Arhat prawns, sunflower duck, etc., can be removed after a turn on the table. According to people's heads, dishes such as stewed blood swallows in clear soup are also served on the table, that is, CDs.

After eating the last few dishes, everyone couldn't eat anymore.

It's not that the food is not delicious, it's just too much.

Except for the two warriors Han Guishan and Ji Xia, basically everyone else can only put regret on their chopsticks, find a comfortable position to slump, stare at the remaining dishes on the table, and occasionally sit up straight with some courage Take a bite with chopsticks and then return to the previous paralyzed state.

When Ji Xia first started to eat, he would ask a few questions about what this dish is made of and why it is so delicious. After eating, he might find out that he couldn’t remember it even if he asked, and he wouldn’t know Ji Xia if he remembered it. I didn't ask any more questions, just like Han Guishan, I concentrated on eating hard, and I should eat more because I was still growing up, and soon I was on par with Han Guishan in terms of appetite.

It was probably the first time that Han Guishan met his opponent at the dinner table, and the opponent was a tall little girl, so he immediately became competitive. At the beginning, Han Guishan would care about how much his son ate, and helped Han Youxin pick up the food, but then he just forgot about his son—mainly because his son was full, and devoted himself to fighting with Ji Xia for the throne of the most edible diner today.

In the second half of the meal, everyone watched Han Guishan and Ji Xia eat.

It stands to reason that Chef Arnold, born and bred in the United States of America and No. 1 in the food waste list, should have the potential to compete for the championship. After all, he is a strong man who looks like he can compete with the Jiang family. eat. I don't know if it's because he likes to keep healthy or because he can't eat anymore, Chef Arnold withdrew from the battlefield very early, and looked down at his phone like every young man who participated in a boring meal.

When Ji Xia finally couldn't eat anymore and Han Guishan narrowly won, the eating part was considered over.

The focus of apprentice banquets has never been on eating.

Take Jiang Feng's apprenticeship last year as an example. Although the participants did not have a bite of food from the beginning to the end, the apprenticeship was considered complete. Because there are all the steps that should be done. Serving tea, drinking tea and accepting disciples, there is no shortage of steps in the process that should be followed.

There was no tea served in Zhou Shi.

If Peng Changping wanted to accept apprentices when he was young, it would have been very grand. Not only would he have to invite hundreds or eighty people to hold a banquet, but he would also invite someone similar to a master of ceremonies to preside over the final ceremony of offering tea and accepting apprentices. Today is different from the past. Today's Peng Changping doesn't like such a big scene. Although he has not accepted apprentices for many years, he knows the steps of accepting apprentices very well. It is completely different from Jiang Feng who was a little nervous when accepting apprentices for the first time and the tea served by his apprentices. .

Peng Changping gave Lu Sheng a look.

Lu Sheng immediately understood, and ordered the waiter outside to come in and quickly remove the empty plates, and serve melons and fruits for tea. Under the doubtful eyes of several guests who didn't understand the link and thought they would have another round of food, led by Han Guishan, Zhou Shi stood up.

He finally became the focus of the audience.

Finally, someone discovered that the clothes he was wearing today were very formal, an improved dress similar to a gown but simpler and more convenient to wear.

These are definitely not clothes that a supporting role should wear. Chef Arnold, who has been staring at Jiang Feng, is finally willing to turn his attention to Zhou Shi. When he obviously hasn't reacted yet and looks at Zhou Shi suspiciously, the real apprentice banquet finally here we go.

Tea.

Small venue, even a little simple and crude. Just at the edge of the dining table, Zhou Shi stood up, moved the chair, bent down, and respectfully handed the tea to Peng Changping.

Peng Changping took the tea with a smile, took a sip, and nodded at Zhou Shi with a smile.

Chef Arnold looked at the two with question marks on his face.

"Master." Zhou Shi said.

"Um."

It's like a warm apprenticeship scene.

The only disharmony was that Chef Arnold, who was sitting next to Peng Changping, who had been full of doubts, suddenly changed his face and exclaimed.

"Master?!"