Life is a Game

Since Xia Xia went to Zhiweiju to study Baian, she rarely met with people in Taifeng Building.

Except for Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi's wedding where everyone gathered together, Xia Xia was always absent from the rest of the gatherings.

A video call every day is essential, but a video call is a video call after all, as Ji Xia has become more and more important to the masters of the White Case in Yongheju, the time spent talking with everyone has become shorter and shorter. From the first half an hour a day, to twenty minutes a day, to ten minutes, and the last three to five minutes. Sometimes there are too many people on Jiang Feng's side, and there is not enough time for one person to say a few words, so Xia Xia can only let Xia Xia talk, and then he has to hang up because the meal is over.

Even so, although many people don't quite remember what Xia Xia liked to eat and what she looked like when she first came to Taifeng Building, everyone still pays close attention to Xia Xia.

She is so dazzling.

You don't need to rely on daily video calls, just pay attention to the major domestic competitions related to the white case, and you can know how much Xia Xia has improved in recent years.

Such a white case genius, taught by a famous teacher in a good environment, is really hard not to be outstanding, hard not to be brilliant, hard not to shock the world.

Nine years after Ji Xia left Taifeng Mansion——

Jiang Feng had just arrived at the store when he saw a group of people reading e-magazines on a tablet, and went up to see what they were reading.

Seeing Jiang Feng coming, Zhang Qian hurriedly made room for him: "Master, Senior Sister has won an award again."

"What award?"

"Look for yourself." Ji Yue handed the tablet to Jiang Feng, and began to bury Jiang Feng, "Xia Xia participated in such an important competition, you don't even care if you are his master."

"Xiaxia participates in so many competitions a year, how can I always care about it. Hey, isn't this the highest-level white case competition in China? I was negligent. Lao Sun and Master Sun just left two days ago. I really don't care much. Focus on this." Jiang Feng immediately realized his mistake.

Over the years, Xia Xia has been a madman for participating. She can participate in seven or eight white case competitions a year, and she only chooses those with high prize money.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Ji Yue could only use tsk to express her disgust.

"Tsk, what tsk, Xia Xia even won the gold medal in this competition, and Lao Sun has gone back to reopen the Jubao Building. Now we can point to you and Lao Zhang to bring us some new melons." Jiang Feng decided to make trouble. .

Ji Yue was immediately vigilant: "What new melon? What new melon can Lao Zhang and I have? Unless one of us is cheating, you see which of us has more potential to cheat. Or I'll go and use my dignified Ji family right now. As pickle's second-in-line heir, it makes everyone happy to get a few handsome little fresh meats out of their way."

"Come on, I will give you back the status of the second heir of Ji's pickles, and the status of the first heir, do you dare to take it?" Jiang Feng looked down at the magazine.

Having said that, Ji Yue really didn't dare to claim the status of the first heir of Ji's pickles.

In recent years, with Ji’s pickles successfully mass-produced, launched on the market, and promoted nationwide, not only has its own franchise store sell well offline, but also sell well online. Ji Yue has successfully jumped from a poor Ji Gezi to Taifeng. Lou is second only to the richest woman in the Sun family.

Her mother wanted her to go back and inherit the family business, because her brother didn't want to.

Who would have thought? Ji's pickles, whose annual income exceeds 100 million, the two heirs in line are unwilling to go home and inherit the family property.

Whether Ji Yue is willing or not, her mother can't control her, and if she doesn't want to, forget it. Ji Qiran didn't want to, but he couldn't help him. Ji's mother gave Ji Qiran an ultimatum, and he had to choose between marriage and inheritance of the family business, otherwise his living expenses would be cut off. So Ji Qiran resolutely chose to inherit the family business, and went home to learn pickles with Ji's mother and grandma Ji, from a handsome programmer with short hair to a pickle chef with short hair soaked in a pickle jar.

What does this incident show?

Explain the importance of economic independence.

Ji Yue is now the new leader of the service industry in Taifeng Building, with a monthly salary approaching six figures, and if she says she can't go home and inherit the family business, she won't go home and inherit the family business.

Of course, this is all off-topic. Since I have said so much off-topic, it is better to say a little more.

In the past few years, with the rise of the domestic catering industry, it may be that the turnover of Taifeng Building has increased year by year, which makes others jealous, or it may be that the courtyard near the Li family where the Jiang family lives now makes colleagues look jealous . Countless capital has poured into the Chinese food market, and many culinary competitions with lucrative bonuses have been added.

Under such a general trend, not only red cases are blooming everywhere, but even white cases, which have always been unpopular and only Zhiweiju is struggling to support, are showing signs of prosperity.

In the end, Gu Li followed the old path he mentioned earlier, and has been restoring the long-lost Baian dim sum in ancient books. It's just that his road has been much smoother than others imagined, and he has achieved great success.

Xu Cheng was not optimistic about Gu Li, because he felt that Gu Li had been following the path of others, even the dim sum in the restoration of ancient books was his master's old path.

No one thought that Coulee would really find his own path on the road to recovery.

According to the ancient books, he restored the dim sum similar to the one in the book, and then improved it according to the new methods added later, adding different ingredients, and developing new flavors or more palatable snacks without changing the general tone.

Big hit.

Four years ago, Gu Li ranked 57th in the famous chef list, a very ordinary ranking, which is already considered good among white chefs. In the past four years, Coulee has not stopped the pace of recovery and improvement, and his influence has gradually expanded. Even Japan, South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries have many loyal fans of his dim sum.

Everyone guessed that this year, Gu Li will definitely be ranked in the top 30, maybe even the top 20, breaking the record for the highest ranking of a white case chef in the national record.

To this day, when someone mentions the culinary competition in which Coulee was first, Jiang Feng was second, Zhang Guanghang was third, and Wu Minqi was fourth, no one would gossip behind their backs and say that Coulee's first place is not real. , Why did he beat Jiang Feng.

Those who used to chew the tongue of Gu Li back then, except for Sun Jikai, who has suffered setbacks and depression for 30 years in Hedong and Hexi in the past 30 years, and worked hard to catch up with the road, the others have long since disappeared from everyone, and even their names have been forgotten by everyone. forget.

Zhao Shan and his ilk have long been forgotten by everyone.

Speaking of Zhao Shan now, does anyone know who he is? Ling Guangzhao may still have a little impression. After all, this is his former employee, but he has already fired him.

Babaozhai is now a well-known restaurant in Beiping City, and it has high requirements for the quality of chefs.

"I didn't expect Xia Xia to win this kind of competition." Although Jiang Feng was a layman in Bai's case, it didn't mean he didn't know about these domestic culinary competitions.

The Good Taste Cooking Competition is held year after year. He will serve as a judge every year for Boss Han’s face. Xu Cheng also generously used the "Zhiwei" interview as a championship gimmick, which made the Good Taste Cooking Competition recognized as the highest-level chef in China. art competition.

Of course, this culinary competition is biased towards red cases.

There are also culinary competitions specially held for Chef Bai, such as the one Xia Xia won this time, which was newly established in the past few years, and it is only the fourth edition.

The history is not rich enough, but it has great influence, because this is the highest prize money in the pure white case chef competition, and many white case masters who are short of money will join in the fun.

Not every chef is as rich as the chef of Taifeng Building, like Roland who owes a huge amount of money for some reason, and has worked miserably in the top restaurant for seven years before paying off the debt, slapping his ass and leaving, returning to his old club to continue There are not a few migrant workers who are chefs.

"That's right, our Xia Xia is a genius, this kind of competition is a small case!" Ji Yue looked proud, and those who didn't know thought Xia Xia was his apprentice.

Jiang Feng was still reading the magazine, so Ji Yue spoiled him first.

"Guess what Xia Xia won the championship snacks?"

"What?" Jiang Feng asked, but his eyes had already caught it, "Fresh meat mooncakes. It's not surprising, although fresh meat mooncakes are common, but they actually require a lot of skill and skill, and it's very difficult to make them really well." , It's normal to win the championship with this dish, what's wrong?"

"You go on and read the interview after the game."

Let's look down, and the first thing we see is the picture of Xia Xia winning the championship.

A noble and glamorous face that is not inferior to Wu Minqi's back then. I don't know if it's because she was nervous in front of the camera or something. There is no smile on her face, and she looks a little serious, with the feeling of a big boss rushing towards her.

Compared with Wu Minqi's domineering boss, Xia Xia is more like the arrogance from the flower of Gaoling because of her appearance.

Even though he had already realized that his big apprentice was not the kid Ji Xia who only knew silly music, Jiang Feng still couldn't help sighing in his heart about the magic of time.

Time has made his big apprentice almost become the leader of the white case industry.

Jiang Feng saw Xia Xia's post-match interview.

is a video.

E-magazines really have more tricks.

Reporter: "Master Ji, is it convenient to ask? Why did you choose fresh meat mooncakes as the competition dish in the final of this competition? You have never chosen fresh meat mooncakes as the competition dish before this time. This time you choose this dish before the Mid-Autumn Festival What is the meaning of the dish?"

Ji Xia: "Because this is the dish my master taught me."

Reporter: "Oh, so that's the case. May I ask which master from Yongheju?"

Ji Xia shook his head: "It's not the master of Yongheju, but the only master I worship, Master Jiang Feng of Taifeng Building."

Jiang Feng was stunned, and so were the reporters in the video.

"Master Jiang Feng in Taifeng Tower? Is it... a recent apprenticeship? But we haven't heard that Master Jiang has accepted apprentices recently, and Master Jiang doesn't seem to be very good at white cases. Master Ji, can you tell me what it is? Is the situation?" The reporter quickly reacted and realized that this was a shocking melon.

People in the culinary circle who knew Jiang Feng earlier basically knew that Ji Xia was Jiang Feng's apprentice. These years, he just went to Yonghe Residence to learn art instead of apprenticeship, but people outside the circle didn't know.

Jiang Feng and Ji Xia never talked about this matter to the outside world, mainly because they had no chance to talk about it. Jiang Feng was notoriously bad at white cases, and no one would associate him with Ji Xia.

If Xia Xia became famous a few years earlier, there might still be careful reporters to report her past. But she actually became famous in the past two years, and she hasn't been on the list of famous chefs. Because of her high-altitude appearance and amazing competition record, she became popular in the culinary circle, and some even went out of the circle.

At the present stage, the reporters are only digging deep into Xia Xia's love experience and this kind of lace news. There are also some unscrupulous reporters who have noticed that Xia Xia has a bad relationship with her parents and want to make a big fuss. Jiang, who has been paying close attention to such trends The family pressed down.

News reports are fine, as well as gossip news, but the direction of the report must be positive, even if it is gossip news, it must be about Xia Xia's beauty, otherwise the Jiang family, Xu Cheng and Boss Han will be the first to refuse.

Xu Cheng has acquired a lot of magazines and periodicals related to gourmet tourism in recent years, which can be regarded as a unified gourmet paper media industry, although most of the publications are now electronic journals.

"No, I worshiped Master as my teacher eleven years ago." In the video, Ji Xia looked blank, but in Jiang Feng's eyes, he was a little nervous, which made his facial expression out of control and appeared indifferent.

Jiang Feng suddenly remembered what Xia Xia told him during that New Year's greeting.

"I also want to become as good as you. I want to be your apprentice, and my senior sister."

So now Xia Xia feels that she did it, right?

"So, Master Ji, what you mean is that the meat mooncakes were taught by Master Jiang Feng eleven years ago, not by these masters in Yongheju." The reporter grasped the topic.

"That's right." Ji Xia nodded, and suddenly looked at the camera, "I've been practicing fresh meat mooncakes all these years, every day, without a day's rest."

Jiang Feng looked at the tablet and smiled.

He returned the tablet to Ji Yue.

"Look, congratulations to the player [Su-style Mooncake (Fresh Meat) Grade B] for completing the advancement, and upgraded to [Su-style Mooncake (Fresh Meat) Grade S], please go to the menu bar to view the corresponding tutorial."

The sudden sound of the game notification sound really startled Jiang Feng, and his whole body trembled.

To be honest, these years the game has become more and more like a tool to assist Jiang Feng in checking the finished product. Although the buff dishes are good, Jiang Feng's other dishes are not bad. In addition to the fact that the skill of appraising is very useful, the rest of the game is already very intense for Jiang Feng.

And since the end of the final known as the showdown of the century, Jiang Feng has never received any mission from the game, whether it is the main line, the branch line or the hidden one.

Now the only task left in the task bar is [Big Flower's Wish]. Even the tasks related to the thirty-seven letters that Jiang Feng thought were the most difficult were completed last year.

He also read the rest of the memories that he didn't read. With his current strength, there is no recipe that he got from memory that can make him feel amazing and challenging, not even Jiang Chengde's.

Today, Jiang Feng can proudly say that he will surpass Jiang Chengde one day, maybe he has already surpassed it, or it may be in the future, he will definitely.

"Why are you so surprised?" Ji Yue was taken aback by Jiang Feng's shock.

"It's nothing. I'm going to the bathroom. Look." Jiang Feng slipped away.

Ji Yue:?

If she remembered correctly, Jiang Feng hadn't run through the toilet in such a hurry for many years.

Would she like to remind Qiqi to take Jiang Feng to the hospital for a check-up. There might be something wrong with this man over 30.

Jiang Feng slipped into the toilet, opened the property panel where he hadn't seen for a long time, and only realized what was going on after seeing the prompts about advanced dishes.

There are two recipes for Soviet-style mooncakes, one with fresh meat and one with salt and pepper. In recent years, Jiang Feng has been involved in white cases most of the time, making fried noodles and egg noodles. The difficult challenge of fresh meat mooncakes has never been involved, so much so that he forgot that these two recipes can be upgraded.

There are two upgrade conditions, making this dish more than 10,000 times and making A-level finished products more than 100 times.

The master can share the number of times the apprentice cooks. Jiang Feng has never made fresh meat mooncakes in these years, and he has only made them less than ten times after getting the recipe.

This means that Xia Xia has made more than 9,990 fresh meat mooncakes in the past nine years.

On average, more than a thousand times a year, three times a day.

Combined with basic practice and normal business, this is a very scary number.

And Xia Xia would make fresh meat mooncakes every day just because Jiang Feng taught her this dish.

Jiang Feng silently closed the attribute panel, only feeling a little sore in his nose, and something seemed to blur his vision in his eyes.

Jiang Feng took out his cell phone and called Xia Xia.

It's not the agreed time to talk, but he can't control it anymore.

"Hello, Master." Xia Xia answered the phone immediately.

"Xia Xia, where are you now?"

"I'm on the high-speed rail. I just finished the game yesterday, and I'm taking the high-speed rail back to work today." Xia Xia said.

"I saw your game report today. Congratulations on winning the championship. Our Xia Xia is really extraordinary now, and we all look like masters." Jiang Feng said with a smile.

"Of course, my junior sister was in the top 80 of the famous chef list last time, and you are now the first in the famous chef list, master. Of course I can't embarrass master and junior sister." Ji Xia said cheerfully, "I will definitely be able to enter the famous chef list this year. Recorded, it will definitely rank in the top sixty!"

"I also saw your post-match interview."

Xia Xia suddenly fell silent.

"We all want to try your fresh meat mooncakes, and want to know what the mooncakes that won the gold medal taste like."

Xia Xia still didn't speak.

"You are already excellent, Xia Xia, come back."

"good."

The voice on the other end has choked up, still the same as when I was a child.