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Chapter 241 Zodiac Signs ([-])

The proprietress was a little shy, and a blush appeared on her well-maintained face. Under Yu Jian's teasing gaze, she said slowly, "I'm from Suzhou City, and I came to Shanghai in my twenties."

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to her husband who was still busy in the kitchen, and smiled happily.

The husband is not from a wealthy family, but he is hardworking and not afraid of hardship. So for so many years, although the couple have been busy working for a small shop, they have not suffered much. Last year, they even bought a wedding house for their son.

But when it comes to Su City, the proprietress always has a little regret.Since this store opened, the number of times I go back has been much less, even if the high-speed rail is only [-] minutes away.Later, her parents passed away one after another, and there was no one waiting for her to go home by the Gusu River, so she gradually lost her mind.

The wind of the gourmet competition suddenly blew through the streets and alleys of Shanghai, and the proprietress saw a familiar figure on TV——Su Pai master Zhang Guoping.

The Zhang family is a pastry family, and masters the intangible cultural heritage pastry technology of Suzhou City—the making of boat pastry, which is the most important part of pastry in Supai boat dishes, and has a long history.

Suzhou City has been a water city since ancient times. Since ancient times, there have been boats, sand boats, light boats, fast boats, cruise ships, etc. Dozens of hulls can be found everywhere, and many of these large ships are equipped with "kitchens".

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, local businessmen liked to hold banquets on cruise ships, tasting delicious food, viewing the scenery, and negotiating business at the same time. The boat cuisine gradually flourished at this time.With food and wine, you can't be short-hearted. The chef is well versed in the psychology of the diners during the banquet, and made crystal clear and lifelike desserts in the shape of flowers, plants, insects, birds and animals to please the diners.

Yu Jian was engrossed in listening...

At first, she only knew that the pastries of Suzhou Pai were famous, but she didn't know the true meaning. In addition to the Soviet-style crispy mooncakes she had eaten, there are so many foods full of history and tradition.

"Zhang Guoping also has an older sister named Zhang Aiping. She is really my idol." The proprietress smiled, "You have to know that strength is the key to being a chef, so few women learn to cook. But Zhang Aiping is not It's the same, the first-hand boat dishes are better than anyone else, and they were invincible in the entire Suzhou city back then."

"Then why didn't you see her appear this time?" Yu Jian asked.Looking at the entire participating teams, there are really only a handful of women. In the red case, she also made it to the end alone. In the white case competition, except for the old aunt of the Ning faction, the master is all big men.

Standing there, you can overwhelm everyone with your momentum.

The proprietress sighed: "I'm sick, and I retired a few years ago..." Her tone was full of sobs, and she gave Yu Jian a sideways glance, which seemed a little bit teasing to her, "Otherwise, how could it be your turn to be a little girl?" The girl won the championship~"

Uh……

Ok.

Yu Jian silently touched the tip of her nose.

Before leaving, the proprietress still did not forget to take care of Yu Jian: "Remember to ask Master Zhang for an autograph, and then greet his sister for me... I don't know if I will have the chance to eat the boat made by the Zhang family again in this life." Vegetables..." Muttering to himself.

Yu Jian stood by the side of the road for a long time, watching her close the small sliding door, pick up the empty bowl left on the table, and walk towards the back kitchen with windy steps.Another person opened the sliding door and yelled as soon as they entered the room: "Miss Boss, it's the same..."

Among the hustle and bustle, there is a lot of ashes in the world.

……

"What do you think of my proposal?" In the lounge, Master Li Chao of Guangling looked at the silent crowd.

He is the "little boss" unanimously elected by everyone, so he naturally has to undertake the work of overall management, which is not difficult for him.

"But... if it is the ship point of the Su Pai, it can't highlight the different characteristics of each place?" Zhang Guoping of the Su Pai raised doubts, "It's not fair to other masters."

Everyone comes to participate in the competition, and they all want to win. If we only focus on the Supai Ship Point, won’t the characteristics of other regions be buried?

He wants to win, but he doesn't want to win by stepping on others.

The rest of the masters remained silent, but their silent attitude undoubtedly agreed with Zhang Guoping's statement.

Li Chao smiled "puchi" and nodded to a few people: "You guys, you are all very old, why are you still so stubborn? I mean to use the boat point as the main tone, but I didn't say no. You play?"

What do you say?
Everyone raised their heads in unison, staring at him intently.

Li Chao just smiled and said nothing.

Instead, Bai Yu pondered over and over again, and found a clue: "Master Li, what do you mean to say, we only take the shape of the ship's point, and we still follow our own way?"

clever!

Li Chao nodded gratifiedly at him, "That's right. Supai boats are exquisite and beautiful, but the materials used are actually very limited. They are all based on inlaid powder and matched with different fillings to make shapes. We all make For the white case, it is not difficult to make an animal, flower and bird."

The crowd suddenly realized.

Hearing Li Chao's detailed explanation of the plan bit by bit, he couldn't help admiring him again.

Bai Yu felt that his trip to Shanghai was really the right one.

He has also participated in many competitions in Taiwan Province. Not to mention how intriguing, everyone has a lot of small thoughts.Especially in a team competition like this, who wouldn't want to show off?

Master Li Chao, is his workmanship bad?

That can be regarded as a superb skill.But in this kind of team competition, what he thinks about is how to give full play to everyone's greatest strengths, integrate all strengths into one, so as to obtain the most ideal results.

This kind of resourcefulness, this kind of mind, he doesn't know about others, but Bai Yu admires him anyway!

"Several masters, do you have any thoughts on the choice of pastry shape?" After solving the keynote, the most important thing is the beauty.

Master Ning Pai is the only woman among the twelve. Although she is a little old, she still speaks in a soft and sticky Jiangnan style. , swans, rabbits, etc., it’s not unusual.”

The mobile phone in his hand was stretched out at the right time, and the picture on the picture was enlarged. Sure enough, there was a fish, a rabbit, a peach, a persimmon and a little white goose inside a small square plate.

The size of a baby's fist, all of them are crystal clear and have an oily luster.

"I have an idea." Master Zhan of the Cantonese School suddenly said, and suddenly smiled "hehe", making it clear that this idea is not...very ordinary...

"Why don't we just make the most famous 'zodiac sign'..."

Everyone petrified.

"What?" Everyone's facial expressions made Master Zhan hesitate again, "If it doesn't work..."

"Okay! Why not!" The masters who came back to their senses quickly answered.

Once these twelve animals came out, who would dare to compete with them?
(End of this chapter)