The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s

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Tong Jiaming had chickenpox all over his face, but fortunately he had a strong willpower, so he couldn't bear to scratch it no matter how itchy it was.

It takes about two weeks for the chickenpox to fully heal, during which time he has been on leave at home.

Tong Jiaxin didn't get sick after staying at home for a few days, and soon went back to school to attend classes.

Before Tong Jiaming's chicken pox recovered, the cooking competition was suddenly advanced.

I heard that there is a Chinese American who will return to China to visit relatives in two months. This Chinese American is very unusual. He is a translator for the Chinese Translation Office of the United Nations.

Hua Guo resumed its seat in the United Nations in 1971, and all Chinese documents produced by the United Nations must be approved by this translator. In other words, his status is very special and high-ranking.

The superior department has issued an order, and the reception work must be done well.

Because of the urgent time, the cooking competition was moved forward.

Tong Xuelu was taken aback when she received the notice, but fortunately she has been preparing for this period of time, and it is not considered a battle without preparation.

On the day of the competition, Tong Xuelu took Guo Weiping to the Red Star Hotel.

That's right, the venue for this competition is set at the Red Star Hotel.

Because the grade of the Red Star Hotel is high enough, and the venue is big enough to accommodate many people.

For the Red Star Hotel, this is another advantage. Competing in a familiar environment, there is a natural sense of superiority in my heart.

For Tong Xuelu, the Red Star Hotel is the biggest opponent in today's competition.

When we came to the Red Star Hotel, some of the participating hotels had already arrived, and Tong Xuelu came neither too early nor too late.

However, her arrival still attracted everyone's attention. First, she was the only second-tier restaurant to participate, and second, she was the only female chef and manager.

In addition, she is so young and beautiful, it is impossible not to attract everyone's attention.

"Manager Tong, you are here, everyone was talking about you just now!"

Tong Xuelu pursed her lips and smiled politely: "Really? I don't know what everyone is saying about me?"

A man said: "Everyone is guessing what dish Manager Tong will present in this competition? Shouldn't it be Malatang and beef balls? Hahaha..."

As soon as the words came out, people around laughed.

Tong Xuelu's expression was light upon hearing this.

This is to use psychological tactics to make her angry and make her collapse, so that she can't stabilize her mind during the game.

It's a pity that she is young, but her mentality is more stable than many people present.

Seeing that she didn't blush or get angry, the man who spoke couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Some people could not help admiring her for being so calm, no wonder she was able to be the manager of a restaurant at such a young age.

As time passed bit by bit, the leaders who were judges today came over.

There are three judges in the Ministry of Commerce, one of whom is Minister Lin.

The Municipal Foreign Affairs Office also has three judges, in addition to an old gentleman.

The old man looked about seventy or eighty years old, with a white face and gray hair and eyebrows, but his complexion looked very good, and he sat there with a smile on his face, very kindly.

During the introduction, he was only introduced as Mr. Gao, but the introducer did not say what his identity and origin were.

Everyone's eyes fell on Mr. Gao, and they all speculated about his origin.

None of the people present knew it, let alone Tong Xuelu. She just took a look and put her mind on the game.

The competition is divided into three groups and the order of the competition is determined by drawing lots.

Tong Xuelu drew number ten and was assigned to the third group, which was the last group to participate in the competition.

The gong was sounded to announce the start of the game.

The first group of four hotels began to enter the tense competition.

Tong Xuelu watched the others play with ease.

Among the masters in the competition, some were nervous and flustered and made mistakes from time to time, while some had good psychological quality and performed very calmly.

Tong Xuelu watched with relish, but Guo Weiping beside him was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

"Manager Tong, I'm afraid."

Tong Xuelu turned her head and saw Guo Weiping's face turned pale: "Why are you afraid?"

Guo Weiping was so nervous that his teeth chattered: "When I think that I will go up later, so many people will stare at me, I feel very nervous."

Tong Xuelu: "Comrade Guo Weiping, you are overthinking. You are just a helper. They don't care to look at you. If they want to look at you, they want to look at me."

Guo Weiping: "..."

Tong Xuelu: "Is it better now? Are you still nervous?"

Guo Weiping nodded: "It's better, but I'm still nervous."

Tong Xuelu: "Come on, take a deep breath with me, inhale...exhale...inhale, relax, inhale with your stomach, not your chest."

Guo Weiping followed her to breathe, his stomach bulging and deflated.

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The people around noticed them and were all at a loss.

What is this doing?

People who didn't know thought they were having a baby.

After a few breaths, Guo Weiping relaxed a little, but at least he was not so nervous that his hands and feet trembled.

Tong Xuelu: "If you're still nervous later, just stand aside and don't move."

He is so nervous and easy to make mistakes, she would rather spend a little more time by herself.

Guo Weiping looked apologetic: "I'm sorry, Manager Tong, I'm really useless!"

Tong Xuelu: "Knowing that you are useless is not too bad, so try to make yourself useful."

Guo Weiping nodded like pounding garlic.

The content of the competition is to cook two dishes, meat, vegetarian or dim sum, free choice.

However, at this time, most people will choose to cook meat dishes. After all, there is relatively little room for vegetarian dishes, and dim sum as a dessert after a meal is not valued in this era.

After an hour and a half, it was time for the first group to compete.

All the master chefs stopped cooking, and one of the master chefs broke two dishes because of nervousness, and later made a mistake in the ingredients, resulting in the second dish not being ready.

The master master looked downcast, knowing in his heart that he was out of luck.

Then the dishes of several master chefs were served one by one, and the seven judges began to taste and score.

Each judge had 10 points in hand, and in the end, Master No. 3 in the first group got the highest score, with a total of 50 points.

When Master No. 3 came down, his face was flushed with excitement.

Then came the second group, and the master chef of the Red Star Hotel was in the second group.

Tong Xuelu's attention was immediately focused on the chef of the Red Star Hotel.

As she guessed, the master chef of Red Star Hotel participated in the competition this time with fried crab butter and fermented bean curd meat, which are the restaurant's specialties.

The master chef of the Red Star Restaurant is worthy of being the descendant of a family of chefs. He has the style of a general. As soon as he goes on stage, he forgets everything around him and concentrates on the food.

On the contrary, it was the master's assistant who looked rather smug. That assistant looked to be in his twenties, with handsome facial features, somewhat similar to the master. He might be the son or relative of the master.

Watching the chef cook is a pleasure.

Tong Xuelu watched this scene with admiring and learning eyes.

After about half an hour, the first dish of fermented bean curd meat was made.

Fermented bean curd meat is a dish made of pork belly and fermented bean curd. It is not difficult to make, but it is not an easy task to make it full of color, flavor and taste.

Pork belly plus fermented bean curd, if not done well, it is easy to make the finished product look dirty and greasy.

The finished fermented bean curd meat made by the master chef of Red Star Hotel is bright red in color, as if coated with a layer of red light, and it can be seen from a distance that it is soft and rotten, fat but not greasy.

Once the dish is made, it is quickly served to taste.

Another half an hour later, the second famous dish, fried crab with butter, was ready.

The crab roe is fragrant and glutinous, and the color is bright. After it is cooked, a tantalizing aroma hits the nostrils, making everyone present swallow their saliva.

With such a strong opponent, the other contestants in the second group were under great pressure.

Not surprisingly, when the scores came out, Red Star Hotel got the highest score of 67 points.

The total score was 70 points, and the Red Star Hotel scored 67 points. The people present couldn't help but burst into an uproar.

"No need to compare, the first place must be the Red Star Hotel!"

"I think so too. The Red Star Hotel is indeed a time-honored brand. I heard that they were founded in the 19th year of Guangxu, and have a long history!"

"I also heard that there are still many recipes in their hands, which are the painstaking efforts left by the ancestors of the Yang family."

All kinds of flattering voices kept coming from my ears, and some people looked at her from time to time, obviously thinking that it was impossible for her to win today.

Tong Xuelu didn't seem to hear the voices around her, her face remained calm.

Guo Weiping was so nervous that he was about to faint.

He looked up and saw Manager Tong's calm look, as if he had been given a reassurance. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down slowly.

Soon it was the third group's turn.

Tong Xuelu brought Guo Weiping to her competition platform.

She asked Guo Weiping to check with herself whether there were any problems with the materials, side dishes, spatulas and other tools. If there were any problems, she should bring them up now.

Otherwise, when the game starts, it will affect your own scoring.

Fortunately, no one dared to do anything on this occasion. After confirming that there was no problem, she began to cook.

Her dishes for the competition today are eight-treasure glutinous rice duck and steak.

The eight-treasure glutinous rice duck is to cater for the Chinese stomachs of the judges present, and the steak is to stand out.

This is the dish she settled on after thinking about it.

To entertain foreign guests, making steak is one of the necessary skills.

In later generations, many foreigners are attracted by Chinese food, but in this day and age, the world still doesn't know about China, let alone Chinese food.

When foreign guests come to Huaxia, they are not used to Chinese food, and they will eventually choose the cuisine of their own country.

So whether the restaurant that entertains foreign guests can cook steak is very important.

She actually used a tricky method, but she never tires of cheating, she doesn't think she did anything wrong.

Everyone can understand how to make eight-treasure glutinous rice duck, but when making steak, many people present look at each other in blank dismay.

What is a steak?

Beef? Can it be eaten?

Only Mr. Gao, who had been silent in the judges' seat, had his eyes flashed.

Tong Xuelu didn't care about other people's eyes and voices, and focused on the food.

The main ingredients of Babao Glutinous Rice Duck are duck, glutinous rice, lean meat, mushrooms, mushrooms and raw duck kidney.

The duck is slaughtered in advance, and the glutinous rice is also soaked in advance, so you can start to do it as soon as it comes.

An hour later, a crispy baked eight-treasure glutinous rice duck is ready.

The skin of the eight-treasure glutinous rice duck is crispy. After the skin is broken, the rich oil juice shoots out from the inside, and the tantalizing fragrance quickly permeates.

The eight-treasure glutinous rice duck was carefully moved to the plate, and the duck was cut open with a knife to reveal the ingredients inside, making it more fragrant.

The people present swallowed subconsciously when they smelled the fragrance, and their stomachs seemed to growl.

"It's so delicious! This taste is not inferior to the fermented bean curd meat that Red Star Restaurant just made!"

"I think it is better than fermented bean curd meat. After all, fermented bean curd meat is too monotonous. There are only pork belly and fermented bean curd!"

"I think so too, look how good the roasted duck is, I really want to have a bite!"

The master and apprentice of the Red Star Hotel immediately sank when they heard everyone's words.

Several judges took a piece of duck with chopsticks and put it into their mouths. The duck skin was crispy and the duck meat was tender and smooth. Wrapped with glutinous rice and eaten with other ingredients, the taste was even richer.

Makes people want to eat again!

Then Tong Xuelu made a few more steaks, namely medium-rare steak, medium-rare steak and well-done steak.

When the steak was ready, the people present were in an uproar again.

"What is Manager Tong doing? Did you see that the beef still has blood on it, can it be eaten?"

"It's too eager to be unconventional."

"That is to say, it seems that the time-honored brand is more stable!"

When the other judges saw the bloodshot steak, they didn't dare to do it.

At this moment, Mr. Gao said: "How does Manager Tong know that this steak can be cooked undercooked?"

Tong Xuelu said with a smile: "I forgot which book I read, it said that foreigners drink blood and bare hair, I think since they like to eat half-cooked, then I will give it a try."

In fact, this is completely nonsense, but she really can't explain why she knows how familiar she is without such nonsense.

You must know that it is not allowed to read foreign books in this era, so she can only talk nonsense.

Mr. Gao obviously didn't believe her words.

However, someone knew that her target was a scientific researcher, so they guessed that she might have learned about it through the mouth of the expert at the base who returned from the United States.

It's just because the other party's identity is quite special, so I didn't say it directly.

Mr. Gao explained to everyone: "When I was young, I would study abroad, and I once ate western steaks. Their steaks taste like this. Manager Tong can make such delicacies at a young age, which is really admirable! "

When the other judges present heard this, they realized that they were sitting on the sidelines.

In order to show that they are not a frog at the bottom of a well, they boldly tried steak, and followed Mr. Gao to give the highest score.

With a total score of 70 points, Tong Xuelu scored 68 points, one point more than Red Star Hotel!

As soon as the results came out, everyone present was in an uproar, and the master chef of the Red Star Hotel threw up his sleeves and left in anger.

"Congratulations, Manager Tong, Manager Tong is indeed the best among young people!"

"The green is better than the blue because of the blue, we can't do it unless we admit defeat!"

Tong Xuelu expressed her gratitude to everyone humbly, and she was very happy.

If you get the first place, it means that you can get an upgrade and a salary increase, and the hotel can also install a telephone.

That's great!

**

The news that Tong Xuelu won the first place in the competition spread quickly.

The business of the state-run restaurant is even better, and it can be described as hot.

After the two brothers and sisters Sun Wuyang and Sun Manrou heard the news, their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.

Sun Manrou: "Third brother, Comrade Tong is too good, I think I'd better quit."

Sun Wuyang said: "Why do you always like to say such frustrating words? You don't have to worry, I have a solution."

Sun Manrou's eyes lit up: "What way?"

Sun Wuyang said: "The Red Star Hotel we participated in this time should have won the first place, because Tong Xuelu won the first place because of a trick, and the master chef of the Red Star Hotel is very unconvinced."

"The master's son, Yang Guojie, is a friend of my friend. I have asked my friend to tell him to pursue Tong Xuelu. If he can pursue Tong Xuelu, the recipes in Tong Xuelu's hands will belong to their Yang family. , and no one will compete with them for the first place in the future.”

Sun Manrou raised her eyebrows: "Will that Yang be willing to do this?"

Sun Wuyang said with a smile: "That's for sure. He's been going to the restaurant every day for the past few days, as long as they have contact. When we say in front of the Wen family that she is promiscuous, I don't believe it." Guihui doesn't mind!"

Sun Manrou almost couldn't help laughing: "You still have a way, third brother."

"of course."

Tong Xuelu noticed that the apprentice of the master chef of the Red Star Hotel had come to the restaurant to eat every day since the game.

She didn't care at first, but he always talked to her in a pinch, and said he would take her home.

Tong Xuelu didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so she directly said that she was going to report to the Public Security Bureau, and the other party restrained herself.

After Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin found out, the two brothers took the initiative to pick her up after get off work.

After Wen Rugui knew that she had won the first place, she finally got a leave of absence and came back a week later.

The day he came back happened to be Uncle Zong's birthday, so Tong Xuelu was going to go to Wen's house to cook a table of delicious food for Uncle Zong.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached the gate of the military compound, she was stopped by Yang Guojie and Sun Manrou.

Sun Manrou looked aggrieved: "Comrade Tong, how can you play with Comrade Yang's feelings?"

Tong Xuelu frowned: "What are you farting? When did I play with his feelings?"

Sun Manrou: "Why not? Comrade Yang goes to your restaurant every day. Many people have seen you talking and laughing!"

Tong Xuelu: "Have you lost your mind or been trapped by the door? If you are sick, remember to take your medicine. If you talk nonsense, I will report you two to the Public Security Bureau right now!"

It was the time to get off work at noon, and many people gathered around when they heard the quarrel.

Sun Manrou was very proud when she saw everyone gathered around, and she said righteously on the surface: "Comrade Tong, don't deny it anymore, you can't make a slap. If you didn't agree, why would Comrade Yang go to your restaurant every day?"

Tong Xuelu twitched her mouth, walked up to Sun Manrou, raised her hand and slapped her face heavily with a "slap".

"Listen, is there a slap in the face?"

Sun Manrou was stunned.

The onlookers were also dumbfounded, how can you beat someone when you beat someone?

Sun Manrou felt a burning pain on the left side of her face: "Comrade Tong, you are really going too far, I..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a car stop at the gate of the military compound.

The car door was opened, and a man in military uniform stepped out.

Sun Manrou took a closer look, and cried out loudly: "Grandpa, you have finally come to Beijing, I was bullied so badly..."

Grandpa?

Everyone was surprised again, could this be Commander Xiao, the Army Commander of the Northwest Region?

He should have come to support Sun Manrou, right?

Sun Manrou rushed towards Commander Xiao's pear blossoms in the rain.

Unexpectedly, when she was about to touch him, Commander Xiao stretched out his hand to push her away.

Sun Manrou was pushed back two steps and almost fell to the ground.

Sun Manrou:?