Cooking Girl on Fire: All the beautiful men come to the bowl

Chapter 377 Grand Opening Ceremony

The sunshine in September has a soft warmth, not as hot as summer, not as vibrant as spring, and not as short as winter.The sunshine in autumn is warm, full, and full of harvest. Therefore, this year's MasterChef Competition chose to open in the season of fruitful harvest.

This competition was held in the Eastern Empire.Because the Eastern Empire is located on a plain, with abundant grass and water, relatively developed agriculture, and rich gold mines in its territory, the Eastern Empire is extremely rich, and the opening ceremony of this contest was also extremely prosperous.

The opening ceremony started in the morning. At first, it was a two-hour grand parade. All the parade cars were loaded with various delicacies, and distributed to the residents who came forward to ask for it along the way.

Walking in the front of the parade was a huge cake-shaped parade car. Leo Dongfang, the lord of the Eastern Empire, stood on top of the giant "cake". It was rumored that he had been ill for a long time and would basically not attend grand events. , this time it was beyond everyone's expectations.At the same time, the residents of Iphilia City also clearly found that their king's spirit was quite hale and hearty, and he couldn't see the slightest sign of illness, so they couldn't help being happy.

You must know that only when a country has a powerful monarch can the people live a stable, peaceful, and prosperous life. In the past few decades, under the leadership of Leo Dongfang, the Eastern Empire has been thriving. , the common people are relatively rich, so how can they not support Leo Dongfang?

Behind Leo Dongfang's parade car was a parade of royal relatives. Surprisingly, this time, it was not Princess Christina who followed Leo Dongfang at the front, but the youngest brother of the king. Tai Wu? Orient.Although Christina was not far from them, she was standing in the second parade car behind the king.This made many people suspicious. Has Princess Christina's status as a national reserve been shaken?
In the parade car behind, sat some royal ministers, Nandi's father Nance Reis sat in the third car, and with him were his daughter Nancya, and Nancya's partner, Jay Erfei.Since the last Youth Magic Contest, something has changed in Nancy's heart, and so has Delphi.After returning, Jeffy changed his previous attitude, directly expressed his love for Nancy, and launched a fierce and romantic pursuit. Now Nancy has agreed to the pursuit of Jeffy, and the two have become A happy couple, soon to be married.

The parade was full of people, and it was as long as a street. During these two hours, the lord Leo Dongfang had been standing on the cake cart, waving and smiling at the people. This time, his prestige immediately returned to the previous one. Heyday.

At the same time, people's discussions also reached the ears of those who were marching.

"The lord is so young!"

"That's right! Who said that the king is old and is about to establish a successor? I think the king is still very young, and there will be no problem in working for another 20 years!"

"Yes! Do you think the king will continue the string?"

"So what about the continuation? You don't want to think about it! If the toad wants to eat swan meat, please look in the mirror first, okay?"

"What's wrong with Xiao Xiang? Maybe the king likes me like this! Oh, look, the king is looking this way! He's waving at me!"

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People talk more or less with a little bit of politics, and they also talk about who the State Reserve Board is and who will lead them to tomorrow.For ordinary people, this is nothing more than a little gossip about life, and they will forget it after speaking.But when some words reach certain people's ears, the meaning is not so clear.

At this time, Christina was sitting in the parade car, looking at the lord in front of her and her uncle who had disappeared for many years and appeared suddenly just a while ago, feeling very uncomfortable anyway.

Her fists were clenched so tightly that she didn't even notice that her nails were embedded in her flesh. The face she stared at the king was a little hazy and even more ugly.

"You wait for me!" Christina cursed secretly in her heart, "The throne and this empire will be mine, they must be mine!"

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At this moment, Ai Xiaomi and his party have also arrived in the city of Iphilia.A few restless elements in the line were excitedly watching the scene where all the streets had been decorated, and they ran to the parade from time to time to ask for something to wrap their stomachs.

For such a lively scene, Ai Xiaomi has not felt it for a long time, especially seeing the little dragon girl in her arms quacking happily, she felt a sense of joy in her heart.At this time, Ai Tiantian already had a lot of delicious food and toys in his hands, but there were not many that could really make her eat.It's not because the food distributed by the parade is not tasty, it's because this little guy eats top-quality delicacies every day, and his appetite has long since grown.

This time, Ai Xiaomi brought no more than five people with her.The five people are: Nandi, Findan, Anhao and Richard.

The reason why I brought Fandan was because Deirddan had entrusted him to let him get in touch with the human society more and accumulate more experience in interacting with human beings.

The reason for bringing An Hao is because this young fox boy belongs to the master in the dungeon, and he needs to handle many management matters. This time, he was brought here to visit the Eastern Empire and learn from its good factors.

I brought Nandi because he has been traveling around for the dungeon business in the past two years, and he has hardly returned home.It stands to reason that the exit of the dungeon is within the territory of the Eastern Empire, but Nandi has hardly stepped into the house in the past two years.Even if he returned to Iphilia City a few times, he always dealt with things first, and then had a meal at home after finishing, and then hurried back to the dungeon.

Now in the camp of the dungeon, apart from Nandi, Luxor and Findan, the rest are either the natives of the dungeon, or the relocated current residents like the fox clan and the dark race, and the dungeon is them s home.So Ai Xiaomi can ignore them and let them stay in the dungeon, but they can't let Nandi and the others stay in the dungeon because of this incident.Sometimes it is appropriate to come out and relax.

Furthermore, home is still an important element in Ai Xiaomi's mind.

The reason why Luxor was not brought out was because that guy was going to appear on the rostrum as a guest of the Xifei Empire, so he did not appear by their side.

As for Richard, in order to be able to move forward with Ai Xiaomi this time, he spared no expense in sponsoring the construction of the dungeon project. I heard that after Richard invested, the dungeon treasury had a full tenth of its gold reserves.

I heard that after the two-hour parade is over, the opening ceremony of the competition will begin, and the opening ceremony will be followed by the preliminary round. Ai Xiaomi and the others simply followed the parade. Anyway, the last parade is You have to go to the competition square.

Along the way, Ai Xiaomi found that the Eastern Empire has changed a lot in recent years, not to mention the streets and scenes, the most obvious thing is that the people have become richer, their faces are glowing red, full of A happy expression, rarely see someone with a depressed face.

What is the reason for this?Could it be because the rulers of the Eastern Empire have worked hard in the past two years?

Ai Xiaomi doesn't care about this, it has nothing to do with how her nominal father does and how he does.Even if they might meet each other today, she would only treat him as a stranger she didn't know.

The parade is coming to an end, the parade is gradually approaching the central square, and there are more and more people onlookers. Gradually, people can see the scene of a sea of ​​people, and the people at the front of the parade car have also entered the center of the square. He sat down on the rostrum arranged in the middle.

The two-hour parade opened An Hao's eyes. He followed the team and sighed: "God! In these two hours, the food distributed alone is worth tens of thousands of pounds. How much does it cost?"

"Brother An Hao, you still have a lot to learn!" Richard stroked Jinbian's eyes, looked forward with a gentle face, and said in a deep voice: "If I guess correctly, we will walk to the side of the square in a while, You will definitely see a lot of stalls, and the delicacies sold on those stalls will be the delicacies distributed by the parade just now."

"Really?" An Hao looked at Richard, and then at Ai Xiaomi, who gave him a wait-and-see expression.

Gradually, they also came to the central square.As expected by Richard, all kinds of venues needed for the competition have been set up in the center of the central square, and there are a lot of spectator areas on the periphery of the venue, and a lot of stalls around the spectator area.And most of the stalls are selling food.

For the food competition, choosing to sell some food at this time is definitely the most correct choice.

"I see!" An Hao patted the back of his head, and suddenly realized, "No wonder that when the food was distributed in the parade just now, everyone could only receive one, and some could only receive half. To attract everyone's appetite, so as to attract people to come here to buy, thereby stimulating purchasing power and promoting economic growth."

Ai Xiaomi nodded in satisfaction, and knew that it was right to bring An Hao out. This guy not only has brains, but also has a heart. As long as he has a heart, he will pay attention to everything he does, and he will learn from others' strengths for his own use.

"However, Richard." Ai Xiaomi looked at the crowded booth and greeted.

Although it was said that the food was distributed in limited quantities at that time, after all, the variety is huge, and a small order of each item is enough to fill you up, so now there are not many customers in front of those stalls.After all, the competition will last for a week, and the Eastern Empire is waiting for the follow-up stage.But at this time, several stalls were extremely full.

"What?" Richard smiled slightly, he really liked this smart woman more and more.

"You have stretched your claws long enough, and you've even come to the Eastern Empire to do business." Ai Xiaomi turned her head to the crowded stalls and motioned Richard to look over there.

Richard smiled slightly, and replied with satisfaction: "Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared! You know, my money has been saved like this."

"You? Just you?" Several people around wanted to complain at the same time.Just this money sucker, this vampire, this squeeze maniac, does he still save every penny?
"Oh, let me tell you, it's all thanks to Xiaomi that the macaron you invented is so delicious." Richard said happily.

"I didn't invent that." Ai Xiaomi replied calmly, "I just improved the formula to make the taste more contrasting."

"Is it just a matter of taste?" Richard and the others muttered slightly, and glanced at the best-selling macarons at their stall at this time—four-color macarons.

His people can't make this kind of four-color macarons.All of the things he sells now are stock obtained from Ai Xiaomi.It is already difficult to make an ordinary macaron alone, but Ai Xiaomi was able to improve the four-color macaron. The area occupied by the four colors is even, without smudging, and without crossing the boundary. What ordinary chefs can't do.Not only are the colors gorgeous, but these four-color macarons also have four flavors. The outer skin is crispy and the inner strength is smooth, which is absolutely unique.

When he begged from Ai Xiaomi, he spent the cost of one amethyst coin.But now that he can sell a 1 amethyst coin, which is a full 15 times, he can make a lot of money.

Just as Richard was thinking, they had already reached the center of the square.Because only contestants were allowed to enter the preliminary round, Nandi and the others had to stay outside and wait for her. However, with Richard's methods and abilities, it was very possible to find a position near the front with a good view.

Ai Xiaomi bid farewell to them for the time being, and prepared to enter the arena with Ai Tiantian in her arms.

A waiter at the entrance stopped her: "Young lady," he was about to call "Miss", when he saw the baby in Ai Xiaomi's arms, he immediately changed his words, "Ma'am, are you here to compete? Excuse me Show your eligibility."

A red light flashed, and a badge appeared in front of the waiter. After seeing the badge, the waiter immediately nodded and let him go.After Ai Xiaomi entered, the waiter smiled slightly, and said to the colleague opposite: "See, there are really everyone in this Master of Cooking competition, and there are even some who bring their children to the competition. When we are here in kindergarten Is it?"

"Ha! I bet she won't even make it past the primaries and will bring the baby home!"

"However, it's good to see her looks. If she participates in a beauty pageant or something, she might get a ranking or something."

"Hahaha!" The two men continued their work while laughing.

Of course, after the start of the competition, these two people soon understood what it means to "be careful not to look at people by their appearance" and what it means to "laugh at people, they are not as good as people".

Ai Xiaomi naturally wouldn't mind other people talking about it behind her back, or rather, she had already developed the habit of turning a deaf ear to such people.If she cared about what everyone said about her, then she wouldn't live.

Ai Xiaomi was a latecomer. Not long after she came in, the venue became quiet.The venue did not open stoves and other utensils, and it seemed that cooking was not required for the primary election.

As soon as Ai Xiaomi came in, she found a place and sat down quietly. Ai Tiantian seemed to be sleepy at this moment, and she snuggled into Mummy's arms and closed her eyes.

As various voices came out from the magic radio, the opening ceremony of the competition officially began.In addition to the speech of the king, several guests also exchanged greetings, and then introduced the judges, and the representatives of the judges took oaths and so on.A series of lengthy procedures made everyone drowsy.

Although Ai Xiaomi sat there quietly, her eyes were searching for a figure.She was waiting for that person, who could be called her opponent - Ian Berry.

However, Ai Xiaomi searched every corner, but did not find Ian Berry.Thinking of this, a frown could not help but frown on that beautiful brow.

Ian, are you still awake?
Do you want her to fight alone until the end?
Just when Ai Xiaomi was thinking for a while, that party finally announced the start of the game.The whole morning has passed, and the remaining half day is the time for today's primary election.

"All contestants, all contestants!" The host's voice finally came from the rostrum, and all the contestants couldn't help looking up at the rostrum.

"Dear contestants, since the number of applicants for this competition exceeds any previous one, there are as many as a thousand people. Therefore, after discussing with the Chefs Association this time, our organizer decided that cooking will not be held in the primary election. Instead, there will be two rounds of competition. Please listen to the rules."

"What? No more cooking?"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Could it be asking about cooking knowledge? I'm an amateur, so I'm about to be eliminated in the preliminary round?"

After hearing the host's words, people started discussing immediately, but the host over there didn't wait for the discussion to finish before starting the next talk.

"This preliminary competition is divided into two rounds. The first round is a quiz on cooking knowledge. Each person has only one question. Those who answer correctly will enter the second round, and those who answer incorrectly will be eliminated directly."

"Oh my god! This rule is too harsh!"

"Yeah, if you accidentally give the wrong answer, you'll lose your chance!"

"This is so unfair!"

These people only talked about it, but they didn't listen to the host's next words more carefully, so that they didn't know what the second round of the test was and how to test it.

Of course, few people who like to complain when others read out the rules can make it to the second round of primaries, and even if they do, they will definitely not pass the primaries.

These people didn't hear clearly, so Ai Xiaomi couldn't hear clearly.The supporter said just now that the second round of primary selection is to find ingredients. Everyone who passes the first round of primary selection will get a note. As long as they can find the ingredients marked on the note within the specified time, they will pass the test.

Ai Xiaomi didn't care about whether the ingredients were easy or hard to find. Her heart was always on Ian Berry at this time.She didn't believe that Ian Berry would not abide by their agreement, but at the same time, she knew that cultivation was a process that could not be rushed.

However, seeing that Ian Berry didn't come, I was still a little disappointed.

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(End of this chapter)