Time passed little by little, and Ju Xialou became stronger and stronger under the joint development of the three special chefs, Chef Abei, Le Yuan, and Mira. The hall downstairs of Kiku's house alone has expanded several times. The current Juxialou can be said to be one of the best restaurants in Sichuan and even in the country.

Just waiting for the return time to come, Le Yuan was not idle, with the legendary kitchenware in hand, Le Yuan made the canned food, with the reputation of the chrysanthemum downstairs fairy, the canned food suddenly opened the market, and the chrysanthemum downstairs also increased a lot of weight in the eyes of the imperial court.

At the same time, with the help of Mira, Le Yuan's sense of smell has made a major breakthrough.

Extraolfaction (Note: No. 6510 After years of culinary training, with the help of the Spice Empress, the awakening of the superolfactory sense can judge the taste of a dish just by smell. ）

Watching the more and more powerful Ju go downstairs, Le Yuan was still not satisfied, he was going to leave here after all, and he didn't know if there was a chance to return to this world, so he wanted to leave enough capital for Ju downstairs, just because of this idea, Le Yuan practiced this little master fiercely, this future Ju went downstairs to take charge of the kitchen, and the little master complained several times that Le Yuan deliberately corrected him, as if he would not have a chance to teach him again in the next moment.

A week before the return, a news reached Ju Xialou that a new chef was coming to take over Ju Xialou. In order to keep Ju downstairs, Le Yuan has already discussed with Chef Abbe, and he will go to a cooking competition with the new chef to decide the ownership of Ju downstairs.

Three days passed quickly, and the three days of Juju going downstairs to the chef in charge of the kitchen and the men who helped from the front store were all in trembling, afraid that when the new chef would come.

On the morning of the fourth day, Kiku's downstairs opened as usual and opened for business. Just as Le Yuan began to prepare for the day's work, suddenly there was a shouting and scolding from the front store.

When Le Yuan came to the door of the front store, he saw that the little master led Ju downstairs and a group of people were confronting each other, the little master was very excited, and his face was flushed and he was arguing with the leader opposite, "Shao An, you are the new chef who came to take over, you dare to go back to Ju downstairs, Ju downstairs is not welcome scum like you." ”

"Hey...... What a change here! It's been two years, and time flies so fast......" Shao An didn't seem to hear the noise of the little master, and watched Ju go downstairs by himself.

"Shao An, listen to me, everyone downstairs won't admit you guy."

It seemed that he had finally seen the little master, Shao An said indifferently, "You look quite energetic, little ghost!" “

Hearing Shao An's title, the little master was angry, and stared at Shao An like this.

After confronting each other for a while, Shao An said impatiently, "I'm here to take over as the chef of Ju downstairs, where is the dead old woman of Shi Niang?" ”

Just when the little master wanted to fight with Shao An, Le Yuan had already come behind him and held the little master with one hand, "That's enough, after all, he was arranged by the court to take over as the chef, and there is no way to solve the problem by force." After appeasing the little master, he said to Shao An, "I am the one who is in charge of Ju going downstairs now, and this cooking competition is also up to me and you." ”

"It's you, it's been almost five years, since the first day you were led into the kitchen downstairs by the master, I think you are a talent, two years ago you caused me to leave the chrysanthemum downstairs, I have a lot of forgiveness for you, why don't you follow me now, I will hand over the position of sous chef to you, the two of us together, will be famous all over the world." Shao An didn't seem to regard Le Yuan as an opponent, but persuaded Le Yuan.

The little master on the side couldn't help but roar, "Enough, Shao An!" Senior Brother A-Yuan is the youngest special chef in history, no matter what, with his skills, how can he give you a hand. ”

"Hmph, you little devil is still like an iron pot, and it is hot all at once...... But you have to know that it's not just him who is a special chef, there is still a gap in strength between special chefs, and I don't care about people like him who have just become a special chef. ”

Just when the people on both sides began to hold back their anger and wanted to start fighting, a voice with official authority overshadowed all the noise, and the people on both sides calmed down at once.

"Stop both of you!" When everyone looked at the comer, they saw Master Abbe, who had never been seen, walking in with a man in official uniform.

"That's Admiral Lee?"

"Oooh... Admiral Li is finally here...! ”

"What Admiral Lee?"

"He's the minister of food who has been in charge of the imperial diet in the palace for many years! He is the number one in the field of medicinal food! ”

"This time, he was the judge of the cooking contest downstairs! He will come up with a question, then taste it and decide the winner! ”

Amid the discussion of the surrounding crowd, Admiral Li spoke, "Le Yuan, Shao An, I know everything about you clearly, but the purpose of my trip is to complete the appointment of the new chef...... Those who fail are permanently disqualified as chefs! This is also an iron rule that has remained unchanged since the opening of Juxialou, and this is the case in every spraying competition. ”

After a pause, "So...... This contest is mapo tofu, this theme is fair to both of you, this is not ordinary mapo tofu, but fantasy mapo tofu! ”

Fairness is indeed fairness, whether it is me or Shao An has eaten that mapo tofu, the key is whether you remember that taste.

Admiral Li seemed to be recalling something, and said, "This is ten years ago...... At that time, I was an ordinary soldier, and again, I was ordered to send orders from Beijing to Sichuan, and when I completed my mission, I was exhausted! In the end, I collapsed in front of a restaurant on the outskirts of the village, and my stomach could barely swallow anything in the face of extreme fatigue and hunger... However, the store brought out mapo tofu, but the plate of mapo tofu was incredible...... My hungry stomach didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and the taste of it made my hand holding the bowl unconsciously speed up! In just one moment, I killed three bowls, and devouring them was not enough to describe the situation. ”

Admiral Li reminisced with a look of intoxication, "Even today, ten years later, I still can't explain that deliciousness... If I had to put it into words, I can only say that it was a wonderful taste ensemble of tofu and meat! I really want to taste the wonderful taste of the magic mapo tofu again, ordinary mapo tofu should be the ultimate pursuit of five flavors... And the magic mapo tofu that you two special chefs are going to make today is a combination of six flavors... The time of the competition is set at noon today, with a time limit of two hours, think about it, maybe the answer lies in you, so Master Abbe, let's talk about the handover of chefs. ”

Ju went downstairs to the kitchen, Mira and the little master all gathered around Le Yuan and asked, "Six flavors in one magic mapo tofu, Ah Yuan, do you know what it is?" "Actually, this dish, whether it is me, Ah Yu or Shao An, should have eaten it, Ah Yu, you should remember it, Admiral Li's prompt." Le Yuan replied with a smile. "All three of us have eaten it, and the chef who can make the magic mapo tofu is the one my mother has cooked?" The little master looked at Le Yuan in surprise. "Well, Ah Yu, you go and bring the yearbook, what should have happened when Admiral Li came to Sichuan ten years ago, if it's right, you will know after reading the yearbook, I should be able to reproduce that magic mapo tofu, so if Shao An also makes it, then let's see who can make that mapo tofu even better." "Ten years ago, what happened, what could be like this, so the secret of mapo tofu?" Ah Yu looked at the contents of the yearbook ten years ago. "Just look at it, I'll use this magic mapo tofu to guard Hao Ju downstairs."