Hearing this, Zhang Tianxiang's whole face darkened.

In the past, he only thought that the heart of the black-hearted shopkeeper was black, but he didn't expect this guy's mouth to be so damaged.

"Shopkeeper, it's about to start the competition, you, the protagonist, don't make preparations, what are you grinding your teeth with a few of us idlers here?" Zhang Tianxiang, who had a black face, couldn't help but complain.

"The emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry? What else do you need to prepare for such a small scene?" Xu Yang replied with a smile.

Although he said so, he still had to prepare what he should prepare.

If nothing else, at least the ingredients must be prepared in advance of the trial.

Xu Yang ran to the vegetable market and took a turn.

I bought a few ingredients in this humble vegetable market, and went outside the city to dig up some yellow mud, and then returned to the return inn, picked up a bag of charcoal, took the other three guys, and walked to the cross street of Changhe County.

Xu Yang looked confident, but the faces of the other three guys showed a little sadness.

Xiao Yu glanced at the things that several of them were carrying in their hands, and said with some worry: "Brother Yang, will these things we prepare be too simple?"

Zhang Tianxiang, who originally trusted Xu Yang, was not very calm at this time, "Yes, shopkeeper, this is not a joke, if we lose today's competition, then our brothers will be embarrassed." ”

Yesterday was so high-profile, and if they lose too ugly today, then their faces will be gone.

Of course, there is another sentence that Zhang Tianxiang held back in his heart and did not say.

If you lose the competition, it is not only a matter of shame, but also a loss of money.

He didn't want to take out the forty taels of silver that he had just covered in his pocket and pay it to others.

"Yes, Brother Yang, why don't we go back to the vegetable market and have a look?"

"Hehe, don't worry about it, against an opponent of the level of Yuelai Restaurant, these things are enough. Xu Yang smiled and comforted.

He is an excellent graduate of the Fresh Winter Recipe Chef major, and he has crossed over from the modern society where the mouths of customers are raised.

If he couldn't even deal with the indigenous chef of a small ancient county town, then he would simply use the piece of tofu he had just bought to kill and pull him down.

Of course, if there are any high-end ingredients in this market, he doesn't mind buying a little spare.

But the crux of the matter is that in a society where most people are content with self-sufficiency, you have to be very lucky if you want to buy any rare high-end ingredients in a small county town where you can't even buy spices.

It's a pity that Xu Yang's luck today is not too good.

In addition to the poultry and fish and some common vegetables that are sold every day in the vegetable market, there is only one wild quail left, which is considered a relatively high-end game.

However, Zhang Tianxiang was still not very relieved, he said bitterly: "Shopkeeper, you once said that modesty makes people progress, pride makes people backward, and at critical moments, you can't be proud and complacent." ”

Today's competition is a major matter related to face and the money in his pocket, and Zhang Tianxiang feels that no matter how cautious he is, he can't be too cautious.

It's a pity that Xu Yang was not moved at all.

He scolded with a smile: "You kid don't talk about those useless things, if you say that my confidence is gone, wait for you to be sent to the game?"

Zhang Tianxiang immediately chose to shut up.

No matter how much this black-hearted shopkeeper has, in terms of cooking skills, even with his eyes closed, he is ten thousand times stronger than him.

When a few of them arrived at the cross street in Changhe County, they were taken aback by the scene in front of them.

I saw this familiar cross street, which was already full of people at this time.

Men, women, old, young, missing arms and legs, you name it.

"My mother, why are there so many people here?" said Erdan in surprise.

At this time, Zhang Tianxiang also widened his eyes and said: "I just said why didn't I see a few people on the way here, it turns out that everyone came here." ”

Xu Yang was also a little speechless, he didn't expect that a simple cooking competition could attract the attention of so many people.

However, thinking of his parents' generation in his previous life, in order to go to a neighboring township to watch a black and white movie, Xu Yang felt relieved again.

Love to watch lively, this is the nature of Chinese people, no matter which dynasty or generation.

Especially in this era of serious lack of entertainment programs, whenever there is a little wind and grass, it can immediately attract a large number of onlookers.

A competition like theirs, which involves three hundred taels of silver as a bet, is even more eye-catching.

When the news first spread yesterday, many people decided to come and watch it.

After the hard work of some well-intentioned people, this spread of ten, ten and hundred, only one night later, this matter in Changhe County is almost to reach the point of household name.

In this way, not to mention the ordinary people who love to watch the excitement, even the officials and men who are on errands in the yamen were shocked by this incident.

No, the catchers and officials who were on duty in the county government office today were sent to the cross streets early in the morning to maintain order.

Xie Zhutou, who was directing the officials to maintain order at the scene, happened to see Xu Yang and others coming out of the alley.

He ran in front of Xu Yang in three steps and two steps, wiped a handful of sweat and said, "Brother Xu, you are here, let's go, I'll take you inside first." ”

He really loves and hates Xu Yang now.

This kid is good, but he is too good at tossing.

I had a fight with those guys from the Shahe Gang just the day before yesterday, and I got this one again today.

Tossing back and forth like this, he, the head catcher on an errand in the yamen, is not only tired physically, but also mentally tired.

No, those guys who were waiting around the cross street early in the morning to watch the excitement saw that Xu Yang, the main protagonist of the competition, had never appeared, but they made a lot of noise for this.

If Xu Yang and the others don't show up again, Xie Zhutou feels that he is about to be unable to suppress those blind guys.

Because there were too many onlookers, even if Xie Zhutou opened the way in front, Xu Yang and the others had a lot of effort to squeeze in from the crowd.

Fortunately, early in the morning, the officials came to maintain order, and although the cross street was overcrowded, there was still a large open space in the crowd for them to use as a place for the competition.

The crowd of people in Yuelai Restaurant have been waiting here for a long time.

Steward Cai, who was scolded by Zhang Tianxiang yesterday and couldn't reply, became arrogant again today.

When he saw that Xu Yang and the others were late, he immediately sneered: "Yo, how many of you finally showed up? I thought you had secretly run back to the countryside overnight." ”