flstandardbreds Chapter 369: Ladder of Progress
Chapter 369: Ladder of Progress
"You can also learn secretly!" Wan Yuyue came closer with a gossipy look on her face.
“Ahem!” Yun Yongyuan covered his lips with his hands and coughed twice. “Brother Nie is very insightful. Didn’t we learn how to cook from the chef? Have you learned it?”
"That's true..." Wan Yuyue laughed dryly and stared at Nie Xiuqi in curiosity.
Zhao Xiaojing thought that everyone was the same. She laughed to herself and pretended to be calm while waiting for Nie Xiuqi's next words.
"Braised pig head with bean dregs is a Sichuan dish. I learned most of it secretly, but there are still some things I haven't figured out, so I won't do it anymore." Nie Xiuqi paused, feeling quite embarrassed.
"Oh! You haven't figured it out yourself, so you plan to teach it to your junior sister and let her figure it out!" Wan Yuyue nodded, and was immediately pinched by Zhao Xiaojing.
Nie Xiuqi lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Okay, I'm quite interested in this dish, but let me figure out Mrs. Song's fish soup first. It should be ready soon, and it's very close to yours." Zhao Xiaojing said.
"Yeah." Nie Xiuqi nodded and said nothing more, automatically returning to a low-presence state.
The three of them spent the rest of the time cooking their own dishes. Zhao Xiaojing watched from the side for a while, pointed out the shortcomings, and then set an alarm for herself and sat in the front living room. She entered the virtual space under the pretext of checking the accounts and started making Song Sao's fish soup.
When the two dishes, the braised pork elbow and the magical duck, came out of the oven one after another, the three of them were surprised again.
"I thought this pork elbow was amazing last time, but I didn't expect it to improve so quickly!"
"And how did this stewed duck get so transformed?!"
"What's in your head? You eat the same thing every day, so why are you so smart?"
"After eating it carefully, I found that the sauce of this pork elbow is even better."
"No, why are you still caring about the elbow? This duck has made great progress! Didn't anyone force her to ask where she went to learn from others after get off work?"
Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue exclaimed in surprise again. Although Nie Xiuqi stood still as a mountain, his shrunken pupils betrayed his shock.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at the two of them helplessly. She tried to interrupt several times but failed. After a while, the two of them calmed down.
"Do you have any comments? I'm not proficient enough at the moment. If there's anything wrong, just tell me and I'll practice more." Zhao Xiaojing finally spoke.
"Yes, what did you grow up eating? Let me eat something too!" Wan Yuyue bowed to Zhao Xiaojing in a pretentious manner.
"Do you have any specific method to review your work every day when you get home? What specific aspects do you review?" Yun Yongyuan said seriously.
These two are acting in a double act! Zhao Xiaojing complained silently and looked at Nie Xiuqi, but saw that Nie Xiuqi was also staring at her, as if he was really waiting for Zhao Xiaojing to share some secret method.
Zhao Xiaojing: …
Forget it, I won’t ask anymore. At least the results of my practice during this period have been recognized.
It’s better to use the system to identify it yourself.
……
"System, draw the lottery." After finally getting rid of the three people and returning home, Zhao Xiaojing lay powerlessly on the bed.
I can't count on my companions anymore, I've got to rely on the system. I haven't used the 2 coins I got from upgrading yet, but maybe I can draw a recipe or some step to advancement.
【Congratulations on getting the physical custom coupon X 1! 】
[Congratulations on receiving the Oil Fume Invulnerability Potion (after using this potion, you will be permanently immune to the damage caused by kitchen fumes to your skin, respiratory tract, and hair) x 1! ]
[Congratulations on getting an exclusive upgrade coupon (can be used to upgrade any system item by one level) x 1! ]
[Congratulations on getting a custom router (only one is needed to cover the entire store, with no delay or lag) X 1! ]
After deducting the five 5 2 0 system coins that were drawn repeatedly as usual rewards, there were four substantial rewards left. Zhao Xiaojing quickly opened her backpack to check.
I was still stockpiling the oil fume immunity potion from last time for Su Yuchen. I didn’t expect to win another one this time, so I can use it myself.
The physical custom coupon is just right and can be used up together with the last dose of medicine.
As for the router, it is easy to understand. Even though the store now uses two routers, there are too many people and the space is large, so the Internet speed still cannot keep up. This time the system helped solve the problem.
But the upgrade scroll... why is there only one upgrade scroll?
Each system item is useful, and upgrading any of them can save tens of thousands of experience points instantly, but it is a pity that when you upgrade any of them, you cannot upgrade the other one.
Zhao Xiaojing struggled for a while. After comparing system cars, system refrigerators, system microwave ovens, various system knives, virtual spaces, quality evaluation modules, recipe modules, and learning modules, she finally chose the most commonly used virtual space.
【即将越级提升虚拟空间，升级后虚拟空间可投射面积将增加至1 2 0平方米，可保存场景增加至八个，空间流速将增强至1：1 2 0】
Zhao Xiaojing was extremely excited.
1:1 2 0, which is equivalent to one minute in the outside world and two hours in the virtual space! If this is not a stepping stone to progress, what is it?
Zhao Xiaojing jumped up, quickly used her own share of the oil smoke-proof potion, and took out Su Yuchen's physical customization coupon.
Afterwards, he ran to the living room, quickly squeezed a glass of mango juice, put the medicine in the mango juice, knocked on Su Yuchen's door, stuffed the mango juice into her mouth while she looked puzzled, and then urged Su Yuchen to drink it quickly while she looked even more confused. Then he rushed back to his bedroom, closed the door, and continued practicing.
……
In the blink of an eye, it was April, and the auditions for "Fresh Chef Competition" began.
Zhao Xiaojing learned from the assistant director that the national auditions are conducted uniformly, starting on April 1st. However, the number of sessions and times vary depending on the number of applicants in each province and city. If there are fewer people, the competition can be completed in one day, while if there are more people, there will be six sessions a day, with 100 people in each session.
The Jiangcheng sub-competition area is worthy of being the province and city with the second largest number of applicants after Tuancheng. The audition time was arranged for five days and thirty sessions.
Zhao Xiaojing was scheduled to compete in the second match on the morning of the next day, April 2nd.
The second game started at ten o'clock. At about nine o'clock, Zhao Xiaojing took the subway to the National Stadium in Jiangliu District.
Although the subway takes half an hour longer than driving, this kind of competition is so grand and is held in a wide open place like a stadium. Given the Jiangcheng people's love of joining in the fun, it is bound to be jam-packed and even parking spaces may not be available.
As expected, as soon as Zhao Xiaojing got off the subway station, she saw crowds of people inside and outside, as well as traffic jams everywhere due to full parking spaces and people quarreling.
Zhao Xiaojing followed the flow of people and saw that the banners, billboards, landmarks and signboards for the Fresh Chef Competition were already set up very completely. She knew the venue of the competition at a glance without having to ask.