Food: I, Liu Maoxing, can’t be low-key at all - Chapter 86

The next day, at six in the morning, the two sides met in the large kitchen on the first floor.

“”Oh my, oh my. I’m so hungry, Lao Li, let’s get started quickly.” The old man said while lying in the rocking chair.

“Yeah.” Comrade Lao Li, who was sitting on the bench next to him, rolled his eyes.

“We’ll go up first. Xiaoxing, you go first.” The old man waved to Liu Maoxing, who was yawning because he didn’t get enough sleep.

“”Okay. Let’s go catch up on some sleep after the competition.” Liu Maoxing patted his face and walked to the stove.

“Boss, the first round is handmade noodles. You are the best at making noodles, so you go.” Comrade Lao Li waved to his eldest grandson.

“”Yes. My name is Li Chong. Please give me your advice.” The eldest grandson walked to the cooking table and bowed to Liu Maoxing.

“Well, please give me more advice.”Liu Maoxing also returned the greeting.

“”Little brother Liu Maoxing, I am twenty years old this year. I have learned cooking for many years longer than you. I am your elder brother’s nemesis. I was only one step away from winning the last time, but I failed in the end. So, I advise you that my opponent is your elder brother, and it is him I really want to defeat. If you don’t want to lose too badly, change someone. Let your elder brother compete with me!” Li Chong said, rolling up his sleeves.

“You almost beat my brother? That’s amazing! I have to be more serious.”Liu Maoxing looked at his elder brother Liu Kuan, and saw that his elder brother nodded seriously, then smiled and looked at Li Chong.

“Well, your confidence is commendable. Then I will defeat you first, and then find time to compete with Liu Kuan.”Li Chong rolled up his sleeves, picked up various flours and started to mix the proportions.

“Well. Then I won’t be polite either.” Liu Maoxing poured half a bag of flour onto the pastry table, and then dug a small hole with his hand.

“Hmm? You are just making it so crudely without controlling the ratio of flour? In this way, your noodles and mine will lag far behind mine. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a mockery, it’s just advice from a senior.”Li Chong added water and eggs and kneaded the prepared flour.

“The truth is simplicity. Too many types of flour make it hard to control. Making noodles with good taste and first-class texture is the hard truth. Over-reliance on ingredients is the fatal flaw of a chef.”

Liu Maoxing stretched out his hand and drew circles in the small puddle in the middle of the flour pile, one circle, two circles, three circles, and kept drawing circles. A small vortex gradually formed on the surface of the water in the pit, which became larger and larger and spun faster and faster.

“Hmm? What’s going on?”

Li Chong’s expression was a little bit upset. Although the vortex created by Liu Maoxing was getting faster and faster, there was no flour splashing everywhere.

Moreover, all the flour was gathering towards the center of the vortex little by little. The vortex seemed to have turned into a black hole, endless and could never be filled.

“call……”

Liu Maoxing raised his hand from the center of the vortex, and a pillar of flour followed Liu Maoxing’s hand and stood up.

Then the rotation of the pillar of flour gradually stopped, and the pillar of flour fell down with a bang.

“……”

Comrade Lao Li was stunned for a while, then he walked to Liu Maoxing’s stove with his crutches and looked at it. After looking at it for a while, his expression of shock was beyond words.

“How did you make such a smooth and tender dough?”Comrade Li looked at Liu Maoxing.

“The flour itself can be stretched by using centrifugal force and its own weight. Great force can make miracles happen!”Liu Maoxing smiled.

“Liu Tang, you are so good at hiding this. Did your master secretly teach you this skill?”Comrade Lao Li looked at the old man, with a little jealousy in his eyes besides doubt.

“When did you see our master know this trick? You said I can do it, don’t accuse the master.”

“Then where did you learn this skill, grandson?”

“Why are you asking him? I don’t know how to do this! Only he in our Liu family knows how to do this weird trick.”

“Yeah?”

“Damn it, believe it or not. When have I ever lied to you about something like this?”

“Okay. Liu Tang, then our master has a successor. But this match is not over yet, and it is still uncertain who will win or lose! My grandson was not scared!!”

Liu Maoxing glanced at Li Chong at the stove opposite and saw that he was in a daze. He also understood.

This buddy was not scared, he was just scared silly.

“Hey! Brother Chong! Don’t just stand there.”Liu Maoxing woke up Li Chong who was staring blankly with his hands stuck in the flour.

“You are very strong. Then I will defeat you even more!!”

Li Chong finished speaking and continued to knead the dough with his head down. However, judging from the strength of his kneading, it seemed that he was kneading the dough vigorously to vent his emotions and relieve his nervousness.

Liu Maoxing looked at Li Chong, who was serious and ready to fight, and the corners of his mouth curled up to a certain extent.

“This Li Chong!! I must defeat him seriously!!”Liu Maoxing put the kneaded dough into a large bowl and let it rest, thinking to himself.

After a while, Li Chong also kneaded the dough and started to rest.

Liu Maoxing was processing the bean sprouts, removing the beans and roots one by one, and cleaning them slowly and gently.

“Bean sprouts with the head and tail removed? Using bean sprouts as a side dish with noodles, what kind of weird trick is this?” Li Chong wiped the sweat off his forehead from kneading the noodles, thinking to himself

“Huh? Hehehe……”

Liu Maoxing seemed to have sensed something, he looked up at Li Chong and smiled foolishly, then continued to process his bean sprouts.

“Huh! Li Chong, Li Chong! Everyone is competing seriously, how can you be absent-minded?” Li Chong thought to himself.

Then, Li Chong patted his face, cheered up, and picked up the quail that had been prepared long ago, and handled it seriously. For a moment, the nervous expression on his face disappeared, and only one word was seen in his eyes.

This man, I must go all out!!

“That’s right!���You have to be more serious too.” Liu Maoxing glanced at Li Chong, walked to the refrigerator, opened it, and took out a box of beef.

“Yes! It’s A5 grade beef!” said Comrade Lao Li’s second grandson

“Hmm. I didn’t expect that one of the three kids in Liu Tang’s family went abroad to study like you.”Comrade Lao Li said

“However, A5 grade beef is usually used to make steaks or grilled. Using it as a side dish would probably overshadow the main dish. The taste of the noodles would be suppressed. This is definitely a bad move, a really bad move!”said the second grandson

“Brother Li Yang, don’t jump to conclusions. The move that guy showed earlier is not something that an ordinary person can do. Let’s wait and see.”The third grandson spoke up.

“Li Yan, I felt that he was pretending after seeing his previous move. Just think about it, to master that kind of move, how could it be possible without ten or eight years of hard work? So, that guy must be a person who is too obsessed with technology, and he is not good at cooking. If he has no problem with both, then I can only say that we have met a god!”Li Yang said

“That’s true. Big brother Liu Kuan is already scary enough. The second brother Liu Fu was given a banner when he was seven years old saying that his cooking could save lives! He must be very good at medicinal food. If the third brother, who has always been elusive, is also a genius, the old man will definitely beat him up!!”Li Yan said

“You little brat, who are you making up?” Comrade Lao Li was unhappy, turned around, picked up his walking stick and was about to hit him.

“Grandpa, I was wrong.” Li Yan did not run, but squatted on the spot with his head in his hands, probably because he was afraid that Comrade Lao Li would get angry and chase him and fall.

“Grandpa… calm down, calm down, Xiao San just said that, the three of us will compete again in the future! Compete until you win! Let you feel comfortable!”Li Yang tried to smooth things over.

“If it weren’t for your filial piety, I would have beaten you a long time ago! You are so disappointing!”**He sat down angrily, but still couldn’t bear to hit her.

“”Yeah, yeah, yeah. We can make up for our shortcomings with diligence, so we must work hard!” Li Yang actively echoed.

Li Yan squatted aside and curled his lips, thinking:”It’s not that we don’t strive hard, it’s that the opponent is too strong!”

“”Sizzle!!!”

The sound of frying in the iron pan reached everyone’s ears.

Li Yang looked at the source of the sound. Liu Maoxing was flipping the pan:”Fried noodles? No, the noodles haven’t moved yet. Stir-fried beef with green onions? This is his side dish!”

“My side dish is the dice beef with scallions. Liu Maoxing put the beef on the plate.

“Really? Very interesting, but I won’t announce it first, let’s see later.” Li Chong put the quail in the pot and started to cook.

Ten minutes later, both sides served their dishes!

Li Chong and Liu Maoxing served the dishes together.

People from the Liu and Li families gathered around.

Two dishes were presented. Li Chong’s dish was three greasy quails placed on a plate. The three quails were large, medium and small, with three colors of white, brown and yellow, three methods of stewing, braising and roasting, and three sauces of sour, spicy and sweet.

Liu Fu pointed at the whole quail brought by Li Chong and said:”Um… Brother Li Chong, where is your… noodles?”

Li Chong stared with dead fish eyes.

Liu Fu scratched the back of his head:”What do you mean?”

“If there is no noodles outside, the noodles must be inside the quail. Li Chong. Are you also trying to play tricks?” Liu Kuan looked at the quail, then looked at Li Chong with a sharp gaze and said

“Last time I competed with you, it was because the creativity of the dish was a little bit worse, the taste and appearance were not worse at all. This time, after learning from my mistakes, I am 90% sure to beat you. However, it’s a pity that I didn’t meet you in the first game, don’t blame me for bullying your brother.”Li Chong said

“”Hehe… Yeah. It’s a pity. I wanted to defeat you thoroughly this time, and I’ve been preparing for a long time.” Liu Kuan smiled.

“It’s okay. I’ll compare them again when I have time.” (To read exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

“”Yes. Let’s compete again when we have time. However, the premise is that you can bully him.” Liu Kuan looked at Liu Maoxing’s dishes and nodded.

Liu Maoxing’s dishes looked quite ordinary.

The noodles were stacked one by one on the surface of the dice beef that were neatly arranged like a ring, and there was not a single one hidden.

The noodles were not long, but were actively cut into short and thin super short noodles. The noodles had a very strange luster, crystal clear and sparkling.

“.Shanxi short noodles, no mixing.” Li Chong said in a deep voice

“Yes. However, I didn’t use fresh potatoes. The shape has been adjusted so much, Brother Li can see it. It’s amazing!” Liu Maoxing smiled and nodded.

“Don’t compliment me, this is basic skill. If you don’t remove the biggest weakness of your dish, you can’t win against me.”

“Yes. Indeed. But, Brother Li, have you solved your weakness?”Liu Maoxing stopped smiling and looked at Li Chong with a gleam in his eyes.

“Hmm! This look… What’s with this look that shows he is confident of winning and has already declared victory? I’ve only seen this look when Grandpa and Grandpa Liu Tang teamed up to compete with three-star chefs from abroad!”Li Chong was startled by Liu Maoxing’s look.

“Lao Li, let’s start tasting. By the way, this is your first time eating Xiaoxing’s food.”

“Yes. However, don’t hold out too much hope for me to give you a high score. After all, young people today still lack the accumulation and foundation.”

“Really? Xiaoxing is not an ordinary kid. He is the strongest of the three kids in my family. I want this braised one, it has enough flavor.”

The old man took the brown braised quail away without saying a word. You can tell at a glance that it is spicy.

“You’re so old, but you still eat such heavy food. Are you afraid that your blood vessels will burst?”

**I took away the white stewed quail, which was completely different from the old man’s. It was quite light at first glance.[]

“Come on, Lao Li! Eat whatever you want, eat whatever you want. If you start to be afraid of eating, your life will probably be over.”

“You scold me again……”

“Don’t take all the blame on yourself! You’re just flattering me!” The old man said, and he cut open the quail with a chopstick, revealing the slightly thick noodles inside.

“Hmm? What is this?”

The old man used chopsticks to pick up the noodles in the quail’s stomach and pulled them out. The noodles became longer and longer, and he raised his hand holding the chopsticks high:”A noodle?”

“That’s right, this is the noodle I made.”

Liu Fu blinked and left the hall.

“Yeah. Good technique. The noodles themselves can be carried so long and still be unbroken, the craftsmanship is quite good. At least the thickness of the noodles is very uniform. It takes a lot of skill to make a noodle to this extent by hand. Xiao Li, you have improved!” The old man stretched out his other hand and gave a thumbs up to praise.

“Thank you, Grandpa Liu”

“I have a thinner noodle here. Is it specially made to match the light-flavored quail?” Comrade Lao Li said as he picked up the noodles from his quail.

“Yes, Grandpa. The thickness of the noodles corresponds to the saltiness of the dish.”

“Stop looking and eat.”

The old man put one end of the noodles into his mouth and started to eat.

Comrade Lao Li was unwilling to be left behind and started to eat as well.

“”Slurp, slurp!”

After a while, the two old men’s faces turned red, and neither of them was willing to say that they couldn’t bear it anymore, so they just slurped it.

Three minutes later, the two old men finished a noodle.

“I see stars… stars.” The old man said while lying on the recliner, rubbing his eyes.

Comrade Lao Li was not much better, panting heavily, and was seriously deprived of oxygen.

“This is the first time I have seen someone who is deprived of oxygen by eating noodles.”Liu Maoxing complained speechlessly.

Liu Fu pushed a small oxygen machine in and plugged it in.

“Second brother, what are you doing?”

“I’m well prepared.” Liu Fu said as he handed the oxygen masks to the two naughty old men.

“Ah…it seems this isn’t the first time.” Liu Maoxing curled his lips

“As long as it’s a noodle, these two uncles will compete with each other in lung capacity. Just in case, I specially bought the latest oxygen machine.”Liu Fu covered his face and shook his head

“Hehehe…thank you for your help.” Li Yang shook Liu Fu’s hand.

“You’re welcome, it’s my honor.”

The two old men took a few deep breaths of oxygen and immediately became full of energy.