CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: WAITING FOR THE HARE BY THE TREE

He was so busy watching Su Xiaoxiao’s side that he forgot he was still cutting meat, his action veered off, almost cutting his finger.

This moment of distraction slowed down his meat cutting considerably, and the size of the pieces became increasingly uneven.

He tried hard to match Su Xiaoxiao’s speed, but seeing the speed there increasing rapidly, he was anxious but couldn’t keep up at all.

Liang Guofu couldn’t bear to watch; with what psychological quality does this Master Wang work? He’s been at this for more than ten years, yet his knife skills aren’t as stable as a young girl’s?

Without even having to look, it’s a sure loss.

It was clear from watching that competing further was meaningless, and even risked causing an injury.

Li Jianjun hurriedly called for a stop.

With his order, Su Xiaoxiao’s knife halted immediately, and she placed it steadily on the cutting board.

In front of her was a pile of evenly cut meat chunks.

Though small, each piece was distinct.

The advantage of this method is that the sausages can both marinate for flavor and better preserve the meat’s aroma.

Su Xiaoxiao has always been confident in her knife skills.

Back in the day, she specifically apprenticed under a descendant of imperial chefs to be a good food broadcaster.

She spent half a year just practicing her knife skills.

Master Wang looked grimly at the obvious difference between the two piles of meat, and his expression was not too pleasant.

His previously arrogant attitude had now halved.

But it didn’t matter, so what if her knife skills were good? The most important thing was the skill of seasoning the sausages.

He took a few deep breaths and quickly composed himself.

After all, he was a veteran of over ten years, he still had some perseverance.

Li Jianjun observed both parties’ performances and directly announced, "The second round begins."

The outcome of the first round was obvious, there was no need for the judges to comment.

Master Wang held his breath, no longer daring to underestimate Su Xiaoxiao, preparing earnestly.

He memorized the sausage formula long ago.

Quickly weighing and then adding a variety of seasonings into the meat mix.

Just as he was adding, he heard another exclamation from beside him.

"Amazing, not even needing to weigh, directly using her hands."

Of course, there were skeptical voices too: "Can this be accurate? Our factory’s formula requires strict dosage..."

Master Wang felt a jolt but decided not to look at Su Xiaoxiao’s side this time, just focusing on his own work.

Very soon he added all the seasonings, began mixing the meat, and then turned his head to find Su Xiaoxiao calmly standing there, arms crossed, tilting her head, watching him.

Trying to learn from him? No way!

Master Wang realized and immediately turned his body, directly using his back to block her view.

Once he blocked her, Su Xiaoxiao’s soft voice suddenly sounded behind him, "Leaders, my meat mix is ready."

Master Wang paused in his mixing motion, how was it possible?

He had just started; how could she be done?

Could it be she didn’t mix it at all, just added seasonings and thought it was good?

Veteran chefs know, the mixing process is crucial, only by repeatedly mixing all the meat evenly can every piece be flavored.

Having learned from the previous lesson, he dared not act rashly this time.

He patiently ensured the meat mix was evenly combined before removing his gloves and wiping the sweat from his forehead.

As judges, Li Jianjun and Liang Guofu paced back and forth between the two bowls of meat, then sniffed and frowned.

The scent was similar, how should they judge?

The two exchanged looks, quickly coming to a decision.

Directly proceed to the third round, stuffing the sausages.

Once stuffed, the sausages would be hung to dry for a day, and the next day they could be steamed to taste.

The final result would become evident then.

In this last round, the two were evenly matched.

Su Xiaoxiao’s movements were nimble, but she was slightly slower compared to Master Wang.

In modern times, she used electric sausage stuffers, never used such primitive methods.

The third round quickly concluded, and they only needed to wait until the sausages were steamed the next day to discern the outcome.

To prevent any underhanded tactics, Liang Guofu, in front of everyone, locked the two batches of stuffed sausages securely in the ventilated small warehouse, keeping the key himself.

Su Xiaoxiao was confident in her skills, prepared to leave after the competition.

Just as she turned, she felt a gaze fixed on her.

She frowned, looked over and met Liu Fang’s pair of eyes filled with venom.

Damn, how could she forget, she had an enemy in the factory, and this enemy was even a relative of Liang Guofu.

If Liu Fang suddenly decided to sabotage, her hard work would be wasted.

After some thought, she decided to stay up tonight and wait.

Instinctively, she felt Liu Fang, with her intelligence relying solely on the wind, would definitely sabotage her competition sausages.

Afraid she might oversleep, Su Xiaoxiao ordered a large bag of coffee from the game mall, gulping down three bags in one go, instantly feeling invigorated.

Since there was still time, Su Xiaoxiao lay on her bed, opened the game interface.

Her brother had couriered her stewed pork canned goods the other day, and she hadn’t got around to checking.

Now was a good time to take a look.

Su Xiaoxiao clicked to receive delivery, and three cans of pork appeared instantly before her.

She cautiously opened one can, took a bite, and her face turned green.

What is this taste?

Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, all flavors intertwined.

Ultimately, Su Xiaoxiao’s face contorted, only able to comment with two words: awful. If forced to add a descriptor, it would be extremely awful.

Only those hardened could eat something this bad, only fools would spend money on it?

Now she’s realized, the big brother had no capability in the food business.

Why not just sell his anti-hair-loss shampoo, instead of tormenting consumers?

But having taken a fee of six hundred yuan, she had no choice but to keep researching.

Just when she was about to puke from eating canned goods, she finally completed a revised formula.

Su Xiaoxiao had tears in her eyes, if she’d known six hundred yuan meant consuming such awful stuff, she would never have accepted it.

She tearfully sent it to the elder brother, it was already midnight.

In the dark and windy night, it was the perfect time for mischief.

Su Xiaoxiao chuckled and took the small surprise she prepared for Liu Fang, quietly scaled the meat union factory’s walls.

Just as she found a hiding place, she heard faint footsteps approaching from afar.

Two figures sneaky from far to near.

Su Xiaoxiao frowned, her expression paused: Liu Fang had brought a helper?

While thinking, the two reached the small warehouse door.

The moon was covered by clouds, the sky darkened; Su Xiaoxiao could only vaguely see two shadows approaching, she couldn’t help but wonder, they didn’t seem like Liu Fang.

These two figures seemed larger in build, less like women, more like two men.

Could she have guessed wrong? Just as she pondered this, faint footsteps echoed again from afar.