The smile on Miss Meng's face disappeared in a flash in the pan, and she said: "You are mistaken, I am twenty-two years old this year, my name is Ziqing Meng, you can just call me by my name in the future, don't miss Meng, Meng Girl, our culinary art department is a small department in the college. Except for the magic department with the smallest number of people, we should be counted. There are only more than 1,000 people in the whole department. It is divided into five grades, and each grade has five classes. They teach cooking, cold dishes, pasta, herbal cuisine and local snacks. Among them, the most people learn hot dishes, accounting for about one-third of the students in each grade. As for me, I am a fifth-grade student in the cold dishes department , and at the same time, I am also the teacher of sword skills in this department. So, you can think whatever you want."
Sword master? It seems that I didn't miss it! I am best at knife skills, and I really want to compete with her when I have the opportunity. While thinking about it, Nian Bing followed Zi Qingmeng to the entrance of the academy. When the four guards saw her, they immediately straightened up, with respectful eyes, and said in unison, "Hello, senior."
Zi Qingmeng just nodded and did not stop, and walked into the academy with Nian Bing, "Why do they call you senior and not teacher?" Nian Bing asked the doubts in his heart.
Zi Qingmeng glanced at him, and said: "Because I am a student in the martial arts department, and also a fifth-year student, they will naturally call me senior. Oh, I forgot to tell you, in this academy, as long as you are capable enough To cope with the exam, you can study several majors at the same time, of course, tuition fees are necessary, and you must pass the departmental exam.”
Nian Bing's heart moved, feeling the cold breath on Zi Qingmeng, and said: "I think, you should major in martial arts, right? Cooking is your elective?" His eyes did not stay on Ziqingmeng. , but looked at the huge playground in front of him, there were at least thousands of people moving around on the playground, some were chatting, some were practicing martial arts, and some were walking. Thousands of people seem very deserted in this playground. I don't know what the ground of the huge playground is paved with. The ground is blue-gray and feels very hard. Around the playground, there are eight-story buildings. Those should be teaching buildings. This is the first time Nian Bing has seen such a tall building, and his curiosity about Lanmeng College can't help but increase a bit.
Ziqing Meng looked at Nian Bing in surprise, and said, "How do you know?"
Nian Bing smiled and said: "I said it was a guess, do you believe it or not?" Of course he guessed, but the guess is based on grounds. When Zi Qingmeng introduced Lanmeng Academy, the first thing he said was the martial arts department, not the cooking department. art department. Moreover, when she was talking about the glory of the martial arts department, the expression on her face was obviously a little smug, but when she talked about the culinary arts department, her expression was much more flat. Nian Bing is good at observation, and made a correct judgment from the little expression she inadvertently revealed.
Ziqingmeng didn't ask any further questions. The two walked across the playground in silence. She took Nian Bing and walked directly to the teaching building to the west. Then he walked around the building and came to the back. "The teaching building outside is mainly the teaching place of several major departments. The cooking department is in that building. Don't remember it wrong in the future. The dormitory is also in the building."
It was a five-story building. In other places, the five-story building was already considered very tall, but compared with the eight-story buildings outside, this was really nothing. The whole building looked quite large. The students who came and went were all wearing the same dark blue uniforms as those on the playground outside, except that the small signs on their faces were written with the word cooking.
Ziqing Meng took Nian Bing up to the fifth floor, came to the door of an office, pushed the door open and entered, Nian Bing followed behind her, before seeing what was going on inside, she heard a scream first.
"Ah! Who is so unruly and came in without knocking. Xiaomeng, it was you! You want to scare me to death, please knock on the door later, please."
Nian Bing looked in from behind Zi Qingmeng, and saw a man and a woman packing their disheveled clothes. The man looked like he was in his fifties, with a hunchback and only a ring of red hair on his head. The center is bare, like a barren hillside, with small eyes, bulbous nose, and big forked mouth. Adjectives that are almost used to uglines his appearance are not too much for him. The strange thing is that the woman who was obviously making out with him earlier looks much younger, only about 30 years old, with a good appearance, good figure and good looks, and at this time she is wearing her own shirt with a flushed face. corset.
Zi Qingmeng said coldly: "Sage of Love, I have brought you a new student."
The hunchbacked man coughed a few times, and said: "New student, you can just say what you want, why do you have to bring me here? Okay, come in. Xiao Yiyi, you go out first, I will find you when I have time .”
Hearing him call Xiao Yiyi in a whining voice, Nian Bing really had the urge to turn around and leave. Is this the head of the culinary department? The middle-aged woman winked at the head of the department, as if she didn't see the handsome Nian Bing, she tugged on her shirt and walked away calmly. But Zi Qingmeng seemed to be used to this place for a long time, and his face didn't change at all.
The dean of the hunchback department coughed and said, "Come on, sit down first. My place is a little bit messy." It was indeed messy, and it wasn't just a little bit. Things were strewn about in the big office, and there was even a small puddle of water on the table. But the air in the office is quite fresh. Ziqing Meng and Nian Bing walked into the room, and the head of the department simply cleared the table twice, then set his eyes on Nian Bing, "It seems that I have some skills to bring Xiao Meng here in person. Young man, What do you know?"
Nian Bing coughed, with a smile still on his face, "I just learned cooking for a few days before, and I want to come to your academy to learn cooking."
The head of the department turned his gaze to Ziqingmeng, Ziqingmeng said coldly: "Don't look at me, have you ever seen someone who has only learned cooking for a few days and would be sloppy? I will leave it to you, you look at it." Let's do it." After finishing speaking, as if unwilling to stay in this room for a moment, he turned and left.
Hearing the four characters of Jin Zixu, the head of the department's dim eyes lit up, "Jin Zixu. Do you know the brocade of the five famous knives?"
Nian Bing looked at the protruding hands of the head of the department, and said, "That's right, it's just that the fire is not ready yet." Isn't he modest? There is not a small gap, but now it is no longer the stage where practice alone can be effective. Just like Cha level said, what he needs now is a word of enlightenment.
"It was Chaji who asked you to come to me?" The head of the department sat back in his seat, but his words shocked Nian Bing. He smiled lightly and said: "Except for Lao Zha, I am afraid that no one can teach people who are around twenty years old to be able to use brocade characters. You don't have to be surprised, I really didn't expect that Lao Cha disappeared for twenty years, and finally came back again." news."
"Do you know my master?" Nian Bingdi's voice was unbalanced, and the obscene old man in front of him gave him an unpredictable and profound feeling.
The dean of the department smiled and said, "Didn't your master mention **Tuo Zixiu to you? That old guy won't even forget his old friends, right?"
**Tuo Zixiu listened to the four words, and when thinking of Bing, he suddenly remembered a passage that Cha Ji once said to himself, which was an evaluation of chefs in his era. In his time, there were five most outstanding chefs, known as the Five Gods of Cooking by the culinary arts circle, with nicknames of Ghost, Lie, Camel, Ling, and Miao respectively. Among them, Miao Chef is the master of Ming Yuan and Ming Hui. He is also known as the Immortal of the Kitchen. He is best at some small crafts and making pasta. And his master, Cha Ji, is the head of the five chef gods. The five of them have gathered three times to rank. Those three times were also known as the most powerful peak duels in the history of the culinary art world. The ghost chef Chaji won the final victory with a slight advantage every time with his superb skills, while the abilities of the other four chefs were only in order. There is only a slight difference. Chaji had a very weird expression when evaluating the camel chef. He said: **Tuo Zixiu, the old man, is the most distinctive among the five of us. That guy's cooking skills are not only superb, but also weird. Maybe you don't know. I believe that the famous dishes he is best at are all inspired by women. **Tuo Zixiu, **Tuo Zixiu, I didn't expect that the third of the five chef gods, the camel chef, would be the dean of the culinary academy.
Nian Bing hurriedly bowed to Zixiu and said: "Senior Zixiu, it turns out that you are the famous camel chef god! This junior is really rude."
Zixiu said a little impatiently: "Okay, I hate these vulgar etiquettes the most, boy, how long have you learned cooking skills from old man Chaji! Where is he now? In the past twenty years, he has learned a little bit of music training. No, the culinary world outside has already changed a lot.”
Sorrow emanated from Nian Bing's body. Recalling his master's teachings, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, "Senior Zixiu, my master has passed away. He died before I left. I have studied with my master for eight years. His old man Chunchun taught that Nian Bing never dared to forget. Senior Zixiu, since you are an old friend of my master, can you tell me who made the bet with my master in the first place, causing him to fail miserably? Tesuji?"
The camel chef Zixiu rolled his eyes, "Is old Chaji dead? Well, it's good to die. After he died, there will be one less one in front of me. Die, die, okay, why should I return?" Immortal." Although he was cursing, Nian Bing clearly found that his big hands with protruding joints and should be extremely stable were trembling slightly. For a top chef, this is almost impossible What happened, tears kept flickering in Zixiu's eyes, but Xiu Xiu's tears never stayed. He sat there blankly, like a statue.
"Senior Zi, are you okay? My master has already gone, but he was very peaceful when he went, so don't be sad." Looking at Zixiu's appearance, Nian Bing understood that although the old man in front of him had been fighting with his master for a lifetime , However, there is still a deep friendship between them.
"If you have something to do, I'll be fine. Damn, this old thing Chaji died so early. I don't know how much you have learned from him. If the ghost chef's skills are lost, I will forgive him even if I go underground. Not him. Kid, do you want to know who forced your master to break the tendon? Well, as long as you can beat me in cooking, I will tell you. Otherwise, you will never want to know. Xiu said what he said, there is absolutely no possibility of accommodating. I will arrange for you to take classes in the fifth grade first, and after a year, if you still can't achieve the culinary skills that can compete with me, you can get out."
Nian Bing said respectfully: "Senior Zi, I don't think you need to wait so long. I will challenge you now. I hope you will keep your word. If you lose, tell me the situation of the original challenger."
"Now? Good boy, you're as stinky as your dead master, are you capable? Has your master ever told you what I'm best at." The camel chef's voice was full of arrogance.
Nian Bing smiled. Although Zixiu was constantly cursing Chaji, he understood that the relationship between the mound chef in front of him and his master was definitely extremely deep. Senior Zixiu, please forgive me for being disrespectful. "At that time, the master commented on you like this. He said, that old bastard Tuo Zixiu, apart from being able to play a few tricks and tearing apart the heavy eagle, other things are not worth it. I have to mention, and besides, the ideas I got from women are not bad. Damn, the old hunchback is much uglier than me, but there are women who don’t open their eyes like it. It’s simply a cripple’s asshole—a slanted (evil) door! "Nian Bing completely imitated Cha Ji's tone, vividly, as if Cha Ji himself said it here. Hearing the camel chef Zixiu's face change from blue to red, it changed again and again.
"Okay, Chaji, you're dead and you're still talking bad about me. You're the lame asshole, and you actually commented on me like that in front of the juniors. Hmph, wait for me to dig your grave." After hearing what Nian Bing said The camel chef Zixiu suddenly jumped into a rage, pointing at Nian Bing's nose, jumping and cursing, but his tears could not be controlled, and flowed down his angry face.
As if Nian Bing hadn't heard the camel chef's insult, he lowered his head and said: "The master said that Cuimu Duanning, the last of the five famous knives, can only be achieved by you, which is incomparable to him." In fact, there is no distinction between the five famous knives. As long as they can reach the perfection state, they are the pinnacle of the culinary art world. He also said, your life-splitting heavy eagle hand, which ranks second among the seven forbidden hands, It is the only skill among the seven forbidden hands that can be cooked by hand, and he cannot compare to it. Just for the subtle grasp of the strength of your hand, you are definitely the best in the mainland."
Wiping away the tears on his face, Zixiu snorted, and said, "That's about the same. Even if your master is here now, he may not be able to compare with me. You just want to challenge me after learning cooking for a few years. It's a bit early. How about this, since I know how to use brocade, I guess I have learned a little about Longyu Jiwu, so I will first learn it in the fifth-grade hot food class of the culinary department of the college, and at the same time, like Xiaomeng, I will also be a swordsman Teacher, I will give you a chance when you can surpass Xiaomeng in knife skills and his brother Ziqingjian in technique. She and his brother have been learning to cook with me for more than ten years, and they have inherited my important skills respectively. Ying Shou and Cui Mu Duan Ning are also good, although they are still a bit weaker, but there are few rivals among the younger generation, as long as you can win against them, at least you can compare with my culinary skills by 70%."
Nian Bing smiled slightly and said: "Then I will follow your arrangement, but I don't think it will take too long before I can compete with you."
Zixiu looked at Nian Bing up and down, and said, "It seems that you are very confident in yourself!"
Nian Bing said indifferently: "As the successor of the ghost chef, if you don't even have any confidence, wouldn't it weaken my reputation as a master?" He is arrogant, unless he can be subdued in the field he is good at, otherwise he will always be that arrogant. Therefore, Nian Bing gradually became more impolite in tone.
Zixiu stood up and said: "You are already a report here. There are two semesters a year, ten gold coins for tuition, five gold coins for accommodation, five gold coins for food, a total of twenty gold coins. As a guest Teacher, your income will be five gold coins per month, and I will not charge you any more. However, you also expect me to pay you. As for the courses you want to take, you can choose by yourself. As the arrangement of Daogong teacher, I Let Xiaomeng tell you. The first and second floors of the culinary department building are used for teaching, the third and fourth floors are dormitories, and the fifth floor is the teachers' offices. I don't think you need an office, either. Let’s live on the fourth floor in the dormitory. There are not many students in the culinary arts department, so I can accommodate you and let you live in a dormitory by yourself.”
Just as Zixiu said this, a deep voice suddenly came from outside, "Second Uncle, Second Uncle, I heard that there is a guy who knows how to use brocade swords. Where is he? The door slammed open. A tall figure broke in from the outside. Seeing this person, Nian Bing couldn't help being shocked. This person was actually a head taller than himself, with extremely broad shoulders. , the dark blue uniform tightly wraps his solid muscles, his skin is dark, his short red hair is disheveled, his eyes are very bright, although he is not handsome, but his resolute and sunny face is easy to impress you Favor, the whole body is full of power, especially those big palm-like hands, the joints are extremely prominent, as soon as he appeared, he immediately brought a strong pressure. Nian Bing has no doubt that his hands will tear his own flesh ability.
"Xiao Jian, can't you learn from your sister, how can you be so reckless all the time, how can you make a big deal?" Zixiu said angrily.
The big man called Xiaojian ignored Zixiu at all, his eyes fell on Nian Bing, and he said excitedly: "Hello, are you the kid who knows how to spell brocade? My name is Ziqingjian, and you call me little boy." The sword is enough. Let's go, I'll compete with you to see which one of us is better at cooking." Saying that, he was about to pull Nian Bing away.
Nian Bing was taken aback, and with a flick of his arm, he dodged some Qing swords. Is this Zi Qingmeng's brother? God! No matter how you look at them, they don't look like they were born by the same mother.
"Xiao Jian, why are you in a hurry. He can't run away, and there will be opportunities in the future. You came just in time, take him to the fourth floor and find a dormitory to live in first. As for his class, let your sister arrange it, and he will also temporarily use it as a sword Nian Bing, your name is Nian Bing, right? Follow Qing Jian. Don’t come to me if you have nothing to do. Also, you have to knock on the door first when you come to my place in the future.”
Zi Qingjian said excitedly: "Uncle, stop talking nonsense, go pick up your girl. Brother Nian Bing will leave it to me, let's go, Brother Nian Bing." He went to pull Nian Bing again.
Recalling what Zi Qingmeng said before, Nian Bing hurriedly avoided Zi Qingjian's big hand, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Qingjian, I'd better go by myself. I haven't learned martial arts, so I can't stand your pull!"
Zi Qingjian said with some embarrassment: "Oh, I forgot that you are not from the martial arts department. I will definitely pay attention to it in the future." The two walked out of the room, and when Zi Qingjian closed the door, there was a loud bang .
Looking at the crumbling door of his office, the camel chef Zixiu said angrily: "It seems that I have to change to a pure iron one, and I was interrupted by Xiaomeng again, and Chaji's apprentice unexpectedly appeared, look at him It seems that the culinary art world may not be peaceful in the future. However, it is indeed time for a new generation. We old guys are getting old after all. Chaji, you old man, He died so early, damn it, damn it." Zixiu no longer had the desire to ask questions, and sat in his seat in a daze.
Nian Bing came down to the fourth floor downstairs under the leadership of Ziqingjian. As soon as Ziqingjian reached the fourth floor, he immediately shouted: "Mr. Floor Leader, Teacher Floor Leader." His loud voice shook the entire corridor. Trembling slightly.
"Come on, come on, this is the Ziqing Sword again, can't you keep your voice down? Sooner or later, the corridor will collapse." The clear and moving voice came with a fragrant wind, and when Nian Bing I couldn't help being dumbfounded when I saw the length of the floor. Because, in front of him is a woman, and it is the middle-aged beautiful woman in Zixiu's room earlier.
"Qing Jian, what's the matter? You brought the young man to find the dormitory. I heard a few words from Xiaomeng and the old man just now, young man, you are welcome to join the cooking department."
Although he looked down on this woman, Nian Bing still took the initiative to shake hands with her and said, "Excuse me, the head of the department said that I can live in a room by myself."
Ziqing Jiandao: "Yes, you can live in a room by yourself. There are two beds in each room here. Maybe someday I can find a place to sleep when I come to you to discuss. Teacher Daji, please hurry up."
Daji smiled slightly and said, "Then come with me." Then, she did not know where to conjure a bunch of keys, took one from the top and handed it to Nian Bing, and led them along the corridor to go inside , I passed through more than twenty doors. He stopped at the door of the room with four, two, seven and three characters on it, "We don't have many students in our department, and some of them are from this city, so the dormitory is relatively empty, so you can live here first. Young man, what's your name?"
"My name is Nian Bing, thank you, Teacher Daji."
Daji's eyes lingered on Nian Bing's handsome face for a second, "Okay, you can choose to go in and rest. If you have anything to do in the future, just come to me for live broadcast makeup. Remember, the third floor is the girls' dormitory, and there are men. restricted area." With a deep smile on his face, he turned and left.
Opening the door, Nian Bing and Zi Qingjian walked into his newly assigned dormitory. The room was very large, about 30 square meters, with two wardrobes, two chairs, two beds and a table. It's clean. Zi Qingjian unceremoniously sat down on a chair, his heavy weight immediately caused the chair to groan. "Brother Nian Bing, when will you let me see your Jinzi Xuxuan? I heard from my second uncle before that the five names also have their own characteristics. Jinzi Xuxu is an extremely magical sword technique."
Nian Bing smiled slightly and said, "I'm only superficial. Brother Qingjian, from the way you look, it seems that your relationship with your uncle is not very harmonious!"
"Disharmony? How could it be? Although my uncle is much older than me and Xiaomeng, he is like an old child. Apart from misbehaving, there is nothing else. He asked us not to be so polite. And uncle Together, it is much easier to be with my father. Uncle is like our friend, or even a brother. Nian Bing, you just came here, and you may not understand things here. Just now, teacher Daji, you should have been there before. I've seen it in Uncle's office, don't think that she came here to be the floor manager just because of her uncle's relationship."
Nian Bing smiled slightly and said: "I never underestimate anyone, is Teacher Daji your uncle's wife?"
Zi Qingjian shook his head and said: "No, my uncle has no wife at all. He has had countless women in his life. Most of the pretty female teachers in the college have something to do with him. Teacher Daji is a cook. The art department specializes in teaching pastry, and she is the first pastry teacher in the culinary department. She came to the college because she was impressed by her uncle's cooking skills. If you have eaten pastries made by her, you will definitely I'm fascinated, she taught me and Xiaomeng a lot of useful things, and you can learn more from her when you have the opportunity in the future."
Nian Bing nodded, and said: "I heard from Senior Zixiu that you and him learned how to tear apart heavy hawks, and you have the opportunity to see them."
Zi Qingjian chuckled, and said: "At first, I wasn't interested in cooking. Cooking should be a woman's business. Brother, I'm not talking about you! To be honest, it's because of uncle's life. Cracking Eagle Hands, I just chose cooking here. You don’t know, Cracking Eagle Hands is the only one among the seven forbidden hands in the culinary art world that is based on martial arts and can be used for cooking. The same , can also be used to kill people, even my father can't, it's my uncle's unique skill, it's a pity not to learn it! The Cuimu Duanning knife technique that my sister learned from it is also very helpful to my martial arts. I usually don't Come to the culinary department to take classes, most of them are in the martial arts department, and if you want to find me, just go there and say that it’s okay to find Xiaojian, brothers all know me. No, I can’t help it, brother , can you show me your hand first, I am very curious about Jin Zixu! My sister said that you used Jin Zixu to carve cucumbers in the restaurant outside, and carved every piece of cucumber into the dream word , I ran over right away, don’t take offense, I’m just a bit reckless, and I’m very interested in things related to martial arts.”
Nian Bing smiled and said: "Why would you be offended? I like dealing with straightforward people like Brother Qingjian. Judging by your appearance, martial arts must be very famous in the academy."
Zi Qingjian scratched his head and said: "It's okay. I'm the epee class teacher at the Martial Arts Academy. If you are interested in martial arts, you can go to find me at any time. However, you are already a little older, so start now It seems a bit late to practice martial arts, but the problem of physical fitness is not too big. You are in good physical condition, if you practice hard for a while, you should be able to achieve something."
Nian Bing shook his head and said: "No need, I'm only interested in cooking, thank you for your kindness. There are no materials here, so I can't use the brocade character!"
"Materials? That's not easy. It's time for the afternoon classes. Let's go. I'll take you to the fifth-grade class in the culinary art department. There will be knife homework every afternoon. Didn't uncle ask you to be a knife skill teacher?" ? You just showed your skills. Anyone who can enter our academy has some skills. If you don’t impress them first, it will not be easy for you to become a teacher in the future.” He is a vigorous and resolute person, and he will do it when he thinks about it. Bing, stood up and walked out.