Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 171 No need

At 3:30 pm, Lü Dianzhuan from the Imperial College entered the West Hall, and everyone bowed to him. After Lü Dianzhuan bowed slightly, he distributed the menus of the six candidate restaurants to everyone.

Hua Lei took the copied list of dishes and placed it on the right side of her own long table. Then, following the instructions, everyone from the six supply shops evacuated the long table and stood to one side of the room.

At 4:00 pm, the judging team also entered the West Small Hall. Gui Jijiu walked in first, followed by a few people, and Lu Dianzhuan also joined the team and followed at the end. The group looked at the long tables of each supply shop in turn.

Gui Jijiu had seen Hua Lei's calligraphy, so even though there was no information about Hua Lei on the menu, as soon as he saw the menu on long table number three, he knew it was Hua Lei's family.

He looked at the menu carefully. Well, the words on the menu were well written. It seemed that the menu had listened to his words and executed them very well. Gui Jijiu was satisfied.

They also wrote down the number of acres planted and the time of harvest after the name of the dish, which was very thoughtful and better than other food suppliers. The sample list deserves full marks.

Gui Jijiu turned his head to the vegetables on the long table. Newly woven open shallow bamboo baskets were neatly arranged.

Green cabbage, tender wild rice, prickly water chestnuts, round potatoes, plump radishes...

Every vegetable was washed clean, without any damage or pests, which was really pleasing to the eye.

This girl did a good job, Gui Jijiu was very satisfied

Then he turned his attention to the meat. There were four bamboo cages of the same size, containing chickens, ducks and geese. The pictures on them were novel and interesting. He had never seen such a painting before.

Can the chickens, ducks and geese be kept so clean? Gui Jijiu leaned over to take a closer look. Have they been washed?

This... Although I have instructed that the vegetables must be washed thoroughly, there is no need to be so careful to wash the ducks and geese.

What is this? A pig? A puppet? Gui Jijiu bent down slightly and pinched the puppet. It was soft and felt good. This... is this a pig puppet made of cloth? This is unnecessary, right?

Gui Jijiu looked at Hualei who was standing by the wall. Hualei smiled at him sweetly. Gui Jijiu was speechless. He turned his head and walked towards table number four.

"Oh, this won't do. There are so few dishes. If I eat these three dishes every other day, I won't lose my appetite. No, no, no."

Someone silently commented in his heart that he must be a person who pursues quality of life.

"Well, this one is good. It has a lot more dishes than the previous one. But some things are not cleaned properly. Although the staff in the canteen will wash them again, won't this increase the workload of the canteen? No, no."

Another person was complaining in his heart, probably the one working in the dining hall.

"Hey, this one is pretty good. It looks pretty good. The dishes are clean and there are many dishes. I might consider it and look at other restaurants first."

Someone nodded.

"This restaurant has quite a few dishes, and they are all cleaned pretty well, but isn't it a good idea to put the vegetables together with live chickens and ducks? Didn't you see that chicken was still pecking at the cabbage next to it? Oh, no, no."

Another person was shaking his head. He must be someone who pays attention to hygiene.

The group of seven people walked slowly around the tables, and each of them had a rough idea of ​​what was on offer. A few of them carefully looked at the dishes and menus in front of each long table.

When an old man with a white beard walked up to the long table No. 3 at Hualei and saw the detailed list of dishes, he couldn't help but be stunned.

He came closer, bent down, and looked at the sample menu carefully, looking surprised.

Gui Jijiu came forward and said, "Dr. Fu, do you like this menu?"

Dr. Fu nodded, twirled his graying beard, and said, "This handwriting is indeed good. The font is free and easy, without any stagnation in the middle. The spacing between words is also regular and sparse.

After reading the whole article, there is not a single bad word, which is quite amazing. It’s a pity that the content is a menu of dishes. If I pick an article from Er Ya or Li Ji, it would be a collection.”

Lu Dianzhuan beside him also came over and nodded, "What Dr. Fu said is absolutely right. When I saw this menu, I thought it was written by a doctor from our Imperial College.

I asked the little girl and she said she wrote it herself. I couldn’t believe it. She is so young but her calligraphy skills are amazing.”

"You said it was written by the little girl herself? The little girl in the beige dress standing by the wall? No way? She looks only thirteen or fourteen years old?"

Dr. Fu looked at Hua Lei who was standing by the wall, the only little girl at the scene, and was a little bit unbelieving.

"You can't believe it, right? When I first received this, I didn't believe it, so I asked. It was indeed written by her." Lu Dianzhuan said.

"Why don't we choose this one?" Dr. Fu asked Lu Dianzhuan.

"What does good handwriting have to do with the menu? Today we are choosing the food supply store, not who writes the best menu." A tall and thin man on the side disagreed.

“This dish is also very good, you see, the vegetables are all cleaned and neatly arranged.

Look at these chickens, ducks and geese, they are all plump and round, unlike the ducks and geese from other families which are dirty and skinny." said another teacher in a dark robe.

“And, you see, the chickens, ducks and geese are all put in separate cages with clean straw underneath, and the ducks haven’t pooped on the long table.

Look at table number six. The duck shit is all on the table. There is an eggplant next to it. I want to ask if this eggplant is still edible?" The master in the dark robe shook his head.

"Why don't you just wash it again? When you were a kid and hungry, did you think you could eat?" the tall and thin man retorted at the beginning.

Gui Jijiu looked at the two of them and said, "Since we have different opinions, let's listen to our own opinions and put the wooden signs in our hands on the menu of dishes of our choice. The minority shall obey the majority. How about it?" Gui Jijiu said.

"What do you think? Of course it's not good. But you are the chief priest and you are the most powerful. What can I do except agree with you?" The tall and thin man only dared to complain in his heart and dared not say anything.

Several people nearby nodded.

"I'll go first." Gui Jijiu took out a wooden sign from his sleeve pocket with the word "OK" engraved on it and placed it directly on the menu of table number three.

Dr. Fu also readily put his wooden sign up, and Hualei got two votes at once.

The tall and thin man took a look and put his sign on table number six.