The narrator complains that he's being treated like a "playboy" . He's spent a lot of money to take the culinary exam anyway, so he doesn't want to give up. He wants to learn how to cook a dish, so why not give him a chance to do it? The narrator wants to know if the girl is trying to embarrass him, or if she's just trying to make him look bad. The girl is selling cold vegetables, which aren't really cooked food, and she needs to sell at least three plates of them in order to make a profit. The narrator thinks that the girl should just give the knife to the young man who's making the cold vegetables. The young man, who is called "nianbing" , looks like a total idiot. He seems to be using a knife that looks like it's "dancing in the hand" of the man who makes the vegetables. Everyone is watching, and the narrator can't believe that this young man is so good at making vegetables. He thinks that his skill is so great that he deserves to be called a "culinary fool."