Chapter 115: Accidentally Triggered Task

Qin Huai's Flower Steamed Buns were very popular.

Although his flower molds weren't very "Flower Steamed Bun-like"—they were all simple, basic shapes, with single colors, and sometimes the appearance wasn't very good, far inferior to the mass-produced animal buns—it couldn't be helped that Qin Huai's craftsmanship was good.

Flower Steamed Buns are steamed buns.

Qin Huai is a professional at making steamed buns.

The diners who participated in the random drops every afternoon during Qin Huai's practice of buckwheat steamed buns all knew that as long as Master Xiao Qin made steamed buns, no matter what he added to the dough, they would taste good!

Regarding this, Seeing Ouyang expressed absolute agreement: "That's right, it's just like that. Even if Master Xiao Qin added elm bark juice, it would still be top-notch delicious."

Not to mention that when Zheng Siyuan was teaching Qin Huai Flower Steamed Buns, he actually tucked in some private goods, incidentally teaching how to color the dough and incidentally season it.

Qin Huai now makes breakfast every morning, makes Flower Steamed Buns in the morning, makes soup in the afternoon, and incidentally molds a couple of fruit-shaped pastries; all the pastries in the shop are left to Zheng Siyuan and Chen An to make.

Everyone was extremely happy with this job change.

Although Master Xiao Qin's craftsmanship was good, Master Xiao Zheng's craftsmanship was even better.

Fresh meat shortbread, fresh meat mooncakes, lard rice cakes, and Qiaoguo were all limited-edition products. Since they were finally re-released, they had to be bought fiercely.

Qu Jing was the most outrageous among them. As long as she was on the night shift that day, she would squat in the canteen from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM every day, buying whatever was available.

And although she was unsociable and not good at making friends with her peers, she was very good at communicating with the elderly.

Qu Jing squatted in the canteen like this for a few days and directly became familiar with Master Wang, who lived the farthest away.

Master Wang was often teased by his friends as having Alzheimer's disease because his memory was indeed not good, and he often forgot things and was scolded by his wife. Everyone also knew that he didn't do it on purpose to avoid work.

After all, as long as you knew Master Wang, you could hear him recount his glorious years every few days, emphasizing his accountant integrity of not keeping fake accounts for 40 years. For the sake of this integrity, he must have really forgotten and not done it on purpose.

Upon learning that Qu Jing was a neurologist specializing in Alzheimer's disease, Master Wang anxiously consulted Qu Jing, only to be comforted by Qu Jing not to scare himself; 80% of illnesses are scared out.

Master Wang's kind of forgetting the garlic when asked to buy green onions, ginger, and garlic, or always forgetting to wipe the stove after washing dishes, cannot be counted as amnesia; at most, it can only be counted as not taking the matter to heart, so he didn't remember it at all.

Of course, if Master Wang was really worried, he could also go to their hospital to register for an outpatient clinic for a detailed examination. Qu Jing didn't mind getting some performance points for herself.

That day, Dr. Qu's diagnosis was passed back to Master Wang's home. After a family war, Master Wang never forgot to wipe the stove after washing dishes again.

Everyone who heard it had to sigh: "Divine doctor!"

Now, the divine doctor had mixed in among the grandpas and sat in the feng shui treasure seat of Table 9.

"Little Qu, your ultraviolet allergy is so severe, you can't avoid the doctor. I know a particularly good dermatologist here. I'll push his WeChat to you now. If you have time, go take a look; it can definitely be cured!" Master Qian, while poking his head to observe when the glutinous rice cakes Zheng Siyuan was wrapping would go on sale, strongly recommended the doctor.

"Thank you, Mr. Qian. Our hospital has a dermatology department, and I'm already receiving treatment," Qu Jing replied with a smile, glancing at Zheng Siyuan. "The glutinous rice cakes seem to be wrapped."

As soon as Qu Jing's voice fell, several grandpas rushed out. Those sitting far away saw Table 9 had taken the lead and followed suit. Qu Jing queued at the very end unhurriedly.

She knew very well that Qin Huai would definitely save some for her.

Although Qu Jing didn't quite understand why her relationship with Qin Huai had suddenly become so good, it seemed she had already become a recognized "insider" of the Yunzhong Canteen, just like Chen Huihong, Luo Jun, and Seeing Ouyang.

Yesterday morning, Master Qian had also secretly found Qu Jing and asked her if she could help buy a bag of fermented rice steamed buns. His in-laws were coming over for dinner in the evening and urgently needed a bag of fermented rice steamed buns to save face.

As Qu Jing expected, even though she was at the end of the line, she was still allocated two large pieces of glutinous rice cakes covered in sugar, and Qin Huai also incidentally stuffed her with an apple-shaped pastry.

"This was specially left for you by Luo Luo. It was made yesterday afternoon. It might not taste as good as when it was just out of the pot, but make do with it," Qin Huai said.

Master Qian, who heard what Qin Huai said, had already taken out his mobile phone and clicked on Qin Luo's Moments, starting to look for any missed posts he hadn't liked. "Specially left for me?" Qu Jing was a bit surprised, hesitating for a few seconds, probably thinking about whether her relationship with Qin Luo had reached this point.

"I don't seem to have seen Luo Luo much."

Qu Jing really hadn't seen Qin Luo much.

When Qu Jing came for breakfast in the morning, Qin Luo had already started her first class. Even if it wasn't a night shift, after finishing the day shift and coming to the canteen, the time Qu Jing's hospital finished work was basically after 5 o'clock.

Qin Luo's school dismissal time wasn't late, but the evening peak traffic was crowded, and Qin Luo took the bus back, so she basically arrived at the canteen after 6:30 PM.

In Qin Huai's impression, except for the first time Qu Jing came to the canteen to consume, he had introduced Qin Luo to Qu Jing, and the two seemed to have only met once on a certain Sunday.

"You added each other on WeChat," Qin Huai said. "I remember you liked every one of Luo Luo's Moments."

Qu Jing thought for a moment: "Is it the one with the WeChat name 'What to eat today'?"

Qin Huai nodded.

"That's Luo Luo's WeChat?" Qu Jing suddenly realized. "I saw that WeChat posting canteen pastries every day, and I always thought it was the canteen's official account."

Qin Huai:...

"So... why did Luo Luo specially leave this pastry for me?" Qu Jing asked.

Although she didn't have much contact with Qin Luo, she knew Qin Luo had a big appetite.

"It seems that last night when Luo Luo came back from school to eat pastries, she heard Sister Xi and An Youyou discussing that you have been on night shifts recently and can only come to the canteen in the morning to squat for pastries and buy some Flower Steamed Buns, and can't eat the fruit-shaped pastries in the afternoon."

"Coincidentally, yesterday Seeing Ouyang was sent to the suburbs to deliver materials, and was caught by his parents to eat at night and didn't come to the canteen, so he didn't eat his share of the fruit-shaped pastries, and Luo Luo was allocated 4 by herself."

"She felt you were too unlucky, spending money every day but not being able to eat the best ones, and it just so happened she had some extra in her hand, so she left one for me to give to you today," Qin Huai explained. "It's normal if you don't understand; the thoughts in Luo Luo's head... the thoughts of high school students in this age group are all strange."

Qu Jing looked at the pastry in her hand that had completely cooled down.

"Luo Luo... is always so enthusiastic?" Qu Jing asked.

"Quite enthusiastic," Qin Huai said. "When she was little, she watched TV dramas and wanted to be a swordswoman, so she stole buns from home to feed stray dogs, feeding the stray dogs until they were so full they lay on the ground and flipped their bellies."

"Later, when she was a little older and had some money in her hand, she heard my cousin complaining that my aunt wouldn't let him eat his fill to lose weight, so she took my cousin to eat at a buffet, and ended up feeding my cousin until he was hospitalized."

"If this counts as enthusiastic... our Luo Luo has been an enthusiastic child since she was little."

Qu Jing smiled: "Then those stray dogs and cousin should all like her quite a bit."

Qin Huai:?

Qu Jing said, took off her mask, and took a bite of the pastry.

Qin Huai noticed that after one day, Qu Jing's lip color had changed from normal to pale again.

"Help me tell Luo Luo, it's quite delicious."

"Ding, congratulations to the player for discovering the side quest 【Taste of Memory 2】. Please check it in the task panel."

Qin Huai:?!

Luo Luo, hurry, leave one pastry each for Grandpa Luo Jun, Aunt Chen Huihong, and Little Sister Chen Huihui!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 116 =====