Chapter 120: Liang Zhu (V)

After Qin Huai parked the car in the parking space in the underground parking lot, he originally wanted to go home directly to rest. Luo Jun wouldn't let him, feeling that Qin Huai must be going home to secretly watch his memory, so he made Qin Huai send him back and incidentally watch the memory at his house.

Regarding Luo Jun's behavior of extreme distrust of himself, Qin Huai could only say:

You really know people well.

After Luo Jun sent Zhang Shumei away to buy another pot of spider plants, Qin Huai clicked on the game panel.

A new main quest appeared in the task panel.

【King of Single Items】: As a new shop that has initially gained a foothold, having a few single items that customers praise is the capital for you to become famous in the future. Please let Yunzhong Canteen have 5 single items sold daily, with a favorable rate of no less than 98%, and at least 1000 customers who think this is the most delicious dish of this kind they have ever eaten.

Task Reward: Popularity Traffic +1000, 【A segment of???'s dream】 (Choice: Yes/No)

Qin Huai found that the??? in the task rewards are all the names of the illustrated guide characters he hasn't unlocked yet. This game system really doesn't let him take any advantage; it's impossible to strategy characters to see ahead before unlocking the illustrated guide.

After accepting the 【King of Single Items】 main quest, you can check the current progress in the task.

Good news, currently the canteen has two single items that are qualified, namely fermented rice steamed buns and Chen Pi tea.

Bad news, the remaining three single items don't even have a clue.

Qin Huai felt that Three-Diced Steamed Buns and Five-Diced Steamed Buns definitely had no hope. Although these two types of buns are delicious, they are relatively common pastries from Huaiyang, and there are many shops selling them. Unless Qin Huai's cooking skills are already so good that they are far ahead, otherwise, for pastries, everyone has their own preferences. It is very difficult to become the most delicious dish of the same kind in the hearts of customers.

However, main quests, no rush.

The strategy targets for this task reward haven't appeared yet. Wait until they appear, then be anxious.

Qin Huai finished watching the main quest and turned his gaze to Luo Jun, who was already comfortably leaning on the sofa, starting to eat fruit while watching TV.

"Do you have anything else you want to preview for me?" Qin Huai asked.

"No." Luo Jun stared at the TV drama, too lazy to even give Qin Huai an extra glance.

Qin Huai took a look; it seemed to be a newly released Xianxia drama.

Luo Jun really loves this kind.

"Then... I'll watch the memory," Qin Huai said.

"Watch it, can I stop you from watching it?"

Ignoring Luo Jun's sarcasm, Qin Huai clicked 【A segment of Luo Jun's memory】.

Choose Yes.

Memory loading—

"Boyan, today Master Jiang made the fruit-shaped pastries you love. I bought a few of each."

"Why have you been calling me by this name?"

"After all, I didn't know your courtesy name was Boyan before. I think calling you by your courtesy name is intimate. Why didn't you say it before?"

"It was all randomly taken when returning home, troublesome."

"Not troublesome, it sounds very good."

As soon as Qin Huai entered the memory, he saw Seeing Liu Tao's smiling face.

At this time, Seeing Liu Tao was obviously a few years older than when she was still singing, her hair was coiled up, looking like a married woman, and the color of her cheongsam was darker, looking much more steady.

Seeing Liu Tao had a food box in her hand, a jade bracelet on her wrist, gemstones inlaid on her earrings, a pearl necklace around her neck, and the hair accessories on her hair also looked like gold inlaid with gemstones. The whole person looked much more wealthy than when she piled all the jewelry of the opera troupe on herself when they watched a movie on their first date.

Qin Huai began to look at the house. The house wasn't very big, with two floors. On the second floor, there was a bedroom, a study, a utility room, and a bathroom. The first floor was the living room and kitchen, and there was a courtyard outside.

The decoration was relatively simple, incomparable to the luxury decoration of the Richard Hotel covered with wool carpets, but compared to the same era, it could be considered wealthy.

There was no furniture in the living room either, just an antique shelf, two cabinets, a table, two sofas, and the rest were mountains of newspapers.

The cabinets in the living room were all novels, probably because the study upstairs couldn't hold them.

Luo Jun was wearing a shirt, sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. This appearance was exactly the same as the appearance of Luo Jun sitting on the sofa watching TV before Qin Huai entered the memory, simply a perfect reproduction.

Seeing Liu Tao put the food box on the table, went to the kitchen to get plates, arranged the plates one by one, opened the food box, and put the fruit-shaped pastries into the plates one by one.

After Seeing Liu Tao finished putting them, Luo Jun also finished reading the novel serialization in the newspaper, put down the newspaper, and looked up at the fruit-shaped pastries in the plates.

There were many types of fruit-shaped pastries.

Apple, orange, pear, apricot, hawthorn, persimmon, peach, cape gooseberry, jujube, chestnut, white radish, pomelo, carrot, pumpkin, walnut, peanut.

The shapes were uneven. The apple was the most like it, the pomelo was the worst, and at first glance, it was colorful, complete in shape, and very bluffing.

The pomelo was the biggest and the least like it. Luo Jun took one look at the pomelo and directly complained: "What is this?"

"Master Jiang's newly learned pomelo," Seeing Liu Tao said.

"It's not like I haven't seen an unpeeled pomelo; it doesn't look like this at all. If he can't do it, don't do it randomly, wasting white flour," Luo Jun complained impolitely, picking up the apple-shaped pastry that looked the most like it. "Honestly make apples."

"Master Jiang also wants to push through the old and bring forth the new," Seeing Liu Tao collected the newspaper Luo Jun had just finished reading and folded it. "Mutual understanding, we are hiding from the war, and Master Jiang is also hiding from the war."

"We came from Shanghai, Master Jiang came from Beiping, and meeting thousands of miles away is fate."

"I'm not hiding from the war; what's there to hide from that kind of thing," Luo Jun muttered, picking up another newspaper from his side. "Tao'er, have you heard any news about your parents?"

Seeing Liu Tao shook her head with a bitter smile.

"I was sold to the opera troupe when I was 5. So many years have passed, and people and things have changed. Boyan, do you not like this place? If you really don't like it, let's go back to Shanghai. I know you aren't used to eating or living here, and you can't buy the newspapers and books you like."

"Every time, I ask Uncle Liang to send a month's worth at once. Now that the war is chaotic, it's dangerous for Uncle Liang to send newspapers. I heard that the concessions in Shanghai are very safe now. Should we..."

"It's the same everywhere," Luo Jun looked at the newspaper. "If you can't find news, add money. Isn't that what you said? We can meet in this place even if we are thousands of miles apart from Master Jiang. Your parents were originally people here; how far can they run if they run again? Your family has no money, and you can't afford train tickets or boat tickets. How far can you walk on foot?"

"What I have is time. If I can't find them in one year, I'll look for two years. If I can't find them in two years, I'll look for three years. I really don't like the food here, but Wu Family Restaurant and Master Jiang's are okay, make do with it."

"Don't order from Wu Family Restaurant tonight. I remember Master Jiang made a kind of tofu last time..."

"Pot-collapsed Tofu," Seeing Liu Tao reminded.

"That's the one. I want to eat that tonight. For the remaining dishes, follow your own taste."

"Do we have to buy ingredients and bring them over when ordering at Master Jiang's? It seems we have to bring seasonings ourselves too. Forget it, I'll go eat with you at Master Jiang's tonight."

"He is also too poor. Doesn't he have money to buy soy sauce?"

Seeing Liu Tao smiled: "After all, Master Jiang is like me; money is spent on looking for people. In this day and age, the expenses for inquiring about relatives' news are high."

Luo Jun expressed he didn't understand, shook his head, and continued reading the novel.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 121 =====