Chapter 145

Qin Huai's fermented rice steamed buns could be said to have become famous in one battle. The chefs in the back kitchen, one by one, all said they were good after eating them, and then asked Qin Huai with full expectation if he was willing to participate in the preparation of staff meals.

It wasn't that other people's cooking wasn't delicious, it was mainly that they loved snacks. It had been three years; everyone hadn't seen any pastry-related meals in the staff meals for three years.

Even Huang Shengli's only son, the future heir of Huang's Restaurant, the young master Huang Anyao, whose marketing plan was described by Dong Shi as a complete mess, specifically rushed over to eat the last fermented rice steamed bun and praised it highly.

Then he asked Qin Huai if he was willing to make staff meals.

Qin Huai lost himself in the praises of everyone.

Qin Huai originally felt that he was new here and had nothing to do, so he just made some fermented rice steamed buns for everyone to show his level. As a result, everyone was so supportive, so enthusiastic, and so expectant that Qin Huai felt he couldn't let everyone down. In a happy mood, he made Three-Diced Baozi and Five-Diced Baozi, and also boiled two large pots of Chen Pi tea.

Everyone was very sensible and didn't ask why Chen Pi white fungus lotus seed soup should be called Chen Pi tea.

Don't ask; if you ask, it's Qin Huai's ingenuity.

Zheng Siyuan, who was sitting in the distance on a small stool, drinking tea and eating melon seeds with Huang Shengli, looked at Qin Huai, who was full of energy and started working directly, as if he saw himself from a while ago.

Sure enough, everyone has a way of being scammed that suits them.

"I didn't expect Xiao Qin to have such a personality." Huang Shengli looked happily at his disciples and son joining forces to coax Qin Huai into making snacks, "I always thought Xiao Qin was the kind of person who was very calm and steady."

"I didn't expect Xiao Qin to be like you, looking quite steady on the surface, but actually being so happy that he couldn't find north when praised by others." Huang Shengli looked at Zheng Siyuan.

Zheng Siyuan refused to admit that he was also like this.

He wouldn't lose himself because of the praise of his peers.

He would only gaslight himself because of the disappointment of his clients.

"Qin Huai actually... isn't like this usually." Zheng Siyuan felt he had to say a few words for Qin Huai, otherwise it would easily implicate his own image, "When he was at the Cloud Canteen, he was quite casual when making snacks, doing whatever he wanted, mainly based on the tastes of his friends and his younger sister."

"I've heard of this." Huang Shengli took a sip of tea, "Xiao Qin has no master, no one to teach him, and has never systematically studied snacks. What snacks he makes mainly depends on what his sister wants to eat. When I first heard your dad say it, I thought he was teasing me. How could there be such a self-taught chef in this world?"

"And now?" Zheng Siyuan asked.

"Now I have to admit that there really is a genius in this world that I can't imagine. It was me who was sitting in a well and looking at the sky." Huang Shengli smiled bitterly, "Xiao Qin can even learn heat control techniques by taking online classes. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have dared to believe it."

"I really never thought that one day I could open a video to teach people how to practice heat control."

"So you asked me to ask Qin Huai if he wanted to come over for a period of learning and exchange, was it to guide him face-to-face?" Zheng Siyuan asked.

"Not entirely." Huang Shengli looked at Qin Huai, who was stir-frying the filling, again, "I also understand Xiao Qin's situation. He has businesses, employees, family, familiar diners, and friends in Shanshi; it's impossible for him to stay in Gusu for a long time to learn skills."

"What's more, I am a red-case chef, and Xiao Qin is a pastry chef. Even if I want to take him as an apprentice, I have no name to do so. As for your dad..."

Huang Shengli clicked his tongue twice with some disdain: "If he hadn't gone into business back then and managed the restaurant with me, and had been practicing his culinary skills hard all these years, he might have been qualified to take Xiao Qin as an apprentice."

"Now... at Xiao Qin's age, practicing heat control for two years and grinding his knife skills a little, he doesn't even need to find a master. If he studies systematically himself, he will be able to surpass your dad in less than 5 years. With your dad's level, he still wants to pick up a leak and take him as an apprentice? I think it's out of the question." Zheng Siyuan agreed with Huang Shengli's evaluation of his dad and nodded: "Then Uncle Master, you want to..."

"Let Xiao Qin make more friends in the circle." Huang Shengli said, "Change his current thinking."

"I feel he seems to have no concept of his own culinary skills; it might be a bit too wild. Although your dad's culinary skills are good, he looks quite unreliable. Although your pastry culinary skills are among the best among your peers, you hide at the entrance of the residential complex every day making pastries, without any genius demeanor."

"As for me, I have fame, but my body is not good; I'm just an old man about to retire."

"I have no opinion on Xiao Qin getting up at 4:00 every morning to make breakfast; it's just a personal habit. As long as his skills are enough, even if he gets up at 1:00 in the morning to make breakfast, there will still be guests willing to line up at his shop entrance at 2:00."

"But Xiao Qin, until now, still thinks he is a breakfast shop master, taking selling breakfast as his main business and snacks as a side business. This thinking is very problematic."

"It's not that I look down on breakfast, but if Xiao Qin really forms such a habit, he will be making steamed buns and baozi every day for the next twenty or thirty years, and snacks will be made casually, which will limit his development."

"Look at now, Xiao Qin clearly knows how to make apple-shaped dough fruits, but when showing off his culinary skills, his first reaction is still to make steamed buns and baozi."

"This is his habit, and I don't think this habit is bad, but I believe he must have snacks that he is better at and more difficult, but he can't think of them at the first time."

"He should have a broader track and a wider vision."

"This is like why pastry chefs from all over the country want to break into Does Zhi Wei Ju, because they know that Does Zhi Wei Ju gathers the most top pastry snack chefs in the country. Breaking into a name in Does Zhi Wei Ju is considered standing firm in the culinary world. There are pastry masters from various schools there, and you can open your eyes and learn things there."

"Even if you can't mix in Does Zhi Wei Ju and come out, you are still a hot commodity when you go to other restaurants."

"Xiao Qin is different from you. You are your dad's son, and your skills were all taught by your dad. Your dad's reputation is there, so you don't need to break out to have a reputation. You can sell pastries safely at the entrance of the residential complex. When you don't want to stay here one day, as long as you open your mouth, there will be a place for you everywhere."

"Xiao Qin is different; he is a pure wild path. If no one leads him out to see, he might really stay in the community canteen for the rest of his life selling breakfast, being a breakfast master for the rest of his life."

Zheng Siyuan seemed to understand a little.

"So, Uncle Master, you want Qin Huai to come out and see the world?"

"No, I want him to come out and let the world see him." Huang Shengli said.

"Let everyone know what a young and amazing pastry snack master is hidden in Shanshi."

"At the same time, let Xiao Qin know how amazing he is. He is no longer Master Xiao Qin who sells breakfast in a breakfast shop. He is Master Xiao Qin who makes snacks and can be sought after by everyone in the restaurant."

"Genius, right? You always have to have a bit of a genius's temper and enjoy a genius's treatment. If you always make him feel that he is mediocre, then what kind of genius is that?"

"Weren't you also praised by me and your dad, as well as my disciples, when you were young?"

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