Chapter 281: Do you have another master behind my back?

Zheng Siyuan's reply made Qin Huai feel that his master-level filling preparation hadn't been upgraded in vain; he chatted with Zheng Siyuan on WeChat for a while, sharing his insights on making Four-Joy Tangyuan during the New Year.

Incidentally, he told Zheng Siyuan not to go to Shan City in the near future; he didn't even know when he would return to Shan City himself, so they would set a time after Han Youxin's birthday banquet in March.

At that time, Master Xiao Zheng would return like lightning, giving the guests of the Cloud Canteen a surprise.

After all, Zheng Siyuan's pastry shop had just finished renovation and reopened for business; if it closed again after only a few days of operation, the neighbors would be wailing.

Zheng Siyuan thought about it and felt it made sense, so he shared his insights on making white-case snacks recently with Qin Huai on WeChat, and incidentally complained twice that his father had been forcing him to go on blind dates throughout the New Year.

Previously, Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da were both working at Huang Ji, and Zheng Siyuan didn't have time for blind dates, and Zheng Da didn't have time to look for women for blind dates. Almost as soon as Qin Huai returned home for the New Year, Zheng Da started to slack off; he made the New Year gift boxes seriously for a few days and then started a continuous strike, and at the same time, he had scouted blind date targets for Zheng Siyuan from the third day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth.

All of them were excellent women from all walks of life, and quite a few were fellow chefs, both savory and white-case.

Qin Huai was stunned, thinking that Zheng Da's network resources were quite extensive; in the chef circle, whether it was savory or white-case female chefs, they were very few, especially savory, and excellent female chefs were simply as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Zheng Da could even scout these; he had something.

At the end of the chat, Qin Huai asked very curiously: Did you like any of them?

Zheng Siyuan: No.

Zheng Siyuan: Their culinary skills are all not good, and I don't have a common language with them.

Qin Huai: 6

During the chat with Zheng Siyuan, Tan Weian also replied to the message.

Tan Weian's emotions were very simple: shock, shock, shock, and jealousy.

The summary was two words: Holy crap.

The screen was full of "Holy crap" and "Brother, what kind of elixir did you eat? Is this reasonable?" which made Qin Huai's eyes hurt; Qin Huai replied with "I'll make it for you next time we have a chance to meet" and ended the chat.

The third to reply was Huang Shengli, and Huang Shengli called directly.

Huang Shengli's call was very layered and content-rich; first, he said "Happy New Year" exactly the same as on the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, and then cared about Qin Huai's life during the New Year. Learning that Qin Huai had stayed in the kitchen making Four-Joy Tangyuan throughout the New Year, he was both gratified and concerned about his health, telling him not to be too tired and to pay attention to rest, otherwise it would be easy to leave behind the root of an illness.

Only then did he talk about the meat filling Qin Huai sent him, discussing every step of making the meat filling in detail, and finally said with gratification:

"Xiao Qin, you can make amazing progress even without anyone pointing things out on the side. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it; does Did Luo Luo give you such great motivation? Just because your sister loves to eat, you can make such obvious progress."

Qin Huai knew that Huang Shengli said this in a joking tone, and he also answered with a smile: "No way, Master Huang, you know, I've been making snacks since I was a child because Did Luo Luo wanted to eat them."

Although this time it was for the birthday banquet in March, for Chen Gong's side quest.

It's fine, anyway, Qin Luo hadn't eaten less Four-Joy Tangyuan during these days; she was almost vomiting from eating it a few days ago, and it was quite good to let Did Luo Luo take the blame occasionally.

"Xiao Qin, what are you doing now..."

"I'm basking in the sun and playing with my phone in the courtyard," Qin Huai said. "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me; I've been a bit dazed from making Four-Joy Tangyuan during this period. Today, I finally made such a beautiful meat filling, and after I finished taking the photo, I came out to bask in the sun; now those fillings are still in the kitchen and haven't been wrapped yet."

Huang Shengli's hearty laughter came from the phone: "Basking in the sun is good; you should bask in the sun in winter. I won't delay your rest, Xiao Qin; if you encounter problems while cooking, send me a message anytime; if I don't reply in time, call your Master Zheng; your Master Zheng is free."

"Alright." Qin Huai hung up the phone and continued playing with his phone.

On the other end of the phone, in the Huang Ji kitchen, Huang Shengli held his phone and looked at Zheng Da, who was still standing opposite him maintaining the state of pricking up his ears to listen, and said helplessly: "It's already hung up."

"Senior brother, why didn't you ask the question I told you to ask!" Zheng Da said urgently. "Xiao Qin's talent is good, but it's definitely not good to this extent; how could he possibly make the meat filling like this in such a short time by himself."

"Someone must have pointed things out to him; I can tell at a glance that this meat filling has been specially processed with a unique secret recipe."

"And have you noticed that since the sixth, Xiao Qin hasn't sent us any WeChat messages asking about culinary problems, not even sharing anything."

"Could it be that he met another master during the New Year?"

"Are there any other famous chefs in Guangdong Province who are from the same place as Qin Huai? No, I have to check their ancestral home; who is it? Not staying in the restaurant to work properly during the New Year and running home for the New Year; I have to find out who went home for the New Year."

Zheng Da was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Huang Shengli was helpless: "When Xiao Qin was here, I didn't see you working so hard or putting in so much effort; you couldn't even hold up for two days before you couldn't help but want to slack off; what are you anxious about now?"

"Isn't it normal for Xiao Qin's talent to be spotted by a master passing by?"

"No, now..." Huang Shengli interrupted Zheng Da's words: "Just tell me, is the filling he sent today beautiful or not?"

"Beautiful, too beautiful. If Xiao Qin could make such beautiful filling when I first met him in Shan City, I wouldn't have had the thought of wanting to be his master." Zheng Da boasted of being a white-case genius; facing a genius, he had the thought of wanting to take him as an apprentice, but facing a genius among geniuses, he only had self-knowledge left.

"How long do you think it would take for Xiao Qin to make such beautiful filling if he continued to stay at Huang Ji to communicate?" Huang Shengli asked again.

This question silenced Zheng Da.

It was hard for Zheng Da to answer.

After a long time, Zheng Da said honestly: "Can't make it."

"This filling obviously has a unique secret recipe; I don't have this secret recipe, so I can't teach it. If it depends on Xiao Qin's own comprehension, he might not be able to comprehend it in ten, twenty, or even thirty years."

"Look." Huang Shengli slowed his tone, "I am savory, you are white-case; you should be able to understand better than me. The meat filling in the photo Xiao Qin sent is so beautiful, mainly because of the newly learned secret recipe, besides his filling preparation level improving a lot."

"This kind of secret recipe, when placed on a small vendor, is called a century-old family heirloom."

"Placed on an ordinary chef, it's called a signature skill."

"Placed on a well-known chef, it's also a unique secret recipe. Ask yourself, would you teach a secret recipe that can significantly improve meat filling just by looking at a photo to anyone other than your own direct disciple?"

"If you, Zheng Da, hadn't been doing business and had been a chef all these years, spending a lifetime comprehending such a secret recipe, would you have taught it to Xiao Qin when you first met him?"

Zheng Da was directly silenced by this series of questions from Huang Shengli, and silence was his answer.

"So even if Xiao Qin met a new master, so what? This master has culinary skills, is generous, and is open-handed; as Xiao Qin's Master Zheng, shouldn't you be happy that Xiao Qin met this new master?" Huang Shengli asked with a smile.

Zheng Da sighed deeply: "Senior brother, am I out of luck?"

"You were out of luck a long time ago," Huang Shengli said bluntly, piercing his junior brother with the sharp knife of words.

"You should be glad that you were the first to know Xiao Qin; you will always be the first Master Zheng to discover him."

"Even if he has Master Wang, Master Zhang, Master Zhao, and Master Li later, you, Master Zheng, and I, Master Huang, are still ranked in the front."

"With 'Zhiwei' as proof."

After being enlightened by Huang Shengli, Zheng Da became cheerful again and took out his phone to check flight tickets.

Huang Shengli took a look; he was looking at tickets to Sanya.

Huang Shengli:?

"Sigh, it's been too hard during this period, and there's nothing in the business that needs me to deal with; go to the seaside to relax for a period of time."

Then Zheng Da started calling his wife: "Hey, wife, should we take our daughter and Yiyi to Sanya for a period of time in two days? Didn't you tell our daughter two days ago that you haven't been out for a long time?"

"Factory? The factory is fine recently; if there's anything, I'll fly back."

"Siyuan? Siyuan definitely won't go; he has to be urged three times to go on a blind date, wishing he could be nailed to his pastry shop; just us."

"Okay, you tell our daughter, I'll look at hotels."

Huang Shengli: …

He shouldn't have said those words just now.

Zheng Da, you lazy donkey who can't make a few pastries a year, without the carrot of Qin Huai hanging in front, you won't even pull the mill.

"Senior brother, are you going?"

"Get lost."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 282 =====