Chapter 297: Radish Cake Sister

For the next few days, Qin Huai spent his time working and cutting vegetables as usual.

Since Qin Huai usually cuts radishes in the afternoon, An Youyou also adjusted her work hours along with Qin Huai, becoming a mid-morning shift and getting off work after dinner.

Correspondingly, Master Xiao Qin's luxury breakfast also exited the breakfast menu.

Don't ask; asking means Master Xiao Qin has tasted the sweetness of being a pastry chef and finds it hard to get up at 4 o'clock every day to be a breakfast chef like before.

Regarding this change at the Yunzhong Canteen, the diners accepted it well. Except for the grandpas who jog in the morning feeling like the sky had fallen and having no motivation for their daily morning jog, many office workers were even a little happy.

After all, although breakfast is good, it's really hard to get up in the morning. Moreover, the breakfast produced by Master Xiao Qin is expensive, and normal working-class people can't eat it every day; being able to reward themselves with a breakfast made by Qin Huai three times a week is considered economically affluent.

Many office workers previously chose to eat the buns made by Qin Huai on Monday or Friday. Monday is the first day of the work week, and it's hard to face this miserable life. Friday is the day for regular meetings, and it's also hard to face this miserable life.

Life is already bitter enough; you have to eat something good to relax.

For many office workers who had already prepared themselves and decided to get up half an hour early on the days they ate something good to go to the Yunzhong Canteen to grab Four-Joy Tangyuan, this change was undoubtedly like sweet dew after a long drought.

Too good, no need to get up early, and still able to eat good food.

What? You say the competition at noon and dinner is greater and you can't grab a seat.

Are you kidding? Do you think that if Four-Joy Tangyuan is sold in the morning, you can grab a seat in the morning?

Go ask around the nearby office buildings; who hasn't squatted at the entrance of the Yunzhong Canteen to eat Four-Joy Tangyuan.

Do you understand the gold content of Four-Joy Tangyuan?

Not to mention that the Yunzhong Canteen has also launched freshly pan-fried radish cake, supplied according to the situation at noon, and supplied throughout the entire period from afternoon to evening.

In the past few days, the children in the residential area near the Yunzhong Canteen have already developed the good habit of going to the Yunzhong Canteen to buy three servings of delicious and cheap radish cake as the first thing after school; one for the child, one for the dad, and one for the mom.

Family harmony starts with one serving of radish cake for everyone.

An Youyou also got a new nickname because of this: Radish Cake Sister.

This nickname came from Grandma Ding's granddaughter.

On an ordinary Saturday afternoon, when Grandma Ding brought her granddaughter to the Yunzhong Canteen to squat for radish cake, An Youyou came out of the back kitchen to get something from the warehouse and was seen by Grandma Ding's granddaughter, who pointed at her and shouted "Radish Cake Sister."

Since then, this title has spread among the children. Now, the favorite pastry chef of the children in the nearby residential area is no longer Qin Huai (Qin Huai has been cutting radishes in the afternoon recently and hasn't made snacks), but Radish Cake Sister.

After all, which child can refuse a radish cake that only sells for 5 yuan, is delicious, and is pan-fried?

March 13th, 3:57 PM.

Qin Huai's radish cutting is nearing its end.

Although Cao Guixiang likes entrapment, she is not a strict teacher in the traditional sense, nor does she encourage apprentices to practice blindly and excessively.

Knowing that Qin Huai has a full-time job and is already a mature and excellent pastry chef, Cao Guixiang prefers to turn knife skill practice into a part of Qin Huai's daily practice, rather than spending more time on knife skills to the point of neglecting pastry making.

The radishes Qin Huai cuts haven't changed much.

The radish slices are still the same; they look okay at first glance, but a closer look reveals that they are uneven in thickness, and wanting to make the radish slices translucent is wishful thinking.

If there is an apprentice in this world who can cut translucent, beautiful, and neat radish slices of even thickness after only half a month of practicing knife skills without any foundation, then other chefs would likely have to hold their heads and cry, lamenting the unfairness of heaven.

Although there is no progress in cutting radishes, Qin Huai has made great progress in listening to gossip.

He can now listen to what Cao Guixiang says with his ears, answer the questions Cao Guixiang asks with his mouth, focus his attention on the radish, and not make mistakes while cutting.

When in a good state, he can also handle emergencies along the way.

For example, right now.

"Master Xiao Qin, Grandma Ding just called Sister Xi. The kindergarten where she used to be the principal has a parent-child activity tomorrow afternoon and wants to order 700 servings of radish cake. Should we take this order?" Because she fries radish cake every day, she has been stained with the smell of radish cake, and wherever she goes, it's as if she is a walking, super-large piece of radish cake. An Youyou trotted over to ask Qin Huai.

"Take it." Qin Huai said without hesitation. "What time do they need it?"

"Need it delivered before 2:00 PM."

"Then I'll start cutting radishes earlier tomorrow. You pick a few people to fry radish cake with you tomorrow; you can't fry it all by yourself." Qin Huai said without raising his head, continuing to cut radishes calmly.

An Youyou froze in place, a bit unbelievable, also a bit flattered, and also a bit ecstatic.

After freezing for a full ten seconds, An Youyou asked excitedly: "Me? I pick the people?!"

Qin Huai stopped cutting radishes and looked up at her helplessly: "Of course, you are the one responsible for frying radish cake now; you are the person in charge of this project. If you don't pick the people, who does?"

"I'm the person in charge!" An Youyou was extremely surprised. "Thank you, Master Xiao Qin; I will definitely complete the task well and won't mess it up."

Qin Huai fully believes in An Youyou's ability to complete this task; she is Radish Cake Sister, the most authoritative person in charge of frying radish cake in the entire Yunzhong Canteen.

An Youyou went back happily to continue frying radish cake, not noticing that Pei Xing and Li Hua looked at each other again.

The subtext in both their eyes was exactly the same.

A formidable rival.

Too good at bootlicking!

Neither promoted nor given a raise, and assigned a task for no reason, yet she can act so excited.

An opponent not to be underestimated!

Qin Huai continued to cut radishes. Cao Guixiang, who was kneading dough at home preparing to wrap dumplings in the afternoon, joked: "It seems Radish Cake Sister has work to do tomorrow again. Little Qin, you can't exploit employees, just assigning work to the little girl without raising her salary."

"How is that possible, Master Cao? Am I that kind of person?" Qin Huai adjusted his movements and continued to cut radishes. "The pastry chefs in our canteen have performance commissions. An Youyou is responsible for frying radish cake, so naturally, she also has a commission for the portion she fries."

"Is that so? The benefits sound so good that even I want to go to your canteen to fry radish cake." Cao Guixiang laughed.

Just then, Zhang Chu came back from fishing, carrying an empty bucket, heard the last sentence, and asked: "What radish cake? Guixiang, aren't you wrapping dumplings today? Switched to making radish cake?"

"I'm urging Little Qin to practice knife skills." Cao Guixiang glanced helplessly at her husband, just looked closely at Qin Huai's hand movements while cutting radishes for a few seconds, and continued kneading dough. "Exactly, Little Qin, my Old Zhang is back. He has finished all the remaining molds for you; talk to him."

Zhang Chu walked to the camera, revealing half his face, and first praised him flatteringly: "Little Qin's radish cutting is not bad now; it looks like the real thing."

"The last few sets of molds are all finished; they were painted this morning, and now we're just waiting for the paint to dry. Little Qin, when do you want me to send them over? Are you in a hurry to use them?" Zhang Chu asked happily.

"Grandpa Zhang, I'm not in a hurry. I have to go to City A for catering in two days; you can send them later." Qin Huai said with a smile, then remembered something. "Oh, right, Master Cao, I just forgot to tell you, I contacted General Manager Han two days ago to ask if there was anything that needed to be prepared in advance."

"General Manager Han said he is at ease leaving the pastry to me, and there is nothing that needs to be prepared. This noon, Assistant Chen pulled together a group, and the other two savory-dish chefs responsible for the birthday banquet are in the group."

Cao Guixiang nodded: "That's very good. Although you are a pastry chef and not good at savory dishes, the main chefs responsible for a banquet need to communicate and cooperate with each other. Building a group in advance facilitates communication."

Qin Huai said without raising his head: "That's right, I asked my friends about these two chefs."

"Master Tong Deyan is the head chef of Beiping's Babaozhai. It is rumored that he has a bad temper, and a well-informed friend of mine told me he is not easy to get along with." "Master Zang Mu is a famous Huaiyang cuisine chef; it is said that his personality is very gentle, but he doesn't talk much and is relatively taciturn."

"Since our group was built, only Assistant Chen has spoken in the group; the other two chefs haven't spoken. I was wondering if I should take the initiative to speak."

Cao Guixiang finished kneading the dough, placed it on the cutting board to let it ferment naturally, and began to prepare the filling.

Chive and egg filling, green chives paired with yellow stir-fried egg chunks, looked very good.

"Either way is fine."

"Many times, cooperation between chefs doesn't necessarily require too much verbal communication; technical communication can be fully realized through craftsmanship."

"You are going to City A in advance on the 18th and will definitely need to prepare in advance, so you will come into contact then. It won't be too late to communicate when the time comes."

As soon as Cao Guixiang finished speaking, Qin Huai cut the last radish.

Qin Huai's knife skill practice for today was completed; the rest was seasoning practice, making radish cake.

"Master Cao, thank you for your hard work today; I'll hang up first."

"Okay." Cao Guixiang took back her phone and looked helplessly at Zhang Chu, who was standing by the TV cabinet, acting sneaky and wanting to eavesdrop but not daring to enter the frame. "If you want to come over, just come over; it's just as well to have one more person talking to exercise Little Qin's attention to see if it's focused."

Zhang Chu smiled: "I'm just afraid of disturbing your topic."

"How is it? Has Little Qin made any progress in the past few days?"

Cao Guixiang rolled her eyes at Zhang Chu: "It's only been a few days; how could there be obvious progress. I chat with Little Qin like this every day, one is to exercise his concentration, so he doesn't cut his hand while cutting radishes absent-mindedly one day."

"The second is that Little Qin is a child who likes to chat. It's also strange; normal people get distracted when chatting while working, leading to decreased efficiency. Little Qin is the exact opposite; he actually performs better when chatting under normal circumstances. He always says he has a friend who is very good at chatting about gossip; just how good must he be to give him this habit."

Zhang Chu thought for a few seconds and couldn't figure it out.

"Then when will Little Qin come to our side again?" Zhang Chu asked.

"According to his current progress, mid-May." Cao Guixiang said. "After the radish cutting is proficient, then cut other things."

"After the white radish is cut, cut carrots and potatoes. If these two are no problem, cut cucumbers. After cucumbers, you can increase the difficulty and cut green bamboo shoots. It will probably take about a year to practice until cutting tofu."

"Cut tofu for half a year; if the progress is fast, you can start touching meat within two years."

Zhang Chu clicked his tongue: "That's really a lot to cut."

"What snacks to make with carrots and potatoes?"

"Potato cakes and carrot cakes, of course." Cao Guixiang said. "Why do you care about this?"

Zhang Chu chuckled: "Isn't it because Little Qin's snack-making skills are indeed quite good? I also want to taste them."

Cao Guixiang:...

In Qin Huai's day-after-day of normal work and cutting radishes to practice knife skills, time quickly arrived at March 18th.

Chen Gong booked a flight to City A for Qin Huai in the morning. Qin Huai only needed to bring a change of clothes; the rest was all arranged by Chen Gong.

Because Master Xiao Qin has to leave temporarily for three days for catering, the Yunzhong Canteen temporarily took Four-Joy Tangyuan off the menu for three days, and the radish cake preliminary production task was handed over to Chen An and Li Hua.

An Youyou is now a well-known Radish Cake Sister in the hearts of the children. If radish cake were taken off the menu just because Master Xiao Qin went on a business trip, there would probably be many children crying loudly near the Yunzhong Canteen.

Anyway, the production process of radish cake is very simple; Chen An can handle it alone. Adding Li Hua is entirely because Li Hua took the initiative to volunteer, stating that for the children's happiness, Master Xiao Li is duty-bound.

March 18th, 11:17 AM, Qin Huai arrived in City A.

Chen Gong said he had arranged for someone to pick him up, and Qin Huai would see them as soon as he exited the terminal.

Qin Huai didn't expect that as soon as he exited the terminal, what he saw was Chen Gong holding a sign with the two big characters "Qin Huai" written on it.

Qin Huai:?

Brother, aren't you General Manager Han's life assistant?

Does the life assistant of a domineering president usually have to do such errands?

Qin Huai dragged his small suitcase containing only simple changes of clothes and greeted him.

Greeting Qin Huai was Chen Gong's bright smile and enthusiastic voice.

"Master Xiao Qin, you've come from afar; you've really worked hard. Hungry, right? Our General Manager Han has arranged a simple meal for you at the most famous restaurant in our City A, Yushianfang. The hotel booked for you is also near Yushianfang. I'll send you to the hotel to drop off your luggage first, and then we'll go to Yushianfang together."

"Tomorrow's birthday banquet is being held at Yushianfang. Our General Manager Han has booked the entire restaurant. When the time comes, the chefs from Yushianfang will be the ones helping you."

"After eating, I'll take you to the back kitchen to recognize people so you can familiarize yourself with the staff. If you have the time and energy, it's best to do a trial run first to avoid accidents at the banquet tomorrow. What do you think of this itinerary?"

Qin Huai looked at Chen Gong and only saw the word "professional" on him.

"Of course, no problem." Qin Huai said readily. "Are we eating together at noon?"

"There is also Master Zang Mu; Master Tong Deyan's flight arrives at 2:00 PM. I see that you all haven't chatted much in the group, so you must be a bit reserved. It doesn't matter; I'll introduce you to each other when the time comes."

Qin Huai smiled and didn't speak, just stared at Chen Gong.

Among the many monster illustrations he has unlocked, Chen Gong is undoubtedly the most mysterious one.

Qin Huai has had more or less direct contact time and opportunities with other monsters and has channels and methods to inquire about their pasts. Only Chen Gong is just a "like" acquaintance in the circle of friends.

Chen Gong is the most normal-looking among these unawakened monsters, but his tasks are the most abnormal.

Qin Huai feels he must seize these few days to have a good chat with Chen Gong.

It would be best to chat out the second side quest.

Seeing Qin Huai staring at him, Chen Gong asked curiously: "Master Qin, do you have any other questions to ask?"

"No." Qin Huai shook his head. "I just simply feel that it's really lucky for General Manager Han to have such a capable assistant like you."

Hearing Qin Huai say this, Chen Gong seemed very happy: "How could that be, how could that be; being able to meet a boss like General Manager Han is my luck."

Going to Singapore for the annual meeting these few days, updates might... probably... maybe be unstable (looking at the sky)

If updated on the day, it's updated.

If not updated, it's a pigeon.

And 99% no update on March 1st.

Pigeon (coo coo coo)

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