Chapter 31: Unintentionally planting a willow that grows into shade

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(Chapter title too long to pass (-))

Qin Huai really wanted to hang a sign at the entrance of the canteen, with large characters printed in gold-stamped font: Resist overtime, everyone is responsible, starting from the boss!

But he couldn't.

Because the task wasn't completed.

And the bun business was indeed quite good.

During this time, Qin Huai accidentally discovered several ingredients that went particularly well with buckwheat buns, which were a great success, widely acclaimed, and had explosive sales during the production process.

Some people even tried to secretly stuff red envelopes to Qin Luo, hoping that Qin Luo could manipulate things behind the scenes to persuade Qin Huai to let the Cloud Canteen drop specified flavors of buckwheat buns every afternoon. With the strong support of the community neighbors, the price of buns rose from 1.5 yuan each to 4 yuan each, and it could vaguely rise even higher, reaching the point where he could make a fortune just by mass production.

Seeing that the buns were so popular, Qin Congwen immediately put down his dream of picking up handmade noodles again, practiced hard and actively made buns, just to make buckwheat buns above the standard as soon as possible, produce them on a large scale for breakfast, and make a fortune.

Qin Huai felt it was unnecessary.

It wasn't that he was afraid of tiring Qin Congwen, but mainly because the Qin family breakfast shop had been selling buns every day for more than ten years and hadn't sold many steamed buns. Qin Congwen's dough-kneading technique wasn't good, and the buns he made weren't very good either; holding Buddha's feet temporarily was basically useless.

Qin Huai had already asked Chen Huihong to look for a pastry chef who was good at making buns on the market, and preferably two more pastry chefs who were good at making snacks, to expand the Cloud Canteen's pastry team and let himself get off work at 11:00 AM as soon as possible.

At the same time, he wouldn't have to work overtime to make buns in the afternoon after the task was completed.

The buns were a great success, and Chen Huihui was also very happy to test them. With Qin Luo as the vanguard tester and quality inspector, the buns Chen Huihui could eat were all officially certified delicious buns, not in large quantities, and could be eaten as afternoon snacks.

Every day after Chen Huihui finished her summer remedial classes, she would go to the canteen to eat buns before going home, and after eating, she could eat some delicious snacks Qin Huai made in the morning. Her life was simply too happy.

Not to mention that Qin Huai's bun-making technique was also improving day by day.

Now Qin Huai's attribute panel had clearly become:

Player Name: Qin Huai

Unlocked Illustrated Book: 1/12

Skills:

Dough Leavening (Intermediate): Your dough leavening technique has defeated 99% of breakfast shop masters in the country. (699/10000)

Filling Seasoning (Advanced): Your filling seasoning level has defeated 100% of breakfast shop masters in the country (379/100000)

Finger Technique (Primary): You don't style your pastries at all. (89/1000)

Oil Pastry (Intermediate): The fried dough sticks you fry are not bad. (19/10000)

Knife Work (Primary): Household level. (6/1000)

Heat Control (Primary): It won't poison people to death. (68/1000)

Food Tasting (Advanced): Alright, you are quite good at eating. (Cannot be upgraded)

Management (Intermediate): You are still quite good at doing business, you won't lose money. (211/10000)

Lying (Master Level): Seeing people and speaking human words, seeing ghosts and speaking ghost words—is that you? (982/1000000)

Although there was no qualitative breakthrough, and the practice volume in lying was clearly far ahead, the dough leavening proficiency second only to lying was enough to show that Qin Huai had indeed been quite diligent in making buns recently.

And he really didn't chop the filling.

It can be said that in the process of this task, except for the slight regret that the task wasn't completed, Chen Huihui got delicious buns and snacks, Qin Luo got the love and bribes of the community residents, the Cloud Canteen got extra turnover, Qin Congwen got a new direction of struggle, Qin Huai got gratifying skill practice, and the diners got buckwheat buns that dropped randomly in the afternoon. Everyone had a bright future.

Qin Huai indicated that it would be even better if this damn task could be completed.

At 5:00 PM, Master Qin, who had worked hard all day, sat on a small stool by the kitchen shelf and doubted life.

Qin Luo, who had gone around outside and came back holding flat peaches, honey peaches, apricots, melons, lychees, and beef jerky, shared the spoils with Qin Huai and reported the recipes by the way.

"Brother, Grandpa Lou wants maple syrup ones, Sister He thinks camel milk is the most nutritious, Aunt Wang thinks eggs plus milk is the traditional combination, Uncle Chen asks if you can make white flour buns tomorrow because he's a bit tired of buckwheat ones, if not, cornmeal buns are fine." Qin Luo chewed on beef jerky.

Qin Huai:...

Qin Huai didn't want to speak, he just wanted to continue doubting life. The thoughtful Qin Luo saw that Qin Huai had troubles, put the fruit in the vegetable basket, picked out a melon and cut it, 1/3 for her, 1/3 for Qin Huai, and 1/3 to be left for Ouyang who was getting off work soon. She sat opposite Qin Huai while gnawing on the melon, showing the expression of a thoughtful good sister.

"Brother, aren't the buns you make now quite delicious? They are very popular, and Huihui loves them too. Why don't you teach Dad a few kinds, let Dad make them in the morning, and sell them for two yuan cheaper? What exactly are you worrying about?"

Qin Huai was full of sorrow: "You don't understand, the system task isn't completed."

Qin Luo: "... Brother, what kind of buckwheat buns do you want to make? The current ones are already very delicious!"

Qin Huai shook his head: "I always feel something is missing."

Qin Huai didn't lie to Qin Luo. During these days of working overtime to make buns, with the addition of various ingredients and different flavors, and the birth of buns that tasted so good they didn't even look like buckwheat buns, Qin Huai felt that something was missing as he made them.

This feeling is like a game having an extra hidden Easter egg. Now Qin Huai has cleared the game and the exploration degree has reached 100%. The Easter egg doesn't affect the ending and is irrelevant, just icing on the cake, but not getting it makes him feel something is missing and not perfect enough.

And this game has no strategy, no way to search for tutorials, and he doesn't know where to find the Easter egg at all.

Qin Luo indicated she didn't understand, could only continue eating melon, and then asked something she could understand: "Brother, which high school can I get into with my score?"

Qin Luo's high school entrance exam scores came out two days ago, and unsurprisingly, she didn't do well.

Except for English, biology, and physical education, she basically failed everything. Her grades were so miserable that Zhao Rong almost couldn't help but grab Qin Luo and beat her up when she got up at 2:00 AM.

She could get into the county's middle school, but she might not be able to get into the city's middle school even if she spent money. The main thing is that Qin Luo was a bit unlucky to be born a few years late. Now that it's strictly controlled, it's not easy to operate behind the scenes. When Qin Huai was in high school, as long as he was willing to spend money, he could operate into any ridiculous score with 200,000 or 300,000 yuan.

Qin Congwen and his wife had saved a lot of savings over the years of running the breakfast shop, and the business was booming during the two years Qin Huai came home to sell buns. Zhao Rong gritted her teeth, and if she beat Qin Luo a few more times, she could also spend money to operate behind the scenes.

In the current situation, it's highly likely she can only attend a private school.

These days, Zhao Rong hasn't cared much about the sales of buns. Every day, she is calling relatives to ask if there are any private high schools in the province that are good and cheap, have a good school style, and can accompany students to study. It's best if the tuition isn't too expensive, otherwise she's afraid she'll have a temper when she gets up at 2:00 AM and can't help but beat the child.

Qin Huai felt that Qin Luo was quite optimistic, only caring about whether she could go to high school, not caring about whether she would be beaten.

Qin Huai could only vaguely say: "Mom probably won't let you go to our county's school. I see Mom is in a bad mood recently, you should play with your phone less in front of her, and don't play with your watch either."

"By the way, you recently..."

Before Qin Huai finished speaking, the game prompt sound suddenly rang in his mind: "Ding, congratulations on completing the main task 【Far Ahead 1】, and receiving the task reward: Popularity Drainage +500, 【Neighborhood Affirmation】, 【A Dream of Chen Huihong】."

"A new main task has been discovered, please check it in the task panel."

Qin Huai:!

Could this be the legendary "unintentionally planting a willow that grows into shade"?

The side task was worked hard on for more than half a month with no progress, and the main task was left to be completed automatically.

Sure enough, those who are favored are always fearless.

Qin Huai became energetic all of a sudden and stood up with a "swoosh": "Luo Luo, I'm going back first. Eat these fruits if you can, if you can't, wait for Ouyang to come and share some with him. You don't need to give the honey peaches to Mom, she loves them. Remember to tell Dad when you go back, the business should be very good tomorrow, let him prepare more materials."

"Also soak more soybeans to boil soy milk, don't be afraid of not selling out."

Popularity Drainage +500!

Qin Huai left with high spirits.

Qin Luo sat on the small stool and continued to gnaw on the melon calmly, looking down at the browser interface on her Little Genius phone watch.

How to comfort people: When you want to comfort someone, you might as well say something embarrassing or take the initiative to reveal your own shortcomings, so the other party might be a little happier.

I am really a thoughtful good sister, Qin Luo thought.

"For the sake of me being so thoughtful, it wouldn't be too much to ask Brother to open a small stove for me tomorrow and make a portion of Four-Joy Dumplings, right?" Qin Luo muttered, and took another bite of the melon.

Sweet!

As if she had already tasted the taste of Four-Joy Dumplings.

Let me explain again, because I can't write extra updates (tears), all alliance leader reward updates will be added on the day of listing or after listing. Now it's just a simple chapter title thank you.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 32 =====