Chapter 336: Protagonist

Tan Weian's recipes shocked Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan, and also provided Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan with very rich, even close-to-correct-answer ideas.

That night, Qin Huai researched the recipes until past 1:00 AM.

The price was that he got up late the next morning.

Under normal circumstances, Qin Huai should arrive at Yunzhong Canteen before 7:15 AM. As a result, Qin Huai slept until 7:30 AM before waking up, and it was already 7:47 AM when he hurried to Yunzhong Canteen.

Even Tan Weian had arrived, although he had just changed his clothes and was preparing to knead dough, but he had arrived.

Pei Xing waited in the canteen, looking forward to it.

In order to involute this group of former colleagues from Does Zhi Wei Ju, Pei Xing thought seriously all night last night and felt that ordinary shumai was not enough to move Qin Huai; he had to make extraordinary shumai. Pei Xing flipped through his few recipes and finally selected salted egg yolk shumai.

Pei Xing knew that his respected Master Qin was researching crab roe desserts recently. Although salted egg yolk had nothing to do with crab roe, salted egg yolk was a flat substitute for crab roe in dessert ingredients, and it could be counted as a distant relative of crab roe by rounding up.

Master Qin must love eating it!

Pei Xing was full of confidence in his salted egg yolk shumai today.

Even if he found that five Does Zhi Wei Ju chefs had already arrived when he arrived at the kitchen, he was fearless. So what if you can involute? Are you formal employees of Yunzhong Canteen? Did you sign a contract and pay five insurances and one fund?

Have you worked under Master Qin? Ran errands? Cut vegetables? Made tea? Do you know what Master Qin likes to eat, when he likes to chat, when to slack off, and what gossip to listen to?

You group of newcomers don't know anything, what do you use to fight with me?

Pei Xing timed the time for the salted egg yolk shumai to come out of the pot particularly well: 7:20 AM sharp. At that time, Qin Huai had just arrived at Yunzhong Canteen and changed his clothes, his stomach was empty, and it was exactly the time he wanted to eat some breakfast. At this time, as long as he handed over the salted egg yolk shumai, he would definitely stand out among the crowd and let his respected Master Qin know who was the most thoughtful employee.

And then Pei Xing waited from 7:20 AM to 7:47 AM, waiting until he doubted life.

Seeing Qin Huai arrive, Pei Xing's tears almost fell, and he hurriedly put the raw embryo of the salted egg yolk shumai into the steamer to steam.

He only needed to wait a few more minutes, and he, Pei Xing, would be the most beautiful boy in front of Master Qin again.

Pei Xing watched Qin Huai rush into the canteen, flash into the locker room, change clothes at the speed of light, and run out of the locker room in a panic, stepping into the kitchen.

"Sorry, sorry, I watched the recipes too late last night and got up late today." Qin Huai apologized to Zheng Siyuan as soon as he entered the kitchen, "Did you eat breakfast? Do you still want to eat chicken soup noodles?"

"Ate." Zheng Siyuan said concisely, "It doesn't matter if you don't eat today. The wontons are over there; if you want to eat, cook them yourself."

Tan Weian leaned over curiously: "Which recipe are you researching? Crab roe soup bun or crab roe shumai? I think crab roe soup bun is more delicious; I love eating soup buns."

"Of course, the most delicious must still be crab roe rice. You two must try it at noon today. Rice is much more delicious than noodles. Really, I'm not lying to you. You make crab roe sauce according to the recipe I gave you, and it's absolutely amazing with rice."

Not far away, Su Gan had already started to boil wontons silently, grabbed a handful of wontons, and asked Qin Huai: "Master Qin, how many do you want for bubble wontons and crepe wontons respectively?"

"Six per portion, can't eat too much. Laver, dried shrimp, and chopped green onion are all needed." Qin Huai said, looking towards Su Gan's side, and following Su Gan's direction, he saw the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd behind him.

Everyone was working, and desserts were placed on every cooking station. Some desserts could be seen at a glance that they had been out of the pot for a long time and had no heat, and some desserts were obviously freshly baked, exactly the time to eat.

Gu Li's golden silk shumai was obviously freshly baked.

When he was at Huang Ji before, Qin Huai liked to eat the golden silk shumai made by Gu Li in the morning, for no other reason, mainly because he couldn't eat it anywhere else.

This golden silk shumai of Gu Li was one of Master Tan's signature desserts before he passed away, and it counted as a unique secret recipe. Although Gu Li and Tan Weian didn't have the level to make golden silk shumai into the way the original secret recipe should be, it was still not bad and enough to eat as breakfast.

Qin Huai, who hadn't drunk a drop of water from getting up until now, walked towards Gu Li unconsciously. Seeing Qin Huai arrive, Gu Li hurriedly handed over the bowl and chopsticks.

Golden silk shumai, plenty of filling and thin skin, looked very small and exquisite. It didn't have much difference from normal shumai, just more egg skin, but it was this extra egg skin that Qin Huai liked very much.

Gu Li and Tan Weian both told Qin Huai that the golden silk shumai they made was far inferior to Master Tan's. Making ordinary, simple, and common desserts into extraordinary tastes was the style of a master. Obviously, these two disciples didn't get the true mantle of the master.

Qin Huai picked up one golden silk shumai, wrapped it in one bite, chewed, chewed, chewed, and swallowed it.

Still not satisfied, eat another one.

"Not bad, I found that Tan Weian didn't lie to me. Your level has indeed improved a lot. Not only is the ruyi roll better than before, but even the taste of golden silk shumai is better. Do you feel it yourself? Did you find the feeling I told you about?" Qin Huai asked.

Gu Li showed a smile that was a bit embarrassed: "I found the feeling you mentioned a little bit, but I am relatively clumsy and haven't been able to completely..."

Qin Huai waved his hand to interrupt Gu Li's words, picked up the third golden silk shumai and sent it into his mouth, chewed, chewed, chewed, and said vaguely: "It's already very good. At least you understand what the feeling I'm talking about is now."

"You are the only one who understands."

Qin Huai just thought about it and felt a burst of sour tears. Could this world be a bit friendlier to masters who are clumsy with their mouths? Is it only he who understands the feeling Zheng Da talked about and what the feeling is?

Pei Xing, not far away, saw Qin Huai eat three golden silk shumai, only feeling that the sky had collapsed, and his teeth were about to be bitten to pieces.

Master Qin ate three golden silk shumai made by Gu Li, so what should I do with my salted egg yolk shumai?!

As a formal employee of Qin Huai, Pei Xing knew Qin Huai a little bit.

Qin Huai didn't like eating too much repetitive breakfast in the morning.

Qin Huai didn't like eating beef noodles and lamb noodles, eating fresh meat shumai and sticky rice shumai, eating triangular sugar buns and red bean paste buns.

He clashed with Gu Li!

Now Master Qin had eaten three golden silk shumai made by Gu Li, so what should his salted egg yolk shumai do! His shumai was also made so big!

The most critical thing was that his shumai was still steaming, and it would take several more minutes to come out of the pot. He had already seen several Does Zhi Wei Ju apprentices holding desserts waiting for Qin Huai's taste test.

Pei Xing: (-)

"Hiccup."

After a round of taste tests, ah no, comments, Qin Huai let out a shallow hiccup and started kneading dough and pulling noodles.

Qin Huai hadn't eaten such a rich breakfast for a long time.

Soup-filled small steamed buns, rice noodle rolls, three-fresh bean skin, char siu buns, steamed dumplings, shrimp dumplings, water chestnut cake, pan-fried buns, golden silk shumai, everything was available. It could only be said that the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd was still too comprehensive.

Although Zheng Siyuan didn't eat chicken soup noodles today, crab roe noodles still had to be made. The morning-running grandpas and grandmas in the lobby who were waiting to be fed sat from 7:00 until 8:00, just drinking soy milk without eating a single staple food, just to eat crab roe noodles.

Sometimes Qin Huai admired these grandpas and grandmas. Their tastes completely changed with what desserts Qin Huai wanted to make during that period. Qin Huai loved making San Ding Bao, so they loved eating San Ding Bao. Qin Huai specialized in making fermented rice steamed buns, so they loved eating fermented rice steamed buns. Qin Huai was obsessed with Four Happiness Tangyuan, so their favorite was Four Happiness Tangyuan. Now Qin Huai started making a lot of crab roe noodles, so their new love became crab roe noodles.

Only Xu Tuqiang had always loved Jiang Mi rice cake from beginning to end.

With the opening of the first batch of crab roe noodles at 8:15 AM, the grandpas and grandmas who had been waiting for a long time happily ate crab roe noodles, and together with them were some office workers who came relatively early.

Because Qin Huai arrived late today, it was already close to the morning peak when the crab roe noodles started selling. In order not to occupy precious dining space, Ouyang chose to wrong himself and moved a small stool to sit in the kitchen to eat.

Of course, it was the edge position close to the door.

The food was very rich. Besides crab roe noodles, there were also water chestnut cake, char siu buns, salted egg yolk shumai, etc., that Qin Huai hadn't finished eating, making Ouyang eat happily.

"Holy crap, when did your canteen's breakfast become so rich? Will it be this kind of breakfast every day in the future?" Ouyang only felt that he was living in a dream happily.

If he could eat like this every morning, how long would he have to practice in the gym at night to... forget it, it doesn't matter, just let me get fat!

I am willing!

Ouyang ate happily, and while eating, he asked: "But why is there so much salted egg yolk shumai?"

Qin Huai: "..." Maybe because... I didn't see it when I was tasting? Actually, I don't know who made this dessert. I feel it's a bit like Pei Xing, but I just asked Pei Xing, and he said he didn't make desserts."

"Maybe it's leftovers from Luo Luo's breakfast."

Ouyang suddenly realized, then buried his head and ate happily.

Not only the grandpas and grandmas who were waiting to be fed ate crab roe noodles, but the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd also ate a bowl per person. Qin Huai felt that since he had tasted everyone's craftsmanship, the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd should also taste his craftsmanship.

Crab roe noodles and chicken soup noodles were essentially hand-pulled noodles, and they could also see Zheng Siyuan's level of stir-frying crab roe sauce, which was best for display.

The result of the display was also very successful. The desserts in the kitchen were almost smoking.

Master Qin drank two pots of tea alone. He didn't know what one pot was, and he didn't know what the other pot was, but the taste was very suitable for his taste.

In the morning, besides making a lot of Four Happiness Tangyuan and mung bean cake according to the convention, Qin Huai also made some desserts he knew how to make but hadn't made for a long time, such as locust tree flower steamed buns, crab shell yellow, hibiscus cake, and sugar triangles.

It shocked the boss of the small shop opposite to come over to grab sugar triangles and forget to wear a mask, buying them directly with his real name.

The addition of the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd greatly enriched the types and quantity of desserts in Yunzhong Canteen.

Ordinary apprentices couldn't make any very amazing desserts. Their level was between C-grade and D-grade. Flipping the car was D-grade, normal was C-grade, and even B-grade was hard to reach.

To be precise, except for the desserts Su Gan was very good at, which might touch the edge of B-grade, other apprentices couldn't make B-grade desserts even if they exploded.

Compared with these ordinary apprentices, Tan Weian was indeed a very good craftsman.

Qin Huai finally understood why everyone told him that the pastry chef gap was very serious. Does Zhi Wei Ju's top master chefs had the possibility of making S-grade desserts, such as Master Zhou.

Ordinary master chefs must have A-grade signature desserts, otherwise they wouldn't be called master chefs. Qin Huai's Four Happiness Tangyuan could be stable A-grade, so it was reasonable for the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd to treat Qin Huai as a master chef. His level at Does Zhi Wei Ju was the level of a master chef.

But like Tan Weian, this kind of direct disciple, and Su Gan, this kind of super connection and half-direct disciple, were very hard to make B-grade desserts, which was a bit outrageous.

The gap was indeed very serious.

The gap between apprentice and master was indeed distinct, with an uncrossable chasm.

When he was at Huang Ji before, Qin Huai always assumed that the Does Zhi Wei Ju apprentices who came for exchange were relatively bad, so he didn't feel anything. This time, a batch of elite apprentices were sent over, but they were still a bit bad, which shocked Qin Huai a bit.

So much so that when practicing knife skills, Qin Huai couldn't help but complain to Cao Guixiang in a low voice.

Tan Weian eavesdropped from afar for a while and asked Zheng Siyuan curiously: "Is this online class the legendary mysterious retired chef who snatched Qin Huai from your dad?"

Zheng Siyuan: "..." Where did you hear the rumor?"

"It has spread at our Does Zhi Wei Ju. Your dad was inquiring everywhere about whether there were any powerful retired chefs in Qu County some time ago, just short of checking the household registration. I heard Boss Su say something about Qin Huai being snatched away by someone else to be taken as a disciple last time, and your dad was crazy with anger."

Zheng Siyuan: "..." No such thing."

Zheng Siyuan refuted the rumor online.

Tan Weian also nodded in agreement: "Exactly, when did Qin Huai become your dad's disciple? I saw it very clearly when I was at Huang Ji. Qin Huai is the disciple of your master's master."

Zheng Siyuan:... Said very well, don't say it next time, especially don't say it in front of my dad.

You wouldn't want my dad to form a deadly feud with your Does Zhi Wei Ju.

The two were quietly chatting about gossip when Qin Huai, who was taking an online class in a low voice and seriously cutting radishes, suddenly raised his voice, shouted at Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian, and beckoned to the two.

Tan Weian hurriedly ran to Qin Huai, not forgetting to take the opportunity to glance at Qin Huai's phone, and found that the online class had ended.

"I finished cutting the radishes." Qin Huai said happily, "I just chatted with Master Cao for a few sentences, but I didn't tell Master Cao about your great-grandfather's recipe. Master Cao mentioned a little suggestion about researching crab roe sauce, and I think it's quite useful. Why don't we start now."

Qin Huai looked at Tan Weian.

Tan Weian was a bit confused: "Start what?"

Why did he stare at him when he said start? Wasn't he the pendant in this group?

"Start making your great-grandfather's recipe. That's your recipe; you must know it better than the two of us. Of course, you should start making it today." Qin Huai said.

Tan Weian:!

Tan Weian's excited voice almost tore through the sky.

"What?! Today I am the protagonist!"

"Hahahaha, that's great!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 337 =====