Chapter 365: Master Qin Has His Own Considerations

After returning to Yunzhong Residential Area, Qin Huai asked Shi Dadan if he wanted to sit in Yunzhong Canteen or rest at his home. Shi Dadan had come to Shanshi this time to stay at Luo Jun's house. Now Luo Jun was still at the amusement park, and Zhang Zhang Shumei was also on holiday and out shopping. Shi Dadan didn't have the key to Luo Jun's house and was in a state of having nowhere to go.

Shi Dadan chose to wait in Yunzhong Canteen, saying he wanted to wait to be the first to eat the crab roe and pork buns Qin Huai made.

Qin Huai felt that was also quite good. Back then, Shi Dadan was the first to eat the crab roe and pork buns Xu Nuo made. Although Shi Dadan didn't get to eat the Double Crab Buns Xu Nuo made later, and at that time Shi Dadan likely didn't understand Xu Nuo's concept of making buns, Qin Huai believed Shi Dadan should be able to offer some constructive opinions.

Definitely stronger than Seeing Ouyang; after all, Shi Dadan had eaten good dishes made by Cao Cao Guixiang for so many years and had seen the world. Even if he was easily satisfied, his tongue should have been trained.

Qin Huai led Shi Dadan to Yunzhong Canteen.

Although Qin Huai, Zheng Zheng Siyuan, and the others were all on holiday today, the grandpas and grandmas were still holding down the canteen; after all, the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd was still there, and Su Gan was at least at work.

Taking advantage of Qin Huai's absence, the grandpas and grandmas seized the time to flatter the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd, hoping to praise them until they were dizzy so they would make whatever they were asked to in the next few days.

When Qin Huai walked into Yunzhong Canteen, Xu Tuqiang and Grandma Ding were frantically praising the crab roe pastries Su Gan made, praising them so extravagantly that Qin Huai couldn't help but stop and look twice.

Crab roe pastries, right? Qin Huai had been researching Double Crab Buns recently, and hearing anything related to crab made him want to look twice.

These two looks from Qin Huai made Xu Tuqiang and Grandma Ding feel guilty; the two exchanged glances, frantically questioning each other.

Xu Tuqiang: Did we praise too much and get heard by Master Xiao Qin? Master Xiao Qin is concerned and unhappy.

Grandma Ding: It's all your fault for not writing the lines well recently, using the lines from praising Master Xiao Qin the past two days on Little Su; Master Xiao Qin must have discovered it!

Xu Tuqiang: What to do? What to do? What to do? What to do?!

Grandma Ding: Watch my lead!

Qin Huai didn't notice the eye contact between the two at all. Even if he did, he wouldn't understand. The eye contact of this group of grandpas and grandmas was simply encrypted communication, a Morse code exclusive to them.

Qin Huai just purely felt that Su Gan's crab roe pastries were made quite well, and his pastry-opening level seemed to have improved. With Su Gan's current level, being able to make such progress in this amount of time, his talent was indeed remarkable, and he was also very willing to put in the sweat.

No wonder he was the publicly recognized, nailed-down personal disciple of Master Zhou.

In less than a month, he had improved by the amount Tan Tan Weian would in a quarter.

"Eh, Xu Tuqiang, don't you feel the crab roe buns Master Xiao Qin made recently are also quite delicious? Oh, it's a pity Master Xiao Qin is on holiday today and we can't grab those buns this afternoon; it's too much of a pity. My eldest granddaughter loves eating them, and I'll have to coax her when I go back today," Grandma Ding said, facing away from Qin Huai, just in time to pretend she didn't see Qin Huai had come, deliberately raising her voice and speaking loudly.

Xu Tuqiang didn't expect Grandma Ding to use this move, thinking, "Surname Ding, you can do this, but I can't? I'm facing Master Xiao Qin; how am I supposed to act?" For a moment, he couldn't catch the act and stood there awkwardly, his eyes uncontrollably looking at Qin Huai.

Qin Huai:?

Qin Huai said very naturally: "Grandma Ding, your eldest granddaughter likes eating Double Crab Buns, right? But I definitely can't make Double Crab Buns today. Does she like eating crab roe and pork buns? I'm going to make those in a while."

Grandma Ding turned around, revealing a look of surprise: "Eh, Master Xiao Qin, aren't you on holiday today? Why did you come to the canteen? If you're on holiday, just rest well at home!"

Xu Tuqiang:...

"Surname Ding, you're so good at acting, why are you a kindergarten principal? You should just go into acting. At this age, you might even be able to bring back a Best Actress award if you chase the entertainment industry. Qin Luo has already posted three moments in the amusement park, and you even liked them; what are you pretending for?"

Xu Tuqiang felt for the first time that he had lost in the aspect of playing dumb and flattering.

Qin Huai smiled: "Can't stay idle. Grandma Ding, you guys keep chatting; I'm going to make buns."

"Old Shi, find a place to sit; the Wi-Fi password is 1234567. If you're hungry, just find some pastries to eat; Su Gan's craft is very good," Qin Huai said, pointing at Su Gan. "The pastries he makes that require opening are second to none."

Su Gan revealed a flattered expression, clearly not expecting Qin Huai to be so affirming of him.

After speaking, Qin Huai went into the changing room to change clothes. After changing and coming out, he found Su Gan was already waiting in the kitchen, and had even prepared the pork needed for the crab roe and pork buns.

The fat-to-lean ratio was very appropriate.

"Master Qin, do you think this meat filling should be minced as pure meat filling, or do you need to prepare other ingredients? To what state should the meat filling be minced?" Su Gan asked respectfully.

In a place Qin Huai couldn't see, an unnamed Does Zhi Wei Ju apprentice was boiling water to make tea.

"Mince it into meat paste, the finer the better; no special requirements," Qin Huai said.

The meat filling in the video tutorial had just this requirement. The main difficulty of this version of crab roe and pork filling by Xu Nuo was in the stir-frying and seasoning; the step of mincing meat was even the responsibility of Shi Dadan, purely "miracles through brute force."

Considering this aspect, the people suitable for mincing meat should be Qin Luo and Seeing Ouyang. These two had great strength when making hand-beaten lemon tea, and no one else could compare.

Qin Huai thought this way and felt Su Gan mincing it was a bit of a waste of talent. With this time to mince meat, it would be better to research his own pastries. More complex preparation could be handled by Su Gan; this kind of work that only required selling strength...

It was truly a bit like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Qin Huai thought this way and said so: "This meat filling is very easy to handle. Su Gan, you go do your own pastries; if you encounter any problems, feel free to ask me. I'll find someone else to mince the meat."

Hearing Qin Huai say this, Su Gan didn't ask more and left decisively to do his own things.

This was Su Gan's biggest advantage when working as a helper; while having his own ideas, he was very obedient to the master chef, knew how to observe and evaluate, understood how to obey orders, and was very smart himself.

When communicating with him and letting him do work, the master chef would be in a very comfortable state. Because you didn't need to explain anything to him; you only needed to let him do it, and he would complete it very well.

Qin Huai scanned the back kitchen, wanting to find someone whose level was relatively not that high, but who had great strength and was very suitable for mincing meat filling.

Qin Huai locked onto An Youyou.

Although An Youyou's culinary skills were not good, her strength was undeniable, and compared to many male helpers in Yunzhong Canteen, she was considered to have very great strength—

Qin Huai once suspected that her strength was practiced by working for free in her family's breakfast shop since she was small.

An Youyou was pan-frying radish cakes.

Qin Huai knew that his communication with An Youyou recently hadn't been much, not only because all of An Youyou's tasks were main tasks that were difficult to complete, nor because Qin Huai had been too busy recently to have time, but mainly because Qin Huai felt An Youyou didn't seem to want to communicate with him much.

When Qin Huai expressed letting An Youyou get a promotion and a raise, An Youyou was very willing to communicate more with Qin Huai.

At that time, An Youyou wished she could move her helper's culinary station to Qin Huai's side, working under Qin Huai's nose every day, letting the boss see how seriously and diligently she was working with all her might.

There were many times Qin Huai could feel An Youyou was asking questions without problems, because with An Youyou's level, it was difficult for her to discover many of her own problems, and she couldn't ask any problems, but she liked asking Qin Huai for advice very much.

During that period, if he could see everyone's favorability toward him, Qin Huai felt he should have brushed up quite a lot of An Youyou's favorability.

An Youyou even actively liked and commented on every one of Qin Huai's moments at that time.

This positivity lasted until An Youyou was officially promoted and given a raise, becoming a helper foreman.

Of course, An Youyou didn't slack off in her work after successfully being promoted and getting a raise, didn't behave like a normal three-legged toad that only wanted to do nothing every day, lying by the mud pond and basking in the sun. Nor did she change her career plan to the first life, shouting every day "family members, it's time to beg for food again," firmly believing that begging for food was the best job in the world.

She was still a representative of diligent work in Yunzhong Canteen, still trying to research culinary skills, still wanting to improve, but the person she asked changed from Qin Huai to Li Hua and Pei Xing.

Qin Huai also clearly felt that An Youyou didn't want to have too much contact and communication with him, which was understandable. Which normal employee likes to chat with the boss every day, sharing their own worries, especially when the boss's professional level is much stronger than the employee's?

Qin Huai first noticed the change in An Youyou's attitude, and then learned that Qu Jing had been secretly conquering An Youyou and had already become friends, so he didn't actively go to brush An Youyou's favorability like he did when brushing Gong Liang's favorability in Gusu before. However, this wasn't a solution in the long run; Qin Huai felt today was a good opportunity for communication.

"An Youyou." Qin Huai actively called An Youyou. Hearing the call from the boss, An Youyou hurriedly put down the work of pan-frying radish cakes, grabbed a helper to watch for her, and ran to Qin Huai.

"Master Qin, is the neighborhood committee urging for the radish cakes? I'll be done pan-frying them soon!"

"No, no need to rush there. You first help me mince these meats," Qin Huai said, pointing to the pork Su Gan had prepared. "I know you've actually been practicing your knife skills recently; it just so happens I'll see how your meat-mincing level is."

An Youyou was somewhat eager to try, and also somewhat afraid she would mess it up: "Master Qin, I..."

"Just mince it into meat paste and mince it fine; it doesn't matter if you're slow, you need to use strength, understand?"

An Youyou understood.

"I'm very optimistic about you; I've seen your progress recently. I feel your future isn't limited to being an ordinary helper; many chefs in large restaurants started as helpers. If you practice well at this pace, I feel that even if you can't be a pastry chef, it's very possible to be a cutting chef."

Fearing An Youyou wouldn't understand, Qin Huai also explained using the tone and manner of Xu Nuo explaining to Shi Dadan: "Red-case and our white-case are different. Red-case helpers have a finer division of labor, and cutting chefs are also considered chefs with wages, at least 1/3 higher than you are now."

Hearing such a concrete pie, An Youyou's eyes lit up instantly, and she said excitedly: "So my talent is actually in red-case?"

"I feel you have talent in both; keep it up, mince well," Qin Huai encouraged.

An Youyou was suddenly full of energy and happily went to mince meat.

Even though Pei Xing had already had an epiphany once, looking at this scene from afar, he still silently gritted his teeth and said jealously: "Why find An Youyou to mince meat? An Youyou has been taught how to cut vegetables by me during this period; how could her meat-mincing be better than mine, and my strength isn't bad either!"

Li Hua:...

Li Hua shook his head and didn't speak. Sometimes he really couldn't understand how Pei Xing managed to be both jealous and gritting his teeth, and always unable to roll.

Qin Huai went to process the crab roe sauce.

The crab roe and pork buns Xu Nuo made used fresh crab roe. However, it wasn't a big problem; his fresh crab roe was also seasoned, and the seasoning steps were very clear and explicit. With Qin Huai's current level, he could completely handle it.

Qin Huai tried simply two or three times and adjusted the crab roe sauce he felt had no problems, then immediately started kneading the dough.

After the dough was handled, the meat on An Youyou's side was also minced almost enough.

After simple seasoning, it was the most critical stir-frying of the filling.

At this very moment, Qin Huai was infinitely glad that his training in thickening sauce at Cao Cao Guixiang's side had improved his heat control, bringing his heat control to an advanced level.

Otherwise, with his previous intermediate heat control, stir-frying this filling would likely have resulted in a disaster.

As for exactly how high the probability was, it might be close to 99.9%.

Before stir-frying the filling, Qin Huai first sorted out his train of thought.

Xu Nuo's train of thought for making crab roe and pork buns was very clear: if the technique is sufficient, fuse them; if the technique isn't enough, being unique is also a feature. Red-case is the red-case part; in the red-case part, don't think about anything related to white-case.

When stir-frying the filling, don't think you are making filling; think you are stir-frying a dish.

Qin Huai sorted out his train of thought.

Start the pot, heat the oil, stir-fry over high heat, then turn to low heat.

The movements of wielding the spatula were still flashy, but Qin Huai felt he was doing well.

Pei Xing, who had been secretly watching Qin Huai, was stunned and asked Li Hua somewhat confusedly: "Is Qin Huai... hungry and wants to stir-fry a plate of meat to eat?"

Li Hua:...

"Master Qin has his own considerations."

Qin Huai, who had his own considerations, finished stir-frying the meat filling.

Don't say, it was quite fragrant.

The combination of crab roe and pork itself was quite good, at least it sounded much more reasonable than crab roe and sea cucumber, after all, pork is inclusive.

Pigs are treasures from head to toe; no matter how you make them, they are delicious.

Qin Huai suddenly understood a bit why Shi Dadan's first reaction after seeing such a meat filling for the first time was to taste a mouthful, because he also wanted to taste a mouthful.

After all, the grade of this meat filling was quite good.

【Crab Roe and Pork Filling (Grade B)】

Being able to make Grade B meat filling, and it was stir-fried, Qin Huai was very satisfied with his performance this time.

Qin Huai took a spoon, scooped a large spoonful, and swallowed it in one bite.

Chewing.

Hmm, delicious.

A delicious stir-fried meat with crab roe.

Qin Huai didn't know if the combination of crab roe and pork was delicious for buns; he hadn't eaten authentic crab roe and pork buns before. But this stir-frying method was truly delicious, fragrant.

If it were over rice, with a bit more vegetables, Qin Luo could eat at least three bowls.

Qin Huai scooped another spoonful and ate even more vigorously.

Now Li Hua was also somewhat confused.

Li Hua thought for a moment and could only say: "Maybe Master Qin is hungry."

"I heard there's nothing to eat in that amusement park; Master Qin might not have experience and didn't bring food when entering the park."

Before Li Hua finished speaking, Pei Xing had already run toward Qin Huai with some slightly cool *shaomai*.

"Master Qin, I have freshly steamed *shaomai* here!"

Li Hua:...

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