Chapter 432

If Qin Huai's first time making egg tarts was because he didn't understand his own strength and was a bit nervous because he hadn't made them before, then making egg tarts now could be said to be very much in his grasp.

During the few days Qin Huai watched Zhao Chengan make Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Rolls, he had more and deeper understanding of pastry-opening dim sum. Even if Qin Huai never made egg tarts again after finishing that time, he was still very handy when kneading the dough.

Shi Dadan just leaned against the kitchen door and watched.

"Old Shi, what texture of tart skin do you like to eat? Is it a bit hard, or hard on the edge and soft on the bottom, or thinner and crispier?" Qin Huai asked while kneading the dough.

Shi Dadan was generally only responsible for eating and rarely put forward his own opinions. He thought about it, and even if Qin Huai couldn't see it, he smiled honestly: "Anything is fine, as long as it's made by you, Xiao Qin, I like to eat it."

Qin Huai said while kneading the dough: "Then I'll make the kind that is very thin and crispy, and the tart heart is very soft. Old Shi, you like to eat things with heavy flavor and high sweetness. When adjusting the egg tart liquid, I'll put a little more sugar... Should I just make caramel ones for you?"

Shi Dadan was stunned: "Xiao Qin, how do you know I like to eat sweet things?"

Qin Huai smiled: "Old Shi, you've eaten so many dim sum on my side, of course I know what kind you like to eat."

"You like to eat steamed buns made of pure white flour, and you don't want to add any extra things. Compared to fermented rice steamed buns, you actually like white flour steamed buns more. The steamed bun itself must be soft and chewy. You also particularly like to eat the steamed bun skin. Every time you eat white flour steamed buns, you will peel off the steamed bun skin first to eat and then eat the others."

"You like to eat shumai mixed with glutinous rice and shiitake mushroom cubes; you eat the least lamb shumai."

"As for sweets... although many people feel that not being sweet is the highest praise for desserts, Old Shi, you obviously like to eat that kind of sweet one. You just like to eat heavy-flavored things. When eating meat dishes, you like the kind of thickened sauce that can be mixed with rice. Chili stir-fried meat must be spicy, sweet and sour pork must be sweet, and even stir-fried bitter melon must be eaten bitter."

"I shouldn't be wrong, right?" Qin Huai asked, turned his head, and glanced at Shi Dadan.

Shi Dadan was completely sluggish. He leaned against the kitchen door, his fat body looking like a supporting role in a comedy movie. Because he had gained more than ten pounds during this period, his eyes, which looked slightly smaller than before, were opened wide, and his eyes were full of shock, moving, and indescribable complicated emotions.

Seeing that Shi Dadan didn't respond for a long time, Qin Huai turned around directly and asked with some confusion: "Did I say something wrong?"

Qin Huai silently reviewed it in his heart and felt that it shouldn't be. His judgment on the tastes and habits of the people around him was quite accurate and had never been wrong.

"No." Shi Dadan said, "It's just... I have a relatively large appetite and love to eat everything. Very few people will notice what I really love to eat."

"Only Xu Nuo would notice that I like to eat steamed bun skin. Every time I eat steamed buns, he would peel his steamed bun skin and give it to me."

Qin Huai understood. This was mentioning Shi Dadan's sad thing, so he stopped talking and focused on making dim sum.

The difficulty of egg tarts is 99% on the pastry skin. During the time of kneading the oil-crisp dough and waiting for the dough to ferment at low temperature, Qin Huai silently adjusted the egg tart liquid and incidentally opened his mouth to ask:

"Old Shi, do you have any dim sum you particularly want to eat recently?"

"I didn't ask you to try hard to trigger another side quest for me. There are really too many side quests on your side, and I can't finish them. I just suddenly reacted when kneading the dough just now. During this period, although I was making dim sum, you didn't seem to have eaten the dim sum I made, and I made hedgehog buns, which children like."

"Is there any dim sum you haven't eaten for a long time and want to eat? If you have time tomorrow, I will apply to Master Zhou and take some time to make it for you."

Shi Dadan was still leaning against the kitchen door and answered honestly: "I ate the hedgehog buns you made, Xiao Qin. I go to queue up to buy them every morning and afternoon, red bean paste filling, delicious."

"And I also watched the hedgehog buns you made carefully. The first day was normal-sized, the second day was small hedgehogs, the third day was fat hedgehogs, and from the fourth day, they were mixed hedgehogs every day."

Shi Dadan observed quite carefully and seriously.

"I don't have any special dim sum I want to eat. If I really have to say there is one... the white flour steamed buns at Does Zhi Wei Ju are not as delicious as the ones you make, Xiao Qin. If you have time tomorrow, can you make a batch of white flour steamed buns? Fermented rice steamed buns are also fine."

The steamed buns at Does Zhi Wei Ju are basically made by elite apprentices or personal disciples. In terms of craftsmanship, they definitely can't compare to Qin Huai. The basic dim sum that Shi Dadan loves to eat most is steamed buns. Not eating delicious steamed buns for such a long time is indeed a bit uncomfortable for him.

"Okay." Qin Huai agreed and continued to make egg tarts.

At 9:47 PM, the egg tarts were out of the oven.

Qin Huai made a full 28 egg tarts in a batch while trying to make as few as possible. Basic dim sum is like this: the quantity is large, and it is very simple to want to make more, but it is very difficult to want to make less.

Qin Huai still didn't make caramel egg tarts in the end; there was no spray gun at home, and there was no such condition.

The egg tarts just taken out of the oven were in the most perfect state.

Qin Huai deliberately made the tart skin thin and crispy, and the tart heart, which was baked with a slightly charred color, looked qq-bouncy, soft, and glutinous.

Of course, the most wonderful thing had to be the fragrance.

The fragrance full of calories, from the mixture of eggs, milk, sugar, and oil, could stimulate the most primitive appetite of humans. Just taking a deep breath and smelling it, I felt that I had already tasted the sweet taste of the egg tart.

The only flaw was that it was a bit too sweet and greasy.

Shi Dadan likes to eat sweet things, so Qin Huai deliberately made it a bit sweeter.

The egg tarts just out of the oven were very hot. Qin Huai and Shi Dadan sat at the dining table, and neither of them ate first. Qin Huai saw a banana that was already a bit black on the dining table, so he simply picked up the banana and ate it.

Don't say it, this degree of banana, although it has the suspicion of being bad, is the sweetest state.

"Old Shi, I'll ask you something."

"Now the illustrated handbook of my game system has unlocked 10, and it will be full if there are 2 more. After those two are full, what will happen to the game system? Is it an upgrade or unlocking new functions?"

"I initially felt that 12 spirit beasts were very difficult to collect, but now I find it quite easy. I feel that spirit beasts are quite clustered."

Qin Huai asked while eating.

Shi Dadan stared at the egg tarts on the table, presumably thinking about when he could eat, and echoed: "Spirit beasts are indeed quite easy to cluster, especially in the first life and the last life, it is particularly easy to encounter them."

"I actually also have a question I want to ask you, Xiao Qin." Shi Dadan looked at Qin Huai, "To be precise, this question is not what I want to ask, it's what Chen Huihong and the others want to ask but have always been afraid to ask. I'm not afraid to open this mouth, so I'll just ask directly."

"Luo Jun is about to die. With his state, his first life is actually the best opportunity for tribulation success. You, Xiao Qin, have seen his memories, know his heart knot, and also know the reason why he failed the tribulation."

"Once he dies and is reincarnated, everyone will inevitably meet many years later. If he also fails the tribulation in his second life, or if he lives for 90-something years in his second life like his first life, you, Xiao Qin, definitely won't live longer than him. The possibility of him failing the tribulation will be very high."

"Luo Jun is an example, and there may be other examples in the future. Xiao Qin, if the spirit beasts you know fail the tribulation and dissipate, will you feel sad and heartbroken because of this?"

Shi Dadan's question stopped Qin Huai.

He didn't expect Shi Dadan to ask such a difficult and deep question. Usually, the question Shi Dadan asked most was what to eat today.

Qin Huai thought about it seriously and found that he couldn't give an answer for a while.