Chapter 475: Mastery through comprehensive study (Bonus chapter for the alliance leader donation from sunny Ranran)

The next day, when Qin Huai returned to Zhi Wei Ju to work normally, he heard a brand-new version of himself wanting to set up his own business.

In order to develop new community canteen forces in Hangcheng, Master Qin had already selected the successor of the community canteen in Shancheng, and setting up his own business was a done deal; it was just that the timing wasn't mature yet.

Once Qin Huai found a suitable shop, the situation would develop in an uncontrollable direction. Now, Boss Su's top priority wasn't to persuade Qin Huai to change his mind, but to rent out all the storefronts near Zhi Wei Ju that could become community canteens.

When Qin Huai heard this latest version of the rumor, he suspected that Tan Weian had shops nearby that needed to be rented out.

Tan Weian's speed of making up stories was a bit too fast now. Doesn't he sleep at night?

Qin Huai's return didn't cause much of a stir in Zhi Wei Ju. After all, he hadn't left for a few days. Even though many things happened on this trip to Beiping, he had only stayed in Beiping for five days at most.

No one cared about the exchange meeting held by Ba Bao Zhai. The first sentence everyone asked when they saw Qin Huai was: Is Fen Garden delicious? Did you eat any good dishes?

Out of low-key, Qin Huai just modestly indicated that he was lucky and, thanks to a friend's relationship, ate Fen Garden's signature dish, casserole shark fin, and the rest were just ordinary dishes that were unremarkable.

When mentioning Xia Mubing, Qin Huai was also full of praise for Old Master Xia, praising him in all aspects from culinary skills to character to temper. In Qin Huai's words, Xia Mubing was simply an old man of high virtue and great prestige with a kind face.

Everyone who heard Qin Huai's evaluation of Xia Mubing left with question marks all over their heads.

Master Zhou did not ask too many questions about the small matter of Qin Huai and Zhao Chengan staying an extra day in Beiping; he simply gave his usual instructions for Qin Huai not to overwork himself upon his return, as long-distance travel was quite draining after having just finished a trip.

Before Qin Huai could show Master Zhou the biggest gain from this trip to Beiping—the A-grade Chen Sheng brand yam cake—Master Zhou was grabbed by Boss Su to have an online meeting with Zheng Da.

Boss Su truly wanted to cooperate with Zheng Da to build up the dim sum brand belonging to Zhi Wei Ju; such matters, involving both business and technical aspects, required Master Zhou to be present. Master Zhou could only instruct Zhao Chengan not to slack off, and while he was at it, told him to supervise Qin Huai so he wouldn't get too tired making dim sum, before hurrying off to a meeting.

As soon as Master Zhou left, Zhao Chengan said sourly, "Why is it that Master tells me not to slack off, but tells you not to get too tired?"

Qin Huai thought for a while: "Maybe a master knows his apprentice best."

Qin Huai returned this time and still adopted the method of brushing proficiency as he pleased, brushing whatever he wanted. Qin Huai had no interest in the newly acquired recipe, potato dumplings. The potato mash and cured meat filling dumplings really didn't fit Qin Huai's taste. The recipe was C+ grade, and what Qin Huai made by imitating Chen Sheng's skills that day was also C+ grade.

After that, Qin Huai hadn't made potato dumplings. According to Qin Huai's own judgment, he estimated that he could only make this snack B grade if he went all out; the limitations of the recipe itself were too great.

Qin Huai didn't have the level to defy heaven and change fate yet, changing a recipe that wasn't very good into one that was very good with superb craftsmanship.

He had no interest in potato dumplings, but he had a lot of interest in yam cakes.

Yam cake was a type of snack that Qin Huai was very good at. If Qin Huai broke through again and broke the upper limit of the snacks he could make from A grade to A+ grade, yam cake was a snack more likely to break through than fermented rice steamed buns and Four Happiness Tangyuan.

It wasn't that Qin Huai wasn't good at Four Happiness Tangyuan, but mainly because yam cake was simple enough. When only stacking basic values, the simpler it was, the easier it was to pull the level up.

What Qin Huai was making now was the Chen Sheng style yam cake.

Don't ask why it was Chen Sheng style. Anyway, since he couldn't make A+ grade and have no buff, Qin Huai loved to make some Chen Sheng style snacks in front of the mayfly.

Zhao Cheng'an also ate very happily. On the first day of returning to work at Zhi Wei Ju, he made a decision that violated his master: slacking off at work to eat snacks, chatting while eating snacks.

"How did you chat with An Youyou yesterday? I feel like she's like she's been injected with chicken blood today. Her effort is at least 1.2 times that of Xia Sheng. What did you say to her? Did you smash her dizzy with money?" Zhao Cheng'an asked curiously.

Qin Huai thought to himself that it was different after waking up; his senior brother had become a unit of measurement. He pointed to the dough in front of Zhao Cheng'an, signaling him not to slack off too much, otherwise his persona would collapse. He briefly summarized the pie he drew last night and An Youyou's reaction in a low voice.

"Sure enough, my method is still useful. According to the method of those Bifangs, you might not be able to discover that the Three-Legged Golden Toad can actually refuse the pie falling from the sky in a year," Zhao Cheng'an said proudly, not working, continuing to gnaw on the yam cake.

Qin Huai stopped his movements and looked at him straight: "You've awakened, not possessed by a lazy ghost. If Master Zhou comes back later and finds that you've changed your personality after a trip to Beiping, becoming lazier than Tan Weian, aren't you afraid he'll find it strange?"

Zhao Cheng'an waved his hand: "My master is not that kind of person."

"In my master's place, laziness is not terrible; being stubborn and not making progress is terrible. As long as my skills improve, I'll tell my master that I realized something big after eating Fen Garden's food in Beiping, and discovered that the true meaning of pastry is not stacking quantity but feeling with your heart. I seem to be slacking off, but I'm actually realizing things. He will definitely be very gratified."

Qin Huai:... ===== CHAPTER 476 =====