Chapter 69

Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing, a snack with a name that sounds very impressive, but is actually no different from minced meat shaobing.

It has this name because of a legend.

It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once had a dream in the middle of the night in which she ate a very delicious shaobing filled with minced meat. Very coincidentally, the next morning, the Empress Dowager ate the shaobing from her dream, so the Old Buddha was very happy, saying this shaobing was truly delicious, fulfilling her dream, and rewarded the Imperial Kitchen master who made it with 20 taels of silver and an official position.

Because this dish fulfilled Empress Dowager Cixi's dream, it was called Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing.

Zheng Siyuan mentioned this shaobing to Qin Huai because he discovered Qin Huai knew how to make Wu Ding Bao. Wu Ding Bao is a famous snack from Emperor Qianlong's southern tour, so Zheng Siyuan took the opportunity to mention another snack endorsed by a famous royal snack spokesperson.

Of course, Zheng Siyuan didn't tell Qin Huai the specific method because he didn't know it either.

Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing is a famous Beiping palace snack, and Zheng Siyuan specializes in Su-style snacks; this wasn't a recipe in his field.

But Qin Huai was different.

All recipes that appeared in the "Complete Guide to Snacks" and could be found online were recipes in his field.

Qin Huai stared at the fermenting dough while stirring the filling simmering on low heat in the pot, and took out his phone to search for the recipe for Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing.

As for why he didn't flip through the Complete Guide to Snacks...

The book was at home and hadn't been brought over.

Qin Huai decided to search for the recipe online first, then go home and flip through it to see if he could find it; combining the two should be no problem.

He couldn't make A-grade chicken soup noodles, but couldn't he make Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing, which was similar to minced meat shaobing?

Qin Huai carefully studied the recipe online.

How should he put it? The internet is truly magical.

The same recipe, different methods.

The appearance of the Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing made from each recipe was slightly different; some were round, some were square, and some were even like meat stuffed inside a baked steamed bun.

These weren't important, because Qin Huai had already found one that Qin Luo would definitely love.

A Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing that looked 60% like a Golden Opening Smile!

Golden Opening Smile!

The gold content of "Cooking Master Boy" was still rising.

Qin Huai even regretted why he hadn't discovered such a good shaobing earlier.

Qin Huai glanced at Qin Luo, who had already started mopping the floor, and felt that Qin Luo's Chinese was saved.

Eh, do international high schools study Chinese?

Never mind, if it really doesn't work, getting up early to write math papers is the same.

The matter of Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing had already been put on the agenda; Qin Huai put down his phone and began to study another important matter.

Dried tangerine peel tea.

Today was the day Luo Jun was coming to the canteen to drink dried tangerine peel tea.

It was also the first day Luo Jun had left his house in 1 year, 8 months, and 13 days.

Every time he thought of this, Qin Huai regretted not letting Huang Xi order a banner to hang at the inner entrance yesterday.

It was just that the shock of Chen Huihong actually being a divine tree from the Classic of Mountains and Seas was too great, and then Qin Luo received another lesson in love, making things a bit chaotic, and Qin Huai didn't think of it for a moment.

Qin Huai ladled the simmered filling into another clean large pot to cool, and began to knead the dough and roll out the wrappers.

By the time the first batch of steamed buns was ready, the first batch of grandpas doing morning exercises also entered the shop, sighing one after another.

It was clear that the grandpas hadn't yet walked out of the sadness of Zheng Siyuan returning to Gusu.

It was just that he didn't know if some grandpa would make a special trip to Gusu in the future, only to find that Zheng Siyuan was running a pastry shop and not selling wontons, and that wontons were a super rare drop, would they be even sadder?

While the first batch of morning runners were eating breakfast, Qin Huai began to boil the dried tangerine peel tea.

Admittedly, it was impossible for Luo Jun to come over this early to drink herbal tea.

He couldn't get up.

But Qin Huai could boil it first, boiling at least three versions of dried tangerine peel tea in advance to ensure this side quest was foolproof. For the sake of the side quest, Qin Huai boiled it very seriously.

At this time, some people might ask, does boiling herbal tea require any profound cooking skills?

The answer is no.

It only requires making the herbal tea recipe not so "underworld."

However, to highlight his respect for the herbal tea, Qin Huai still took out the scale he never used, then poured brown sugar into the pot, and finally weighed a little salt to sprinkle in.

Qin Huai's rigor attracted the attention of the grandpa at Table 9.

Today, Xu Tuqiang hadn't come for breakfast for the first time in forever; it was said that he set off yesterday afternoon to visit his daughter's house to see his granddaughter. Before leaving, he even relied on his face to snatch a steamed bun each from the familiar diners who were snapping up fermented rice steamed buns yesterday afternoon, gathering a whole bag to take to his daughter.

How did Qin Huai know about this?

Throughout breakfast, Grandpa Cao sat at Table 9, righteously criticizing Xu Tuqiang's extremely immoral behavior; as the first victim who had two steamed buns snatched, he expressed disdain for Xu Tuqiang.

Grandpa Wang didn't care much.

He hadn't come to snatch any, so he wasn't a victim.

He was stretching his neck to look at Qin Huai in the kitchen through the window, then ignored Grandpa Cao's righteous condemnation and asked curiously: "Is Master Xiao Qin boiling herbal tea?"

"It must be, haven't you heard? It is said that Old Man Luo who lives in Building A made a bet with Master Xiao Qin two days ago, saying that the herbal tea made from his secret recipe is better, and they agreed to come out in person today to drink herbal tea." Grandpa Cao temporarily stopped criticizing and began to gossip.

Grandpa Wang showed a confused look.

The grandpa on the side who didn't have a name couldn't help but complain when he saw Grandpa Wang's expression: "Are you from our residential area? How come you don't even know Old Man Luo... oh, you're not from our residential area."

Grandpa Wang:?

Is this discrimination? Do you believe that in a fit of anger, I'll buy a set in your residential area...

Forget it, it's too expensive, I can't bear to. It's better to leave so much money for my son, daughter, granddaughter, and grandson to spend.

The grandpas at Table 9 began to popularize the legend of Luo Jun to Grandpa Wang.

Things like fighting all the takeout merchants nearby with his real name, winning a complete victory, and being blacklisted by more than one restaurant, earning a great reputation.

Things like changing more than 60 nannies in 10 years, with a record of changing 5 in one week, making him a famous difficult lonely old man. The current nanny, Zhang Shumei, has persisted in working for 5 years without mentioning resignation, and has been elected for 5 consecutive years as the nanny most wanted to be poached in the entire Yunzhong residential area.

It was just that Luo Jun's legs and feet hadn't been good in recent years, and he hadn't gone out, so he was out of fashion. If you pushed back 3 or 4 years, who among the gossips in the surrounding residential areas didn't know Luo Jun's great name?

It was normal for Grandpa Wang not to know; one reason was that he lived a bit far away, and the other was that he didn't gossip.

After hearing the legend of Luo Jun, Grandpa Wang was a bit worried: "This Old Man Luo has such a bad temper, could it be that he doesn't like Master Xiao Qin and came out today specifically to find fault?"

Grandpa Cao waved his hand: "He hasn't been out for 1 year, 8 months, and 13 days, how could he be so bored as to come out specifically to find fault with Master Xiao Qin..."

Grandpa Cao suddenly felt there was a possibility.

Normal people wouldn't be so bored, but Luo Jun wasn't a normal person.

Grandpa Cao's expression began to become solemn.

"Yeah, if he came to find fault, what would Master Xiao Qin do? Master Xiao Qin is honest, kind, has a gentle temper, and is soft-hearted; he looks like someone who is easily bullied."

Qin Luo, who was sweeping on the side: Is this still my brother?

"No." Grandpa Cao slapped the table, "I have to stay here to help Master Xiao Qin hold the fort."

Once these words were spoken, everyone responded one after another.

And so, at 9:00 AM, Luo Jun, who rarely got up early to eat breakfast in the canteen in person, walked slowly into the canteen, and was stunned when he saw the grandpas and grandmas in the canteen.

Then he felt a bit enlightened.

He said so, there were many people who ate breakfast at the same time as him.

Look at this time, the canteen is full of people.

(End of chapter)