Chapter 7: Assistant Xiao Qin (Thanks to the alliance leader reward from Canglang Fengya!)

That night, Chen Huihong messaged Qin Huai on WeChat, asking about the difficulty of making red bean hedgehog buns. Upon learning that learning to make this bun was easy as long as you had hands, Chen Huihong took the initiative to ask Qin Huai if he could spare time to teach her. After receiving an affirmative answer, Chen Huihong directly took on the work of cafeteria renovation and employee recruitment as a thank you, and also generously stated that if Qin Huai's house wasn't big enough, her empty apartment could be used by Qin Congwen, Zhao Rong, and Qin Luo to stay in temporarily, as she didn't plan to rent it out in the short term anyway.

After all, for Chen Huihong, finding a reliable renovation company to simply renovate the first floor of the cafeteria and letting people from her brother's company help post recruitment information was far less troublesome than learning to make red bean hedgehog buns.

"So, this is the result of Sister Hong skipping work and struggling for 3 days?!" Seeing Ouyang looked at the red bean hedgehog buns of different shapes and sizes on the dining table, and the look he gave Qin Huai was full of suspicion.

Qin Huai messaged him early in the morning, asking him to come upstairs to appreciate Chen Huihong's results and discuss teaching strategies. Seeing Ouyang thought Chen Huihong's cooking skills had improved by leaps and bounds under Qin Huai's teaching, so he rushed up excitedly, ready to have a big meal, but—

What are these scattered hedgehogs?

Some heads are crooked, some are leaking filling, some have unbalanced proportions, and some look like mice with a few protruding thorns—vividly abstract art hedgehogs.

Seeing Ouyang remembered that the red bean hedgehog buns he ate a few days ago didn't look like this.

No way, buddy. Didn't you say before that this bun was an entry-level model and easy as long as you had hands?

Could it be that you are the legendary teacher whose academic level is full, but whose teaching level is extremely poor?

Qin Huai picked up a fat hedgehog bun that was a full adult fist size, with thorns on its back sparser than the hair of a programmer facing a hair loss crisis, and said: "The taste is the same. I kneaded the dough and made the filling; the styling doesn't affect the eating."

After saying that, Qin Huai took the first bite first.

Qin Huai called Seeing Ouyang over today mainly to clear inventory.

Although Chen Huihong's learning results were not satisfactory, her learning attitude was very good. In the three days, the number of hedgehog buns she wrapped was so many that several refrigerators couldn't hold them. Qin Luo was about to throw up, feeling nauseous whenever she saw anything with red bean filling.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting food, Qin Huai grabbed Seeing Ouyang over to eat buns under the pretext of discussing teaching strategies.

Anyway, it was Saturday today and there was no work, so he was idle anyway; he might as well come to eat some red bean hedgehog buns.

Seeing Ouyang felt it made sense and grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth, saying while eating: "That's what you say, but these buns are too shabby. The Parent-Child Culinary Day is the day after tomorrow; will Sister Hong be okay doing this?"

"I'm not saying the buns are bad, it's mainly... did Sister Hong tell you about the parent-child days of the past few years?"

Qin Huai nodded.

Of course she told him.

The Parent-Child Culinary Day of the Experimental Primary School is set for the week before the final exam at the end of each semester. Originally, it was established to promote parent-child relationships, enhance relationships and friendships between students, and increase communication between parents. As a result, it went against the wishes, and under the inexplicable involution and competition of this group of wealthy parents, the parent-child day gradually changed its flavor.

You can tell from the housing prices of the Yunzhong complex that the conditions of the students' families in the Experimental Primary School are quite good.

Chen Huihong's family background can only be considered upper-middle among parents. If this group of wealthy parents wants to roll, you can imagine how outrageous they can roll.

Seeing Ouyang swallowed the bun and started his complaining mode: "Last year's parent-child innovation day was folding paper boats. There were 7 dragon boats alone, not to mention things like cruise ships. If conditions didn't allow it, they wished they could fold the Titanic."

"The year before last, the parent-child technology day—there were 50 works that applied for patents, and it seemed like 2 had been put into production and listed. I heard that it was because the first two years rolled too outrageously, so outrageous that you could tell at a glance that they were bought with money. To balance it, the school set this year's parent-child culinary day and specifically stipulated that it must be done on-site."

They didn't rank either, just gave awards. Most popular award, most innovative award, etc. The awards were not in any particular order, to avoid these parents rolling randomly.

"Dragon boats can be folded by someone in advance and brought to school to be assembled on-site, and the works for the technology day were brought over directly after being made. But for dishes, parents have to do it themselves, right? At most, bring an assistant to help. Even if it's outrageous, it can't be that outrageous."

"Actually, I think Sister Hong could have found someone to help in previous years, and it's not like she couldn't find anyone. But Sister Hong doesn't like these flashy things. She feels that parent-child day should be parents and children doing it together, which caused Huihui's grades to be particularly poor in previous years."

"Although I think Huihui might not care much about this ranking, Sister Hong feels uncomfortable in her heart and always feels like she's losing face for Huihui. It just so happens that this year is a culinary day that must be done by herself, so Sister Hong felt it was time to wash away the shame. Qin Huai, let me tell you, don't look at Sister Hong as if she doesn't care much on the surface; she actually started preparing long ago. She started practicing secretly 3 months ago when the notice was issued."

Speaking of this, Seeing Ouyang raised his hand and pointed to the tiger's mouth of his left hand: "Sister Hong, did you notice the scar here? She cut it two months ago while cutting vegetables. At that time, Sister Hong originally wanted to practice stir-frying, but she cut her hand while practicing cutting vegetables, and Huihui felt it was dangerous, so she didn't let her stir-fry."

"Stir-frying didn't work, so Sister Hong thought about wrapping dumplings. You might not be able to see the back of her foot, but there are scars there too! A month ago, when she was chopping dumpling filling, she put the kitchen knife on the cutting board without paying attention and knocked it off. The knife cut directly onto the back of her foot."

"After this, Huihui didn't let her make dumplings either, so Sister Hong practiced Western pastries, but she couldn't learn them, so she changed to cold dishes. But cold dishes are too simple. If I remember correctly, she just changed to braised dishes two weeks ago."

Maybe he was choking because he spoke too fast, Seeing Ouyang picked up his cup and took a big gulp of water before continuing.

"Actually, I think braised dishes are quite good. Although there is a suspicion of cheating, they don't go wrong. The braising packets are all directly matched by someone. If it weren't for Huihui saying that the red bean hedgehog bun was not bad when she ate it two days ago, I guess Sister Hong would be braising large intestines at home now."

Qin Huai:...

Braising large intestines for the school's parent-child culinary day.

Qin Huai could only say that Chen Huihong was indeed a person who didn't take the usual path.

"So, what is your plan now?" Seeing Ouyang picked up the last red bean hedgehog bun.

"We feel the red bean hedgehog bun won't work," Qin Huai said truthfully. "Sister Hong has been beating around the bush for the past two days and found out that although there are no master chefs among the parents of Huihui's classmates, there are those whose families run restaurants. They let the chefs in the restaurants make some pre-made dishes that only need to be boiled in a pot, which also meets the school's requirements."

Seeing Ouyang immediately sat up straight: "Then what should we do? Is there any particularly famous chef in our city? If it really doesn't work, let Sister Hong go find one too!"

"But it's too late now. Could it be that they have already finished looking?"

Qin Huai shook his head: "You know Sister Hong's personality better than I do. Wrapping buns with dough and filling brought by herself is already the limit. She definitely won't be willing to do anything that is ready-made and just boiled in a pot."

Seeing Ouyang slapped his thigh anxiously: "Then what should we do? Won't Huihui be at the bottom again this year!"

Qin Huai:?

Why are you so worried about Huihui being at the bottom? Do you also have a system task?

Then Qin Huai heard Seeing Ouyang's muttering to himself.

"I was counting on Huihui to shine this year, and Sister Hong would be so happy that she would give me a 2000 yuan bonus. My mom didn't even give me a penny; I'm so poor."

Qin Huai:...

"So I proposed plan B," Qin Huai said.

"If we really can't compete in quality, then we'll win in quantity. My dad has a batch of precious snack molds that can make over 20 types of snacks, including cats, dogs, rabbits, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, White Dragon Horse, and Guanyin Bodhisattva's lotus throne. I called my aunt yesterday and asked her to mail them over. I estimate they will arrive this afternoon."

"The only drawback is that the styles are a bit old and don't have popular styles like Peppa Pig, Suzy Sheep, Pikachu, or In the Night Garden. After all, they are molds my dad asked the best carpenter in our county to make over 30 years ago, so they are a bit behind the times."

"But it doesn't matter; we can focus on nostalgia and retro."

"By then, I'll knead the dough and make the filling a day in advance. Bean paste filling, mung bean filling, rose filling, purple potato filling, lotus paste filling—I'll make them all, focusing on sweet flavors. For salty fillings, I'll only make egg yolk. Actually, fresh meat is the best, but Sister Hong isn't very good at using the oven, so it's easy to flip, so forget it."

"Our goal for the parent-child culinary day the day after tomorrow is: everyone gets a share, and we strive to let every student and parent in the school eat a bite."

By then, won't we shine directly!

Seeing Ouyang listened, stunned, feeling that what Qin Huai said seemed quite reasonable but also a bit outrageous. After thinking about it, he finally found a loophole.

"With so many types of snacks, can Sister Hong do it?"

Chen Huihong's current works are abstract art!

"Just wrap the filling in, and the rest is done with molds."

"But..." Seeing Ouyang felt it still wasn't reliable. "With Sister Hong's level, relying on herself, can it taste good?"

"Don't snacks still need to be steamed or baked? Can Sister Hong do it alone?"

"Of course not."

Seeing Ouyang:?

"So, Sister Hong needs an assistant to help her move things and control the overall situation," Qin Huai said.

Seeing Ouyang: "... The school will definitely check strictly this year. With your identity, how are you going to sneak in?"

Qin Huai said with a serious face: "To tell you the truth, my biological mother and Sister Hong are actually from the same hometown."

Seeing Ouyang:??

"Although it's not the same village, nor the same county, at least it's the same city. Although the distance is a bit far, the niece of my biological mother's third aunt married the cousin of the maternal uncle of a family in Sister Hong's village."

"Although the kinship is a bit complicated, if you really talk about it—I am Huihui's distant uncle."

"As a poor relative, it's reasonable for me to defect to my already successful distant cousin and become her assistant, and then help move things and help out on parent-child day, right?"

"After all, those few sets of molds my aunt mailed over weigh thirty or forty jin; we can't let Sister Hong and Huihui move them by themselves, right?"

As he spoke, Assistant Xiao Qin showed his work badge.

Hongyuan Company, Board Assistant, Qin Huai.

Just got it this morning, brand new, the holder is brand new.

Seeing Ouyang:???

The alliance leader bonus will be added together when it's on the shelves (I can't write it now (*))

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 8 =====