Chapter 73

"Um, can I ask a question?" Qin Huai raised his hand weakly, "Grandpa Luo... Mr. Luo... Bifang..."

"Just call me Luo Jun directly." Luo Jun said.

"Luo Jun... sir." Qin Huai felt that even if it was a spirit from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it was still a bit strange to call a 92-year-old gentleman by his name, so he chose a compromise, "So you knew a long time ago that Sister Hong is white?"

Chen Huihong also cast a curious look at Luo Jun.

"The race can't be seen." Luo Jun said, "There are so many kinds of spirits, except for a small number of extremely special ones, most of them can't be seen."

"Especially plant spirits, they are all over the mountains and plains, who would pay attention to what exactly they are."

"However, when their neighborhood committee came to the door for the first time, I saw that she was a muddled person in her last life. The first life and the last life are the easiest to recognize, the middle ones may not be recognized, these two can be seen at a glance."

"So you can also see that Sister Hong is awake?" Qin Huai pursued.

"Of course, there were too many people in the canteen, so I didn't say it directly." Luo Jun was extremely proud, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"Did Sister Hong tell you about my system?"

"She did." Speaking of this, Luo Jun couldn't help but look at Qin Huai with strange eyes again, "I have lived for so many years and have never heard of a system; it is truly that the world is big, and there are all kinds of wonders."

Qin Huai complained in his heart that you spirits from the Classic of Mountains and Seas actually said that protagonists of normal system novels like us are strange.

Who is strange?

In this room, one is white, one is Bifang, one is a male protagonist of a system novel, no one is qualified to say the other is strange!

"Since this is the case, I will be open and honest." Qin Huai sat upright, his eyes firm, and his tone became solemn, "I have a side quest related to you here, please cooperate to help me complete it as soon as possible."

Luo Jun:...?

After speaking, Qin Huai clicked on the game system, clicked on the side quest, and read the task once.

This feeling of being open and honest is really great!

Luo Jun, who heard the content of the task, was almost angry enough to slap the table and stand up.

"What kind of broken task is this!" Luo Jun said angrily, "If you want to boil herbal tea, just boil it, why say so much!"

"So you are really very dissatisfied with the 4-yuan packaging fee, to the point that you have to focus on criticizing this behavior in the task details?" Reporter Qin Huai began an on-site interview.

"Otherwise? Why should his broken cup of herbal tea cost a 4-yuan packaging fee?! It's little and tastes bad, even less authentic than the herbal tea you boiled; that kind of herbal tea is embarrassed to be sold for money, I gave him a bad review and blacklisted me; if I couldn't spit fire now, I would really hate to spit fire to death!" Luo Jun strongly condemned the herbal tea shop owner.

"Then what is the taste of the dried tangerine peel tea you really want to drink?" Qin Huai asked, "I have already boiled the dried tangerine peel tea according to the recipe you gave, but today's side quest was not completed at all."

Luo Jun was silent.

Qin Huai looked at Luo Jun with full expectation.

Luo Jun silently lowered his head and looked at his phone, finding that the phone was really good-looking.

Qin Huai insisted on looking at Luo Jun with full expectation, his eyes full of "You are a dignified Bifang, you won't deliberately make things difficult for me because of this small side quest, right?"

Luo Jun found that the phone was indeed quite good-looking, and his taste was very good.

Chen Huihong couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Mr. Luo, everyone is open and honest, don't deliberately make things difficult for Xiao Qin because of this small accident. It's not easy for Xiao Qin to do side quests. My Huihui's locust flower steamed buns are what she doesn't even know she loves. Since you have dried tangerine peel tea that you love to drink more in your heart, tell Xiao Qin the recipe; don't you believe in his craftsmanship?"

Luo Jun hesitated for a moment and said reluctantly: "This is a unique secret recipe."

"I'll tell you reluctantly because you have the ability to wake Chen Huihong up."

"Dried tangerine peel tea, adding brown sugar and salt is just the basic version."

"If you want it to taste good, you have to add red dates, wolfberries, white fungus, and lotus seeds."

Qin Huai:...

Can't bear it, really can't bear it.

Even if Luo Jun is Bifang, he can't bear it.

Qin Huai admits that Luo Jun is indeed quite researched in eating; Bifang, after all, has lived in the world for 92 years, and it is not surprising that he has eaten good things and seen the prosperity and wealth of the world.

Their old Qin family is indeed a bit lacking in herbal tea, and the ancestral teachings are not very good.

But what is dried tangerine peel tea with red dates, wolfberries, white fungus, and lotus seeds???

Aren't these things used to boil red date and lotus seed soup?

Even if the Heavenly King comes, this is red date and lotus seed soup with dried tangerine peel, not dried tangerine peel tea!

Now it's Qin Huai's turn to take a deep breath.

Qin Huai tried to control his expression, squeezed out a smile, and asked in as calm a tone as possible: "Did you drink... this style of dried tangerine peel tea before?"

Luo Jun said in a nostalgic tone: "I haven't drunk it for many years."

It's right that he hasn't drunk it; who would serve you a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup with dried tangerine peel and say this is dried tangerine peel tea.

"Are you sure this is the dried tangerine peel tea you want to drink?" Qin Huai asked again.

"Believe it or not." Luo Jun didn't have the good temper to answer the same question several times.

Fine!

Qin Huai nodded and got up: "I'll go back and boil it for you now."

"There are ingredients in the kitchen, Xiao Zhang has been stewing white fungus and lotus seed soup every day these days." Luo Jun said lightly, "Find the rest yourself, Xiao Zhang never hides things, they are either in the cabinet or in the refrigerator."

Since Luo Jun said so, Qin Huai saved a special trip and went directly into the kitchen to find ingredients.

The ingredients were easy to find, and Qin Huai soon gathered them all.

There was even a bowl of soaked white fungus on the cooking table, which greatly saved time.

Dried tangerine peel soup in the dog days, lotus seed soup after the heat; it is now mid-August, and drinking lotus seed soup in advance, Zhang Shumei is worthy of being the gold-medal nanny that the residents of Yunzhong residential area dream of, she is indeed very thoughtful.

With complete materials, Qin Huai removed the yellow base of the white fungus, tore it into small pieces, put it into the stew pot with all the materials, adjusted the time, and added water to stew slowly.

Then the cooking process was over.

Yes, making white fungus and lotus seed soup is that simple. Adhering to the principle of "since you are here," Qin Huai studied the remaining ingredients in the kitchen again.

Compared with Chen Huihong's surprise inspection of the refrigerator two days ago, there was no major change; there were still no vegetables, and the meat was still complete.

Qin Huai also found medium-gluten flour, baking powder, and fresh pork and sesame seeds that looked like they were bought this morning, which were suitable for making shaobing.

Guess what, the ingredients for Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing were complete.

Since he was idle, and the white fungus and lotus seed soup was still simmering on low heat in the stew pot, Qin Huai felt that since the time, place, and people were right, why not try to attack the legendary Golden Opening Smile for the first time today.

Attacking Golden Opening Smile in Bifang's kitchen, just thinking about it is very motivating.

Qin Huai poked half his body out of the kitchen and asked: "Mr. Luo Jun, the dried tangerine peel tea will take a long time to come out of the pot. I see that the ingredients in your kitchen are quite complete, why don't I make some shaobing by the way?"

"Whatever, also, call me Luo Jun next time! Mr. Luo Jun sounds weird."

Qin Huai retracted half his body and began to knead the dough.

According to the recipe online, Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing is a hollow shaobing that is fresh, hot, fragrant, and sprinkled with sesame seeds, cut open, and stuffed with meat filling fried without oil.

Under normal circumstances, the highlight of Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing should be the meat filling.

The meat filling with three parts fat and seven parts lean is put into the pot and fried until crispy, adding only basic seasonings such as soy sauce, sugar, salt, and ginger, focusing on using the simplest ingredients to make the most exquisite taste.

Qin Huai's Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing cannot be made under normal circumstances.

He has a very clear understanding of his cooking skills.

Frying meat filling is a bit too difficult for him.

He usually boils the bun filling; compared to frying, boiling is obviously much simpler, easier to control the heat, and less likely to overturn.

So for Qin Huai's Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing, the highlight must be on the cake.

The meat filling can be mediocre, but the shaobing itself must shine.

If you want to work hard on the shaobing, the cake must be special, so Qin Huai chose to scald the dough with boiling water first.

Scalding the dough with boiling water makes the dough taste more Q-bouncy and fluffy, making it easier for hollow shaobing to achieve an effect that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, which is more compatible when stuffed with minced meat.

If the minced meat doesn't work, the shaobing will make up for it.

Qin Huai began to knead the dough.

Don't say, a big house is good, the kitchen is big, and it's comfortable to make snacks.

While waiting for the dough to ferment, Qin Huai first tried to fry a little meat filling to taste.

As he expected, it was very average.

In order to prevent the meat filling from being too average, Qin Huai made a decision that went against the ancestors and added some pepper powder to it.

Qin Huai felt that for the sake of Luo Luo's high school grades, it was time to spend time practicing heat control in addition to practicing chicken soup noodles.

The primary heat control is indeed a bit poor.

Not only is the filling fried poorly, but the high-quality soup is also not very good.

When I made steamed buns every day in the early years, I didn't feel that making snacks needed so much heat control.

After the dough was ready, Qin Huai pinched the dough into small balls, kneaded them into beautiful small round cakes, brushed them with sugar water, sprinkled them with sesame seeds, and put them in the oven to bake.

The stew pot was also about the same time, Qin Huai glanced at the state of the white fungus and lotus seed... dried tangerine peel tea inside, began to pour brown sugar, covered it, and stewed it for another 15 minutes.

Under normal circumstances, white sugar should be added to boil white fungus and lotus seed soup.

But this is abnormal dried tangerine peel tea, dried tangerine peel tea with brown sugar, no problem.

Both the stew pot and the oven were working, and Qin Huai didn't let the pot be idle, and officially fried the meat filling.

The liveliness in the kitchen attracted Chen Huihong and Luo Jun outside.

Luo Jun didn't even sit on the soft sofa, but moved a stool and sat at the kitchen door, staring at Qin Huai cooking.

Qin Huai, who always felt like he was on his back:...

He now truly feels that Zhang Shumei must be a gold-medal nanny.

15 minutes later, Dream-Fulfilling Shaobing and dried tangerine peel tea were out of the pot at the same time.

Qin Huai served the food to the dining table.

Two bowls of dried tangerine peel tea, a bowl of meat filling, a plate of shaobing.

Luo Jun had already sat down.

He didn't hesitate at all, picked up the shaobing, and didn't even stuff the meat filling inside, first took a bite to taste the taste.

Qin Huai:...

Mr. Luo, where is your love for dried tangerine peel tea?

Although you can't even see the dried tangerine peel in the bowl of dried tangerine peel tea in front of you at first glance.

(End of chapter)