The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 174 Master Xiao Qin is back!
Qin Huai's vacation went very smoothly and basically did not cause any trouble.

As a well-known high-end restaurant, Huang Ji not only has expensive dishes, but also has provided excellent service over the years.

For example, when Huang Shengli is still working normally, if he happens to be on break and the diners order Huang Shengli's famous signature dishes, such as fried eel paste, the waiter will remind the guests that the chef is not here today, and the dish will be prepared by Huang Jia or other chefs.

Of course, only Huang Shengli’s signature dishes would be reminded like this. After all, the prices of these signature dishes in Huang’s Restaurant are extremely high.

Later, Huang Shengli's waist started to not be so good, and he had to rest more frequently. So Huang's made a new menu, which was called A Menu and B Menu by old customers.

List A is the menu when Huang Shengli was there, and the prices are all original. List B is the menu when Huang Shengli was not there, and the prices of Huang Shengli's signature dishes will be significantly reduced.

After the menu was changed, Huang Ji’s old customers no longer had to ask the waiter how Huang Shengli’s waist was today when they came to Huang Ji. They could just look at the menu and find out.

Of course, being on B order does not mean that Huang Shengli will not get random drops. Sometimes, Huang Shengli will be itching to show off his skills and randomly cook a few dishes, so that the customers who eat his dishes can get the surprise of getting a limited edition from the blind box.

With Huang Shengli, the chef who takes vacations from time to time, the old diners are very accepting of Qinhuai's 6-day holiday.

Qin Huai’s customers are the most stable among all Huang Ji’s chefs.

He is a white-case chef who sells dim sum. His most famous, most praised and most recognized product is the relatively cheap fermented glutinous rice steamed buns.

18 yuan for a steamed bun with fermented glutinous rice is of course a staggeringly high price if sold in an ordinary breakfast shop. But in Huangji, with its taste, the price is not so unacceptable.

Qin Huai's dim sum is only sold during lunch time, and many customers buy his dim sum as breakfast.

Those who have enough money even eat it every day, and if they don't have time, they just ask the runners to come over. Among the dim sum on the menu of Qinhuai, except for the baked dim sum such as crab shell yellow and Yuanmeng Shaobing, which need to be freshly baked and eaten immediately, the rest can be packed and ordered for takeout without affecting the taste.

When Huang's announced that Chef Qin would take the entire vacation this month and last month at once, for a total of 6 consecutive days off, many customers even breathed a sigh of relief.

Regular customers, especially neighbors living nearby, know that Huang Ji’s chef has four days off a month, and these four days are not fixed.

Everyone has different arrangements for their precious holidays. Some people like to take one day off a week to combine work and rest; some people like to take a full day off at the beginning of the month to enjoy the holiday; some people save up their time to take a day off around holidays so that they can visit relatives and friends without affecting the peak business during holidays.

Most people take a break whenever they have something to do, such as going on blind dates, dating, traveling, attending exchange meetings, or watching a drama that they have saved up for a month within two days...

This type of rest is the most random, and you can't tell exactly when to rest.

As for trivial matters like the chef's break, the restaurant usually won't notify the guests, let alone issue an announcement.

But Qin Huai is different. Qin Huai is a rare and precious pastry chef who has his own exclusive dim sum.

Qin Huai's vacation touched many people's hearts.

Previously, Qinhuai had not had a day off for more than a month, and many old customers speculated that Qinhuai was planning to save up all the holidays to take a big break. Now that the speculation has been confirmed, everyone feels relieved and no longer has to worry about not being able to buy steamed buns when they go to Huangji at noon.

The neighbors all accepted Xiao Qin's vacation well. Some well-informed people even heard that Qin Huai took a 6-day vacation to go home to see his family, so they went to Huang Ji to give Qin Huai a souvenir and asked the Huang Ji waiter to give it to Xiao Qin.

Master Qin makes dim sum every day and has not had a rest for more than a month. He is so busy that he probably has no time to go shopping or play. He doesn't know much about Suzhou and doesn't know what local specialties are worth buying.

We who eat dim sum should think carefully about the dim sum chefs and buy some truly distinctive souvenirs for Chef Qin to take back and show our families that the food in Gusu is pretty good.

The guests are very nice and the working environment is also good, so there is no need to worry.

I will be back in 6 days. It will be New Year's Day right after I come back, and Chinese New Year will be here soon. Everyone is waiting for Master Qin to show off his skills to everyone during the Chinese New Year.

Every year during the Chinese New Year, Huang Ji will have a New Year’s Eve dinner exclusively for the occasion. The three-head banquet that is usually only available at wedding banquets will also appear in the New Year’s Eve dinner.

It can be said that many children of the residents of these old communities near Huangji have worked hard for a year locally or abroad and saved money for the whole year to go home for the New Year, just to grab a table of the best New Year's Eve dinner and have a good meal with the whole family.

Dim sum is very popular in Suzhou, and it is even more so during the Chinese New Year. Every household must have rice cakes, rice cakes, and eight-treasure rice pudding. Any restaurant with white pastries will launch New Year dim sum gift boxes during the Chinese New Year, making the dim sum exquisite, beautiful, and festive.

Huang's Restaurant has not had a dim sum chef in recent years, so it does not sell dim sum gift boxes during the Chinese New Year.

But isn’t there one this year?
Although it’s only December, many people are already looking forward to what this year’s dim sum gift boxes will be.

Qin Huai didn't know that some people were looking forward to the dim sum gift boxes. He didn't even know that dim sum gift boxes could be sold separately at a high price during the Chinese New Year.

In previous years, Qin’s breakfast shop was closed during the Chinese New Year.

They all open on the morning of New Year’s Eve to sell the last breakfast of the day. At 9 a.m., whether they have sold out or not, they have to pack up and close the store, clean the house, and carry large and small bags of New Year’s goods and luggage back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year.

Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin only had two children, Qin Congwen and Qin Xiuli, which was definitely a rare population in their era. Qin Congwen only had Qin Huai, his adopted son, and Qin Luo, his biological daughter, while Qin Xiuli only had He Cheng, his biological son.

Although Qin Xiuli is a daughter who married out, her husband He Ye is from the next village. Qin Xiuli worries every New Year because there are not many people in the family and her parents will be lonely during the New Year. So she often takes her husband and children to Qinjia Village, and even on New Year's Eve, she has to stay until five or six in the afternoon before returning.

Qin Xiuli's parents-in-law, sisters-in-law, uncles and sisters-in-law all strongly supported her behavior and wished they could go there too.

The family of three had limited means and could not bring back many snacks. He Cheng even ate while walking along the way.

If conditions did not allow it and the eating manners were not too ugly, they would have suggested that the two families celebrate the New Year together. What's your family, my family? Although we have different surnames, we are all family. What's wrong with having a New Year's Eve dinner together?
As for Qin Huai, he never felt that the Qin family was small in number.

I don't have many immediate relatives, but I have many other relatives.

Moreover, the relatives are very enthusiastic. I don’t know why, but they come to visit on New Year’s Eve. They don’t come empty-handed, but with big and small bags in their hands. It would be unreasonable if they don’t give some snacks in return.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the house in my hometown was so big that there was no room for people to sit. People had to move chairs to sit in the yard outside, and the New Year gifts sent could not fit into one room.

Every Chinese New Year, Qin Huai would stay in the kitchen from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, steaming snacks until people from a distance would think the Qin family's house was on fire.

This is why, even though Qin Huai has been working at Huang Ji for a month, he starts by making breakfast every morning, works normally in the morning and at noon, and works overtime in the afternoon to practice making crab roe steamed buns. If he feels that the high-intensity work is not enough, he can add more intensity.

Because he has actually attended more intense classes.

This level of intensity can be considered as a warm-up for the New Year.

Qin Huai was sitting on the plane, wondering why he suddenly thought about the Chinese New Year, even though it was still nearly two months away.

Maybe it’s because I haven’t made snacks for Qin Luo for a long time.

Thinking about it carefully, this was probably the first time since Qin Luo was able to eat pastries that he had not eaten Qin Huai's pastries for more than a month.

It's really hard for Luoluo.

Qin Huai looked at the memo on his phone, which recorded the snacks he wanted to make for Qin Luo during this period.

Qin Luo did well in this monthly exam and the last one. Last time he was 12th from the bottom in the class, and this time he was 17th from the bottom. His progress is very obvious and he deserves a good reward.

Excluding the two days of travel back and forth, there are four days left. Qin Luo should be able to eat crab roe steamed buns, fermented glutinous rice buns, five-star buns, locust flower buns, dream-fulfilling biscuits, crab shell roe, lard rice cakes, cakes, glutinous rice cakes, jujube and yam cakes, apple-flavored fruits and fruits.

Qin Huai couldn't make B-grade fruit by himself, so he brought a batch of raw embryos with him this time and steamed them for Qin Luo when he got back.

As for cakes and lard rice cakes, Qin Huai learned how to make them by following local customs when he wanted to change his style in the Huang's kitchen.

I've just learned it, and it's doing okay, so I can give it to Qin Luo to have a try.

Qin Huai's plane landed at 2:27 p.m.

This time he did not ask Chen Huihong to pick her up because he did not bring the 80 kilograms of pastries that Chen Huihong wanted - Zheng Siyuan really did not want to make so many pastries.

Qin Huai only brought 20 kilograms.

Well, the reason why Chen Huihong couldn't come to pick up the child at the airport was actually because today was Saturday. Chen Huihong had to go to school in the morning to attend a parent-teacher meeting for Chen Huihui, and in the afternoon she made an appointment with several familiar parents to take their children to the zoo, so she couldn't spare the time.

She asked Chen Yingjun to arrange a driver to pick up Qin Huai.

Chen Huihong sent the driver's photo and license plate to Qin Huai, and told Qin Huai that the driver would be waiting for him at the airport.

Qin Huai had no experience of being picked up at the airport, and he was a little nervous at first, but he was no longer nervous as soon as he walked out of the exit.

A familiar figure came towards him like a cannonball, almost knocking him off balance.

I haven't seen Qin Luo for more than a month, and he seems to have grown a little taller.

"Brother! You are finally back. I thought you were going to stay in Gusu and not come back! Do you know how much I miss you? Do you know what I eat every morning now? I have lost weight. Have you seen it? I am so thin because of hunger!!!" Qin Luo poked his chin. Qin Huai said he didn't notice it.

"Have you bought the crabs?" Qin Huai asked.

Qin Luo nodded repeatedly: "I bought a lot. You called Dad the day before yesterday and Dad asked Sister Xi to find someone to order them. I bought a lot and kept them in the water tank, crawling around."

"I heard from Sister Xi that crabs are not as plump as before, and there is not much crab roe. They are almost off the market. It would be better if you could come back earlier, brother." Qin Luo pouted, looking aggrieved.

"You don't like crabs. In the past few years, you would vomit when you smelled crabs. I don't even know if you can eat crab roe steamed buns. If you eat one and vomit again, I'm afraid it will ruin my reputation." Qin Huai said with a smile. Seeing Qin Luo's face full of dissatisfaction, he quickly smiled and comforted him.

"Don't worry, I've seen your monthly test scores for the past two months. You did really well. Our Luoluo has worked hard in his studies during this period, and you shouldn't feel wronged for not getting a good meal."

"I have half a box of raw dough for Guo'er in my suitcase, as well as raw dough for shortbread, Dingsheng cake, and fresh meat mooncakes made by your brother Siyuan. I'll steam and bake them for you when we get back."

"Have you eaten today?"

"I ate a roasted chicken leg." Qin Luo said honestly.

Qin Huai understood, ate a chicken leg as an appetizer, and waited for him to come back and prepare something delicious.

"Then go back and have some shortbread to fill your stomach. Tell me if there's anything you want to eat and I'll make it for you when I get back."

"I'll let you eat enough these days!"

Qin Luo originally wanted to pretend to be calm, pretending that I am not the kind of sister who will be dismissed by a little petty profit. Brother, you don't have me in your heart at all. It's too much for you not to come back for more than a month. But after hearing Qin Huai's last words, he couldn't help laughing so hard that his back teeth were exposed.

I couldn't help it, I couldn't help it at all.

Qin Luo now even regretted running to the pedestrian street next to the mall in the morning to buy a roasted chicken leg.

Oh, why is she eating chicken legs? If she had known that she could order meals instead of snacks, she should not have eaten since yesterday!

Qin Luo happily helped Qin Huai carry the suitcase.

"I didn't ask you just now, why did you come here to pick me up?" Qin Huai followed Qin Luo out.

Qin Luo leaned over to look for a car and said, "Mom said I was in the cafeteria all morning, jumping up and down and couldn't sit still. It was annoying to watch me, so she asked me to come pick you up so that you can find the driver arranged by Uncle Chen."

It took Qin Huai a few seconds to realize that the Uncle Chen Qin Luo was talking about was Chen Yingjun.

He calls Chen Huihong "Sister", Chen Huihui calls him "Brother Qin Huai", and his sister calls Chen Huihong's younger brother "Uncle Chen".

Very good, everyone really has their own opinions.

Soon, Qin Luo led Qin Huai to find the car. The driver arranged by Chen Yingjun was an honest-looking middle-aged man who only drove and didn't talk during the whole journey. Qin Huai and Qin Luo sat in the back seat and chatted.

"How's the canteen business during the month I've been away?" Qin Luo asked.

"That's good. We can sell them all anyway." Qin Luo usually has to go to school, so he doesn't have a very specific idea of ​​the business of Yunzhong Canteen. "We are short of manpower, so we hired two more handymen, and also hired new helpers in the kitchen, but I don't know them well."

Qin Huai knew about the recruitment of new helpers. Huang Xi talked to him about it and Qin Huai agreed.

Although Qin Huai was not in the Yunzhong Canteen for more than a month, he hired two chefs with good pastry skills before he left, both of whom were restaurant level.

Qinhuai can be very popular in Huangji, and two chefs of restaurant level are more than enough to come to the community canteen. Although the diners are slightly dissatisfied (after all, the level is far inferior to Qinhuai), they have no choice, and the dim sum in other restaurants is even worse except Yunzhong Canteen.

Everyone could only keep wondering when Master Qin would be back, but their bodies continued to patronize and consume every day.

In addition, Li Hua and Pei Xing are both very mature professional chefs with stable styles and high efficiency. After the canteen recruited the helpers they needed, the efficiency was further improved. Over the past month, the turnover of Yunzhong Canteen has increased instead of decreased.

What's more, the boss didn't go out to play, but went out to find another job with super high salary. From the perspective of efficiency, Yunzhong Canteen made a lot of money.

From the perspective of diners, everyone is almost crying with greed.

Indeed, Pei Xing and Li Hua’s cooking skills are really good, as both of them are from Zhiweiju.

Before Qin Huai had seen the world, he had no idea what the five words "origin" meant for Zhiweiju. Now that he has seen the world, he deeply realizes that if it weren't for Zheng Da's matchmaking, these two chefs would never have come to work at Yunzhong Canteen.

But the guests at Yunzhong Canteen have tasted better.

Qin Huai, Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da.

In a sense, the guests of Yunzhong Canteen have seen quite a lot of the world.

There is no harm without comparison. Although Pei Xing and Li Hua graduated from professional schools, they are not as good as Qin Huai, Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da.

The guests at Yunzhong Canteen were missing Qin Huai so much that they were going crazy.

The old men and women in the Yunzhong community who are chatting in the Yunzhong canteen are no longer just chatting, they are just remembering the past and feeling emotional when seeing the things around them!

Everyone thinks about Qin Huai day and night, hoping that he will come back soon.

If you don’t come back, everyone will almost forget what it felt like to eat Wu Ding Bao and Jiu Niang Man Buns every morning.

I didn’t think much of it when I ate it every day before, but now that I’ve lost it, I know how to cherish it.

Not only the elderly people in Yunzhong Community want it, but also the office workers in nearby office buildings.

I used to think the breakfast at Yunzhong Canteen was too expensive, so I had to grit my teeth before I could afford to buy the three- and five-cubic-sized buns. Now I don’t have the chance to complain about the high prices, because they are simply out of stock.

There is nothing to eat and I have no energy to work.

The breakfast made by the new chef is good, but it can’t compare to the white moonlight in my heart.

This is not the worst. The worst thing is that after working for a whole morning, I subconsciously opened my phone to grab some tangerine peel tea, but found that there was no tangerine peel tea available.

I really don't even want to go to work.

Many office workers dare not think about how they survived the days when they didn’t have three-diced buns or five-diced buns to eat, or tangerine peel tea to drink.

At 3:59 pm, a black car stopped in front of the Yunzhong Canteen.

The old men and women in the cafeteria, who were reminded of the past by the things they saw, glanced out the window, didn't pay any attention, and then were reminded of their past by the scene they saw.

Then the car door opened.

Qin Luo walked down.

Xu Tuqiang, who was sitting by the window, said, "Luoluo is back from playing outside. It hasn't been long since he came back."

Then Xu Tuqiang opened his eyes wide, rubbed them in disbelief, opened his eyes wide again, and rubbed them again.

It was not until Qin Huai walked to the trunk and took down the suitcase that Xu Tuqiang dared to believe what he saw. He stood up and shouted in surprise:
"Master Xiao Qin is back!"

"Oh my god, Master Qin is back!!!"

For a moment, the entire Yunzhong Canteen was in an uproar. The uncles and aunts who were not sitting by the windows ran to the door or window, stretching their necks and looking out with their eyes wide open.

When they saw the familiar face, their tears were about to fall.

It’s Qin Huai, it’s really Qin Huai, he’s back!

Two minutes later, the photo of Qin Huai opening the trunk and taking out the luggage spread throughout the Yunzhong Community owner group and the Yunzhong Canteen's group buying group.

On this day, all the guests of Yunzhong Canteen were telling each other the news.

Master Xiao Qin is back, and we will have breakfast tomorrow morning!
My wallet, what are you waiting for? I'll give you a number, 10 Wu Ding Bao, and I'll eat them tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)