The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 194 Shake people
Qin Huai fled back to the kitchen as if he was escaping for his life, and thought for a few seconds after returning to the cooking table. He felt that the private hospital where Qu Jing worked was so far away from Huang's, and yet she was willing to insist on coming over for dinner during lunch break, so he couldn't escape.

How much does their hospital charge doctors per month? How come they are so rich!

Qin Huai took a look at the already washed noodles.

Knowing Ouyang was coming, he made a few more.

Ouyang has 6, Chen Gong has 6, Huang Jia has 2, Huang Anyao has 2, and Dong Shi has 1, a total of 17.

Quite a few.

but now……

Qu Jing's new colleagues have all arrived. As Qu Jing's friend, shouldn't he also do his part to show his support for the friendship of Qu Jing's colleagues from other places?

Chen Huihong has already set an extremely good example. If the spirits of plants and trees can do it, why can't the male protagonist of this system novel do it?

Since it can't be concealed anymore, I might as well help Qu Jing become the super star of the Gusu branch.

I hope the cafeteria and security guards at the Gusu branch won’t ask them to run errands.

Qin Huai nodded to comfort himself and called Qu Jing.

"Hello." Qu Jing's voice came from the other end of the phone. Qin Huai could also faintly hear a sharp female voice beside him.

"What?! Jingjing knows Master Qin. That's great. Our neurology department will be able to dominate the hospital from now on!"

Qin Huai:......

"How many people are there in this colleagues' dinner?" Qin Huai asked.

"Dinner this time? There are 16 people in our department including the cardiology department."

Qin Huai: "...Oh, I see. A batch of crab shell roe will be out of the oven soon. I'll ask the waiter to send 32 of them to you. Don't tell anyone. There is no crab shell roe on the menu today."

"Is there any doctor in your department with whom you have a good relationship?" Qin Huai asked again.

Qu Jing thought for a moment and said, "Director Liu takes good care of me, and Doctor Lou is also very nice."

Qin Huai finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then call me after you finish your meal. I have some snacks here for you to take back and share with the doctor you are close to."

"Remember what Sister Hong said? When you arrive in a new place, you need to get along well with your new colleagues. Sharing snacks and refreshments is the first step."

These words were really said by Chen Huihong. After Chen Huihong took the oranges from Luo Jun's house that night, she went to Qu Jing's house and said these words to Qu Jing.

"Yes, I remember it." Qu Jing said solemnly.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Huai gave himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

Fortunately, I asked in advance how many people were going to be at the dinner party, otherwise there wouldn't be enough noodles for each person and I would have to make more.

Qin Huai felt that sending noodles and fruit was indeed a bit too ostentatious and not good for Qu Jing. To improve the relationship with colleagues, two crab shell yellows per person are enough.

"Brother Jia." Qin Huai called Huang Jia, who had just taken a three-minute break at the door of the warehouse and was walking towards the stove after the break, "Today, my friends are having dinner in private rooms 111 and 777. Can you serve more food in these two rooms?"

"A friend of yours has come all the way to Gusu to have dinner, right? Don't worry, I'll take care of all the dishes." Huang Jia said he was familiar with this business, and then he looked at the noodles that had been prepared, "I was wondering why you suddenly made so many snacks today."

Qin Huai smiled and continued to make snacks. While making snacks, he wondered whether it was the right decision to arrange Ouyang and Assistant Chen in a private room.

Would Assistant Chen really be willing to share a box with a stranger?

In fact, Assistant Chen was quite willing to do so.

As the CEO's personal assistant, Assistant Chen is responsible for handling all kinds of daily chores all year round. After handling so many chores, Assistant Chen has developed his own set of work experience.

If you want to get close to someone without making a fuss, the best way is to get close to his friends first.

Assistant Chen was just worrying about how to get close to Qin Huai in a short period of time since Qin Huai came to Gusu from Shan City, and then Ouyang came to him.

If he hadn't been stuck in traffic, Assistant Chen would have wanted to fly into the 777 box right away, drink with Ouyang, and have a good chat about Master Qin.

What Qin Huai didn't know was that what he should really pay attention to was not the doctors' dinner in box 111, nor the shared table in box 777 where not all the people had arrived yet.

He is a heavyweight customer in box 888.

Xu Cheng was sitting in the private room looking at the menu, while his assistant was sitting on the sofa beside him, looking at his phone, typing and replying to work messages. The waiter in the private room stood beside Xu Cheng, carefully looking at the guest who had reserved the room in advance with his friend's VIP card.

"Is Chef Huang Shengli here today?" Xu Cheng took a quick look at the menu and found that there were very few dim sum, only three-diced buns and fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, but not the five-diced buns that the assistant mentioned.

"Master Huang is taking a break at noon today and will be back in the evening," said the waiter.

"So the chef for lunch is Huang Jia?"

"Yes."

Xu Cheng swiped his ordering tablet twice with little interest: "Huang Jia, there's nothing to eat. He only has a roasted whole pig's head, which needs to be ordered in advance."

“The fried eel paste… not cooked well enough.”

"Forget it. It's a rare trip to Gusu, so let's try some special dishes."

"For hot dishes, order fried eel paste and squirrel fish. Go to the kitchen and ask which seasonal vegetables are the freshest today and stir-fry them. For dim sum... one three-piece bun and one fermented rice steamed bun. Does your restaurant's new chef Qin have any special dishes?"

"Master Qin makes the tangerine peel tea, and it sells well, more than 1000 servings a day," said the waiter.

"Chenpi tea?" Xu Cheng was a little surprised. "Then I'll give you two servings."

"Okay, let me confirm the menu with you..." After confirming the menu, the waiter smiled and left the box, closed the door, and glanced at the door with some doubt. He was not very sure, so after thinking about it, he went downstairs directly to find the foreman.

"Sister Cao, the guest in box 888 seems to be a celebrity. He looks familiar to me. Do you want to go..." the waiter found the foreman.

The foreman was still standing at the kitchen door, overseeing the overall situation and distributing and counting the snacks. When he heard what the waiter said, he said:

"Room 888 was reserved for members today at noon. I remember it was reserved for members."

"Yes, it was booked by Mr. Yang, but it was not Mr. Yang who came."

The foreman nodded and said, "Is that so? Call Xiao Wang over and ask her to watch over here. I'll go up and take a look."

After saying that, the foreman walked upstairs.

Huang Ji's private room is rarely full at noon, as everyone knows that noon is the special time for white dim sum. Huang Shengli has not officially returned yet, so the probability of coming to Huang Ji at noon is very low. If you want to wait for Huang Shengli's random drop, the possibility is higher at night.

The foreman came to the door of box 888 and knocked twice.

"Come in." Xu Cheng's voice came from inside.

The foreman gave a standard smile, and even though the smile froze a little when she entered the door, it was still decent and was not noticed by the people in the box.

"Hello, would you like to know if your dessert will be served now or later?"

"The snacks are ready, right?" Xu Cheng asked.

"Yes, a batch of dim sum just came out of the oven."

Xu Cheng nodded: "Now go ahead."

"Okay." The foreman left with a smile, but the moment he walked out of the box, his smile instantly disappeared, replaced by shock and disbelief. The foreman walked to the kitchen door at an unprecedented speed, walked straight in, and ignored Dong Shi who had already finished cutting the mounds and was taking the opportunity to chat, "Foreman Cao, what's up?", and flashed to Huang Jia's side.

Huang Jia, who had just finished pouring oil on the fried eel paste, was startled by the foreman's sudden appearance. His hands holding the pot trembled and he asked, "Sister Cao, what's wrong? Didn't the buns just come out of the pot?"

"Xu Cheng is here." The foreman's voice was filled with calmness caused by being too shocked.

"What?" Huang Jia thought he had heard it wrong.

"Xu Cheng is here, in Box 888. He didn't use his own membership card to reserve the box, but Mr. Yang's membership card." The foreman swallowed and tried to calm himself and continued, "He didn't come for Master Huang."

If Xu Cheng wanted to eat Huang Shengli's food, he would have informed Huang Shengli in advance and decided on the menu. It is impossible for him to not say anything and borrow someone else's membership card to book a private room.

Huang Jia was also a little nervous because of the foreman's state: "So...so he is..."

"Qin Huai." They said in unison.

Huang Jia didn't know what to say for a moment.

As Qin Huai's friend, he was happy for Qin Huai. As Qin Huai's colleague, he was more jealous of Qin Huai than ever before.

"What did Xu Cheng order?" Huang Jia asked.

"Fried eel paste, squirrel fish, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, three-diced buns, fermented rice steamed buns and tangerine peel tea. The most important thing is that Xu Cheng specifically asked the waiter in the box what special dishes Qinhuai has."

Huang Jia was almost speechless.

But the foreman continued to speak, and his voice even began to become excited: "Do you think it is possible... just a little bit possible, this time Qin Huai might be like the time when Master Sun of FJ, and our Huang Ji will become the second Jubaolou!"

Huang Jia knew what the foreman was talking about.

Xu Cheng’s current status in the food and culinary circles is due to an incident that happened many years ago before the publication of Zhiwei magazine.

In the last century, FJ's Jubaolou was recognized as the best restaurant in the south, and the chef of Jubaolou, Mr. Sun Zheran, was the undisputed number one in Fujian and Cantonese cuisine.

In the era when the average wage per capita was only 30 or 40 years old, a meal at Jubaolou could cost hundreds of dollars. During the period when Sun Zheran was in charge of Jubaolou, it could be said that Jubaolou was unrivaled.

This once famous restaurant has now been hit by a fierce internal struggle over the issue of succession. Sun Guanyun, the son of Sun Zheran, and his disciple and adopted son Sun Maocai have been fighting over the position of successor to the restaurant, and finally decided to decide the winner by cooking skills.

At the end of the battle of the century, Sun Maocai won the game, gave up his inheritance rights, and left Hong Kong. Sun Guanyun got the restaurant, but his Taoism was broken and he never recovered from it.

Jubaolou gradually declined from being the number one restaurant in the south and was once unknown.

The turning point happened ten years after Jubao Tower fell into decline.

After ten years of enlightenment, Sun Guanyun created the signature dish of Jubaolou, the Eight Treasure Chestnut Pigeon. The dish is a stunning delicacy, but at that time, Jubaolou was far from what it used to be. It was impossible to gain a great reputation by word of mouth among diners in the era of underdeveloped communications.

At that time, Xu Cheng was traveling in the south. He heard that Jubaolou had launched a delicious new dish, so he went there specially and ordered a plate of Eight Treasure Chestnut Pigeon as an ordinary diner.

According to people familiar with the matter, Xu Cheng was astonished after eating the Eight Treasure Chestnut Pigeon. He immediately went to the kitchen to identify himself and interviewed the chef Sun Guanyun. After returning home, he was inspired to write a food review and published it in the newspaper.

This food review caused a sensation and was serialized by many newspapers and even reprinted in newspapers in Southeast Asia. Since then, Babao Chestnut Pigeon has become famous in the south, and Jubaolou has once again returned to the throne of the number one restaurant in the south.

Since then, chefs in major restaurants have had cases of dreaming. Many chefs, even the new generation like Huang Jia, occasionally daydream about Xu Cheng pushing open the kitchen door and smilingly asking: "Excuse me, is XX dish made by Chef XX? I am very satisfied and want to interview him and write a special food review for him."

Just thinking about this scene, Huang Jia's face was distorted with jealousy.

This was a scenario that he only had when he was daydreaming, and it was limited to daydreaming. Because Huang Jia knew very well that he no longer had such an opportunity, he had already been listed in the famous chefs list, Xu Cheng already knew who he was, and this scenario that every unknown young chef dreamed of was destined to never happen to him.

Huang Jia could only say: "Just treat them normally, don't make it public."

He glanced at Qin Huai, who was still kneading the dough cluelessly.

It’s great to have a wild way.

Huang Jia thought with tears streaming down his face.

The foreman nodded his head to show that he understood and hurried out. Huang Jia took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, then walked to Qin Huai and said in a gentle voice, "What do you think of the batch of three-piece buns and fermented rice steamed buns that just came out of the pot?"

Qin Huai:?
Did Huang Jia take the wrong medicine? Why is his voice so gentle, even kind, this is not his personality.

"Is there any problem?" Qin Huai glanced at the kitchen helper who was taking out the three-stuffed buns and fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and putting them on a plate.

【San Ding Bao B+ Grade】

【Grade B fermented rice steamed buns】

Stable performance, no problems.

"Nothing." Huang Jia smiled more kindly, "I just thought that Qin Huai, you must be tired after making snacks for the whole morning, so I came to show my concern."

Qin Huai: ? ?

"You have some friends coming to Huang Ji for dinner today, so you specially made some snacks for them, right? I see these snacks haven't been served yet, how about...you keep some?"

Qin Huai:? ? ?
Huang Jia must have taken the wrong medicine today.

Qin Huai turned his head and looked at Huang Jia for a few times, trying to get some information from his expression, but to no avail, he asked directly: "Brother Jia, are you...hungry?"

"I left two apples for you. Would you like to eat some to fill your stomach?"

"Let me see. The crab shell roe will be out of the oven in 5 minutes. The meat filling of the dream-fulfilling sesame cake has not been fried yet. The glutinous rice cake and lard rice cake are edible. How about I wrap a piece of glutinous rice cake for you? Do you want to eat the jujube and yam cake?"

When Huang Jia heard Qin Huai report the menu, he knew that today would be a sure day.

But that’s not enough, he has to help Qin Huai.

"I want to eat some fruit." Huang Jia said seriously, "I also want to eat some crab roe steamed buns."

"Ah?" Qin Huai was really confused. He even began to suspect that Huang Jia was upset because of some problems in his marriage. Why did he suddenly make such an unreasonable and inexplicable request?

The crabs are out of season, but Huang Ji’s kitchen does have crabs now. But will the crab roe steamed buns taste good?

"You can eat crab roe siu mai with egg yolk filling, but I really want to eat Guo'er." Huang Jia said that he could only help up to this point, "Can you put aside the work you are doing and concentrate on making Guo'er?"

Qin Huai felt that Huang Jia was most likely stimulated. Huang Jia had taken good care of him these days, so he had to help his brother at the critical moment.

"Okay, I'll do it now." Qin Huai nodded, indicating that he would do it carefully and well.

Huang Jia nodded with satisfaction, found a corner, squatted down and called Huang Shengli.

"Hey, Master, are you done with your physical therapy?"

"Done? Great, come to Huangji right now, Xu Cheng is here!"

"Sister Cao and I both think he is most likely here for Qin Huai. I just tricked Qin Huai into making me a portion of fruit. My fried stuffing is not good, so I need you to come and help me fry the stuffing."

"You can start riding your bike now... There's no need to rush. Xu Chengcai just placed the order. You can just take a bus. Riding your bike will hurt your waist..."

"An Yaodi, you're going to sit on the back, right? This is our family bicycle."

"Okay, okay, please ask An Yao to pedal faster."

(End of this chapter)