The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 280 Study Regularly
The moment Cao Guixiang opened the lid of the pot, Qin Huai was completely stunned.

Physically stupid.

It smells so good, it’s really so good!

Qin Huai felt that every cell in his body was roaring, telling him: Come on, taste it! Taste what it tastes like, I want to know what it tastes like! !

The fragrance was so strong that Qinhuai could only see Cao Guixiang's mouth opening and closing, but his ears had automatically blocked out what she was saying. He could only vaguely hear a buzzing noise, and all his attention was focused on his sense of smell.

My brain was confused at that moment.

I couldn't think of anything, and even my eyesight suddenly deteriorated a lot. I couldn't see anything around me. I could only see the golden braised shark's fin in the pot.

Yes, golden braised shark’s fin.

It was difficult for Qin Huai to describe in words how beautiful this pot of shark fin was, because he had never seen shark fin dishes before.

In fact, it didn’t look very pretty when it was in the pot, because it hadn’t been served on the plate yet, but it was very bright.

It was just like in Qin Luo’s favorite Chinese Cooking Master Boy, where every time the protagonist made a delicious dish, a golden light flashed when he took off the lid, so bright that the people around him couldn’t open their eyes.

The BGM of The Great Wall of China has already sounded in Qin Huai's heart. There is a band playing music in his heart.

After a pause of several dozen seconds, Qin Huai regained his senses and realized belatedly that he had actually heard what Cao Guixiang had just said.

Qin Huai tried hard to move his eyes away from the braised shark's fin and looked at Cao Guixiang. He lowered his head slightly, feeling embarrassed for his naive appearance just now.

Qin Huai felt embarrassed, but couldn't help secretly glancing at the braised shark's fin in the pot. He took a deep breath to smell the fragrance before organizing his words in his mind.

After another thirty seconds of silence, Qin Huai spoke uncertainly, "Master Cao...Master Cao, you...you want me to learn the Red Case from you?"

Qin Huai does lack common sense, but after all, he has studied at Huang's for a few months, so he knows how great Tan's cuisine is.

Even if you didn’t have any idea about it before, you should have an idea now when you see the pot of braised shark’s fin in the kitchen.

S level.

This is Qinhuai’s rating for this braised shark’s fin.

It is definitely S-grade. Although he hasn’t tasted it yet, he can tell from the aroma that it is definitely an S-grade dish.

If such dishes are not S-grade, Qin Huai can hardly imagine how stunning the delicacies and wines must be to be rated S-grade.

The only authentic S-level recipe Qin Huai found was Jiang Chengde's.

He couldn't see or touch this master, and he couldn't even understand the video teaching. But Cao Guixiang in front of him was visible and tangible, so as long as he wanted to understand, he would be able to understand.

When Qin Huai asked this question, he was even thinking that it would not be impossible to learn Red Case from Cao Guixiang.

I definitely can't go back to the Yunzhong Canteen in Shan City. Qin Huai had asked Dong Shi how he first learned to cook, and he really practiced hard in the hottest days of summer and the coldest days of winter. How the protagonists in martial arts TV dramas practiced hard from a young age, Dong Shi practiced the same way, even twice as hard, practicing knife skills and fire control day and night.

It took three or four years to learn how to cut meat before being qualified to cook. Even now, I am still just a cutter chef in Huang Ji's kitchen.

Cao Guixiang smiled, her eyebrows curved. "Of course not. You are already a very mature pastry chef. If I force you to start from scratch again and lock you in the kitchen like an apprentice for a few years, causing your pastry skills to become rusty, then I won't be a sinner."

"What I mean is that even as a plain-food chef, your knife skills are really too poor."

"Although white case and red case are not exactly the same, they are similar in general, especially the basic skills."

"You haven't received any real systematic training, and you haven't had a master to teach you the basics since you were a child. When we chatted on WeChat these days, Xiao Qin, you told me a lot about your time at Huang's, and also told me that your Master Huang and Master Zheng taught you very hard. I believe you should have noticed that."

"When you are just selling breakfast, these basic skills are enough. But when you start learning the really difficult dim sum from Master Zheng, these basic skills are no longer enough."

"This is also the reason why every good master will force his apprentice to practice basic skills for many years, and make the basic skills as solid as possible."

“It may seem useless, but it is the most solid foundation for your culinary career. Knife skills, fire skills, and seasoning, the three most important basic skills of cooking, are long and boring to practice. They may not seem to have any important functions, but they are the most important cornerstones on the road of every chef.”

"Your foundation is not solid, but you are building too fast."

"I don't mean to ask you to switch from white case to red case. Of course, if you are really interested in red case and are willing to learn both, I will be happy to teach you."

"I just simply think that it would be a shame for such a talented young man like you to fail on the road to advancement. Cooking is actually based on the principle of buckets. The longest board may not allow you to hold a lot of water, but the shortest board will definitely make it impossible for you to hold any water."

"I know that when you were in Huang's kitchen, there were many chefs who helped you, so you didn't have to worry about knife skills. But you can find a chef who can help you with your current level. What if you become more skilled in the future? The dim sum you make will be more difficult, and the knife skills required will be higher. Will you still be able to find one?"

"When Master Huang is seriously preparing the Three Heads Banquet, doesn't he have to personally prepare the broth and handle the ingredients himself?"

Cao Guixiang's hands never stopped working while she was talking. She poured the cut ingredients into the pot, stir-fried and stewed them, controlled the heat, turned the spoon, and seasoned them. In the middle of the process, she did not forget to serve the braised shark's fin on the plate.

The dish is really presented to make it look better. Cao Guixiang also makes simple carvings with carrots and white radishes and pours broth on them for seasoning.

Yes, she even seasons the garnishes on the plate.

Cao Guixiang didn't need Qin Huai to go into the kitchen to help him at all. She could handle everything easily and chat with him at the same time.

Qin Huai also understood what Cao Guixiang meant. Cao Guixiang had been retired for many years and had no interest in accepting disciples, nor did she have the time and energy to teach them. She was now like an unknown elder of a large sect who had been in seclusion for many years, with a high level of cultivation and leisure. When she was strolling down the mountain, she met Qin Huai, a good seedling with a unique bone structure, excellent talent, and a pure wild background. After simple guidance from a famous teacher, her foundation was still not as good as that of a sect disciple.

Elder Cao had no intention of accepting a disciple, but he was reluctant to waste such talent, so he decided to help the casual cultivator Xiao Qin.

The casual cultivator Xiao Qin understood it immediately.

What are you waiting for? If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever!
"Master Cao, I am willing!" Qin Huai said excitedly, "It is my honor to receive your guidance!"

Seeing Qin Huai agreed, Cao Guixiang was also very happy. She could be said to be completely free to speak today. She didn't remember a single word she had memorized last night, and just spoke whatever came to her mind. At the beginning, she was a little incoherent because she was too nervous, and she didn't even know what she was saying.

Fortunately, Xiao Qin is smart and understands her.

"May I ask first, what is the model you mentioned before about staying here for a few days to let you guide me and then taking remote online classes?" Qin Huai asked.

He really didn't understand. After all, he really didn't have a master and had never practiced swordsmanship.

Qin Huai couldn't imagine how the sword skills that Dong Shi said required hard study and practice every day and several years to achieve results could be learned through online courses.

"I didn't explain it clearly before." When talking about this serious matter, Cao Guixiang was very clear. "Xiao Qin, your business is in Shan City. Even if you learn skills, it can't interfere with normal business operations. People have to make a living. I understand this."

"But your knife skills are really weak. You need to start from the very basics. You must stay here for a few days and let me watch you to make sure that your knife grip, cutting method, force application point and other basic things are all correct. Only then can you return to Shan City to take online classes."

"But you can't just go online. It's best to come back for a few days every month. You must have known very well after the exchange in Gusu that online teaching is completely different from face-to-face teaching from Master."

"I believe that with your talent, you should be able to make significant improvements every month. Come back once a month, and I will provide follow-up guidance and teaching based on your performance that month. This will create a very positive learning atmosphere."

"Back when communications were not well developed and transportation was not convenient, many chefs learned their skills this way. If they were not accepted as a direct disciple by a famous master, they would accept a registered disciple. They would study regularly for a period of time every few months or even every year, and their skills would improve by leaps and bounds. To put it bluntly, this is what you young people call further education."

Qin Huai also thought that this training method was very good.

His business is in Shan City, and there is also an old widow in Yunzhong Community who is unwilling to move. Qin Huai is naturally willing to stay in Guangdong Province to receive tutoring from famous teachers, but he doesn't know whether the guests of Yunzhong Canteen are willing. If he doesn't go back to Yunzhong Canteen for a long time, Chen An and Pei Xing probably won't want to stay in a community canteen for a long time. After a long time, the canteen will fail, and his main task will also fail.

Yes, many readers may have forgotten it, but our protagonist Qin Huai always remembers that he has a main mission.

Let's recall the details of the main mission:

[King of Single Items]: As a new restaurant that has initially established itself, having a few single items that customers praise is the capital for your future fame. Players are requested to make Yunzhong Canteen have 5 daily sales, with a praise rate of no less than 98%, and at least 1000 customers think that this is the best dish of this kind they have ever eaten.

Mission Reward: Popularity Drainage +1000, [A Dream of ? ? ?] (Choice: Yes/No)
Qin Huai felt that with his current level, completing this main task would only take a few minutes.

Before he went to Suzhou for study and exchange, he already had two products that met the standards, namely, fermented rice steamed buns and tangerine peel tea. Now, as long as Qinhuai returns to Yunzhong Canteen and puts on the shelves any three of the many snacks such as Four Happiness Tangtuan, Premium Sanding Bao, Longevity Noodles, Guoer, and Apple Noodle Guoer, it is only a matter of time to complete the task.

The exact time depends on when these dim sum are sold to the 1000 guests.

But the prerequisite for completing this main task is to return to the Cloud Canteen.

Yunzhong Canteen has lost their boss and dim sum chef, Master Qin, for a long time. So long that many nearby office workers feel that the days of being able to eat three-diced buns, five-diced buns and fermented glutinous rice steamed buns before work every morning seem like just a dream.

No matter how Qin Huai branches out in Gusu, the main storyline is still in the Yunzhong Canteen.

The New Year is over, and it’s time for Master Qin to go back and visit his family.

"Then how many days do you think I should study with you?" Qin Huai asked humbly.

"At least five days."

"Okay, Master Cao, when can I start learning?"

Ouyang, I'm sorry, your hand-made lemon tea shop may have to open a few days later.

Cao Guixiang motioned to Qin Huai to hand her the empty plate. She took the plate, scooped out the two-colored prawns from the pot, and arranged them on the plate.

Two-color prawns and braised shark's fin are both famous dishes of the Tan family. The shrimp body and shrimp head are two different cooking methods, so it is also called one shrimp with two flavors.

The shrimp heads are bright red and the shrimp bodies are golden. There is no need to pour extra sauce on them. Simply seasoned carrot slices are placed on the plate to separate the shrimp heads and bodies for decoration. Then place a small flower carved from raw white radish on top and pour the sauce on the white radish flower.

If you sell it at Huang Ji’s store for less than 888 per plate, you’d be doing a disservice to its appearance and aroma!
"We can start this afternoon. My grandson and granddaughter are both in school. I, a retired old lady, have a lot of free time every day." Cao Guixiang handed the plate of two-colored prawns and braised shark's fin to Qin Huai, "Xiao Qin, help serve the dishes."

Qin Huai took it quickly, holding one plate in each hand for fear of spilling it.

It would have been fine if there was no soup in the two-color prawn dish, but after the braised shark fin was placed on the plate, the shark fin was soaked in the broth. Qin Huai became the sinner today for not serving this dish well.

Cao Guixiang helped Qin Huai open the kitchen door, and Qin Huai went out to serve the dishes.

Everyone outside is already gathered.

Cao Guixiang's children and grandchildren had all arrived. Zhang Zhiyun and Chang Qingqing were both wearing school uniforms. They sat on the sofa with Qin Luo, watching TV and talking in low voices. Qin Huai vaguely heard words like "Your school starts so late, it's so cool!"

As soon as the kitchen door opened, the fragrance rushed out.

It really rushed out.

Before, the fragrance used to overflow from the crack of the kitchen door. Smelling it from outside would only make people drool uncontrollably, and they would constantly look at the clock and wonder why they hadn’t eaten yet.

Now that the kitchen door is opened, the aroma of various freshly cooked dishes mixes together, occupying every corner of the living room, and everyone has only one thought in their mind.

Have a meal!

I'll eat ten bowls!
Cao Guixiang was still arranging the remaining dishes in the kitchen, and Qin Huai brought the dishes to the table one by one.

To be honest, Qinhuai doesn’t even know the names of some of the dishes.

But that's okay, someone knows.

Every time Qin Huai served a dish, Zhang Zhiyun would announce the name of the dish loudly and excitedly.

“Braised Shark’s Fin!”

"Two-color prawns!"

"Chai Ba Duck!"

“Abalone in oyster sauce!”

“Braised duck liver!”

“Steamed chicken with mushrooms!”

"Crab tofu!"

"Shrimp and wild rice stem!"

"Wow, there's also old hen soup!"

"Did I remember the wrong date? Actually, today is Chinese New Year!" Zhang Zhiyun was so excited that she almost fainted.

Qin Luo had never eaten it before, so he didn't understand why Zhang Zhiyun was so excited. He just stared at the food and drooled in his heart, trying to control his saliva from flowing out of his mouth.

Cao Guixiang's daughter Zhang Siyu was also shocked when she saw the dish, and quietly asked Zhang Chu: "Dad, didn't you say that Mom doesn't want to take in apprentices?"

"For this dish, Mom isn't trying to adopt a godson, is she?"

Chang Qingqing heard Zhang Siyu's words. She was very shocked and looked at Qin Luo: "Doesn't that mean I have to call you my aunt?!"

Zhang Chu: ...

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your mother is just in a good mood, so she cooked a few more dishes. Everyone, please sit down and eat. Xiao Qin, don't be busy anymore. You must be tired after being busy in there for so long. Hurry up and sit down to eat."

Zhang Chu said this, but he scratched his slightly sparse hair unconsciously.

What happened to Guixiang? Why did she prepare such a sumptuous meal? Didn't she say she didn't want to accept any disciples?

There were only these dishes on the table because he didn’t buy large black sea cucumber and good quality bird’s nest yesterday, otherwise there would be two more dishes on the table today.

Zhang Chu looked towards Qin Huai.

It's broken. I didn't order the best wood a few days ago because I wanted to save some money on wood.

Zhang Chu quickly took out his cell phone and sent a message to the timber merchant who had placed the order to exchange the wood.

Xiao Qin is one of our own, so we have to use the best!

(End of this chapter)