The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 359 Who Stimulated

"What do you think of this noodle?"

"Should they be a little softer? I feel like the last batch of double crab buns tasted a little off. Maybe softer dough combined with the double crab bun filling would have a better effect."

"It's possible. I'll try."

"Qin Huai, try my sauce. Is it any better? I feel that my thickening this time is better than the previous times. Is it more suitable for double crab buns?" Zang Liang brought the crab roe sauce to Qin Huai.

Qin Huai dipped some of the chopsticks to taste it and nodded: "The taste is a little lighter than last time. This one is definitely more suitable than last time."

"Then I'll continue working in this direction!" Zang Liang ran back happily to continue thickening the sauce. The invisible big tail behind him was shaking rapidly, and the word "happy" was almost written on his face.

"Siyuan, you continue kneading the dough. It seems that that batch of double crab buns are about to be out of the pot. I'll go over to take a look. The sea cucumbers you processed should still be there. I'll try to season the filling for the next batch of double crab buns. I now have some ideas." Qin Huai put down his chopsticks and walked towards the steamer.

Zheng Siyuan had already started kneading the dough, and said without raising his head: "Okay, you try the next batch, I'll be in charge of kneading the dough."

Qin Huai quickly walked to the steamer, observed the steam, glanced at the time, and waited for dozens of seconds before putting on gloves and opening the top steamer lid.

Another batch of double crab buns are out of the pot.

This is the 8th batch of buns steamed by the Double Crab Bun Research Team this afternoon.

People who often make steamed buns know that the preparation time for this kind of pastry is very long. Whether it is the preparation of the filling, kneading the dough, or fermenting the dough, it takes a long time and is a huge workload.

But the steaming time is very short, it only takes a few minutes to steam a tray of buns.

Moreover, the speed of making large and small quantities of buns is completely different. Qin Huai and his colleagues are now in the trial stage. The number of buns made in each batch is very small, controlled at 25 per batch (any fewer will be difficult to control), so the production speed is very fast.

It was just after 8pm when we finished steaming 3 batches of buns.

There was also time for food tasting, discussion and review. As the only Chef Qin in Yunzhong Canteen, Qin Huai also took the time to make a batch of mung bean cakes, rice cakes and red bean paste buns. He also gave some advice to Pei Xing, who didn't know what medicine he had taken that day, but seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians since the morning.

By the way, Pei Xing is still making steamed dumplings, and the sales are good.

Shaomai is a very popular, everyday and cheap snack. Pei Xing usually sells out the ordinary Shaomai he makes in the morning, not to mention the popular Shaomai he made today.

Qinhuai Club has too many dim sum, and rarely sells siomai when selling breakfast. As a breakfast chef, Chen An does make siomai in the morning, but Chen An's siomai is very average, really average, much more average than Pei Xing's, so compared to other ordinary meals, siomai is not very popular.

Some of the new apprentices at Zhiweiju can make breakfast in the morning, but to be fair, most of these apprentices are not as good as Pei Xing, and none of them are good at making steamed buns.

This resulted in the steamed dumplings made by Pei Xing today being exceptionally good, and even very popular. This should have been the most popular day ever for Pei Xing at Yunzhong Canteen.

Although Qin Huai felt that Pei Xing’s steamed buns were so popular because they were cheap (the same price as Chen An’s steamed buns), for the sake of the self-confidence of his loyal formal employees, Qin Huai chose not to say anything.

Pei Xing and Li Hua have worked in the Yunzhong Canteen for so long that Qin Huai has already figured out their personalities.

Li Hua seems dull and introverted, but in fact he is just afraid of trouble and is very calm. He is a very mature worker, diligent, hardworking, motivated, and can tolerate colleagues (such as Pei Xing) to a certain extent. He is an absolutely excellent employee.

Although Pei Xing seems lively, he is actually a bit fragile. He always looks confident, but in fact he is using this method to cover up his lack of confidence, otherwise he wouldn't be gritting his teeth in the corner every day.

It is a rare opportunity to boost the confidence of employees who lack self-confidence, so Qin Huai is very happy to help.

For example, secretly contact Xu Tuqiang and ask Xu Tuqiang to tell the uncles and aunts in Yunzhong Community to praise the steamed buns made by Pei Xing today, saying that the steamed buns he made today are particularly delicious and almost as good as those made by Master Qin.

Xu Tuqiang has already started to lead the old men and women to write lyrics, each of them is assigned a few lines of lyrics, to ensure that the lyrics will not be repeated when they are praised. Now Pei Xing is still frantically making steamed buns in the kitchen. I don’t know what wonderful things will happen soon. When he finishes work...

He should go to his secondary Weibo account and post a happy post.

As for why Qin Huai knew Pei Xing’s Weibo account…

Qin Huai could only say that his dear sister Qin Luo had some talent as a war correspondent. When Qin Luo was at home playing with her mobile phone and browsing Weibo during the New Year, she saw a Weibo post by Pei Xing's second account praising Chef Pei of Yunzhong Canteen.

Qin Luo felt very strange at the time, because the uncles and aunts who loved to praise people and occasionally used Pei Xing and Li Hua for practice would praise directly on WeChat Moments, and rarely on Weibo (uncles and aunts don't know how to use Weibo). And the office workers who use Weibo rarely praise Pei Xing, but usually praise Qin Huai, Chao Jue Amway, and actively participate in the occasional lucky draw activities held by Yunzhong Canteen.

So the war reporter Qin Luo read all the Weibo posts posted by Pei Xing's secondary account, and found a clue in a photo of him returning home from get off work, and discovered that it was the community where Pei Xing lived.

Combined with the tone and habits of the text, Qin Luo reasonably guessed that this was Pei Xing's smurf account, and then quickly shared this shocking discovery with Qin Huai.

From then on, Qin Huai and Qin Luo, the brother and sister, would check out Pei Xing's Weibo from time to time.

Pei Xing is quite fond of posting on Weibo, and he often shares his feelings on Weibo. For example, Qin Huai discovered from his Weibo that Pei Xing was in a bad mood and wanted to resign a few days ago.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have eaten breakfast in the morning. Suddenly, he felt that something was missing and wanted to eat steamed buns, so he took the initiative to cue Pei Xing.

Qin Huai deftly used tongs to take the double crab buns out of the steamer, and as he did so he sighed in his heart: Oh, I am such a good boss who cares about my employees.

Then he brought the steamed double crab buns to Ouyang who was already sitting in the kitchen, and asked with concern: "Can you eat more?"

When Ouyang heard the word "eat", he burped subconsciously and nodded reluctantly: "I can still eat one more."

Qin Huai knew that his good brother had tried his best.

As Qinhuai's officially designated food taster, Ouyang has a large appetite, but it is also limited.

Ouyang ate 7 out of batches of double crab buns, plus breakfast in the morning, steamed buns at noon and lunch. Qin Huai felt that it was a miracle that Ouyang could hold on until the eighth batch.

Of course, Qin Huai would not expect Ouyang to figure out anything from the food, let alone come up with any constructive suggestions.

Qin Huai only needed to get an answer from Ouyang——

Do you think this double crab bun is more like a bun or a dish?

If it looks more like a dish, it means a big failure; if it can't be tasted, it means a small failure; if it looks more like a bun, it means a success.

At present, the Double Crab Bag Research Team has not been successful. Because Ouyang didn’t know why Qin Huai asked him such a strange question, his answer was very sincere and very valuable for reference.

Even Ouyang might not have realized before that the double crab buns did not taste like buns, but after Qin Huai asked him, he realized it.

"Then go back to make milk tea after you finish tasting this round, so as not to delay your business." Qin Huai said considerately, "Eat less at noon tomorrow, and you can eat with us at Zang Liang's special meal, so leave some room for tasting."

Ouyang was so moved that tears were about to flow down his cheeks. He asked, "Can I order some food?"

"Don't even think about it."

Ouyang was so moved that his tears could no longer flow. He grabbed the bun and took a small bite.

It can be seen that Ouyang was really full and couldn't even take a big bite of the bun.

chew.

Chew slowly and swallow.

Qin Huai looked at Ouyang, waiting for him to speak.

"This bun...I can't really describe it. I don't think it tastes like a vegetable, but if you say it's a bun, it's definitely different from regular buns. It has a little bit of the vegetable flavor you mentioned. But compared to the previous ones...I think this one has very little vegetable flavor, and it's pretty bun-like."

Ouyang gave a favorable review.

"Then why don't you take some of this batch back and have it as a midnight snack?" Qin Huai asked.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to my parents' house tonight, so I'll bring these buns over for them to eat." Ouyang said happily, "I've used up the movie card I got from my mom last time, so I'll go back and get two more this time."

Qin Huai: ...No, buddy, the milk tea shop is making so much money, do you still want to steal things when you go home?

As expected of you.

"Does your family still have a summer pass for the amusement park? Luoluo will probably stay in Shan City this summer. I'm afraid she won't want to take extra classes every day, so I want to get her a summer pass so she can relax and go to the amusement park once in a while."

"Amusement park summer pass, right? Don't worry, I'll get it for you before summer vacation!" Ouyang patted his chest and promised, "My mom loves to apply for cards. She feels bad if she doesn't have one. Do you still want the barber shop card? I heard that my mom applied for a lot of cards a few days ago. If you want, I can get you two."

"……want."

After finishing the last bite of the bun, Ouyang packed up the remaining 24 double crab buns and took them away, then went back to the milk tea shop to shake some milk tea in a proud and confident manner.

Zheng Siyuan was still kneading the dough.

Qin Huai didn't mix the stuffing because the 9th batch of buns were almost ready.

After the 9th batch of buns came out of the pot, Qin Huai quickly picked out 25 buns again and came to Tan Weian with a plate.

Tan Weian is making osmanthus cake.

Although Tan Weian’s favorite dim sum is crab roe-based snacks, including crab roe buns, crab roe steamed buns, crab roe noodles, and crab roe rice, the snack that Tan Weian is best at is pastries, especially osmanthus cakes.

However, Tan Weian rarely makes osmanthus cake in front of Qin Huai.

In Tan Weian's words, his current osmanthus cake has reached the highest level he can achieve at his current level. It is the dessert with the highest level of proficiency and mastery, and there is no need for too much practice.

What he has in his treasure bag are the recipes of pastries. Instead of spending time consolidating the osmanthus cake, it is better to look at the recipes of pastries in the treasure bag and practice whatever you want. This is also the reason why Tan Weian always actively joins Qin Huai's various research teams. He is now in the stage of practicing randomly.

People with super connections are so willful.

But today, Tan Weian was making osmanthus cake and did not participate in any discussion about double crab buns.

"Try it, this is the 9th batch." Qin Huai knew that Tan Weian had no hands, so he handed the bun directly to Tan Weian's mouth.

Tan Weian didn't hesitate to take a big bite, chewed it, and swallowed the slightly hot bun with a hissing sound. He said vaguely, "It's much better than the last two days."

"But it still feels a bit weird. Shouldn't the bun's skin be softer?"

"And the filling. Did you make this filling or did Zheng Siyuan make it?"

When it comes to dim sum appreciation, Tan Weian is still pretty good, at least 50 blocks ahead of Ouyang.

"This is the last batch that Zheng Siyuan prepared. I will prepare the fillings for the next batch." Qin Huai explained.

Tan Weian nodded and looked towards where Ouyang had sat before, only to find that Ouyang was no longer there. "Ouyang, you are full, right? Then let me try the next bun?"

"Can you do it?" Qin Huai asked.

"Sure, but I don't eat as much as Ouyang. I also had lunch at noon, so I think three is the maximum."

"That's enough. You eat three batches, I eat three batches, Zheng Siyuan and Zang Liang eat three more batches, and that's enough for this afternoon." Qin Huai made clear arrangements for the next tasting. Seeing that Tan Weian was still obsessed with making osmanthus cake, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you suddenly make so many osmanthus cakes today?"

Qin Huai thought he knew Tan Weian quite well, but this was not Tan Weian's character.

As a well-known lazy guy in Zhiweiju, Tan Weian always completes the day's work tasks and avoids working if possible.

Tan Weian has completed his work today, and will be researching the double crab buns in the afternoon. Normally, Tan Weian should mainly be there to taste and watch the food, and also help out by kneading some dough as a substitute.

Since today is the first day of the formal research, everyone is still in the division of labor stage, and there is really not much work for Tan Wei'an. But given Tan Wei'an's previous temperament, he should guide Gu Li instead of quietly making snacks by himself.

Such a hard-working, diligent and motivated character is not very similar to Tan Weian.

Tan Weian gritted his teeth silently.

"I don't understand." Tan Wei'an's face was full of confusion. "Isn't it normal not to understand the feeling you are talking about? Didn't everyone not understand at the beginning?"

Qin Huai:?
"Why do everyone understand now, but I am the only one who doesn't understand?!"

"Pei Xing understands everything, he has realized it, but I am the only one who doesn't know what you are talking about. Does this make sense?"

Qin Huai:......

"This..." Qin Huai didn't know how to comfort Tan Weian, mainly because Tan Weian's level was actually not bad, and he didn't lack guidance from famous teachers.

For the sake of Master Tan, if Tan Weian didn't understand something at Zhiweiju, he could just ask any master chef and the master chef would tell him.

Qin Huai never thought of giving Tan Weian advice. His communication with Tan Weian was basically exchanges and discussions. Although Tan Weian's level was lower than Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan, he had a broad vision, knew a lot, and had rich theoretical knowledge.

Qin Huai didn't expect Tan Weian to care about this.

He is a man with a bag of treasures, but he actually cares about feelings.

"then you……"

"I'll get the hang of it for a while. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay." Qin Huai chose not to disturb Tan Weian and returned to the kitchen counter to start thinking about how to prepare the stuffing.

Just as Zheng Siyuan had finished kneading the dough, he asked Qin Huai to come over and see if the dough was of the right softness or hardness. He felt there was no problem, but he didn't know if Qin Huai had any other opinions.

Qin Huai thought it was great.

"Why would Tan Weian be provoked by Pei Xing?" Qin Huai couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Siyuan glanced at Qin Huai in silence, his expression telling whether he really didn't understand or was just pretending not to understand: "Why do you think he was provoked by Pei Xing?"

"Isn't it? Pei Xing made great progress this morning, so he started practicing osmanthus cake intensively, and he just said so himself."

"He was stimulated by you."

"Go back to Guangdong for a few days, and you'll have mastered the art of thickening. Not only will you have improved your knife skills and the heat, but you can also talk to Zang Liang, and he will understand the art of thickening."

"Just a few words to Pei Xing, and he made rapid progress."

"Among us, the one who talks the most is Tan Wei'an. During normal practice, he is too lazy to do anything and usually just stands aside and talks. He is the one who talks to you the most, but he doesn't make any progress."

"Who do you think provoked him?"

Qin Huai:......

No way, sir, you can still calculate it like this.

Qin Huai scratched his head.

"But I think his osmanthus cake has really reached the upper limit of his current level. It is really difficult to improve his osmanthus cake skills."

"How about I give him my mung bean cake recipe, and he can make it to improve himself?"

(End of this chapter)