The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 377 Four Joys Scroll

The Internet was disconnected on the plane, and Qin Huai sat next to a rare monster who could talk to him freely about anything. After the plane took off, Qin Huai did not immediately open the game panel to watch the video tutorial of Jiangmi Nian Gao, but started chatting with Shi Dadan.

After spending so many days with Shi Dadan, Qin Huai discovered that when chatting with Shi Dadan, you have to ask the right questions.

If you ask him something very general, he can't explain it clearly. It's not that Shi Dadan deliberately doesn't say it, nor is it because he is stupid. In his first life, Shi Dadan was not very smart, but in this life, Shi Dadan is very normal. Many times, he doesn't say it because he doesn't realize that this is the point he wants to make.

Take the time when Qin Huai read his memory as an example. After Shi Dabing found out which memory Qin Huai was reading, he could tell Qin Huai everything that happened afterwards in detail, what kind of person Xu Nuo was, and his mental journey when he bought the recipe for double crab buns. But he would forget to say the most crucial thing: the crab roe and pork buns that Xu Nuo made the last time were completely different from the first ones.

Because in Shi Dadan's understanding, his good friend Xu Nuo is the most important, and he doesn't have much idea about the snacks.

The same goes for other things.

For Shi Dadan in his first life, everything except Xu Nuo was unimportant. He was a recognized good friend of Xu Nuo at that time, and Wang Gensheng was actually also a friend of Xu Nuo, but Shi Dadan had never even met Wang Gensheng (except for the chance encounter in the cafeteria), and he was not interested in Wang Gensheng as a person.

Because Shi Dadan doesn't care.

At that time, Shi Dadan didn't care about his colleagues or passers-by. Apart from caring about what he ate in the cafeteria every day and what Xu Nuo asked him to eat in the evening, he only cared about Xu Nuo.

This behavior is outrageous when it happens to humans, but it is very reasonable when it happens to monsters.

"Lao Shi, besides crab roe pork buns, has Xu Nuo made any other snacks that you think are particularly delicious?" Qin Huai asked directly.

This is how you should chat with Shi Dadan, get straight to the point, don't beat around the bush. If you beat around the bush too much, Shi Dadan can hardly understand you now.

Whenever Shi Dadan didn't understand, he would show his signature honest and slightly questioning expression.

Hearing Qin Huai's question, Shi Dadan swallowed the bun in his mouth and began to think seriously.

"I think everything Xu Nuo cooks tastes good." Shi Dadan said, "If you want to talk about something particularly delicious... does the Four Happiness Roll count?"

"Four Happiness Roll?" It was the first time that Qin Huai heard of this kind of dim sum. There were Four Happiness Rice Balls and Four Happiness Dumplings. Dim sum was particularly popular in their names with auspicious words like Four Happiness and Eight Delicacies. Qin Huai once suspected that there might be a Four Happiness Bun that he didn't know about. He didn't expect to hear the Four Happiness Roll before the Four Happiness Bun.

"What is a Four Happiness Roll? A Flower Roll?" Qin Huai asked.

"Maybe. Zheng Da should know this snack. State-owned restaurants sell it every Chinese New Year. It looks similar to flower rolls, but no, it's completely different."

"Anyway, it's rolled up layer by layer like a flower roll, but it's not a whole big roll, but a circle divided into four small rolls. It looks like a flower roll that has been flattened and cut open, and the small rolls inside look like cloud patterns. Yes, cloud patterns. I even asked Xu Nuo what the small roll was called."

"Ruyi Scroll?" Qin Huai asked.

"Maybe. It's a bit like the cloud pattern of the Ruyi scroll that Gu Li makes every day."

"Then this flower roll has stuffing. The upper part is rolled with chopped green onions, and the lower part is rolled with minced meat. Sometimes it is minced pork, and sometimes it is minced ham."

"Xu Nuo said that under normal circumstances, it should be rolled with ham foam, but isn't ham expensive? State-owned restaurants sell this during the Chinese New Year for good luck. If it's too expensive, many people won't buy it. Basically, they roll it with chopped green onions, dip it in some minced meat, and rub it with more oil, just to make it taste like meat."

After hearing what Shi Dadan said, Qin Huai had a rough idea of ​​what this dessert was. This dessert looked simple at first glance, like a beautiful flower roll with stuffing, but it was actually very difficult to make.

Because it has Ruyi-shaped cloud patterns.

The cloud pattern alone is extremely difficult to create.

The reason why Gu Li has been practicing Ruyi rolls for so many years is because he can't make the cloud pattern of Ruyi rolls. There are many uncontrollable factors in the process of dough rising. If it is fried or baked, it may be easier to control. Steaming is the most difficult to control.

Why is it said that flower steamed buns are difficult to make and beautiful flower steamed buns can be called works of art? It is because the steaming process is difficult to control. Flower steamed buns are works of art.

The same is true for the Four Joys Roll.

In a sense, it is more difficult because it not only requires controlling the shape, but also the taste.

The Four Happiness Roll is stuffed, half with chopped green onion and half with ham. Coupled with its difficult shape, this seemingly simple stuffing must have its purpose.

Shi Dadan had eaten a lot of delicious food in his two lives. He could remember this snack specifically and even remembered its name, shape and ingredients so clearly. This meant that the Four Happiness Roll must have been so delicious that it left a deep impression on Shi Dadan.

"I think I understand." Qin Huai nodded and asked, "So Xu Nuo really likes this snack, so he makes it himself. Did he learn how to make the Four Happiness Roll from Master Jing?"

"It seems so." Shi Dadan said he was not sure. "When I met Xu Nuo, he already knew how to make Four Happiness Rolls. I heard Brother Liu from our team say that this Four Happiness Rolls seemed to be very troublesome, so Master Jing would only make it during the Chinese New Year."

"It's very cheap, but each person can only buy one. The limited supply is for good luck. When I joined the team in my first year, Brother Liu reminded me to remember to buy it."

"But I gave all my monthly check to Xu Nuo, so I specifically told Xu Nuo before the New Year to leave a check for the Four Happiness Roll for me."

"Xu Nuo told me that I didn't need to go to his house for Chinese New Year. He said that although Master Jing's cooking skills were better, in order to sell it cheaper, the meat in the four-happiness rolls was ordinary pork filling instead of ham. His family had ham, and he would make a lot of four-happiness rolls every Chinese New Year because his grandmother loved to eat them."

"And Director Xu is not stingy at all. He just can't stand the fact that Xu Nuo doesn't go to college, doesn't work in the factory, and spends the whole day idling around, doing nothing, and liking to eat good food, so he deliberately withholds Xu Nuo's money."

"Anyway, until the year Xu Nuo and I died, every year before the New Year, Director Xu would specially ask someone to buy ham or exchange something for ham, and Xu Nuo's family would always have enough Four Happiness Rolls during the New Year."

"I've eaten the Four Happiness Rolls made by Master Jing, but I don't think they're as delicious as the ones made by Xu Nuo."

"Maybe it's because regular pork mince isn't as tasty as ham mince."

The fact that Shi boldly said that the Four Happiness Rolls made by Master Jing were not as delicious as those made by Xu Nuo was definitely a very high evaluation of Xu Nuo's cooking skills. Even with the best friend filter, it was still a very high evaluation.

As he was talking, Shi Dadan seemed to be a little hungry. He smacked his lips, glanced at the bun he had not finished eating and did not have much desire to eat more, so he swallowed his saliva.

"I had forgotten all about it, but now I remember..."

"Since my reincarnation, I have never eaten Four Happiness Rolls during the Chinese New Year."

At the same time, the game prompt sound rang in Qin Huai's mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the player for discovering a new side quest. Please check it in the game panel."

Qin Huai:?
No way, it turns out that Shi Dadan can find out a lot of side quests. The reason he couldn’t find them before was because he forgot and didn’t remember them.

What is this trigger mechanism.

"Wait a moment, I've triggered your side quest. Let me take a look first." Qin Huai said in a low voice, and clicked on the game panel.

[Side mission]:
3. [Shi Dadan's Desire]: As a Dang Kang who is not very smart and has a bad memory, Shi Dadan has many good memories and the flavors hidden in his memories that he can't actually remember. But when these flavors that symbolize good memories come to his mind but fail to reach the tip of his tongue, Shi Dadan feels a little lost. He longs to taste these delicacies again, which may be the reason why he insists on staying in the world. Please let Shi Dadan eat the Four Happiness Rolls that satisfy him and satisfy his desire.

Mission Reward: [A memory of Shi Dadan]

Qin Huai read the mission details. It was a very simple and clear mission, much better than the previous Riddler missions. This was the mission that he, the protagonist of the novel, should trigger.

"What task was triggered?" Shi Dadan asked curiously.

"I'll give you a side quest for the Four Joy Rolls." Qin Huai said concisely, adjusting his sitting position and straightening his back. "Lao Shi, let's not focus on this quest for now. Before that, I have another question for you."

"Think about it now, is there anything else that is particularly memorable or delicious that you want to eat? Think about it now!"

Shi DaDa:?

Until he landed, Shi Dadan hadn't been able to think of a snack that was comparable to the Four Happiness Roll. He actually mentioned the names of some snacks, but none of them triggered the side quest, which showed that he didn't want to eat them that much.

But Qin Huai was not without gain. At least Shi Dadan knew this snack very well and knew who could make it.

Zheng Da.

When Shi Dadan met Zheng Da, because Zheng Da talked a lot and liked to chat, Zheng Da once mentioned to Shi Dadan that Master Jing was forcing him to practice the Four Happiness Roll. At that time, Master Zheng, who was still an apprentice, was very distressed and troubled by this.

After all, the Four Joy Rolls symbolize the joy of the Chinese New Year for the neighbors nearby. If you don’t make the fermented rice steamed buns well, you will at most be scolded, but if you don’t make the Four Joy Rolls well, you will be severely scolded.

It can be seen from the fact that Qin Huai has known Zheng Da for such a long time but has never seen Zheng Da make Four Happiness Rolls (of course, Zheng Da never takes the initiative to make any difficult dim sum, especially this kind of dim sum that seems simple but is actually very difficult and thankless). Zheng Da is either not very good at making Four Happiness Rolls, or he does not like Four Happiness Rolls very much.

The main information that Shi Dadan can provide is that the ham foam version of the Four Happiness Roll is much more delicious than the pork-filled version, and ham foam is the version answer.

This is enough.

Next, Qin Huai only needed to give Zheng Da a humble, bright smile that was to Zheng Da's liking the first time he saw him at the entrance of the high-speed rail station.

What Qin Huai didn't know was that his advance announcement of a surprise attack on Gusu also disrupted many people's plans.

For example, Zheng Da returned to Gusu from Sanya overnight and asked the cleaning staff to clean the house where he lived before Qinhuai. Gong Liang and his wife moved again and moved back to the house next to Qinhuai. Don't ask, they just like the atmosphere of the old community.

By the way, Zheng Da has already bought the house that Qin Huai used to live in.

Zheng Da arrived at the high-speed rail station an hour early to pick up the passengers, which was a rare event.

His heart is actually very complicated.

Zheng Da knew very well that Qin Huai would most likely not accept him as his master. This thought had occurred in his mind countless times and he had confirmed it countless times. He had tried many times and given up many times. He kept repeating it over and over again, just like a dog chasing after a male god/goddess who repeatedly reviews every night whether the male god/goddess loves her/him.

The answer actually already existed in their hearts, but they were unwilling to believe it.

Zheng Da was very clear about his strengths and weaknesses. If he really wanted to trick Qin Huai into becoming his apprentice before he had seen the world, this idea disappeared when he understood what kind of person Qin Huai was and saw his talent.

He felt that this idea was too despicable. Sometimes he even felt that he was not worthy of Qin Huai and could not be Qin Huai's master.

But he really wanted to be Qin Huai's master. Mingzhu would not be covered in dust, but he, Zheng Da, was at least the first person to wipe the dust off Mingzhu.

Zheng Da never thought that the words "appreciate talent" would actually appear in his description.

After all, Zheng Da's reputation in the chef circle has not been very good in recent years. Whenever he is mentioned, he is associated with a businessman full of money. Master Zhou of Zhiweiju has never been very fond of Zheng Da for many years. It was only after Zheng Da reformed the recipes in the past two years that he mass-produced many dim sum that were originally not mass-produced and tasted good, and sold mid-range dim sum at low-end prices, which bankrupted many dim sum shops that were just filling in the gaps. In a sense, it can be said that after the industry was rectified, he began to look at Zheng Da differently.

Of course, Master Zhou still didn't like Zheng Da very much. He felt that Zheng Da had the level and if he worked hard as a pastry chef he would surely become famous and earn not much less than he was earning now. After all, he could make money doing anything with his brain.

To put it bluntly, Master Zhou just dislikes Zheng Da for being lazy.

Zheng Da has not cared about this for many years, and he did not expect to make a big name in the culinary world. Every year when he burns paper for his master during the Chinese New Year, Zheng Da will also confess that he is his master's favorite disciple but has not been able to shine in the culinary world.

It was only after meeting Qin Huai that Zheng Da really considered returning to the culinary world.

Of course, it's just a thought.

Zheng Da has been lazy for so many years and it is impossible for him to be diligent.

But knowing it in your heart and actually facing it are two different things.

When Zheng Siyuan told Zheng Da that Qin Huai seemed to have a master, that master was more serious and responsible than him, more powerful than him, more selfless than him, more suitable to be Qin Huai's master than him, and even had many prescriptions and secret methods, Zheng Da could not accept it at first.

It was obviously he who discovered this pearl first.

Zheng Da was naturally happy to see Mingzhu living a better life, but at the same time he also felt a little unwilling.

He especially wanted to ask Mingzhu, is your current mentor good to you? Is he really that good? Is he really that good?
He also wanted to ask Mingzhu, will you still call me Master Zheng when you see me?
With such complicated feelings, Zheng Da came to the high-speed rail station an hour early to wait for people and organized a full hour of language.

Then he saw Qin Huai dragging a suitcase, smiling and waving at him as he walked towards him.

"Master Zheng!" His Mingzhu called him in a familiar tone.

At this moment, Zheng Da felt a mixture of emotions.

"Master Zheng, I heard that you can make Four Joy Rolls. I've been very interested in this dessert recently. Do you have time to teach me during this period?"

Zheng Da:?!

Four Joys Roll!
At this moment, many bad memories came to Zheng Da's mind. He thought about the painful memory of how he made the Four Happiness Rolls with full confidence a few years ago and failed miserably. He was dissed by his neighbors behind his back. After returning home, his parents, aunts, uncles, and uncles also came to ask him why he could make such a painful Four Happiness Rolls on New Year's Day.

Oh, this damn thankless snack, it looks so simple, but it is actually so difficult to make.

Who was it, who revealed the news that he could make Four Happiness Rolls?

It was obvious that he had been doing it secretly at home during the Chinese New Year in recent years, and he didn't even tell Huang Shengli.

Zheng Da immediately turned his gaze to his biological son, Zheng Siyuan.

Zheng Siyuan said calmly: "Qin Huai asked me about it on the high-speed train, and I said, Dad, you can do it."

"You would have done it, and I wouldn't have done it."

Qin Huai, who never fights a battle without confidence, pretended to mention this snack casually on the high-speed train, and then got the answer he wanted from Zheng Siyuan.

Zheng Da: Rebellious son!

(End of this chapter)