The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 378: Covering one’s ears and stealing the bell

Just by looking at Zheng Da's first reaction, Qin Huai could probably guess that Zheng Da simply didn't like the Four Happiness Roll as a snack, because his reaction was a bit too intense.

Seems a bit stressed.

What kind of harm did the Four Joys Roll cause to Zheng Da?
On the way to the community, Qin Huai quietly took out his cell phone and sent a message to Dong Shi, asking Dong Shi to find out the news within tomorrow.

It might be time to get off work at Huang's, Dong Shi replied almost immediately, saying that he would guarantee to complete the task and would make sure Qin Huai would be the first to hear the whole story when he arrived at Huang's tomorrow.

Then he asked by the way whether Qin Huai would make breakfast the next morning. If he did, he would come early and on an empty stomach.

It can be seen that since Qin Huai left Huang Ji, Huang Ji’s employees have lost their precious breakfast.

Zheng Da sent Qin Huai all the way to the community. Since Grandpa Wang only rented a house in the community for a short period of time and did not buy a house, Grandpa Wang temporarily lived with Qin Huai. Tan Weian and Zang Liang lived in the house bought by Chen Huihong, and Zheng Siyuan lived in the house bought by Xu Tuqiang. Under normal circumstances, Zheng Siyuan should go home, but Zheng Siyuan thought his home was too far from Huangji, and he had to travel a long time on the road every day. It would be more convenient to live in the community opposite Huangji.

As for Shi Dadan, he found an agent to rent a house in the community for a short period of time before leaving. The house happened to be downstairs of Qinhuai Building, which was quite convenient.

Qin Huai could see that Zheng Da really wanted to live with Zheng Siyuan on the pretext of caring about his son, and he hinted at it several times, but Zheng Siyuan completely ignored his biological father. Zheng Da could only leave sadly, cursing his rebellious son a few more times in his heart.

This was the first time Qin Huai lived with Wang Gensheng. It was a rare opportunity for him to be in close contact with him and chat with him when he was bored.

Qin Huai wanted to chat more, but Wang Gensheng had no interest in this at all. His mind was now fully focused on tomorrow's accounting. He was already full of fighting spirit and just wanted to conserve his energy and go to bed early to start the intense accounting work tomorrow.

Wang Gensheng’s 40-year professional accounting spirit is already burning.

Considering that Wang Gensheng had no interest in chatting, Qin Huai had to give up. After all, he had arranged a very exciting script for Wang Gensheng tomorrow, and he needed to rehearse it in his mind for the last time tonight to ensure that there would be no problems with the development of tomorrow's plot.

Then Qin Huai chatted with Shi Dadan on WeChat until 1 a.m., analyzing and discussing tomorrow's script in depth.

Shi Dadan is also one of the important extras tomorrow, a very important one, used to set the mood.

Have a good night's sleep.

But when Qin Huai woke up, it was already 2: the next morning. Qin Huai hurriedly got up and saw Wang Gensheng and Shi Dadan in the living room.

Wang Gensheng sat at the dining table, looking at the computer wearing reading glasses.

Yes, Wang Gensheng was so fully equipped that he even brought his own laptop.

Shi Dadan sat opposite Wang Gensheng and calmly ate wontons. One could tell at a glance that the wontons were the bubble wontons made by Zheng Siyuan. He still loved making bubble wontons in the morning.

"Xiao Qin, you're awake." Shi Dadan said happily when he saw Qin Huai getting up, "Old Wang went to Huang Ji and packed a portion of wontons for you. You can eat the wontons first and then go to Huang Ji. Mr. Huang from Huang Ji said that it's normal that you couldn't get up this morning after running around all day yesterday. Don't worry, you can have dim sum at any time."

Qin Huai, who had never been taken care of by his grandparents, was stunned (Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin lived in the countryside all year round). Is this the legendary treatment of being taken care of by grandparents? If you get up late in the morning, you won't be urged or woken up. Instead, someone will buy breakfast and pack it up and bring it back for you to eat.

"Then...Have Zheng Siyuan and the others arrived at Huang's?" Qin Huai was so shocked that he realized he had asked a stupid question after he asked it.

"Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian are here. Zang Liang... when Lao Wang and I came back from Huang's at 8 o'clock, he didn't seem to be here yet. He should be here now."

"Right, Old Wang."

Hearing Shi Dadan calling him, Wang Gensheng adjusted his reading glasses, looked up at Shi Dadan, and broke away from his fully focused work state. It took him two seconds to react before nodding: "It seems so. Is Xiao Zang the talkative guy? He doesn't seem to be here."

Qin Huai said that he already understood the situation and hurried to the bathroom to wash up. Shi Dadan got up and went to the kitchen to pour Qin Huai's portion of bubble wontons from the thermos bucket into a bowl, brought it out and placed it on the dining table.

Qin Huai hurriedly finished washing up and buried his head in his meal while replying to WeChat messages. Shi Dadan sat next to him and ate with him in silence. Wang Gensheng stared at the computer with a frown.

It was the first time that Qin Huai saw this expression on Wang Gensheng's face. If Uncle Qian and Xu Tuqiang had seen Wang Gensheng in this state, they would definitely not go around saying that Wang Gensheng was probably suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

"Uncle Wang, what's wrong?" Qin Huai asked tentatively.

"This account is too unprofessional and a mess. Is this how all accountants do their accounting nowadays?" Wang Gensheng frowned. "With this form book, it is very easy for the accountant to tamper with it. It can easily cause the factory... restaurant to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars."

"Um... Huang's may indeed not have a professional accountant." Qin Huai didn't know much about the personnel situation of Huang's, but it should be similar for Yunzhong Canteen. They were all led by a professional foreman who might not be very professional, but were relatively serious and responsible old employees.

"The most unprofessional thing was that I asked Xiao Huang for the money this morning and he just gave it to me directly."

"Can you just give me accounts? He even gave me the purchase order!" Wang Gensheng sighed deeply. "I just took a quick look and he even gave me the accounts for March this year. Except for the spreadsheet, everything else is a mess."

Qin Huai:......

You are really worthy of being called Huang Anyao.

"Then Uncle Wang, you should stay at home today to settle your accounts, and then go to Huang's for dinner in the evening. Look at your lunch today..."

"I just made an appointment with Lao Wang. I will bring him lunch at noon." Shi Dadan said cheerfully, "Lao Wang said that it would take five or six days to sort out the accounts. If he carries his computer around everywhere, data leakage will be a problem. He will not go out these few days."

"His computer is not even connected to the Internet."

"Xiao Qin, just focus on making the snacks. I'll take care of the rest. Call me if you need anything. Remember to call me when the double crab buns are out of the pot."

Qin Huai initially thought that Shi Dadan came to Suzhou with him to revisit an old place, but he didn't expect that Shi Dadan actually came to assist him. He was a little touched for a moment, nodded, ate the wontons, and went out to work.

When Qin Huai left, Shi Dadan asked Wang Gensheng very considerately: "Old Wang, do you want to eat some fruit? My eyes hurt after looking at the computer for a long time, especially when I look at these words. My eyes hurt just by looking at the words. Xiao Qin's family has a lot of fruit. I'll wash two apples for you and you can eat them first."

Gold medal assistant. It would be better if he could not judge Wang Gensheng's appetite based on his own appetite.

Qin Huai's house is less than 5 minutes away from Huang's. He walked this road several times every day a few months ago. From autumn to winter, his clothes became thicker and thicker, and more and more people recognized Qin Huai along the way.

It is spring now, and Qin Huai actually feels a little different walking on this road.

Obviously, Shi Dadan was the one who came back to revisit his old place, but before Shi Dadan went to look for his old place, Qin Huai had already felt like he was revisiting his old place. The light was too dim last night so he didn't feel it, but now the weather was just right and the temperature was suitable. Walking on the familiar road, Qin Huai felt a little emotional and expectant.

I haven't seen Huang Ji's employees for a few months, and now I think about it, I really miss them a little.

Although Dong Shi sends Qin Huai messages on WeChat intensively every day to share the latest gossip, making Qin Huai almost fully aware of Wang Jun's emotional experience (he has no emotional experience after the breakup), chatting on WeChat is still different from chatting offline.

Qin Huai still missed Dong Shi chattering about gossip beside him.

In just 5 minutes of walking, Qin Huai almost reviewed the first half of his life, enjoyed the second half of his life, and felt like he had walked out of the road of life.

So people should not stay up late. If they stay up late, they will get up late, and their minds will not be clear, and if their minds are not clear, they will have random thoughts.

The moment Qin Huai stepped into Huang's, a familiar figure ran towards him, and faster than the person came the sound of chattering.

"Qin Huai, you're finally here. Didn't you say we had chicken noodle soup this morning? I've been waiting for you for so long! Mr. Shi, who came with you this time, has a big appetite. Do you know how many bowls of wontons he ate at Huang's this morning? 20 bowls in total. This is the first time I've seen someone eat 1 bowls of wontons. How did he do it? Is he a professional glutton?"

Qin Huai:......

At this moment, all the emotions disappeared.

Well, I don’t miss him at all. To be honest, Dong Shi does sound quite noisy when he starts chattering.

"Did you find out what I asked you to find out last night?" Qin Huai asked directly, walking towards the locker room to change clothes. Dong Shi followed Qin Huai into the locker room, talking as they walked.

"Of course I found out. After get off work last night, I went to the community across the street and waited for a few regular customers. I found out the answer by just asking them casually. I called my master when I got home. The information I got this time is absolutely authentic."

"When my master's grandfather was still a chef at a state-owned restaurant, he would sell the Four Happiness Roll you mentioned every Chinese New Year. It was sold from New Year's Eve to the second day of the New Year, only three days, and during those three days, the state-owned restaurant only sold this kind of snack."

"Each person is limited to buying one per day, and the price is very cheap. Basically, you can buy a meat-filled pastry made of white flour for the price of a multi-grain steamed bun, and the selling price is not even enough to cover the cost price. My master said that every year the master's father sells it at a loss, saying that it is for good luck during the New Year, so that people who usually can't afford to eat white flour pastries can also have something good."

"Then the Four Joy Roll, a snack, looks easy to make, just a flower roll with stuffing, a bit like a lazy dragon, but in fact, it requires the chef to have very high requirements for dough fermentation, fingering skills and stuffing."

"After Master retired due to illness, Uncle Zheng took over the job of making dim sum. But because he was not very skilled at that time, the Four Joy Rolls he made during the first Chinese New Year were very... not good."

"It is said that everything from the appearance to the taste is not good."

"But because the Four Joy Rolls are sold at a loss, the neighbors are aware of it, so no one would say that this snack is not good in front of Uncle Zheng. At most, they would secretly grumble about it behind his back."

"Just like they secretly complained about the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, dumplings, and siu mai made by Master Zheng, it is said that Master Zheng was secretly complained about by others in the years after he became a regular employee."

"Ordinary customers don't understand the difference in skills between dim sum chefs. They only know that the master's skills are good, but they don't know how good the master's skills are. Uncle Zheng's level is obviously not as good as his master's, so they think that Uncle Zheng's apprentice is not good enough."

"My master said that Uncle Zheng hated this snack not because he couldn't make it well, but because he didn't make it in time."

"My master's father also eats Four Happiness Rolls during the Chinese New Year. After he retired due to illness, his health has not been very good. In the first year, his health was still good, so the Four Happiness Rolls for the Chinese New Year were made by him. In the following years, Uncle Zheng made them. Uncle Zheng told my master at that time that he would definitely make the Four Happiness Rolls as good as my master's one year, so that the neighbors would recognize him."

"But Master didn't wait until that day."

"The Four Joy Roll is too difficult to make. My master died a few years after he retired due to illness. Since then, Uncle Zheng has never sold the Four Joy Roll in the state-owned restaurant again."

"At that time, everyone thought that Master Zheng was too sad, and no one mentioned that Master Zheng might be saddened by the past. Later, Master Zheng went into business and stopped being a dim sum chef. Many old customers forgot about it. If I hadn't asked them last night, they might not have even remembered that this dim sum existed."

Qin Huai nodded to show his understanding.

It seems that the Four Joy Roll is also a snack with many stories. This snack has special meaning to both Zheng Da and the former state-owned restaurant, so it is understandable that Zheng Da was so excited about this snack.

What a touching story.

"But my master told me that Uncle Zheng is not afraid of being reminded of the past. If making dim sum alone can make one remember the past, then there are many dim sums that need to be avoided."

"In the past, Master Gong made four-happiness rolls for Chinese New Year, various kinds of rice dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival, various kinds of moon cakes for Mid-Autumn Festival, glutinous rice balls, glutinous rice balls, and Yuanxiao for Lantern Festival, Qingtuan for Qingming Festival, and Chongyang cake for Chongyang Festival. Master Zheng has also made a lot of the latter snacks over the years."

"Uncle Zheng is simply too embarrassed to do a good job."

"My master said that Uncle Zheng actually secretly made Four Joy Rolls at home every Chinese New Year, but this type of dim sum was the one he was least good at because Uncle Zheng always felt that the combination of pork and chopped green onions was a little strange. He thought there was something wrong with the recipe so he had never been able to make it well over the years."

"Uncle Zheng deliberately didn't do it because he couldn't make it well. If he didn't do it, others wouldn't know that he couldn't make it well, and after a long time they would forget about it, and he could escape the fact that he couldn't make dim sum well."

"My master said that Uncle Zheng has always liked to do this since he was a child."

Qin Huai:......

You are indeed worthy of being brothers.

Give me back the feeling I just had!

(End of this chapter)