The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 544 Fresh Meat Wontons

Qin Huai's soy sauce noodles greatly impressed the guests at Yunzhong Canteen. Compared with ordinary steamed buns and mantou, soy sauce noodles are truly filling, delicious, and inexpensive. The only drawback is that they can't be eaten while walking around like steamed buns and mantou.

The soy sauce noodles that I packed and brought to the office ultimately lost some of their flavor.

This bowl of noodles, simple in flavor, even a little monotonous and chilly, but delicious and warming, is best enjoyed sitting in the Cloud Canteen, devoured in one go, followed by gulping down the entire bowl of broth and letting out a loud, satisfied burp.

With this in mind, Qin Huai thoughtfully provides soy sauce noodles during lunch hours, which directly leads to the Yunzhong Canteen being packed throughout the entire lunch break. The customers aren't picky; if there's not enough room to sit, they eat standing up, and if they get tired of standing, they squat down to eat.

If it weren't for the fact that Yunzhong Canteen had previously sold out of Four Happiness Tangyuan (glutinous rice balls), and had enough soup bowls so that there wouldn't be a shortage of bowls in the kitchen, customers would have been eager to go to the kitchen to wash their bowls after finishing their meals.

For a time, office workers in nearby buildings felt embarrassed to chat with colleagues while slacking off if they didn't have a bowl of hot soy sauce noodles.

Qin Huai was also very happy to make soy sauce noodles.

It wasn't because soy sauce noodles were his soulmate; Qin Huai still felt that locust flower steamed buns were his soulmate. He made a lot of locust flower steamed buns while making soy sauce noodles. To be precise, he even made soy sauce noodles in between locust flower steamed buns.

But this doesn't stop Qin Huai from thinking that soy sauce noodles are a very good snack.

It's simple and fast.

The dough for hand-kneaded noodles doesn't need to be fermented; once it's kneaded, it can be rolled and then cooked. The broth for soy sauce noodles doesn't need to be made with stock; just season it directly. You can make a huge pot of it, big enough to throw Qin Luo in and cook him.

Qin Huai didn't need to cook the noodles himself; the Yunzhong Canteen had helpers who were good at cooking noodles. Not to mention, the noodles were cooked quickly enough that some popular noodle shops could often set a record of selling a thousand bowls of soup noodles a day.

After making soy sauce noodles all day, Qin Huai significantly improved his proficiency in dough preparation and seasoning. He even checked his proficiency on the game panel at the end of the day and discovered that both his dough preparation and seasoning skills had increased dramatically. Only then did he belatedly realize that soy sauce noodles were actually the answer for his current version.

But he didn't consider this at all when he decided to make soy sauce noodles. He just thought that Lao Shi could eat some simple noodles that he could make in the morning.

Qin Huai felt that he had discovered the true essence of grinding proficiency.

Don't overthink it, just follow your instincts. Your instincts will guide you to make the right choice without even realizing it.

As for the potato dumplings in Wang Gensheng's side quest...

Qin Huai said that Grandpa Wang had indeed gone through a lot of trouble eating potato dumplings recently, and he felt sorry for him. He ate plenty of dumplings and wrote many food reviews, but made no progress on his task. It was time to put things on hold and let Grandpa Wang eat something better.

On the morning of the second day, Qin Huai chose to make fresh meat wontons.

It wasn't Zheng Siyuan's specialty, the crepe-shaped wontons or bubble wontons; it was just ordinary fresh pork wontons, the kind that every breakfast shop sells. They all have the same flavor, but the names are exactly the same, and the taste is pretty much the same.

Qin Huai originally wanted to make shepherd's purse wontons, as Zhao Rong loved them. Back when the Qin family ran a breakfast shop in Qiu County, Zhao Rong, as the owner, often went to the breakfast shop next door to Zi Di to eat their delicious shepherd's purse wontons, which cost 6 yuan a bowl.

There weren't many wontons, only 12 in a bowl. They were quite small, with little meat filling. The shepherd's purse was very fresh, but the wonton wrappers weren't great, and the cooking time was inconsistent. Sometimes the owner would chat and overcook them, and the wonton wrappers would fall apart when they were taken out.

But Zhao Rong loved to eat it because the owner of that restaurant would put a little bit of pickled mustard greens in the wonton filling, which was considered the owner's secret recipe.

Although it wasn't exactly exclusive—Qin Huai roughly guessed the recipe after eating it twice and easily replicated it at home—the Qin family's breakfast shop operated on a low-profit, high-volume model. Qin Huai was too busy making steamed buns every day to mix wonton fillings, so the shepherd's purse wontons from that breakfast shop remain a specialty of Qiu County to this day.

When Qin Huai made the pork wontons, she followed the idea of ​​the breakfast shop's shepherd's purse wontons, adding a little pickled mustard greens and some chopped leafy greens to the pork filling. The amount was small, only enough to give the filling a slight green tinge, and also making the pork wontons less succulent.
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"Didn't you make soy sauce noodles yesterday? How come you made wontons today?" Zhao Cheng'an asked, his face full of incomprehension as he ate the wontons. "I can accept that you make good chicken soup noodles and soy sauce noodles, but why are your wontons so delicious too?"

Zhao Cheng'an didn't understand, but he kept swallowing the wontons one after another.

It really was swallowed.

Qin Huai felt that Zhao Cheng'an ate the wontons with a sense of vengeful resentment, swallowing them whole without chewing, as if he were drinking them. Qin Huai really wanted to ask Zhao Cheng'an, "Can you really taste what wontons taste like? Can you even tell what's in the filling?"

Qin Huai refrained from asking, because he could tell that Zhao Cheng'an's earlier jealousy and envy were somewhat fake, mostly an act. As a former renowned genius at Zhiweiju, Zhao Cheng'an was actually quite arrogant at heart. No matter how outstanding Qin Huai's talent was before, in Zhao Cheng'an's eyes, he was just a little more talented than himself. Both of them were geniuses, and there was no fundamental difference between them.

It's just that one scored 145 points and the other scored 150 points.

Zhao Cheng'an is now genuinely a little jealous.

Okay, not just a little, Zhao Cheng'an broke down.

The top student who scored 145 points didn't want to admit that the reason the guy next door who scored 150 points got 150 points was because the test only had 150 points.

Zhao Cheng'an used to joke that he was both afraid his brothers were doing poorly and afraid they were driving Range Rovers. Now, Zhao Cheng'an can't laugh anymore; his brothers are not just driving Range Rovers, they're driving Rover models.

It has been launched both in terms of culinary skills and practical matters.

Qin Huai chose to answer Zhao Cheng'an's question seriously, hoping to help his brother in this situation: "It's probably because I rarely make wontons before."

"Zheng Siyuan makes delicious and unique wontons. When he's around, I don't think about making wontons. When he's not around, I have many other dessert ideas but won't think of wontons."

"But if I start making breakfast for Lao Shi now, this thousand-day mission will definitely involve making a lot of the same breakfasts, after all, I can't make 1000 different kinds of breakfasts. But the mission has just started, so I want Lao Shi to eat something different, but I think it will taste good."

"When I woke up this morning, I didn't know what to make. It was on my way to the cafeteria that I suddenly thought I should make wontons."

"I don't think I need to think too much right now. My intuition tells me that I can try whatever I want to do. After all, breakfast isn't a dessert, and most of it is very simple."

"Moreover, Lao Shi is very tolerant. Even if I suddenly have a bad idea and make some terrible dessert, Lao Shi won't be disappointed. This task won't fail because the breakfast is bad, so it's easy and there's no psychological burden."

Qin Huai's expression was a little confused, but Zhao Cheng'an understood it.

Zhao Cheng'an concluded with a jealous remark: "Doing whatever you want, with complete confidence."

"Waaaah, you really did understand, it wasn't fake."

Qin Huai: ...

Qin Huai changed the subject: "Zhao Cheng'an, you're here very early today, at 7 o'clock. When Master Zhou sends me the teaching video today, I will definitely speak well of you to him. Don't worry, you won't be too miserable when you go back to Zhiweiju in a few days. Although you haven't made much progress recently, you haven't regressed either. Master Zhou definitely knows that you've just relaxed a little, but you've definitely not become lazy or slack off."

Qin Huai's words reminded Zhao Cheng'an, who quickly suppressed his jealous expression and said with a serious face, "Speaking of this, Qin Huai, you really have to cover for me today."

“I sent a message to my master this morning asking for sick leave. My master doesn’t check his phone much, so he probably hasn’t seen the message yet. I told him that I ate too many noodles yesterday and my stomach was upset, so I’m going to the hospital today. If my master asks you, you have to cover for me. I’ve already photoshopped the medical records.”

"My master doesn't know Photoshop, so he definitely wouldn't be able to tell."

Qin Huai hesitated for a moment and asked, "What...are you going to do?" Could it be that Zhao Cheng'an was so traumatized that he just gave up and went on strike?

If that were the case, Qin Huai feared he would become Zhiweiju's eternal sinner. Even if Zhao Cheng'an was a fallen genius, he was still a genius, and he was Zhiweiju's future hope.

Zhao Cheng'an declared with unwavering determination: "I'm going to the amusement park today!"

"Following your schedule from that day, first eat a bowl of shaved ice, then ride the roller coaster 10 times."

"I'm already awake. With my physique, I can definitely ride 10 roller coasters without any problem. Anyway, are the wontons ready yet? Another bowl, please. After I finish eating, I'm going to the amusement park. You went to the dessert shop as soon as the park opened the other day, and I'm going to go as soon as the park opens today too."

Qin Huai: ...

You guys at Zhiweiju really have amazing execution skills, even in such a bizarre place.

Could you put that kind of execution into making desserts?
Zhao Cheng'an clearly couldn't do it. After wolfing down his second bowl of wontons, he put down the bowl and resolutely left the Cloud Canteen, taking a ride-hailing car to the amusement park—a special express car, no less.

Shi Dadan, holding his special large bowl, ate his wontons in big mouthfuls, watching Zhao Cheng'an leave, and sighed, "Little Zhao is full after eating two bowls of wontons? These wontons aren't filling, are two bowls enough?"

Wang Gensheng glanced at the normal bowl in front of him, then at Shi Dadan's large bowl, and chose to remain silent.

Ouyang Tingshi boldly said this, and nodded in strong agreement: "That's right, I also think today's wontons are not as filling as yesterday's soy sauce noodles."

"If I had known Qin Huai made a new breakfast yesterday morning, I wouldn't have run errands for Zhou Hu so early in the morning, going to his house to pack clothes and bedding to take to the hospital. I always eat breakfast at the hospital, and the hospital cafeteria food is awful; I only get to eat soy sauce noodles for lunch."

"I still need to bring Zhou Hu food later. The doctor told him to eat light meals... Fresh meat wontons should be light enough, right? These wontons aren't very filling, so I'll pack two bowls for him." Ouyang felt that he was being extremely thoughtful, and nodded in satisfaction, affirming his own idea.

"How's Zhou Hu's planning going?" Gong Liang asked, expressing his concern for Zhou Hu at the opportune moment.

Yesterday, Gong Liang accompanied Gong Baozhu to the competition and didn't come to the Yunzhong Canteen all day. He is unaware of Zhou Hu's condition.

“Gastroenteritis, but it’s quite serious.” Ouyang thought for a moment, “It’s more serious than Tan Weian’s last gastroenteritis. The doctor said Zhou Hu vomited too much, and had stomach acid and stuff, but I didn’t listen carefully.”

"He'll probably need to be hospitalized for observation for about a week. Luckily, Zhou Hu doesn't have any other orders on his hands right now, he's only responsible for Mr. Luo's, otherwise Qin Huai would probably have to compensate Zhou Hu for lost wages."

"However, it's probably not necessary to pay compensation, since Zhou Hu accompanied Qin Huai on the roller coaster voluntarily, and Qin Huai didn't force him. Yesterday, Zhou Hu even wanted to pay his own hospital bills, saying that he had medical insurance, but it turned out that his medical insurance had expired and hadn't been renewed."

Ouyang shook his head as he spoke: "Medical insurance still needs to be paid regularly."

Wang Gensheng nodded with deep feeling: "That's right, medical insurance is very important!"

Gong Liang: ...

"I...actually, I have a question I'd like to ask you all," Wang Gensheng said hesitantly, "Have my food reviews been particularly bad lately?"

Ouyang almost didn't react before nodding vigorously.

Shi Dadan silently ate his wontons, choosing not to answer the question directly.

Gong Liang and Chen Gong exchanged a glance, and finally Chen Gong adopted a very objective tone and slowly said, "Mr. Wang, your food review is very distinctive, but it is slightly lacking in content and length. However, I believe that Chef Qin still values ​​your food review very much."

"Is there a problem you're experiencing?"

"I just feel like Chef Qin might not be satisfied with my food review, which is why he doesn't seem to want to make potato dumplings anymore," Wang Gensheng said, sounding quite distressed. "Yesterday morning I had soy sauce noodles, and this morning I had pork wontons. I can tell that Chef Qin's potato dumplings probably didn't turn out the way he wanted, but..."

"Is it because my food reviews are terrible?"

All I can say is that Wang Gensheng is an old man who is very good at reflecting.

The three who knew the inside story hesitated to speak, while Ouyang, who knew nothing about the situation, answered bluntly, "Of course not, Uncle Wang, don't overthink it. Qin Huai has always been like this, fickle and easily bored. He's only interested in a particular pastry for three minutes, and throws it away as soon as he's done making it."

“It’s good that he doesn’t make potato dumplings. I think potato dumplings are not tasty at all.” With that, Ouyang Tuntun finished her wonton soup in one gulp. “You guys eat slowly. I’m going to the hospital to bring Zhou Hu some wontons.”

After saying that, Ouyang left.

"Xiao Ou is a really nice guy," Shi Dadan exclaimed. "Delivering meals isn't his job, but he's willing to take it on himself."

Everyone nodded.

"Do you think it's useful for Xiao Zhao to ride the roller coaster at the amusement park?" Shi Dadan asked again.

No one can answer Shi Dadan's question, not even the roller coaster.

However, the answer to this question was found at 1 p.m.

Zhao Cheng'an was also hospitalized with gastroenteritis, and was fortunate enough to get the bed next to Zhou Hu's.

As the former kingpin of Beiping, Zhao Cheng'an certainly wouldn't be so nauseous and hospitalized with gastroenteritis just because of a mere 10 rides on a roller coaster.

In fact, Zhao Cheng'an rode the roller coaster 15 times and was fine.

He was hospitalized with gastroenteritis from eating too much shaved ice.

Upon hearing that Zhao Cheng'an had been hospitalized, Qin Huai rushed to the ward to bring him a change of clothes. Looking at Zhao Cheng'an lying in bed receiving an IV drip, he uttered a profound question:
"You ate five servings of shaved ice, one serving of hot glutinous rice balls, one serving of fried chicken, and two servings of fries at the dessert shop in the amusement park. After eating, you went on the roller coaster. The roller coaster didn't make you dizzy, but your stomach couldn't handle it, so you vomited violently and ended up in the hospital with vomiting and diarrhea. What were you thinking?"

The mayfly's innate skill has awakened, and it no longer wants to live. It decides to extort money from the amusement park and dessert shop owners before it dies.
With the dessert shop's dismal sales, the owner doesn't have the money to extort you.

Zhao Cheng'an smiled weakly: "Maybe it's because riding the roller coaster 15 times didn't help, so I'm unhappy and want to eat something sweet to cheer myself up."

"Then I discovered that the dessert shop had a wide variety of desserts, and I wanted to try them all. But my joy turned to sorrow."

"Qin Huai, can you reimburse my medical expenses?"

"roll!"

(End of this chapter)