The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 61: Drought and Famine (VII)

Qin Huai was stunned when he saw Chen Huihui excitedly sharing with Chen Huihong how delicious the steamed buns in her hand were.

Admittedly, I am very happy to complete this side quest that has been stuck for who knows how long, but.

This is so weirdly completed!
Huihui, isn't your dream bun a buckwheat bun? !
Shouldn't buckwheat steamed buns be made from buckwheat flour and wheat flour, with something else added and then fermented with yeast?

Your steamed bun is...

OK, I admit it is indeed buckwheat flour mixed with flour, but...

Facts aside...

In theory, this steamed bun...

It’s a locust flower steamed bun!
Sophora japonica steamed buns!

Huihui, why didn’t you tell me earlier that the steamed buns you wanted to eat were not ordinary buckwheat steamed buns, but steamed buns made with buckwheat flour and fermented with honey!

Qin Huai felt like crying.

Ever since Qin Luo was able to clearly express what he wanted to eat, he had not been tortured by such abstract food requests for many years.

Qin Huai glanced at Chen Huihui.

Well, Huihui is only in the third grade of elementary school and doesn’t even know what honey fermentation is. Don’t blame her.

If you want to blame someone, blame this damn game system for being too abstract.

If Qin Huai was right, the last time Chen Huihui had eaten locust flower steamed buns was in her previous life.

People’s memories are not brought along with them during reincarnation, but the taste is.

Qin Huai could only say that this game system was indeed so abstract that it caught him off guard.

The quality of Sophora japonica buns has achieved a breakthrough, and Zheng Siyuan has booked a flight to return to Suzhou tonight. The sad Zheng Da knows that after this failure, there is no hope of accepting disciples in the short term, so he simply booked a ticket on the same flight with Zheng Siyuan to go back. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Qin Huai to ask him any questions at any time.

Next time, next time he will definitely solve the problem as soon as possible!

After the two left, Qin Huai stayed in the store to steam the last batch of locust flower buns, and handed the task of selling the buns to the waiter. He made the excuse that he was too sleepy to eat dinner, went to the convenience store across the street, bought a kimchi-flavored rice ball, and went home.

At home, the two pots of cacti that Ouyang sent last time were still quietly placed on the entrance. Thanks to Qin Huai's seldom watering, the two pots of cacti thrived.

Qin Huai took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator, collapsed on the sofa, and opened the game panel to check the new rewards.

[Affirmation from Chen Huihui]: Affirmation from Chen Huihui, the Chinese class representative of Class 8, Grade of the First Experimental Primary School. By obtaining this title, there is a high probability of gaining Chen Huihui's favor and help, and a small probability of gaining her sincere blessing. I wish you to fulfill some of your small wishes, such as calling on classmates to come together for a buckwheat bun tasting event when the buckwheat buns in your cafeteria are unsalable.

I didn’t expect that Huihui is actually the Chinese class representative. The child’s grades are pretty good!

In Qin Huai's opinion, [Chen Huihui's affirmation] and [Chen Huihong's affirmation] seem similar at first glance, and both can better improve favorability.

The only difference is that [Chen Huihong's affirmation] can make Chen Huihong open up and talk about gossip and little secrets. But Huihui is more pragmatic and directly took the initiative to call on classmates to hold a steamed bun tasting meeting.

This game allows multiple titles to be posted at the same time. Qin Huai posted "Chen Huihui's affirmation" without any hesitation. The affirmations of the mother and daughter were displayed side by side. It would definitely be better if an affirmation from Chen Huihong's younger brother could be added.

Hey, what was the name of her brother who was defrauded of 20 yuan?

For such a long time, the legend that Chen Huihong's younger brother Xin was defrauded of 20 yuan in his past and present lives has been circulating in the Yunzhong Canteen, but no one cares what his name is.

Qin Huai felt sorry for Chen Huihong's brother for a second, slid the game panel, and found [A Dream of Chen Huihong].

According to the illustrations, this was Chen Huihong's last dream.

The ending of this mother and daughter in their previous life is all in this dream.

Qin Huai clicked on [A Dream of Chen Huihong] and chose yes.

[Dream loading——].
Cold. This was Qin Huai’s first impression of the surrounding area.

The sky was covered in silver and there was heavy snow. There was a foot of snow on the ground, indicating that this was destined to be a cold winter.

Qin Huai looked around and found that he seemed to be in a small courtyard in an alley. The courtyard was not big, and there was a small wooden frame with a missing leg leaning against the corner of the wall. On the wooden frame were two bamboo sieves, which were full of snow.

The same is true inside the courtyard. Thick snow covers everything, and it looks pretty white. The door is an old wooden door, and the window is papered with a few holes. It can be seen that the people living here are not very wealthy.

Just when Qin Huai wanted to go through the wall to see what was going on inside, the door opened.

Hui Niang was carrying a small rattan basket, which was covered with cloth so that you couldn't see what was inside. Maybe it was because it was too cold and her cotton jacket was too thin, Hui Niang's face and ears were red from the cold, her hands were barely tucked into her sleeves, and she was curled up, and every time she breathed, a puff of white air came out.

"Sister, I'm back!" Hui Niang said loudly, carefully closing the door.

The door opened, and Chen Huihong, who was wearing a short-sleeved jacket but looked much cleaner than Hui Niang's, came out while eating melon seeds. Hui Niang quickly went in and closed the door, and Qin Huai followed her in.

The house is not big, with two rooms, the outer one is the living room and the inner one is the bedroom. The furniture is only a small square table and three chairs, and there is a small bed and a cabinet in the bedroom.

The small square table was filled with snacks such as nuts. Melon seeds, peanuts, walnuts, and dried fruits were mixed together. Next to the pile of nuts were melon seed shells. The variety of snacks was so great that it didn't seem like they could be found in this house.

Hui Niang put the small basket on the ground, uncovered the cloth and revealed the contents, which were all sweet potatoes.

"Sister, the price of cornmeal has gone up again. I don't have enough money, so I can only buy sweet potatoes." Hui Niang said a little embarrassedly, "The girls' school is on vacation now, so they don't need us handymen. I should have found a job as a maid earlier. I could have used some money to buy some offal at the meat shop at the entrance of the alley during the New Year."

Chen Huihong calmly cracked melon seeds and said, "Being a maid is easy to get beaten to death."

Under Hui Niang's shocked gaze, Chen Huihong continued, "Last time I was sitting at the door of Qin's Pastry Shop and heard from the guys inside that a few more people were dragged out from Gong's mansion or some other family and buried. They also said that a new actor from a certain opera troupe sang a piece that displeased some master, so he had his tongue ripped out alive."

"Whether being a maid or singing opera, both are high-risk occupations," Chen Huihong concluded.

Although Hui Niang didn't quite understand what was said, she felt it made sense and nodded repeatedly.

"Do you want to eat some?" Chen Huihong stuffed a handful of melon seeds into Hui Niang's hand, but Hui Niang kept waving her hands to refuse.

"What would you like to eat today?" Chen Huihong asked as she stood up.

Hui Niang thought about it seriously and said, "I want to eat black flour buns."

Chen Huihong couldn't help but click her tongue, obviously not understanding what Hui Niang's taste was and why she actually liked to eat black flour buns, but she still nodded, pushed the door, and prepared to go out.

Hui Niang hurried to the room inside to get clothes for Chen Huihong.

"Sister, cotton coat!"

"Oh yes, I almost forgot to wear it." Chen Huihong stood at the door holding the clothes and put them on.

Her clothes looked much better than Hui Niang's. They were clean, the fabric was obviously thicker, and they didn't look gray, nor did they have any black or yellow tint.

The most important thing is that her cotton coat is very thick

"Did you stuff too much straw last night?" Chen Huihong patted her chest and made a dull sound, "Did you dig out all the cotton?"

"I took them all out and stuffed them into the quilt." Hui Niang said, "Now the quilt is warm."

Chen Huihong nodded and went out.

Chen Huihong lives in the outer city.

Maybe because it was cold and snowing heavily, there were very few people on the road and basically no one cleared the snow on the road. Occasionally, a few people came out to sweep the snow but they only swept the snow in front of their own homes.

Chen Huihong was wearing a new cotton-padded jacket. She was definitely the most beautiful girl on the street. Wherever she went, passersby would watch her and whisper to her. "Miss Crazy is out again."

"Look at what you said. She never goes out."

"Look at the clothes she's wearing. The fabric and thickness of the clothes. One piece of her clothes is worth more than all the clothes and quilts in my family combined. A lady is a lady. She was kicked out and can only rent a small courtyard in the outer city, but she still wears better clothes than us."

"She was kicked out and rented a small courtyard with maids to serve her. How can you compare with her?"

"Isn't her maid working as a handyman in the girls' school?"

"That's because she's lazy and doesn't want to serve her. She wants to earn some extra money outside. I just ran into her maid on the road. She bought a basket of sweet potatoes. I guess Miss Crazy doesn't want to eat them, so she ran out to find something to eat."

"I heard that she is now very famous in the inner city. Whenever she sits down at the door of a restaurant, the waiter will politely welcome her in and serve her hot dishes, dim sum, and tea. If she eats a dish, all the guests at the restaurant will order one for each table that day. When she leaves, the waiter will not only respectfully send her out, but also pack up the food she hasn't finished and give it to her. Is that true?"

"How should I know? I've rarely been to the inner city."

"That's great. I want to be a crazy lady too."

"You? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? If you sit at the door of a restaurant like this, the waiters will come out with sticks and beat you away. If you sit there, people will think you are dirty."

"Hey, how do you talk?"

"I just like to tell the truth, what's wrong with that?"

The onlookers were discussing the matter and almost got into a fight.

Chen Huihong continued walking towards the inner city as if no one was around.

There is some distance from the outer city to the inner city, and the road is difficult to walk on in the snow. A rickshaw driver who didn't know Chen Huihong greeted her on the road and wanted to ask if the lady wanted to take a rickshaw, but was stopped by a colleague nearby.

Explain to him the crazy lady's brain and he will not support her in learning the difficult task of paying for a rickshaw.

The further you go into the inner city, the cleaner the roads are and the busier it is.

If the outer city is a silver world covered by heavy snow, then the snow on the roads in the inner city has basically been cleared away. There are even vendors setting up stalls along the road, selling a wide variety of items.

When the vendor selling candied haws saw Chen Huihong, he even asked in a hoarse voice: "Miss Crazy, would you like a candied haws?"

When Chen Huihong heard him say this, she paused, looked at his candied haws, sized them up, and left without saying a word.

The people nearby immediately called out to the vendor selling the candied haws: "Miss Crazy is rushing to Taifeng Building for lunch, how can she be interested in your candied haws?"

The vendor selling candied haws was still unconvinced and argued: "Miss Crazy looked at the candied haws three times, maybe she will fall in love with it tomorrow."

Then he shouted at the top of his voice: "Miss Crazy's candied haws are delicious and not expensive!"

Hearing the vendor selling candied haws shouting, some people actually came forward to buy a string to try.

This series of smooth operations left Qin Huai stunned.

Wow, Chen Huihong is simply a human billboard.

Soon, Qin Huai discovered that Chen Huihong's human-shaped billboard was really useful.

Because the rich masters and young masters in the inner city are really free.

They actually followed Chen Huihong to see which restaurant she was going to sit in front of.

Before long, Chen Huihong was followed by a string of small tails, each with a different shape.

Some had braids, some didn't, some wore gowns, some wore jackets, and there was even a rich girl wearing a sweater who was obviously dressed in Western style who wanted to follow, but was forcibly held back by the maid beside her.

Chen Huihong was not affected by the little followers behind her at all and was strolling around the restaurant on her own.

When they stopped at the door of this restaurant, the waiter inside was immediately overjoyed and greeted them with a smile. Just as they were about to help Chen Huihong, Chen Huihong turned around and left without mercy.

The waiter was the only one left standing at the door, being scolded by the shopkeeper.

They stopped at the door of the restaurant. The owner quickly asked the waiter to clean the most conspicuous table at the door and put tea on it. He then went out to greet them personally. Chen Huihong left again.

The shopkeeper was left standing at the door gritting his teeth.

It must be said that this way of visiting restaurants is indeed very dramatic. Not only did Qin Huai enjoy watching it, but the onlookers also enjoyed it very much.

There were also people who opened the betting market to bet on whether Chen Huihong would continue to go to Taifenglou or go to other restaurants today.

Finally, Chen Huihong arrived at the entrance of Taifeng Building, which was mentioned most frequently by the onlookers.

Qin Huai looked up at the sign of the restaurant. The sign was very old, but the restaurant was very new, similar to Qinji Bobo Shop.

The waiter from Taifenglou came out to greet us with a smile on his face.

"Miss Feng, would you like to eat in our Taifenglou today? Chef Jiang has specially reserved delicious dishes for you today, including phoenix eggs, jade cabbage, crispy duck, and white jade square cake. We also have a new Jiangnan dim sum chef in our restaurant. Would you mind trying some?" The waiter spoke very fluently. He spoke a long string of words very clearly and with full energy, and his voice could be heard from far away.

Chen Huihong was a little hesitant.

The onlookers were excited.

"Taifeng Building, I knew it was Taifeng Building, haha, I got it!"

"We've been eating at Taifenglou for seven days in a row. That's impossible. Miss Crazy is already tired of it. Today must be Yongheju!"

“I think the new dishes from Babaozhai are great!”

“I think Yongfu Building is okay.”

"We've already visited Yongfu Tower and Babaozhai, and Miss Crazy didn't even stop."

Chen Huihong thought about it, turned around and was about to leave, which caused the onlookers to become even more excited.

"Miss Feng, we have fermented glutinous rice steamed buns today!" The shopkeeper came out quickly, holding a small plate with a fermented glutinous rice steamed bun on it. "It's just out of the pot, still hot, please smell it."

Chen Huihong paused.

The onlookers were so nervous that they dared not even breathe.

Chen Huihong hesitated for a while, turned around again and walked into Taifeng Building.

The onlookers burst into exclamations.

"It really is Taifeng Building, my bet was right, hahahahahaha!"

"This Taifeng Restaurant is truly amazing. It has only been open for a short time, yet it has gained such great favor from Miss Crazy."

"Isn't it? Guess who I saw going into Taifeng Building to get food yesterday? The old prince's housekeeper!"

"Ouch."

Amid the crowd, the man's voice stood out.

"To celebrate Miss Crazy's patronage of Taifenglou for eight consecutive days, our shopkeeper Lu said that anyone who dine in the restaurant today will receive four plates of dim sum and a pot of tea!"

Two-in-one as always
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(End of this chapter)