The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 154 [The Taste of Memory 3] (Thanks to the leader of Fortune Gu for the reward!)
"Ding, congratulations on obtaining the new side quest [The Taste of Memory 3], please check it in the quest panel."

Qin Huai was kneading dough in front of the kitchen counter when the game prompt suddenly rang in his mind.

【The Taste of Memory 3】?
This side quest is really too much of a series!

1 and 2 haven't been completed yet, but 3 has already appeared. This game doesn't even consider whether the player can complete the task, right?

Qin Huai put the kneaded dough aside, and the kitchen helper quickly took the dough away and placed it on a special table, placing a timer in front of the dough.

Qin Huai shook his hands and thought for a while. It was a bit too arrogant to open the task panel in an unfamiliar environment to check the game tasks. It would be better to be low-key and go to the toilet to check.

Because of excessive pressure, he often fantasized that he had a system that would issue tasks and people had to complete them. This behavior sounded very much like that of a mental patient and it would be fine to spread it in a small circle within the Yunzhong Canteen. It would be impolite to spread it to the Huang's Restaurant.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Qin Huai said this and walked towards the kitchen door.

Huang Ji Restaurant has a dedicated staff toilet on the first floor.

As soon as he reached the door, Qin Huai heard what seemed to be an argument outside the lobby. It wasn't quite right to call it an argument, because they didn't quarrel, just one party spoke louder.

Qin Huai faintly heard what Zheng Da said.

Gossip about Zheng Da?
Gotta listen.

Qin Huai moved closer.

The two parties in the dispute were Gong Liang and Huang Jia. Their dispute was not in public, but in a corner far away from the guest seats. However, this corner happened to be at the door of the kitchen, making it very convenient for Qin Huai to squat at the door and eavesdrop.

"Mr. Gong, Uncle Zheng has just called you to explain everything clearly. We have a new dim sum chef named Qin, not Uncle Zheng, at Huang's. The noodle cake we had at noon today is not for sale. That was a friend of Master Qin. Master Qin made it privately to entertain his friend. You must be aware of this situation."

"It really can't be sold, and we can't make the three-head banquet. Even if my master's back is healed, he can't make a complete three-head banquet in the short term. If it's really your 60th birthday, then we at Huang's will prepare the three-head banquet for you anyway, and we can go to Zhiweiju to invite a more professional chef to come and make the boat order."

"But how can it be called a birthday party for you to celebrate your 55th birthday in advance at the age of 60? You are being a bit unreasonable." Huang Jia explained the situation in a gentle voice.

Gong Liang argued: "Celebrating in advance is also celebrating. Your master's back pain never gets better. It's because he is stubborn and disobedient. He got carried away and started cooking when he got a little better. We told him to take care of it, but we were not in a hurry. He just wouldn't listen and ended up like this over and over again."

"Your master and I have grown up together, and we have been neighbors for so many years. I really want to have a feast for three people. If it is not possible, you don't need to set up many tables. Can you just have my table? I will pay for 20 tables!"

"Mr. Gong, there is no precedent for this, and there is no reason to sell vegetables this way." Huang Jia tried to stop Gong Liang's crazy behavior of throwing money. "We all know that you support Huang's heart, but your previous three wedding banquets have troubled us."

Gong Liang lowered his voice with a guilty tone: "So I changed it to a birthday party."

Huang Jia: …

Is there any difference???

Huang Jia sighed and felt very tired.

Huang Jiayi turned his head and saw Qin Huai in the corner.

Huang Jia:!
Qin Huai:?
Huang Jia quickly pointed at Qin Huai and introduced him enthusiastically: "Mr. Gong, this is our new dim sum chef, Master Qin Huai. The new dim sum you bought yesterday, such as the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and Wu Ding Bao, were all made by Master Qin."

Gong Liang hurriedly came forward and shook Qin Huai's hand, saying excitedly: "Master Qin, I have heard of your name for a long time, and I finally meet you! I came here yesterday to buy a lot of dim sum, fearing that you would only come for a day of communication and then I would not be able to eat it. I didn't expect that you would come to Huang's Restaurant to start work. It was such a surprise. As long as I think about eating such delicious dim sum every day in the future, I, Gong Liang, will wake up with a smile in my dreams!"

"I like every snack you make, especially the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns. I can't even count how many years it has been since I've had such excellent fermented glutinous rice steamed buns!"

"I just saw the apple dough fruit you made yourself. The craftsmanship, the shape, and the appearance are simply ingenious and a masterpiece of a master!"

"If I hadn't seen you in person, I wouldn't have believed that you were such a young and promising pastry chef."

"To be honest, I have a favor to ask for. I have a goddaughter who will be getting engaged soon. The man is from another place, and my parents-in-law are very interested in the snacks in Gusu, so of course we have to give her a good reception."

"My goddaughter doesn't have many connections, so this matter fell to me. I've heard that your noodle making skills are very superb, and today I know that it's really as good as the reputation. I wonder if you have time to help make a batch of noodle. If possible, it would be better if you can make a few samples first so that we can have an idea of ​​the situation."

"The engagement date is next month. Are you free during this time?"

Faced with Gong Liang's zero-frame start, Qin Huai was slightly stunned, and immediately understood the content of Gong Liang's long string of beautiful words that contained basically no information, and it was very likely that nine of them were true and one was false.

The goddaughter's engagement might be true, but as for the noodles...

Qin Huai smiled slightly, who is not a master of lying?

"Oh, this..." Qin Huai looked confused by the barrage of words, "The types of noodles I'm good at are very limited, so they may not be very presentable."

Seeing that Gong Liang wanted to talk, Qin Huai immediately followed up: "Why don't we add each other on WeChat?"

With this big logo, he must be a big customer, so you can definitely add him on WeChat.

Gong Liang immediately took out his mobile phone and added WeChat. After adding WeChat, Qin Huai used a trick to escape immediately and threw the question to Huang Jia.

Huang Jia: …

Huang Jia could only continue to battle with Gong Liang, while reflecting on whether his cooking skills were indeed not that good. Why didn’t any customers order his signature dishes? Could he go in and cook a couple of dishes?

After listening to a wonderful gossip, Qin Huai entered the toilet, walked into the cubicle, closed and locked the door, and opened the game panel.

Side tasks:

3. [The Taste of Memory 3]: As a former gold medal salesperson at a silk weaving factory, Gong Liang has been known for his eloquence for many years, relying on his eloquence to travel the world. But no one knows that Gong Liang's original intention to become a gold medal salesperson was just to earn enough bonuses one day to realize the freedom of eating dim sum, and to eat a lot of dim sum made by his neighbor, the master chef of the state-owned restaurant, Master Jing. Unfortunately, after becoming a gold medal salesperson, Gong Liang only ate crab roe steamed buns for a month, and Master Jing retired. From then on, the crab roe steamed buns for that month became an indelible taste in his memory. Players are invited to make crab roe steamed buns that Gong Liang approves of and relive the taste of memory.

Mission Reward: [Gong Liang's Memory], Popularity Drainage +2000 (Choice: Yes/No)
Qin Huai:!
His family was so touched that he finally received a normal side quest that clearly told him what to do!

Oh my God, this is the task that normal players should do!

Get the Riddler quest out of the game system!
Moreover, the task reward is also very generous, directly adding 2000 popularity and traffic. It can be seen that Gong Liang may indeed be very popular and able to attract traffic.

Since the task was found from Gong Liang, then Gong Liang is most likely a spirit. Qin Huai opened the illustrated book again and found that it was indeed the case.

A new illustration has been unlocked.

Name: Gong Liang

Species: Unknown

Status: Awakening

Memory:0/?

Recipe: None
Gift: None
Qin Huai was a little confused about what the awakening state meant, so he sent a message to Luo Jun. Luo Jun didn't reply, probably because he was watching TV instead of looking at his phone.

Now Qin Huai and Gong Liang are only acquaintances on WeChat, they are not familiar with each other, and the task is not urgent, so Qin Huai did not call and chose to go back to continue working.

When Qin Huai came out of the bathroom and returned to the kitchen, Huang Jia and Gong Liang were no longer at the kitchen door, presumably the battle had ended.

Qin Huai walked into the kitchen, where Huang Jia was deboning a pig's head. The pig's head was just taken out of the pressure cooker, and he was deboning it with his bare hands while wearing gloves. His hands were ruthless.

Qin Huai glanced at the pig's head. It looked indeed very soft and chewy, and was completely dyed with sauce color, giving the feeling that the marinade had seeped into the meat.

It would be great to take a bite of such a big pig head with the bones removed.

Slip.

Can't think about it.

Qin Huai went to knead the dough that had already fermented and was waiting for a second fermentation, and by the way, he caught Dong Shi who was passing by and asked him some gossip.

Dong Shi is the chef at Duntou, mainly responsible for cutting and preparing dishes. When he is busy, he will also help out with other tasks, such as running errands, fetching things, and arranging dishes. Usually, he is busy before the business officially starts, but he will be a little more relaxed after the business starts.

Dong Shi has already started running errands.

As the last disciple, Dong Shi often did various errands.

"Dong Shi, do you know who Mr. Gong Liang who was outside just now?" Qin Huai asked.

As a chatterbox who can't control his mouth, Dong Shi would usually take the initiative to share gossip with him even if Qin Huai didn't ask, not to mention that Qin Huai asked now.

Dong Shi immediately took over the odd job beside Qin Huai and said, "Of course I know. He is the most famous customer in our store!"

"The one who held many wedding banquets I told you about last time was him."

"I heard that he used to be a salesman in a silk factory." Qin Huai asked tentatively.

"That's right." Dong Shi nodded. "He is the head of the sales department of the silk factory. He was one of the first batch of people to go into business. He is now very rich in the silk business. I heard that it was he who borrowed the start-up capital for Uncle Zheng to go into business, and it was also him who borrowed the money for my master to buy the state-owned restaurant. He is a childhood friend of my master and uncle, and he seems to be their neighbor." "Neighbor?" Qin Huai grasped the key word.

"I guess so." Dong Shi was not sure. "I heard about it. When my master and uncle were learning martial arts, they lived in my master's house. Mr. Gong was my master's neighbor."

"My master's grandfather had an accident and the coal stove fell over and pressed on his legs. It was Mr. Gong who helped send him to the hospital."

"Mr. Gong has been very supportive of Huang Ji's business over the years. Whenever there is a business banquet, it is always held at Huang Ji. He has also introduced many business partners to Huang Ji for dinner."

"Even during festivals, Mr. Gong would give us red envelopes. In the past two years, Master's health has not been good, and Mr. Gong also introduced a good doctor to him."

"He's actually a nice guy, and he's very familiar with everyone. It's just that Mr. Gong is too talkative, and he can turn black into white. Originally, something as outrageous as three wedding banquets was definitely not allowed, but Master was persuaded by Mr. Gong."

"Mr. Gong is a very good at coaxing and persuading people. Whenever he finds an opportunity, he wants to give him something good. Sometimes I feel that he may not really want it, but he just thinks it would be a waste if he doesn't say a few words when he sees an opportunity."

"But sometimes I really think Mr. Gong is amazing. Uncle Zheng has basically not cooked in recent years. When Uncle Zheng makes dim sum at Huang Ji, 10 out of 8 times he makes it for Mr. Gong. Not to mention the Chinese New Year, Mr. Gong's New Year's Eve dinner is a three-head banquet specially prepared by the chef himself. This has been the case for more than years, every year."

Qin Huai understood that there is no meal in this world that a gold medal salesperson cannot eat.

"Mr. Gong, what snacks do you like? Breakfast is fine, steamed buns, steamed bread, siomai, etc." Qin Huai asked, "I remember that the crab roe siomai in Gusu seems to be quite famous."

Dong Shi didn't realize that Qin Huai was forcibly leading the topic to the crab roe steamed buns. He nodded and said, "It's quite famous. Many stores sell it. I ate it in the morning some time ago, but I don't like steamed buns very much."

"It tastes too dry, I'd rather eat crab roe soup dumplings. But crab roe soup dumplings are too expensive, and many crab roe soup dumplings are expensive and not tasty, I'd rather eat some steamed buns, steamed bread and noodle soup."

"Hey, Qin Huai, can you make crab roe siomai? I remember you seem to have made steamed buns, steamed buns, dumplings, and noodles, but you have never made siomai. Does your community canteen usually sell siomai? Do you eat more noodles, steamed buns, and other things in the morning?"

"I can make steamed buns, but I can't make steamed buns with crab roe." Qin Huai said honestly. He really didn't know how to make steamed buns with crab roe. When Qin Luo wanted to eat steamed buns before, he wanted to eat mutton steamed buns.

It’s the same problem with those palace fighting dramas, there aren’t any shots of crab roe steamed buns.

However, Qin Huai feels that all steamed dumplings should be similar. He can make steamed dumplings with meat filling and glutinous rice filling. It is only a matter of time before he learns to make steamed dumplings with crab roe.

But the quality cannot be guaranteed.

Huang Shengli and Zheng Da were both taught by Jing Lixiang. In Qin Huai's opinion, these two apprentices had already learned enough skills, but they only learned 60% to 70% of their master's skills. Qin Huai couldn't even imagine how high the level of Master Jing's own skills were.

The siomai I made must be at least an A+.

Thinking about it this way, Gong Liang’s task is actually more difficult. Qinhuai can’t even make A+ grade steamed buns.

Qin Huai sighed sadly. Dong Shi, who was still gossiping, stopped and looked at him, thinking that he didn't tell any sad gossip.

"If you want to eat crab roe steamed buns, I can learn how to make them during this period of time and make them for you after I learn." Qin Huai said.

Dong Shi:?
Dong Shi:!
Dong Shi: (*/ω＼*)
For a moment, Dong Shi was even a little moved.

Qin Huai was actually willing to learn how to make crab roe steamed buns just for his casual words, and even said that he would make it for him after he learned it!
At this moment, Dong Shi no longer wanted Dong Li to be his brother.

He wants to be Qin Huai's younger brother.

Brother, I have been waiting for you for so many years!

At the same time, Qin Luo, who had just finished lunch in the cafeteria of Shuanghai High School, took out the calendar that Zhao Rong gave him as a gift when he bought insurance from his schoolbag and put an x ​​on today's date.

Qin Luo counted the days and there were still 27 days left.

Her brother said that he would go to Gusu for a month and would be back after a month.

Although these 3 days are very difficult to endure, as long as she can make it through another 27 days, she can eat a series of snacks made by her brother, including Wu Ding Bao, wine-fermented steamed buns, crab shell yellow, fruits, glutinous rice cakes...!
Qin Luo raised her head slightly, only in this way could she not shed tears. She felt that at this moment she was very much like the heroine in a melodrama. Although it was not yet the festive season and she was not looking at the moon, she really missed her loved ones.

Brother, I miss you so much!
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"Wuhu, get off work, eat!"

The relatives didn't feel the sister's longing at all. After finishing the last 6 apple noodles, Guoer went home happily. She even wanted to squeeze to the stove to see what to eat for lunch.

Qin Huai felt that it was most likely not Huang Jia who prepared the staff lunch today.

Huang Jia is busy.

The braised whole pig head is about to enter the final thickening part. The deboned pig head is placed on a large plate and a few spoonfuls of the remaining marinade from the previous stew are poured on it and then steamed. The remaining marinade will not be wasted. It is boiled into a thick soup that can be used for thickening. When the pig head is finally taken out of the pot, it is poured on top to add the finishing touch.

Huang Jia is boiling the last bit of soup.

The meat is fragrant.

The pig's head was stewed in the marinade for 4 hours. Not only did the flavor of the marinade permeate into the pig's head, but the aroma of the pig's head meat also permeated into the marinade.

The two blended together and combined, the soup was so fragrant when Huang Jia was cooking it that Qin Huai wanted to go out and find a braised meat shop to buy some pig's head to eat.

If you can’t eat a whole roasted pig’s head, can’t you eat some braised pig’s head meat?

Qin Huai was ready to make a move.

The chef in charge of staff meals is frying fried rice.

Yangzhou fried rice, very fragrant.

Qin Huai began to wonder whether pig head would taste good with fried rice.

The fried rice is out of the pan.

The roasted whole pig's head is also out of the pot.

Huang Jia took the steamed pig's head out of the steamer, put it on a new plate, placed a whole circle of juicy cabbage hearts around the pig's head, placed some mushrooms on it, and finally poured a spoonful of thick soup on it.

"Bliss."

This was the sound of Qin Huai drooling in his heart.

At this moment, Qin Huai understood a little bit why Gong Liang could always eat delicious food during the holidays, but would still try to persuade and persuade him whenever he had the chance, no matter if he had anything to do.

Who complains about something being too delicious?

Gong Liang is not short of money.

Hey, how come these monsters are always rich?

This group of wealthy goblins really makes Qu Jing look like a poor person.

A plate of roasted whole pig's head with good color, aroma and taste was created.

Huang Jia was not idle and started stir-frying vegetables.

Qin Huai discovered that there was no chef serving the dishes.

"Hey, why is no one serving the dishes? Isn't this what Gong Liang ordered from the private room?" Qin Huai asked Zheng Siyuan.

"No." Zheng Siyuan held a plate of steamed rice wine buns that were still steaming hot and placed it next to the roasted whole pig's head. "This is our staff meal!"

Qin Huai:!
After two minutes, the fried vegetables are ready.

The dishes are ready.

Huang Jia smiled and said, "It took some time to grill the whole pig's head. I felt that you two would not have an extra appetite for other things after eating this dish, so I fried a simple dish of vegetables. There are fewer dishes today, don't mind."

"My skill in making roasted whole pig head is still not as good as my master's. Qin Huai, if you are free during the Chinese New Year this year, you can come to Gusu to taste the roasted whole pig head made by my master. His skill is much better than mine."

"Hmm, hmm, hmm!" Qin Huai was already holding the bowl and chopsticks, his mouth full of pig head meat. He could only use some vague interjections to express his approval, praise, and determination to come to Gusu for the New Year.

Zheng Siyuan handed Qin Huai a steamed bun.

"It tastes better when eaten with steamed buns." Zheng Siyuan said, "We eat it this way every Chinese New Year."

"If you don't mind, you can dip the steamed buns in the soup, but I think that would ruin the flavor of the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns. My dad likes to eat them this way."

Qin Huai: I like it. I like it all. I like it no matter how I eat it! ヾ(≧O≦)
I love Huang Ji’s staff meal!

He must be working hard at Huang Kee!

(End of this chapter)