The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 240 Is this still a dumpling with fruit filling?
In the end, Gong Liang and Qin Huai both ate two dumplings stuffed with various fruits.

Qin Huai didn’t know whether Gong Liang was in good condition or not, but he was about to be killed by these two dumplings.

The next day, when Qin Huai arrived at Huang Ji, the first thing he did was not to have breakfast, but to grab Tan Weian and ask him to review the production process, ingredients and why the proportions of the normal fruit-filled glutinous rice balls were that way.

Tan Weian was so scared that he thought Qin Huai was here to make a surprise inspection of his homework today.

Although Qin Huai did not give Tan Weian any homework regarding making glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings, Tan Weian did not practice making glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings during this period.

Tan Wei'an has his own rhythm.

His rhythm is not to touch the mincemeat.

Tan Weian felt that he was a little allergic to these three words.

"Well...that is...actually...this...give me two minutes to sort it out. The process of making this dumpling with various fruit fillings is..." After being asked by Qin Huai, Tan Weian's brain froze. He just felt like he was back in school days, dreaming about the feeling of being in a daze in class and being called on by the teacher to answer a question.

Tan Weian winked at his junior brother frantically, asking Gu Li to come and save him.

Guli brought a bowl of cooked crepe wontons, which were filled with seaweed, small shrimps, and a handful of chopped green onions, which was Qinhuai’s favorite configuration.

Qin Huai took the wonton and started eating. Seeing that the person who handed the wonton was Gu Li, he asked casually, "How is your Ruyi Scroll going?"

Qin Huai knew that he had neglected Gu Li a little during this period.

There were too many things happening during this period of time. It was discovered that Uncle Wang was a monster, Qu Jing woke up, Chen Huihong and the group of guests from Yunzhong Canteen arrived to buy houses. Qin Huai's mind was divided among his familiar friends, so there was much less left for the people around him.

Guli is always a taciturn person. He comes to work the earliest and leaves the latest every day. He never says a word and just works hard, doing whatever others ask him to do.

In the beginning, when everyone was not familiar with each other, everyone at Huangji would pay a little attention to Gu Li. After all, his working hours were really too long, and this super curling king was still worthy of everyone's strong attention.

Now that everyone is familiar with each other, they have gotten used to it, and Gu Li has gradually become less noticeable.

Qin Huai felt that he had not eaten the Ruyi rolls made by Gu Li for several days. Gu Li would make them every day, but he would not take the initiative to give them to Qin Huai to taste. The other chefs at Zhiweiju actively served tea, water and snacks, and Qin Huai's focus was naturally on the other chefs.

Gu Li said in a muffled voice: "It's still the same as before, no change."

No change means no progress.

"I will practice more," Gu Li added.

"Practice well." Qin Huai encouraged, "Quantitative change can lead to qualitative change."

Qin Huai had already eaten half a bowl of wontons while he was talking. He turned his gaze back to Tan Weian: "Are you done?"

Tan Weian: ...Did Qin Huai secretly work part-time as a teacher? Why does he feel that Qin Huai looks a bit like his junior high school dean?
Tan Weian could only stammer as he repeated the recipe for the fruit filling that he had already told Qin Huai, adding some of his newly made up ideas, and finally said with a sad face:

"I'm really not good at making minced fruit filling. I just learned the recipe from Master Zhou and practiced for a while. I learned it because Master Zhou was willing to teach me. I thought more skills are better than less, so I didn't study and develop in depth."

"I know." Qin Huai nodded. It was not the first day he knew Tan Weian.

If Tan Weian were put in a novel about cultivating immortals, he would be a young man born into a prominent family. His cultivation was okay, but not too advanced. He could beat the casual cultivators of the same level by relying on his many magic weapons.

If you want to expect his cultivation to be very high, that is impossible, but you can count on his treasure bag, you never know what good things he might get out of it.

"I just want to confirm the main ingredient again." Qin Huai said.

Tan Weian's recipe was given by Master Zhou. As the most famous chef of Zhiweiju, the recipe given by Master Zhou must be flawless and must be the best of its kind.

It will definitely be right if you study it according to the ideas of Master Zhou's prescription.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Huai suddenly realized that Zheng Da's original idea was right. After Zheng Da couldn't come up with a fruit filling, he went home to seek help from Master Zhou of Zhiweiju. He got the recipe and pondered it for a few days. He changed the soup but didn't change the medicine. He added a few more nuts and preserved fruits that would not affect the overall consistency and made a normal fruit filling.

Zheng Da's idea is actually a low-end version of deception. He just didn't think of increasing the dosage of winter melon candy to achieve the maximum degree of deception.

Seeing Qin Huai lost in thought, Tan Weian asked tentatively, "Master Qin...Master Qin, you don't want to make fruit dumplings this afternoon, do you?"

Look how scared Tan Weian was, he even called Master Qin.

Tan Weian's voice was very low, but it was still heard by Zheng Siyuan who was not far away. As soon as Zheng Siyuan heard the five words "fruit-filled glutinous rice balls", the keywords were triggered and he walked over with wontons.

"Are you going to make fruit filling today?" Zheng Siyuan's tone was filled with a hint of relief.

That was a feeling that I knew you and the other snacks were just for fun, and the most important thing in your heart right now was the satisfaction of the fruit filling.

"I have some ideas and plan to practice them when I go back tonight. Ouyang is at home, so he can help with the food tasting." Qin Huai told the truth.

"What idea?" Zheng Siyuan asked.

"I'll tell you when there's any result."

After hearing what Qin Huai said, Zheng Siyuan stopped asking questions and went to the side to eat wontons. Tan Weian, on the other hand, stood still and hesitated for a moment before asking:

"So Qin Huai, what are you going to practice this afternoon?"

Qin Huai did not have the habit of taking a break at noon. Every day after lunch, he would make snacks for a while, then practice the heat with Huang Shengli, and then take a 10-minute break before starting business in the evening.

In fact, if you really count it, Qin Huai has spent no less time practicing dim sum every day than the group of lucky draw students at Zhiweiju.

Qin Huai has to make another batch when he goes back home in the evening.

But Qin Huai himself didn't feel tired. To him, some snacks were work, some snacks were tasks, and some snacks were relaxation.

Although snacks are made from morning to night, these snacks are different and cover work and entertainment.

"Hedgehog bag, didn't you see that I brought all the tool kits?" Qin Huai said.

Qinhuai has a set of special tools for shaping dim sum.

Although his fingering skills have just reached the intermediate level, the poor student has a lot of stationery. In terms of various white countertop tools, Qin Huai has no less than professional chefs who are trained in professional schools.

Qinhuai has small clips, small awls, small pestles for making shapes, some strange little gadgets and various molds.

Some time ago, Zheng Da strongly recommended me a pair of clips for clamping lace, adding a few new tools.

"Why did you suddenly start practicing the hedgehog bag again?" Tan Weian was a little curious.

Based on Tan Weian's understanding of Qin Huai, if Qin Huai suddenly practiced a certain dim sum on a certain day, it might be a spur of the moment decision, but if he practiced the same dim sum for two consecutive days, it meant that he was really practicing.

No matter how many days he practiced, even if it was only two days, it was deliberate practice.

"Practice fingering to get a feel for it. I plan to practice making dumplings with tonghua flowers later." Qin Huai put down the bowl and stopped a passing chef from Zhiweiju. "Is anyone making dumplings today?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Master Qin, I'll get it for you!"

Ever since the chef from Zhiweiju came to Huang Ji to help, the variety of Huang Ji's breakfast has become more and more abundant.

"Practicing new snacks again." Tan Weian murmured, and then raised his voice, "Qin Huai, why on earth do you want to practice so many strange snacks?"

Tan Weian directly asked the question that had troubled Zheng Siyuan for a long time.

"Because a friend wants to eat it." Qin Huai still felt his mouth was a little dry, so he took a tomato from the washed vegetables and started to eat it directly, "It's like four-happiness dumplings, which is what Mr. Gong wants to eat."

"Rice cake is what Dr. Qu likes to eat."

"The double crab buns are what Uncle Wang wants to eat."

"Including the fruit I make every day now, it's a friend you don't know who doesn't like to go out and likes to eat it."

"There are a lot of meat-filled snacks, not to mention palace snacks, they're all what my sister Luoluo wants to eat." "Are you practicing this just because your friends want to eat them? Are you practicing the same way as making four-happiness dumplings?" Tan Weian was shocked.

"Yes." Qin Huai couldn't tell Tan Weian that some snacks were for completing game tasks, so he could only say something else, "Aren't snacks made for people to eat?"

"It's just that many chefs make dim sum for their guests, but I make a lot of dim sum for my friends."

"For me, as long as my family and friends are happy eating my dim sum, I will feel very satisfied. Not to mention that I can make money by the way. I can make any dim sum, so why not make the dim sum that I want and can make my family and friends happy."

Tan Weian still had a shocked expression, but within his shock there was a hint of sudden realization and enlightenment.

"Why do you suddenly ask this?" Qin Huai asked.

"I just felt confused all of a sudden after coming to Huang Ji." Tan Wei'an blurted out, "I have learned a lot of dim sum, and I have a lot of good recipes, and even some secret recipes, too many to learn."

"So in the past two years, I actually didn't know which one I should practice, what to do, where to start learning, and where to practice. There are too many choices and I don't know which one is good. I can't do the most difficult one, and I am unwilling to do the one I am best at."

"I saw you doing this all the time and thought you were the same as me, but it turns out you are different from me."

Qin Huai:......

Did he just hear some Versailles speech?
What do you mean by too many dim sum recipes to learn? How many dim sum recipes do you have in your bag of tricks, Tan Weian? So many that you can't learn them all.

"Qin Huai, what do you think I should start practicing?" Tan Weian looked like he had found a life mentor.

Qin Huai really wanted to say to Tan Weian, "Please take out the things in your treasure bag first, so that I can see how many dessert recipes you have. There are so many that I can't learn them all."

But he can't do that.

Tan Weian just said that many of them are secret recipes. No matter how good the relationship is, you can't just look at other people's secret recipes.

Not to mention that Tan Weian and Qin Huai were actually dispatched workers from Huangji, and the two were just temporary colleagues.

"Practice what you like. If that doesn't work, practice what Gu Li likes. Isn't he your junior fellow apprentice? Asking someone you have a good relationship with to help taste test the food can give you motivation."

Tan Weian thought it made sense, and quickly moved closer to Gu Li: "Junior brother, what snacks do you like?"

Gu Li looked up at Tan Weian, said nothing, and continued to make snacks.

Guli couldn't understand what qualifications his third senior brother had to complain that Qin Huai was obsessed with making fruit fillings and had become a pervert. He was obviously not much better.

Since the third brother came to Huang's, he has become more and more unreliable.
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That night, Qin Huai made another batch of glutinous rice balls stuffed with various fruits.

The first attempt yesterday determined the general direction, the communication with Tan Weian during the day set the main tone, and the fruit-filled dumplings in the evening achieved a huge breakthrough!
It still wasn't delicious, but it wasn't that bad.

It's still a bit too sweet. Qinhuai just started trying to use the taste of winter melon candy to cover the taste of other ingredients. The dosage is still too much, and it's still too much after controlling it.

But there has been a significant improvement compared to before.

Many elderly people even gave positive reviews against their conscience.

He said that compared with all the fruit-filled dumplings he had eaten before, the fruit-filled dumplings he ate tonight were delicious.

Although it is still sweet and not tasty, it is already very delicious among the unpalatable ones.

Qin Huai felt that the old men and women were being PUAed by the fruit-filled dumplings.

Maybe it’s because they had never eaten the delicious one before, so they tried a very explosive version the first time. Many uncles and aunts think that this is the taste of glutinous rice balls stuffed with various fruits, and they, as outsiders, are not used to it.

When they have already defined the fruit-filled dumplings as unpalatable in their minds, then the normal unpalatable taste becomes delicious.

On the third day, Qin Huai continued to try.

It still didn't taste good, but it was a little better than the second day. It was not that sweet anymore, and Qin Huai felt that he had found the proportion of winter melon candy.

On the fourth day, Qinhuai began to try to highlight the flavors of other nuts and preserved fruits while controlling the ingredients of winter melon candy.

This is the idea of ​​making normal fruit-filled gnocchi.

Winter melon candy will cover the taste of most ingredients, but not all of them, otherwise it will not be a fruit filling dumpling but a winter melon candy dumpling.

On the 4th day, Qin Huai was very careful when making it because he knew that he had embarked on the right path.

He no longer had to run around like a headless fly as before. When he tried things randomly without a direction, he could be bold, unconventional, innovative, and do whatever made him happy and weird. But after finding the right direction, all that was left was to strictly control the variables and try them step by step.

After 4 days, there was not a single uncle or auntie left eating the fruit-filled dumplings.

Every night, rain or shine, they arrived at their posts on time and stood from Qin Huai's house to Gong Liang's house. Those who couldn't stand brought their own small stools. Everyone had a resolute attitude and a firm expression.

He said he would never fall behind and would never let Master Qin down.

Then I secretly created a small group and discussed in the group when we should eat the fruit-filled dumplings.

Although it is not as bad as before, it is still not delicious. As expected, different places have different tastes, and they, the outsiders, just can't get used to the taste of the locals.

Then on this day, the uncles and aunts were surprised to find that their tastes seemed to have been assimilated.

This glutinous rice dumpling with various fruit fillings that looks so daunting doesn’t seem to be that bad after all.

No, it’s not that it seems less unpalatable, it’s just that it has become less unpalatable.

It has become a normal taste that people can accept.

Of course, it doesn't taste good either.

It is a sweet glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in glutinous rice and mixed with a lot of nuts. It looks rich in ingredients and nutritious, but the taste is extremely ordinary. It is not a big problem to eat one or two.

An ordinary glutinous rice ball with many substitutes. You won’t eat it if there are delicious ones, but it doesn’t matter if you have no choice.

Grandma Ding was stunned.

She held the bowl and the spoon, looking at the fruit-filled glutinous rice dumpling with a small bite in the spoon, revealing the filling inside. At first glance, the glutinous rice dumpling looked really good, with rich ingredients.

Grandma Ding suspected that she had been hypnotizing herself on the way here, and the hypnosis was successful.

On the way here, she kept telling herself that she should encourage Master Qin, and that she should praise the taste of the dumplings, saying that they were acceptable and that she should praise them more and accept them.

Grandma Ding really wanted to encourage Qin Huai, and she also really wanted Qin Huai to believe that what she said was true, and then give up making glutinous rice balls with various fruits and do something else.

Grandma Ding said that even though she is of this age, she also had a poor background when she was young. Although she is now quite wealthy and lives a good life, she did suffer a lot when she was young.

As I get older I want to eat something sweet, but not this kind of sweet.

It would be enough to have Ouyang present for this kind of food tasting. He is young and can handle it.

Grandma Ding suspected that she had really tricked herself into it and even her sense of taste was affected.

"I think today's glutinous rice balls seem okay. Is...is...is it my problem?" Grandma Ding began to doubt her life.

A grandmother who never had a name was also confused: "I don't know, because I think it's OK."

Then the grandmother opened her presbyopic eyes, stared at the dumplings, and asked soul-searchingly: "Is this still a dumpling with minced fruit filling?"

"How can it ..."

"Is it okay?"

(End of this chapter)