The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 243: The taste is not enough, but the feelings make up for it
After getting off work, Qin Huai made three flavors of glutinous rice balls stuffed with various fruits.

One is the traditional simple filling of peanuts and melon seeds of the Zheng Da school, one is the advanced and difficult filling of almonds and walnuts of the Zheng Siyuan school, and the other is the medium-difficulty filling of almonds and peanuts that he likes to eat.

Yes, the fruit filling research team is actually divided into three research directions, and the three pastry chefs with independent research capabilities have their own ideas.

The reason why Zheng Siyuan only quarreled with Zheng Da and not with Qin Huai was because Zheng Siyuan felt that Qin Huai's filling was also difficult and worth researching, unlike his father's filling which was purely lazy.

Qin Huai would never speak at this time, nor would he reveal why he wanted to make almond and peanut filling.

Qin Luo likes to eat almonds and Qin Huai likes to eat peanuts.

Especially when the Chinese New Year is approaching, Qin Huai feels that the gene for loving peanuts engraved in his DNA is about to be activated.

Grandma Qin is good at frying peanuts. She mixes the shelled peanuts with the shavings and stir-fries them together. The fried peanuts taste delicious. If Qin Huai doesn't need to make snacks, she can give him a bucket of peanuts and Qin Luo a bucket of almonds. The brother and sister can squat in the yard and eat them all afternoon without watching TV.

Although Qinhuai has his favorite fruit filling, he also dabbles in the other two and can make them all.

As for dim sum fillings, any filling that tastes good is good filling.

Qinhuai made a lot of glutinous rice balls in the evening, enough for a big basin, but he didn't call anyone over except Ouyang. He also said in the tasting group: Because Huang's is on holiday tomorrow, I won't make glutinous rice balls tonight because I want to go to bed early.

I packed a big pot, but only cooked 4.

Ouyang looked at the bowl of wrapped dumplings and asked curiously, "Are these dumplings going to be sent back to Luoluo? But won't Luoluo be here on vacation in two days? Are they going to be sent to Mr. Luo? Can Mr. Luo bear to eat so many dumplings at his age? I've read in the news that the elderly can't eat too many glutinous rice products, as they can easily choke."

"Mr. Luo doesn't like things that are too sweet." Qin Huai looked at the heat in the pot and began to stir. "I'm going to eat at Master Zheng's house tomorrow, so I won't be making dessert. Put the remaining dumplings in the refrigerator first. Tomorrow morning, please go and share them with the uncles and aunts in the food tasting group."

Ouyang was even more confused and thought it was unnecessary: ​​"Why not eat today and tell them they don't have to come tomorrow?"

After tasting for such a long time and having gained some experience, Ouyang said that he didn't know about other things, but he knew that this snack would taste better if it was made and cooked right after it was made. If it was frozen in the refrigerator, it would not taste as good as before.

Qin Huai wanted to say that of course it was to give Gong Liang a surprise tomorrow, so he just completed these tasks directly.

After successfully carrying water in the afternoon and taking on the task of making four-happiness dumplings tomorrow, Qin Huai suddenly realized that this was actually an opportunity.

Gong Liang is a person who can become very emotional in certain situations, which Qin Huai discovered when he completed the crab roe steamed bun side quest.

Gong Liang is the kind of person who, when you serve him a bowl of food, will feel the bond, friendship, and memories written in it. Even if the taste is not up to par, when Gong Liang takes a bite, the memories come flooding back to his mind, and he is so moved that he can just eat his way through the task.

If the taste isn't enough, the memories can make up for it.

After work in the afternoon, Qin Huai used the excuse of going to the toilet for 10 minutes. He read the side quest of "Gong Liang's Desire" over and over again, and found a loophole to exploit.

There are loopholes in game missions, which Qin Huai discovered a long time ago and had succeeded in doing.

In the side quest [Gong Liang's Desire], the quest details have a lot of words describing the status of the Qianhua Palace Lantern Buns and Four-happiness Tangyuan in Gong Liang's memory. They are the concrete embodiment of Gong Liang's beautiful memories of the past, youth, family, and friendship. In other words, these two foods are full of buffs for Gong Liang.

The task details describe that Gong Liang wanted to eat again the delicious Four-happiness Rice Balls and Flower-studded Lantern Buns that he had eaten at his birthday party.

The birthday party is a scene restriction for the buff. Qin Huai had previously thought that if he wanted to add a buff to it, serving these two snacks on Gong Liang’s birthday would definitely have a very good effect.

It’s a birthday party, so let’s get to the point!
However, there is actually a loophole in this detail, which is that it does not require who made the two snacks.

Just let Gong Liang eat it.

All that's left is to stack the buffs.

As long as the buff is enough to make Gong Liang moved, it is not a dream to complete the task in one bite.

Qin Huai felt that tomorrow was an opportunity.

Because tomorrow is a small gathering, there will be a lot of people.

The only ones who will be participating in the dinner tomorrow are Zheng Da, Zheng Siyuan, Huang Shengli, Huang Anyao, Qin Huai, Gong Liang, Guo Mingzhu and Gong Baozhu.

In a sense, this is Gong Liang's group of friends.

Originally, it was agreed that only Zheng Da and Huang Shengli would cook, one in charge of white dishes and the other in charge of red dishes. The combination of the two made Master Jing.

Huang Shengli said that he would not specially prepare any special dishes tomorrow, but would just stir-fry a few simple home-cooked dishes. The main purpose was to have a rare break so that everyone could get together, and to let Zheng Da make some snacks so that he would not be unfamiliar with them.

Qin Huai has been working tirelessly on researching glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings during this period. His spirit of never giving up no matter how dark the situation is or how difficult it is has deeply moved Gong Liang.

In Gong Liang’s words: Master Qin has me in his heart!
Qin Huai felt that the buffs had been stacked very well. Except that tomorrow was not Gong Liang’s birthday, basically all the buffs that could be stacked had been stacked.

Qin Huai has tried the Clamp Flower Palace Lantern Bag, and found that the fingering is indeed very difficult, which is a purely technical issue. Now Qin Huai is forced to make the Clamp Flower Palace Lantern Bag, and it is painful for Qin Huai to do it, and the finished product is not very good-looking.

Instead of practicing making Four Happiness Tangyuan and then spending half a year practicing making Qianhua Gongdengbao, it is better to give it a try and see if you can take a shortcut.

If you can't take shortcuts, just practice again. There is no conflict between the two.

So Qin Huai secretly called Zheng Da before he got off work, and used exquisite language skills to express his love for the clamp-flowered palace lantern bag and his praise for the clamp-flowered palace lantern bag Zheng Da made last time.

Oh, the buns last time were simply works of art!

Qin Huai wants to see the artwork again tomorrow.

If it were in the past, Zheng Da might have hesitated to do it.

Too much trouble.

It’s okay to make one or two. There will be too many people eating tomorrow. Even if Zheng Da likes to show off, he doesn’t want to spend so much effort on it.

But in the situation yesterday, Zheng Da agreed without any hesitation.

He needs to prove himself so much.

The rebellious son actually questioned his idea of ​​making snacks!

What's wrong with peanut and melon seed stuffed dumplings? What's wrong with being simple? Delicious is king!

Do you think your father can't make complicated snacks? Do you think your father is the kind of person who can only cheat and play tricks? Don't underestimate your father's ability, okay!
Zheng Da felt that Qin Huai's request was just what he needed. As long as he could make two plates of works of art tomorrow, he would be able to show off and prove his strength at the same time.

He can change from being sneaky and cunning to Master Zheng having his own ideas.

The most important thing is that he doesn't have to say a word at that time. He will say everything as soon as the buns are served on the table.

So, Zheng Da immediately said that there was no problem, and he also pretended to be cool by saying that the last time he made it, it was just a casual work and it couldn't be considered a work of art. He would make a big one tomorrow to let Qin Huai see what a beautiful and exquisite palace lantern bag with clamp flowers is.

Zheng Da's flower-patterned palace lanterns were ready, and Qin Huai felt that his four-happiness dumplings shouldn't be a big problem either.

It doesn’t matter if the taste is not good, the feelings can make up for it. The buff of the Four Happiness Tangtuan is already enough.

In order to win tomorrow, I can only try my best tonight with the uncles and aunts in the food tasting group and the Gong Liang couple next door.

If you don’t have anything to eat tonight, you can suddenly eat it tomorrow, and the effect will be better.

Qin Huai said casually: "If you eat it today and don't eat it tomorrow, you won't have anything to eat tomorrow. The dumplings are just left overnight, so the taste won't be affected that much." "Be careful when you cook it at home tomorrow, don't let it break."

Ouyang was immediately moved and said, "Good brother, I won’t say anything more!"

As long as my Ouyang's hand-made lemon tea shop is open for one day, you will have a day's worth of hand-made lemon tea to drink.

As he was talking, the dumplings came out of the pot.

I cooked 4 in total, 2 per person, and opened blind boxes with 3 flavors.

As soon as the 3-minute and 50-second cooling time was over, Qin Huai and Ouyang started eating.

The first thing Qin Huai ate was a peanut seed.

Not to mention, although this filling is very ordinary and normal, the taste is really in line with the public's taste and it is difficult to go wrong.

Moreover, compared with other fillings, it is relatively simple, the combination of ingredients is the easiest to control, the least likely to fail and also the easiest to make.

"Hmm." Qin Huai made an admiring sound.

Just as I was admiring it, my cell phone rang. I looked and saw it was a WeChat call from Qin Luo.

connected.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, brother, brother, brother, did you hear me? Did you hear me? Can you hear me? Did you hear me? If you heard me, just squeak, hey, hey, hey!"

Qin Luo's voice echoed throughout the kitchen, making the fruit-filled dumplings that had not yet been put into the pot want to cover their ears.

You're so excited, there must be something good.

Qin Huai swallowed the glutinous rice ball in his mouth: "Squeak."

"Brother, let me tell you, we..."

"Early holiday?" Qin Huai answered quickly.

Qin Luo was interrupted in casting the spell. He paused for several seconds before organizing his words. He regained his excited tone and continued in a high voice:
"Yes, I'm going to have a holiday early! I can go to Gusu to see you after I finish my last exam tomorrow!"

"Mom has bought me a plane ticket for tomorrow afternoon. If I transfer to the high-speed train, I will arrive at 11pm! Brother, what fun things are there in Gusu? What delicious food is there? What can I eat at 11pm?"

"You've only been back for a few days in the past few months. I've been eating the canteen and Chen Ange's buns every day, and I've become skinny. I just had a video call with my grandma, and she said that my face has become thinner, so she transferred 500 yuan to me so that I can eat more delicious food."

"Really? That's great. When you come to Gusu, you can give me the 500 yuan your grandma gave you first, and pay back part of the money you owe for the snacks." Qin Huai ate the dumplings calmly.

Qin Luo's voice stagnated again.

"elder brother!"

"It is only natural to pay back debts. The final exams have already started, right? How did you do? How much New Year's money do you think you will get this year? Will it be enough to pay off your debts?"

Ouyang looked at Qin Huai in shock, as if he was looking at a ruthless capitalist.

"Brother!" Qin Luo's voice became even more shrill.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I don't know what fun things there are in Gusu, so you'll have to ask your brother Ouyang to take you there. There are delicious foods right across the street, such as crab meat lion's head, braised silver carp head, roasted whole pig's head, fried eel paste, squirrel mandarin fish, boiled dried shredded pork, green snail shrimp, soft-shelled long fish, pine nut corn, Wensi tofu, water shield soup, cherry meat, Yangzhou fried rice, Dongpo pork elbow, and Dongpo pork. They are all delicious. When you come, I'll introduce you to a brother named Huang. He'll eat them while you talk."

Qin Luo swallowed his saliva.

"However, you are a freshman in high school now, and you can't just think about eating, drinking and having fun and ignore your studies during the winter vacation. It's okay to eat, drink and have fun more during the New Year, but there is still some time before the New Year. If you eat, drink and have fun every day, I will go to work at Huangji and won't have time to supervise you, and your parents will be worried about you staying in Gusu." Qin Huai's tone was also full of hesitation and entanglement.

"Brother, don't worry. I will definitely study hard at home. I will finish my homework every day before going out to eat!" Qin Luo only regretted that this was a voice call instead of a video call, otherwise she would have raised her hand and sworn on the spot.

"I'm worried about you studying at home alone. Now that you're in high school, we can't tutor you."

“I can take remedial classes!”

"This is Gusu, and you go to a private school. Where do you go to attend the cram school?"

Qin Luo was confused: "What should I do? Mom has bought the ticket for me. I will stay in Gusu for a few days and then Mom will let me go back to do my homework, right?"

"I have an idea." Qin Huai smiled slightly and put down the bowl. It was not easy to perform while holding the bowl.

"If we can't attend the remedial class, we can hire a one-on-one tutor. When the final grades are out, we can hire a tutor for the subject we didn't do well in and pay the money all at once."

"If your parents want you to go back, I will tell them that the tuition is not yet completed and the money cannot be refunded. Your parents will feel bad about the money and will definitely let you stay here until the tuition is completed before you can go back."

Qin Luo was overjoyed: "Brother, you are so smart!"

Then he hesitated again: "But..."

The elongated tail tone made Ouyang on the other end of the phone nervous. He winked at Qin Huai frantically, condemning Qin Huai's behavior of deceiving his sister. See, he was discovered.

“One-on-one tutoring is so expensive.”

"It's not expensive. I have an acquaintance."

Qin Luo was relieved: "Then do as you say, brother. Haha, I can play in Gusu until the New Year! Brother, you won't take my phone away like mom did and only let me play with it for two hours a day, right?"

"Of course not." Qin Huai said with a smile, even though Qin Luo couldn't see his expression at all, "As long as you finish your classes and homework every day, you can play however you want!"

If Qin Luo still has time to play by then.

Qin Huai said that he is a very democratic brother and respects his sister's opinions.

At the same time, he also attaches great importance to education. As long as it is for my sister's grades, it doesn't matter if I spend a little more money.

"Great!"

Qin Huai hung up the phone.

Ouyang was stunned. He held the bowl and pointed at his phone: "Luoluo is tricked into taking extra classes during the holidays every year?"

Qin Huai waved his hand, "How can you say it's a lie? I took extra classes in elementary school. At that time, I was in high school. My parents treated me equally and gave me as many extra classes as I wanted. If I wasn't good at Chinese, math, and English, I would make up for it with Olympiad math and Go. Now that I think about it, Luo Luo's grades in elementary school were pretty good."

"It's just that I didn't take enough extra classes after entering junior high school. I had stopped taking extra classes by then. Sometimes Luoluo didn't want to take extra classes and made a scene, but my parents didn't have time to take care of it."

"Now is a critical time. Our family is not short of money. It would be good for the children to learn more subjects."

Ouyang: "Why do I feel like you simply don't want Luo Luo to have too much fun during the holiday."

"How can you say that? I'm a good brother known to everyone within a ten-mile radius of our hometown." Qin Huai said with a serious expression.

"It is my duty to care about my sister's studies."

(End of this chapter)