The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 278 Iron Stomach
Dong Shi was the last one to reply to Qin Huai.

As Huang Ji's butcher chef, Dong Shi cannot play with his mobile phone during working hours, so he seizes every opportunity to share gossip as soon as he gets off work.

The first message he sent back to Qin Huai wasn't even "Wow, how can a meat filling like you be so awesome?", but rather, "Master Zheng is being naughty again and has booked a ticket to go to Sanya for a trip."

Dong Shi didn't care about the meat filling at all. Qin Huai's few months at Huang's had already shocked him enough. A mere photo of the meat filling wouldn't shock him. Even if Qin Huai won the first place in the next celebrity chef selection, Dong Shi wouldn't...

Well, his jaw would drop.

When Dong Shi was sharing gossip with Qin Huai, Qin Huai had finished wrapping the remaining four-happiness dumplings in the kitchen and was sitting in the living room watching TV with his family.

Watch Mr. Qin’s favorite anti-Japanese drama.

This warm atmosphere of the whole family sitting together, watching TV and eating snacks and fruits, appeared in the Qin family for the first time since the Chinese New Year.

Before, Qin Huai almost lived in the kitchen and couldn't even sit in front of the TV.

"Brother, have some cherries!" Qin Luo handed the cherries to Qin Huai, looked at the fruit plate on the coffee table, and stuffed the cut kiwis, mangoes, lychees, and longans into Qin Huai's arms, filling them so full that Qin Huai could hardly hold them all.

Qin Huai had no interest in the fruits that Qin Luo stuffed into his hands. He grabbed two cherries, put the rest of the fruit plate back on the coffee table, picked up a banana, and looked at Qin Luo very calmly.

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

Qin Luo gave a flattering smile.

"Brother, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. Hecheng has started school, and I will also start school in a few days. What are we going to eat tomorrow?"

The private school Qin Luo attends starts late. It is said that this is because many students go abroad with their parents for vacation during the Chinese New Year, and they cannot come back if school starts too early, so Qin Luo can enjoy the vacation until after the Lantern Festival.

He Cheng couldn't do it anymore, so Twelve went back to school with his schoolbag.

"Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, so of course we'll have glutinous rice dumplings." Qin Huai said, "There are plenty of four-happiness dumplings in the kitchen. They'll keep you full."

Qin Luo's face turned green.

It’s not that the Four-Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls are not delicious. During the entire Spring Festival holiday this year, the villagers of Qinjia Village could eat Four-Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls almost every day. No ungrateful child would complain that eating big glutinous rice balls every day was too greasy and they didn’t want to eat them.

If you don't want to eat, there are plenty of people who do.

But Qin Luo ate more than anyone else.

Qin Luo still loves to eat meat in his heart. The Four-happiness Glutinous Rice Dumpling only has 1/4 of meat filling. Qin Luo would rather eat pure meat glutinous rice dumplings every day than eat the Four-happiness Glutinous Rice Dumplings with a reasonable mix every day.

Of course, it would be even better if you eat meat-stuffed dumplings and also have three-diced buns, five-diced buns, crab shell yellow, dream-fulfilling sesame cakes, beef patties, mutton patties, pork patties, donkey meat hot pot, chicken noodle soup, and fruits.

What? You said Qin Huai can’t make donkey meat hotpot?
Qin Luo said it was okay, there were some for sale in town. When she went to visit her best friend on New Year's Eve, her best friend immediately shared with her the good news that a new donkey meat hotpot restaurant had opened in town. Qin Luo left on New Year's Day.
I've eaten in town.

During the days when Qin Luo was punished by Grandma Qin and could only eat four-happiness dumplings and normal meals, Qin Luo often sneaked into the town to buy donkey meat hot buns and donkey soup, and gave all the cash red envelopes he received during the Chinese New Year to the donkey meat hot bun shop.

"Brother, don't we want to eat something else during the holidays?" Qin Luo's voice was full of pleading.

"I don't want to do it." Qin Huai said very honestly.

It is time to eat something good during the holidays, but Qin Huai said that he had injured himself while making snacks some time ago and needed to take it easy. It would be nice to bask in the sun in the yard, play with his phone, and listen to gossip.

Make snacks...

Leave it to your future self.

Qin Luo: ...

"Luoluo, don't bother your brother. You know how hard your brother has been practicing the Four... Four-Happiness Dumplings. You have to ask me to watch you while he writes a test paper every day. How many hours does your brother work in the kitchen every day?" Zhao Rong turned on the strict mother mode, and Qin Luo shut up immediately, fearing that her own mother would ask her to write another test paper tomorrow.

"Huaihuai, have a good rest. Mom and grandma will take care of tomorrow's meal. Lao Qin, go to town and buy a roast goose, a roast duck, and a boiled chicken tomorrow!"

Grandma Qin also thought it made sense and agreed, "Your mother is right. Huai Huai has worked hard for more than ten days. He should rest tomorrow."

"Son, tomorrow you go to your uncle Fushun's house to order grouper, your uncle Guaizi's house to order shrimp, and your aunt Hongping's house to order abalone. Ask for vermicelli with garlic sauce. Her scallops are also good, so order scallops."

"I'll take care of the rest."

Qin Huai was listening on the side, and sighed in his heart that this was the real way to make a good meal.

This family puts together a dish, that family puts together a dish, and the Lantern Festival dishes are all ready without even starting the fire in the kitchen.

Qin Huai didn't say anything, because it was actually similar in previous years, except that in previous years they would exchange dim sum for dishes. This year, every household ate a lot of dim sum, so Grandma Qin could order it openly.

Qin Huai looked at Qin Luo: "Luoluo, have you finished the papers assigned by the teachers?"

Qin Huai hasn't cared about his sister's studies for several days.

"I've finished writing." Qin Luo said loudly, meeting Qin Huai's eyes with a firm face, "Really, I wrote them all carefully, and sent them to the teacher for review. The teacher has finished explaining them!"

"Then you and I will go to the city on the 16th day of the first lunar month." Qin Huai said decisively, "Haven't you always wanted to eat at the seafood restaurant in front of the aquarium in the city? At noon, we will go to Master Cao's house for a quick meal. After lunch, I will discuss the mold with Master Zhang. After the discussion, we will go to the aquarium in the afternoon and then go to the seafood restaurant for dinner."

"I remember that you started school on the 19th of the first lunar month. If nothing goes wrong, we should return to Shan City on the 17th of the first lunar month. These are the last few days of vacation. Have fun."

Qin Luo didn't expect that the last few days of his vacation would be so happy. He had food to eat and fun to play. He instantly forgot the boredom of studying and doing papers before, and felt that this winter vacation was really great.

"Great!" Qin Luo cheered.

Zhao Rong looked at her daughter, whose expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book, shook her head helplessly and continued watching TV.

Only Qin Congwen asked in a low voice out of curiosity: "Huai Huai, who is Master Cao?"

"She is the wife of Carpenter Zhang, the wife of Carpenter Zhang who ordered the mold for you, Dad, decades ago." Qin Huai explained.

Qin Huai's explanation deeply shocked Qin Congwen.

Madam, Qin Congwen said that the last time he heard someone call someone's wife like that was in a TV drama.

"Then Huaihuai, can you bring Luoluo with you when you go to Master Cao's house for dinner?" Qin Congwen asked.

"It was Master Cao's grandson who brought it up. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Master Cao's family came to our house to eat glutinous rice balls, and Luoluo had a quarrel with her grandson Zhang Zhiyun. When he heard that I was going to their house for dinner on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Zhiyun insisted that Luoluo go with him to prove to Luoluo that his grandmother's cooking was better than my dim sum."

Qin Congwen instantly remembered what Qin Huai said, and suddenly realized: "So the kid who quarreled with Luo Luo that day was the grandson of Carpenter Zhang. Then the one standing next to him must be Carpenter Zhang."

"I never thought that Carpenter Zhang would look like this now. He was a famous handsome guy in Qiu County back then. Even the male lead in the TV series was not as handsome as him."

Qin Huai didn't understand Qin Congwen's shock. At this time, Dong Shi sent another message to share the latest gossip. According to people familiar with the matter, Wang Jun will take a day off tomorrow to visit his girlfriend's home for the New Year. The progress is good and they are expected to get engaged this year and get married next year.

Qin Huai quickly picked up his mobile phone and immersed himself in the ocean of eating melons.
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The Qin family spent the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month in an uneventful manner.

With the help of the villagers, Qin Huai had a sumptuous Lantern Festival dinner. The remaining four-happiness dumplings that were not distributed to relatives were frozen by Qin Huai, and Qin Congwen and Zhao Rong were asked to bring them to Dean Qin when they returned to Qiu County the next day to share with the children in the welfare home.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Qin Congwen went back to Qiu County and delivered a batch of four-happiness dumplings to the welfare home. However, the quantity delivered that day was not much, barely enough for a few days.

The children of the Sanmalu Children's Welfare Institute had a complete advanced version of the New Year. They ate the low-end version before the New Year, the medium-end version during the New Year, and the high-end version after the New Year. On the 2th day of the first lunar month, that is, at 26:6 am on February 17, the Qin family got up early and returned.

Qin Congwen and Zhao Rong took their suitcases and hitched a ride with villagers back to Qiu County, while Qin Huai and Qin Luo took a ride with people from the next village to go to the city. Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin sent them to the village entrance. When she thought that the lively New Year was over so quickly, Grandma Qin felt a little sad. When she stood at the village entrance to see them off, she felt like she was standing at the train station to see off her relatives who were going far away. Her nose was sore and tears almost fell.

Qin Congwen also tried to persuade Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin to live in Shan City for a while after the New Year, but the two old people were unwilling to go.

Shan City is too far away. The two old people have lived in the village all their lives. They rarely went out when they were young, and they are even more reluctant to move as they get older.

"Huaihuai, Luoluo, this is the extra red envelope that grandma gave you this year, keep it well. Luoluo, you can't spend this money carelessly. You are a big kid now and you are sensible. If you give grandma a big red envelope this year, grandma will give you a big red envelope too."

While Qin Congwen and Zhao Rong were moving their luggage, Grandma Qin secretly gave Qin Luo and Qin Huai each a big red envelope.

"Drink less milk tea. I saw on the Internet that milk tea is unhealthy. Just drink hand-made lemon tea." Grandma Qin advised.

Qin Huai: ...?
Milk tea is unhealthy, but hand-made lemon tea is healthy?
Which marketing account advertised the hand-made lemon tea?
By the way, Ouyang claimed that his hand-made lemon tea shop would open on the first day of the Chinese New Year. However, it was already February 2th, and Qin Huai had not seen Ouyang’s circle of friends, nor had he seen any relevant news in the Yunzhong Community group.

Ouyang disappeared during the entire Chinese New Year period. Apart from sending Qin Huai a Happy New Year text message at midnight on the first day of the new year, there was no news from him since then.

Of course, Qin Huai didn't keep in touch with his good brother. He was so busy that he almost lived in the kitchen and had no time to look at his phone.

Thinking of this, Qin Huai felt that he had really neglected his good brother Ouyang. Now that the Four Happiness Tangtuan had been practiced, there were still many dishes to be practiced. Qin Luo was about to start school and did not have much time to try the dishes. The real sales volume depended on Ouyang.

Qin Huai took the red envelope and reminded his grandmother to watch less unreliable marketing accounts and not to wake up in the middle of the night to play with her phone and forward marketing videos to the family group.

Playing with your phone with the lights off is bad for your eyes.

Qin Luo also reminded her grandmother that forwarding the message like this would easily expose the fact that she was playing with her phone in the middle of the night.

Grandma Qin was very touched and felt that her grandchildren really cared about her. She watched the car leave.

In the car, Qin Luo excitedly opened the red envelope, and Qin Huai opened WeChat to send a message to Ouyang.

After thinking for a while, Qin Huai sent two words very cautiously: Are you there?
More than 10 minutes later, Ouyang replied with three crying emojis.

Qin Huai:?
Any melons?

Without any hesitation, Qin Huai made a call.

Ouyang answered immediately.

"Qin Huai, brother, Brother Qin, godfather! When will you come back? Will you come back today? Please come back soon. If you don't come back and make some snacks for me to send to my relatives at home, I will really be kicked out of the house." Ouyang's crying voice came from the other end of the phone.

Qin Huai asked very cautiously: "Did you burn down your house while playing with fire during the New Year?"

Ouyang burst into tears: "I...I sent our whole family to the hospital."

Qin Huai:?
Then Ouyang spent 5 minutes briefly and concisely describing his colorful life during the ten days during the New Year.

Although Ouyang returned home a little late for the New Year, he brought back a lot of snacks, so he was not blamed too much, and his father did not break his legs.

On New Year's Eve, Ouyang's aunt heard that Ouyang was planning to start a new business, a lemon tea shop, and she was very supportive. She felt that although Ouyang failed in his first venture, it was because he was young and inexperienced, and he lost a lot because he wanted to expand his business so quickly.

I have learned from my experience this time and it will definitely be better to open a simple hand-made lemon tea shop.

Ouyang's aunt heard that he had learned advanced experience in making hand-beaten lemon tea in Suzhou for two months, and suggested that since everyone would drink whatever they wanted on New Year's Eve, why not let Ouyang make some of his newly developed hand-beaten lemon tea for the family to try.

This proposal was unanimously agreed upon by the whole family, and Ouyang was very happy. He not only made traditional hand-beaten lemon tea, but also made many new products.

All I can say is that Ouyang's relatives all support him very much.

In order not to disappoint their children, everyone forced themselves to finish the lemon tea. Ouyang's grandfather even drank three cups of lemon tea with different flavors to support his grandson's career.

then……

Except for Ouyang, everyone in the Ouyang family did not even make it to the first day of the Lunar New Year. They were admitted to the hospital on the night of the 30th due to acute gastroenteritis.

Ouyang’s plan to open his store on New Year’s Day was also put on hold because his entire family was suddenly hospitalized.

By the way, Ouyang also drank a lot that day, but he was fine.

The doctor's diagnosis was that the hand-made lemon tea was iced, and many dishes at the New Year's Eve dinner were hot. The mixture of hot and cold, plus the wide variety of food, was too much for people with weak stomachs or average stomachs to handle, and the foods clashed, leading to acute gastroenteritis.

As for Ouyang, he also has an iron stomach.

During the entire Chinese New Year, Ouyang stayed at home to take care of his relatives. From his 7-year-old grandfather to his -year-old nephew, Ouyang was busy taking care of them.

Ouyang's aunt advised Ouyang to change the formula. It would be fine if family members were sent to the hospital after drinking the medicine, but he should not let guests drink it and send them to the hospital, otherwise he would be sued.

In this regard, Qin Huai said: 6.

Ouyang is indeed his chosen food taster, not only does he have a big appetite, but he also has a good stomach.

"I'll be back in two days." Qin Huai said, "Just hold on for another two days."

"And I think your aunt is right. Don't try those messed-up recipes of yours. If it doesn't work, you can sell your hand-made lemon tea and herbal tea together. I'll teach you a few fruit tea recipes. My mother's seven-flavor dehumidifying tea may not taste good, but it's good for your health."

“Is your hand-made lemon tea shop still open?”

"Open it!" Ouyang said firmly, "It must be opened, and it will be opened when my grandfather recovers!"

Qin Huai: "...Is your grandfather still not fully recovered? Is the acute gastroenteritis so serious?"

"The acute gastroenteritis was cured, and cholecystitis was diagnosed when I went to the hospital. My grandfather had abdominal pain before, but he was in a bad mood and refused to go to the hospital. Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital with acute gastroenteritis that night, so he was cured at the same time."

"My dad considered my merits and demerits to be offset, so he deducted all my living expenses and also suspended my credit card."

"Godfather, please lend me 1000 yuan!"

Qin Huai:......

Qin Luo, who had already counted the money, heard Ouyang loudly asking to borrow 1000 yuan on the phone, and came over curiously: "Is it Brother Yang who wants to borrow money? I can lend him 1000 yuan."

"Brother, there is 2000 yuan in the red envelope that grandma just gave me!"

Qin Luo also asked loudly: "Brother Yang, can I lend you some cash? I'll give it to you when I get back. My mother doesn't allow me to have more than 500 yuan on WeChat. She's afraid that I'll buy random things online."

Ouyang was very touched: "No need, Luoluo, Brother Yang can just borrow money from your brother. Luoluo, Brother Yang's hand-made lemon tea shop will be open soon, after it opens, you can drink as much as you want, no charge!"

"Brother Yang has a new product, a berry peach hand-squeezed lemon..."

Qin Huai hung up the phone.

"No need to listen to him." Qin Huai said calmly, "They don't have this new product in their store."

(End of this chapter)