The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 338 Joy falls from heaven
Qin Huai's second thickening was the same as the one in the afternoon, and it was far less impressive than the first time. The movements gave people a similar feeling, but Qin Huai knew very well that there was a difference between having a feeling and not having a feeling.

When you feel the feeling, it feels like you are being assisted by God; when you don’t feel the feeling, you are just reading from a script.

The crab roe sauce is out of the pot.

Very average crab sauce, not as good as Zheng Siyuan's usual ones.

Thickening the sauce more cannot offset the difference caused by the poor cooking time. Qin Huai held the crab roe sauce somewhat embarrassedly and moved the plate closer to his phone so that Cao Guixiang could see it more clearly. Little did he know that Cao Guixiang on the other side of the phone had taken off her reading glasses.

"Master Cao, my cooking skills are really not good enough, and I'm not very skilled in making crab sauce. The final product looks like this. You just need to take a look at it." Qin Huai said, looking up.

Cao Guixiang laughed and said loudly, "Come on, don't hold the plate so high. Your hands will get sore if you hold it for a long time. Put your phone down too. I've already checked it."

After hearing what Cao Guixiang said, Qin Huai put down the plate, stood on the chair, took down the mobile phone and mobile phone holder that were placed at the highest point of the cabinet, and first observed Cao Guixiang's expression.

There was no sign of regret or dissatisfaction, which showed that Cao Guixiang was generally satisfied with his performance in thickening the sauce today.

"Master Cao, is there any problem with my thickening? If I want to practice thickening now, how should I do it? Should I make crab roe sauce, stir-fry yam, or do something else?" Qin Huai asked humbly.

Cao Guixiang answered the question irrelevantly: "Is your cafeteria busy recently?"

Qin Huai was stunned, thinking that now was not the time for chatting, but since Master Cao wanted to chat, he could chat for a while, so he shook his head: "It's okay now."

"Tan Weian brought a few chefs from Zhiweiju to discuss things. We are running out of space on the menu in our cafeteria. Yesterday, some of the dim sum menus were not ready yet, so Sister Xi wrote them on paper and posted them on the window, and called out when they were ready. More than one old customer said that there are too many types of dim sum in the cafeteria and they can't eat them all."

Qin Huai even laughed as he spoke.

He was not lying. There were indeed too many kinds of dim sum for the customers to eat. With so many chefs at Zhiweiju, each chef had to make at least 3-4 kinds of dim sum every day. Yunzhong Canteen could easily display more than a dozen kinds of large and filling dim sum on the dim sum shelf.

According to Tan Wei'an, these apprentices rarely have the opportunity to work independently in Zhiwei Jushi and make and sell dim sum by themselves. After all, Zhiwei Jushi is the largest school in the field of white case, with high requirements for chefs and dim sum quality control. Even Su Qian is mostly helping Master Zhou, not to mention these ordinary elite apprentices.

In a sense, coming to Yunzhong Canteen for exchanges is indeed an opportunity for these apprentices. Not only do they come to learn things, but it also allows them to know what it feels like to truly become a dim sum chef.

"Not to mention that Zang Liang is here today. Zang Liang is a Huaiyang cuisine chef. If he is willing to make some staff meals, our meals should be greatly improved."

Cao Guixiang nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Yes, I remember you said that Xiao Zang also came here for communication. How long has he been here?"

"I'm not sure about that. He just mentioned it last night and he came today. But he should stay for more than half a month. Zang Liang mentioned this afternoon that his master will be away for half a month next week for some business. It seems that he will go abroad. He just took this opportunity to communicate with us."

Cao Guixiang thought for more than ten seconds and then asked, "If he didn't learn anything in the first week of the exchange, he would be at a disadvantage. What is Xiao Zang best at?"

"Knife skills, but this time he wants to exchange ideas on seasoning. Of course, he's mainly here to help us thicken the sauce and study crab roe sauce with us. He's quite interested in crab roe sauce." Qin Huai said honestly.

Cao Guixiang knew what was going on, but she didn't say anything. It was obvious that she was calculating something.

Qin Huai didn't say anything and waited for Cao Guixiang to speak first.

About three or four minutes later, Cao Guixiang showed a look of understanding: "Well, it's definitely not possible to ask you to come back immediately. You have business to deal with over there, and there are so many colleagues to communicate with."

"But it can't be too late. You need someone to watch you while you thicken the sauce. If you are allowed to study it on your own, I'm afraid it will be difficult to correct the bad habits you have developed with your knife skills."

"Xiao Zang came all the way here to exchange ideas. He can only stay for about half a month. It's not good for you to abandon him. We don't have this kind of communication in our industry."

"Can you come back the day after tomorrow?" Cao Guixiang looked at Qin Huai.

That is three days later.

Qin Huai thought about it. In theory, he could come back any day. As long as Cao Guixiang didn't make a sudden decision and called him in the morning to ask him to book a plane ticket and arrive in Guangdong Province in the evening, he could basically make time.

The good thing about being a boss is that you have a lot of free time.

Moreover, the guests are fine as long as he is not away for too long. Regular customers of Yunzhong Canteen have already accepted the fact that Chef Qin occasionally disappears for 1 to 2 days.

After all, there was nothing they could do if they didn't accept it. When Qin Huai went to Huang Ji for exchanges, the guests didn't accept it. And they couldn't chase them to Gusu like the group of rich and willful uncles and aunts in Yunzhong Community, so they could only wait where they were.

Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.

Qin Huai thought about whether there was anything important in the past two days, and found that there was nothing important except studying the double crab bag, so he nodded decisively: "Okay."

"But will I go to you in three days to learn the next level of knife skills? Isn't it a bit too early? I feel that my knife skills are not yet good enough to enter the next level." Qin Huai was a little confused.

He is very self-aware of himself, and this self-awareness is not only reflected in his expertise in kneading dough and mixing stuffing, but also in his weaknesses in knife skills and cooking temperature.

After practicing knife skills every day, Qin Huai knew whether he had made any progress, whether he had become rusty, and whether his proficiency was increasing quickly or slowly without even looking at the attribute panel.

Although judging from the attribute panel now, the sword skills are only 100 points away from the intermediate level, Qin Huai knows very well that these 100 points of proficiency cannot be achieved within three days.

Qin Huai feels that the proficiency mechanism is that the lower the level, the harder it is to brush, and the higher the level, the easier it is to brush.

It only takes 1000 proficiency points to upgrade from beginner to intermediate, 1 proficiency points to upgrade from intermediate to advanced, 10 proficiency points to upgrade from advanced to master, and 100 million proficiency points to upgrade from master to master. Except for the exaggerated 100 million proficiency points of master level, the 1000 proficiency points from beginner to intermediate level will not necessarily be faster than the 1 proficiency points from intermediate to advanced level.

Qin Huai's personal experience is that he doesn't practice seasoning every day, but just makes snacks normally, and his seasoning proficiency increases. He practices knife skills so hard every day, but his knife skills proficiency does not change at all, which shows that these proficiency have their own ideas and scoring mechanisms.

It is useless to just look at the numbers; you have to rely mainly on your own feelings.

Yes, Qin Huai, the master of the feeling school, relies on his feelings in everything he does.

Cao Guixiang smiled and said, "Who said I asked you to come back just to practice sword skills? Your sword skills will be good enough if you practice for another 10 days. It would be good if you practice for a while longer, half a month or more, too. There is no such thing as too much time. Practice more and consolidate your skills."

"I asked you to come back the day after tomorrow to teach you how to thicken starch."

"Thicken." Qin Huai didn't expect Cao Guixiang would actually offer to teach him how to thicken the dish.

Seeing Qin Huai's shocked expression, Cao Guixiang chuckled twice: "Why are you so shocked? You don't think that your Master Cao can only teach you knife skills? Among the many techniques of Hong'an, I am best at thickening. My two senior brothers are not as good as me in thickening, so it's more than enough for me to teach you."

Qin Huai waved his hands repeatedly: "Master Cao, that's not what I meant. I'm just shocked that you are willing to teach me how to thicken the dish. No, I'm just shocked that... should I learn how to thicken the dish at this stage? Shouldn't I learn how to thicken the dish after I have mastered the basic skills?" In Qin Huai's view, thickening and finger techniques are the same, but thickening is more practical in red dishes than finger techniques are in white dishes. These are advanced courses after completing the main basic courses.

"Yes, that's true in theory. But even if I don't teach you, can't you study it yourself? I see you are quite interested in thickening." Cao Guixiang looked like I've been giving you online classes for so long, and I still don't know what kind of person you are.

Qin Huai smiled embarrassedly, showing a smile of someone who loves new things and gets bored with old things.

"Don't be sorry, everyone has gone through this. When I first started learning to cook, I couldn't even cut the vegetables properly, but I also wanted to learn how to flip the spoon, how to make soup, how to put sugar in the bottom of the oil, how to thicken starch, and how to carve melons. It's normal to want to learn new and difficult things. Wanting to learn means you want to improve, and being motivated is a good thing."

"If you can't learn it, you will be laughed at. If you can learn it, it will be a real skill."

"Since you have a talent for thickening, don't waste it and don't tinker with it. Otherwise, you will have to practice the same thing as knife skills, starting from the grip of the knife. Just tell me if you want to learn. If you want to learn, come back the day after tomorrow and I will teach you from the very basics. It's very easy to get started with the thickening technique. Two days will be enough."

"You learn the basics first, and then it doesn't matter how you tinker with the rest. As long as the basics are right, no matter how you do it, it can be called innovation."

"It's only two days, a total of three days including the round trip, so it won't take too long. You have the group of people from Zhiweiju led by Xiao Tan, and Xiao Zang who came all the way here to help you thicken the crab sauce. You can't stay here for long."

"I also saw the thickening method you used just now. I learned it from me, but I didn't learn it well. I didn't fully grasp the essence. My method of thickening can be considered a unique skill. It's a bit wasteful to use it on crab sauce, but it's very useful for red dishes."

"If you have more time, I will give you individual training. You can learn as much as you can and teach it to Xiao Zang when you go back."

"You'll have to work hard and endure more hardships than when you practiced sword skills with me before. Be mentally prepared." Cao Guixiang spoke in a tone as if she was scaring a child, but her face showed an unstoppable grandmotherly kind smile.

Qin Huai was really surprised to hear Cao Guixiang say this.

Of course he knew that Cao Guixiang had many exclusive secret recipes and unique techniques. Cao Guixiang was the successor of Tan family cuisine. Qinhuai had searched online and found that she was very impressive.

It is basically equivalent to the Shaolin Sweeping Monk and the hidden sects in fantasy novels.

Knowing that there are many things Cao Guixiang has that cannot be learned outside, Qin Huai never mentions what Cao Guixiang taught him in front of Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian. He also rarely shares the recipe for cold sea cucumber salad with everyone.

Of course, other people are also very sensible in this regard. Cao Guixiang never gets close to Qin Huai when taking online classes, for fear of hearing something she shouldn't hear.

This is how the chef industry is. Even though many things have become transparent, there are still many unique things that are not easily passed on.

Qin Huai knew that Cao Guixiang taught him everything without reservation, maybe because she was happy to see his talent, or maybe because Cao Guixiang herself had a good personality and was willing to teach. But it was Cao Guixiang who was willing to teach, and he, Qin Huai, was just a student who was lucky enough to learn all this. He could learn what the teacher taught him, but he could not teach others without the teacher's consent.

There should be a basic social distance and propriety between people. You can't take it for granted just because the other person is nice to you. Qin Huai knew this since he was very young in the orphanage.

This was the first time that Cao Guixiang took the initiative to ask Qin Huai to teach others what she had taught him. If she did not ask Qin Huai to teach, it would be equivalent to doing Qin Huai this huge favor.

"Master Cao, you..." Qin Huai didn't know what to say for a moment.

Cao Guixiang knew Qin Huai understood what she meant when she saw his expression, and she explained with a smile: "Xiao Zang was willing to come all the way to help you just because of a phone call from you, even though he just met you. No matter what he wants to learn, he is a good kid and a friend worth making."

“Chefs need good friends in the same industry.”

"Even if Xiao Zang may not be able to help you in the end, you can't let him come here for nothing. You have to let him learn something and take it back, so that he won't feel that he has suffered a loss by coming here, right?"

"My thickening method is not that easy to learn. Whether Xiao Zang can learn it depends on his own ability, and also on your ability."

Qin Huai smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master Cao."

"I have a special feeling for thickening. I will definitely work hard to learn it."
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The next morning, when Qin Huai arrived at the cafeteria, Zang Liang had not come to work yet. This was normal, as he was a chef who worked less early than a chef who worked less early.

When Zang Liang arrived at the Yunzhong Canteen, the chicken noodle soup and crab roe noodles were all gone, and the meals prepared by the chefs of Zhiweiju for Qin Huai to taste were also finished by Ouyang.

But Zang Liang was not picky and ate two buns made by Chen An as breakfast.

"Are we going to continue working on the crab sauce today? I'll be responsible for thickening it." Zang Liang asked as he ate a bun in his mouth. "Yesterday, I was very inspired by Qin Huai's thickening technique. I went back and studied it for a long time. I think my thickening today will be better than yesterday. Maybe I can find the feeling you guys were talking about."

Tan Weian, a believer in the feeling school but who had never found the feeling, said coldly: "First, find the feeling of crab roe sauce. Do you know what kind of crab roe sauce you want to thicken?"

Zang Liang looked at his old friend coldly and raised his voice: "Aren't you looking for it? I don't like crab roe noodles like you do. You are almost marinated in crab roe sauce. How can I compete with you?"

Qin Huai came out with a smile to smooth things over, saying that none of this mattered. He briefly mentioned that he would leave Yunzhong Canteen the day after tomorrow to go back to his hometown to learn how to make thickening sauce.

The key point is that if this training is successful, he will return like lightning to teach Zang Liang the latest unique skills of thickening, and then the two of them will study thickening together and make progress together.

Zang Liang: °()°
And such a good thing!

Not only do you come all the way here to help, you can also learn the legendary unique skills!

Master, why didn’t you tell me that there is such a good thing as going out for exchange? If you had told me earlier, I would have gone out for exchange a long time ago. Didn’t you also go abroad two years ago?

Qin Huai adhered to the principle of equal treatment and told Tan Weian and Zheng Siyuan that if they were interested in this area, he could also teach them. He had already made an agreement with Master Cao, who didn't mind him teaching two more good friends.

Zheng Siyuan was not very interested in the unique skill of thickening, and said that he had no idea about flipping the spoon. Instead of practicing thickening, he would rather spend time practicing flipping the spoon. Thickening is not really used much in white dishes, and his current level is enough.

Tan Weian also declined, saying that he couldn't learn it.

It's so funny. His ordinary thickening skills are so ordinary and he can't even learn the unique skills.

In the end, only Zang Liang felt that it was a blessing from heaven.

"It's so nice to go out and communicate!" Zang Liang exclaimed.

Tan Weian watched his buddy eat and take things, and for a moment he didn't want to say anything, he just wanted to bite his back teeth to pieces.

At this moment, he finally understood why Pei Xing bit his back teeth every day, and he also wanted to bite them.

Tan Wei'an: T^T
(End of this chapter)