The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 340 Fried Yam

In the next few days, Zang Liang still couldn't find the feeling.

However, Qin Huai felt that the problem was not big. Although Zang Liang did not find the feeling, it was undeniable that he was a very talented person. His inability to find the feeling and Tan Weian's inability to find the feeling were two different feelings.

Tan Weian really didn't have any, but Zang Liang had at least been making progress. The crab roe sauce he thickened was gradually developing towards the direction of the crab roe sauce that Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan both wanted.

It’s just that Zang Liang himself didn’t realize it.

Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan also tacitly did not tell Zang Liang about this matter. As a master of the feeling school, Qin Huai knew very well that many times feelings could not be felt.

Many times you feel that you have not found the feeling, but in fact you have already touched the edge of the feeling.

Qin Congwen: Huaihuai, your grandfather heard that you were going back today, so he asked someone to bring two live free-range chickens to the city. When you go to Master Cao's house, bring the free-range chickens with you, don't go empty-handed.

Qin Huai: I got it, Dad. Don’t worry, I understand. I won’t go empty-handed. I brought a lot of snacks.

Qin Huai replied to the message while sitting on the plane, disconnected from the Internet, turned his phone to flight mode, and subconsciously looked to his side.

There's no one sitting next to me.

Alas, a little disappointed.

Ever since the last encounter with Chen Gong on the plane, Qin Huai would look forward to having a monster whom he had never met sitting next to him every time he took a plane. The two of them would meet unexpectedly on the plane, have a great chat, add each other on WeChat, and then the game system would issue tasks, and the plot would go so smoothly that it seemed as if the author had no more ideas and had to add the characters forcibly.

Unfortunately, every time Qin Huai took a plane after that, there was no one sitting next to him.

It can be seen that the airline business is really bad these days, and even first-class seats cannot be sold.

Qin Huai booked a flight that departed at 2pm. He originally wanted to book an earlier flight. The earlier he left, the earlier he arrived. Qin Huai would stay at Cao Guixiang's house for the next few days, and he didn't want to disturb Cao Guixiang and Zhang Chu too late.

Cao Guixiang didn't care much about it. She specifically told Qin Huai not to buy a morning flight, so as not to get up early to catch the plane and be too tired. The noon flight was very good, and he could catch dinner after landing.

Qin Huai followed Cao Guixiang's advice and did not get up early to catch the plane, but got up early to make snacks. He made a lot of raw dough for three-stuffed buns, four-happiness dumplings and fermented glutinous rice dumplings, filling two full suitcases, which were overweight.

It can be predicted that in the next two weeks, Zhang Zhiyun and Chang Qingqing will have very rich breakfasts.

He was just sitting around doing nothing on the plane anyway, and there was no one next to him, so he wouldn't be treated as a lunatic by clicking in the void. Qin Huai opened the game panel to watch the video tutorial of Jiangmi Nian Gao.

Qinhuai has made a lot of glutinous rice cakes these days, all of which are grade B or B-, and not even grade B+ has been made.

Qin Huai also asked Zheng Siyuan why his glutinous rice cakes were not as good as other snacks. Zheng Siyuan explained that it was because Qin Huai was not familiar with rice cake snacks. Rice cake snacks require practice to make perfect, and do not require too high skills. There are few overly fancy shapes. Glutinous rice cakes are already considered to be a fancy rice cake, and they are only coated with a circle of powdered sugar.

Qinhuai had made few rice cakes before and lacked experience, so naturally the rice cakes they made were not as good as other snacks.

Qin Huai agreed with Zheng Siyuan's idea, but at the same time he also felt that it was because he didn't quite get the feeling when making the rice cakes.

Qin Huai watched the video tutorial of making glutinous rice cake many times, almost every time he watched it on the plane. In terms of movements, methods, and processing methods, Qin Huai could do it exactly the same as the person in the video tutorial, but he lacked the smooth feeling of the person in the video tutorial when making rice cake.

After watching the video tutorial eight or nine times, Qin Huai felt more and more that his glutinous rice cake lacked the smoothness.

But how can he make his movements flow smoothly? Is it because he is not skilled enough? Or is it that the flowing movements on the rice cakes are just like Cao Guixiang's thickening, both of which are techniques that he has not mastered.

"I didn't expect that making glutinous rice cakes requires a technical job." Qin Huai murmured.

Hearing Qin Huai's murmur, the flight attendant hurried forward, thinking that this guest who had been staring at the sky in a daze as soon as he got on the plane wanted something to drink, so she squatted down and asked, "Hello, do you need anything to drink?"

"Coke, remember to add ice, thank you." Qin Huai said, closed the game panel, and started drinking icy Coke. While drinking, he recalled the video tutorial he had just watched, wondering what was missing when he made rice cakes.

After thinking about it, I didn't come to any conclusion. The only conclusion I came to was that there were not enough ice cubes and the ice cola was not cold enough.

Until the plane landed, Qin Huai still hadn't figured out the secret of how to make the glutinous rice cake smoothly.

Someone picked Qin Huai up at the airport.

It was neither Cao Guixiang nor Zhang Chu, but the grandson of the old village party secretary, who was asked by Mr. Qin to take the chickens to Qin Huai.

Two plump and healthy chickens, whose feathers showed that they were well-raised, were tied with their wings and howled in a cardboard box in the trunk of the old branch secretary's grandson's car. They looked energetic and must be a great choice for making chicken soup. It was obvious that they were definitely not raised by Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin, but were probably obtained from a chicken expert in the village.

"Qin Huai, these are two free-range chickens your grandfather asked me to give you, and that box is two boxes of eggs my grandfather asked me to give you. Give me the suitcase, where are you going? I'll take you there." The grandson of the old branch secretary is a strong man who is 1 meters tall and weighs 8 kilograms. He works on a construction site and is said to be a small leader. His car is probably covered in dust from transporting goods all year round.

Afraid that his trunk would dirty Qin Huai's suitcase, the old branch secretary's grandson specially put two pieces of cloth under it.

Qin Huai told Cao Guixiang the address of her residential area and got in the car.

On the way, the old branch secretary's grandson was very quiet. It was only when they were almost at the destination that he couldn't help asking: "Um...Qin Huai, when will you come back for the New Year this year?"

"I don't mean anything else, it's just that my grandpa bought two new refrigerators, big refrigerators, the kind that can hold a lot of things!"

Qin Huai knew what he meant, so he smiled and said, "It should be the same as in previous years, coming back before New Year's Eve and leaving after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Okay, okay." Thinking of being able to eat dim sum for a full half month during the Chinese New Year, the old branch secretary's grandson smiled so hard that his back teeth were almost exposed. "It must be hard to move so many things. Your two suitcases are quite heavy. Let me carry your things up for you."

"Okay." Qin Huai was not polite and dragged two suitcases by himself, while the free-range chickens and eggs were carried by the old branch secretary's grandson.

As a result, after walking only two steps, he met Cao Guixiang and Zhang Chu who had been waiting for a long time downstairs. Cao Guixiang gave him a look, and Zhang Chu took the suitcase in one step. He wanted to drag it easily, but he didn't expect that the suitcase was surprisingly heavy.

Zhang Chu was shocked, wondering what Qin Huai brought back and why it was so heavy. He was only staying for a few days, so there couldn't be a barbell in the suitcase.

Seeing that her husband was only dragging one piece of luggage, Cao Guixiang signaled Zhang Chu to take the other suitcase as well.

Our house doesn't have an elevator and it's a staircase building. We live on the third floor, so we can't let Xiao Qin carry the suitcase upstairs.

Zhang Chu could only grit his teeth and carry the other suitcase.

Qin Huai was at a loss for words and said quickly, "Grandpa Zhang, I'll take this suitcase. It's heavier and is filled with raw dim sum."

After hearing what Qin Huai said, Zhang Chu suddenly felt stronger. His waist and legs no longer felt sore, and his hands and feet were full of strength. He instantly returned to the age of 18 and found the endless energy he had when he was an apprentice planing wood in his youth.

Zhang Chu shouted with full energy: "Small problem, Xiao Qin, you underestimate me, your Grandpa Zhang. I have great strength! When I was young, pulling three or four hundred kilograms of wood was no problem!"

Then Zhang Chu started panting and grunting as he moved the suitcase.

Qin Huai: ...Cao Guixiang smiled and waved her hands: "Don't pay attention to him, let him move more. He should exercise after sitting still and fishing every day."

The grandson of the old branch secretary who followed at the end of the team and silently held the chicken, the rope that tied the chicken was broken, so he had to hold the box containing the chicken and eggs with one hand and hold the chicken with the other hand: …

So no one cares about me? Is there anyone giving me peanuts?
Cao Guixiang led Qin Huai in front, and said with a smile as they walked: "I wanted to cook something delicious for you today, but your Grandpa Zhang is unreliable, and the Luzon Yellow he ordered arrived a day later than the agreed time. It just so happens that I haven't hung soup in front of you, so let's just eat something casual tonight. I made you some home-cooked dishes, sea cucumber with scallions, pork with preserved vegetables, duck with firewood, and stir-fried yam."

"The yam hasn't been fried yet. Come into the kitchen and help me later. There was a small problem with the starch you used to thicken the yam that day. Watch me thicken it first and see if you can tell where your problem was that day."

Qin Huai's mouth was watering just by hearing the names of the dishes. He was very glad that he didn't have any airplane meals on the plane. He only drank two glasses of iced Coke. He nodded heavily: "Okay, Master Cao, we'll start tonight..."

"I'm going to try my hand at knife skills tonight. I'm going to make soup tonight. You must be tired after a long flight, so you don't have the energy to thicken the soup. It's useless to practice when you're not in good shape. I'll just practice my knife skills tonight. Have you practiced your knife skills today?"

"I practiced for twenty minutes this morning."

"That still requires practice. Tonight, while I'm making the soup, you can just cut radishes beside me. Your Grandpa Zhang has already bought some for you."

Cao Guixiang led Qin Huai to the third floor and entered the door. Zhang Chu and the old branch secretary's grandson followed behind. By the time the old branch secretary's grandson entered the door, an old hen had broken free from its restraints and flew out of the box. Cao Guixiang was quick to catch the chicken in mid-air, showing off her skills. The old branch secretary's grandson was so frightened that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

The temperature in Guangdong Province was already very high at this time. Qin Huai was afraid that the snacks would go bad if left in the suitcase, so he dragged the suitcase to the kitchen without saying anything, opened the refrigerator and stuffed the snacks into it.

He also did not forget to give two bags to the old branch secretary's grandson.

The old party secretary’s grandson:!

My family, this is such a blessing from heaven. Please call him again next time if you have such a good thing to send away the chickens!
Since the amount of snacks Qin Huai made this time was a bit too much, Cao Guixiang's refrigerator could not hold them all, so the remaining suitcase of snacks was stuffed into the refrigerator of the neighbor next door.

Seeing how Zhang Chu skillfully knocked on the door next door to borrow the refrigerator, Qin Huai could tell that the refrigerator in the neighbor's house was probably borrowed quite often.

Braised pork with preserved vegetables, duck with firewood and sea cucumber with scallions are all ready. Judging from the state of the dishes, Cao Guixiang should have finished them on time. After the dishes were ready, she went downstairs to wait for Qin Huai, and happened to meet Qin Huai downstairs.

Only stir-fried yam is left.

"Xiao Qin, come into the kitchen and help me." Cao Guixiang said happily, handing Qin Huai a brown apron.

Qin Huai put on an apron skillfully and went into the kitchen to cut yam.

The yam has been peeled and all that’s left is slicing it.

Qin Huai walked into the kitchen, picked up the kitchen knife, and subconsciously checked whether his knife-holding posture was correct. This was his first reaction when holding the knife in Cao Guixiang's kitchen, and it was the muscle memory he developed when he corrected his knife-holding posture before.

Cao Guixiang glanced at Qin Huai's little action, smiled and said nothing.

Qin Huai started to cut the yam. Compared with the basic cutting of shredded radish, cutting yam was obviously more difficult, but the difficulty would be offset by slicing yam, so Qin Huai felt it was okay.

Qin Huai didn't hesitate and cut quickly. Soon, the regular sound of cutting vegetables could be heard in the kitchen.

Cao Guixiang smiled as she watched Qin Huai cut the yam slices. After Qin Huai finished cutting, she said, "It's a bit thick. It would be better if it could be cut thinner."

Qin Huai smiled like an apprentice, put the yam slices on a plate and handed it to Cao Guixiang.

Cao Guixiang heats oil in a pan.

Pour the yam.

With a sizzling sound, stir-fry.

A seemingly random stir-fry.

But it only seems casual. Qin Huai's casual stir-frying is really casual, and Cao Guixiang's seemingly casual stir-frying is because she did not put all her thoughts on stir-frying the yam. She even had the time to adjust the heat and simply mix a bowl of starch water while frying the yam.

"In fact, the heat control is not as difficult as you think." Cao Guixiang said, "The purpose of the heat control is to heat the food evenly. Stir-frying itself does not have any standardized movements. As long as you can heat the food evenly and achieve the effect you want, you can be considered to have passed the heat control even if you wave the spatula to the sky."

"Of course, you can't fry the food out of the pan."

"So don't have any psychological pressure when cooking. Don't think about whether my movements are correct. What you should think about is whether the dish is right."

As soon as Cao Guixiang finished speaking, she picked up the small bowl of starch water and spun around in a large and graceful motion, letting the starch water pour down the edge of the bowl. Qin Huai even felt that the starch water had a certain sense of stagnation when he saw it from a close distance.

Seeing Cao Guixiang's skillful thickening movements again, Qin Huai couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he had only learned the basics of thickening from Cao Guixiang, and had only learned three points of the essence of thickening.

Stir-fry quickly and serve the yam.

Very beautiful fried yam, with a thin layer of starch sauce wrapped around the yam, making it look extremely shiny and bright. Under the incandescent light in the kitchen, it even has a crystal clear feeling.

"Fried yam is indeed very suitable for practicing thickening, because yam itself is very sticky and has its own thickening effect." Cao Guixiang turned around with the dish, and Qin Huai hurriedly helped her open the kitchen door.

"I know that your purpose of thickening the crab roe sauce is to change its taste and texture, but in the application of red case, thickening also has another function of making the dish more beautiful." Cao Guixiang put the fried yam on the dining table and sat down.

"The dishes are ready, let's eat."

Qin Huai sat down obediently, looked around and found that Zhang Zhiyun and Chang Qingqing were not there, so he asked: "Just... the three of us?"

"It's just the three of us today. Yunyun and Qingqing both didn't do well in their monthly exams this month, and they have classes tomorrow, so let's not eat today. Let's make a big meal tomorrow and ask them to come over, so they don't make a scene at home if they find out." Cao Guixiang picked up a piece of pork with preserved vegetables with chopsticks for Qin Huai, "Xiao Qin, try my cooking skills for pork with preserved vegetables with chopsticks."

"You haven't tried the preserved vegetable braised pork I made yet, don't worry, it's not salty at all."

"This kind of dish is your Grandpa Zhang's favorite. I usually don't cook it for him."

Zhang Chu nodded repeatedly, silently confirming Cao Guixiang's statement with his mouth full of braised pork with preserved vegetables.

Qin Huai picked up the braised pork with preserved vegetables and stuffed it into his mouth.

Well.

It is fat but not greasy, with thick oil and red sauce, but not salty at all, just the right amount of saltiness. The fat part melts in a sip, and the lean meat part doesn't feel dry. Dip it in the sauce and pair it with the preserved vegetables wrapped on the braised pork, and the taste is...

Just one more mouthful of white rice!
Qin Huai stuffed another big mouthful of rice into his mouth.

Well!
Delicious!

(End of this chapter)