Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1186 - 568: Communication

After finishing lunch, Qin Huai and the others said their goodbyes.

Qin Huai originally intended to invite Xu Chenggang for dinner at Huang Ji, but Xu Chenggang declined, saying that the retirement home has rules against going out freely. Although the rules aren’t very strict, Xu Chenggang didn’t want to trouble the staff.

Xu Chenggang personally escorted the four to the entrance of the retirement home. As they were about to leave, he asked An Youyou reluctantly, "Xiao An, are you coming again tomorrow?"

"Of course," An Youyou said. "We stayed in Shanghai for five days, and we should stay five days in Gusu as well."

"Then we’re going to Z City to find Grandpa Jiang, and stay five days there too."

An Youyou expressed that she is a very fair leader, treating all her juniors equally. Not only did she bring the same items for each junior, but she also stayed the same number of days in each junior’s city.

Xu Chenggang nodded with a smile, "Then I’ll wait for you at the usual time tomorrow."

Qin Huai also said, "Mr. Xu, I brought too few steamed buns today. Tomorrow I’ll bring you a few more bags."

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Xu," said Gong Liang.

Shi Dadan quickly added, "See you tomorrow."

Xu Chenggang stood at the entrance of the retirement home watching the four leave in the ride-sharing car, waving to them before heading back.

Sitting in the back seat of the ride-sharing car, Qin Huai watched Xu Chenggang’s slightly lonely figure departing with the caregiver and sighed, "Mr. Xu living in the retirement home is rather lonely."

An Youyou, baffled, glanced at Qin Huai and asked, "Lonely? Little Ninth has so many people lining up to play chess with him every day. How is he lonely? His room is much larger than Little Seven’s, the lighting is better, there are no bars on the windows, and the TV is a large LCD one."

"The mahjong machines in the activity room are automatic and newer than those in Little Seven’s retirement home."

Qin Huai: ... Three-legged Golden Toad, your focus is so peculiar.

Qin Huai looked at An Youyou holding the painting tube like a treasure and asked, "What do you plan to do with this painting? Are you going to send it for auction or..."

"Of course, hang it at home! How could such a good thing be sold? It should definitely be put in the most visible place at home to look at every day!" An Youyou said excitedly, "Hang it in the living room, right in the most visible spot where everyone entering my home sees it first!"

"Then I’ll save a bit from next month, no, the month after next’s salary to buy a small wooden table, put the Three-legged Golden Toad on it, and surround it with the fruits I love." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"That way, I can go to the small table to get fruit every day after I get home."

"I’ve heard the storyteller say that the palace mistresses would keep lots of fruits in the palace, not for eating but for their aroma, saying it’s better than incense. I’m not a palace mistress, I’ll just put the ones I love so that the Three-legged Golden Toad and the painting can enjoy the pleasant fruit aroma."

Qin Huai lightly imagined that scene and felt as long as the Three-legged Golden Toad was happy.

After returning to the hotel, Qin Huai took a rest and then headed to Huang Ji. An Youyou, Gong Liang, and Shi Dadan stayed at the hotel. An Youyou wanted to entrust her treasured painting and Golden Toad to Gong Liang for safekeeping, asking him to take them to Shan City.

A private detective discovered that Jiang Weiguo has been living in the countryside since his retirement, and An Youyou was worried that her newly acquired treasures might get damaged along the way.

If conditions allowed, An Youyou would have liked to swallow these two items and hide them in her stomach.

When Qin Huai arrived at Huang Ji, Huang Ji had just ended its lunchtime operation, which theoretically was the rest time for the kitchen staff.

But one person wasn’t resting.

Zheng Da, Master Zheng.

Master Zheng was still kneading dough!

Qin Huai changed into his clothing and went into the kitchen, dumbfounded when he saw the ingredients prepared by Zheng Da.

Well, yesterday Qin Huai told Zheng Da he could help with some ingredient preparation if he could spare the time in the morning. Preparing snacks typically involves more steps than the actual cooking process, and for yeast as an example, kneading the dough doesn’t take much time; however, waiting for the dough to rise is fixed, and even the king must wait until the time is right to proceed.

The dough kneaded by Zheng Da certainly had no issues; Master Zheng’s craftsmanship spoke volumes. Zheng Da was featured in Chef Record years ago, but he later refused to participate due to feeling the rankings were unfair.

Under normal circumstances, Zheng Da should have long finished preparing the ingredients for the kneading steps.

So why was Master Zheng still kneading dough when Qin Huai arrived at the kitchen?

Because Master Zheng prepared too many ingredients, hardworking Master Zheng had arrived early in the morning, at nine, to prepare the ingredients, shocking Huang Ji’s staff. During this time, Wang Jun wanted to help prepare the ingredients but was rejected by Zheng Da (usually when Qin Huai was at Huang Ji, Wang Jun assisted him), with the reason being that Wang Jun’s skill level wasn’t up to standard for preparing ingredients for Qin Huai.

Not qualified.

Do you red meat chefs understand preparing pastry? Do you think the preparation of pastry ingredients is easy?

Qin Huai watched the energetic Zheng Da who seemed extra vigorous even while kneading dough and quietly asked Huang An Yao, "How long has Master Zheng been like this?"

Huang An Yao spoke frankly, "Junior Master Zheng has never been like this before. Every time it happens when you come over."

Qin Huai: ?

Young Master, with your lack of finesse in communication, it’s really difficult to grow and strengthen Huang Ji.

Before, Qin Huai didn’t mind, but ever since becoming Huang Ji’s largest shareholder, he had to start paying attention.

"Qin Huai, can Accountant Wang still help us with bookkeeping?" Huang An Yao still had accounting on his mind.

"Not now, but maybe in some time." Qin Huai replied cautiously.

Currently, Uncle Wang hasn’t regained consciousness, and it doesn’t seem right to keep asking him for bookkeeping help. He’s been retired for many years, enjoying financial freedom and having no need to work.

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