For the next period of time, Qin Huai's life was very regular.
Get up early to make breakfast and make snacks after the morning rush hour. Get off work on time at 12 noon and work overtime on time at 1 noon.
The content of overtime work is to first perform some physical labor (making rice cakes), then start online teaching (Hutchison Victory Video), intersperse some fun activities (playing with the stove), and finally taste the results.
Under Huang Shengli's guidance, Qin Huai's knowledge of ingredients and control of heat have improved to a certain extent.
He has even started cooking duck soup.
It just wasn't cooked well.
Ouyang frowned for the third time, and struggled to drink a small bowl of duck soup with sesame seed cakes and date paste yam cake, and protested: "Qin Huai, can we make beef soup?"
After starting to drink duck soup, Ouyang missed the days when he used to drink beef soup and pork rib soup.
"Does it still smell weird?" Qin Huai asked.
Ouyang nodded firmly: "Not only is it weird, but it also tastes terrible. It feels like sitting in a duck pen drinking soup. Do you understand my description?"
"Then there was something wrong with the duck." Qin Huai frowned.
"Qin Huai, you don't need to worry too much about this. You are not good at knife skills, so you must have problems when handling ducks. The master asked you to cook duck soup for a few days, just to let you get used to the taste of duck meat. He doesn't expect you to cook it well."
"If it really doesn't work, don't you have a red chef in your shop? Find someone who is good at cutting and let him help you with the duck. You can try again tomorrow. The soup will definitely taste better than sitting in the duck pen and drinking it now.
"Dong Shi said loudly in the video, "Your friend is quite powerful. Your duck soup looks so unpalatable at first glance, but he can actually drink it."
Qin Huai:......
Dong Shi, your voice is too loud. Our online classes are played externally.
Ouyang stared at Qin Huai with accusing eyes, his eyes filled with the words "Listen to the crowd."
Qin Huai also felt a little guilty.
He wasn't very good at handling ducks. He didn't handle the ducks well according to the instructions, and he knew that the soup he cooked was hard to understand. It was really difficult for Ouyang to try it in the past two days. He is truly a good brother. See you in times of need.
True love!
With this in mind, Qin Huai brought another plate of date paste and yam cake to Ouyang: "Eat more, and I will make elm bark steamed buns for you tomorrow."
Ouyang is okay again.
"Qin Huai, why do you make jujube and yam cakes every day recently?" Ouyang Shunzui asked.
Qin Huai said what else could be the reason? It wasn't because Qu Jing loved to eat.
Qin Huai felt that Qu Jing was far more interested in jujube mud and yam cake than glutinous rice cake.
The last time he gave Qu Jing rice cakes, Qu Jing ate very gracefully. Although he spoke highly of the rice cakes after eating, he did not take the initiative to buy them in the canteen.
The date paste and yam cake is different, Qu Jing really loves to eat this.
Qin Huai had only made jujube and yam cake twice before, and it was because Qin Luo's Chinese teacher asked the students to watch "Dream of Red Mansions" during the summer vacation. As we all know, the dishes in "Dream of Red Mansions" looked delicious, and Qin Luo wanted to eat them all after watching one.
Together, Qin Huai doesn't know how to do it.
Later, in order to help his daughter-in-law recover her health, she saw that Jia's mother had sent her a jujube and yam cake. Qin Huai found the recipe in the Dim Sum Encyclopedia and made it for Qin Luo twice according to the recipe in the Dim Sum Encyclopedia.
Qin Luo didn't like it very much.
This child doesn't like to eat yams.
Since he had not made it for many years, Qin Huai practiced for a week before bringing this snack to Qu Jing. He slightly improved some of the recipes in the snack book, increased the proportion of soft white sugar, and made the date paste and yam cake sweeter.
Some.
In the process of making it, Qin Huai discovered the irreplaceable advantages of jujube and yam cake.
It can be molded!
The making of jujube paste and yam cake is not complicated, you just need to make sure it is freshly made. The requirements for heat and fingering are not high either. The jujube paste filling can be the same as glutinous rice cake, and the outer skin is steamed with yam.
Then pound it into a puree and mix it with sugar and glutinous rice flour.
The cakes steamed with such ingredients are soft and glutinous, sweet and have the fragrance of yam. They are sweet and not sweet from the accumulation of syrup.
Moreover, yam paste and jujube paste are indeed a good combination, and even have health-preserving effects. It is no wonder that they have become a gold medal snack that often appears in palace dramas.
The production method of jujube mud and yam cake is simple, the taste is well matched, and it can be made in large quantities using molds. It is simply the king of cost performance.
Qin Huai also fell in love with it after discovering that there was a good snack like jujube mud and yam cake. He made it every day, steaming a batch in the morning and a batch in the afternoon. They were steamed and sold immediately, and they were always dropped.
After making a lot of it, Qin Huai also developed a new method. Normal jujube mud and yam ointment is white, but when it is made from purple yam, it will be purple. Mixing the two kinds of yam mud will give it a different color. You can even mix a little bit of it into the yam mud.
Sweet potato puree not only makes the color richer, but also has a different texture and tastes sweeter.
During this period, guests at Yunzhong Canteen can be said to have all-you-can-eat jujube and yam cakes.
Seeing that Ouyang was eating happily, Qin Huai was also a little hungry, so he put a small plate of rabbit-shaped food on his plate and sat across from Ouyang to eat.
What Ouyang ate was shaped like a small elephant, which was quite big.
While eating, Chen Huihong came.
"What kind of soup are you cooking today?" Chen Huihong smelled the duck soup Ouyang drank as she approached, "Duck soup?"
"Sister Hong, you still have a better nose." Ouyang flattered the leader appropriately, and then complained with a grin on his face, "The duck soup made by Qinhuai is really terrible. He has to make it tomorrow because he doesn't believe in evil."
"Xiao Qin is also brave enough to try." Chen Huihong defended Qin Huai briefly and turned her attention to the snacks on the plate, "I'm eating date paste and yam cake again today. Are there any glutinous rice cakes left?"
"I didn't make glutinous rice cake yesterday, but I made it today and will have it tomorrow. Sister Hong, if you want it, can I save half a catty for you?" Qin Huai asked.
"Leave two kilograms. Huihui and I will go to my brother's house for dinner tomorrow, and I will bring some for him. Last time he asked his assistant to go to Gusu to buy Master Zheng's pastries, and he also brought me 10 kilograms of shortbread cookies.
I have to give him something back." Chen Huihong said.
Qin Huai was shocked. There really was someone who traveled thousands of miles to Suzhou to buy shortcakes. He was indeed the famous victim who donated money to renovate the playground after being deceived by his sister.
"Sister Hong, what is your brother's name?" Qin Huai was a little curious. Chen Huihong's younger brother still doesn't deserve a name.
"Chen Yingjun."
Qin Huai & Ouyang:?
"My mother was very pragmatic in naming me. She thought my brother was too ugly when he was born, and she was afraid that he would not be able to find a wife in the future. She named me Handsome, hoping that he would be more handsome so that he could find a wife."
"Then his current appearance..." Ouyang was also curious.
"I couldn't do it when I was thin before, but now that I have gained weight, I can still say that I am rich." You can hear that Chen Huihong's evaluation is very pertinent. "She smiles all day long like Maitreya Buddha. Huihui likes to go to her uncle's house to play."
"Last time I went to pick up Huihui, I saw him and Huihui eating spicy strips together. He's almost 40 for such a big man, and he still loves spicy strips like a child. It's just..." Chen Huihong stopped as soon as she complained.
Can't come down.
Qin Huai was afraid that Chen Huihong would be thirsty, so he brought her a cup of herbal tea.
It is modified tangerine peel tea with brown sugar and salt.
Chen Huihong drank tea: "This tangerine peel tea is also very good. Xiao Qin, are you free to make it tomorrow afternoon? I will bring two pots to my brother and let him drink more."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Jing came.
Yes, Qu Jing came to buy jujube and yam cakes in person after get off work.
When Qinhuai was making glutinous rice cakes before, Qu Jing would not come over to buy them after get off work. After giving away jujube and yam cakes once, Qu Jing asked Qinhuai’s cafeteria on WeChat the next day if they would sell jujube and yam cakes that day, and got a yes. The reply will come as soon as I get off work.
From then on, I came every day, rain or shine, right after get off work.
It's a good thing she got off work early.
"Doctor Qu is here." Qin Huai stood up immediately, "Today we have white yam, purple yam, and white yam mixed with sweet potato. There are 6 kinds of mold shapes. Which ones do you want?"
"Weigh half a catty of each. I will go to the orphanage tomorrow to do volunteer work, so I can bring some to the children," Qu Jing said.
"When will Dr. Qu go to the welfare home to do volunteer work tomorrow?" Qin Huai asked.
"10 am to 2 pm." Qu Jing answered honestly, "I usually work at this time. The welfare home is short of manpower, so I go over to help wash and cut vegetables."
Qin Huai thought for a while: "I don't happen to be making snacks tomorrow, would you mind having one more volunteer at the welfare home?"
"I used to deliver snacks to the orphanage when I was in my hometown. I haven't made ordinary steamed buns for a long time. I also want to practice my skills."
Although Qu Jing didn't quite understand why Qin Huai was so crafty when he was making snacks every day. But she would be happy if someone was willing to be a volunteer, so of course she wouldn't refuse.
"Then I will go back and talk to the dean's mother later and reply to you on WeChat. If you have volunteer experience, the dean's mother will definitely be very happy."
Qu Jing took the snacks and left.
Ouyang was chewing jujube and yam cake, and asked Chen Huihong in confusion: "Sister Hong, did I hallucinate just now? Qin Huai said he wouldn't make snacks tomorrow. Didn't he just say he would make glutinous rice cake tomorrow?"
"The glutinous rice cakes can be finished before 10 o'clock." Qin Huai said calmly, "Just go to work early. I'll be in the store at 3 o'clock. Can't I finish the basic snacks?"
Ouyang took a breath of cold air.
Is what the uncles and aunts are telling you true?
Qin Huai is pursuing Dr. Qu?!
Gosh, he's willing to get up at 3 o'clock to make snacks!
"Sister Hong." Ouyang looked at Chen Huihong for help.
Chen Huihong was very calm: "Then it will be the same if I come to get glutinous rice cakes tomorrow morning. By the way, Xiao Qin, I have something to tell you about Luoluo's school, so that we can talk alone..."
Qin Huai heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and nodded, pointing in the direction of the warehouse: "If you don't mind, let's go and chat in the warehouse. It's quieter there and there are chairs to sit on."
The two left Ouyang who was still confused and went to the warehouse to chat alone.
As soon as the door closed, Chen Huihong asked directly: "Did something go wrong with Qu Jing's mission? Why did she suddenly have to go to the welfare home?"
Qin Huai nodded: "There is something wrong. I feel that the snacks I made are very suitable for Qu Jing's taste. She has continued to eat them for a while, and I have been hinting that glutinous rice cakes and jujube yam cakes will become the dishes in the cafeteria every day.
I made regular snacks, but the side mission has not been completed yet."
"Why is that?" Chen Huihong frowned, "Xiao Qu is not picky. She eats very simply. She only needs to eat three meals a day."
"I think the problem lies in the long-term provision." Qin Huai said, "The relationship between Dr. Qu and I is not good enough for her to be willing to come to the canteen to buy snacks after get off work for a long time."
"After this period of chatting, I discovered that Dr. Qu doesn't like to go out very much. She has no friends at all, no social interaction, and no entertainment hobbies."
"Our cafeteria is a little far away from where she lives, and it is a burden for her to go out to buy snacks. She is now willing to come and buy it after get off work because the date paste and yam cake is still a new snack for her, and she will wait for a while When she gets tired of eating, she won’t come here to buy it, so my offer is not long-term.”
“But I don’t know a lot of jujube paste-type snacks and rice cake-type snacks. Even if I make them in different ways, I won’t be able to keep them for a long time.”
"So what should we do?" Chen Huihong listened carefully.
"So, we need to make friends with Dr. Qu." Qin Huai said solemnly, "Sister Hong, you, I and Luo Jun, the three of us are already relatively familiar with Dr. Qu."
"I think what we need to do now is to get on better with her, become friends, and make Dr. Qu willing to go out and buy snacks at a friend's store. Only in this way can we achieve the long-term goal."
Chen Huihong suddenly realized: "I understand, I will also do volunteer work tomorrow."
"To be honest, I am best at volunteering!"
Chapter completed!