CHAPTER 798: CHAPTER 403: EXCHANGE SPACE (PART 2)

When Zang Liang first came to Yunzhong Restaurant, he said that Zang Mu was going abroad for exchange for a month, so he came to Yunzhong Restaurant to help with the exchange. Now, the month’s time has long passed, Wang Gen Sheng has returned to Shan City, but Zang Liang is still at Huang Ji, deeply indulged in meat cooking, almost becoming Huang Jia’s junior disciple. Qin Huai thought that maybe Zang Liang felt he hadn’t learned enough at Huang Ji, hence his reluctance to return.

Plus, once Zang Liang gets absorbed in meat cooking, he doesn’t hear anything outside the window, has been persistently offline in recent times, with almost zero communication with Qin Huai and others, leaving Qin Huai quite unclear about the situation on his side.

"Hey, didn’t I tell you?" Zang Liang was a bit confused, recalled for a moment but couldn’t remember, "It’s just that my master, while going abroad for exchange, met Master Sun Mao Cai. Master Sun, you know Qin Huai? He’s a Cantonese cuisine chef, a famous chef from Hong Kong. He invited my master to Hong Kong for an exchange meeting. My master won’t be back until next week."

Qin Huai suddenly understood: "You meat chefs have so many exchange meetings, huh."

"These exchange meetings are mainly abroad or in Hong Kong. Many masters are unwilling to travel back and forth, my master is relatively easy to talk to, so if there’s no one else to go, my master goes."

While speaking, Zang Liang pointed in the direction of Huang Shengli: "Master Huang is famously reluctant to attend exchange meetings, unless they are held near Gusu."

Qin Huai expressed understanding: "If that’s the case, you can stay at Huang Ji until your master returns, since both of you specialize in Huaiyang cuisine."

After speaking, Qin Huai turned his gaze to Zheng Siyuan, who had already finished his chicken soup noodles and started eating the lotus root powder balls. Qin Huai had shaken the lotus root powder balls for so long that he was no longer as fearful of problems as in the beginning — when he controlled the quantity too tightly, making the balls particularly small.

However, Zheng Siyuan seemed accustomed to taking two lotus root powder balls in one bite, preferring to open his mouth a bit wider to scoop two at once into his mouth, and chewing carefully, his cheeks bulging, looking like a chipmunk seriously eating.

"So Siyuan, why are you thinking of returning to Yunzhong Restaurant?" Qin Huai asked Zheng Siyuan.

Qin Huai genuinely couldn’t understand Zheng Siyuan’s thought process; what kind of operation is returning to Yunzhong Restaurant? Is Yunzhong Restaurant owned by him or Zheng Siyuan? He, the boss, hadn’t thought of returning, while Master Xiao Zheng was considering going back.

"To practice Four Happiness Rolls." Zheng Siyuan calmly said, "The footfall to my pastry shop isn’t as large as Yunzhong Restaurant, and the feedback from diners is also not as good as Yunzhong Restaurant."

"If I stay at Huang Ji, my Four Happiness Rolls would have to be renamed Four Happiness Flower Rolls, but the shaping of my Four Happiness Rolls is somewhat different from yours, and it’s easy for customers to notice the difference."

"As for Zhiwei Restaurant, Zhiwei Restaurant has very strict quality control requirements for sold snacks, so it would be impossible to sell Four Happiness Rolls normally. Besides, I went to Zhiwei Restaurant for exchange a few years ago, the time was short, only two or three days. As far as I know, Zhiwei Restaurant doesn’t have any snack masters especially skilled in Cloud Pattern snacks. Master Zhou just happens to know a few relatively simpler Cloud Pattern snacks."

"However, you going to Zhiwei Restaurant for exchange would be quite fitting. Master Zhou is skilled in many types of snacks, including puff pastries, steamed snacks, imperial snacks, and southern and northern snacks. But what Master Zhou is truly most adept at are the Boat shaped pastries. Dumplings are a category within Boat shaped pastries, known for their extreme difficulty in Finger Skill. Master Zhou himself is very skilled in Finger Skill. If you want to advance in Finger Skill at Zhiwei Restaurant and Master Zhou is willing to teach, it’s a good choice."

Qin Huai looked at Zheng Siyuan, feeling he hadn’t disclosed the full reason, and continued to stare at him without speaking.

Zheng Siyuan slowly revealed the last line: "The most crucial thing is my dad hasn’t been getting along well with Boss Su lately. If I go for exchange at Zhiwei Restaurant, my dad might... create a fuss."

Qin Huai: 6

Qin Huai was now clear about everyone’s thoughts, each had their own considerations, and everyone’s reasons were quite reasonable. Given this, the Four Happiness Rolls Research Team might as well temporarily separate, each to fight individually, and wait for the time when fate brings them together again to exchange updates on the progress of their Four Happiness Rolls.

Qin Huai believed that by then he wouldn’t be the one trailing last in the Four Happiness Rolls Research Team.

Definitely not!

Qin Huai is a person of decisive actions; after a brief discussion confirming everyone’s plans, he directly sought out Su Qian to inform him of his intentions.

Going to Zhiwei Restaurant tomorrow felt too rushed; Huang Ji’s Four Happiness Flower Rolls had only been on the shelves for two days and were about to be removed, which wouldn’t be responsible to either Huang Ji or its customers.

However, Zhiwei Restaurant didn’t have an open slot next month, so clearly, it couldn’t be delayed for too long. Therefore, Qin Huai tentatively planned to go the day after tomorrow or the day after that. The exact time would be informed to Su Qian by the evening at the latest.

Qin Huai needed to reserve an additional two days to handle matters at Huang Ji, and also persuade his dear Master Zheng to help him make Four Happiness Flower Rolls.

But today, his dear Master Zheng seemed not to have any intention of coming to Huang Ji for guidance.

In the morning, Qin Huai as usual made a variety of snacks, interspersing Four Happiness Flower Rolls with Three Meat Buns, Five Fillings Bun, Green Bean Cake, Furong Cake, Osmanthus Cake, and lotus root powder balls. None were made in particularly large quantities; even for the main item, Four Happiness Flower Rolls, he only made the amount that an ordinary snack master would make during business hours.