The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 57 The Key to the Problem (asking for monthly votes!)

A week later, Zheng Da renewed his hotel stay for another week.

Two weeks later, Zheng Siyuan felt that it was time for his father to consider buying an apartment nearby, as it was really troublesome to stay in a hotel every day.

If Qin Huai had not repeatedly emphasized to Chen Huihong that Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan were not the new dim sum chefs of Yunzhong Canteen and that the recruitment could not be stopped, Chen Huihong would have called his brother and asked him to withdraw the recruitment notice.

In the kitchen, Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan were still puzzled by the freshly steamed locust flower buns. Outside the kitchen, Qin Huai had already caught the fish.

It is not appropriate to say that he is slacking off, because Qinhuai does have important business to do.

The neighborhood committee has set a date for visiting Luo Jun: the day after tomorrow.

It is said that because Dr. Qu had gone on a business trip some time ago, without Dr. Qu and Chen Huihong leading the team, it was difficult for the colleagues in the neighborhood committee to communicate directly with Luo Jun, resulting in the visit being postponed again and again.

We have already visited other lonely elderly people and have written about them on the official accounts, but everyone is still preparing themselves mentally for Luo Jun’s visit.

"Sister Hong asked me to come and tell you something at 10 o'clock the day after tomorrow. Qin Huai, you'd better be mentally prepared. Bring more freshly made buns, snacks, steamed buns, herbal tea, etc., and buy some beautiful fruits. Lao Luo from our neighborhood committee is a photographer. He is responsible for taking pictures. Remember to make slight movements when handing things over to facilitate the filming." Ouyang reminded.

Qin Huai nodded, but didn't pay much attention.

If Ouyang hadn't come to see him today, he would have almost forgotten that he actually had a side quest.

If making buckwheat steamed buns some time ago was a sign of being possessed by evil, then making locust flower steamed buns during this period was probably because his magic skills training was not going smoothly and he was about to betray the cult.

Qin Huai glanced at Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan in the kitchen.

Well, these two are still in the stage of being possessed.

A locust flower steamed bun drove three dim sum chefs crazy. It can only be said that S-grade steamed buns are special.

"Got it. I'll prepare more." Qin Huai said, "There's one thing I want to ask you."

Ouyang pretended to listen attentively.

"Sister Hong suddenly found my mom a few days ago and recommended many private high schools to Luo Luo, some in Guangdong Province and some here."

"Ah, isn't Luoluo's registered residence in Guangdong Province? Can she go to high school here?" Ouyang's focus suddenly shifted.

"The most expensive international school charges 60 yuan a year. If we don't consider the tuition, she can definitely go there," Qin Huai said.

Ouyang took a breath.

Qin Huai:......

Why are you pretending to be poor, you second-generation rich kid? Running a store for a year is enough to pay for 10 years of high school study, even up to the 10th year.

"How did Sister Hong know that my mother was worried about Luo Luo's high school? Did you tell her?" Qin Huai asked.

"I don't know!" Ouyang looked innocent. "I didn't know anything about this. I saw Luoluo was happy and ate a lot every day. I thought she did well in the high school entrance examination."

"So, has Auntie made her choice? Is Luoluo going back to her hometown to study in high school or to study in an international school here?"

"Of course I'm going back to study." Qin Huai said, "My mother thinks the tuition for private schools is too expensive, let alone international schools. The annual tuition for international schools is enough for Luo Luo to vomit blood in the cram school classes she usually attends."

"Besides, my mom watched Meteor Garden a lot when she was young. She always thinks that even if the cafeteria makes a decent monthly income, she and my dad will grit their teeth and use their savings to send Luo Luo to an international school. Children from ordinary families like us will definitely be bullied there. Luo Luo is very strong, and she will fight three people at once. If she injures or cripples others, she will have to pay compensation."

"Of course, the most important thing is that after studying at an international high school, you have to go abroad, and going abroad costs more. You are not unaware of my parents' temper and personality. They always think that the cafeteria was left to me by my biological parents. This is my property, and they should pay for Luo Luo's education."

Ouyang grasped the key point again: "Summer vacation will end in more than half a month, so Luoluo will have to go back home when school starts."

"Not only Luoluo will go back, but my mother will also go back. I have already talked to Sister Hong and asked her to help me post a job posting and hire a few more handymen."

"I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to make steamed buns." Qin Huai stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

Ouyang was still immersed in the sadness that his dining partner was about to start school. After being sad for a while, he decided to order two cups of hand-made lemon tea.

There will be no more drink soon, alas.

In the kitchen, Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da have started making a new round of locust flower steamed buns.

After washing his hands, Qin Huai returned to the kitchen counter and scooped out two spoonfuls of honey from the honey jar. Seeing that the honey jar was almost empty, Qin Huai thought it was time to contact Grandma Ding and ask her to ask her in-laws to get a few more jars of honey. The quality of this acacia honey is really good.

Qin Huai dissolved the honey in warm water.

During this period, Qin Huai and the other two studied everything that could be studied. Even the principle of honey fermentation was thoroughly studied by Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan.

Honey itself does not have the ability to ferment because it lacks some of the chemicals needed for yeast. However, honey contains some miraculous microorganisms that can grow and reproduce in honey and ferment under the right conditions.

What’s more interesting is that these microorganisms will use the starch in the dough to grow and reproduce, thus preventing the dough from fermenting. Therefore, it is very difficult to use honey to ferment the dough. In addition to requiring extremely strict temperature and humidity, the amount of honey used also needs to be controlled.

If the temperature is low, the dough will not ferment, and if the temperature is high, the dough will over-ferment. If the fermentation time is short, the dough will be dry and hard, and if the fermentation time is too long, it will occasionally give you a surprise.

In a sense, honey fermentation is more difficult than achieving the colorful black or the dazzling white required by the client.

But one thing is beyond doubt, under such harsh conditions, combined with specific ingredients and methods, honey fermentation can produce very delicious pastries.

Sophora japonica steamed bun is one of them.

During the two weeks of doubting his life, Zheng Da did doubt the feasibility of honey fermentation. He changed the dough and used pure white flour, corn flour, and sorghum flour to make locust flower steamed buns, but each one tasted much worse than the locust flower steamed buns made with the recipe provided by Qin Huai.

This made Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan firmly believe that the recipe given by Qin Huai was indeed a secret family recipe.

The locust flower steamed buns they made were not good. It was not the locust flower steamed buns’ problem, but their own problem.

Qin Huai stirred the honey water, and his thoughts gradually wandered.

Honey fermentation is really a difficult lady to serve.

This is not okay, that is not okay, and it is not okay if there are no problems at all.

What the hell is the problem?

Qin Huai looked at the honey. Could it be that the quality of the locust flower honey sent by Grandma Ding was too good?
The flour must be a mixture of gray flour and buckwheat flour, and the honey must be a mixture of low-quality honey and good honey.

Qin Huai himself was amused by his own thoughts.

What can honey do?

Wait, why can’t there be something wrong with honey?
Grandma Ding's relatives specialize in selling honey. Their honey is mature and on the market, and has passed quality inspections.

These honeys are heated to 60℃ to melt.

Qin Huai was stunned.

Yes, why didn’t he think about it?
Honey is processed!

If he wants to completely restore the production process of locust flower steamed buns, he needs to restore the raw materials of locust flower steamed buns as much as possible. How could Jiang Chengde buy processed honey in that era?

The locust flower honey used by Jiang Chengde must be naturally mature and pure natural.

It doesn’t look so beautiful, and it won’t be filtered so cleanly.

Qin Huai quickly took out his cell phone.

"Hello, Grandma Ding, I'm Xiao Qin. Yes, the Xiao Qin from Yunzhong Canteen."

"Yes, yes, yes. Last time I wrote down your phone number, saying that I might need to buy acacia honey again in the future."

"Yes, I want to buy acacia honey. I want to ask if you can buy pure, natural, unprocessed wild acacia honey. It doesn't have to be wild, but it must be pure, natural, and unprocessed."

"Can you ask your in-laws for me? Thank you so much. Sorry to bother you, I need this urgently."

"Give me an answer tonight, right? If you have one, try to give it to me the day after tomorrow. That's great. Thank you, thank you so much!"

"You didn't buy fermented glutinous rice steamed buns this morning, and your family wants to eat steamed buns tonight. No problem, come over in two hours, and the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns will be ready in two hours."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. I should thank you!"

(End of this chapter)