Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 706 - 359: Relaxation (Part 3)
Uncle Wang is no longer thinking, now Uncle Wang wants to fire himself.
Uncle Wang no longer envies Ouyang, he realizes Xiao Ou indeed has it tough. The old man can’t compare to the youngsters, this food tasting is truly a physical task.
One must eat, think, review, and comfort others.
Unlike before in Gusu when he was tasting the Four Happiness, where they could just have a bowl each evening and spend the remaining time writing reviews. Now Uncle Wang has to eat at least six batches of buns in one afternoon, and these 6 buns are the limit of Uncle Wang’s stomach, not Qin Huai’s limit.
Uncle Wang has to write six reviews every day, without any falsification, and also try hard to recall the long-forgotten memories. All this thinking is making him lose hair, his health deteriorating.
Even Xu Tuqiang who had always been very jealous of Uncle Wang, now doesn’t envy him anymore. Whenever Xu Tuqiang mentions Uncle Wang, he first sighs and says that this cooking isn’t as good. Then he belittles Uncle Wang’s capability, claiming that if he, Xu Tuqiang, was to taste, he could write even sixteen essays in a day, no problem.
It’s safe to say everyone is being tormented by the Double Crab Bun to the point of living a fate worse than death.
As Qin Huai put it, he knew the Double Crab Bun was a tough nut to crack, so he made lots of preparations in advance, including mental ones. But when he actually battled against the Double Crab Bun, he found this bone too tough, not only breaking one person’s teeth, all six people almost lost all their teeth, and the bone hasn’t given in yet.
And today ends another day of this vicious cycle. After today’s failure, Qin Huai realized something had to change.
The Double Crab Bun isn’t like the Four Happiness. Previously, the Four Happiness failed because everyone couldn’t find a direction, whereas the Double Crab Bun has direction but still keeps failing. If this continues, it won’t just be a technical issue, it will be a mindset issue too.
Zang Liang once mentioned a feeling that was quite right. When you feel you haven’t got a feel and keep stubbornly focusing, it means you already got it wrong.
Try another way to find it, maybe you’ll discover it.
"Let’s take a day off tomorrow," Qin Huai said.
Qin Huai doesn’t know which way to change, but he can choose to strike for a day first.
"Rest, what do you want to do?" Zheng Siyuan thought Qin Huai wanted to change to another place to make snacks, like going to the orphanage he’s familiar with to find some inspiration.
"Just simply resting," Qin Huai said, "Everyone’s tired during this period, Ouyang and Uncle Wang also tired from eating, they must rest for a day, otherwise, Ouyang might really become a strongman."
"Just so happens Ouyang got some amusement park annual passes, why don’t we visit the amusement park tomorrow? Relax a little, and coincidentally Luoluo doesn’t have class tomorrow, we can take Luoluo to the amusement park together."
"Amusement park?" Zheng Siyuan was stunned.
"Amusement park!" Zang Liang instantly got excited, "It’s great to go to the amusement park, I went to the amusement park once during an autumn outing in elementary school, after that I never went again."
"Originally thought after falling in love, I could go with my girlfriend to amusement parks, but who knew all these years, I stayed in the kitchen all the time, forget dating, I barely saw any women."
"There are so few female chefs in meat cooking!"
Qin Huai: ...
You direct disciples of the master are indeed excessively diligent.
"Tan Wei’an, have you been to the amusement park?"
"I’ve been in love," Tan Wei’an said.
Zang Liang: ...
Qin Huai made the final decision: "Let’s tentatively decide this, tomorrow we’ll take a day off to visit the amusement park. But maybe we can’t leave too early, I must practice knife skills first before heading out, and Luoluo must finish her homework first." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Zheng Siyuan nodded: "I also need to make a batch of snacks first."
Zang Liang cheerfully said: "Then I’ll make some cold dishes to practice seasoning, it would be perfect to bring along to eat, can we bring food into the amusement park?"
"We can."
Tan Wei’an: "... Then I’ll make some Green Bean Cake?"
Aren’t we supposed to relax tomorrow? Why is there work before relaxing, do you guys even understand relaxation?
