Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 785 - 398: Clumsy Hands, Hurry Up and Roll

Once Zheng Da finished crying completely, the Four Happiness Rolls had cooled a bit, but that wasn’t a big deal; they still tasted great.

After an emotional breakdown and a bout of crying, Zheng Da went through thoughts of wanting to die, really wanting to die, wishing he could jump off the building right there, but finding out Huang Ji was only two floors high at most, and jumping probably wouldn’t even break a leg. Then he thought about choking himself to death with Four Happiness Rolls, but that was hard to accomplish, and trying to stuff himself to death was also not a talent he possessed. After pondering it all, he decided not to die for now. After facing the harsh reality and complex mental changes, he would pretend that nothing had happened and choose amnesia.

"Xiao Qin, look, this is how you make Four Happiness Rolls. It’s not very difficult. I haven’t made them in years, so my skills are rusty, and some of the rolls might not have very nice Cloud Patterns. Your ham recipe is quite good, let’s use your recipe."

"Did you see the process of making Four Happiness Rolls clearly just now? Is there anything you don’t understand? Feel free to ask if you do. Would you like me to demonstrate a few more times for you?"

Watching Zheng Da’s highly skilled performance of amnesia—just short of bashing his head against the wall to fully act out the process—Qin Huai couldn’t help but marvel internally that whoever said Master Zheng had a fragile psyche was wrong.

This kind of mental resilience is exemplary.

Zheng Da wanted to act amnesiac, and naturally Qin Huai had to go along with him. He nodded repeatedly, saying in a very sincere voice, "Really? That’s great, Master Zheng! We’d all love to see your demonstration a few more times!"

Zheng Da warmed at this affectionate address as "Master Zheng", and without hesitation rolled up his sleeves and started kneading the dough.

Talk about enthusiastic and spirited.

Gong Liang stood at the entrance to the back kitchen, from afar noticing that Zheng Da seemed to be working again. He quickly swallowed the Four Happiness Roll stuffed in his mouth and left the unfinished half aside, putting it into a packing box on the small table, and pulled out his phone to make a call.

"Hey, are you home, love? Oh, you’re shopping with Treasure Bead? That’s perfect, quickly head over to Huang Ji with Treasure Bead, Zheng Da’s gone crazy again, I feel like he’s going to make Four Happiness Rolls all day, bring the biggest packing boxes we have at home."

Finishing the call, Gong Liang hung up and picked up the unfinished half of the Four Happiness Roll again, beckoning to Dong Shi with a wave.

Dong Shi, puzzled, approached: "Mr. Gong, is there something you need? You really can’t go any further, it’s about to be business hours, even if you change into work clothes you can’t go in."

Gong Liang showed a kindly and amiable smile typical of an elder. "Of course, I know about the rules at Huang Ji; outsiders can’t enter the kitchen. Everything is centered on kitchen hygiene and food safety. I’m a shareholder at Huang Ji; surely I understand these principles? Do you think I’m the type to mess around?"

Dong Shi: ...?

"I was going to ask if the Four Happiness Rolls earlier were enough to eat?"

Dong Shi: "Huh?"

Gong Liang pointed to the Four Happiness Rolls in the packing box: "If it’s not enough, I have more here for you guys. Young people have big appetites, and chefs do heavy labor. Eat more as a buffer; soon it’ll be peak hours and you’ll be too busy."

Dong Shi, bewildered, held two packing boxes and returned to the culinary station to distribute Four Happiness Rolls to everyone, not even missing out Zang Liang.

As he handed them out to Zang Liang, Dong Shi couldn’t resist joking: "Mr. Gong often hands out red envelopes, but this is the first time he’s shared snacks. What kind of day is it today? Our senior uncle’s inexplicably crying, I’ve been asking Master about it without understanding the reason, and now Mr. Gong’s handing out snacks. Am I dreaming?"

Zang Liang, immersed in cooking, hadn’t even really looked at the shape of the Four Happiness Rolls, only glimpsed to confirm they were rolls and stuffed one into his mouth to munch.

Hearing Dong Shi’s comment, Zang Liang chewed heavily a few times and swallowed the already half-cool Four Happiness Roll, freeing his left hand to hold another roll and clearing his mouth to speak, saying, "Can there be any reason? Isn’t Master Zheng making new ones? Freshly cooked warm rolls are surely better tasting than cold ones!"

"Not to mention, these rolls are quite tasty, too. Qin Huai’s been researching these rolls recently, hasn’t he? How did he suddenly think of making them?" At this moment, Zang Liang finally remembered Master Qin.

Dong Shi: ...

These days, Dong Shi had been listening to Tan Wei’an’s complaints about how Zang Liang, since coming to Huang Ji, had been obsessed with meat cooking, living entirely in his own world, seemingly unaware of earthly matters.

Dong Shi always thought Tan Wei’an was exaggerating.

Now...

Dong Shi was shocked: "You don’t even know what Qin Huai and the guys are doing? Yesterday Guli was teaching Qin Huai about Cloud Patterns, didn’t you know?"

Zang Liang was also shocked: "Damn, Guli teaching Qin Huai about Cloud Patterns! Such an exciting event, why didn’t anyone tell me?! Oh no, I missed it."

Zang Liang deeply regretted, feeling increasingly that he couldn’t miss such an important moment, he directly put down the kitchen knife: "Dong Shi, help me finish cutting the rest of the dishes, I need to go over and see."

With that said, Zang Liang ran over to Qin Huai’s side to boldly watch Zheng Da make the Four Happiness Rolls.

The second demonstration by Zheng Da was not much better than the first, still featuring perfect rolls on one hand and flawed ones on the other. Guli steadfastly occupied the commentator’s position, diligently explaining, leaving no errors from Zheng Da unnoticed.

Give credit where it’s due, Guli was spot on with catching errors.

This time, while making the Four Happiness Rolls, Zheng Da intentionally slowed down his pace, not like last time where doing it quickly resulted in missing many details.

This demonstration paired with Guli’s commentary was practically the perfect teaching session.

Qin Huai could even shake the lotus root powder balls while watching Zheng Da make Four Happiness Rolls. Shaking lotus root powder balls mainly tested hand-feel, and Guli’s commentary could help Qin Huai grasp the key points, watching while shaking didn’t affect learning.