Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1108 - 536: Addicted to Making Snacks_2

Of course, it's still called Xiao Qin.

The present-day Qin Huai can't make S-Class locust flower buns either.

Understanding a teaching video doesn't mean being able to make locust flower buns.

Xiao Qin has a lot to learn in front of the towering mountain of locust flower buns.

But that doesn't stop Qin Huai from indulging in making locust flower buns, enjoying it immensely every day. If it weren't for the little remaining rationality reminding him that the immediate task is to make potato dumplings that meet Wang Gen Sheng's requirements and complete Wang Gen Sheng's side quest, look at the memories, check the recipe, and ask Wang Gen Sheng about Xu Nuo once awakened, Qin Huai would wish to make locust flower buns from dawn till dusk.

Qin Huai feels that locust flower buns are his destined snack.

Firstly, locust flower buns are buns.

Buns are breakfast, and as a breakfast chef who stays true to his roots, even after seeing the glamorous world of snack masters, there remains a pure land in Qin Huai's heart reserved for breakfast. To Qin Huai's understanding, he can always be a breakfast chef.

Secondly, locust flower buns are quite difficult.

With the basic skills stacked to this level, making ordinary and simple snacks for skill improvement is very inefficient. Both yeast-making and filling preparation now require 1 million skill points to upgrade, and if all of those were earned through making basic breakfast items, even making snacks 24 hours a day for 100 years might not achieve that 1 million skill points.

To improve advanced skills' proficiency, one must make challenging snacks that require skill, and preferably the ones Qin Huai enjoys.

Locust flower buns perfectly fit the criteria, even having a textbook-level teaching video, practically tailor-made for Qin Huai as the perfect bun.

No breakfast chef can refuse such buns.

Previously, every morning eating sticky rice cake felt somewhat painful and numbing to Qin Huai, but not now, there's only joy.

It would be even happier not having to make potato dumplings.

In stark contrast to Qin Huai's happiness is Zhao Cheng'an.

The happier Qin Huai has been these days, the more miserable and anxious Zhao Cheng'an has been.

Master Zhou, being a diligent and responsible mentor, has been obsessed with making videos ever since he discovered the modernized teaching method of achieving remote teaching by filming teaching videos.

He films at least two sets of videos a day, one specifically for Qin Huai, one specifically for Zhao Cheng'an.

The set for Qin Huai is focused on finger skill teaching, while Zhao Cheng'an's is more balanced, and Zhao Cheng'an has to submit assignments every day.

The assignment is simple: film a snack-making video and send it to Master Zhou for feedback on how Zhao Cheng'an's current snack-making skills are and whether he has been slacking off in Shan City.

So, how is Zhao Cheng'an's snack-making currently?

Actually, not too bad.

Zhao Cheng'an came to Yunzhong Restaurant to be a snack master, even though he is not very willing, but the customer flow and the praise from elderly uncles and aunts at Yunzhong Restaurant are evident. Even with a steely will, Zhao Cheng'an can't do nothing, his daily workload is almost as much as at Zhiwei Restaurant, but it's a bit less when he has to go to Luo Jun's house for a tea party.

Logically speaking, it's commendable that Zhao Cheng'an can maintain such a high-intensity workload without supervision.

But reality doesn't follow logic.

Reality has a control group.

On the job every day with Zhao Cheng'an is a colleague who is like a standard golden child of others, progressing rapidly, making great advances, and improving in leaps and bounds. Your own kid, although seemingly not lazy, shows no progress, stands still, and keeps making mistakes.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

Theoretically, a mentor can love a student, but the prerequisite is that this student's desk mate isn't always breaking records by being the city's top scorer.

Master Zhou finds it hard not to be sarcastic.

Pushed by the mentor, the unwilling Zhao Cheng'an starts eating sticky rice cake. Initially, Qin Huai hesitated to let Zhao Cheng'an eat it, worried about its potential distraction, fear of losing himself in leisure activities.

Turns out, Zhao Cheng'an is quite afraid of his mentor; after a few pieces of sticky rice cake, his work efficiency skyrocketed, and the enthusiasm for work had to rise regardless of his willingness, perfectly replicating Qin Huai's situation where he forced himself to work harder with two sticky rice cakes daily, finally living the difficult life of a system novel protagonist.

However, such hard days Qin Huai endured for over 10 days, while Zhao Cheng'an couldn't take it after two days.

"Qin Huai, are you even human?" Zhao Cheng'an, spurred by the sticky rice cake buff, questions while his hands are busy making snacks.

Not doing it isn't an option, not doing it makes him feel guilty.

"What's wrong?" Qin Huai hums cheerfully, "Am I offkey in my singing? Or am I singing too loudly and disturbing you? Sorry, I won't sing anymore."

During such moments, Qin Huai is considerate towards his colleague, trying not to let his happiness affect Zhao Cheng'an.

"Is that really the point?" Zhao Cheng'an's voice rises, filled with despair of encountering a competitive colleague, "How about we swap places? You go to Zhiwei Restaurant to be my mentor's student, and I'll stay in Yunzhong Restaurant as the boss. I think you are more suited to Zhiwei Restaurant than I am."

"How could I think that you were similar to me, not so fond of making snacks? Where did the illusion come from that you like making snacks more than Guli?"

Qin Huai casually replies, "You have quite the imagination; my Yunzhong Restaurant's market value is nearing 8 figures now, you want to try getting it for nothing?"