At noon, Zheng Da and Huang Shengli arrived at Huang’s Kitchen right on time and each had a bowl of Longevity Noodles before arguing.
This Longevity Noodles was specially made by Qin Huai, so they had to eat it first.
After eating a bowl of noodles, all the prepared arguments for the day slipped from Zheng Da’s mind.
Zheng Da was determined to win today.
He had lost for a week, watched teacher training videos for a whole week, memorized presentations for a week, and he felt it was time to win once.
Qin Huai had been Crab Man for a whole week!
The crab smell on him was nearly marinated in. When walking on the street, others thought Qin Huai was selling crabs. It’s time for him, a real master who can teach skills, to step in, right!
When Zheng Da finished the last sip of noodle soup, what came out of his mouth was: "Say that again! Qin Huai said he dealt with shrimp and crabs for a week, felt he made too few snacks, and really wanted to make snacks, which is why he made Chicken Soup Noodles this noon???
Huang Jia nodded affirmatively.
Zheng Da suddenly dared not argue anymore.
What’s going on here?
Never heard of such a practice method in pastry cooking.
Huang An Yao and Gong Liang, these two laymen, couldn’t taste it. Could he, Zheng Da, a professional pastry chef, not taste the improvement? The noodles in the Chicken Soup Noodles Qin Huai made this noon were leaps and bounds better than before, achieving a small-scale breakthrough.
As long as this breakthrough wasn’t just a fluke and could be maintained, all of Qin Huai’s noodle dishes could reach a new level in taste.
Peeling shrimp and crabs have such magical effects!
Why not let Qin Huai peel for another two days to find more inspiration?
Not only was Zheng Da bewildered by a bowl of noodles, but Huang Shengli was also a bit confused.
He had planned to let it slide today.
Although Huang Shengli sincerely thought Zheng Da’s level of teaching apprentices was really a bit poor, Zheng Da’s skills were still excellent. Moreover, Zheng Da is a professional pastry snack master, while he, Huang Shengli, is a meat cooking master, he couldn’t teach Qin Huai how to make Crab Dumplings.
A week of intense practice on the fundamental skills related to ingredients was enough for Qin Huai.
The rest is achieved through accumulation over time. In a hurry, it won’t happen.
Also, Huang Shengli knew very well that at Qin Huai’s current level and state, going back to intensely practice basics would be very tedious and boring, which would demotivate him.
So, he planned to deliberately let it slide during the argument today, let Zheng Da win once, so that Qin Huai wouldn’t need to practice basics this afternoon and could make a whole Crab Dumpling.
After a week of practicing basics, making Crab Dumplings again, the level would certainly improve. There’s still a big chance of failure, but it wouldn’t be as disastrous as before.
Huang Shengli planned well, let Zheng Da teach for a day, allowing Qin Huai to clearly realize that practicing basics is extremely useful, and also making him realize that just practicing fundamental skills couldn’t produce great Crab Dumplings.
With such a reminder in advance, letting Qin Huai practice the allocation of stuffing ingredients for another week would definitely yield better results with less effort.
But now, Huang Shengli hesitated a bit, hesitated whether to intentionally let Zheng Da win the argument.
Qin Huai’s progress was too unconventional.
Peeling crabs and as he peeled, his noodle making level went up.
What kind of logic is this?
Should these crabs still be peeled?
Continuing would seem like a waste of time, but not peeling might affect Qin Huai’s progress in noodle making.
With the same hesitation and doubt, today’s argument between Huang Shengli and Zheng Da was very restrained and controlled.
"You simply don’t understand pastry. I tell you, at this stage, the most important thing is to practice the basic skills. Xiao Qin just needs to get familiar with the ingredients, peeling shrimp and crabs, rushing things is inadvisable, you know? Trust me, continue practicing basics today!" This was said by Zheng Da.
"I don’t understand pastry like you do, but I’ve taught 9 apprentices, including Si Yuan. It’s 10 in total. Do you know about planning in teaching? I told you, Xiao Qin’s basic skills are already very good, no need to continue practicing basic skills."
"Of course, I’m not saying there’s no need for practice, I think if Xiao Qin wants to peel crabs, it is still necessary. But now basics aren’t the focus, I think Xiao Qin needs to learn systematically today, and make a whole Crab Dumpling." This was said by Huang Shengli.
"What systematic learning, now foundation is the focus!"
"What foundation, now systematic learning is the focus!"
Fortunately, Huang Shengli and Zheng Da deliberately kept their voices down during the fight, and Qin Huai had already gotten used to them arguing every day, so he didn’t pay much attention while he was picking crabs at a distance.
If not, if Qin Huai heard the above dialogue, he might have thought his learning progress was too slow, resulting in both masters expelling him from apprenticeship, not wanting to teach him anymore.
Although he had never really entered any apprenticeship.
Ultimately, with Huang Shengli deliberately letting it slide, Zheng Da unwillingly won the argument today and gained the teaching qualification.
Not obtaining teaching qualification for a week, suddenly becoming a teaching master again, if you say Zheng Da wasn’t excited, it’s fake.
Zheng Da was so excited he didn’t quite know what to say, what was the first phrase supposed to be?
"Xiao Qin, let’s pick crabs first, this crab needs to... already picked, I see."
The first line was wrong.
"Then let’s deal with shrimp and crab meat now, let me see... this is also done, I see."
The second line was also wrong. Having eaten a bowl of noodles before the argument, causing some delay, and the argument lasted quite long, Qin Huai had already completed the preparations on his own.