Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1188 - 568: Exchange (3)

"Now it’s an exchange."

"One teaches and the other learns because their abilities are vastly different, so there’s something to teach and something to learn."

"Exchange means neither side outshines the other, you have your strengths, and I have mine, so we learn from each other and improve together."

"Is Qin Huai that impressive now?" Huang An Yao was stunned.

Huang Shengli: "...Didn’t you realize it when you ate the Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns yesterday?"

At this moment, Huang Shengli somewhat empathized with Zheng Da. He thought he was already a generous father, but sometimes he couldn’t help wondering how he ended up with such a disappointing son.

Isn’t he supposed to be a gourmet? Even wants to become a food reviewer and submit to "Taste," how come he couldn’t tell at the crucial moment?

Huang An Yao only realized the staggering progress of Qin Huai when he tasted the snacks made by Qin Huai and Zheng Da during dinner time.

At that moment, Huang An Yao almost wanted to kneel and beg Qin Huai to stay permanently at Huang Ji, offering all his shares to Qin Huai.

Even though Huang An Yao still felt that Zheng Da’s snacks were slightly better than Qin Huai’s, Qin Huai’s Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns totally outshined Zheng Da’s.

However, Zheng Da only made snacks a few times a year, unlike Qin Huai, who was truly a dedicated and responsible breakfast chef, consistently making breakfast and snacks every day.

In the following days, Qin Huai and the others visited Mr. Xu at the retirement home in the morning, and in the afternoon, Qin Huai went to Huang Ji to exchange ideas on locust flower buns with Zheng Da, while the others had free time.

During these days, Mr. Xu rambled on about some previous events, but not too far back; mainly about how the textile factory gradually declined, and after the factory closed, he couldn’t stay idle and worked for a private company for a few years before moving to Shanghai to live with his eldest son.

When Mr. Xu talked about these things, he was like an elder reminiscing about the past, telling grandchildren stories they didn’t know. No matter how extraordinary or exciting the experiences were, they seemed mundane in his narrative, as if they were just everyday occurrences.

Qin Huai and the others stayed in Gusu for five days.

On the fifth day, when leaving the retirement home, Mr. Xu gave each of Qin Huai, An Youyou, and Shi Dadan a fountain pen, a very ordinary fountain pen.

According to Mr. Xu, fountain pens were rare items back then and were often included in prizes for outstanding employees at the textile factory. Nowadays, young people don’t use fountain pens to write anymore, but Mr. Xu himself loved them and had collected quite a few over the years. He picked three of his favorites to give to the three of them as gifts for the younger generation.

Qin Huai and the others gladly accepted the gifts and boarded the high-speed train to Z City.

By the way, on the second day after Qin Huai left Gusu, Zheng Da resumed his lazy status, happily took his granddaughter out.

In response, Huang An Yao sent Qin Huai over a dozen messages, expressing that it was easy to go from frugal to lavish but hard to return; having happily enjoyed five days of snacks, he suddenly found himself with nothing to eat and needed to do accounting, making life unbearable.

Qin Huai replied to Huang An Yao with a period.

When Huang An Yao was messaging Qin Huai, the three of them were already standing at Jiang Weiguo’s doorstep.

Among the three of An Youyou’s little brothers, Jiang Weiguo was the only one who didn’t live in a retirement home but chose to retire in the countryside. Although the oldest, he was also the fittest, with a good spirit and very vigilant.

Both Lin Qi and Xu Chenggang accepted that An Youyou was the granddaughter of their big brother, and even believed they were the reincarnation of their big brother, but only Jiang Weiguo maintained the basic caution an elder should have.

"The big brother’s granddaughter?" Jiang Weiguo stood at the courtyard gate, his sharp eyes scanning the faces of the three, "I didn’t know the big brother had a child?"

"How did you find me when I haven’t been in touch with Lin Qi and Xu Chenggang all these years?"

"What evidence do you have to prove it?"

Jiang Weiguo, by his actual actions, showed that the Valentino jacket he wore wasn’t just for show.

Qin Huai & An Youyou & Shi Dadan:...

Oops, this part wasn’t rehearsed before.