Qin Huai's second try at thickening today was just like in the afternoon, far less intuitive compared to the first attempt. The movements felt almost the same to observers, but Qin Huai was aware that with or without feeling, there was a difference.

When he felt it, it was as if guided by a higher power; without the feeling, it was just a routine.

The Crab Yellow Sauce was ready.

A rather ordinary Crab Yellow Sauce, not as good as what Zheng Siyuan usually made.

No amount of points from thickening could make up for the shortcomings in fire control, Qin Huai awkwardly held the Crab Yellow Sauce, bringing the plate closer to the phone for Cao Guixiang to see clearly, not knowing that Cao Guixiang had taken off her reading glasses on the other side.

"Master Cao, my fire control is indeed not up to par, and I'm not very skilled in making Crab Yellow Sauce, so the final product is just this. You can just have a quick look." Qin Huai said, looking up.

Cao Guixiang laughed out loud, saying, "Alright, stop holding the plate so high, your arm will get sore from holding it for too long. Put the phone down too, I've already seen it."

Hearing this, Qin Huai lowered the plate, stood on the chair, and took down the phone and its stand placed on the highest shelf, first observing Cao Guixiang's expression.

Not seeing any regret or dissatisfaction, it was clear that Cao Guixiang was generally pleased with his thickening performance today.

"Master Cao, is there anything wrong with my thickening? If I want to practice thickening now, how should I go about it? Should I make Crab Yellow Sauce, sauté yam, or do something else?" Qin Huai humbly asked for advice.

Cao Guixiang answered off-topic, "Is your restaurant busy lately?"

Qin Huai was taken aback, thinking this wasn't the time for chit-chat, but since Master Cao wanted to chat, he could chat a bit too, shaking his head, "It's alright for now."

"Tan Wei'an brought several chefs from Zhiwei Restaurant to exchange, our restaurant's menu is almost full. Yesterday, some snack menus weren't ready, Sister Xi wrote them on paper and stuck them on the window, shouting when they were ready, multiple regular customers said the snack variety was too much to keep up with now."

Qin Huai laughed as he spoke.

He wasn't lying; right now, there really were too many snack varieties for the customers to keep up with. With so many chefs from Zhiwei Restaurant, each person has to make at least 3-4 types of snacks a day, the Yunzhong Restaurant's snack shelves could easily display over a dozen plentiful snacks.

According to Tan Wei'an, these apprentices rarely have the chance to independently make snacks and sell them at Zhiwei Restaurant. After all, Zhiwei Restaurant is the top faction on Bai'an Road, demanding high standards for chefs and high product control for snacks, even Su Qian often assists Master Zhou, not to mention these typical elite apprentices.

In some sense, coming to Yunzhong Restaurant for exchange is indeed an opportunity for these apprentices, not only to learn but also to understand what it truly feels like to become a snack master.

"Not to mention, Zang Liang came today; he's a Huaiyang cuisine chef, if he's willing to casually make some staff meals, our meals could greatly improve."

Cao Guixiang nodded thoughtfully, asking, "Right, I remember you mentioned that Little Zang also came for exchange. How long is he expected to stay?"

"Not quite clear, last night we only mentioned in passing that he was coming today. But he should stay for over half a month, Zang Liang mentioned this afternoon his master has to go abroad for half a month next week, so he's taking this time to exchange with us."

Cao Guixiang pondered for a dozen seconds, then asked, "If he doesn't learn much in the first week of exchange, he might miss out a bit, what's Xiao Cang's specialty?"

"Knife Skills, but this time he wants to exchange about seasoning. Of course, he's mainly here to help us with thickening and to study Crab Yellow Sauce together, he's quite interested in Crab Yellow Sauce." Qin Huai explained honestly.

Cao Guixiang seemed to understand, without speaking, clearly calculating something.

Qin Huai also remained silent, waiting for Cao Guixiang to speak first.

About three or four minutes later, Cao Guixiang showed an understanding expression, "Alright, having you come back immediately is impossible, you have business to attend to over there, and plenty of colleagues to exchange with."

"But coming back too late isn't good either, someone needs to keep an eye on your thickening practice. If you research recklessly on your own, I'm afraid you'll develop bad habits like with Knife Skills, which will be hard to correct."

"With Little Zang coming from afar for exchange, staying for about half a month, leaving him unattended isn't good, that's not how our industry exchanges."

"Can you come back the day after tomorrow?" Cao Guixiang looked at Qin Huai.

Which is three days later.

Qin Huai thought about it, actually, theoretically, he could come back any day, as long as it wasn't Cao Guixiang calling impromptu in the morning asking him to book a flight to Guangdong by evening, he could generally make time.

Being the boss has this advantage, very flexible timing.

Moreover, as long as he's not gone for too long, customers can accept it, Yunzhong Restaurant's regulars have become accustomed to Master Qin occasionally disappearing for 1-2 days.

After all, they had no choice but to accept it, back when Qin Huai went to Huang Ji for exchange, the customers didn't accept it, and unlike the wealthy folks in Yunzhong District, they couldn't chase him to Gusu, only waiting at their spot in helpless anticipation.

Just thinking about it was a tear of bitterness.

Qin Huai reviewed in his mind whether there were any important matters these two days, finding none except researching the Double Crab Bun, decisively nodded, "I can."

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