Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1191 570: Playing Matchmaker

After Qin Huai and his companions returned to the town, they followed the strategy given by Jiang Weiguo and went to Liu Er Noodle House to order eight bowls of plain noodles. They then went to the braised goose shop diagonally opposite to buy a whole braised goose, and immediately asked the noodle house boss to help reheat the braised meat. Under the astonished gazes of the noodle house owner and the braised goose shop owner, the three of them enjoyed a hearty meal of braised meat mixed with noodles and braised goose.

Let me tell you, the noodle house and braised meat recommended by Jiang Weiguo are quite a match.

As an excellent pastry snack master, although Qin Huai is not skilled in hand-pulled noodles and is only good at hand-rolled noodles, he could also taste that Liu Er's noodle-pulling skills are average. However, these average hand-pulled noodles, coupled with some ordinary alkaline water, and then with the reheated, melted fat, a rich aroma, and braised meat with concentrated oil and soy sauce placed on top of the noodles, each piece of meat melts finely, mixing with the fragrance of the marinade and oil, laid over the noodles, and slurped in one bite.

That flavor.

Tears of envy nearly flowed from the corners of Liu Er's and the braised goose store owner's mouths, without any hesitation, they directly joined the table carrying their own dinner, asking enthusiastically about the relationship between Qin Huai and Jiang Weiguo, Master Jiang.

It certainly wasn't a typical relative relationship. Even Master Jiang's own son didn't receive this kind of treatment. Even if it were Master Jiang's most pampered eldest son, he wouldn't bring out such a big bowl of braised meat. Being able to serve a bowl of braised meat rice was already considered a victory.

After the meal, Qin Huai's group had learned a plethora of intriguing gossip that even private investigators couldn't dig up.

Jiang Weiguo is considered a local celebrity, at least in the neighboring villages and town.

As a former head chef of the state-owned restaurant, ever since Jiang Weiguo retired and returned to the village to peacefully raise pigs, he became someone that if a family's children were getting married and they couldn't have Master Jiang as the chef, they'd have to lower their voice when bragging in the future.

Jiang Weiguo once contracted all kinds of banquets in more than a dozen nearby villages. Of course, this business had already started when Jiang Weiguo was a state restaurant chef. It was just a side business back then, but it became his main business after retirement.

Take Liu Er for example, his wedding banquet was overseen by Jiang Weiguo, his children's 100-day feast was cooked by Jiang Weiguo, his son's wedding was cooked by Jiang Weiguo, his daughter's wedding unfortunately didn't have Jiang Weiguo due to a schedule conflict, and even his 50th birthday party two years ago was cooked by Jiang Weiguo.

While talking about these glorious achievements, Liu Er stood tall, his words full of pride: "I grew up eating Master Jiang's cooking."

Qin Huai and his companions didn't quite understand this feeling of pride, they just simply felt that Jiang Weiguo's retirement life was much like the Valentino he wore. At a glance, the label was quite expensive, yet the clothes worn on him seemed unremarkable, plain, even looking a bit dusty, reminiscent of local market stalls selling two pieces for 150 bucks during a big fair.

Qin Huai even started to think maybe Jiang Weiguo was having a tough time because he had to raise five big, plump sons, and that's why he had to constantly take jobs even after retirement. During the meal, both Liu Er and the braised goose shop owner said that among Jiang Weiguo's five sons, four grandsons, and two granddaughters, except for a small, skinny one, the others were all burly with outstanding appetites, enough that even gangsters would avoid them on the street.

Every year during the New Year, the Jiang Family ate pork by the pighead.

"It's really not easy for Thirteen," An Youyou sighed upon returning to the inn. "Life's so tough, yet he still plans to slaughter a pig for us tomorrow. No, I must bring two more boxes of milk to visit him tomorrow."

After her sigh, An Youyou nestled down with a sandalwood box counting Da yang, picking out the ones in good condition, asking Shi Dadan if it would look nice to spread these Da yang out on a small wooden table, then place the Golden Toad on the Da yang.

Shi Dadan gently suggested that it might not look very nice.

Qin Huai didn't join their discussion because he was chatting with Zhao Cheng'an.

Through the brief encounter that afternoon and what the noodle house owner said, Qin Huai initially judged Jiang Weiguo as someone with a somewhat difficult temperament, maybe not wealthy, or perhaps well-off but couldn't sit idly by, who often took jobs outside, loved raising pigs and growing vegetables, and was a healthy retired old man rooted in the village who disliked going to the city.

Overall, his temperament hadn't changed much since he was young.

When Jiang Weiguo was serving as a lackey for An Youyou, he wasn't talkative, never said wasted words, and didn't like small talk, courtesies, or melodrama. It was the same when they met today; Jiang Weiguo was the only one who didn't brief An Youyou about his current situation, just listened, and didn't offer any remarks after listening.

However, one thing Qin Huai could be sure of, Jiang Weiguo definitely couldn't afford Taifeng Building.

According to Xia Mubing, he once offered 1.4 billion yet the Li family didn't sell, while Jiang Hui Qin's son stubbornly adhered to Jiang Hui Qin's dying wish to retrieve Beiping for the Jiang family before reclaiming Taifeng Building.

Among Jiang Chengde's seven sons, Qin Huai had seen three in various spirit memories. Currently, it's known that Master Jing had passed away many years ago, Jiang Weiming's situation in Shu unknown, with private investigators unable to track him down, making Jiang Weiguo the only Jiang family descendant Qin Huai found and met this afternoon.

At the same time, he was a very cautious elder.

That afternoon, the three of Qin Huai were blocked at the door for at least ten minutes. They weren't allowed inside unless they clarified their origin, reason, and showed evidence. It was apparent how aware he was of scams.

If An Youyou hadn't immediately revealed the old man's past as a beggar, Qin Huai figured even if they got in, it would still take half an hour to prove An Youyou was indeed the granddaughter of the eldest brother, and there would be no tea served within those 30 minutes.