Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1237 593: Wang Gen Sheng's Guilt

Zheng Siyuan's words were like a wake-up call for the dreamer.

It can only be said that Zheng Siyuan is truly a master of fresh meat mooncakes. His dedication to fresh meat mooncakes over the years matches his keen perception.

Qin Huai's first reaction was that Zheng Siyuan found the correct answer.

Because Zheng Siyuan's judgment not only matched Wang Gen Sheng's description, but also aligned with Qin Huai's understanding of Xu Nuo.

Why did Qin Huai previously think that the Red Silk Cake was just a floral cake? Because Qin Huai never believed from the start that Xu Nuo could obtain the recipe for Red Silk Cake. Indeed, as the youngest son of Mr. Xu, Xu Nuo was spoiled, wealthy, knew Master Jing, and traveled around. He could buy the recipe for the Double Crab Bun from Tan Weian's great-grandfather, but this did not mean Xu Nuo could get the real Red Silk Cake recipe.

To be specific, Qin Huai couldn't analyze much, but both his intuition and reasoning told him that with Xu Nuo's skill, financial power, background, and his spirit identity, it was impossible for him to get the real Red Silk Cake recipe.

Besides, with Xu Nuo's capricious personality, he would definitely rely on Wang Gen Sheng's ignorance to make something delicious that has nothing to do with the Red Silk Cake and pass it off as Red Silk Cake to deceive his good buddies.

Tricking the Law Beast into bewilderment while the other firmly believes it—just thinking about it is amusing.

Now that Zheng Siyuan had said that Xu Nuo actually used the approach of making fresh meat mooncakes to make floral cakes and finally falsely named this snack as Red Silk Cake, Qin Huai found it very reasonable.

Even if Xu Nuo wasn't good at making fresh meat mooncakes in previous lives, having lived in Gusu for so many years and with fresh meat mooncakes being the famous must-have snack in Gusu, Xu Nuo must certainly know how to make them.

From the results, this idea was very reasonable; in terms of location, the idea was operable. Considering the characters, this idea was practically the standard answer.

"Si Yuan, you're amazing!" Qin Huai exclaimed with admiration, "You actually thought of the effect of fresh meat mooncake pastry after a few days. I made so many floral cakes over the past few days and didn't realize it."

Zheng Siyuan's voice didn't fluctuate much, but it was clearly happy as he gently said, "It's not that amazing. I just make a lot of fresh meat mooncakes regularly. You make breakfast often, seldom make these kinds of snacks, and even less likely to have experience eating fresh meat mooncakes left for several days."

"I used to eat a lot..."

"Eat a lot?" Qin Huai instantly caught the keyword.

Zheng Siyuan paused, slightly lowered his voice, and said, "When my skills weren't good before, the fresh meat mooncakes I made often didn't sell out, and I couldn't sell them to customers the next day because they weren't fresh, so I saved them to eat myself."

"Sometimes when there were too many left, I couldn't finish them in one day, so I ate them over several days, and leaving them for three or four days was quite normal."

It sounds rather bitter as if it's the inevitable path for every snack master. After all, nobody can make delicious snacks right from the start; everyone faces the issue of unsold snacks at some point.

Qin Huai pondered whether he had experienced this himself.

No.

When Qin Huai's skills were at their poorest at the orphanage, even then, his skills were far superior compared to Director Qin, and every child happily ate the buns and steamed buns he made.

After Qin Huai was adopted by the Qin Congwen couple and helped make buns at the Qin Family Breakfast Shop, they couldn't keep up with the demand.

Well, the not-so-approachable Master Qin didn't have such bitter past experiences.

Qin Huai could only change the topic: "So can normal fresh meat mooncakes be stored for one or two months?"

Of course, Qin Huai didn't know how long Wang Gen Sheng originally intended to keep the Red Silk Cake, but since Wang Gen Sheng used phrases like planning to save it for the New Year and couldn't resist sneakily eating a piece, it was likely meant to be stored for a long time.

And according to people's attitudes toward snacks during that era, wrapping them with greaseproof paper and storing them for several months should also be quite normal.

Snacks were precious – such good things were meant to be saved for the New Year.

"Stored for one or two months?" There was a touch of surprise in Zheng Siyuan's voice.

Apparently, Zheng Siyuan hadn't experienced the tragic situation of fresh meat mooncakes not selling and having to gorge on them for two months himself.

"Stored in the fridge?" Zheng Siyuan asked.

"Not in the fridge," Qin Huai replied.

Zheng Siyuan fell silent.

"For flaky pastries, sure, storing for 10 days or half a month is fine. Without considering taste and not fearing stomach issues, storing for a month might also be possible."

"But fresh meat mooncakes… normally need to be eaten within three days. I've only had fresh meat mooncakes that were left for three days. Beyond three days, especially beyond five days, the mooncakes will spoil."

"Even if stored in the fridge, it's generally advised to eat within a week, and for raw ones, within 15 days."

"A month…"

"Not even for fresh meat mooncakes, even if the filling were floral, it wouldn't be possible either."

"Absolutely not, all snack with fillings shouldn't be [stored that long]." Zheng Siyuan said with great certainty.

Since Zheng Siyuan put it that way, Qin Huai naturally chose to believe him.

"I understand. I'll try using fresh meat mooncake pastry to make floral cakes and see if it can satisfy Uncle Wang."

"Mm," Zheng Siyuan responded lightly, and if Zheng Siyuan were opposite Qin Huai at this moment, he would accompany this with a nod.

"Do you have any other matters?" Zheng Siyuan asked.

"No," Qin Huai said.

"The last time you came to Gusu, I didn't meet you at Huang Ji, not because I didn't want to help at Huang Ji, but mainly because the pastry shop was busier at that time, and I couldn't spare the time. I was afraid if I went to Huang Ji, the pastry shop would have to close again."