Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1324 1324: Shi Dadan's Secret and the New Year's Eve Feast (Part 1)

She resolved to lose weight after finishing the New Year's Eve dinner. A new year, a new beginning, new hopes for the New Year.

As for the New Year's Eve dinner, she couldn't eat too much either, she needed to lay a good foundation for weight loss, just a taste would suffice.

This was Zhao Rong's original plan.

However, plans couldn't keep up with changes.

In fact, from the moment Zhao Rong saw that exceptionally sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, she was a bit dumbfounded.

Normally, the Qin family's New Year's Eve dinner was also lavish, but not to this extent. On New Year's Eve, Qin Huai usually made a dozen snacks and was already giving it his all. There were a lot of people celebrating this year, so Zhao Rong assumed that even if Qin Huai made a lot, it would only reflect in the quantity of each item, not the variety.

Zhao Rong never expected today's Qin Huai to be the Pro Max version of Qin Huai.

Qin Huai made a total of 36 types of snacks!

With so many snacks, of course, not all could have the visible level-up effect. Qin Huai made many snacks he felt adept at and suitable for the New Year after recalling various memories.

36 types of snacks + 8 hot dishes + 2 soups + 6 plates of cold dishes, totaling 52 dishes. One table couldn't fit them all, nor could two tables. Qin Huai eventually decided on placing each snack in a small plate, displaying them on the table for everyone to see, letting them pick what they wanted to eat from the table, and replenishing from the next table or kitchen if needed.

It was like a flowing banquet, letting the family enjoy the feast ahead of New Year's Eve.

After a brief shock, Zhao Rong chose to start with Chicken Soup Noodles.

She originally planned on having a bite of each snack from her daughter's portion, thinking it would be enough. Now she realized she might get too full from just one bite of each, so she changed her strategy to start with the Chicken Soup Noodles served to everyone.

Zhao Rong loved Chicken Soup Noodles, at her age, she enjoyed warm, soupy staple foods.

A mouthful of Chicken Soup Noodles down her throat, Zhao Rong was amazed.

She inexplicably thought of something Xiao Zhao, who always felt a bit peculiar and scattered, said about his son having another epiphany.

Huaihuai had another epiphany!

These five words with an exclamation mark popped over Zhao Rong's head like a dialogue box from an NPC.

The words "Eat less and lose weight" immediately vanished from Zhao Rong's dictionary, her body was more honest than her brain.

Without hesitation, Zhao Rong hunched over and inhaled voraciously, and before she knew it, she had cleaned out a bowl of Chicken Soup Noodles, almost licking the bowl clean.

When Zhao Rong looked up, she realized her daughter beside her had already started gobbling up Four Happiness glutinous rice balls.

"Luoluo, give Mom a bite, Mom wants the red bean filling."

Qin Luo instantly understood her mother's thoughts—poor appetite, unable to eat every snack completely, can only try a bit of each.

Qin Luo generously gave her mother half of a red bean filling rice ball, while sharing dining insights with her, "Mom, that Poria cake is so delicious! The Meat Pancake is also good! That plate of dumplings is tasty, the Dream Come True Sesame Bun is much better than before, sticky rice cake, Yam Cake, Green Bean Cake, pea cake are all great."

"Brother made every snack delicious today!"

"But the cold dishes, hot dishes, and soups on the table are taking up too much space, let's clear them away!"

Zhao Rong: ?

I've only had a bowl of Chicken Soup Noodles, and you've already eaten so many snacks?

In the next 40 minutes, Zhao Rong couldn't remember what she did, she only vaguely recalled herself like a starving ghost who stumbled upon a feast after three days without food, wanting to eat everything, finding everything the most exquisite delicacy ever, eating with the momentum of never being able to have it again, and kept inhaling voraciously.

When Zhao Rong came to her senses, she was already slumped in her chair like an overstuffed seal, looking up satisfyingly yet regretfully at the sky. Gawking at the bright moon in the sky, the stars that were hardly visible due to cloud obstruction, and her husband sitting beside her in the same pose, seemingly able to eat a lot yet actually not, while the delicious tastes lingered in her mouth, making her sigh wistfully for the snacks.

Almost everyone else was in a similar state, willing but unable.

The first to end the battle were Mr. Xu, then Granny Qin and Mr. Qin.

The elderly couldn't eat as much as they used to in their youth, unable to indulge like the young, and even if they overindulged, they'd barely reach the point of just being full like seals.

Granny Qin regrettably expressed that when she was younger and working in the fields, she could eat four big bowls of white rice in one sitting. Age had really caught up with her, and she couldn't showcase her appetite when it mattered, getting full with just this bit.

Mr. Qin said that he could eat six bowls in his younger days.

Even Mr. Xu, who earlier in the morning experienced the peak of his life and sat down to feast on the sumptuous dinner made by his precious son, felt no joy at this age, and only regretted not being able to eat more.

At the New Year's Eve dinner table, in the end, there was only one person still in the fight.

Shi Dadan!

Shi Dadan's children watched their father with admiring eyes, this was probably the one day in their lives they admired him the most.

Even Chen Huihong couldn't help but quietly express to An Youyou, that Dang Kang truly has an innate advantage when it comes to eating, especially staple foods, that even if everyone was a waking spirit, no one could out-eat Dang Kang except for Taotie.

Shi Dadan was eating happily.

Today was the happiest day of his life, and this happiness made him want to eat more, and in doing so, he unintentionally ate even more.

Shi Dadan acquired the MVP of the day!

After the meal, the MVP volunteered to wash the dishes, and only the MVP could do so—everyone else was too stuffed to move.

At 11 pm, before driving his wife and kids back to the village, Shi Dadan knocked on Qin Huai's door.

Qin Huai had just woken up and remembered everything, but that didn't mean he had sorted through all the memories. When An Youyou told Qin Huai about the past, she spoke randomly because she hadn't organized it properly, and organizing memories took a few days.

Not to mention, Qin Huai hadn't had much time to organize his memories today. After roughly sorting and explaining to everyone, he quickly busied himself with making the New Year's dinner.

That night, after finishing the dinner and returning to his room, it was time for Qin Huai to organize his memories.

When Qin Huai opened the door, he saw an anxious Shi Dadan, who looked like he had come to apologize.

"Old Shi, what's the matter with you? Don't tell me you broke all the dishes while washing them, and now we don't have enough for tomorrow's flow?" Qin Huai laughed.

"No, no, I washed the dishes spotlessly, didn't break a single one, not even a chip." Shi Dadan quickly explained.

"I know, I was joking, Old Shi, you don't have to be so nervous, come in and sit." Qin Huai stepped aside to invite Shi Dadan in.

"No, my wife and kids are waiting for me to drive them back." Shi Dadan shook his head, took a deep breath, "Qin Huai, what I told you this morning, the things I didn't tell you, can I take a few days to think it through, organize it, and then write it in a letter to you?"

Qin Huai: ?

Is this matter so hard to discuss that Shi Dadan, who's always allergic to words, voluntarily asked to write a letter?

"Well… alright." Qin Huai nodded, couldn't help but add, "Old Shi, now that I'm awake, even if I was previously dazed and didn't react, once I go through and organize all the things I've recalled in the next few days, I should realize everything."

"Even if you have something you're keeping from me, I trust it's because you can't tell me. You never hide things from me on purpose. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, if you don't want to say it, then don't, and don't force yourself to write a letter."

"I… I've known you for so many years in my previous life and never saw you write anything besides signing your name."

"Back then, I almost felt guilty, thinking I gave you a name that was too hard to write with the complicated character 'Mo', if I'd known, I would've named you Xu Yi."

Hearing Qin Huai say this, Shi Dadan instantly felt much better, "Don't worry, Qin Huai, I'll definitely write the letter well for you!"

With that, Shi Dadan happily turned around and left.

"Don't forget to come for breakfast tomorrow morning, remember to bring Sister Xiao Hong and the kids along, don't just come by yourself in excitement."

"Also, don't come too early, I'm likely to sleep late tonight, and I won't be able to get up if it's very early." Qin Huai reminded.

"I know!"