Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 434 - 244 Task Completed

Chapter 434: Chapter 244 Task Completed

Huang An Yao and Gong Baozhu are both efficiency experts when it comes to work; the quality might not always be the best, but the speed is guaranteed.

If you overlook the insignificant little incident of two small river shrimps falling out of the plate of stir-fried river shrimps, the two of them could be described as quite nimble.

Accompanied by Qin Huai bringing a large bowl of Four Happiness glutinous rice to the table, the dishes were mostly ready.

As for why it’s "mostly," it’s because Zheng Da’s Qianhua Gongdeng Buns were still in the steamer, and he wouldn’t bring them out. According to Zheng Da, the Qianhua Gongdeng Buns are different from the Four Happiness glutinous rice, which can be brought to the table with other dishes during the meal.

The Qianhua Gongdeng Buns must make a grand entrance as the final snacks and should be eaten last. If brought out too early, they cool down, and the texture won’t be good. It’s better to keep them warm in the steamer; he knows his limits.

Huang Shengli said that Zheng Da was just being fussy.

Huang An Yao didn’t care about whether things should be done a certain way; as long as there’s food, it’s fine. He not only brought the dishes but also took bowls and prepared enthusiastically to serve everyone the rice balls.

As a result, Huang An Yao had just picked up a bowl when he faced a dilemma and turned to his dad for help: "Dad, how many Four Happiness glutinous rice should I serve per person?"

Under normal circumstances, Four Happiness glutinous rice is definitely served in bowls of four. The bowls at Zheng Da’s house are big enough to fit four without any problem, with room for some soup, but what Qin Huai made wasn’t normal Four Happiness glutinous rice.

The rice balls in this large bowl are unshaped, they’re blind box rice balls.

Not to mention, the Four Happiness glutinous rice balls are big, and there’s already a table full of home-cooked dishes. Eating four rice balls fills one up to sixty or seventy percent, and with a few more bites of dishes, the battle is over.

Sometimes serving rice balls is also a skill; doing it wrong might offend someone.

Huang An Yao can’t even buy fruit properly, let alone rice balls.

Huang Shengli calmly said: "Just serve yourself, why are you hoarding the bowls in front of you like they are treasures? Quickly give them to everyone."

Huang An Yao instantly understood and distributed bowls to everyone.

Eight people sat around the small round table. Zheng Da sat next to Zheng Siyuan, Huang An Yao sat next to Huang Shengli, Gong Liang and his family of three sat together, and Qin Huai sat between Zheng Siyuan and Gong Liang.

Gong Liang looked at the scene and remarked: "It’s been a long time since we got together for a meal like this."

Gong Baozhu mercilessly exposed her dad’s nonsense: "Come on, Dad, don’t we eat like this every New Year? The year Sister Si Qin got married, we ate at our house, but there weren’t enough bowls, so Si Qin’s husband didn’t get one. My brother and I ran over to the neighbor’s house to borrow bowls during the New Year. The next day, there was a rumor that our family had gone bankrupt, and my brother and I were begging on the street during the New Year."

Gong Liang: ...

Gong Liang got up and served his daughter four Four Happiness rice balls.

Gong Baozhu was overjoyed: "Thanks, Dad, I love rice balls the most!"

Gong Baozhu was probably the only person at the table who didn’t eat Four Happiness rice balls regularly. Living far away and eating less has its advantages; it feels fresh.

Qin Huai chose to eat the dishes first.

Stir-fried river shrimp, fresh river shrimp stir-fried vigorously, without too much seasoning, to enjoy the fresh taste of the original ingredients. Qin Huai ate one after another, enjoying himself thoroughly.

Huang An Yao, sitting opposite to Qin Huai, focused on the eel sections, with two untouched rice balls in his bowl and a pile of eel bones stacked like a small mountain beside it.

Zheng Siyuan’s eating was more balanced, tasting a bit of each dish and then heading to the kitchen to grab another bowl to serve himself a large portion of steamed eggs.

Qin Huai was slightly surprised and tilted his head a bit. He was curious when he saw Huang Shengli making such an ordinary steamed egg in the kitchen, thinking that even homemade dishes shouldn’t be this simple, especially in such a large portion. It turned out someone at the table loved it.

Everyone was happily eating the dishes, except for Gong Baozhu who was devouring the rice balls.

Four blind box rice balls, one with pure meat, one with peanuts and sunflower seeds, one with almonds and walnuts, and one with almond and peanut. Gong Baozhu was having a great time eating them.

The first time Qin Huai made Four Happiness rice balls, Guo Mingzhu mentioned that Gong Baozhu loved rice balls with mixed fruit filling; those sweet to death ones are her favorite.

Qin Huai felt the situation was a bit unexpected for him, was he here just to eat today?

Yes.

But besides eating, there were other tasks. If this goes on, the Four Happiness rice balls will soon be all eaten up; how could that be?

Qin Huai ate another river shrimp.

Ah, Huang Shengli’s cooking skills are just too good.

This homemade dish is cooked just too homey.

Qin Huai silently ate the two rice balls in his bowl and both were meat-filled. Then he stood up and scooped two more rice balls.

While scooping, Qin Huai laughed and said: "My skills really fall short compared to Master Zheng’s. I shouldn’t have taken on this task without the proper skills. Sorry for making everyone eat the rice balls I made today."

Gong Baozhu, upon hearing this, opened her eyes wide in surprise: "These rice balls fall short? These rice balls taste way better than the ones outside my elementary school!"

"Uncle Zheng, did you make rice balls a few days ago? Why didn’t you tell me? I love rice balls!"

Zheng Da laughed heartily upon hearing this, thinking to himself that he hadn’t even started showing off yet, and kept saying: "Baozhu loves rice balls, right? There are plenty in the fridge, later Uncle Zheng will pack you two big bags, all made by Uncle Zheng over the past few days."

"Thank you, Uncle Zheng!"

"My dad’s giving you those with peanut and sunflower seed filling, and I have some almond and walnut filling ones too; later I’ll pack you two bags as well," Zheng Siyuan added.

Gong Baozhu couldn’t quite grasp this, thinking since when did Four Happiness rice balls have these two fillings? But as long as there’s something to eat, she nodded repeatedly indicating she’d eat whatever she was given.