Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 269 - 180: Scammer (Part 4)

Chapter 269: Chapter 180: Scammer (Part 4)

Three Meat Buns!

Before Gong Liang had any reaction, Qin Huai had already widened his eyes.

Since Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da had never made Three Meat Buns, Qin Huai had never thought he would see them in Gong Liang’s memory.

Actually, thinking about it, it makes sense; both Three Meat Buns and Five Fillings Bun are specialty snacks of Guangling. Given how close Guangling is to Gusu, it’s not surprising that Jinglixiang would make them as well.

In this era, Three Meat Buns are definitely a luxury item.

Year-old hens, pork belly, and fresh crispy bamboo shoots are all top-tier ingredients. Especially the first two, you could tell by the way Gong Liang looked at the pork belly, they were definitely things only a typical family could afford during the New Year.

There was no calendar at Gong Liang’s house, and the newspapers he read at work weren’t current; they were months’ worth stacked up, so Qin Huai didn’t know the exact date.

However, Qin Huai remembered that last night, Jinglixiang advised Gong Liang to go home, mentioning it was late autumn, likely between mid-October and November. During this time, winter bamboo shoots are already on the market. In some sense, not only is it a good time to eat Crab Dumplings, it’s also a great time to enjoy Three Meat Buns.

Jinglixiang gave Gong Liang plenty of choices, but while Gong Liang was deciding, he had already determined the best snack to make, spending quite a bit of thought.

Jinglixiang made more than twenty Crab Dumplings, and Gong Liang stopped eating after just five.

Seeing Gong Liang not eat more, Jinglixiang didn’t insist. He took out a lunchbox from the cupboard, packed six dumplings inside, and left the rest. He told Gong Liang to take the lunchbox home and bring it back tomorrow afternoon.

Gong Liang didn’t refuse, silently taking the lunchbox home.

When Gong Liang got home, Mrs. Gong was wiping Mr. Gong’s body.

Caring for a patient is a long, tedious, exhausting, and troublesome task. Mrs. Gong wouldn’t let Gong Liang help, insisting she could handle it, closing the door tightly to keep Gong Liang out.

Gong Liang had no choice but to brew medicine on a small stove. While waiting, he took out a notebook and pen from his room to write in a thick journal.

Qin Huai leaned over for a look and discovered that Gong Liang was writing about dialogues and character analysis.

The notes were neat and attractive, with concise and clear words. It was evident that Gong Liang had been a good student and practiced calligraphy during his schooling days.

This was Gong Liang’s work journal.

It contained a lot of character and case analyses, such as what kind of personality the director of a certain factory has, the deputy director’s traits, the purchasing specialist’s character, the leadership style. Their preferences, schedules, speaking habits, level of integrity, which factories they successfully collaborated with before, and if there were any successful cases worth referencing.

The journal abruptly ended at the beginning of the year when the incident happened with the Shanghai bedsheet factory.

For the past several months, Gong Liang hadn’t recorded any information in this notebook.

Now, he had taken it out again and started writing.

Qin Huai looked and found that he was writing case analyses of three different factories in Jinling: a clothing factory, a bedsheet factory, and a village-run factory that was more like a small workshop producing handicrafts.

Gong Liang wrote meticulously without needing to refer to any materials, as all the information was stored in his mind.

Qin Huai stayed by his side, watching him write from day to night. During this time, even as Mrs. Gong rushed about, she didn’t disturb him. Mrs. Gong didn’t know what Gong Liang was working on, but she thought as long as he was occupied, it was a good thing; she didn’t even call him to eat, merely placing the utensils silently by his side.

After finishing his notes, Gong Liang ate, washed the dishes, tidied his room, and went to sleep.

The next day, he went to work as usual.

Mr. Chen again cheerfully approved Gong Liang’s leave. Seeing this, Liu Hai was eager to take leave as well, but when he asked, Mr. Chen scolded him thoroughly, leaving him lamenting why he still had to work in the afternoon.

Then a middle-aged man next door countered him with a few sentences: "What’s your performance? What’s Xiao Gong’s performance? What’s your situation? What’s Xiao Gong’s situation?"—effectively silencing him.

Gong Liang ignored this, having breakfast before heading to the state-run cafeteria.

Although the state-run cafeteria didn’t serve noodles, opting for simple meals instead, the food was still much better than at the Silk Factory.

There was plain white rice, cabbage with meatballs, and tofu stewed with small fish.

The server from yesterday was not there; instead, a young man about Gong Liang’s age sat in the hall, treating him very kindly, smiling and pointing him towards the kitchen door, indicating for him to head inside.

Jinglixiang was already prepared in the kitchen.

He had already made the dough rise.

Seeing Gong Liang, Jinglixiang smiled and asked how his day was.

This time, Gong Liang answered: "I spent the morning reading newspapers and looking up a lot of information."

"Oh, what kind of information?" Jinglixiang showed a keen interest.

"There have been many new village-run factories in Jinling over the past few years," Gong Liang said. "Although they’re mostly small factories with only a few dozen people, and many don’t have machines, selling simple handicrafts, there’s a large number of them."

Jinglixiang motioned for Gong Liang to continue.

Gong Liang continued, "Some in the market sell wooden products, others sell wicker products, and some make small toys. They produce a wide range of goods, essentially whatever the market needs."

"I think they all have great potential to make silk products. Silk can be used not only for clothing, sheets, curtains but also to make fans, handicrafts, and toys. Last year, a Silk Factory at an export fair secured a large order, exporting silk to the Overseas Chinese in Nanyang to make silk screens."

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