Food: Taking the twins to kindergarten to be chefs

"Teacher Yang, if that's the case, then even the children in the kindergarten won't be able to enjoy lunch and breakfast that day?"

Qu Qing looked a little worried and asked Yang Yuxi for confirmation.

"Yes! Pengpeng's mother."

Yang Yuxi smiled gently and further explained, "Because every classroom will be carefully decorated as a fun-filled world that day, the children cannot eat in the classroom as usual. In addition, when our kindergarten holds such large-scale activities, we usually do not prepare extra breakfast and lunch. This is also for the sake of continuity and fun of the activities."

"Alas, it seems that this is the only way."

Qu Qing sighed, then smiled bitterly: "If my Pengpeng knew about this, he would be very excited, but at the same time he would be a little disappointed that he couldn't eat the delicious food made by Qingqing's father."

But when she thought about the challenge event held in the park, she felt that she was not up to the task with her small body and was not very interested, so she muttered softly: "On the day of the event, let his father come to accompany him to show off his skills! As for me! I will stay at home, turn on the heater, and enjoy my happy soap and love drama."

The words have not yet fallen.

Then I heard Yang Yuxi say, "There is a special reward for this New Year's Day garden party. The first family that successfully passes all the levels and collects all the stamps will win a family meal voucher in the kindergarten. With this voucher, they can enjoy a sumptuous family meal for three people in the kindergarten."

When Qu Qing heard this, she instantly became excited and changed her mind. She said, "Teacher Yang, I will also accompany Peng Peng to participate in the event! I will cheer for them!"

"Okay! Pengpeng's mom, you're most welcome!"

Yang Yuxi smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Wan Zhenhong approached holding Niuniu's hand, and Yang Yuxi immediately greeted them with a warm smile: "Director Wan, Niuniu, good morning~"

As she spoke, she reached out and took Niu Niu's hand, and at the same time introduced to Wan Zhenhong in detail the arrangements for the New Year's Day garden party, including the exciting challenges and rewards.

After learning that the activity did not include lunch and breakfast, Wan Zhenhong and Niu Niu could not help but show a trace of disappointment on their faces. Wan Zhenhong could not help but ask, "Teacher Yang, what about lunch for the teachers and school leaders?"

What this means is, what arrangements will be made for lunch for Mayor Yang and other city leaders, as well as the accompanying Education Bureau leaders, on the day of the New Year's Day event?

But Yang Yuxi didn't hear the hidden meaning, she just smiled and said truthfully: "It's the same for us. We won't eat in the garden anymore. We need to prepare it ourselves."

Wan Zhenhong, who originally hoped to take this opportunity to eat the kindergarten's meals, said: "..."

No way…

How can they get the food in the garden?
Hey!
This is really a case of God disposing everything...

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have gone to so much trouble to come up with this—to have Mayor Yang visit Doraemi Kindergarten!
But the next second...

An idea flashed through his mind - if he could participate in the garden party and successfully collect all the stamps, wouldn't he be able to win a family meal ticket and enjoy a delicious meal in the garden?

In this way, not only myself, but also my wife and Niuniu can benefit.

What a great thing...

As for the son of "Daming Lake"...

He remembers!
But I can only bear with him for now and compensate him when I have the chance in the future. After all, there are only three places for family meal coupons.

Even if he suffers, none of the three of them will suffer!

If his son knew, he would definitely complain: Humph, you two are in true love, your sister is partial to you, and he is just an accident...

At this moment, Wan Zhenhong's mood was a little better, and the feeling of loss was gradually replaced by joy.

However, new problems arose...

Saying.

How to balance accompanying Mayor Yang to visit the kindergarten and participating in the kindergarten activities?

This shouldn’t be a big problem!

I can totally hold it!

On the New Year's Day event, he can politely ask Mayor Yang if he can spare some time to participate in Niu Niu's garden party.

I believe that Mayor Yang is a reasonable person and will understand and support his request!

That’s right…

How to explain this matter to Wei Guodong and Xin Jinghui?

If we tell the truth...

He will inevitably be complained by them. Wei Guodong might even get so angry that he calls Mayor Yang and suggests that he change the kindergarten he visits. Wouldn't that mean he won't be able to participate in the activities in the kindergarten?

Although the chances of this happening are very small.

After all, the notice had already been issued to Dolaimi Kindergarten and other departments, and the decision had to be made. It was obviously unrealistic to make any temporary changes.

But no matter what, it is better to be safe than sorry, so even if the chance is very small, he must be nipped in the bud.

That's right!

Brothers and leaders are there to be cheated!
therefore.

He decided that for his own benefit, he would remain silent during this period and never mention to Wei Guodong and Xin Jinghui that the Dorami Kindergarten would not provide lunch during the New Year's Day event.

Even if on New Year's Day, the two of them learned that the garden would not provide meals and wanted to complain to him, he had his own good plan to deal with it.

When the time comes, he will pretend to be stupid and innocent and say that he knows nothing. I think they won’t be able to do anything to him!
While he was lost in thought, teachers from other classes were enthusiastically discussing the details of the upcoming New Year's Day party with parents.

As soon as parents heard that they had a chance to win family meal tickets and share a delicious dinner in the kindergarten, the anticipation and excitement had quietly spread among the crowd even though the event had not yet begun.

"Teacher Jiang, I have a small suggestion."

Zhou Zhichong, the father of Chenchen from Class 3, could not help expressing his inner thoughts and expressed his opinion to the class teacher Jiang Xinzhuo: "I think it seems a bit stingy to only award meal coupons to the top three families. It should be expanded to at least the top five. This would be fairer and more motivating."

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately aroused strong resonance among the parents. Everyone nodded in agreement, and the atmosphere on the scene became even more enthusiastic.

"Yes, the top three are indeed too few. With so many families participating, the top five seems a bit insignificant. I think that in order to reflect the fairness and breadth of the event, it is more reasonable for the top ten to receive rewards, so that more families can feel the fun and sense of accomplishment of participating."

"Indeed, I think so too. We have more than 300 families in our kindergarten. Even if there are 10 places, it is just a drop in the bucket. It is not enough. It would be better if we could increase the number of reward places so that more families have the opportunity to get this joy."

"Yes, yes, this parent is absolutely right! Every family of ours will be looking forward to participating in this New Year's Day garden party. If we miss out on the rewards due to limited places, it will be such a pity and the children will be so disappointed..."

"That's right. We hope that every child can feel the joy and sense of achievement of participation, not just a matter for a few families. So, teacher, can you please reflect to the kindergarten and try to increase the number of award places? It would be best if there are more than 20, so that everyone has a better chance."

"Yes, yes, increase the number of places! If more than half of the families can have the opportunity to receive rewards, everyone's enthusiasm for participation will definitely be higher, and the event will be more complete and meaningful."

"..."

Jiang Xinzhuo and other teachers: "..."

More than half...

Why didn’t you say that all families in the garden should have a share?
Jiang Xinzhuo explained helplessly: "Dear parents, please understand that the quota we set this time is quite sufficient. Specifically, we have reserved quotas for the top three students in each grade, including the senior class, the middle class and the junior class. The top three students in each grade can receive awards. Therefore, it is not only the top three students in the entire kindergarten who can receive awards."

Despite this, some parents still feel that there are not enough places.

"There are only nine places in total... This is indeed a bit too few. I think that even the families at the bottom of the rankings should have some consolation prizes or participation prizes to recognize their efforts, such as a family meal ticket." "Yes, I think the format of the competition can be more flexible. It doesn't have to be a race against time, but each family can be encouraged to collect different stamps. As long as they complete all the tasks, they can get meal ticket rewards. This will increase the fun and give every family a chance to win rewards."

"Yes, yes, yes, you all have good ideas!"

"..."

Seeing that the parents were greedy and wanted to get a family meal coupon for everyone on the New Year's Day, the teachers of each class felt helpless, but they could only maintain their demeanor and responded with a smile: "We will seriously consider the valuable opinions of all parents and convey them to Principal Liang in due course."

After hearing this, the parents calmed down and stopped expressing their opinions one after another.

"Teacher Yang, what are the highlights of the level-breaking games on the activity day?"

Wan Zhenhong, with the strategic thinking of "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles", hopes to find out the content of the game in advance so that he can practice it in his spare time at night and strive to stand out in the event.

Yang Yuxi did not think much about it. She mistakenly thought that he was worried that the game was too difficult, so she smiled and gave him an example: "Don't worry, Wanju, the games are designed to be interesting and easy to play. For example, our class is preparing a game called "Blowing Ping Pong Balls". At that time, we will line up four cups filled with water, and put a ping-pong ball in the first cup of each row. The contestants need to..."

Wan Zhenhong immediately understood the rules of the game. He interrupted Yang Yuxi and said, "Oh, I see. You just need to blow the ping-pong ball from the first cup to the second cup, and so on. You can't skip any cups during the process, right? I'm familiar with this game."

Yang Yuxi smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's about it."

Wan Zhenhong continued to ask: "Teacher Yang, can you tell us what attractive game projects other classes have carefully planned?"

This question made Yang Yuxi's heart move slightly, and she felt something was wrong after realizing it.
Oh…

Careless!

This is definitely a blatant attempt to gather information in disguise!
Why didn't she think of this and fell into Wan's trap?

really.

Those who can become directors are not easy to deal with.

It seems that I need to be more careful when dealing with the Wan Bureau in the future...

She smiled awkwardly and politely and said, "As for the Wanju, I'm really not sure, because each class teacher will arrange activities according to his or her own creativity."

"Oh, that's a shame. But thank you for your answer, Mr. Yang."

Seeing this, Wan Zhenhong did not ask any more questions and secretly decided to practice his table tennis blowing skills after returning home that night.

There are many parents who have similar thoughts as him, especially the fathers. When they heard that the reward also included kindergarten meal tickets, they immediately became motivated and expressed their determination to do their best and vow to win the award so that they can enjoy the delicious dinner cooked by Chef Huang.

Xie Jianing witnessed the parents' high enthusiasm, with a satisfied smile on her face, and said proudly: "It seems that my proposal really worked, and the enthusiasm of the parents has been completely stimulated. Look, now everyone is ready to show their talents on the day of the garden party."

Indeed, unlike last year's New Year's Day garden party where most parents participated with the intention of accompanying their children, this year's event was already filled with a strong atmosphere of competition and enthusiasm for participation before it officially began.

The teachers around nodded in agreement: "Teacher Xie has indeed made an invaluable contribution this time! But then again, the family meal vouchers as prizes are indeed very attractive. If it were something else, I'm afraid the enthusiasm of the parents might not be so high!"

“Who says it’s not true? Only Chef Huang’s food can inspire parents’ fighting spirit and desire to participate.”

"..."

After watching the parents leave, the teachers from each class, after picking up the children, returned to the classroom to continue their daily teaching.

……

Lunch break time.

When the busy work came to an end, Huang Jun, as usual, first went to the dormitory of Class 4 to check on Qingqing and Weiwei.

He gently pushed the door open and saw that the two little guys were already asleep with contented smiles on their faces.

He reached out to tuck in the corners of the quilt for them, then tiptoed out of the dormitory, intending to go back to his office to take a rest.

When passing the classroom...

His eyes were inadvertently drawn to a table in the corner - four water cups were neatly placed on the table.

As the only parent who attended the preparatory meeting for the New Year's Day garden party last night, he naturally had a basic understanding of the arrangements for the New Year's Day garden party for each class, and he also knew that the game project for the Small (4) class was the "Blowing Ping-Pong Ball" game.

So...

His eyes lit up and he wanted to try his skills, so he walked to the table, took out a ping-pong ball from a box beside it, and placed it on the first cup of water.

He puffed up his cheeks and blew at the ping-pong ball...

But unfortunately…

Due to improper control of strength!

The ping-pong ball deviated from its track, flew away from the water cup, and finally jumped a few times on the table before rolling under the table.

Huang Jun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw this. He then bent down and stretched out his hand, ready to pick up this "little rascal".

At this time.

Yang Yuxi happened to come out to pour water and inadvertently saw Huang Jun bending over to pick up the ball. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Qingqing Dad, what are you busy with?"

Huang Jun smiled awkwardly and explained, "Oh, I saw the water cups here, so I thought of practicing the 'Blowing Ping Pong Ball' game in advance."

Hearing this, Yang Yuxi became even more confused: "You practice this? Are you also going to compete for the family meal coupon award? But you are the chef in the garden, you shouldn't be interested in this award, right?"

Huang Jun quickly clarified: "I didn't intend to compete for the award, I just wanted to try my hand, so that when Qingqing and Weiwei participate, I, as a parent, won't be able to pass the test and embarrass them."

"Oh~"

Hearing this, Yang Yuxi covered her mouth and chuckled: "But Qingqing Dad, it's useless if you try this..."

"why?"

Huang Jun's handsome face was full of confusion.

Yang Yuxi smiled and explained to him: "The rules of the game in our class are that parents need to hold their children, and then the children will blow the ping-pong ball. The ping-pong ball must be blown from the first cup to the next cup in order, and the cups cannot be skipped. If the ping-pong ball falls in the middle, you will not win the prize; you can only win the prize if you blow all the cups at once."

"Ah? It turns out it wasn't the parents who were blowing the trumpet, but the children..."

Huang Jun widened his eyes in surprise and said with emotion: "This is really difficult..."

Yang Yuxi nodded in agreement: "Yes, this game of 'blowing ping-pong balls' is indeed a bit difficult, but it is still relatively simple for parents. However, in order to increase the interactivity of the activity, parents and children must participate together, so that the activity will be more meaningful."

Huang Jun smiled and nodded: "Teacher Yang's words make sense. After school, I will practice with Qingqing and Weiwei, so that the two little ones won't be sad if they don't pass the level."

"Ok!"

Yang Yu smiled and said, "With Qingqing and Weiwei's cleverness, as long as they master the correct techniques and strength, passing the level will be a piece of cake."

As she spoke, she gently clenched her fist to cheer Huang Jun on.

"Thank you for your good words and reminder!"

After a brief chat, Huang Jun said goodbye and went back to his office. (End of this chapter)