Food: Taking the twins to kindergarten to be chefs

Chapter 634: 'I can learn it by looking at it, but I can't do it by doing it', the hands can't keep up with the brain
When the children saw this scene, they immediately ran to their tables happily, their big eyes blinking with curiosity, and their hearts filled with many questions.

Although the teacher had told them many stories about the Dragon Boat Festival this week, the novel and unique decoration in front of them still made them feel particularly interesting.

Qingqing stood on tiptoe, raised her little head, stared at Yang Yuxi without blinking, pointed at the pots of various ingredients with her little hands, and asked curiously, "Teacher Yang, Teacher Yang, are all these used to make zongzi?"

"That's right~"

Yang Yuxi tilted her head slightly to look at Qingqing, the corners of her mouth raised in a gentle smile, then nodded slightly.

"Oh~ So that's it!"

Qingqing nodded obediently, her eyes still staring curiously at the green rice leaves, snow-white glutinous rice and colorful cotton threads, wondering how these ingredients were turned into delicious rice dumplings.
Weiwei, who was standing by, couldn't wait to reach out and pick up a big piece of rice dumpling leaf. She looked left and right, fiddled with it, but still didn't know how to start.

Her eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and she asked in confusion: "Teacher Yang, this big leaf is used to wrap zongzi, right? But, how can such a big leaf be used to wrap zongzi? I have no idea where to start..."

"Weiwei, don't be anxious, take your time~"

Yang Yuxi gently stroked Weiwei's head and patiently comforted her: "Wait a moment, Teacher Yang, together with Teacher Xie and Teacher Wang, will teach you step by step how to use this big leaf to make beautiful dumplings. I promise that you can all learn it, okay?"

"Okay, okay~"

After hearing this, Weiwei immediately nodded happily with an expectant smile on her face.

Yang Yuxi and the teachers of each class distributed disposable gloves to the parents and children of their own class, and said with a smile: "Dear parents and children, come and take these disposable gloves. We will start making zongzi in a while, so remember to put them on first."

The parents took the gloves, helped their children put them on, and then put them on themselves swiftly.

"Okay, everything is ready, let's get started!"

Seeing that the parents and children were ready, Yang Yuxi and other teachers began the "demonstration teaching of making rice dumplings".

However, since most of the teachers were not very good at making rice dumplings, they had to ask Aunt Li and others for help yesterday. Therefore, during the demonstration, some teachers seemed a little unfamiliar with the making of rice dumplings.

This caused the children to burst into laughter, accompanied by their innocent and straightforward comments:
"Hahaha, Teacher Xie, look quickly, there's a small hole in the rice dumpling you made! The little grains of rice are quietly poking their heads out from here, as if they want to take the opportunity to slip away... If this continues, will they all run away?"

"Teacher Yang, Teacher Yang, why do the dumplings in your hands look so soft, as if they will fall apart if touched lightly... Did you not use enough force when tying the rope? You need to tighten it a little bit!"

"Teacher Xie, Teacher Yang, the rice dumplings you make are not as good as those made by Teacher Wang. Look at the ones made by Teacher Wang, they don't have any holes in them, and they are not soft either. They are really great... You should learn from her~"

"..."

Listening to the innocent and frank words of the children, Xie Jianing and Yang Yuxi, the two "rice dumpling-making newbies", couldn't help but blush with shame, and even felt a subtle desire to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

oops…

You little guys, what nonsense are you talking about?
Also, the world is already so tragic, so please don’t expose some things to people’s faces!

Teachers also need to save some face!
Moreover, as novices, they have already tried their best, so please don't give them the finishing touch, okay?
But what can they do when faced with these innocent children?

The only choice is to be tolerant!
Xie Jianing and Yang Yuxi exchanged bitter smiles helplessly.

When the parents saw Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing blushing at what their children said, they patted their children's shoulders gently and said softly, "Teacher Yang and Teacher Xie are patiently teaching you how to make zongzi. You should observe carefully and learn with an open mind. Don't talk too much and don't laugh."

After saying that, the parents did not forget to add a counter-question: "Can you make it yourself?"

The children who were asked were speechless for a moment and looked at each other.

But they still responded confidently: "Although we don't know how to make them now, we can look at them and tell the good from the bad. The dumplings made by Teacher Xie and Teacher Yang are really not that good~"

These words made Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing feel even more embarrassed.

But they still smiled awkwardly but politely, explaining: "In fact, we just started learning yesterday, so our skills are not very proficient yet..."

Seeing this, Qu Qing hurried to comfort them: "It's okay, Teacher Yang, Teacher Xie, everyone is very busy at work now, and there is little time to make dumplings at home. I just go directly to the supermarket to buy frozen dumplings."

Li Xiuxian also nodded and agreed: "Yes, I don't know how to make zongzi either. The zongzi we eat during the Dragon Boat Festival every year are made by my mother-in-law herself."

Liu Jinyan also chimed in: "Me too. Every year, the rice dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival are distributed by my husband's company. I have never made rice dumplings myself. If the kindergarten hadn't held this event, I might never have thought of making rice dumplings myself in my life!"

In fact, these parents’ words are not just well-intentioned comfort, but more of the truth.

In today's fast-paced life, the older generation may still retain the tradition of making zongzi by hand, but many young people find the process cumbersome and prefer to just buy a few zongzi as a token of their appreciation during the Dragon Boat Festival.

No need to pack it yourself!

Therefore, many of the parents present did not know how to make rice dumplings.

Although they think it is troublesome to make rice dumplings at home, here, the kindergarten has thoughtfully prepared all the materials and they only need to complete the step of making the rice dumplings, so even if they don’t know how, they are willing to give it a try.

After all, in their opinion, making zongzi is actually quite simple.

It’s nothing more than wrapping the glutinous rice and stuffings with rice leaves, as long as they don’t leak out.

But now, after witnessing the two teachers making zongzi, they realized that their ideas were a bit too simple...

Making rice dumplings is actually not an easy task!

However, it shouldn’t be a big problem!

They can hold on!

Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing couldn't help feeling warm in their hearts when they received the comfort and understanding from the parents.

They said to the children gently: "Thank you very much for the tolerance and understanding of the parents, and also thank you for the valuable 'suggestions' put forward by the children. Of course, we are more grateful for your encouragement. Next, the teachers will work harder to make more exquisite dumplings and make you look at the teachers with new eyes!"

"Hee hee~"

Upon hearing this, the children were all infected by their attitude of "having the courage to admit their shortcomings and humbly improve themselves". Their eyes were filled with smiles. Then they focused on watching Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing correct their shortcomings and carefully re-wrapped the dumplings in their hands.

After unremitting efforts, they finally managed to rewrap the rice dumplings neatly and beautifully.

The two smiled and showed off their achievements: "Ting ting ting... Look at this zongzi, are you satisfied?"

"It's much better than before, and much more beautiful!"

The children answered in unison.

After hearing this, Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing were very pleased and asked with a smile, "Has everyone learned how to make zongzi?"

"Learned it!"

The children answered excitedly in unison.

The parents also nodded.

Yang Yuxi smiled and said, "Great, let's get started now and make dumplings together. The more you make, the more you can take home!"

Before she finished speaking, the parents picked up the rice dumplings leaves on the table and started trying them eagerly.

But no matter what...

No matter how hard you try, you just can't achieve the effect you want.

This makes them feel helpless and powerless, as if "the brain understands, the eyes can do it, but the hands just can't keep up."

"Auntie Wen, why don't you continue wrapping? Don't you understand it yet?"

Qingqing noticed that Wen Xueqin was rolling two pieces of rice dumplings leaves in her hands, and the leaves were about to "fight" in her hands, so she asked with concern.

Wen Xueqian smiled bitterly and replied, "Actually, Aunt Wen understood it, but her hands couldn't keep up."

After hearing this, a big question mark instantly popped up in Qingqing's little head. She looked confused and had no idea what it meant!
Liu Shiwei joked: "Your Aunt Wen is a typical example of 'knowing it when she sees it, but failing when she tries it'. Her hands can't keep up with her brain..."

Wen Xueqian couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and retorted: "Hey, you still have the nerve to criticize me, aren't you the same..."

Liu Shiwei laughed and said defensively: "I'm not a professional, I won't be normal..."

"Auntie Wen, Uncle Liu, stop arguing. Let my dad teach you how to make zongzi later. The zongzi my dad makes will definitely look great!"

Although Weiwei has never seen her father make rice dumplings, she thinks that since her father is such a great cook, making rice dumplings must be no problem for him.

Just at this moment...

A familiar and kind voice came into the ears of Weiwei and Qingqing: "Qingqing, Weiwei..."

"Oh! It's Daddy!"

The two little guys' eyes suddenly lit up like light bulbs, and they became extremely excited.

Immediately afterwards...

They turned their heads at the same time and saw Huang Jun walking towards them.

next second...

They ran towards Huang Jun almost at the same time, shouting, "Daddy!"

"Hey!"

Huang Jun opened his arms, hugged them both tightly, and kissed them on their little faces.

"Dad, look, this is the prize I won. I give it to you!"

Qingqing happily showed off her prize.

"Dad, I have one too! Look, this is a reward from the headmistress because I answered the questions well!" Weiwei was not to be outdone and handed her prize to Huang Jun like she was offering a treasure: "I give it to you too!"

Huang Jun smiled and praised: "Thank you Qingqing and Weiwei, you are really great!"

After saying that, he gently put the two little ones down and took the prizes they gave him.

The two little girls' eyes lit up even brighter after being praised. When they saw that he accepted the gift, they took his hand and walked towards their seats.

"Brother Huang, you've come just in time." When Liu Shiwei saw Huang Jun approaching, he smiled and said, "I just have something I want to talk to you about."

Before Huang Jun could respond, Wen Xueqian beside him interrupted and said, "Husband, tell me what you want to say later."

Then, she turned to look at Huang Jun and said with a smile, "Huang Jun, come, teach me how to make rice dumplings. I can't make them properly no matter how hard I try..."

Seeing this, Liu Shiwei could only smile bitterly: "Well, Brother Huang, you can teach her first. After the event, we can find a time to have a good chat."

"Okay, let's talk later."

Although Huang Jun didn't know what Liu Shiwei wanted to talk about, he still smiled and nodded in agreement.

He picked up a few pieces of zong leaves and began to teach Wen Xueqian patiently: "Look, you have to roll the zong leaves into a funnel shape like this..."

He explained and demonstrated at the same time, using the simplest method of wrapping the rice dumplings in a triangular shape.

After a while, a plump and exquisite rice dumpling with clear edges and corners was born in his hands.

This zongzi not only has a regular shape, but also looks very cute, which caused Qingqing, Weiwei and Liu Ruihan to exclaim: "Wow, the zongzi wrapped by baba (dry baba) is so beautiful..."

When other parents heard Huang Jun's explanation, they couldn't help but look at him with concern, and respectfully asked him for advice on how to make rice dumplings.

Don't tell me yet.

Famous teachers make great disciples!
After a while, Wen Xueqin successfully wrapped a rice dumpling, and she found it much easier to wrap them afterwards. The same was true for other parents, who all made considerable progress under the guidance of Huang Jun.

However, with Huang Jun, the "zongzi-making expert" on hand to provide guidance, Yang Yuxi and other teachers were temporarily "ignored" by the parents.

But they don't care about it at all. Instead, they think it's nice to have a leisurely and comfortable life this way.

Yang Yuxi looked at Huang Jun with concern and asked gently, "Huang Jun, have you eaten?"

When Qingqing and Weiwei heard this question, they suddenly remembered and quickly agreed: "Yes, Dad, have you had lunch?"

"Yeah, I've already eaten!"

Huang Jun nodded.

Although he had been in the kitchen the entire morning and had almost lost his appetite due to the smell of cooking fumes, he still managed to eat something in the back kitchen as lunch before leaving the kitchen.

Seeing that Huang Jun had already eaten, Yang Yuxi and the two little ones all showed relieved expressions, and the worries in their hearts also dissipated.

"Qingqing, Weiwei, come here, Dad will teach you how to make zongzi..."

Huang Jun gently pulled them to his side and patiently taught them the skills of making rice dumplings, while also immersing himself in this precious parent-child time.

Under his careful guidance, Qingqing and Weiwei successfully completed their first zongzi work.

They raised their heads with joy, their eyes as bright as black grapes sparkling with pride: "Wow, these are the dumplings we made by ourselves, Teacher Yang, come and have a look, how well did we make them?"

"Oh, it's amazing, it's wrapped so well, even better than mine!" Yang Yuxi exclaimed sincerely.

When other children saw this scene, their eyes sparkled with envy, and they were all eager to try, eager to experience the fun of making rice dumplings themselves.

Those parents who had already learned how to make rice dumplings from Huang Jun had to temporarily change their roles and become their children's instructors, and began to patiently teach their children.

however……

This also allowed parents to experience in advance the bitterness and helplessness of "tutoring homework" and deeply understand the truth that "whoever tutors will collapse."

The parents could not help but roar in frustration:
"Oh no, no, you're doing this completely wrong."

"You have to squeeze it really hard here, or the rice will leak out!"

"You have to pull the rope tightly, otherwise the rice dumplings will fall apart when cooking."

"Oh my god, why do you put two kinds of fillings in one zongzi? Candied dates and meat. The flavors will mix. How can people eat it? This is simply the epitome of dark cuisine..."

"..."

In fact, the children in the big class performed quite well, and many children in the middle class also learned well, but most of the children in the small class perfectly demonstrated the characteristic of "not being able to do anything", which is simply a torture for parents.

It feels like they are here to cause trouble.

"Yuanyuan, you'd better stop wrapping them. Let your mother do it. Otherwise, everyone else will have zongzi to take home and we will go home empty-handed." After trying to teach Yuanyuan how to wrap zongzi, Li Xiuxian found that the little guy's hands were too small and he couldn't even hold the zongzi leaves. So she simply wrapped them herself and let Yuanyuan be responsible for putting the fillings in.

But the problem is that Yuanyuan couldn’t even complete this simple task.

In desperation, Li Xiuxian could only give up this idea completely and let Yuanyuan stay where she wants.

However, Yuanyuan was deeply attracted by the aroma of the meat filling. She couldn't help licking her lips and said, "Mom, this meat smells so delicious..."

"You little greedy cat, you even crave raw meat!"

Li Xiuxian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But I have to say, the meat filling made in the garden is really fragrant, and she feels a little greedy just by smelling it!
Seeing that Yuanyuan looked like she couldn't wait to grab it and taste it, she quickly warned her, "Yuanyuan, this meat is raw. You can't eat it. It will give you diarrhea if you eat it."

When Yuanyuan heard that eating it would give her diarrhea, she quickly retracted her hand.

Give up the idea of ​​eating meat filling!
But the next second, she thought about the candied dates next to her: "Mom, can I eat this plum?"

"Well, this is edible..."

But before Li Xiuxian finished saying "But this is used to wrap rice dumplings, it can't be eaten alone", Yuanyuan had already picked up a candied date, stuffed it into her mouth, and began to eat it with relish.

Hey!
Li Xiuxian shook her head helplessly, but in the end she just warned with her eyes and did not blame him verbally to avoid embarrassing herself.

When the other children saw this, they couldn't help themselves and each picked up a candied date to taste it.

So sweet!

It’s quite delicious!
Fortunately, the kitchen was well stocked with candied dates, otherwise I would have to worry about not having enough candied dates to make zongzi…

At the same time, Huang Jun observed that most of the parents around him had mastered the skill of making zongzi, and he was inspired to start making zongzi as well.

This little rice dumpling is cute and exquisite. As soon as it appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of Qingqing and Weiwei. At the same time, their little mouths opened unconsciously and let out a burst of admiring "wow".

"Wow...what a mini rice dumpling..."

Yang Yuxi was also deeply attracted by the small zongzi and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. She asked Huang Jun expectantly, "Huang Jun, I also want to learn how to make zongzi like this. Can you teach me?"

"Daddy, daddy, I want to learn, too. I want to learn, too. Please teach me!"

Qingqing and Weiwei spoke almost at the same time.

"Of course! Let's learn together!"

Huang Jun smiled and nodded, then started again, patiently teaching Qingqing and Weiwei step by step.

He first deftly rolled the green leaves into a cone, then filled it with glutinous rice evenly, then added the meat that had been marinated just right, and finally covered it with a layer of glutinous rice and gently compacted it…

After a while, a small and cute rice dumpling appeared successfully in Weiwei's hands.

"Wow, my little rice dumpling is ready!"

Weiwei showed off excitedly, and her proud look attracted envious glances from other children again. They pestered their parents and begged them to make dumplings for them as well.

This really makes it difficult for parents...

After all, it took them a long time to learn how to make this ordinary rice dumpling...

Now we have to change the track again, which is really a bit too much...

But who can blame me for making this request? It was my own child who made the request.

Even though she was helpless, she could only continue to pamper him with tears in her eyes and actively followed Huang Jun to learn how to make rice dumplings.

finally.

The rice dumplings leaves, glutinous rice and other ingredients prepared by the kindergarten were not wasted at all, and basically all of them were wrapped into various kinds of rice dumplings.

This is the end.

Today's Children's Day activities have come to an end.

"Dear parents, please guide the children back to their seats in an orderly manner..."

Liang Yinqiu guided them gently, and the parents and children returned to their seats as instructed.

Liang Yinqiu still stood gracefully on the stage, briefly summarizing today's activities and fully affirming and thanking everyone for their active participation and performance.

At the same time, teachers from each class walked up to each child one by one, holding carefully selected gifts and red envelopes full of blessings, and handed this special holiday surprise to their little hands personally.

The children received the gifts and red envelopes with innocent smiles on their faces, and they excitedly shared the joy with their parents.

For a while…

The whole scene was once again filled with a strong festive atmosphere.

And as the last gift and red envelope were distributed...

Liang Yinqiu continued to use her infectious voice to officially announce: "Today, our event has come to a perfect end. I sincerely thank every parent and child for their enthusiastic participation and strong support. I hope every child can thrive in love and care and have a happy and healthy childhood. We look forward to the next event and gathering with everyone again!"

"Clap clap clap!"

The scene suddenly erupted into thunderous applause and cheers. Parents and children stood up one after another, passing on warm blessings and reluctant emotions to each other, and together brought this unforgettable Children's Day celebration to a perfect and beautiful end.

(End of this chapter)