Food: Taking the twins to kindergarten to be chefs

"Si Xuan, if you really can't eat anymore, just sit down and rest for a while. Maybe you'll have room for more later!"

Mai Linjie gave a gentle reminder and then continued to enjoy the food on the table.

She felt that the nine-turn large intestine was simply a delicacy, and it was unforgettable no matter how you ate it; the lychee meat was even more fragrant, making people want to taste it again; and the clear-boiled crab roe lion head had a delicate texture and was extremely delicious, which made people unable to stop.

After tasting these delicacies, she picked up a piece of West Lake vinegar fish and tasted it carefully. The fish meat was tender and delicious with a crab flavor, and the taste was fresh, sour and sweet, even surpassing those in the famous old restaurants. She then picked up the bowl of colorful and fragrant apple and red date soup at hand and took a sip. The taste was simply too enjoyable.

Lin Sixuan sat obediently to rest, but her eyes kept falling on her mother's figure eating heartily. She couldn't help but flash a gleam of envy in her eyes: "Mom, you are really amazing. Your stomach is like a bottomless pit. It can hold so many delicious foods!"

Her praise was very sincere, but it almost made Mai Linjie choke as she was enjoying the rich fruity aroma of the apple and red dates soup. It also made the other parents and teachers present laugh and smile.

See this!

Mai Linjie could only respond with an awkward but polite smile, and at the same time glared at Lin Sixuan with a somewhat helpless look, and gently reproached: "Sixuan, you should eat more and talk less..."

What bad intentions could Lin Sixuan have?

She was just simply envious of her mother's big belly which allowed her to eat so many delicious foods!
But I didn’t expect…

This earned me a glare from my mother!
This hurt her a lot, and she immediately showed an innocent expression and retorted aggrievedly: "I do want to eat, but my stomach really can't hold it anymore. What can I do?"

Mai Linjie: “…”

What he said made so much sense that she was powerless to refute it.

She replied helplessly: "If you can't eat anymore, just be quiet for a while and don't talk."

The parents and teachers at the same table witnessed this scene and found it funny, but in order not to embarrass Mai Linjie, they all restrained their smiles and continued to focus on the food in front of them.

For a while…

Everyone continued to immerse themselves in this sumptuous feast, enjoying the ultimate experience of their taste buds, so much so that lunch ended hastily without them noticing, much earlier than originally expected.

"Excuse me, are you all satisfied with the meal? Do you need more dishes?"

As the head chef of Dolaimi Kindergarten, Huang Jun sincerely asked every parent and child present at the banquet as it was about to end.

"Chef Huang, we are very satisfied with the food, no need to add more!"

"Yeah, there's really no need. We're already very full and stuffed."

"Chef Huang, every dish you cook is delicious, so delicious that it makes people linger over it."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, they are all delicious, especially the Nine-Turn Large Intestine, which looks good and tastes good, but I feel like you can never make it taste this good at home."

"..."

At the beginning, after parents saw the food-making video posted on the official account of the kindergarten, those parents who had a special liking for large intestine were eager to try it, hoping to recreate this mouth-watering dish in their own kitchens.

Although their attempts at home were also remarkable, with good color, aroma and taste, it was only after tasting Huang Jun’s exquisite craftsmanship themselves that the parents deeply realized the subtle difference and truly appreciated the profound connotation of the word "professional".

Amidst the praises for Huang Jun's cooking skills, parents also enthusiastically surrounded him and asked him various questions and techniques about cooking.

With this lively exchange, the graduation banquet filled with laughter and joy slowly came to an end. It also indicated that the children in the senior class were about to say goodbye to their kindergarten days. After the summer vacation, they would embark on a new journey and go to elementary school to continue their studies.

The children in the senior class who had just finished eating so many delicious foods were originally very happy. Although they already knew that they were about to graduate and would go to elementary school, they had not yet really stepped into that new environment and therefore did not have too deep feelings about this major change of identity.

however…

When a parent said goodbye to the teacher, he couldn't help but mention that this was the last lunch in the kindergarten. Immediately, a child showed a puzzled expression and asked doubtfully: "Mom, what do you mean by 'last lunch'? Why do you say it is the last lunch?"

The parent didn't think much about it and told the truth: "Baby, because you will go to primary school in the future, you will either go home or eat lunch in the school cafeteria. You will not eat in the kindergarten anymore, so this lunch today will be the last meal we will have in the kindergarten."

This simple and direct answer was like an invisible key that opened the emotional floodgates deep in the little guy's heart.

When he thought that he would never be able to enjoy delicious lunch and snacks with his friends in kindergarten again, his eyes instantly became moist and he burst into tears: "I want to continue to stay here in kindergarten. I don't want to go to primary school, wuwuwu..."

The children in the senior class don’t cry easily on normal days, but in the morning they recalled their time in kindergarten with their teacher in the classroom. Knowing that after this summer vacation, they will say goodbye to kindergarten and go to elementary school, they can’t help feeling a little reluctant and nostalgic.

And now, knowing that they will never be able to taste the familiar and unforgettable delicious meals in kindergarten again, this sudden sense of loss came like a tide, making it difficult for them to bear.

This emotion quickly spread, and even the children nearby couldn't help but shed tears.

After all, emotions always have a wonderful infectious power.

Some children who may not have wanted to cry so much originally, couldn't help but join in crying when they saw their friends around them immersed in sadness.

So...

In the kitchen dining area, crying sounds continued one after another, creating a heartbreaking scene.

"Oh my, are these older kids so reluctant to leave their teacher? Why are they all crying like babies?"

When Aunt Li heard the crying coming from the dining area, she was very curious and couldn't help but stick her head out of the kitchen to check what was going on. When she saw this scene, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Aunt Lin also came over and nodded in agreement, "Yes, this class of children has a really good relationship with their teachers. They are so reluctant to leave that they even started crying."

After all, they have been working here for so many years, and this is the first time they have encountered such a scene!
Hearing this, Yang Yuxi softly explained to Aunt Li and Aunt Lin, "It seems that the children are not crying just because they can't bear to leave their teachers. They are crying more because they can't bear to leave the food in our kindergarten!"

Perhaps, the cries of the older children were indeed mixed with their reluctance to leave their teachers, but what really touched their hearts and made them burst into tears were the past few meal times in the kindergarten.

The children in the senior class are about to enter primary school, and they will see them less and less in the future. The teachers in the senior class are not annoyed by their noisy crying. Instead, they are moved by their pure emotions and their eyes can't help but become red.

They patiently coaxed every child in the class and soothed their young hearts with warm words: "Okay, okay, babies, don't cry. If you cry again, your eyes will be as red as little rabbits, and then you won't be pretty or handsome anymore!"

After hearing this, the children did not stop crying, but instead expressed their own thoughts:
"Wow... Teacher, I really like kindergarten. I want to stay in kindergarten forever. I don't want to go to elementary school..."

"Wow, I don't want to go to elementary school either. I want to go to kindergarten forever..."

"Teacher, I want to be with you forever. I don't want to go to elementary school..."

"..."

Graduation season is always filled with the sadness of parting. Although in daily teaching, the children in the class sometimes make the teachers feel angry and funny, at this moment, the teachers' hearts are more filled with nostalgia and reluctance for the children's innocence, cuteness, well-behavedness and understanding.

Cai Jingxian looked at the innocent faces of the children in her class, and her thoughts drifted back to the time when she suddenly fell ill at work.

At that time, she sat aside uncomfortably, and the children gathered around her when they saw her, some were busy bringing water, some were eager to hand her tissues. Their concerned eyes and actions made her deeply feel the children's pure love.

When she recovered and returned to kindergarten, the children surrounded her enthusiastically, vied with each other to ask about her health, and kindly reminded her to rest more.

Another time during the summer vacation, she was delayed in returning to school due to trivial matters at home. Unexpectedly, a child called her and asked her with concern whether she didn't want to come to the kindergarten to see them because they were too naughty.

The child also told her that he missed her very much, and Cai Jingxian was deeply moved by the sincere emotion.

When thinking of these warm and touching moments, Cai Jingxian's eyes couldn't help but become moist.

She quickly picked up a tissue and wiped it gently, fearing that the parents and children would see her losing her composure.

When the parents saw the teacher comforting the children, they couldn't help but shed tears, so they quickly took over the task of comforting the children so that the teacher also had a chance to calm down.

In fact, the kindergarten stage is unique compared to elementary school and junior high school.

It is the most intimate reading time for children and their teachers.

In kindergarten, teachers eat, drink and even sleep with children, and the happy times and precious memories they spend together are simply countless. But…

All good things come to an end.

Even though they were reluctant to leave, the children reluctantly left the kitchen and headed for the kindergarten gate after their parents' gentle persuasion.

The teachers of the senior class stood at the entrance of the kindergarten, watched them off affectionately for the last time, and waved goodbye: "Goodbye, kids. When you go to primary school in the future, please come back to see the teachers often..."

"Okay, got it, teacher, goodbye..."

The children in the senior class looked back every few steps, waving their hands constantly, with tears sparkling in their eyes, as if they wanted to engrave the wonderful time they spent with their teachers and kindergarten in their hearts forever.

As they gradually left, the kindergarten seemed to become quiet in an instant, and even the bustling kitchen suddenly became silent.

Then, everyone started to clean up busily.

Huang Jun wanted to go forward to help, but both Liang Yinqiu and the kitchen staff dissuaded him, saying that he had already paid too much for today's lunch and what he needed most now was a good rest.

therefore.

He had to take some time off and accompany Qingqing and Weiwei to play on the playground.

At this time, he saw Liang Yinqiu hurriedly walking out of the kitchen and heading towards the parking lot, so he asked with a smile: "Director Liang, where are you in such a hurry to go?"

"I'm going to go to the branch school to take a look!"

Liang Yinqiu smiled and responded, "The renovation has already started there. I want to go and learn about the progress and plan the follow-up work. Do you want to come with me?"

"No, I won't go. It's not convenient for me to go with my two children around." Huang Jun politely declined Liang Yinqiu's invitation.

"You're right. It's not safe for the two little ones to go there."

Liang Yinqiu thought about it and felt that Huang Jun's concerns made sense, so she didn't insist.

She smiled and shared, "The branch school will open as scheduled next semester. I'll have to trouble you to go over there and help arrange the kitchen-related matters and send a few capable assistant chefs to cook there."

"Okay, no problem! Then let Assistant Chef Qian, Assistant Chef Zheng, Assistant Chef Zhao, and Assistant Chef Yu take charge of the cooking."

Huang Jun nodded readily and agreed, and then thought: "Oh, by the way, Director Liang, how is the enrollment situation at the branch school now?"

Liang Yinqiu's face was filled with a satisfied smile: "The enrollment situation of the branch school is beyond our expectations. It has been fully enrolled. What surprised us even more is that many parents' children are not yet of the appropriate age to go to kindergarten, but they can't wait to register in advance. It seems that the attraction of our branch school is really not to be underestimated. There is no need to worry about the source of students. Of course, the source of students for the main school is also very popular. Now the registration has been scheduled for three years later. All this is inseparable from your credit, Chef Huang. Because of your superb skills, parents are full of praise for the catering of the kindergarten and choose to send their children to us one after another."

"No, no, this is the result of everyone's concerted efforts."

Huang Jun smiled humbly upon hearing this, and then changed the subject: "Director Liang, then you should go and do your work first, don't delay the important matters..."

"Okay, I'll go first..."

Having said that, Liang Yinqiu went straight to the parking lot.

Huang Jun continued to stand aside, watching the two little ones playing happily on the slide with gentle eyes.

at this time…

Yang Yuxi's figure quietly came into his sight.

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and thanked her: "Yuxi, it's really thanks to you this morning for helping to look after Qingqing and Weiwei. Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to concentrate on my work."

"You're welcome…"

Yang Yuxi lifted the hair that fell by her ears, and a blush appeared on her face.

Seeing that no one else was passing by, she mustered up her courage and said shyly, "Huang Jun, do you think you look like someone?"

Huang Jun was confused for a moment when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Really? Who does he look like?"

Yang Yuxi took a deep breath, looked at him firmly, and said softly: "Like... my boyfriend!"

The moment she said this, she felt as if a huge stone had fallen from her heart.

Yes!

She finally plucked up the courage to confess her feelings to Huang Jun

But after hearing this, Huang Jun couldn't help but be stunned.

Uh…

Is this a disguised way of confessing my feelings to him?
A sense of surprise and joy surged in his heart.

Although he had vaguely felt that Yang Yuxi had a crush on him before, he never expected that she would express her feelings to him in such a direct and slightly playful way.

Yang Yuxi stood on tiptoe, looked into Huang Jun's eyes, and asked softly, "What do you think? Are you willing to be my boyfriend?"

Huang Jun did not respond directly, but reminded: "You also know that I have been divorced once and have two children."

"I don't mind that!"

She took a step forward without hesitation and said seriously, "I think Qingqing and Weiwei won't mind! They will definitely accept me, and we will definitely become a good family!"

Huang Jun shook his head, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes: "This is not just a problem between Qingqing and Weiwei, it also involves two families. Just because you don't mind doesn't mean your parents will have no grudges either."

He has experienced more and is more thoughtful in considering issues.

Love is a sweet world for two people, but marriage requires the integration and acceptance of two families.

Even if Yang Yuxi doesn't mind.

But can her parents?

Can you accept that she marries a divorced man with two children?
Yang Yuxi smiled gently.

She understood Huang Jun's concerns, so she patiently explained: "You really don't have to worry, my parents won't mind. In fact, it was they who encouraged me to boldly pursue my own happiness and pursue you, so I bravely took this step and confessed to you."

Huang Jun couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise on his face when he heard this.

He really never expected that Yang Yuxi's parents, Yang Deyi and Shu Meiling, would be so open-minded and reasonable, and have such an open and supportive attitude towards this relationship.

This recognition and encouragement from the family undoubtedly paved a smoother path for their relationship.

In this case…

Then follow your inner voice...

He slowly reached out his hand and gently held Yang Yuxi's hand, with a gentle light in his eyes: "Yuxi, thank you, and thank you to your family. I am willing to be your full friend, face the future storms together, and protect our happiness together!"

"me too!"

Yang Yuxi held his hand tightly back, a happy smile on her face. She snuggled gently in Huang Jun's arms, feeling each other's heartbeat and warmth.

At this moment, the two stars were closely connected, as if the whole world had stopped, leaving only the two of them immersed in this quiet and beautiful moment.

All the noise and disturbances around them seemed to be isolated, leaving only the most sincere emotions in their hearts, flowing and sublimating in each other's eyes... (End of this chapter)