Gourmet Kindergarten

"Wow, wow, wow... delicious!"

Tangtang had a bite of sweet and sour pork on her left and a bite of steamed shrimp with garlic and vermicelli on her right. Her cheeks were bulging like a little hamster, and her eyes were squinting into slits.

But when I looked up—

I was stunned.

Yuanyuan, who was sitting opposite, hadn't touched her chopsticks, but she had already run to the cabinet, taken a lunchbox out of her backpack, and come back.

Then glance to the side.

Oh, Jianjian did the exact same thing!

That's really strange!

"Yuanyuan, Jianjian, why are you just looking and not eating? Don't you like the dishes the headmaster makes?"

Tangtang swallowed the shrimp in her mouth, her little mind racing: If you don't like it, that's fine. If you don't like it, I can "reluctantly" help you finish it off, hehe.

however--

The abacus snapped and broke.

"No, that's not true!"

Yuan Yuan pouted, "The food the headmaster makes is so beautiful and delicious, a hundred times better than what I had at my old kindergarten! Yuan Yuan loves it!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I love it too!" Jianjian nodded vigorously in agreement.

"If you like them, why are you taking the lunchboxes?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuanyuan looked aggrieved and helpless, and began frantically scooping meat into the box with a spoon.

Sweet and sour pork, steamed shrimp, one spoonful after another.

Jianjian did the same, even reaching further across the table to scoop two more spoonfuls from Haohao's plate.

"Oh no! My shrimp!"

Hao Hao's face instantly fell, and tears were about to fall.

Jianjian quickly went over and mumbled a couple of words.

A magical scene unfolded—Haohao's puffed-up cheeks instantly turned into little buns, and finally, with a pout, he reluctantly pushed the plate towards Jianjian.

This smooth little combo completely stunned Tangtang.

"Wait...why did you pack all the vegetables? To feed them to your puppies?"

“That’s not the case!”

Yuanyuan sighed, her mature demeanor contrasting sharply with her childish voice: "Grandma insisted on holding my hand this morning before leaving and told me to save some of the vegetables from lunch for her to try."

"My mom says the same thing!" Jianjian echoed with a bitter face.

"Huh?" Tangtang blinked her big eyes. "So you took everything with you? Are we just going to eat plain rice for lunch?"

"I won't eat for free! My grandma will bring me braised chicken legs later!"

"My mom brought me braised pork!"

Although Tangtang didn't understand the adults' intricacies, it didn't stop her from cheering: "Wow~ Grandma Yuanyuan's chicken legs and Jianjian's mom's braised pork must be incredibly delicious too, right?"

This statement is a surefire way to avoid making a mistake.

"It doesn't taste good at all!"

The two spoke in unison, their faces instantly contorting into bitter expressions.

"Grandma's chicken drumsticks were dry and tough, not nearly as good as sweet and sour pork!"

"My mom's braised pork is so sweet it's almost unbearable, but it can't compare to these shrimp!"

"Then you should just eat the kindergarten food, and not bring it to them!" Tangtang offered the most straightforward solution.

"But that won't work..."

Yuan Yuan rested her chubby little chin on her hands, her big eyes filled with a worry beyond her years.

"Grandma loves Yuanyuan the most. She buys me little dresses, ice cream, and takes me to ride the rocking horse. Even when Mom scolds me, Grandma protects me. Last night, Grandma ate the crispy pork that Grandma Zhao brought back, and she kept smacking her lips in craving. Today, she insisted on sending me to this kindergarten, and she even made me bring this box..."

At this point, Yuanyuan's voice became even softer, and she pitifully clutched the hem of her clothes: "If I eat all the meat today, Grandma won't have any. She'll cry, and Yuanyuan doesn't want Grandma to cry..."

"Yes, my mom is craving it too," Jianjian solemnly echoed.

Oh dear—

Tangtang understood everything this time!

It turns out that Grandma Yuanyuan and Jianjian's mother also wanted to eat the kindergarten's food, so they were using them as "deliverymen"!

This is really difficult.

On one side is the delicious meat, and on the other side are her loving grandmother and mother.

How can we avoid losing money?

Her round little brain was practically spitting fire, but she couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.

Meanwhile, Pei Qian and Teacher Yu, who had been watching silently from a distance, had now fully grasped the cause and effect of the situation.

Good guy.

These parents of new students...don't they have any sportsmanship?!

Using one's own flesh and blood as a "human flesh packaging box"?

Saying.

Don't you have any conscience?!

"Sigh, these aunties and grandmas are really something else. They crave the food at the kindergarten, but they use their grandchildren as free deliverymen! They don't hold back at all when it comes to taking advantage of their own kids!" Teacher Yu shook her head helplessly.

"Absolutely! This little one, so small, has to shoulder the 'heavy responsibility' of bringing lunch to his grandma and mom. It's so pitiful and heartbreaking!"

As Pei Qian spoke, he picked up a large spoon and scooped out two full spoonfuls of sweet and sour pork and shrimp, placing them onto Jianjian and Yuanyuan's plates respectively.

The two little dumplings' eyes lit up instantly.

"Headmaster!"

"Hmm." Pei Qian ruffled someone's hair. "So thoughtful, even with good food, you still remember your elders at home."

Yuanyuan stared at the steaming meat in the bowl, swallowing cautiously. "Headmaster...can Yuanyuan eat this?"

Jianjian followed along expectantly, asking, "Can...can I eat it too?"

"Of course."

Pei Qian bent down and said gently, "Just pack the food in the lunchboxes. Take those back for your grandma and mom to try. These are a reward from the headmaster."

He paused, then added, "Once the headmaster teaches you how to cook, you'll be able to cook for your grandparents and parents at home. But—"

He pointed to the two plates.

"First, you need to feed yourself and grow taller, understand?"

Yuanyuan and Jianjian didn't actually understand everything.

But that's not important. The important thing is—it's edible!

The two little heads nodded frantically like chicks pecking at rice: "Understood!"

"Good girl, eat up."

Having received the "imperial decree," the two immediately grabbed spoons.

A bite of sweet and sour pork is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with the sweet and sour juice bursting on the tongue.

Yuanyuan was so excited she almost jumped off her chair, turning to shout to the person opposite her, "Sister Tangtang! This meat is so delicious!"

Tangtang was engrossed in her work when she heard this and suddenly looked up.

With a ring of sauce around its mouth and a grain of rice stuck to its cheek, it looked just like a little tabby cat.

She chewed a couple of times with a "smack, smack" sound, then pointed indistinctly at the round bowl with her spoon: "Those shrimp are delicious too! You should try some!"

Yuanyuan quickly scooped up another big piece of shrimp and stuffed it into her mouth, her little feet dangling happily under the table.

Pei Qian, standing to the side, watched the group of little gluttons, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up.

Without further ado, he picked up the large ladle again, turned around and walked to the corner—there, there were still a few freshmen packing food for their grandmothers, their plates already empty.

……

And at the other table.

Watching this scene, Aunt Zhang secretly felt that the women's actions were a bit unfair, even... a bit immoral.

She glanced down and saw that there was only half a piece of sweet and sour pork left on the plate.

After hesitating for a second, she picked it up and took a bite.

The outer skin is crispy, the taste is sweet and sour, and the meat is so tender that it almost melts in your mouth.

……Um.

That's really quite unethical.

But if it were her, she probably would have done it too.

There's nothing we can do about it; the food the little kindergarten director makes is just so damn delicious!

Just as everyone was enjoying their meal, the area outside the kindergarten also became lively.