The two children had long faces.

They looked at each other's bowls and saw the same milk foam.

"yue!"

They both vomited.

"What is this?! It smells weird!"

"It tastes a bit fishy and a bit salty, and the soybean powder isn't fragrant at all; it has no flavor at all."

"Waaaaah~~ My allowance has been wasted."

"Waaaaah~~ Mine too, it tastes awful. I'm so envious of the sweet soup in their bowls."

Criticizing someone face-to-face is the most damaging.

Although I didn't speak directly with my older sister.

But the child was standing near the stall, and everyone could hear him clearly.

At this moment, the eldest sister's face was bruised and pale, and she wanted to lash out but didn't know what to say.

"Let me share some with you!" Tiger Brother saw that his underlings were in a bad mood, so he immediately held out the sugar water in his hand to them.

"Sister, could you give me two more small bowls?" Tiger asked Qin Yi.

"Give."

Tiger took the lead, pouring out half of the sweet soup and meatballs from his own bowl and sharing some with the two poor little ones.

The children behind him continued to imitate him.

Some poured it into bowls, while others scooped it with spoons.

Before long, the bowls of those two poor souls were filled with colorful sugar water. It was a mix of everything, and it actually looked quite nice.

The children chuckled again.

The eldest sister's face darkened even more.

Qin Yi also laughed. How could she see such team spirit in a group of little kids? It really touched this old auntie.

"It's 12:30! Mom! I'm going to get lunch and I'll be right back!"

Cheng Yingtao spent the whole morning thinking about the meatball dessert shop.

I wish I could make such delicious meatballs myself. My mom said that when she was pregnant with her, she especially loved eating cherries and would show off a basket of them every day.

So she was named "Cheng Yingtao".

She has always had a special fondness for round things.

For example, individual fruits like cherries, longans, and grapes.

But my favorite is still the round and tender glutinous rice balls, and the meatballs are also good.

She particularly enjoys the sensation of biting into or bursting open a round ball in her mouth.

Today, Mom made her keep accounts all morning; she was physically present but mentally absent.

I finally made it to lunchtime every day, so I quickly went to find the pretty lady to replenish my energy!

"Beautiful lady, why are there so many cute little dumplings today? I want to eat them all, what should I do?"

When Cheng Yingtao saw so many varieties and colors of takoyaki, she was almost overwhelmed by the sheer variety.

Qin Yi smiled knowingly: "Choose a few of the things you want to eat the most. If you finish eating today, come back tomorrow. I've been setting up a stall here all week, so eat in moderation and don't overeat."

"Okay! I'll listen to my sister and eat three bowls today!"

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Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Class 3(4) of Zisan Primary School was very noisy.

The children were chattering away, seemingly discussing something.

"Quiet down, quiet down!" Class teacher Ms. Zhou patted the podium.

"We want to give special praise to one student in our class today."

"That's our math class representative—Yan Tiechao."

“Yesterday after school, Yan Tiechao found a bag on his way home and immediately went to the police station to hand it over to the police officers.”

"This bag of items is worth 50,000 yuan; it contains over 100 grams of gold jewelry."

"Yan Tiechao didn't hesitate for a moment after finding it, nor did he have the slightest thought of keeping it for himself. This noble character and spirit of returning lost property is something our whole class should learn from!"

"The owner must be very upset when they lose their belongings. We hope that students can be understanding and let the spirit of honesty be passed on and carried forward among the students of Zisan Primary School!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the children clapped their hands loudly and clearly, with Zhang Kexin clapping especially enthusiastically, her whole body shaking with excitement.

"Today, the police officers brought the owner of the lost item to our class. The owner said he wanted to personally thank Yan Tiechao. Let's give him a round of applause!"

Yan Tiechao walked to the podium with a serious expression. The owner of the lost item took a banner from the policeman and handed it to him.

He said, "Thank you so much, little friend! This is a banner I specially ordered that says 'Noble Character, Honesty and Retrieval of Lost Property,' along with a letter of commendation. If you hadn't found this bag of things, I would have suffered a huge loss!"

Another round of enthusiastic applause followed.

However, Yan Tiechao remained silent with his brows furrowed.

The police officer astutely observed this and asked, "Little friend, do you not like this banner?"

Yan Tiechao raised his head and looked at the policeman, saying sullenly, "Uncle, I saw on the news that primary school students who return lost property should be rewarded with test papers, right? Why is it a banner now?"

Everyone was left speechless, neither laughing nor crying.

"It's too curly!" shouted a mischievous child in the class.

"Why do you want to reward me with the test paper?" the owner asked kindly.

"Because my mom said that if I get 100 points on a test, I can buy snacks. I don't have any tests recently, and I want to eat the spicy snack balls sold at the school gate, so I need test papers, lots and lots of test papers."

"Huh?" Both the police officer and the owner of the lost item were shocked after hearing this!

Are elementary school students' thought processes already this complicated?

"Haha, no need for a test paper, Uncle will take you to buy one after school!"

And so, our little Yan Tiechao finally got to eat the spicy meatballs from the meatball fried food shop.

If I become rich and powerful, I will not forget you.

He gave half of the 20 meatballs his uncle had treated him to to Zhang Kexin.

"Mmm, it's so delicious." Zhang Kexin wiped her greasy mouth with the back of her chubby hand.

My cheeks were still frantically chewing the meatball when my dad's car pulled up.

The car door opened, and with a quick step, she sat down in the back seat next to Zhang Ke'ai.

"Ugh... Daddy! Sister!"

Zhang Ke'ai looked at the bright red chili oil on the back of her hand, and with a look of disgust, pulled a pink tissue out of her bag. "Take this and wipe your hands."

"What delicious food did you eat today, Xiao Kexin?" Dad asked, glancing at his little daughter in the rearview mirror as he drove.

"It's the same meatballs we had yesterday! Our classmates consider it the best food stall in the school!"

"Hmph! It's just a measly meatball! The sweet soup jelly meatballs sold outside our Ziyi Elementary School are so much better than yours." Zhang Ke'ai wrinkled her pretty nose and pouted disdainfully.

"What's the use of just being pretty? Inner beauty is what matters most. Our school's meatballs are the best in the world!" Little Meatball Zhang Kexin also has her temper. Denying a foodie's appreciation level is the greatest insult to her!

"Who says that outward beauty can't have inner beauty? That's just an excuse you use to comfort yourself about not being beautiful! Our school's sweet rice balls are both beautiful and delicious, absolutely the best in the universe!"

"You...you...ah~~~~~waaaaaaah~~~~not only~~" sobbing, "but also said my food wasn't tasty, and that I wasn't pretty~~waaaaaaah~~~~~~~"

Zhang Kexin was too young and not good with words, so she couldn't win an argument with her sixth-grade sister. Frustrated, she burst into tears in the car.

"Oh, little Kexin, don't cry, don't cry. Daddy has thought of a solution."

"Waaah~~ Hmm?~" Zhang Kexin's chubby little face was covered with glistening tears.

"How about we each buy a bowl of the best snack you think is near the school gate after school tomorrow, and take it home for our whole family to rate together?"

“No problem, I can buy it at noon and take it home. The dessert shop doesn’t set up a stall in the evening,” Zhang Ke’ai said confidently, raising her snow-white swan neck.

"I can't possibly lose! Tomorrow I'll show you what truly delicious food that combines beauty and substance looks like!"

Zhang Kexin clenched her little fists in anger: "I can't possibly lose either! I'll show you what the number one pill in the world really is!"