Chapter 502 It's Not the Right Time

The night breeze rustled, the moon was bright, and the stars were few.

The Grain Rain season has passed, and everything is full of life. The peach trees in the yard are also vying to grow green leaves, showing off their new clothes to everyone.

Wan Qiqi took the charcoal-fired hot pot she bought at the mall, made soup with mushrooms, and set up the hot pot in the yard.

Today is Wu Gousheng's seventeenth birthday, a new beginning, so Wan Qiqi naturally treated him to something new.

Not only were the two children curious, but even the adults couldn't help but gather around, wondering what was going on.

Wan Qiqi smiled and said, "This is my new invention, a mushroom hot pot. It uses mushrooms as a base, then cooks fresh vegetables inside, and adds slices of fresh meat. It has a unique flavor."

Wu Gousheng craned his neck and reached out to tap the pot to see what it was made of, but Wan Qiqi stopped him.

"Are you planning to add a braised pork hock to your birthday celebration?" Wan Qiqi asked, tilting her head.

Wu Gousheng awkwardly scratched his head and said, "No, I just feel like I've never seen a pot like this before. Is it made of iron? This pot looks very expensive."

“I had it custom-made. When I open a branch in the future, I’ll choose a specific company to make this,” Wan Qiqi said.

She was waiting for the chili peppers in the field.

As long as the chili peppers are available, she can cook even more dishes.

Once potatoes and sweet potatoes are grown, she'll be able to create even more amazing dishes.

"Why doesn't this restaurant serve this now?" Tie Niu asked curiously.

"Having too many different dishes is not a good thing. It puts a lot of pressure on the chefs. Each area should focus on different things and create different specialties. Only in this way can the restaurant develop better."

After Wan Qiqi finished speaking, the group looked slightly confused.

They understand, but not entirely.

"Mother, when can we eat?" An'an slurped and smacked her lips a few times.

She rested her head on the table, staring blankly at the hot pot stove, her little nose twitching as if trying to inhale the fragrance wafting in the air.

Their conversation was interrupted, so they had to give up and sit down with the three children to start eating.

Wan Qiqi served each of the two children a bowl of soup, along with some meatballs and vegetables, saying, "Eat slowly, it's hot!"

"Okay!" An'an replied, her eyes fixed on the contents of the bowl, which shone brightly as if she were about to swallow the bowl and soup together at any moment.

Pingping reached out and moved An'an's bowl in front of her. "I'll blow on it to cool it down for you!"

An'an was a little unhappy when her bowl was taken away. But after hearing what was said next, she smiled and replied, "Okay!"

Seeing this, Wu Gousheng turned his head and asked, "Do you want me to blow on it to cool you down?"

Stinky Egg looked up, blinked, and said, "No, I'm not a little kid anymore, I won't burn myself."

As she spoke, Wan Qiqi had already filled another bowl and placed it in front of Wu Gousheng, saying, "Today is your birthday, you don't need to do anything, just eat."

Wu Gousheng looked down and saw that most of the meatballs cooking in the pot had ended up in his bowl. He quickly said, "Sister Qi, I don't need so many..."

"Shh! Just eat as much as you want today, don't worry about anything else." Wan Qiqi didn't give him a chance to refuse, and said to the others, "You guys eat by yourselves, I won't serve you individually!"

"It's alright, Sister Qi, please sit down and eat too! You've been so busy these past few days, running around and dealing with the girls' school, you must be tired." Erpang said, scooping out the last meatballs from the pot and placing them in Wan Qiqi's bowl.

These words seemed to pique Pingping's curiosity, and she asked, "Mother, why don't you let my sister go to school?"

Wan Qiqi knew that someone would ask this question sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to come from Pingping. She explained, "It's not the right time yet. When the time is right, I will definitely send An'an to school."

"Then when would be the right time?" Tie Niu pressed.

Although Erpang and Wu Gousheng didn't ask, they both looked up at the same time, seemingly wanting to know the answer.

Wan Qiqi glanced at the crowd and said, "I want to open a girls' school so that all girls have the opportunity to learn to read and write. If An'an goes now, everyone will only think that I'm doing this for myself and for An'an, and there will be a lot of resistance, which will be detrimental to the girls' school's establishment..."

Her explanation was not very clear to listeners.

Will An'an going to school have that much of an impact?

As the owner, am I not even qualified to send my daughter to school?

The answer is—yes!

Wan Qiqi could have sent An'an to school, but she didn't want to let An'an go when the time wasn't right.

The situation at the school is not yet truly stable, nor can it be presented to the world openly. Entering the school now is not much different from being in the study at Hefeng Academy.

However, such learning opportunities are rare and precious for children from poor families.

So, the next day, Sixi still appeared at the entrance of the girls' school.

She wore a simple, clean women's dress and had her hair styled in a simple bun, a sign of her respect for the school.

Even so, she still carried the air of a wild boy, looking like a tomboy dressed as a girl.

Her faded clothes made her fair skin appear even whiter, and her hesitant and anxious face made her look somewhat sickly.

Even when she reached the door, she still didn't dare to go in.

Having never had a girls' school before, she didn't know what it was like inside, whether the people there were easy to get along with, or whether they would treat her as an outsider.

At Xinglong Restaurant, she had her own confidence, but she seemed a little flustered in the face of the new environment.

"Sister, are you here to study?"

A cheerful female voice came from behind Sixi. Before she could turn around, a sunny and lovely girl appeared in front of her.

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