A new Niu Niu was added, and it was a Niu Niu sitting in the aisle. The more you looked at the scene, the more it looked like Niu Niu’s birthday, rather than Gua Gua’s birthday.
Xu Xiangjuan no longer cared about the children's table. She asked her parents to go into the kitchen to eat, while she and Aning watched from outside.
Mom and Dad went into the kitchen to eat, while Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning sat at the counter.
"Eat a few bites first to fill your stomach." She had a piece of egg cake here, she took it and gave her man a bite first, and then she took a bite herself.
The couple shared the egg cake at the counter, and the children's table was also sharing.
There is no highlight without contrast. Although they are both vegetables and potatoes, the ones at home and in kindergarten are different. The ones in kindergarten are boiled in water, and apart from the salty and soy sauce flavor, it seems that there is no other flavor.
Guagua: "Miaomiao and I haven't eaten yet, let's eat together."
She decided to share the kindergarten's vegetables and potato chips equally among everyone.
Xixi and Xiao Jiang had no objections, and Da Jiang didn't dare to say anything even if he had one. He came here to eat and drink for free, so he had no right to have an opinion.
Seeing his sister distributing potato chips and vegetable leaves, Niu Niu stopped nibbling on the egg cake, put his own small piece of egg cake on the plate, and pushed the plate a little further forward.
He was small, and his mother had to add two cushions so that he could barely see what was on the table. Seeing that his sister had not included any of the food in her distribution, Niu Niu called out to his sister and pushed the plate further in.
Gua Gua understood and picked up a piece of vegetable leaf and a potato chip for Niu Niu as well.
Niu Niu was satisfied now and pulled the plate closer to him. Fortunately, he was not very strong and knew to move slowly, otherwise the plate would have fallen to the ground.
Several children started to eat. They first finished the potato chips and vegetable leaves that they had shared, and then moved on to the delicious food.
The vegetable leaves and potato chips in the kindergarten were quickly eaten up because everyone shared them.
Da Jiang had no idea how Gua Gua could insist on eating lunch in kindergarten even though he had delicious food every day.
Guagua insisted simply because his mother said that lunch was paid for, and adhering to the principle of not wasting food, they ate lunch in kindergarten.
The brothers and sisters were fine, but Niu Niu was in trouble again, "Mom."
Zhou Chengning and his lover were eating the egg cake together. When his lover heard Niu Niu's voice, she stuffed the remaining egg cake and the plate into his hands.
Once again, I feel that my status in the family is not as good as Niu Niu. Niu Niu comes whenever he calls his mother, and comes whenever his lover calls him.
When Xu Xiangjuan heard Niu Niu's shouting, she handed the plate to Zhou Chengning, stood up, wiped her hands with the towel hanging on the counter, and went to Niu Niu.
Niu Niu stretched out his chubby little hand, and then, afraid that his mother wouldn't understand, he pointed at the chopsticks in his brothers and sisters' hands.
Guagua is the youngest besides Niu Niu, but after she started kindergarten, she gradually transitioned from using a spoon to using chopsticks. Although she is not very proficient in using chopsticks yet, she uses chopsticks like her older brothers and sisters, and the small spoon she brought from kindergarten is put aside.
Xu Xiangjuan originally thought that Niu Niu wanted to roll up his sleeves, but it was already May and he was not allowed to hide his hands at all. Later, she realized that Niu Niu also wanted a pair of chopsticks.
There is a chopstick holder on the table. Niu Niu probably doesn’t know that there are chopsticks inside, so he asks his mother for chopsticks.
"Mom, Niu Niu wanted to eat it himself and asked me to give him vegetables and potatoes." Gua Gua quickly said that it had nothing to do with her.
"Mom." Niu Niu insisted on having chopsticks.
In Xu Xiangjuan's eyes, Niu Niu wants to run before he can even walk.
Xu Xiangjuan did not refuse. She took a pair of chopsticks for Niu Niu and put them in Niu Niu's little fat hand, "Mom has got the chopsticks for you."
Niu Niu couldn't hold the chopsticks properly at all. He looked pitifully at his mother who hadn't left yet. He didn't know how to use chopsticks and couldn't learn from his older brothers and sisters.
Niu Niu can eat more food now, but he still relies mainly on adults to feed him and can only catch food by himself.
The egg cake can be grabbed, and my brother also ate it with his hands, but the potato chips and vegetables, my brothers and sisters all ate with chopsticks.
If he uses his hands, he will be different from his brothers and sisters.
Niu Niu definitely doesn't want to be taken away, but since she is an adult here, the other children will also feel uncomfortable.
The vegetable and potato chips in the kindergarten were all boiled and looked soft, so Xu Xiangjuan picked some up and fed them to Niu Niu. Although the potato chips and vegetables didn't taste good to Niu Niu, he was able to eat them, and his older brothers and sisters also ate them.
After feeding Niu Niu the potato chips and vegetables, Xu Xiangjuan gave Niu Niu a small spoon instead of chopsticks and then left.
Niu Niu had already eaten the vegetables and potatoes, so the tableware was just decoration to him and he concentrated on eating the egg cake.
After Xu Xiangjuan left, several children finally started talking.
Niu Niu doesn’t know that if he were a few years older, other children would despise him for calling his mother like this.
"Brother! You can't eat anymore, you've already eaten one piece!" Xiao Jiang's eyes were sharp, but in fact she had been paying attention to the four pieces of egg cakes on the plate.
A plate with four egg cakes was placed inside. Guagua, Xixi and Miaomiao were eating spicy hot pot, some were eating vegetables, and some were eating shredded potatoes. When they heard Xiao Jiang's words, they all turned their eyes to Da Jiang.
Even Niu Niu, who was holding a small piece of egg cake in his hand, looked at his brother.
Guagua, the little protagonist whose birthday is today, spoke first, "Everyone gets one piece. Dajiang can't steal one. If you steal one piece, we will have one less piece."
As Da Jiang's younger sister, Xiao Jiang taught her brother: "Brother, you can't eat outside secretly. We have already agreed that you can eat your egg cake too."
"Ah." Niu Niu didn't quite understand what was happening, but still shouted along.
Da Jiang, who suddenly became the target of public criticism, turned red in the face and said, "I won't eat it. I've already eaten.
He originally wanted to take his sister's food, which he thought was okay, but he didn't expect his sister to be the first to "catch the thief".
How on earth did the girl resist eating?
When Xu Xiangjuan heard the noise from the children, she was still wondering whether she should give one more piece to Da Jiang, but when she saw how seriously the girls were educating Da Jiang, she decided to pretend she didn't see it.
"Why are your two kids here?" Ding Li came over with a close colleague and saw a table of children, including her own son and daughter.
Because of the availability of rice bowls, which are not very expensive and more filling than vegetable noodles, after Ding Li introduced them to her colleagues, they would come to eat the rice bowls every now and then.
When Xiao Jiang saw that it was her mother, she immediately complained, "Mom, today is Guagua's birthday. Guagua invited Xixi Miaomiao and me to dinner, but my brother insisted on coming over to eat and drink for free. He finished his own egg cake and wanted to steal some from the four of us."
"Haven't you eaten Nana's egg cake yet? Break off a piece for mom to try."
Ding Li’s first reaction was not to blame her son, but to try the egg cake.
Because she was her mother, Xiao Jiang was not as reluctant as her brother to give the egg cake to her.
Guagua pointed at the largest piece of egg cake and said, "Sister Xiao Jiang, that's yours."
Xiao Jiang happily took her egg cake and broke off a small half to give to her mother. After giving it to her mother, she put the rest back on the plate and said, "I'll eat it in the afternoon."
Ding Li shared some of the egg cake her daughter had given her with her colleagues and finished it in two or three bites. "Juan, the egg cakes you make taste so good, why don't you sell them? I'll have to make reservations from you for anyone's birthday in my family in the future."
The egg cake tastes sweet and is soft and delicate. Ding Li has eaten pastries before. She has also eaten cakes, but the cream was too greasy and the cake base was rough.
Although her taste was different from her son and daughter and she didn't like cream as much as the kids did, she still liked the rough cake base at the time. She just wanted to enjoy the sweet taste. After all, she didn't eat anything good when she was a child. Now after eating this egg cake, she wondered what she had eaten before.
She never thought that the egg cake was not steamed by Xu Xiangjuan. If this was sold nearby, how could she not know it.
Xu Xiangjuan: "We are actually already selling egg cakes. They are three yuan a pound. We only steam one piece a day. If someone wants to buy, we sell it. If no one wants to buy, we just eat it at home."
Except for Zhou Chengning, who knew that his lover's words were spoken on the spur of the moment, no one doubted the truth of the words.
Even Guagua thought it was real. She was either in kindergarten or out playing, and had no idea what was being sold at home.
Ding Li's colleague said, "It tastes very good. My husband's birthday is coming soon. I'll buy half a pound of it and bring it home for my husband, children, and parents to try."
This egg cake is steamed soft and not heavy. I think half a pound of it can be tasted at home.
Nowadays, there are very few families in rural areas who celebrate birthdays, and most of them are still poor. But if you have some money, it is also nice to buy some food for your birthday.
"Sister Ding, Sister He, what do you want to eat today?"
Ding Li: "I eat rice with toppings, dried tofu and shredded potatoes."
"I also want rice with cabbage."
"Okay, wait a moment." Xu Xiangjuan went into the kitchen, but Zhou Chengning did not follow her. He still sat in his original seat, collected the meal money from Ding Li and her colleagues, and put it in the drawer.
The rice with gravy was ready quickly. After Xu Xiangjuan brought it over, she sat back next to her man.
Zhou Chengning took out the unfinished piece of egg cake and continued to share it with his lover.
The children at the table were still talking. Tong Jianglin had a strong ability to withstand pressure. Even though he had just been taught a lesson by a group of children younger than him, he was still able to eat without changing his expression.
Niu Niu insisted on sitting there until his brothers and sisters finished their meal and went back to school before he asked his mother to take him down.
Guagua and Miaomiao brought bowls and spoons from kindergarten, and changed to chopsticks when they came to the restaurant. The bowls and spoons from the kindergarten and the restaurant are different and easy to distinguish.
Gua Gua asked her father to pack the egg cakes for her and her sisters in paper bags. Zhou Chengning packed them according to Gua Gua's instructions, and each of the four little girls had a paper bag.
Before leaving, Xiao Jiang told her mother not to tell her father that she and her brother were having lunch here.
Xu Xiangjuan found it funny to see that Ding Li agreed, so their family kept the secret from their honest father.
When the mayor comes here, he always comes with his family. Even if he comes to eat cold noodles, he comes with his family. But when Sister Ding and her two children come here, they are not necessarily accompanied by their parents or children.
The older sisters all had paper bags, and Niu Niu wanted one too when he saw it, and wanted to follow his older brothers and sisters. Xu Xiangjuan coaxed him into giving Niu Niu a paper bag.
There will be opportunities for your child to go to kindergarten or elementary school in the future, so there is no need to rush now.
Niu Niu felt better after receiving the paper bag.
While the children were eating at the table, guests came over for lunch one after another. When they heard about the egg cake, they asked Xu Xiangjuan if there was any for tomorrow.
Of course, Xu Xiangjuan answered and decided to remember the steamed egg cake tomorrow.
When it was almost one o'clock, Xu Xiangjuan didn't expect that her husband's colleague would come over.
As soon as Liu Liangzhi came in, he asked Zhou Chengning, who was closest to him: "Teacher Zhou, is there anything we can eat right away at home? I'm starving."
Zhou Chengning: "Teacher Liu, we have rice with toppings. The rice with toppings will be ready soon. It's written on the blackboard. We still have cabbage and shredded potatoes."
Liu Liangzhi: "Then let's have cabbage and shredded potatoes."
Xu Xiangjuan said something to her mother inside and continued to calculate the morning's income.
There were very few customers near the counter, so she sat at the counter counting the money.
Zhou Chengning sat opposite Liu Liangzhi and said, "Teacher Liu, didn't you go to Hongshan Town Middle School with another teacher?"
I went to Hongshan Town to attend classes, why are you back in such a hurry now?
Liu Liangzhi's stomach was growling with hunger now. "I had classes in the morning and I had classes in the afternoon. Teacher Wu asked for leave in the afternoon and went home directly. I didn't bring any food with me. I thought there was a place to eat near Hongshan Town. I looked for it for a while but couldn't find any, so I just rode my bike back. The key point is that I have never been to Hongshan Town. Teacher Wu took me there, and I asked for directions for a long time on the way back."
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