On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the family finally started cooking. Because it was the twins' birthday, Yu's mother even got up early to make noodles.
But the twins weren't happy, and not just the twins, the triplets were too; they weren't happy at all about the start of school.
However, the five children were unaware that their dear parents had also hired private trainers for them.
After breakfast, I took all five of them to school; the whole family went.
The five children's schools were not far from where Yu Qianhe worked; the triplets attended Xiangda Affiliated Middle School, and the twins attended Xiangda Affiliated Primary School.
First, register the twins, then go to the triplets' place. This place also integrates primary, middle, and high school education.
After registering, Liu Yun was visibly excited, which made Yu's mother shake her head.
Mother Yu: "Is taking care of a child really this exaggerated?"
Liu Yun: "Yes."
Yu's mother: "You've been out playing these past few days, haven't you? You didn't bring anything with you."
Liu Yun: "But I still have to worry about them! For example, now that I don't have to take care of the children, I feel incredibly relieved."
Yu's mother: "You're a mother of five, and you're still acting like a baby."
Liu Yun: "Hehe."
Today is the birthday of the twins, and as always, we celebrate this special occasion at home.
Yu's mother also cooked herself. Since coming to Xiangshi, she hasn't stepped into the kitchen except for this morning.
It was still early, and Yu Qianhe was going to school, so his father accompanied the mother and daughter-in-law shopping and helped carry their things.
Although it was already late, the market was still bustling with activity.
Now there are street vendors everywhere, making it convenient to buy things. The group bought a chicken, a duck, three pounds of pork belly, three pounds of ribs, and a fish.
Liu Yun specially ordered a birthday cake from a pastry shop yesterday; she was quite surprised when she saw it a few days ago.
However, it's not surprising that there were Western restaurants in Shanghai a few years ago.
They took the cake and went home. Clothes and shoes had already been prepared for the five of them.
Every year, regardless of whose birthday it is, all five of us receive a set of clothes and a pair of shoes. This is an unwritten rule in our family. Anyway, we only celebrate birthdays for two days, so it's really convenient.
Seeing these things again made Liu Yun's heart bleed. She had plenty of these things in her storage space, but she couldn't take them out herself, so she had to buy them.
I don't know why, but whenever she wants to buy something, she just buys it without ever feeling the pinch, except for the things she already has in her online space.
She feels a pang of heartache every time she buys something that's already in her online store.
Today, Yu's mother is going to show off her skills, after all, she hasn't been in the kitchen for a week and is ready to indulge herself.
Yu's father lit the stove in the yard. The stove in the house hadn't been used for a very long time. Because the house had a gas stove, which Liu Yun really liked.
Not only Liu Yun was happy, but Yu's mother also liked it.
Although wood-burning stoves are good, they produce smoke, and there are no wood-burning stoves at the Yu family's old house; only the small courtyard by the river has one.
Although cooking with a coal stove produces no smoke, it is very slow, while a gas stove is much more convenient.
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished chopping and preparing the vegetables, Mr. Yu lit the coal stove.
Liu Yun: "Mom, what should we do first?"
Mother Yu: "Didn't you say you had kelp? Take some out and soak it. Also, soak more dried chili peppers and preserved mustard greens. Soak some dried perilla leaves, and the same goes for the sea fish and cuttlefish. First, stew the cuttlefish and pork ribs."
Liu Yun: "Alright."
The triplets and twins have loved spicy food since they were little, and they can't live without it, so there are a lot of spicy dishes today.
The gas stove flame was very strong, and when the chili peppers exploded, Liu Yun coughed and her eyes watered.
Today's dishes were really exciting: braised perilla fish, braised pork belly with preserved mustard greens, chicken stew with mushrooms, spicy duck, spicy dried sea fish, and a seaweed and cuttlefish pork rib soup.
The kelp, cuttlefish, and pork rib soup was cooked in a pressure cooker on a coal stove, while the rice was cooked in an electric rice cooker.
When Liu Yun first saw the rice cooker, washing machine, and refrigerator, she was surprised that they already existed at that time. She was even more surprised after learning that they were products sold by Yu Qian and his team.
She always thought that Yu Qian and his Shen Yangyang's electronics store sold radios and electric fans.
Surprisingly, he also sold refrigerators, washing machines, rice cookers, and even televisions.
It was just in time for Qianhe to bring his triplets and twins back for dinner. Today was the first day of school, so all we did was clean, have an after-school meeting, and pick up our books; there were no classes.
Unlike their listless state in the morning, the five of them perked up again, clearly satisfied with the new teaching environment. Seeing them like this, she felt relieved.
The five of them laughed even harder when they saw the dishes on the table as soon as they got home.
I immediately put the schoolbag in the study room that had been set up for them, washed my hands, and then helped get the bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice.
It was the first time any of them had ever seen a rice cooker, and none of them knew how to use it.
"Dad, come quick, I don't know how to use this."
Yu Qianhe: "Don't move yet, let me teach you, so you don't burn yourselves."
After teaching the five people how to use a rice cooker and what precautions to take to avoid injury, he received five bright, adoring glances and countless compliments.
Professor Yu, who is never arrogant or complacent no matter how much he achieves outside, has become quite smug amidst the adoring praise of his five children.
Liu Yun directly stated that she couldn't bear to watch.
The triplets and twins have been exposed to many new things these past few days: trains, travel, rice cookers, washing machines, refrigerators, and now cakes.
Today, another significant chapter was added to the five people's diaries.
In fact, Liu Yun should have gone to Guangzhou a long time ago, but she was worried about the children. Although she knew that Yu's mother and the others could take good care of them, Liu Yun still wanted to take care of them herself.
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