Chapter 170 Agree
Noticing the change in his old mother's mood, An Xin quickly struck while the iron was hot.
"Then it's settled that my brother and sister will transfer to the provincial capital. I have already completed all the formalities. It's too late to regret now."
Chen Hongyan touched Anxin's forehead with her hand and said with a helpless smile.
"You always do things without consulting me, because you're afraid that I won't agree, right?"
Even though Chen Hongyan had already figured out An Xin's intention, An Xin still refused to admit it.
"This... still requires mother's consent!"
She knew very well that Chen Hongyan didn't want her to contribute money to the Lao An family, so she acted first and informed her later, only after the matter was settled.
Chen Hongyan looked at her eldest daughter with soft light in her eyes.
"Then now I have to agree even if I don't agree. Isn't this what you want?"
Her daughter used to be ignorant and had a bad reputation, but now she is sensible, so sensible that it makes people feel sorry for her.
After all, the An family owed their eldest daughter too much.
An Xin chuckled twice, touched her head unnaturally, and argued cunningly.
"Hehe, that's for the future success of our brothers and sisters."
Chen Hongyan looked at her eldest daughter's triumphant smile, but turned around and looked at her younger daughter seriously and taught her a lesson.
"Anyang, did you hear that clearly? Your sister took great pains to transfer you to the provincial capital to study. You must study hard in the future and try to get into a good university to repay your sister."
Since her eldest daughter created the conditions that she could not create, all she could do was teach the three younger children to study hard, otherwise she would be letting An Xin down with her sincerity.
Anyang was suddenly put on the education agenda by his old mother, and he quickly made the promise.
"Mom, don't worry. My brothers and I will study hard and live up to your and my sister's expectations. In the future, I will become a capable person like my sister and make a lot of money to support you."
As the saying goes, children from poor families grow up early, and their desire for money exceeds that of children from wealthy families.
No one knows that in those days when they were so poor that they could barely afford to eat, the only thing the children from poor families thought about was making money.
An Xin felt the same way and waved her hand to stop An Ran's ambition.
"Anyang, as long as you and your brothers study hard, get into a good university in the future, choose the major you like, and live a good life, as for making money, leave it to your sister!"
Since An Xin has traveled to the old An family, she can't let her younger brothers and sisters become businessmen who will do anything to make money. Now that she can make money, there is no need for her younger brothers and sisters to work so hard to make money. Doing so will instead taint their personalities with money and pollute them by the world.
At this moment, Anyang was shocked by Anxin's words, so much so that many years later, when she had a successful career, she could still recall what Anxin said to her today, guiding her through those dark years.
Little Anyang said with a serious look.
"Okay, sister, I will study hard and do what I want to do when I grow up."
An Xin naturally didn't know that the influence of her own example had affected her younger siblings' future lives, she just praised them.
"Well, my sister is so good!"
The mother and daughter were talking in the kitchen, their hands moving without any pause as they were preparing dinner. After the rice was cooked and the dishes were washed, An Xin finally talked about the second purpose of her visit today and said to Chen Hongyan.
"Mom, I will come over every day to teach you how to cook a few dishes in the next few days. Bai Yichen and the others are looking at the chef in the team. They will retire in a few days. I want you to apply for this position. How much can you get as salary every month?"
If her younger brothers and sisters all go to school, her mother will live alone in the village, getting up early and going to bed late every day to work in the fields. How hard it would be!
An Xin decided to do his best and planned to help Chen Hongyan get the job of a chef so that she could live a better life with an easy salary every month.
Chen Hongyan and Anyang were obviously shocked by Anxin's words. The mother and daughter looked at each other, and Chen Hongyan hesitated and spoke.
"You mean the cook on the expedition is going to retire, and you're going to let me take the job."
Having said that, Chen Hongyan pointed to her forehead and said unconfidently.
"An Xin, do you think a country woman like me can do this job?"
Although Chen Hongyan is a country woman, she knows her own weight. She knows very well that she can't do this job. Isn't her eldest daughter too confident in her?
But An Xin was obviously more confident than Chen Hongyan thought, and said directly.
"Mom, you must always remember this: no job is too high or too low, and no hero is born into a family. Who says a country woman can't be a cook?"
Even if her mother was not confident, she had to let her mother hold her head high and apply for the job.
Chen Hongyan: “…”
Feeling that her eldest daughter was too confident in herself, Chen Hongyan suddenly felt an unprecedented enthusiasm burst out in her heart, maybe she really could do it.
Her daughter learned to drive a tractor from a tractor-driving teacher in the village and can make money by driving a truck, so why can't she do the same? As a housewife, before she fell ill, she cooked every day, it was just a matter of how good her cooking skills were.
Anyang, who was standing by, seemed to notice his mother's hesitation. He stepped forward, held Chen Hongyan's hand, and encouraged her.
"Well, a chef's job is just to cook. I believe you can do it. Besides, didn't my sister say she would come back every day to teach you how to cook a few dishes? The food I learned from my sister and I was also delicious."
Anyway, she was quite successful in making the braised food and braised pork offal that her sister taught her. Anyang was very convinced of her sister's cooking skills.
Isn’t being a chef all about making delicious food? Every dish her sister cooks tastes like that of a chef.
An Xin stepped forward, took the spatula from Chen Hongyan's hand, and said in an unquestionable tone.
"That's right, Mom. From now on, I will go home every night to teach you how to cook a few dishes until you learn how to cook. When you go to the exploration team to compete for the position of chef, just follow my cooking method."
After saying that, An Xin told An Yang to go to the stove to light a fire, pulled Chen Hongyan to the stove, and started cooking in front of her.
In order to help Chen Hongyan successfully master the cooking methods of each dish, An Xin deliberately slowed down the cooking steps and explained the key points of the dishes to Chen Hongyan.
"This dish of shredded potatoes with vinegar is about crispness and sourness, and the cooking time is important... Stir-fried pork slices with black fungus is about..."
Every time An Xin cooks a dish, she has to give some instructions to Chen Hongyan who is standing next to her, and only after she gives the instructions does she start cooking on the spot.
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