Chapter 2 I want to grow up quickly
"Ahh Cuisine! Pot, put out the fire! Xiangling's tears stopped instantly when she heard the vegetable lake, and she panicked and let go of the hand holding Anping, and hurriedly ran back to rescue the vegetables in the pot that had already emitted black smoke.
"Oh no, no, there's already a lake... The children are about to get out of class, and it will definitely be too late to re-fry it..."Xiangling, who was in a hurry, tried to find a way to remedy it in front of the stove.
Only then did An Ping turn his head to look at Grandma Ruoxin, whose cloudy eyes were faintly filled with tears.
"Grandma..."
"Good boy... It's good to come back... It's good to come back..."I haven't seen her for more than half a year, and Grandma Ruoxin's body has lost a lot of weight, but she looks much more energetic than before.
"I'm sorry, grandma, I was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to say a word to your old man..."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you're safe... Grandma's body is still strong, you have to be more careful outside, you don't have to remember grandma..."Grandma Ruoxin gently patted Anping's back, and her movements were just like Anping, who didn't cry or make trouble when she picked up the swaddling clothes at the entrance of the village.
"You see that you have lost so much weight and you don't eat much, how can you make me not worry..."An Ping touched his grandmother's wrist, which was almost skinny and boneless, and said complainingly.
"Hahaha... Don't look at the fact that I have lost a few pounds after helping these children recently, but watching the children be healthy and uplifted, and watching the village become more and more prosperous, I feel like I have rejuvenated. Speaking of this, Grandma Ruoxin smiled happily.
It is true that her complexion is much more ruddy than before. It's just that the traces of the weathered years on the face are still inevitably deepened.
"It's you, how are you doing outside during this time?" Grandma Ruoxin looked at An Ping with some concern.
The emotions that these girls who came to teach in Anping School occasionally showed made Grandma Ruoxin's heart feel uneasy.
Several times, if it weren't for the quick action of Ulaer and the timely help of the round, Xiangling, a stupid child, almost exposed Anping's death in front of Grandma Ruoxin.
But it is inevitable that the seeds of doubt will be left in Grandma Ruoxin's heart. This is the reason why Grandma Ruoxin has lost weight recently.
"It's just that when I first went abroad, I was a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, and I had a long stomach and lay on a bed in a foreign country for many days during the Lantern Festival, and I slowly got used to it, grandma, you don't have to worry... Anyway, I'm doing things for the Heavenly Power Star Ningguang of the Seven Stars of Liyue, and no matter which country I go to, the other party will give me a few thin noodles, okay..."Anping saw that Grandma Ruoxin had been depressed for a long time, but fortunately he came back in time, otherwise I am afraid that Grandma Ruoxin would have crushed her body due to heart disease.
"Just get used to it... But I saw you write back and say that you would stay abroad for three or five years before you came back, why did you come back suddenly and didn't tell your grandmother in advance? Grandma Ruoxin may know in her heart that it is definitely not as simple as Anping said, but she will never ask Anping too much.
She knew that no matter how hard An Ping was outside, he would always report good news and not bad news, in short, as long as he came back safely.
β... Of course, it's a surprise for grandma! I finished the task that Lord Ningguang arranged in the early days, so I had a vacation for a while, and I hadn't seen my grandmother for a long time, so I rushed back in a hurry! An Ping's head turned quickly, and he instantly thought that this should be a letter sent to his grandmother in Ningguang's handwriting to avoid her old man's worries, and he immediately came back.
"I see, you, you've loved doing these things since you were a child... Now that I'm back, let's stay with my grandmother during this time and talk to my grandmother..."
"Of course! I will always be with Grandma during this vacation! β
"Okay, then don't stand in the way here, the kids are going to have lunch after class, so we have to get the food out for them quickly." Grandma Ruoxin patted Anping on the back again and pushed the big child up from her arms.
"Grandma, sit down, just leave this little thing to me." Anping diligently helped his grandmother to the chair and sat down, and skillfully went to help the pot retake a stack of plates and put them on the preparation table.
"What should I do, Anping! The smell of the lake has penetrated into the dish and cannot be eliminated at all! Xiangling covered her head and hurriedly circled in front of the stove.
"It's okay... You can still eat... These children are not so delicate..."Anping tasted it, although the taste was much worse than Xiangling's usual level, but it definitely did not reach the point where it was difficult to swallow.
"No, no, no! It's going to make the kids feel disappointed with me! Looking at Xiangling's anxious appearance, Anping was a little surprised.
Didn't Xiangling show the children her beep side cooking?
"I have a solution... Guaranteed to make the children raving about the taste of these dishes..."An Ping thought for a moment and came up with a good idea.
"What a way! Speak up, talk fast! β
"It's good if you say that I made these dishes then..."Anping once cooked a meal for the children, and it is said that after that time, the children's nightmare became Anping's stir-fried food.
β... It seems like... It's really okay..."Xiangling pondered carefully and found that what Anping said made sense.
Anping's hellish food, Xiangling, who once wanted to teach Anping to cook, also learned it. It can be said that it almost destroyed Xiangling's Dao heart in pursuit of the best taste in the world.
"Then it's decided!" Xiangling picked up the frying spoon and divided the dishes one by one.
"I'll help me stop the children and don't let them run away," Anping whispered closer to Yula's ear.
"Why are the children running away? Don't you really like children? Yula, who has not been tortured by Anping's taste buds, expressed her incomprehension.
"It's hard to explain all of a sudden... Anyway, just do it..."Anping finished speaking, and went to help the pot with the broom and shovel to clean up the fragments of dishes on the floor.
"Long time no see, Guoba." An Ping rubbed the head of the pot and said in a deep tone.
"Gurgle... Huh? Guoba looked at Anping suspiciously.
"You can't remember me, but we're really sympathetic..."An Ping whispered in Guoba's ear as he squatted down to clean carefully.
"Giggles?" Guoba was even more puzzled. Anping just smiled and didn't say anything more. Soon it was time for the end of class, and Yanfei led the children out of the classroom in an orderly manner and walked to the restaurant where the meals had been arranged.
When the children sat down in an orderly manner to prepare for dinner, An Ping, who was hiding behind the door, suddenly jumped out.
"Kids, did you miss me!"
"Brother Anping! It's Brother Anping! β
"Brother Anping, we miss you to death!"
"Brother Anping, when did you come back!" The restaurant erupted in a tsunami-like cheer.
"Okay, you miss Brother Anping to receive it, so Brother Anping has prepared a surprise for everyone today! Would you like to guess what? There is a reward for guessing correctly! "An Ping is as pompous as the host of a children's program at the moment.
"It's a snack!"
"It's a new toy!"
"It's a new book!" The children's interest was completely aroused, you guessed word by word, the atmosphere of the whole restaurant was warm, Xiangling and Grandma Ruoxin held back a smile on the corner of their mouths, waiting for the moment when the mystery was revealed to watch the children's face-changing performance, and Yula was quietly closing the door of the restaurant.
Only Yanfei was very calm. She knew that Anping was dead. So she was a little curious about where Ningguang found someone who looked so similar to An Ping.
"Well, well, I've heard your answers... But unfortunately, none of them guessed correctly! An Ping shook his head in disappointment.
There was a sigh in the restaurant.
"Now it's time for the mystery to be revealed! Brother Anping's surprise to you is ββββ" Anping deliberately dragged out the tail note very long, and looked around at the children with expectant expressions.
"YesβBrother Anping's own cooking for you!" When the mystery was revealed, the children's happy smiling faces were as desperate as if they had seen a demon god in the blink of an eye, but the children's smiles did not disappear, but they were transferred to the faces of Xiangling Youla Anping and Grandma Ruoxin.
After a few seconds of deathly silence, the timid child was even frightened to tears.
Many children quietly pulled out their chairs and were ready to apply oil on the soles of their feet and open the boil on the spot, but unfortunately Yula had already locked the doors and windows and carried the children who tried to escape back to their seats one by one.
The children looked at the dishes on their plates in despair, as if thousands of poisonous snakes were intertwining and shuttling inside.
"Let's race! No matter who eats it first, how about Brother Anping being able to fulfill one of his wishes? Anping looked at the embarrassed children, and had to propose a very attractive reward.
But even so, the children are wrinkling their faces, you look at me, I look at you, and no one dares to move quickly.
But under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. There are still children with dreams who are determined to die, close their eyes, grit their teeth, and stretch out their fast sons.
"Huh!?" The eyes of the first child to taste the dish widened suddenly. The other children looked at the brave child and prayed that he would not fall to the bottom of the mouth.
"Just a bit of a lake... Flavor... Very good! The first child to eat the vegetables picked up the plate and gulped it up.
"What?!" The other children scrambled to pick up the plates.
"Hmm! It tastes so good! β
"It's delicious!"
"Brother Anping can finally cook!" The children swept away the dishes on their plates with tears in their eyes, and the final winner was, of course, the first child to eat crabs.
"Then I declare that today's winner is Zhang Yang!" Anping lifted the first child who swept the plate high.
"Yay!" Zhang Yang's face was full of excitement and raised his fists, and the other children couldn't help but look depressed, but everyone was still looking forward to what Zhang Yang's wishes were, and how Anping's brother would help Zhang Yang realize his dream.
"So Zhang Yang, what is your wish?" After the winner was announced, Anping naturally wanted to fulfill the promise he had just made to the children.
"I... I... I..."Countless thoughts instantly popped up in Zhang Yang's mind, but none of them he could choose, and under the expectant eyes of the children, Anping and the teachers, fine beads of sweat even appeared on Zhang Yang's nervous forehead.
"It's okay, you can keep it and tell me when you think about it." An Ping smiled and touched Zhang Yang's head.
"I've figured it out!" Zhang Yang clenched his fists and looked at An Ping with hope.
"Brother Anping! I want to grow up fast! An Ping was stunned for a second, he didn't expect that this child's wish was to grow up quickly.
"Zhang Yang, why do you want to grow up quickly?" However, for children of this age, growing up does seem to be a word full of temptation, and Anping squatted down to hear what the reason for Zhang Yang's desire to grow up was.
"Because... Because... Because..."Zhang Yang blushed again.
"It's okay, be brave enough to say it, people won't laugh at you." Anping gently encouraged this child who wanted to grow up.
"Because... Because I like to eat the dishes made by Sister Xiangling! I want to grow up quickly, marry Sister Xiangling as a wife, and cook for me every day! With Anping's encouragement, the six-year-old child said out loud why he wanted to grow up.
For a while, the entire restaurant was silent, Anping was directly stunned on the spot, and Xiangling was even more suffocated.
"Marry him! Marry him! Marry him! The children who liked to play at home cheered loudly.
"Brother Anping... Can I make this wish come true? Zhang Yang looked at Anping expectantly.
"Brother Anping is also very good at cooking, Brother Anping will wait for you to grow up and marry you." An Ping looked at this ambitious child gently.
"Wow! Brother Anping, you are cheating! Zhang Yang cried directly on the spot. The atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly became more cheerful.
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"Ah, I really didn't expect Xiangling to be so popular with the children..."The children went back to the classroom, and Grandma Ruoxin and Youla were in charge of the afternoon class, so Anping and Xiangling came out to pick up some fresh ingredients for dinner, and Anping couldn't help but joke about Xiangling again.
"Bad! Peace you bad! And make fun of me! Xiangling squirmed, looking at Xiangling's uncomfortable appearance, Anping laughed.
"But... Anping... We've known each other for so long... You... Do you like my cooking? Looking at Anping's laughter, Xiangling suddenly thought of the child's words just now, and asked for no reason.
An Ping restrained his smile and looked at Xiangling, who was lower than him and looked up and was also looking forward to his answer.
"Of course I like it, Xiangling's food will never get tired of eating." An Ping smiled slightly and replied without thinking.
"That's... That... That..."Xiangling didn't know why she suddenly became nervous, and her heart was pounding.
"What then?" An Ping put his face to Xiangling's face and asked with a wicked smile.
"I don't know anything!" An Ping's sudden approach startled Xianglingmeng, and after leaving a sentence, he fled with a puff of smoke.