Chapter 175 – Sharing Lunch
At lunchtime, Xixi’s group of friends grew to four people. In addition to Lan Xin and Yang Luoqi, there was also Nan Zhaoyu, a shy little boy who was pulled over by the three little girls to play together.
“My Papa made delicious food! Mama let me bring an extra portion so that I can eat with everyone!” Xixi said to her little friends early on. She was so happy to meet so many good friends and was eager to share her favorite things with them.
“But my dad also brought me lunch.” Yang Luoqi said regretfully, “I can’t eat that much.”
“I brought lunch too.” Nan Zhaoyu said weakly.
“Then I’ll eat with Xixi!” Lan Xin said with a smile, “I also brought lunch, but I can eat more!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay, let’s all eat together!” Xixi smiled sweetly and said, “My Papa is very good at cooking, and the food is super delicious! There is a lot of meat. I like chicken wings the most!”
“I like it too, I like it too!” Little chubby girl Lan Xin’s mouth was watering.
Teacher Shen and Teacher Cai led the children to the dining area, a large dining hall where all the children from each class came to eat. The white, clean tables and long brown benches were neatly arranged and had a great atmosphere.
“Children have to wash their hands first before they can eat!” Teacher Mu smiled gently, clapped her hands, and said softly.
Xixi and her friends formed a small line and went to the sink to wash their hands one after another. Xixi looked curiously around, learning how to turn on the tap from everyone else. However, Xixi washed her hands very carefully, At home, her parents always asked her to pay attention to personal hygiene!
Lan Xin was a bit more careless. She washed her hands casually and couldn’t wait to leave the line, running to Teacher Mu: “Teacher Mu, Teacher Mu, can I sit with Xixi, Qiqi, and Nan Zhaoyu?”
“Oh, Xiner, why?” Teacher Mu asked with a smile, “Don’t you want to sit in your usual spot?”
“No, we are good friends and want to eat together!” Lan Xin explained, “And Xixi said she would share her father’s cooking with us, and I really wanted to eat it!”
Teacher Mu rubbed Lanxin’s forehead with a smile and said, “Okay, then teacher will arrange for you to sit together later.”
Sure enough, Xixi and her friends were soon arranged to sit at the same table by the teachers. Lan Xin happily sat next to Xixi, while Yang Luoqi sat on the other side of Xixi, and Nan Zhaoyu was unfortunately seated across from them.
“I’m telling you, Teacher Mu is really nice…” Lan Xin happily said a few more words until Teacher Shen and Teacher Cai handed out everyone’s meal.
Teacher Shen and Teacher Cai didn’t make any mistakes, as it was quite easy to recognize each student’s lunchbox, as parents were asked to put their children’s names on their lunch boxes when reporting that morning.
Xixi grabbed her two lunch boxes and happily opened the blue cat lunch box first. This lunch box had a built-in mechanism where pressing a button would cause it to open on its own and spread out layer by layer, similar to an automatic pen case used by elementary school students.
The bottom layer had white rice that was no longer as nice looking as when it was freshly steamed, but it was still fragrant and tasty when heated up.
The middle layer was mainly vegetables. In order to make Xixi eat more vegetables, Yang Yi put extra effort into making fresh shrimp and vegetable rolls that combine meat and vegetables.
The white rice paper wrapped around green lettuce, finely grated red carrots, and beige almond flakes, but the most enticing part was the fresh red shrimp meat inside. These were fresh sea shrimp that were cooked, peeled and sliced like the shrimp on sushi, and then marinated in vinegar and lemon juice.
The rolls looked very tempting and appetizing!
Of course, what attracted the children’s attention the most was the meat dish on the top layer.
This was the first day, and in order to make Xixi happy, Yang Yi naturally made her favorite chicken wings. However. this time Yang Yi changed his method and made the kind of three-cup chicken wings that were both visually appealing and not too spicy. Of course, when he put them in the lunch box, he still picked out the ginger and scallions that Xixi didn’t like.
In addition to a few pieces of juicy chicken wings coated in sauce, there were also wood ear mushrooms, cucumbers, and sliced pork with eggs, which was also known as the legendary Moo Shu Pork. The colorful and bright appearance of the dish really achieved a balance of flavor, aroma, and presentation!
“Wow, it looks so delicious!” Lan Xin said, her eyes shining.
Nan Zhaoyu looked at Xixi’s lunch and then looked at his own, which only had a few pitiful pieces of cabbage leaves and a few slices of meat on top of plain rice. Compared to Xixi’s lunch, his was really unappetizing. He couldn’t help but nod in agreement, his mouth watering.
Not only were the lunches of several little friends not as good as that of Xixi, but the lunches of the other two boys sitting at the same table were not as sumptuous as that of Xixi either.
Xixii was busy opening her second lunch box, which also opened automatically, and had the same internal structure as the first one. However, there was no rice inside, and everything else was the same as Xixii’s lunch. The bottom layer had several more chicken wings.
Yang Yi guessed that the children would like chicken wings the most, so he specially put in more.
“All right, let’s eat together!” Xixi happily clapped her hands in front of her chest. She also felt her stomach growling as she looked at the food, but the little girl didn’t forget to invite her friends.
“I want to eat chicken wings!” Lan Xin said, swallowing her saliva, and reached out to pick up a chicken wing with her chopsticks. She had long set her sights on the biggest chicken wing in this red lunch box, so she wanted to be the first to take it.
After she put it back in her own lunchbox, the little chubby girl felt a little embarrassed. She pushed her lunchbox to Xixi and said, “Xixi, do you want to try the eggplant my mom made?”
Xixi nodded happily and said, “Okay, I’ll try one too!”
In fact, the little chubby girl thought it would be best if Xixi ate it all, so she could eat Xixi’s portion afterward. How wonderful that would be!
Yang Luoqi ate with small mouthful. Although the child’s eating could not be considered elegant, she was relatively quiet compared to the little chubby girl, who was scattering rice grains everywhere, or Xixi, whose face was covered in oil and juice from the food.
However, she also couldn’t resist the delicious food either. After being reserved for a while, she softly asked, “Xixi, can I have one too? I want to eat this.”
She was pointing to the fresh shrimp and vegetable rolls, but Xi Xi was too busy dealing with a super delicious chicken wing to notice. She used both hands and said with a mouthful of food, “Mmm! Eat it!”
Seeing that Yang Luoqi had moved her chopsticks, even the reserved Nan Zhaoyu couldn’t resist and picked up a chicken wing.
The two little boys at the same table were also salivating and felt that their foods were bland. Finally, one of them couldn’t resist and hesitantly reached out with his chopsticks.
“Pa!” halfway through, it was intercepted by a little chubby hand.
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