Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 274 Children’s chapters are most useful

Yang Tao hurried over to open the lid of the lunch box, and said to Yu Cheng and Dun Dun with a smile, "Help me take out all the food from the lunch box quickly."

"My family is small, and my uncle and father are old. They like to have a lively dinner. You two can stay here and have dinner together before going back."

Yucheng and the other man hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sir, Yucheng and I are here to deliver food. If we eat here, mother and Aunt Li will tell on us when we go back."

Yang Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, just say that my uncle hasn't seen you for a long time, so he invited you to have dinner. Besides, I invited you to stay.

Old Man Yang encouraged him: "The teacher asked you to stay, so just stay. Madam Li won't say anything to you."

Yucheng and Dundun felt relieved after hearing what Yang Tao and Old Man Yang said, and hurried forward to help Yang Tao take out the plates and dishes from the food box.

Yang Tao carefully brought out the copper pot, placed it on the table and said, "Uncle, father, you used to love this dish of mushroom dumplings the most, but you haven't made it since grandma passed away."

"I specially asked Miss Shen to make this dish today. The soup and dumplings are still hot. Come and try them."

When Mr. Yang heard this, he said happily, "Oh, I haven't eaten it in a few years. My wife and my sister-in-law have also made it, but it doesn't taste like my mother's."

"Yuzhi is a very good cook. I didn't expect she could cook this dish."

"Second brother, stop standing there and help me bring the small charcoal stove for making tea over here. Put the soup on the stove and boil it. It needs to be hot so it can go well with the fried vegetarian dumplings."

When Yang Huaiyuan heard that his son ordered this dish, his expression did not change, but his heart softened.

For a moment, I thought of A Tao when he was a child, using his baby voice to scoop up a dumpling with a spoon and hold it up for me to eat.

I also remembered the time when my mother held A Tao in her arms, smiling with a look of satisfaction on her face.

He could only sigh helplessly, and went to the square table in the outer room where his elder brother often drank tea, brought over the small charcoal stove, added some tea charcoal into it, and placed it in the middle of the table.

Old Man Yang put the copper pot on the charcoal stove, and chatted with Yucheng and Dundun with a smile, asking them about their school life.

Yucheng and Dundun had no idea about what happened between Mr. Yang and his son, so when they saw Mr. Yang asking questions, they answered them and told the truth.

When children think someone is good, they will naturally praise that person to the highest heaven on earth.

Dun Dun is better. After all, he is two years older and speaks more calmly.

Yucheng was different. He still spoke in a childish manner, but tried hard to act like an adult. His childish words made Old Man Yang laugh from time to time, and the atmosphere in the room gradually became relaxed.

An also came back at this time. She and Jin arranged the meals brought by Yang Tao, and then went to the kitchen to bring up all the prepared meals. There were all kinds of food, filling up a large table.

After the food was served, Mrs. An asked everyone to take their seats.

Although Yang Huaiyuan was still awkward, he had to save some face for his son in front of the two children. After being pulled and persuaded by Old Man Yang, he sat down.

At this time, the soup in the copper pot was boiling and the aroma of mushrooms was wafting out.

Yang Tao took the soup bowl, put four or five fried dumplings in it, scooped up the fragrant mushroom soup with a spoon and poured it into the bowl. He took some chopped chives from the small bowl and sprinkled them on top. He brought it to Old Man Yang and put it down, saying, "Uncle, try it. How does it taste different from what my grandmother cooked?"

Old Man Yang smiled and nodded, then took the spoon.

Yang Tao filled another small bowl with dumplings and soup, but this time he didn't put chives in it. He brought it to his father and put it down: "Father, try it too. I remember you don't like chives, you like more green beans."

Yang Huaiyuan didn't say anything, but he didn't look angry like before. He just silently took the spoon handed to him by Yang Tao.

An was delighted when she saw this and said hurriedly, "Tao, please sit down. Your mother and I will serve the soup ourselves. Ask the two children what they like to eat and serve them some. Let's eat quickly."

The meal was peaceful and lively.

During the period, Yang Huaiyuan listened carefully to what Yu Cheng and the others said about school, such as how interesting Mr. Yang's lectures were, how good his handwriting was, how he took his students to climb mountains, and so on.

Yang Huaiyuan was eating mushroom dumplings. Although the taste was different from those made by his mother, they were fresh, fragrant, crispy and tasty.

I thought to myself that it seemed that Tao was a very popular teacher among students, so it was not that he was not doing his job properly.

After dinner, Uncle Yang and Mrs. An packed the food boxes.

When Yang Tao was about to take Yu Cheng and Dun Dun away, Yang Huaiyuan hesitated for a moment and finally said, "Tao, if you are free tomorrow, come to my house for dinner in the evening. I want to talk to you."

Yang Tao was stunned at first, then his eyebrows lit up with joy, and he nodded and said, "Okay, father, I will go home as soon as school is over tomorrow."

Yang Huaiyuan snorted with a cold face, waved his hand in disgust, put his hands behind his back, and went into the house without even looking at Yang Tao.

As soon as he stepped through the door and avoided everyone, Yang Huaiyuan could no longer hold back and a smile appeared on his face.

Jin was listening, thinking that ever since her husband decided not to take the exam because of her son, the two of them had never had a good conversation when they met.

It was rare for him to change his attitude this time. Jin, who was caught in the middle, couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

When Mr. and Mrs. Yang heard this, they laughed out loud.

On the way back to the store, Yang Tao was extremely happy. Although he was carrying two empty lunch boxes in his hands, he walked very fast.

Although Yucheng and Dundun were empty-handed, they had to jog after every two steps to barely keep up.

After walking for a while, Yang Tao realized that he was walking too fast, so he slowed down and waited, then said to them with a smile: "It's a good thing you followed me to deliver the food, otherwise..." He just smiled and didn't know how to explain to the two children.

Yu Cheng continued, "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to eat the hawthorn osmanthus cake. It's sour and sweet and really delicious."

Yang Tao laughed loudly: "Yucheng is absolutely right."

After Yu Cheng finished speaking to everyone, he asked in confusion, "I was right. Hawthorn and Osmanthus Cake is delicious. Why did you smile like that, sir?"

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Jiang knew about the conflict between Mr. Yang and his father. Although they did not know the details, after hearing what Yucheng and Dundun said, they realized that the two children's praise of Mr. Yang today had worked.

Maybe the father and son will reconcile and accept Yang Tao's choice of becoming a teacher.

Li smiled and said, "You are right, you only know how to eat."

Shen Yu and the others also laughed when they heard this. Seeing that his mother no longer mentioned the matter of him taking back the copper pot given by Aunt Yang, Yu Cheng ran to Shen Yu and said, "Sister, can you make hawthorn osmanthus cake?"

"Auntie Yang said it was made with hawthorn fruit, but they are all old and don't dare to eat too much sweets, so they only made a small dish. Brother Dun Dun and I only ate a small piece each."