Chapter 58 – Experience

“What’s the matter?” Shen Muan asked worriedly. He looked at Zhizhi, who had a dejected expression.

Xiao Qi glanced at his little boy: “Do you want to say it yourself, or do I say it for you?” Xiao Qi felt that what had just happened to them might be the most embarrassing thing that had ever happened in his life.

Zhizhi let go of his father’s hand, threw himself into Shen Muan’s arms, and said with a tone full of sadness: “I didn’t mean to. ”

Shen Muan touched his little head and asked, “What happened?”

Zhizhi silently told Shen Muan what happened after they separated earlier. He was a bit topsy-turvy, but Shen Muan understood it well.

The other children listened in a haze as they stared at Zhizhi.

After separating from everyone, Zhizhi excitedly took his father to buy his favorite meat. But on the way, a tall tower made up of bottled drinks attracted his attention.

“Dad, I want one!” Zhizhi stretched out his small hand to get high enough to take a bottle.

Xiao Qi casually took a bottle and gave it to Zhizhi, but Zhizhi refused. He wanted the top one. Xiao Qi brought it to him, but he was not happy with this way of doing it. He wanted to get it by himself. If Xiao Qi didn’t let Zhizhi do it, he could maybe lose his temper and throw a tantrum

So Xiao Qi had no choice but to lift Zhizhi up and let him get the drink at the top. But unexpectedly, Zhizhi stretched out not only his hand, but also his feet. He kicked the tower, making the bottles crooked, and in the end it all fell with a crackle.

Zhizhi looked at the emptiness in front of him, a little confused, when he finally realized what happened he panicked.

Xiao Qi hurriedly hugged the child. Fortunately, no one was nearby and injured.

The father and son frightened the sales clerks around them. They immediately approached them and after confirming that everyone was okay, they began to talk about compensation.

Xiao Qi silently bought all the drinks that made up the tower, and the person in charge of the supermarket even gave them a discount. Xiao Qi didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry.

Because of this incident, the two of them weren’t able to buy anything until now. So they came out empty-handed.

As for the drinks, Xiao Qi had it sent directly to the kindergarten.

Zhizhi hid in Shen Muan’s arms. He didn’t mean to kick it, but who knew that reaching out with his feet would not help him but instead bump the bottles?

“This time the money will be deducted from your New Year’s money.” Xiao Qi was not the kind of person who would deliberately make his child suffer. Although things like New Year’s money were given to the children by adults, he had to let Zhizhi know that he should be able to bear the mistakes he made.

Poor Zhizhi, the money he had been painstakingly saving had now become less because of his carelessness.

“I want to see it too.” Keke didn’t think there was anything wrong, but she was very excited. She hadn’t seen that kind of scene before, it must’ve been very fun!

Shan Liang felt his right eyelid twitch. He hurriedly hugged his daughter to the side and whispered, otherwise he was afraid that one day Keke would really do this kind of thing as well, by then, he would be the one in trouble.

Chu Siyuan quietly gave Zhizhi a thumbs up, Chu Yi watched his movements, and slapped him to calm him down a little.

Shen Muan didn’t know how to react to this. He didn’t expect that such a mess would result from a casual activity. He should have checked the almanac^[1]A chinese divination guide, shows which days/activities/hour are auspicious or inauspicious based on the chinese lunar calendar. when he went out today.

“Okay, let’s go back!” Shen Muan said helplessly.

Ruirui took Chu Siyuan’s hand and nodded vigorously: “Let’s go back and cook!”

Chu Siyuan’s eyes lit up, he hadn’t tried cooking yet.

Shen Muan suddenly felt discouraged. He looked at his brother with a little regret in his heart. He remembered that there should be a fire extinguisher at home, nothing should happen right?

As the group drove back, the children got much more excited. They quickly ran inside Teacher An An’s house with the things they bought.

“Should I do it?” Shen Muan half put his hand on Chu Yi’s shoulder, and said with some anxiety, “Do you know what to do?”

“I can try, don’t worry so much.” Chu Yi suppressed his smile and comforted, “Don’t be afraid.”

“That’s right, Teacher An An.” Xiao Qi smiled heartlessly behind him.

But these words made it even more frightening.

“I got more worried with you guys acting like this. Should I call 119 in advance so they can quickly extinguish the fire?” Shen Muan said.

Shan Liang patted his chest and said, “Teacher Shen, don’t worry, I cook Keke’s meals every day. You can believe in my cooking skills.”

“I hope so.” Shen Muan can only hope that the children will not bother with the cooking too much.

Facts proved that this was impossible. The children did not follow the recipe at all. Their ideas were strange, and they even wanted to add other things to the dish.

Shen Muan wasn’t worried anymore on whether a fire would occur. He was beginning to worry about whether he needed to buy more stomach medicine first and prepare to make an emergency call.

What was he thinking at the time he brought this up? He must’ve thought this would be a refreshing activity when he mentioned it, how regretful he was now. 

In the end, it was too late to regret.

Shen Fangqi sympathized with his younger brother, but he couldn’t do anything.

Zhizhi and Keke quarreled over whether to put vinegar or not. Shan Liang, who was originally confident in his cooking skills, became very insecure at this time. He felt that today’s meal would be the most terrifying meal he would’ve made after he learned to cook.

Chu Yi took a look at the mess of food on the counter and finally decided to make a call. He ordered takeaway at a nearby hotel.

It seems that the things they would make can’t be eaten at all.

Ruirui was the most serious one among them, he was the only kid who followed the recipe, but Chu Siyuan made him bothered. The other kept adding oil and vinegar to the dish they were making. After all, Ruirui was easily affected and the taste of the dish had become subtly weird. The color had also become a bit scary.

When Chu Yi ordered takeaway, several of the adults leaned over and said what they wanted to eat. Chu Yi told them to wait for it to be delivered.

After the ‘chefs’ brought their respective dishes to the table, Shen Muan felt the instinct to run.

But the children were still standing there very confidently. Only Ruirui was somehow embarrassed. He didn’t know what his dish would taste like if he added some of the messy spices. When he brought it out, he hadn’t tasted it either.

“Come on, ah, the teacher is going to feed you.” Under the children’s expectant eyes, Shen Muan picked up a shrimp and placed it in front of Keke.

Keke shook her head abruptly, it could be seen that she was actually a bit self-aware, she wouldn’t open her mouth even if she was about to be killed. Was this intentional? Seeing that Keke didn’t want to eat this set, Shen Muan turned his goal to Chu Siyuan.

Keke was still able to refuse Shen Muan. But when Chu Siyuan came, he didn’t know how to refuse, so he could only eat it in one bite.

After eating it, Chu Siyuan regretted it instantly. He vomited it out and he even felt that his tongue was about to break as tears kept flowing out of his eyes.

It looked pitiful, but Chu Siyuan didn’t feel too distressed since Shen Muan was there.

If Chu Siyuan was made to eat it again, he wouldn’t hesitate to refuse.

Shen Muan looked at the dark dishes on the table, he thought it was very fortunate that he didn’t let them use up all the ingredients, otherwise it would be too wasteful.

This… it was a once in a lifetime experience…..

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The author has something to say: _(:з”∠)_ I originally thought I would take a few more days of rest, but I feel much better today. My brain was the same as paste two days ago.

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