Chapter 38: Chapter 35: You Can’t Spit It Out

Seeing this group of students, they hadn’t eaten much of the meal, but the braised beef was all gone.

Yang Yuxi and the other two teachers looked at each other, feeling both helpless and a bit troubled.

This habit is really not good!

They must be corrected in time!

So, Yang Yuxi gently coaxed the children: “Kids, you can’t be picky eaters!”

“You need to eat the other dishes and rice too. Whoever finishes eating half of their food, I’ll give them some more meat.”

Saying this, Yang Yuxi’s gaze wandered among the kids and finally landed on Qingqing and Weiwei, who were eating seriously. She couldn’t help but show a satisfied smile.

She pointed at Qingqing and Weiwei.

Using them as examples, she told the other kids: “Look, Qingqing and Weiwei are doing excellent. They know they must eat with balanced portions of meat, rice, vegetables, and soup for a nutritious and healthy meal.”

Qingqing and Weiwei, who were earnestly eating, suddenly heard their names mentioned and looked up in confusion.

Their little faces puffed up like two hamsters about to stock up for winter, stuffing their mouths full of food.

This slightly dazed yet cute look almost made Yang Yuxi laugh.

Fortunately, she masked it with a cough and then smiled warmly at Qingqing and Weiwei, saying, “It’s okay, the teacher is praising you two. Keep eating well.”

Hearing this, the two little ones nodded at her and replied with an “oh” before resuming their meal with pleasure.

They eagerly ate one bite of vegetables, one bite of rice, one bite of meat, and one sip of soup!

Some of the other kids, upon seeing this, were influenced.

They obediently listened to Yang Yuxi and started mimicking Qingqing and Weiwei’s eating style.

They took a bite of crispy stuffed eggplant.

Immediately, they felt the crispy and tender eggplant with the nutty aroma of pine nuts was just as delicious as the braised beef. While surprised, they also quickly fell in love with this dish.

They ate with even more enthusiasm!

However, a few kids started throwing a tantrum, insisting that Yang Yuxi and the others give them more good braised beef.

They looked determined not to give up until they reached their goal!

In this situation, Yang Yuxi certainly wouldn’t indulge them.

She softly refused their request again and encouraged them to try other dishes.

Seeing the teacher still unmoved and other kids enjoying their meals, they stopped sulking, picked up their spoons, and tried other dishes.

After tasting, their eyes lit up immediately.

“Hmm~~ Yum yum yum… this eggplant is so delicious…”

As they said this, they happily shook their heads and waved their arms.

Other kids who were a bit reserved put their worries aside after seeing this and joined in happily waving their arms: “Hmm, yum yum yum, it’s really delicious!”

Upon hearing these joyful noises, Yang Yuxi and the other teachers were initially taken aback but quickly realized from the children’s excited expressions and satisfied looks…

This was the expression of happiness from eating something tasty!

Oh, right!

Take a picture!

If not now, then when?

Yang Yuxi suddenly thought she should capture this moment, so she quickly took a bite of rice and braised beef, then grabbed her phone to take photos and videos of the kids.

Xie Jianing noticed that some kids hadn’t started on their mixed vegetable stir-fry, so she walked over with her tray to encourage them: “Kids, this mixed vegetable stir-fry is also delicious, go ahead and try it!”

Actually, this dish was presented quite appealingly.

Made with dried bean curd, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear fungus, radishes, celery, and dried daylily buds, it was colorful and looked very appetizing.

The dish is crisp and refreshing in taste, makes a great meal accompaniment, and is full of vitamins.

Though it’s a good dish, it can’t stand up to picky eaters among students!

After listening to her advice and giving it a try, they found the taste indeed good, stopping their resistance, and some even started eating it willingly.

But Liu Yuanyuan was an exception!

She looked up with a pleading expression and asked, “Teacher, I don’t like eating radishes. Could you help me eat them?”

Xie Jianing: “…”

Before she could reply, Weiwei enthusiastically recommended with a thumbs up: “This mixed vegetable stir-fry was also made by my daddy, and the radishes in it are super, super, super delicious. You… should try it!”

“Really?”

Liu Yuanyuan looked at Weiwei half-doubtfully.

In her mind, radishes always had a strange taste, not appetizing at all!

“Of course, it’s true! Weiwei never lies!”

Weiwei turned her head to look at Qingqing, hoping she would testify for her: “Right, sister?”

“Yes, my little sister never lies.”

Qingqing nodded gently and added, “And, the mixed vegetable stir-fry made by my dad is really delicious. I like it very much.”

“Alright then, I’ll give it a try.”

Liu Yuanyuan cautiously took a bite and was pleasantly surprised to find that the dish was indeed very good, and the radishes didn’t have that strange taste!

“It’s yummy~”

“If it’s yummy, then eat more!”

…

Class One.

Cai Jingxian held a tray and wandered around the classroom while eating.

Suddenly.

She noticed that Cheng Xinrui, who was famous for eating slowly, was eating at a pace drastically different from usual at lunchtime today, eating quite quickly.

Seeing this, she couldn’t help but turn around and say to co-teacher Zheng Yujia and caretaker Wu Liping, “It’s really not easy! It’s rare to see Cheng Xinrui not needing us to urge her to eat.”

Upon hearing this, both of them looked towards Cheng Xinrui’s position.

They saw Cheng Xinrui scoop a large spoonful of pine nut crispy eggplant and quickly put it in her mouth, chewing for just a few moments before swallowing, completely overturning their previous impression of her!

They said with faces full of surprise, “It’s not just rare, it’s practically a once-in-a-century sight!”

Just a moment ago, Wu Liping was even gossiping in the kitchen with caregivers from other classes about this little girl!

What could she do? Every time she ate, she dawdled to the point of giving them a headache!

She was the slowest eater in the whole class!

“To be honest, I used to think maybe she ate slowly because her throat is narrower. But now it seems that this isn’t the reason.”

“Indeed!”

Cai Jingxian nodded contentedly, “I suppose this little one used to just be playful; now that she eats earnestly, her speed isn’t too bad. I hope she can keep this up in the future.”

Just as she was saying this, she saw little Cheng Xinrui start to act up again.

After finishing the pine nut crispy eggplant and braised beef, she started to pick out the radishes from the mixed vegetable stir-fry with her spoon.

Cai Jingxian helplessly stopped her, “Xinrui, we were just praising you to Teacher Zheng and the others, we didn’t expect you’d start messing around again so soon, did we?”

“Teacher Cai, I’m not messing around!” she retorted, lifting her head to look at Cai Jingxian.

“If you’re not messing around, then why are you picking at your food?”

“Because there are radishes in it!”

Cheng Xinrui said with the most innocent voice, giving the most justifiable reason, and even added a reason at the end, “I don’t like eating radishes!”

Cai Jingxian: “…”

Fine!

Picky eater!

She gently advised, “Xinrui, I’ve told you before, picky eaters don’t grow tall. So, we shouldn’t be picky eaters. Besides, carrots are very nutritious; eating them can help you grow tall, and they taste good. If you don’t believe me, try it, and you’ll see I’m not tricking you.”

Cheng Xinrui shook her head, “Only little bunnies eat radishes. I’m not a little bunny.”

Cai Jingxian: “…”

She smiled helplessly, and following her words, asked in return, “Well, lions only eat meat, and you’re not a lion, so why do you eat meat?”

Cheng Xinrui: (﹁﹁)~→

Ugh, don’t you understand!

“Why else? Of course, because meat is delicious!”

“Radishes are delicious too!”

Saying that, Cai Jingxian directly took her spoon, scooped up the carrot shreds she purposely picked out along with other ingredients, and fed it into her mouth.

Anticipating that Cheng Xinrui might spit it out, she quickly reminded, “You can’t spit it out; you have to try tasting it first.”

Cheng Xinrui was about to spit it out, but hearing the teacher’s words, she could only wrinkle her little face and start to chew reluctantly.

As she chewed.

She suddenly found that the taste seemed quite good, fresh, crispy, tender… The key was that there wasn’t any unpleasant carrot taste!

So…

She unconsciously sped up her chewing.

Cai Jingxian watched her expression and roughly understood, smiling as she asked, “Xinrui, didn’t teacher tell you? Isn’t it tasty?”

“Mmhmm~”

Cheng Xinrui nodded and continued eating heartily with her spoon.

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