Qi Qingyao waved at them with her flour-stained hand and said.
“You’re all still young, you can learn in a few years.”
The children looked at each other’s heights and silently pouted.
Erniu thought to herself that she must be the fastest to grow tall!
Qi Qingyao smiled slightly.
“Although I don’t really like to cook, I know how to. It’s a personal skill, after all! It’s always good for a person to master one more skill. I won’t die of starvation as long as there are ingredients around no matter when or where! So, when you guys grow a little taller in a few years, you can learn how to cook if you want to.”
Jiang Yeqian felt that her statement was unconventional.
Qi Qingyao quickly finished making the pastries. She made a lot today and let the children bring up two plates of servings. Since they were green tea-flavored, they tasted very mild, so the three children devoured them all in one sitting.
Poor Jiang Yeqian and Si Jin only got to eat one each!
Si Jin looked at Qi Qingyao, awestruck. “Sister, these pastries you made are so delicious.”
“It’s not bad indeed.” Jiang Yeqian had eaten many pastries, including those flavored with green tea. However, the ones that she made were mild in taste, so they were sweet but not cloying in their mouths. There was even a hint of tea fragrance, which made him want to have another but alas, there was no more.
“Mommy, I haven’t eaten enough~~~” Xiaobao greedily pulled at Qi Qingyao’s hand.
Qi Qingyao patted the little boy’s head. She said as she filled the food container, “Desserts are meant to be eaten in small amounts. If you eat too much you’ll find it cloying, so leave the craving be. If you want to eat it next time, I’ll make it for you.”
The children nodded after hearing this.
Mommy was right.
They once had steamed cornbread every day and got sick of it later, but they still had to eat to fill up their stomachs.
Jiang Yeqian pointed at the pastries in the food container, “Who do you plan on giving the rest to?”
Qi Qingyao arranged the food container nicely, “This is a Chinese New Year gift.”
“Is this for Heir Pei? Surely Heir Pei won’t like it.” He was aware that their destination today was Heir Pei’s residence.
Qi Qingyao shrugged with a look of indifference. “I just don’t want to spend money.”
Jiang Yeqian, “…”
Did she have to be so stingy?
She already had a hundred thousand taels in her hands! Out of all the gift options she could have considered, did she really have to make it herself with such “sincerity”!
Wait a minute.
As it turned out, the fact that they could eat the pastries she made was all thanks to Heir Pei?
Jiang Yeqian’s mouth twitched involuntarily when he thought of this.
“What if Heir Pei is not around?” He pressed on.
“That’s even better.” Qi Qingyao responded without care, “My purpose is to visit during Chinese New Year, it doesn’t matter if he’s there or not. My visit this time is to express my sincerity.”
“What sincerity?” Jiang Yeqian asked.
Qi Qingyao answered calmly, “When I had the housewarming at my newly-built home, the Lord Heir sent Li Qing to give me such a generous gift, which indicates that the Lord Heir intends to be on friendly terms with me. So, reasonably, I have to return the favor.”
Jiang Yeqian pursed his lips and said, “He just thinks of you as Su Hexiao, it’s not as if he wants to be on friendly terms with you. He wants to use you to find Su Hexiao.”
Unfazed, Qi Qingyao replied, “His purpose doesn’t matter. I simply accepted and returned his kindness. This also represents my sincerity.”
After cleaning up, the few of them headed out. They got onto the carriage and rushed toward the mansion next to Baishui Town.
Inside the carriage, Qi Qingyao looked at the children who were sleeping. She pinched Dabao’s cheek and he slept even more soundly, curling into her arms.