The chef was preparing dinner in the kitchen. From the corner of his eye, he noticed Nan Xiaonan looking at him secretly at the kitchen door. When he turned around and met Nan Xiaonan's eyes, Nan Xiaonan would avoid it. While the confused chef continued to wash the dishes, Nan
Xiaonan will pop out of the door again.
The chef was silent for a moment, wiped his hands with a clean hand towel nearby, paused the progress of dinner, and went to the door. As expected, he saw the half-year-old child looking at him hesitantly. When he came out, he turned around and left.
Thoughts, but suddenly stopped.
When the chef faced Nan Xiaonan, he couldn't help but feel soft: "Does the young master have anything you want to eat? If so, tell me directly. It's actually too late to prepare it now."
"Um..." Nan Xiaonan hesitated and looked to the side. Then she felt that it was impolite to speak without looking directly at the other person's face, so she turned back forcibly.
Nan Xiaonan rarely takes the initiative to make requests, especially for a chef. He always sees the young master happily eating all the food he makes. This is very important for a chef.
If he could hear the young master's request, it would actually be a novel thing for him. Seeing Nan Xiaonan being so hesitant, the chef planned to work harder.
"There are still a lot of ingredients in the refrigerator. If the young master has something he particularly wants to eat, I will be happier cooking it." Now even the chef has begun to know Nan Xiaonan's character.
"Well..." Nan Xiaonan put her hands on her chest, wringing her fingers nervously unconsciously, and asked in a low voice, "Are you tired when uncle is cooking?"
"This is my job and my hobby. It's not tiring." The chef patted his round belly, "If I were tired, I wouldn't be like this."
"Well." Nan Xiaonan looked at the chef's round belly, then touched her own belly, "Uncle, it's time for you to exercise."
"Hahahahaha." The chef could only laugh, "As we get older, people become lazy."
"Exercise is a very happy thing." Nan Xiaonan opened her arms, "I feel very comfortable every time I finish exercising."
"Hahaha, yes, I sometimes feel that way." The chef said, "Have you thought about what the young master wants to say to me?"
"Uncle, did uncle cook the food for mom's birthday?" Nan Xiaonan asked.
"Yeah? What's wrong? Oh, by the way, it's the young master's birthday next month, right? Uncle will definitely cook the most delicious dinner for the young master. Are you going out this time too? Then uncle will give the young master the best dinner.
Would you like to prepare the cake?”
"No, it's..." Nan Xiaonan grabbed the corner of her clothes in confusion, "I have an idea."
Nan Xiaonan did not dare to tell the eldest brother and the second brother directly. If he did, the eldest brother and the second brother would definitely agree with his idea and put it into practice immediately. However, Nan Xiaonan did not want to tell the idea so quickly that it had not yet been formed.
come out.
"Are you saying you want to hold a birthday party?" The chef curled up his short legs and sat on the floor with Nan Xiaonan. Nan Xiaonan liked to do this. In order to allow Nan Xiaonan to sit on the floor at any time, the servants at home cleaned the floor.
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"Yes, because something happened two days ago." Nan Xiaonan crossed his legs. His body was still very soft. Although the exercise did not make him tougher, "At that time, everyone was actually very scared.
Qing, although he talks to me now, he seems to be quite afraid of me and Yu Yiheng. I think this is not good, so in addition to school, I also want to have the opportunity to play with everyone. Mom every time
The aunties were having a great time, so I thought, maybe holding a banquet can make everyone better."
Although things were not that simple, Nan Xiaonan's worry made the chef soften his mood.
"I think this is a good plan. Maybe I should discuss it with my husband."
"But I'm not sure. I don't know how to organize a birthday party so that everyone will like it and not cause trouble to the family."
"Causing trouble?" The chef was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, because every time mom holds a banquet, isn't the family always busy and hiring temporary servants?"
He Xuanwan's parties have always been very luxurious. This is not only a matter of He Xuanwan's birthday, but also related to the reputation of the Nan family. The more decent and generous the hostess is, the better the image of the Nan family will be, because
Recently, the Nan family's career has been booming, and Nan Yun has begun to think about buying a villa again. This place is a bit small in comparison.
Nan Xiaonan remembers He Xuanwan’s party. The housekeeper would start preparations a week in advance, ordering flowers, buying ingredients, decorating the home, and organizing the home. All of this seemed very busy, and everyone on the day of the party got up very early.
, Nan Xiaonan even saw seven chefs working in the kitchen, and other cooking tools were also brought in. The scene was chaotic and orderly, but it all revealed busyness.
"I don't want my family to be so busy." Nan Xiaonan doesn't think her birthday needs to be so extravagant and wasteful. She remembers that after every banquet, a lot of food will be thrown away, and some completely untouched food will be thrown away by the servants.
Take it away to avoid waste. The environment at home must be restored to its original position. This is no small project for the housekeeper uncle. Not only the servants, He Xuanwan will also participate in person every time. Her mother will be waiting in beautiful clothes that day.
As everyone arrived, although she was at home, Nan Xiaonan felt as if a banquet was being held outside.
"If it's the young master's banquet, it doesn't need to be so extravagant." The chef finally came up with such a good idea and didn't want Nan Xiaonan to give up the idea just like that. "Madam's friends have different statuses, so their needs are more
It’s luxurious, but if you are friends with the young master, the furnishings are actually very good now, and everyone will prefer a place with a more family feel. After all, children will definitely not adapt to a place with too many rules, right?"
Nan Xiaonan thought of how everyone looked brightly dressed when He Xuanwan held a banquet.
"Indeed, I'm not quite used to that kind of banquet either."
"If the young master is hosting it, it should not be called a birthday party, but a birthday party. If it is just a party, there will be enough food and a place to play, and it will be the best place for the young master's friends.
, I don’t want too many helpers on that day. I will also prepare the young master’s favorite food at this age for the young master’s friends, and I can suggest to the eldest and second young masters to put some simple multi-player toys. After all, even if
We have invited the whole class, and not all of them can come. The number is not large, so there is nothing wrong with everyone getting familiar with it."
"Is that so?" Nan Xiaonan seemed to be encouraged.
"And I think the young master might be able to talk to the butler, who will have more suggestions in this regard."
"But uncle will definitely tell dad."
"Then you can still get advice from sir, right? This is a good thing."
Nan Xiaonan bit her lower lip: "You are right."
Nan Xiaonan then found the housekeeper. After hearing this, the housekeeper showed a happy smile: "Young Master, I am very glad that you can come to me to discuss this matter."
"Huh?" Nan Xiaonan tilted her head, not knowing why, "This is part of my job, to serve my husband and young masters, but the young master is too well-behaved, so I have never been able to progress my work well.
, it is very important for me to be able to hear the young master’s request now.”
Nan Xiaonan raised her head: "But I don't want to give you more work."
"Young Master, don't worry, work is also a kind of pleasure. Being able to do something for Young Master is what I have been looking forward to." The housekeeper bent over and looked at Nan Xiaonan with a gentle expression, "Young Master has always taken good care of me.
I also really hope to repay the young master. The relationship will become closer only by going back and forth. Didn’t the young master just understand this truth two days ago?"
Nan Xiaonan suddenly remembered the discussion between friends two days ago. Did the housekeeper know what he and his second brother had said? An inexplicable shyness immediately infected his cheeks, which instantly turned red.
"Ah...how did you know?"
"The second young master has always been very proud that the young master can think out such a truth independently. You also know that the second young master has always been willing to introduce the young master's advantages to all of us." The housekeeper looked at Nan Xiaonan as he spoke.
Her lower cheeks were so red that they were bleeding. Knowing that Nan Xiaonan was thin-skinned, the butler did not continue teasing, "If it is the young master's friend, what the chef said makes sense. Because the audience is different, the young master's friends will like to play more.
Madam's approach is not suitable."
"Will it be troublesome?" Nan Xiaonan asked.
"No, it will be fun." There was no reluctance on the butler's face. He looked serious and happy. If it was a children's party, which he had never held before, he might give it a try. He felt it would be lively.
Nan Xiaonan looked at it blankly, as if...it was really not a very difficult thing?
When Nan Xiaonan was led by the housekeeper to Nan Yun's office, Nan Yun was not working. Instead, she was leaning on the sofa and looking at her mobile phone. Since Nan Qinse started to join the company, he has become more casual.
Nan Yun sat up, the atmosphere around her was very gentle. After listening to the butler's words, she looked at Nan Xiaonan: "How much does it cost?"
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"Calculate the money for the banquet and give it to me in the list later. I will give you all the expenses." Nan Yun leaned on the sofa with one hand, "Xiao Nan is ten years old this year, right?"
"right."
"You're ten years old. I originally wanted to take you on a trip on my tenth birthday." Nan Yun muttered a few words quietly, but Nan Xiaonan didn't hear clearly. Then she saw Nan Yun change her posture, "Then
Then I will take your mother out for the day, and you can play with your classmates at home."
"Why?" Why did mom and dad leave when we were playing with classmates?
"Children will be more open-minded in an atmosphere without parents." Nan Yun didn't know when she started thinking about this child. When she found out, she had already formed a habit, "It just so happened that Wanwan and I could do it too."
It’s a rare moment to live in the world of two people.”
"Wouldn't Mom and Dad find it troublesome?" Nan Xiaonan was very worried. Why did he go out? Is it because his affairs hindered Nan Yun and the others?
"No, it's not a big deal."
"Dad, you have to know that I will believe whatever you tell me." Nan Xiaonan went up and sat next to Nan Yun, lying half on Nan Yun's lap, raising her head and looking at her seriously.
Father, "Are you telling the truth, Dad?"
"No matter what, you are my child." Nan Yun grabbed Nan Xiaonan's head, "Don't be hesitant about anything you do, it's not my style."
"???" Nan Xiaonan was dumbfounded.
"If you really think there is a problem, you can just go to a hotel and book a venue. It's all up to you." Nan Yun leaned back on the sofa again and looked at Nan Xiaonan with half-lowered eyes, "I will bear all the expenses.
, if you don’t understand anything, you can ask me directly. It’s your first time to hold a banquet, and dad is also looking forward to what you can do.”
Although I basically don't have high hopes, if I don't say so, this child looks like he will be struggling for a long time.
Nan Xiaonan couldn't believe it. Did he have to do it by himself? Is it okay no matter what he did? He looked back at the butler hoping to get a second person, but the butler just blinked at him and smiled softly.
Nan Yun watched Nan Xiaonan and the housekeeper go out with some confusion. She leaned on the sofa and thought about how the Nan family celebrated birthdays in the past.
Nan Yun's birthdays are often very ordinary, mainly because he doesn't care about it. If it's not an integer number, he usually won't hold a banquet. Integral banquets are usually for some important guests, and they are just like the company's annual meeting. He didn't pay attention to it in the past. From his wife
Although he kept the gift in his hand well, he didn't have much mood swings, but Nan Xiaonan would run to Nan Yun and secretly tell Nan Yun the details of when He Xuanwan bought the gift, how to carefully select it, listen.
Listen, Nan Yun will soften, and the relationship between the two of them will be better than usual in those days.
For He Xuanwan, birthdays are no different than usual, but some noble ladies will be invited to the house to hold a small banquet. On this day, the three children of the Nan family will consciously stay in the house and give them all the time.
, but in the evening, it will turn into a simple banquet for the family. He Xuanwan, who has no fingers in the spring water, will bake her signature cookies that day for everyone to have as a midnight snack.
Nan Qinse and Nan Heming didn't like birthdays very much. Nan Yun remembered that the secretary had always directly prepared the birthday gifts for these two children. Although the housekeeper would prepare some cakes on his own initiative to make it more ceremonial, because many times he
I was so busy that I basically ignored the birthdays of my two children and just muddle along. But since Nan Xiaonan came, things have changed.
While a five-year-old child should still not be able to read a calendar, Nan Xiaonan knew very well that she had to prepare a birthday gift. Nan Xiaonan’s first birthday in the family was Nan Qinse’s. Nan Qinse didn’t even notice it, but she didn’t expect that it was Nan Qinse’s birthday.
On the same day, I received a handmade gift from Nan Xiaonan. It was a very ugly family of five made of plasticine that was completed by a kindergarten. He also secretly saved money to buy a pen for Nan Qinse.
At that time, there was no money given to Nan Xiaonan. Basically, there were people around Nan Xiaonan at all times, so there was no need to put money on the child. Later, when I asked Nan Xiaonan where he found the money, Nan Xiaonan said it was to help other classes.
The pen that my kid earned from doing homework was bought after shopping for a long time. It was a black and white cow gel pen. It was very cute, but it didn’t quite fit Nan Qinse’s style, but Nan Qinse has always put pen to paper.
I carry it with me in my schoolbag and cherish it very much.
Because of jealousy, Nan and Ming An waited for their birthdays, and they also got a surprising little ring. The cheap ring was bought from an unknown student boutique, and it was decorated with worthless
The rhinestone was placed in a ring box made by Nan Xiaonan himself. Nan Heming took it out for a day, probably showed it off, and then secretly hid it somewhere.
Because every time it was her birthday, Nan Xiaonan would make cute little handicrafts and give them to them. After getting them, she would show them off to each other, although Nan Xiaonan's handicrafts were actually hard to see and nothing to say.
Thinking about things like birthdays carefully, from the original meaningless symbol to now, it has become interesting to always expect what kind of gift to get from the child's hand. Nan Yun slightly squinted her eyes, seeming to be sleeping but not sleeping.
It was also from that time on that he gradually began to like resting time at home.
It will be very relaxing, and there will be little surprises from time to time.
The housekeeper held Nan Xiaonan's hand and looked at the young master he had always doted on. His mood was too soft. He would have a day off to go home for his birthday. When he returned to Nan's house, he would see something in the refrigerator.
Nan Xiaonan and the chef made the cake together. To be honest, although his young master likes to do things, his cooking skills and talents are really average. The taste of the cake is very average. It is obviously under the hands-on instruction of the chef.
It was finished next time, but the whole cake would be eaten by the butler. Even when he saw the failed products in the trash can, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The Nan family has always had a dispensable attitude towards celebrating birthdays, but because of Nan Xiaonan, everyone's birthday has been given a special meaning and has gained a lot of popularity.
Nan Xiaonan likes to celebrate birthdays very much. She lived with her grandma until she was five years old. But whenever it is her birthday, her grandma will cook him a very sumptuous dinner, and will also go to the town to buy cakes and cake snacks in the countryside.
It was rare that all the friends in the village would go to Nan Xiaonan's house to have dinner and cake together that day. Everyone was very happy.
Nan Xiaonan always had a variety of birthdays in Nan's family. This day would become a rare family trip. They would go out to play. Nan Xiaonan didn't even have to go to school on her birthday. For a long time, Nan Xiaonan thought that everyone in the class
Most of my classmates didn't go to school for their birthdays. It wasn't until one day when a classmate came to class with a cake to celebrate their birthdays with everyone that Nan Xiaonan suddenly understood that this was not the case.
Because this time Nan Xiaonan decided to celebrate his birthday with his friends. Nan Xiaonan thought of going to his grandma's house, but if he went back to his grandma's house, he would not be able to invite his classmates to celebrate his birthday, and the village is no longer the village he is familiar with.
Now, all his familiar friends have gone to elementary school, and there are very few opportunities to contact them. Nan Xiaonan once went to find them, and they already have other friends of their own.
Yu Yiheng is the only friend who is particularly close to him.
The idea of holding a banquet was learned from He Xuanwan. Nan Xiaonan had never attended other people's birthday banquets and had no idea how other people's banquets were held. At first, Nan Xiaonan secretly came up with the idea.
He hired the chef, and it finally developed like this. Nan Xiaonan was thinking that since everyone knew it, there should be no problem if he told the eldest brother and the second brother!