Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away-Chapter 81 Cooking with mom (Happy New Year! )_1

Gu Chen chuckled, "Mom, this is so much, I can’t finish it all by myself."

"No problem, there are many of us!" Shen Cuizhi said and started cooking.

Gu Chen hurried to stop her, "Mom, let me do it. You can stick to making dumplings."

He loved the dumplings cradled by his mother. When he was little, the whole family would look forward to the New Year’s dumplings. Starting from the early morning, he and his brother would begin to anticipate them.

As Gu Chen was the youngest, whenever the dumplings were cooked, he would always get the very first one.

Because of this, his brothers complained year after year.

But Gu Chen didn’t mind at all because the first dumpling really tasted too good.

Shen Cuizhi thought for a moment, "Alright, you can cook these dishes. This meat was specially bought by your father who got up early in the morning to go to the market. It’s the freshest meat; you can’t waste it."

Gu Chen nodded, "Don’t worry, Mom," he said, then placed the meat on the chopping board and began to cut it.

Watching Gu Chen’s skillful knife work, Shen Cuilan was both surprised and gratified.

It seemed her son really knew how to do everything now.

Good, really good!

"By the way, Chenzi, is selling vegetables tough?"

Shen Cuilan asked her son while mixing the dough.

"What’s so tough about that? Besides, living in this world, who has it easy?"

Life is challenging for everyone, and being a human is not easy for anyone.

However, Gu Chen was already thankful for his life.

He was grateful to Shen Cuizhi for giving birth to him, grateful for having met Ji Pianran and having Xiao Tangtang, although his previous life had been terrible.

Shen Cuilan smiled, seeing that her son had truly grown up.

She thought that she should have pushed the other two out as well; maybe they would have grown up too.

If only the eldest and the second child could be like Gu Chen.

Gu Chen finished cutting the meat and then cut some ginger strips and scallions, pouring oil into the pan.

"Mom, today you’ll get to taste your son’s cooking skills."

He then added the ginger strips and scallion to the sizzling pan, followed by the meat.

With a "sizzle," the aroma instantly wafted out.

Shen Cuizhi sniffed, her eyes smiling as she watched Gu Chen, "That’s not bad at all!"

Gu Chen also smiled, "Of course, who do you think I take after!"

His comment made Shen Cuizhi laugh heartily. He wasn’t praising himself; he was praising her.

The child really knew how to make people happy.

Gu Chen added some soy sauce to the pan and stewed the meat for two minutes, bringing out its full flavor.

Shen Cuizhi’s suspicion grew as she smelled the aroma.

The meat smelled too delicious, even better than restaurants.

Could her son really have such culinary skill?

Seeing the look of astonishment on Shen Cuizhi’s face, Gu Chen, with a grin, scooped up a piece of meat with a spatula and offered it to Shen Cuilan, "Here, Mom, try this. Be careful, it’s hot." ƒгeewebnovёl.com

Shen Cuilan was touched that Gu Chen actually fed her a piece, feeling a warmth in her heart.

She smiled contentedly, wiped her hands on her apron, and leaned forward.

She opened her mouth and ate the meat from Gu Chen’s spatula.

"Delicious!"

Shen Cuizhi’s eyes lit up, not expecting Gu Chen’s cooking to be so delicious. The meat was so tender and flavorful!

She gave Gu Chen a big thumbs-up, "My son is really something!"

She was incredibly comforted.

Gu Chen laughed heartily, "You’re too easily satisfied, Mom. Wait until later, I’ll make sure you live an even better life!"

Gu Chen wasn’t making an empty promise; once he grew stronger, he would definitely provide a life for his mother that she couldn’t have even dreamed of in the past.

Shen Cuizhi’s face beamed with happiness as she nodded vigorously, "Good, I believe you!"

She was truly elated today. Her son had come back and had shared so many heartfelt words with her.

As parents, they don’t actually hope to share in their children’s fortunes; their greatest wish is simply for their children’s happiness and well-being.

After the meat was stir-fried, Gu Chen cut another plate of beef, mixed some century eggs in a cold dressing, and then joined his mother in making dumplings, although the dumpling filling was prepared by Shen Cuizhi.

Gu Chen just helped to wrap them.

The mother and son were chatting and laughing while making dumplings together.

At this time, both Big Brother Gu Zhigang and Second Brother Gu He had returned.

Seeing Ji Pianran in the courtyard, they were all surprised, Gu Zhigang gave Gu He a baffled look, "What is this..."

Gu He didn’t know either.

Just one look at this woman and you could tell she wasn’t the wife from an ordinary family.

Those small leather shoes on her feet were clearly made of genuine leather and very expensive!

And then there was the child, whose little red dress clearly seemed like it was bought from a department store.

He swallowed and said, "This, I don’t know either."

Could it be they had some wealthy relatives they didn’t know about?

Were they here to pay a New Year visit today?

When Ji Pianran saw her big brother and second brother, she stood up and smiled at them, "Big Brother, Second Brother."

After speaking, she bent down to stroke Xiao Tangtang’s little head, "Go on, go call them Great Uncle and Second Uncle."

Although Xiao Tangtang was young, she wasn’t stage-shy at all.

The little girl agreed and ran to the two uncles, "Hello, Great Uncle, hello, Second Uncle!"

Gu Zhigang and Gu He then realized.

Gu Chen had come back!

Right in front of them was their own niece!

Gu He, smiling in surprise, said, "Well, look at you, you’ve grown so much!"

No wonder the brothers didn’t recognize them; they had only visited Gu Chen’s house once when Ji Pianran was giving birth. Back then, Ji Pianran looked pale, her hair wasn’t as long as now, and her belly was particularly large.

Compared to now, she was completely a different person, and Xiao Tangtang was even more unrecognizable, being thin and tiny at birth, not nearly as fair and cute as now with her big eyes, just like Ji Pianran’s.

It was the nose that resembled the Old Gu Family’s—everyone in the Gu Family had high nose bridges!

Gu Zhigang also reached out to pat Xiao Tangtang’s head, then the brothers approached Ji Pianran.

"Sister-in-law, long time no see."

Ji Pianran nodded, "Gu Chen is in the kitchen helping Mother cook."

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhigang and Gu He prepared to enter the kitchen. After all, they were brothers; no matter how many years they had been apart and even if there were disputes, they were still concerned about each other in their hearts.

Before they took a step, Liu Lizhen lifted the door curtain and called out to Gu Zhigang, "Gang Zi, come here, I have something to tell you!"

Fan Xiaoli had been holding back her grievances for long and was just waiting for Gu He to return so she could complain to him.

His mother, her mother-in-law, had actually asked her to catch rabbits for the children to play with, which was just too much.

What happened to being one family? Did they consider her part of the family?

It was Gu Chen, Ji Pianran, and Xiao Tangtang who were with Shen Cuilan—they were the real family; she, being from a different surname, was just a servant in their house!

Gu He and Gu Zhigang were not the same. He glanced at Fan Xiaoli and shouted, "Wait a moment!"

After saying that, he stepped into the kitchen.

Gu Chen was still inside!

It’s not often he gets to come back, so he wanted to see Gu Chen first!

Gu Chen was just putting dumplings into the boiling water when Gu He walked in and hugged him.

"You finally remembered to come home!"

Gu Chen patted Gu He’s hand, "Yeah, I’m home!"

This second brother of his, how to put it, was a steady man and in no way bad-hearted, just incredibly honest.

In old terms, he was simple and naive.

Shen Cuizhi glanced at Gu He, "You’ve come just in time. Take the dumplings out for me, and get ready to eat!"