Chapter 1136: Turning Strawberries into Strawberries (Molecular Strawberry)

Sheng Zichen: "You lot, stop making noise and focus."

So everyone shut their mouths, all concentrating intently on the work in their hands.

The couple leaned over and looked down—each of the children held a pair of small tweezers, with two small saucers in front of them, and a large bowl for fruit in the center, filled with fresh strawberries covered in water droplets.

In the small saucers in front of the children, one saucer held strawberries, and they were carefully using tweezers to pick out the strawberry seeds and place them into the other saucer!

The couple was speechless.

Not even watching cartoons, just gathered here to pick seeds out of strawberries?

"Are you all just bored and have nothing better to do?" Shi Youxuan suddenly spoke up.

It gave the children a start.

Sheng Zihan threw himself into his mother's arms to act spoiled: "Oh, I don't want that, I don't want that! When did you come in? Why didn't you make any sound when you walked? You scared me, I need ten yuan in pocket money to feel better."

Asking for pocket money in a roundabout way—this is something only Sheng Zihan could pull off.

Sheng Hanyu handed over ten yuan: "Tell me, what are you all planning to do?"

He reached out his chubby little hand with a grin, but unfortunately, before his hand could touch the money, it was intercepted by his mother.

Shi Youxuan was one step faster than her son, snatched the banknote, and raised her eyebrows triumphantly at her youngest son.

Then she asked her eldest son: "Zichen, you tell me, what are you all planning to do?"

Zichen really wanted to say that this was his chance to show off.

But meeting his younger brother's aggrieved little gaze, he swallowed the words that had reached his throat.

"Let Zihan say it, he's the one Dad asked." The implication was that he couldn't betray his brother.

"You say it." Shi Youxuan turned to her youngest son and asked Zihan.

Zihan timidly reached out his hand: "Ten yuan..."

She tucked the money into her own pocket and stated clearly: "The money is impossible for you, but asking for a reward just to answer a question is a bad habit that must be stopped in time."

Each of the children has their own traits, and Sheng Zihan's trait is a love for money.

Loving money is fine, but a gentleman loves money and acquires it in the right way; Shi Youxuan would never miss any opportunity to educate her children.

"Mom, I was wrong. Big brother is teaching us how to turn strawberries into Molecular Strawberry."

Shi Youxuan, Sheng Hanyu:...

The couple looked bewildered.

What does it mean to turn strawberries into strawberries?

Such a "profound" question was, of course, something Sheng Zihan couldn't explain clearly, so Sheng Zichen explained.

"What we are making is Molecular Strawberry. We pick out the strawberry seeds, crush the strawberries with a food processor, add honey, pour it into a mold, refrigerate for twelve hours, and then..."

He spent a full five minutes introducing the detailed method, and that was just the method.

Actually, he didn't need to be so detailed, because even if he explained it, his parents wouldn't understand, let alone be able to make it.

Shi Youxuan: "Got it, it's just being bored with nothing to do."

She thought Litian was right; it wasn't as satisfying as eating them whole.

This was a dessert recipe from a three-star Michelin restaurant.

Shi Youxuan had eaten at Michelin restaurants, but she hadn't paid attention to such delicate food.

Going to such great lengths just to turn a strawberry into a strawberry—if that isn't being bored with nothing to do, what is?

Sheng Zichen was unconvinced: "It's not like that. We wanted to give Grandma a surprise. We've already done most of the recent surprises, and it took me a lot of effort to think of this one."

"Mm."

"Mm."

"Mm."

Although Litian felt that such a thing didn't count as much of a surprise and was actually quite boring, since everyone else agreed, he nodded along in agreement.

"Oh! So you wanted to give Grandma a surprise?"

Shi Youxuan promised: "You all do a good job. If you finish it well, I'll reward each of you with fifty yuan in pocket money."

"Oh yeah! Long live Mom!"

"Mom is great, you're the best."

Sheng Zihan and Sheng Zichen were the most excited.

Although the Sheng Family is the richest in Jiangzhou, the pocket money they give the children is not much, and it is a fixed amount every month; if they spend it all early, there is no more.

The children of the dignified Sheng Family.

Yet they were dancing with excitement over fifty yuan of pocket money; if this were to get out, it would probably make many people's jaws drop.

But this is the current state of the Sheng Family, and the Sheng children were incredibly happy because they had earned an extra fifty yuan bonus.

Sheng Zichen: "Don't get too excited, you have to stay calm. Only when you are calm can you make the Molecular Strawberry well."

"Don't do it, it's too much trouble." Wang Yinghao, supported by her husband, also appeared in the kitchen.

"Mom, why did you come here? Let me help you to the rehabilitation room. Just let the children do it; this is also a gesture of their filial piety." Shi Youxuan helped her mother-in-law out.

Originally, they wanted to give Grandma a surprise, but because they were too excited and made too much noise, they startled Grandma into coming over. The surprise was gone, but the joy remained.

Wang Yinghao wiped her tears, unable to stop them from flowing: "Heaven has treated me well, letting me have such good grandchildren, such a good daughter-in-law and son, and such a good husband..."

She had to say these words almost several times every day.

Winter break.

Shi Ran returned.

"Grandma, I'm back."

Before she had even entered the door, her voice had already arrived.

Wang Yinghao no longer needed anyone to support her; she could walk on her own while leaning on a cane.

At the living room door, the grandmother and granddaughter met, their eyes instantly brimming with tears.

"Ranran, you've finally returned. Grandma has missed you to death."

"Grandma, I've missed you too."

Shi Ran supported Wang Yinghao.

Wang Yinghao looked her granddaughter up and down: "You've lost weight. You must have suffered a lot out there; you've gotten thin again."

Shi Ran acted spoiled: "I haven't lost weight. I'm actually three pounds heavier than when I left home last time."

She was telling the truth; she had indeed gained a little weight.

But her grandmother just felt she had lost weight.

Old people are all like this, always afraid that their children aren't eating or drinking well when they are away, and they worry about everything when they aren't by their side.

"No, don't try to fool me; you've definitely lost weight," Wang Yinghao insisted firmly.

After she recovered from her illness, her personality was still a bit different from before; the biggest change was her stubbornness—whatever she decided was correct, it was correct.

"Alright Grandma, you're the boss. If you say I've lost weight, then I've lost weight. I'll eat more at home this vacation and become a big fatty, how about that?"

She playfully puffed out her cheeks and widened her eyes, her comical appearance making Wang Yinghao laugh non-stop.

When a person is in a good mood, they recover from illness quickly too.

That Wang Yinghao could recover to her current state was already a miracle according to the doctors.

But miracles were still happening; with her granddaughter back, Wang Yinghao proposed going to the kitchen herself to cook two dishes to welcome her granddaughter home!

"No."

Her daughter-in-law objected: "Your health hasn't fully recovered yet, you can't go to the kitchen. We have Fang Jie and a cook at home, you don't need to cook yourself. Just let Ranran keep you company and talk for a while."

There were many children in the house, and the meals Wang Yinghao ate after getting sick had to be prepared separately, different from everyone else's.

Fang Jie couldn't keep up with the work by cooking alone, so they hired another cook to help in the kitchen; she was clean, efficient, and cooked quite well.

But Wang Yinghao disagreed; she insisted on cooking herself and would get angry if she wasn't allowed to go.