Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 410 - 366: The Singer’s Tune and the Chef’s Soup

That afternoon at the summer camp was quite unforgettable for Jingyi’s Mother.

But thinking about it, in the past, when kids had birthday parties, it was just the little ones playing by themselves, exchanging small gifts at most. Would it be appropriate for her to attend this banquet?

However, there was one thing Jingyi’s Mother was certain about.

If it was Chen Mo cooking, this banquet alone was worth far more than just five hundred... even a thousand yuan!

Especially since a couple of days ago, while Jingyi’s Mother was browsing Douyin, she discovered that Chen Mo single-handedly made a city famous. Even though Chen Mo had left Yangzhou, that street on Cultural Street was still bustling, and she couldn’t help but want to buy a ticket to experience Yangzhou’s cuisine.

With such a big internet sensation and a highly skilled young man cooking, what’s wrong with spending five hundred on a banquet?

Moreover... Jingyi’s Mother hugged her silk stockings and recalled that afternoon at the summer camp, thinking about how handsome he was, just seeing him a few more times would’ve made it all worthwhile!

In Jingzhou, generally speaking, the gift money for ordinary colleagues and friends is around five hundred, and a thousand for closer relationships.

After much thought, Jingyi’s Mother still felt that going alone was indeed inappropriate and could easily lead to misunderstandings.

Thus, Jingyi’s Mother opened the parent group chat.

This group was different from the school parent group, consisting only of parents she got along well with, and it was usually used to complain about all sorts of chaotic school regulations.

[Jingyi’s Mother: Family, did you hear? Tomorrow is Jiang Wenqing’s birthday. Shall we attend?]

There were many stay-at-home mothers, and before long, someone replied to the message.

[Gao Le’s Mother: Of course, we should go. My Lele said that tomorrow Jiang Wenqing’s dad is taking them to the countryside for the birthday. By the way, Jingyi’s Mother, what gift did you prepare for Jingyi?]

Gao Le’s Mother apparently didn’t think too much, instinctively believing that when Jingyi’s Mother said [shall we go], she meant whether the kids were going.

[Zihan’s Mother: My Zihan is going too. I’ve prepared a transforming toy car for Jiang Wenqing; I think he’ll like it.]

[Chen Rui’s Mother: Our Ruirui is going too. Ah, I haven’t prepared a gift yet, and I’m really not sure what to prepare!]

As the group of mothers were chatting, suddenly a male avatar spoke up.

[Father Wu Xiaofeng: Are there enough cars? My Xiao Feng is going too. By the way, can you fish at Jiuniu Pass?]

His message was completely ignored by the moms.

Seeing that nobody was getting to the point, Jingyi’s Mother became anxious.

[Jingyi’s Mother: What I mean is... since it’s in the countryside and Jiang Wenqing’s dad will be busy hosting guests, shouldn’t we accompany the kids for safety?]

With these words, the previously noisy chat group suddenly went silent.

For a child’s birthday, if it’s just the kids playing, it has nothing to do with adults.

But once adults get involved, the situation changes. The biggest question is whether to give a gift money or not.

If yes, how much is appropriate?

Three hundred can’t be given these days; five hundred... for most parents, it’s not about the lack of five hundred yuan, but everyone feels that with five hundred, they could eat whatever they want. Why rush to eat a big meal?

So upon seeing Jingyi’s Mother’s words, many parents even thought, could it be that Jingyi’s Mother wants to ingratiate herself with Jiang Wenqing’s dad?

Although he’s a department head at a major state enterprise, is it necessary to be so obvious?

Jingyi’s Mom realized everyone was thinking the same thing and spoke again.

[Jingyi’s Mother: Jingyi told me that the cook in the countryside this time is the same Chen Mo who joined our summer camp last time. I recently saw him online... Hey, do you think Jiang Wenqing’s dad and Chen Mo are on good terms?]

Jingyi’s Mother tried to speak without exposing her motive, a sort of unspoken understanding.

To her surprise, after sending out this message, the previously silent group suddenly became active!

[Gao Le’s Mother: I think Jingyi’s Mother is right. After all, our kids have only two more years in elementary school. It’s good for us parents to have more connections, so our children’s friendships can last beyond graduation. I’ll go too!]

[Zihan’s Mother: The two mothers make sense. Letting so many kids go to the countryside is worrisome. It’s better to have us adults there, safety first, we must go.]

[Chen Rui’s Mother: Haha, I’ll follow everyone’s lead! Since everyone is going, I must go too!]

[Yaqi’s Mother: That’s great! My Yaqi was just worried about going so far. I was wondering if it would be inconvenient for adults to go. Since everyone agrees to go, I’ll join in too~]

Jingyi’s Mom looked at the messages in the group and rolled her eyes, thinking, "Such pretenders."

Then she looked at the new black stockings she just got, wondering if they were too ordinary.

The group chat was buzzing with activity, with many moms volunteering to go, each giving various reasons, while avoiding mentioning Chen Mo...

[Father Wu Xiaofeng: Then I’ll go too! If anyone doesn’t want to drive tomorrow, message me privately, I have a big car.]