Saturday comes and Bai Yi Yang was engrossed with woodworking the whole day, she really cannot waste more time since it's better to be done with it before the exams period. She only come out of the workshop at 5.30 pm.
[24 points earned. Total points: 2,440]
Bai Yi Yang wipe her sweat with her sleeve. This remind her of the time she is busy making furniture for their current house. Of course not as hectic as that time. Now that she is Level 3 in Carpentry, she is actually tempted to increase it to Level 4 now that she have more than 2,000 points. She also gained a lot of points this morning after selling the dried mushrooms to Natural Grocery, they sold about 62.8 kg of dried mushrooms, this is a common number now. They earned 52,800 yuan this morning alone.
But, when she remember the time that Ah Qi life was in danger, she immediately forget about it for now. Wait until she is sure that she can save lives first before using her points.
Bai Yi Yang open the fridge and took out the ingredients, actually they still have a lot of ingredients this week, thanks to Ah Qi who bought a lot for them last week.
Today first menu will be braised curry beef cooked with pressure cooker. The first thing that needed to be done is cut the meat into big pieces, then boil them to get rid of the impurities. Next, she just need to fry the onions, curry powder and other ingredients with the beef. Add sautéed big onion into the mix and close the lid. The rest, she just need to wait.
The other dishes will be ginger chicken, stir fry bitter gourd with egg, steamed stuffed tofu and lastly chicken soup with sesame oil.
Bai Yi Yang think that eating with her family is very important since they get to spend time no matter how busy they are during the day.
While Bai Yi Yang is cooking, Bai Yi Ling came to cook the rice. She was sorting out the orders for her succulents, she usually got at least 10 orders per day now, it is much more popular since most people who bought from her usually repeated their order.
"What did you do today?" Bai Yi Yang ask her sister who is playing with TongTong in the kitchen now.
"Just sorting out the order, then revise." Bai Yi Ling said. Their exam is also quite close, same with the high school, they will also have exam in 1 week.
"I sign up for my class's choir team, we will perform during the School Awards Ceremony." Bai Yi Ling said.
"That's good! Jie and the rest will surely come and support you." Bai Yi Yang said excitedly. She like how Bai Yi Ling is involving in this extracurricular activities. But, even if she don't and prefer to read at home, she will still respect it. She thinks that as long as they stay a good person, things like that is not important, there is no need to be an overachiever.
The School Awards Ceremony is always held every year. It falls on Thursday for primary school and Friday for secondary school. They never held it together since many family have children both in QiYing high school and primary school. Friday is basically already holiday for primary school student.
Bai Yi Yang ask Bai Yi Ling about what their class going to perform and so on. She also tell her to have fun during the performance, having fun is the most important when you perform.
Talking about performance, their Class 1 will also have a performance this year, she heard that they will dance cheerleading type of dance. They were recruiting people but Bai Yi Yang was busy at the chemistry lab at that time so she didn't know, half of the girls in class will join the performance and even Bai Yi Chen will have a role of flag bearer during that time. Bai Yi Chen complained for a long time about this.
"Yi Chen's face cannot be wasted, he need to be shown to the whole school." This is what Mo Yi Ru said when she was telling about this to Bai Yi Yang. Bai Yi Yang immediately agree, she said that she really wanted to see Bai Yi Chen on stage, that's why Bai Yi Chen agree in the end. Guys have very small part compared to the girls who will dance on the stage, they will just move around holding flags.
"Right, gege will be performing too. During our school award ceremony, everyone should come and watch too." Bai Yi Yang said. She is confirmed to receive 2 awards during the ceremony, both for her excellent performance in the R&D competition and Mathematics Olympiad. Mr.Ling even hinted her that if she were to become top student again, she will be giving speech.
The schools usually choose 3 excellent students from both junior and senior high schools to give speech during that time, usually 1 from junior high and 2 from senior high. She heard Li Jian Yu have been giving speech for 6 years straight since Grade 7, what a legend really. She never know that Li Jian Yu is such a legend in their school. As for Su Long, he gave speech 1 time, when he was in Grade 9.
"Gege is performing?" Bai Yi Ling have this look on her face, it's hard to believe.
"Yeah. Our class decided to show a cheerleading dance." Bai Yi Yang chuckled lightly.
"Cheerleading?!" Bai Yi Ling become much more shocked, so does TongTong.
"Don't worry, I won't be the one dancing." Bai Yi Chen came inside and said this. He have an ugly expression on his face, he also sigh lightly. Who would have thought that he will be performing a cheerleading dance 1 day.
"Ge, I will take a lot of pictures. Xiao Ling is performing too, our family will have 2 performers this year, do you know how proud I am?" Bai Yi Yang exaggerate her expression.
"I should have drag you together." Bai Yi Chen said to his twin. Didn't he agree to this because of Bai Yi Yang?
"Ge, I can't. I will be busy with the Theatre Club and even our class performance's costume. Those girls is pestering me so much to get pretty clothes for them." Bai Yi Yang said. Since she won't be joining the performance, that's mean she need to do something else.
So, she will be in charge of getting a cheerleading costume for the girls. There are 12 girls and 10 boys who will go on stage, the rest who doesn't perform is actually the minority. The task of getting the costume is left to her, together with Fang Xiu Ying and another quiet girl in class called Gu Li Ni. There are a total of 17 female students and 15 male students in their class with a total of 32 students, so now that 22 are going to perform, the 10 remaining have to work hard.
"They talked about it all the time during our short practice, they even asked me about it. How will I know. They are too troublesome." Bai Yi Chen sigh.
"Ah, really? Then you don't find Senior D.D troublesome at all?" Bi Yi Yang shoot the bullet. Don't take her for being blind, how many times have they pass across D.D and her friends and Bai Yi Chen always exchanged glances with her. They seems to be close but they pretend to be not outside.
"D.D is different." Bai Yi Chen blurt out without realising it. He then look at Bai Yi Yang with slight blush, he immediately fake a cough.
"I will go and take a bath first." Bai Yi Ling stood up and decided to leave. She don't want to listen to some kind of love scandal of her older brother. Bai Yi Yang like teasing Bai Yi Chen about this but she herself have a boyfriend. This is what Bai Yi Ling thought.
"Is she the one you have been texting? I know last time you exchanged phone numbers." Bai Yi Yang said. She never know that Bai Yi Chen taste is someone like D.D. D.D. has the best character, she is cool and decisive, she is basically the charismatic type. Since D.D start coming here, she have noticed that Bai Yi Chen have this chemistry with her, they can have a conversation and Bai Yi Chen seems to be comfortable with her. Based on Bai Yi Chen's exaggerated reaction, at least he must have a crush on her.
"We are just friends." Bai Yi Chen said, his blush deepened.
"Did I say anything? I was just asking." Bai Yi Yang chuckled. Male senior dating a female junior is common, but a male junior dating a female senior is very rare. It's usually those pretty female senior who mesmerised the male junior.
As for D.D, she is not exactly the popular type. She is wearing spectacles and her personality is quite cold to other people, she is not the bubbly type. If people know about Bai Yi Chen's crush, don't know how they will react. What more, she don't think D.D is the type that will date a junior, she is actually worried about Bai Yi Chen's future love life.
"Don't tell anyone about this, including Ming Ming." Bai Yi Chen said.
"I know. Ge, I bet this is a one sided love right? I bet you confessed and get rejected or you give a clue bug get ignored." Bai Yi Yang said.
"You!" Bai Yi Chen have this ugly expression on his face, which means it is probably true.
"Don't worry ge, it is only natural that Senior D.D won't like you, she is of legal age now, you are only 16, she won't dare to eat young grass. You can try again in 2 years." Bai Yi Yang said, patting her twin's shoulder.
"You think too much." Bai Yi Chen said.
"Then you didn't even make any move? That's even worse." Bai Yi Yang said.
"She is a senior, she can't be disturbed now." Bai Yi Chen said.
"Don't tell me you are going to confess after? At that time she will enter university, do you think she will accept?" Bai Yi Yang said.
"I never intended for her to accept me. She probably don't like me." Bai Yi Chen said again in low spirit. Bai Yi Yang sigh, well, if a junior 2 years younger than her ask her out, she will reject too. During this period, age difference is still very obvious, but wait until he enter university, at that time who cares about 2-3 years age difference?
"I agree. Ge, when that time comes, I will cheer on you. It's not your fault, the timing is just not right yet." Bai Yi Yang also sigh. Her handsome brother who is admired by many girls, who knows that his first love will be a senior 2 years older than him. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Liking someone ah, nobody can control their feeling.
After that, Bai Yi Yang try to investigate since when did Bai Yi Chen start having this feeling. Was it since April when they first meet? Or did it develop along the period they were chatting with each other?
"Yeah, about that time. We have common interest in a few things then we have been talking about it." Bai Yi Chen answer.
Bai Yi Yang nod. Why does she feel that D.D won't even waste her time chatting with Bai Yi Chen if she don't have a favourable impression on him? Is this the so called forbidden love of an older woman and younger man? So pitiful ah.
"Ge, will you be willing to wait a few years to be together with her? Will you stay by her side even if she got a boyfriend in university later?"Bai Yi Yang ask dramatically.
"What are you talking about? This is not some kind of drama. You are the one who taught me that we should know when go move on." Bai Yi Chen laugh lightly. Of course if she reject him and have a boyfriend, he won't be like those second male lead in drama. Moving on is also something that everyone should learn to to.
"Ah right. I like your mentality ge." Bai Yi Yang grinned. Well, that is right. This is not some kind of drama. She should also teach her other siblings about this later, she don't want her siblings to be someone like those creepy hateful and persistent character that insist on pursuing the girl or boy that dislike them. En, what a good life lesson.