In fact, the best way to stop kids from crying is...
To meet their demands!
Seeing a group of kids stop crying and muster all their strength to answer his questions just to get a sugar painting, Huang Jun nodded in satisfaction and continued:
"Alright then!"
"Now, those who want a sugar painting, please line up nicely and come to me one by one to choose your favorite sugar painting."
"Also, these sweet sugar paintings will only be given to children who are obedient and don't cry. If any child continues to cry or doesn't queue up, then... they won't be able to get these sweet sugar paintings..."
As soon as he finished speaking.
The kids, who were already drooling over the sugar paintings, immediately stopped crying upon hearing that only the obedient ones could get the sugar paintings. They were afraid that their crying would label them as "disobedient" in Huang Jun's eyes, and thus they wouldn't get their desired sugar painting.
So, they all began to declare:
"Uncle, Uncle, Nannan is a good, obedient kid, I didn't cry again!"
"Uncle, Uncle, Jiajia didn't cry either… Jiajia is also a good and obedient kid~"
"Uncle, I will listen and line up properly, but I don't know how to queue up?"
"Teacher, Teacher, where should I line up? Can you help me~?"
"Yes, yes, I don't know how to line up either… Teacher, teacher, can you tell me where I should stand?"
"..."
As they spoke, the kids got up simultaneously, wanting to line up properly to get a sugar painting.
But alas…
Being their first day at school, they weren't really familiar with how to queue up for something like this.
After all, in the past, when they lined up to buy things, their moms and dads used to hold their little hands to line up; they just needed to follow obediently without fuss.
Now, they had to line up independently.
This made them a bit unsure and they all sought help from the three teachers in the class.
Seeing that the kids had stopped crying, Yang Yuxi and the other two teachers breathed a small sigh of relief. Seeing that the kids wanted to line up properly but didn't know how, they quickly stepped up and organized the kids into a line.
With their help, the children quickly lined up.
Each one eagerly waiting.
Huang Jun looked at them and smiled with satisfaction, then began distributing the sugar paintings.
And this scene was coincidentally seen by Liang Yinqiu who was on her rounds.
She couldn't help but have a peculiar glow in her eyes as she looked at Huang Jun.
Unexpectedly, Huang Jun is also so experienced in coaxing children!
However, thinking about Huang Jun's other identity as a "nanny," she didn't find it particularly surprising after all,
But she had to admit, Huang Jun was truly outstanding, almost overshadowing her experienced preschool teachers...
For a moment, she felt like Huang Jun was a great preschool teacher held back by being a chef.
Wait!
What is Huang Jun giving to the kids?
Huh?
Is that a sugar painting?
Seeing that what Huang Jun was handing out to the kids were sugar paintings, Liang Yinqiu was stunned.
At that moment, she also fell into a brief reminiscence of the past.
Back when she was young, probably in the 80s, children didn't really have toys.
Occasionally, there would be vendors selling sugar paintings in front of the school, and they were something everyone looked forward to.
With one or two cents, you could buy a sugar painting that you could play with for several days.
However, with the progress of time, she hadn't seen sugar paintings in many years...
Unexpectedly, they appeared again in a kindergarten today.
Amidst her surprise, she also felt curious.
Curious about where Huang Jun got so many different shaped sugar paintings from?
While she was puzzling over it.
A voice sounded beside her: "Hello, Director Liang..."
Liang Yinqiu was slightly startled by the voice, coming back to her senses, and saw it was Aunt Li.
She nodded in response: "Ah, hello, Aunt Li, what brings you here?"
"Oh, Chef Huang made some sugar paintings and asked me to deliver some to the kids in other classes. I just finished with class one and class two, and also class three! Just about to head back to the kitchen when I ran into you, Director Liang. Making your rounds?"
"Yes, just on my rounds!"
Liang Yinqiu nodded towards Aunt Li, then belatedly noted an important piece of information, asking incredulously: "Aunt Li, do you mean to say these sugar paintings were all made by Huang Jun? Not bought?"
"Director Liang, listen to what you're saying. In this day and age, you can't even find a place to buy sugar paintings!"
Aunt Li replied with a joking smile, then added: "These sugar paintings were indeed made by Chef Huang. Both Aunt Lin and I watched him cook the syrup in the kitchen and saw him draw them, how could it be fake?"
"Director Liang, let me tell you, Chef Huang's sugar painting skills are amazing; he can draw any design, even dragons and phoenixes, and they look incredibly lifelike..."
Once Aunt Li started talking, she couldn't stop, and praised Huang Jun continuously.
Of course.
All these praises were truly from the heart.
Seeing Liang Yinqiu not reacting much, Aunt Li turned her head to look, only to find that Liang Yinqiu's expression was somewhat unusual.
Her mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were wider than usual.
That was obviously a look of surprise!
Aunt Li could understand that.
After all, earlier in the kitchen, when witnessing Huang Jun's sugar painting skills, she and Aunt Lin's expressions were way more exaggerated than Liang Yinqiu's.
Being someone usually calm, when meeting Aunt Li's gaze, realizing her temporary lapse earlier, Liang Yinqiu felt momentarily uncomfortable.
But as a leader, regardless of what she felt inside, she didn't show it on the surface.
She managed to ease her surprise, squeezed out a small smile, and said, "It truly is surprising that even Chef Huang can draw sugar paintings!"
"His sugar painting skills are indeed remarkable; if you hadn't told me, Aunt Li, I would have thought it was done by a master sugar painter!"
There was a moment when her thoughts shifted again, feeling that Huang Jun was a master sugar painter held back by being a chef.
You have to admit, Huang Jun really is a treasure of a chef!
In her heart, Liang Yinqiu was also delighted, feeling more and more that keeping Huang Jun was absolutely the right decision.
"Exactly, exactly, I thought the same at that time and even thought Chef Huang was a descendant of some sugar painting master! But guess what?"
Aunt Li continued with a smile: "Chef Huang said he learned his sugar painting skills online."
What?
Learned online?
Liang Yinqiu's jaw almost hit the floor.
Could that be true?
Whether others believed it or not, she sure didn't!
Probably, Huang Jun didn't want to mention the name of some sugar painting master and just made up a reason to fool Aunt Li and the others, right?!
When Aunt Li saw the astonishment and disbelief on Liang Yinqiu's face, she felt a strange sense of joy inside.
Ah.
Her mood instantly felt much better!