My Grandmother's Recipe

5

"Mei Ling, let's go outside today," said my mom.

"Yes," I said.

My mom and I went out somewhere. We called a taxi and my mom gave an address to the driver. The driver nodded his head and began to drive the taxi.

"Mama, what place is this?" asked me.

"This place will be yours," said my mom.

"Mama, what do you mean?" asked me.

"Your grandfather owns this place and he gave this place to your dad. Because your dad has passed away, this place is yours," said my mom.

"But, I don't know what you give this place to me," said me.

"You said that you don't want to go to a university. So, I'll let you open a restaurant here," said my mom.

"Really? Are you serious?" asked me.

"Yes. I don't want to sell this place. And I will give you the money from your dad. Your dad has a lot of money in his bank account," said my mom.

"Xie xie mama," said me. I hug my mom after I say thanks to her.

***

One week later

My mom, Hui Jian, and I went to a store that sells home appliances. We bought many kinds of appliances for my restaurant like chairs, tables, cooking tools, refrigerators, and others.

Hui Jian helped me buy that. I didn't ask him, but he was offering himself to help us. I'm happy he helped us. Without him, we can't lift our appliances that we bought. For the big appliance like refrigerator, table, and chair, we asked the store to send it to our place.

"Hui Jian, what do you think? Is this wall decoration nice for my restaurant?" asked me.

"Hmm, I prefer this wall decoration," Hui Jian pointed to another wall decoration.

"Hmm, I like your choice too," said me.

"Mei Ling, do you want to buy a vase? You can put a flower near the cashier machine," said Hui Jian.

"Good idea!" said me.

I took some vases to the trolley. After that, we went to the bathing appliance area. I took some soap bottles and small towels for the toilet and for the washing hand area.

"Mei Ling, don't forget to buy a mat too," said Hui Jian.

"Of course," I said me.

"Mei Ling, let's go to the cooking tools area!" said my mom.

"Yes mama," said me.

We went to the cooking tools area. We choose some plate, bowl, pan, spoon, fork, amd the other cooking tools. I like this area and I like to choose cooking tools.

"Ah, it's so fun when I choose the cooking tools," said me.

"Are you happy?" asked Hui Jian.

"Yeah! I'm so happy now!" said me.

"Mei Ling, should we buy another for us?" asked Hui Jian.

"What did you say? For us? Hey, we are not husband and wife!" I hit Hui Jian's chest while I said this sentence.

"AWWWW!" said Hui Jian.

"What are you doing?" asked my mom, Hui Jian and me.

"Nothing," said me.

"So, do you want me to date you all these years? For what if we just date, dating, and dating without having a plan to be married?" asked Hui Jian.

"Hey, how dare you say that in front of my mom?" I whispered to Hui Jian. So, my mom can't hear what I've said to Hui Jian.

"We have slept together," Hui Jian whispered to me.

"HEY!!!" I hit Hui Jian's chest once again.

"AWWWW!" said Hui Jian.

I craned my tongue in front of Hui Jian. After that, I ran a little and I made Hui Jian run to chase me. He can reach me and he pulled my shirt to make me stop from running.

That's the moment that I like from us. We are not only loving each other, but we are also mocking each other and we are also playing like a kid like that.