Be The Foodie

Ye Chaoxiang walked out of his room and climbed down the stairs. On getting to the last one, the aroma of his mother's food wafted in to his nostrils and assaulted his senses. He quickly walked to the dinning room and he beheld the little feast on the dinning table. Food in its full glory and magnificence.

Deep fried fish, sauced vegetable and rice, chicken soup and steamed buns. It was a sight to behold. A sight worth drooling for. Mrs Ye's work of art. Ye Chaoxiang could not wait to dig in. He really missed his mum's cooking even when the last time he ate her food was just a day before yesterday.

His father and sister were already sitting at their respective seats.

"Where is mum?" He asked.

"In the kitchen," Ye Yumi answered while playing candy crush on her iPad. With the information already collected, Ye Chaoxiang made his way to the kitchen to check what his mother was doing.

Mrs Ye was taking out the blueberry muffins she had made for dessert out of the oven.

"Mum let me help you out. You should do something less stressful or go to the dinning and wait for me," Ye Chaoxiang suggested. He was always looking out for his family even though his father was also doing that perfectly well.

"No worries. It is just taking out the muffins from the oven. It is not so stressful and besides, how will I get stressed when I am preparing a healthy meal for my wonderful kids and loving husband," she refused his help.

"No can do mum. Just step aside and let me do it. If you have anything else to do, just give me the instructions and I will carry the remaining cooking perfectly fine," Ye Chaoxiang insisted.

"Okay fine. Thank you my sweet. Just put the muffins down on that tray on the counter and add a little toppings on it and then leave it to cool down. That would be all dear," Mrs Ye appreciated. She always listens to her son's words as he always had her interest at heart.

"Alright. Now you go and seat with Dad and Yumi at the dinning table. I will round off everything here," he said and pushed her out of the kitchen

"Okay. I am leaving you do not have to chase me out," Mrs Ye jokingly complained.

"If I do not do this you would definitely still stick around. So chop chop to the table I will follow you shortly," Ye Chaoxiang said.

After five minutes, Ye Chaoxiang joined them at the table and after saying grace, they started eating.

"Hmm! This is so good mum. Where in God's name did you learn such skills. It is so sweet," Ye Yumi praised her mother's culinary skills.

"Yeah this is delicious. I can never get tired of mum's cooking. It will forever be imprinted in my stomach," Ye Chaoxiang added while rubbing g his flat stomach hidden under his shirt.

"What do you expect from Mr Ye's wife? Of course she would know how to make great dishes," Mr Ye shamelessly bragged. Everyone laughed at his shamelessness. Such a narcissist.

"You guys flatter me alot. If you do not stop my head will sell and then eventually burst from your too much praises. You want me to die of excessive gratifying heartbeat failure," Mrs Ye said quickly before she would die of happiness. She was always proud of her nonfading skills in the kitchen.

Mrs Ye loved spending her time in the kitchen. It was one of her hobbies apart from playing the piano and gardening. Since her husband wanted her to stay at home instead of working, she spent most of her time in the kitchen or reading magazines.

"Mum you have to teach me too. Xiang can't be the only one amongst the two of us that should learn how to cook. I want to learn too," Ye Yumi said with a pout.

"Well when I wanted to teach you guys, Xiang was the only y ready to learn. You decided to be the eater. Now you what to learn? Pfft, do not joke with this again," Mrs Ye teased her daughter.

"I second that. Just keep being the foodie alright?" Ye Chaoxiang also teased her.

"Hey no fair. At that time I was not ready to bear such responsibility as I was still not mature. But now I am. Do not tell me you will not teach me mum?," Ye Yumi defended herself.

"Well you should get an approval from my son. I need to work according to my health," Mrs Ye said innocently. Her words made everyone turn to Ye Chaoxiang as he was his mother's personal doctor. Ye Chaoxiang got his mother's signal and knew she wanted him to play along.