Sizzle... sizzle...
As the golden morning sunlight of Planet 50 streamed through the paper-lattice windows of the [Gu Family Flying Courtyard Star-Cruiser.] A rich, mouthwatering aroma of toasted peanut oil, sizzling farm eggs, fresh green scallions, and sweet hot soy milk drifted down the wooden hallway and right under the door of the children’s bedroom.
Inside the five-mattress family nest, nine-year-old Jiang Tuntun’s nose twitched three times before her eyes popped wide open.
“Sniff, sniff... Golden Sunny-Side-Up Eggs with crispy lace edges!” nine-year-old Jiang Tuntun gasped, sitting bolt upright in her orange sweater.
“And warm scallion pancakes that aren’t frozen into sapphire rocks!” twelve-year-old Gu Nian rubbed his eyes and hopped out of bed in his three-sleeved golden sweater, followed immediately by thirteen-year-old Ye Xiao, ten-year-old Su Nuannuan, and three-year-old toddler Little Fifth!
Pattering barefoot down the warm wooden corridor in an excited five-kid conga line, the five children pushed open the sliding kitchen door and peeked inside—
Only to stop dead in their tracks with wide, shining eyes!
Standing side by side in front of the cast-iron stove were Gu Changsheng. Moreover, Empress Luo Qingxue, wearing a brand-new pair of matching sky-blue linen aprons embroidered in gold thread with [DAD — HEAD CHEF #1] and [MOM — HEAD CHEF #2]!
