While thinking about it, Jiang Tiantian quickened her pace and ran towards her home with a big pomelo in one hand.

She hadn't been home for a month. When she saw the door of her home from afar, she suddenly felt an urgency to return home.

I want to see Grandpa Tea, Dad Tea and Mom Tea soon.

Jiang Tiantian just stepped into the yard.

Zuo Minyan was putting the dishes on the table and preparing to call people to eat when she saw Jiang Tiantian and shouted in surprise, "Ah! Tiantian, you're back!"

Zuo Mingyan was estimating that Jiang Tiantian should be back in the next two days.

Unexpectedly.

When I turned around, I saw her.

Cha Jizu heard the voice and walked out of his small medicine garden.

Seeing Jiang Tiantian, he also had a bright smile on his face and said excitedly,

"Tiantian is back, come quickly, I'll show you the saffron we planted."

As soon as Jiang Tiantian entered the medicine garden, she was stunned by the sea of ​​blue and purple flowers in front of her.

Because...it's so beautiful!

This may be because the saffron flowering period is only 15 to 20 days, which is too short.

Therefore, the saffron in the medicine garden blooms in clusters, as if a purple printed flower carpet has been spread in the medicine garden.

When Jiang Tiantian came back last month, the saffron had not yet started to bud.

I didn't expect that when I came back this time, the place was already full of flowers.

It bloomed exceptionally enthusiastically.

"Tiantian, I didn't expect that the soil and climate in our village are so suitable for the growth of saffron."

Cha Jizu said with excitement and emotion.

He now has to get up early every morning to pick the saffron flowers that have just bloomed before the sun comes out.

Because sunlight will cause the picked stamens to wilt and reduce their quality.

Sometimes, the flowers bloom too lushly and Zuo Mingyan has to help so that they can be harvested before sunrise.

Saffron has been known as a "magic herb that can cure all diseases" since ancient times.

And enjoy three world's best:

One is the most expensive medicinal plant in the world;

Second, the best dyes in the world;

Third, it is the most high-end spice in the world.

But picking the flowers is just the first step.

In the middle of the saffron, there are three yellow stamens and three red pistils.

In fact, among the whole body of saffron, only the deep red stigmas at the top of the three pistils are the parts that are truly used as medicine.

So next, Cha Jizu had to extract the three thin pistils from each flower.

A complete pistil has a yellow lower part, which needs to be gently removed by hand.

The remaining can then proceed to the next step of drying.

One gram of dried filaments contains about two hundred stamens, and each flower generally has only three female stamens, so this needs to be extracted from seventy or eighty fresh flowers.

By analogy, one pound of saffron requires about 40,000 flowers!

Cha Jizu makes statistics every day and finds that picking 1,000 grams of fresh flowers can only produce 10 grams of high-quality saffron products.

The number is very rare.

This is also the main reason why saffron is so expensive.

"I think there will be absolutely no problem promoting large-scale planting in the village next year."

Cha Jizu looked at the large field of saffron in the medicine garden, whose growth was completely beyond his imagination. He placed all his hopes for growing high-end medicinal materials on these bulbs.

Next year, these bulbs will develop into more sub-bulbs, and the yield can be expanded many times at once.

"Grandpa, don't worry, it will be fine."

Jiang Tiantian smiled and gave Cha Jizu a reassurance.

She knew that the improved bulbs could fully meet Cha Jizu's requirements.

After lunch.

Zuo Mingyan looked mysterious and pulled Jiang Tiantian to the backyard.

Outside the backyard wall, a new house was built at some point.

Before Jiang Tiantian could react and figure out what was going on, Zuo Mingyan pulled her into the door.

Walking past a stone screen wall, the scene in front of you comes into view.

"ah……"

Jiang Tiantian couldn't help but scream in surprise and rushed over instantly.

It turns out that this is a mini hot spring pool.

It is not obvious outside the house, but as soon as you enter the house, you can feel a warm vapor blowing towards you.

In the center of the room is a rectangular hot spring pool, about five or six square meters in size, with wisps of steam floating on the surface of the pool.

The closer you get to the hot spring, the more foggy it becomes. Everything is dim and unclear, and your vision is blurry.

There is a unique mineral scent of hot spring water in the air.

Jiang Tiantian had been on a long-distance bus all night, and her fatigue miraculously disappeared when she saw the hot spring pool in front of her.

Just now when she was having lunch, she planned to go to the newly built hot spring pool in the village to soak in after the meal to digest the food.

Get rid of this fatigue.

Unexpectedly, her family prepared such a big surprise for her!

Zuo Mingyan looked at the surprise in Jiang Tiantian's eyes and smiled knowingly.

"I knew you would like it."

"There are a few extra consumables in the village's pipelines. Jiuzhang discovered this when we were designing it."

"Because you provided these pipes and consumables to the village for free, and the village has nothing to thank you for, Jiuzhang suggested that we build a small hot spring pool just for you."

"Unexpectedly, all the villagers agreed."

"Well, everyone has been hiding this from you, so we just wanted to give you a surprise!"

Cha Jiuzhang knows Jiang Tiantian quite well.

I know she is from the city and is quite particular. She definitely doesn't like to soak in a pool with a bunch of people.

This woman usually pays great attention to her personal privacy.

Moreover, I like cleanliness.

Take a hot bath almost every day.

Besides, it's hard to say whether Cha Jiuzhang doesn't have some selfish thoughts and secret desires in his heart...

Of course, Jiang Tiantian didn’t know all this at the moment.

She only knew that after hearing these words, her heart was filled with warmth and a great sense of happiness came over her.

This feeling of being secretly cared for and cared for by someone is so wonderful.

Jiang Tiantian immediately turned around and hugged Zuo Mingyan.

"Thank you, Mom. I really like it!"

There was a slight sob in his voice.

"Just like it, just like it."

Zuo Minyan smiled knowingly and patted her on the back without saying anything more.

He only asked with concern, "You must be very tired after a bumpy night."

"Look, you're almost getting dark circles under your eyes."

"That's great. You can take a good bath now to relieve your fatigue."

"Mom has bathed in the hot spring in the village. It was so comfortable!"

"After the bath, I felt as comfortable as if I had a full body massage, and I slept until dawn..."

Zuo Mingyan's exaggerated description made Jiang Tiantian laugh.

"Okay, thank you mom, I love you guys so much!"

Jiang Tiantian was so excited that she didn't think too much and gave Zuo Mingyan a kiss on the face.

Instead, it made Zuo Mingyan very embarrassed.

"Oh, you are too enthusiastic, kid."

Zuo Mingyan blushed and touched her face happily and shyly.