Flower tea and tea cakes

Song Shixia felt that sending only rice dumplings seemed a bit simple, so he packed three portions of medicinal wine, all in 500 ml bottles.

She guessed that her sister and brother-in-law might be worried about hair loss at work, and her younger sister might be worried about stress.

As for the medicinal wine that contains a bunch of precious medicinal herbs, it is prepared for the parents-in-law. They can drink a glass of it in their free time to prevent osteoporosis.

Song Shixia took advantage of Ji Weiqing's time at work to buy a few kilograms of ordinary tea leaves. When she came back, she replaced the tea leaves with tea leaves grown in her own space.

She wanted to make some scented tea, and the gift was both thoughtful and decent.

Scented tea is suitable for both men and women. Red date, longan and rose tea can improve insufficient qi and blood; wolfberry and rose tea nourishes the kidneys; jasmine tea has a calming effect; hawthorn and lotus leaf tea can lower blood pressure and body fat.

Song Shixia doesn't put much tea in each jar, and the tea jar only has a small capacity of 200 grams.

She also used some tools to make a few raw tea cakes.

This time we used high-end Pu'er tea that costs tens of thousands of yuan per bottle in the store. The longer the raw tea cake is stored, the more valuable it is. My father-in-law and brother-in-law each got a few pieces of raw tea cakes. People who know tea can recognize good tea just by looking at its color and aroma.

Song Shixia thought that he could make raw tea cakes with tea leaves in his spare time. That way, even if he didn't work, the raw tea cakes could be enough to buy a building in a dozen years. The price was not exaggerating at all.

But these were just some spur-of-the-moment thoughts that came to her mind, and she was too lazy to look at the rows of tea shelves in the space warehouse.

She was afraid that she would be exhausted to death when she thought about making so much tea leaves into raw tea cakes.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Dragon Boat Festival. Song Shixia sent rice dumplings to Aunt Feng and Principal Hu's house next door in advance.

She picked one of each flavor. After eating the meat zongzi, Aunt Feng said that although the meat zongzi was fragrant, she still couldn't taste the flavor and she would rather eat the meat stewed.

Principal Hu likes rice dumplings very much and asked Secretary Zhang to come over and buy two more. Rice dumplings are suitable for people like him who cannot eat greasy and fishy food but still want to eat meat to satisfy their craving.

Aunt Feng and Secretary Zhang both gave her homemade super-large rice dumplings. Aunt Feng’s rice dumplings were especially big, bigger than her face. One was enough for the whole family.

The honey-date rice dumplings made by Secretary Zhang were only slightly smaller than those made by Aunt Feng. In comparison, Song Shixia felt that she had wrapped the rice dumplings a little too small.

She ran to ask Ji Weiqing, who had a frown on his face, looking worried about the big rice dumpling in the bowl.

Song Shixia and the three cubs ate half of it and left the remaining half for Ji Weiqing.

Seeing that he hadn't started eating yet, Song Shixia asked, "Are the dumplings I made too small?"

Ji Weiqing: "You made it just the right size. I may not be able to finish this zongzi."

Song Shixia took his chopsticks and cut it in half in the middle.

"If you can't finish it, divide half of it and put the rest in the refrigerator to keep fresh. Don't make it hard on yourself." Eating too much glutinous rice will make it difficult to digest. If Ji Weiqing eats it all, he probably won't have to eat today.

The family of four didn't finish the huge zongzi until breakfast the next day. Ji Yuan muttered that he never wanted to eat zongzi again. Ji Yang secretly glanced at the small zongzi. He wanted to eat that one.

Song Shixia was wearing a new dress, a blue plaid round-neck dress with ruffles that her clever mother-in-law had made for her. The length of the dress was just above the knee, revealing her slender calves, and she was wearing white canvas shoes.

She had her hair down and wore a headband that matched her skirt. She looked healthy and had no makeup on.

Ji Weiqing and the children waited for her to come downstairs.

Ji Yuan rushed to her and hugged his mother's thighs: "Mom is like a fairy."

Ji Yang also looked at her with sparkling eyes.

Song Shixia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You mean I'm usually not good-looking?"

Ji Yuan nodded: "It looks good. It's the best looking today." His brother said that "best" means especially good, so mom will use many "best" today.

Ji Weiqing picked him up.

"You hold mom and she can't walk."

Ji Yuan lay on his father's shoulder, his heart and eyes filled with only his beautiful mother.

Ji Yang took the initiative to pull her, but he still had a stern face and was trying hard.

Song Shixia sees through it but doesn't say anything. Little Tiaojiao is so adorable.

Ji Weiqing held the child in one hand and carried the gifts for home in the other.

He didn't expect that she could create so many things at home in just a few days, all of which were her love for her family.

After locking the door, Song Shixia met many acquaintances along the way.

Everyone kindly joked that she looked like a shy young wife today and her skirt was so beautiful.

Song Shixia proudly showed off the skirt that was made for her by her mother-in-law.

The amazing thing is that no one joked with Ji Weiqing.

The driver was waiting for them at the school gate.

Song Shixia held Ji Yang's hand and said, "Are you sure the rice dumplings can be delivered today? I'm worried that they will be delayed for two days and the taste will change."

Ji Weiqing followed the teacher's instructions and bought something for her family without her permission, not knowing whether to tell her.

“You can call and ask.”

Song Shixia shook her head: "Forget it, that would be too much trouble for others. I hope it can be delivered without any problems."

Ji Weiqing pondered it twice in his mind before tentatively speaking.

"Do Mom and Dad like watching TV?"

Song Shixia felt puzzled.

"My parents are too old to have the leisure time to watch TV. Besides, electricity in the village is much more expensive than in the city."

Ji Weiqing was silent for a while. He might have done something bad with good intentions and added burden to her family.

Song Shixia suddenly had an idea.

"Why are you asking me this?"

He wouldn't suddenly think of giving her a TV as a gift, would he?!

Ji Weiqing lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Song Shixia was incredulous: "You really bought a TV for my family? Are you going to make such a big deal on the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Ji Weiqing was at a loss: "You need to give three big gifts for marriage, and I only gave you a washing machine. You have a TV at home, so I wanted to give you one to make up for it."

Song Shixia was frightened: "Don't tell me you want to send a refrigerator to my house. Did Mom tell you that?"

"Yes, the teacher. Before the business trip, the teacher asked me if I had sent the three major items, and I kept it in mind."

Song Shixia didn't know what to say, and watching his reaction was both pitiful and funny.

"You didn't even bother to ask for my opinion before you gave the gift. Do you think you'll spend the money like that? I didn't even bring any dowry, so how could you complain about not having a dowry?"

Ji Weiqing defended: "That's different."

Song Shixia stopped and said, "What's the difference? I don't like owing people things. You gave my family such an expensive TV, so I should at least give you some dowry."

Ji Weiqing felt that what she said was wrong, but he didn't know how to refute it.

"No need to make up for it, your family is my family, I'm not wasting money."

Seeing how serious he was, Song Shixia didn't have any temper at all.

She could only sigh: "The TV issue will not happen next time. I'll write them a letter to let them know. Can you discuss this with me in advance next time? We are husband and wife, and we are a family, don't you understand? And I'm telling you in advance that my family doesn't need a refrigerator or a washing machine. Rural people don't have the luxury of eating leftovers every day, and washing machines also consume a lot of electricity."

If her parents wanted one, her brother would have bought it for them. She remembered that after electricity was connected to the village, people still used kerosene lamps because electricity was too expensive.

Other villages have telephones, but their village has neither a grocery store nor a telephone.

Ji Weiqing hung his head in disappointment: "Sorry, I did something stupid."

Song Shixia didn't blame him. It was a great progress that Ji Weiqing thought of giving her family an additional gift for the bride price. It was just strange why he wanted to give her an additional gift for the bride price.

We have been married for so long, are the bride price and dowry important?

She wanted a washing machine because it was convenient for washing clothes, not because of a dowry.

"Just buy the TV, just think of it as a way to entertain them. Don't buy them any home appliances next time, they are expensive and waste electricity. They will be happy if you buy them some food and clothing. They will feel uneasy if the things are too expensive."

Ji Weiqing kept it in mind.

"Also, you've sent things to my house, why don't you buy something for your own family?"

Ji Weiqing raised his head and said, "I have everything I need at home, no need to send anything."

Song Shixia: ...

"That's your house! I really don't understand you. Anyway, if you give something to my parents in the future, buy some for your parents as well. Do you understand?"

Ji Weiqing tried to protest: "There's no need to be so clear."

Song Shixia: "I didn't draw a clear line between us, just do what I say."

Ji Weiqing accepted the training obediently, and it was easier to write reports in the study.

This time the driver was not Xiao Li, but a dark-skinned soldier who introduced himself as the bodyguard of Ji Weiqing's father.

Song Shixia wanted to ask Ji Weiqing what rank his father was, but then she thought better of it since she wasn't going to live with her in-laws.

The Ji family lived in a large compound, and there were sentries standing guard at the gate. I didn't expect Ji Weiqing to be from a large compound. But considering that his parents-in-law were both of high status, I could guess roughly.

The compound that Song Shixia imagined should be the kind seen in movies and TV dramas where many families live in one building.

This area is full of independent courtyards.

The car slowly stopped in front of Ji's house. Song Shixia saw her mother-in-law's flushed face through the car window.

Han Rong prepared a sumptuous meal. Today was her daughter-in-law's first day at home, so she cleaned the house thoroughly two days ago to ensure that it was spotless.

The Ji family’s yard is bigger than the professors’ residence at school, and so is the house.

Ji Weiqing was sitting in the passenger seat. He got out of the car, opened the door, took the two children from Song Shixia, and then took her hand.

Song Shixia raised an eyebrow at him and said, "What kind of nonsense is it to argue in front of your parents?"

Ji Weiqing didn't say anything and didn't let go.

He was holding something in his other hand. Ji Yang felt disappointed that he couldn't hold hands with his family, so he could only hold his brother's hand.

Han Rong couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"You are a family of four and you are so frivolous. Why do you bring so many things?"

Before Song Shixia could even open her mouth, Ji Weiqing spoke first.

"These are the rice dumplings Xia Xia made herself, and the scented tea and tea cakes she made."

Song Shixia took his hand away when he was not paying attention and took the initiative to hold her mother-in-law's arm affectionately.

"These are all little gadgets I made myself. There are so many to choose from in the mall. I guess you have everything you need so you can only resort to tricks."

Han Rong was very satisfied: "As long as you think about us coming back often, you don't need to bring anything. Your father and I have everything."

Ji Weiqing ruined the atmosphere at the right time: "These are all her thoughts, and she has been preparing for several days."

Han Rong glared at him angrily: "How could I not know that this was Xiao Song's intention! If you could still think of giving something to me and your father?"

Song Shixia explained for him with a smile,

"Mom, you are wrong to blame him this time. He bought you a lipstick and picked out a tie for Dad."

Han Rong patted her hands gently: "How could I not know that you taught him this? He doesn't understand."

“Ding ding.”

Another car came to the door, and as soon as the car stopped, two boys and a girl got out.

"Grandma! We're here!"

I'm late, I apologize, I should be done with my work, I'll see if I can resume updating tomorrow.