Third watch, seeking pink.
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First was the return gift for the Wu Family. Glutinous rice dumplings, jiang rice dumplings, jiang rice red date dumplings, fresh meat dumplings, egg yolk dumplings—five of each kind—two small jars of grape wine, two fragrant sachets intricately embroidered by Lian Zhizhi herself, and additionally, a basket full of fresh tender rape and bok choy, along with another basket of tender pea pods.
Even though it was just the beginning of summer, the vegetable gardens of the tenant farmers actually had very few edible vegetables. It was Lian Manman who thought of ways to find these rare local vegetable seeds. Their family had many fields and ample manure, so after one crop of tender rape and bok choy was harvested, they would plant another.
These few baskets of fresh vegetables were a rare delicacy.