The next day, the Dragon Boat Festival arrived.
The whole family got up early. After breakfast, they began making zongzi.
The courtyard was filled with ingredients: bamboo leaves, glutinous rice, cotton thread, jujubes, ham, egg yolks, and a whole heap of other foods.
Jiang Siming and his wives sat in the courtyard and got to work.
The wives who had come from abroad stared helplessly at the pile of ingredients.
Fortunately, after the sisters taught them a few times, they all learned.
Jona was among them as well, seriously wrapping zongzi while imitating the wives.
The entire family busied themselves in the courtyard.
While the adults worked, Xiao Luoyu played and chased Xiangxiang, A'Li, and the others around the courtyard.
All the pets in the household doted on Xiao Luoyu. Xiangxiang served as her mount, while A'Li and A'Nan acted as her bodyguards.
A Qiao and Nicole put on performances to amuse their little mistress. Even the two young falcons in the Sacred Fruit Tree had to fly back and forth above their little mistress's head, performing aerial acrobatics.
The family freely did their own things in the enormous courtyard, chatting and laughing from time to time. The atmosphere was incredibly warm.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, Tang Ru, why are you only making sweet-date and red-bean-paste zongzi?" Wang Xinyi asked curiously as she watched Tang Ru, Wang Xiaoyu, and the others grab only red bean paste and sweet dates.
Wang Xiaoyu raised her head and asked adorably, "Aren't these the only two fillings?"
Jiang Lan laughed and pointed at the tableful of fillings. "Aren't all of these fillings? There are egg yolks, ham, dried scallops, abalone, peanuts... There are so many."
Tang Ru let out a sound of surprise and asked, "These are all fillings? I thought they were meant for stir-frying!"