Yun Jin and his companions planned to spend the Dragon Boat Festival in Beijing before returning to their base.

It just so happens that there is a holiday for Dragon Boat Festival.

Mother He is in a good mood this year and plans to make rice dumplings at home.

Yun Jin was very supportive: "Then I will learn how to make zongzi from Mom. When Dad Nian Gao wants to eat zongzi in the future, I will make it for him. The zongzi I make will taste like Mom's!"

The five words "Mom's taste" controlled He's mother for a few seconds.

I find this young daughter-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye.

She is good to her youngest son, and Mother He is also good to Yun Jin.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are as close as mother and daughter. After feeding the small rice cakes, Yun Jin handed them to He Tingchuan to look after, and accompanied He's mother to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell glutinous rice, and also bought rice dumplings leaves, peanuts, and red beans.

Knowing that Yunjin likes to eat meat, I also bought pork belly so that they can eat rice dumplings this year.

It was Yunjin’s first time making rice dumplings, and her hands were a little clumsy.

Fortunately, she learned very hard, and when she was almost done wrapping the rice dumplings, Yun Jin finally learned how to make them. Unfortunately, there were no rice dumplings at home for her to practice on, so Yun Jin could only follow Mother He around the compound.

Whenever Yun Jin saw someone making rice dumplings, she would enthusiastically help.

At the end of the day, Yun Jin had perfectly mastered the skill of making rice dumplings and successfully became the best-reputed young wife in the compound. She was well-behaved, hardworking, sweet-mouthed and enthusiastic.

Yun Jin didn't expect that not only would she be able to improve her rice dumpling-making skills, she could also gain a good reputation.

Yun Jin is now incredibly good at making rice dumplings.

My hands were sore, red and swollen, but I didn't tell anyone about it.

He Tingchuan looked at Yun Jin, who was curling her fingers. He grabbed her hand and examined it. Seeing that her white, jade-like hand was now red and swollen, it was obvious that it was pinched by the palm leaf. He felt distressed: "With your hand like this, you still help others make zongzi?"

"It's okay, it will be fine after one night!" Yun Jin didn't care. This was not about learning so as not to forget it later.

He Tingchuan glanced at her and said, "No more making rice dumplings tomorrow."

"No one will make rice dumplings tomorrow, so basically we'll make them today. When they're cooked, you must eat one more." Yun Jin still felt a sense of accomplishment.

He Tingchuan blew on his red and swollen fingers, took some medicine and applied it to her knees, then rubbed his fingers a few times.

Yun Jin, who was loved by He Tingchuan, felt very happy. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one else at home, she went over and kissed him, which made He Tingchuan's face almost tense: "Don't think that a kiss will make you calm down."

"It's just one or two!" Yun Jin was shameless and leaned over and kissed her again.

This time, He's mother saw it and covered her eyes wide as she looked at the kissing little rice cake: "Oh, my fan is at the next door, let's go get a fan."

Since everyone had seen it, He Tingchuan stopped pretending. He held the back of Yun Jin's head and pressed it against his lips. They kissed three or five times before letting go as if no one was around.

When He's mother came back, Yun Jin and He Tingchuan had already calmed down, as if nothing had happened.

Before going to bed at night, the rice dumplings cooked by He's mother were ready. She took out a string and gave one to each person, so that everyone could taste this year's rice dumplings before going to bed.

Mr. He is old, so he doesn’t dare to eat too much even though he wants to, so he shares one with Mom.

He Zizhen looked at the ugly rice dumplings in front of her and said, "Grandma, did you make these? Why are they so ugly? How can I eat them?"

Yun Jin blushed: "I packed that."

He Tingchuan took the ugly rice dumpling over and said, "My wife made it and I'm eating it myself."

Others want to eat but you don’t want to give it to them!

Seeing He Tingchuan coming to support her, Yun Jin smiled sweetly.

Mother He said: "Your aunt made zongzi for the first time today, and she improved quickly. This is the first time she made it, and later she made the same ones as me. Don't laugh at your aunt!"

He Zizhen feigned innocence: "My aunt does all kinds of work in the countryside, how could she not know how to make zongzi?"

Yun Jin was ashamed: "There is little food in the countryside, and my aunt doesn't want me to waste it, so she basically doesn't let me make rice dumplings. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

As she spoke, Yun Jin also praised He's mother: "Fortunately, I have a good mother-in-law. She didn't mind my clumsy hands and wasted time, and my dumplings were too ugly. She was willing to teach me patiently, so I learned how to make dumplings!"

He's mother was relieved.

He's father nodded with satisfaction.

He Tingchuan is proud.

Little rice cake is sleeping.

He Zizhen wanted to say something, but her mother kicked her, and she shut up tactfully.

Yun Jin said, "Sister-in-law He Zizhen has been with Mom for a long time. I think she can make better rice dumplings than I do."

He Dasao was heartbroken. She hadn't made many zongzi in recent years and now she had forgotten how to make them. "We are quite busy at work."

The implication is, who can compare with you, an unemployed vagrant?

He Zizhen was proud: "Grandma loves me and doesn't let me make rice dumplings."

Anyone like you should come to the house to work.

He's mother said, "Next year, Zizhen will also learn to make rice dumplings. Your mother is busy with work and has few holidays, but you are a grown-up girl now, so you should learn to do some housework, so that you won't be laughed at when you go out."

He Zizhen, who was clearly aware of the arrangement, was slapped in the face: "Oh!"

Yun Jin watched the fun with a smile: "Then next year I can eat Zizhen Bao, right?"

He Zizhen secretly curled her lips, thinking that she was dreaming, she would never let him eat the food she made!

The rice dumplings here in Beijing are all sweet, so the He family was a little uncomfortable eating rice dumplings with pork belly. However, He Tingchuan was very supportive and said that the meat rice dumplings tasted good too.

If you don’t like it, pack it up and take it to eat on the train.

With He Tingchuan's support, Brother He and the others couldn't say anything.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, Yun Jin and He Tingchuan bought some gifts and gave them homemade rice dumplings to Uncle Chen and several elders who had taken good care of He Tingchuan in the past as a token of their appreciation.

The elders did not let them suffer any loss and prepared small red envelopes for the rice cakes, as well as fruits and other good things in their hands.

Those who lived in the compound were all retired generals. Their retirement life was perfect, with seafood, fish, beef, mutton and everything else available. Yun Jin also ate a lot of seafood, including prawns, yellow croaker, scallops and so on.

The Dragon Boat Festival at the He family was also very lively. He Ximei brought her children back to celebrate the festival together. They had lunch at the He family and went to celebrate the festival with her in-laws in the evening.

While eating the rice dumplings made by Yunjin, He Ximei said that if she had the chance next year, she would make rice dumplings with them, which was fun to think about.

He Dasao also added: "I will take a leave of absence, and we will make zongzi together. Mom will guide us, and we will do it. Mom will just wait and eat it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, He's mother became very happy and was ready to enjoy herself.

Yun Jin and He Ximei looked at each other and both knew that He Dasao was joking.

If you really want to, you should take a leave this year. Why wait until next year?

After eating and drinking to their heart's content, Xiao Nian Gao added a little realgar wine to his eyebrows, and everyone ate rice dumplings and talked in the yard for a while.

Yun Jin and the others will return to their base tomorrow.

Yun Jin noticed He's parents' reluctance to leave and said, "How about Mom and Dad come with us to stay at the base for a few days? There's a guesthouse there too, so Mom and Dad won't have to worry about having nowhere to stay."

Mother He was moved and looked at Father He!

He's father was also tempted and was about to nod. He's wife, who happened to be carrying a watermelon, heard this and said, "Mom and Dad have gone to the base. Won't Zizhen be home alone when she comes home from school?"

He's parents thought about it and agreed. They had an older granddaughter who was studying at home, and they couldn't leave her alone at home.

Yun Jin wasn't going to let He's wife take advantage of her. She said, "It's only ten days or half a month. Big brother and sister-in-law both have cars, and it's convenient to take the bus here. Why don't you and your wife ride back, or let Zizhen take the bus to your place?"

"You are already in your teens, so you should be able to go to school without worry, right?" Seeing how spoiled they were, they had to drag the two old people with them.

He's parents thought so too.

He Dasao glanced at He Zizhen, and the mother and daughter exchanged glances. He Zizhen understood and was unhappy: "I don't want it. I want grandpa and grandma to accompany me. I'm scared if you leave. Grandma, don't go to the base. What's the fun in that?"

"Grandpa and grandma, please don't abandon me!"

“Grandpa…Grandma…”

After all, they had raised her since she was a child. When He Zizhen started to act coquettishly, He's parents softened their hearts and could only politely decline Yun Jin's proposal, saying that they would take care of He Zizhen at home and see if she had time to go to the base after the summer vacation.

Yun Jin smiled and shook her head. She was just talking. It didn't mean that He's parents had to go. Anyway, she had done her filial duty, so there was nothing they could do if they didn't want to go.

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