novelhk Chapter 175 Xia Liu
Chapter 175 Xia Liu
After Xia Liu received the items, she went straight to the post office to mail them.
A large package cost Xia Liu a couple hundred yuan just for postage. Xia Liu sent a message to her younger sister, Xia Mei.
[Xia Liu: Mei, I've mailed you a lot of nice things this time. Have a good New Year!]
Xia Mei was quite touched to receive her sister's message. Over the years, she had often stayed in Qing City and rarely returned home, but every year during holidays and the Spring Festival, her parents and sister would send her many things, always thinking of her.
[Xia Mei: Thank you so much, sister! The children will be so happy to receive this.]
[Xia Liu: Hehe]
After replying, Xia Mei went back to work. She works as a doctor here, which is usually quite busy. However, she is a dentist, and working at a dental clinic means she can still take a few days off during the Chinese New Year.
The delivery service was very efficient; it arrived two days before the Lunar New Year.
After receiving the message from Xia Mei, Xia Mei's husband, Ming Wan, went directly to the courier station and brought back a large box.
When he moved back, he could barely get through the door.
The son and daughter stood up and went over to help carry the delivery box inside.
The daughter exclaimed, "Wow, it's huge! Dad, how did you bring back such a big package?"
The son nodded, "That's right, it's so heavy, it feels like it weighs dozens of kilograms."
Mingwan put the box on the ground, too tired to move, and sat on the sofa. "These are New Year's gifts sent by your aunt."
"Wow!" Mingshi, the daughter, exclaimed happily.
"Oh, it was sent by my aunt. It must be full of delicious food. But why is the box so big? It's never been this big in previous years."
The son, a celebrity, nodded in agreement, "In previous years, it was lighter than this; it wasn't this heavy."
Seeing the two children's curiosity, Minghua simply let them open the package themselves.
"If you're so curious, then you two can take it apart and tidy it up."
"Okay," Ming Shi happily agreed, went to find a pair of scissors, cut the tape on the box, opened it, and took things out.
The celebrity was checking the items inside one by one.
"There are still plenty of cured pork and sausages. That's great! I haven't had sausages in a long time. I can finally eat them again."
"And the mushrooms and bamboo shoots we picked over there, even though they're dried, they'd be great for making soup."
"Oh, what are these several bags and jars here?"
The celebrity took these items out to examine them.
Ming Shi curiously peeked over and said, "There seems to be a label on this. Let me see what it is. This jar is candied orange peel, and this jar is tomato sauce."
The celebrity was puzzled, "Candied orange peel, huh? Orange peel can be made into candy? I don't think it will taste bitter. And this tomato sauce, isn't it just tomato sauce? There's so much of that in supermarkets, why did my aunt specially mail it over? The shipping must be expensive."
Mingwan also peeked over at this moment. He thought it was just the same things that were mailed in previous years, but he didn't expect there to be something new this year.
At this moment, Mingshi pulled out something even more amazing. "Wow, Dad, brother, look! There's a big styrofoam box here. I opened it and it was full of oranges and grapes. And these grapes are huge!"
Mingwan and Mingxing were drawn to the commotion caused by Mingqing. Upon closer inspection, they found that the huge express delivery box contained a foam box with grapes and oranges inside.
Mingwan exclaimed, "These grapes are really big, and even these oranges are bigger than usual. Your aunt probably found some fruit somewhere. When your mom comes back, wash them and let her eat some."
"Okay," Ming Shi nodded and continued rummaging through the contents. She then discovered that there were indeed many more items this year. In addition to the cured meat and sausages and the agricultural products she had just found, there were also dried radishes, dried vegetables, fresh vegetables, and even a dried chicken.
Looking at the vegetables spread all over the ground, Mingwan sighed, "Your aunt is so thoughtful. After the New Year, send some more local specialties to your cousins too."
Their family hadn't planned to go back this year, but this older sister and brother-in-law are still so thoughtful.
"Yes, Dad, don't worry, we'll definitely prepare well."
Ming Shi and Ming Xing were quite touched. The three of them cleaned up all the things, putting what needed to be put in the refrigerator and what needed to be put in the kitchen.
Mingwan didn't pay much attention to the bottles of candied orange peel and ketchup. He would keep the ketchup in the kitchen cabinet and use it as a spread later. As for the candied orange peel, he would just give it to the two kids for now.
Ming Shi took one can and put the rest in the cupboard. "Brother, let's just take one can to try it. If we don't like it, it won't be a waste."
The celebrity "Xing" also agrees with this view; he can't even imagine that orange peels can be made into candy and eaten.
However, this idea was instantly overturned the moment he took the orange peel candy and ate it.
"I go"
"Fuck"
The two people in the living room suddenly let out a strange scream.
This caused Mingwan, who had just entered his bedroom intending to rest, to run out.
"What's wrong with you two again?"
I was just about to yell at the two kids to go do their homework after they'd had enough playing when I saw them give me a bright look and then start fighting over the jar.
"How can it taste so good, God?"
"This candied orange peel is absolutely amazing."
"Hey, Mingshi, don't try to take it from me! Why are you holding the jar so tightly? I can't even hold it!"
"What? You grabbed so many at once? If they were in your hands, you would have just put them in your mouth and eaten them all."
"You, hmph, I'll just go get another bottle myself."
After speaking, the celebrity took another bottle from the cupboard and began to eat it with satisfaction.
Ming Shi was satisfied that the celebrity wasn't taking her food, and continued eating her own.
Ming Wan was stunned. "What are you fighting over? Didn't you say this wasn't good? Why are you eating it so happily now?"
The celebrity shook his head, "It wasn't Dad. Auntie must have found it at some special shop over there. Their orange peel candy is so delicious, you should try it."
As he spoke, he fed a piece to his father, and Mingwan chewed it subconsciously after eating it.
Immediately after finishing his meal, he gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Your auntie is amazing! How did she find such delicious food?"