Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 974 - 956. Tea Ceremony [Chapter on the Combination of Two]

Chapter 974: 956. Tea Ceremony [Chapter on the Combination of Two]

Teacher Tang’s confident fantasies were something Wu Lan could not agree with; in her heart, Qiaoqiao was always the little child who never grew up.

What does it mean for a man to be good-looking or not? Her own child was a bit fairer, a bit cuter, but if he were to sit there calmly and steadily drinking tea like in the TV dramas...

Yi, she couldn’t imagine it,

Forget it, after all, oranges keep well. Teacher Tang can pick as many as he likes; it’s not like they’re worth much. There are so many people in the family, how could we not finish them all?

Once she figured this out, she picked the oranges even more efficiently.

The oranges had been ripe for some time, golden yellow on the tree, all uniform in size, really nothing to be picky about, just grab and give a twist, a tug, a pull, and that’s it.

It wasn’t long before everyone’s baskets were stuffed full. Weighed and bagged and... by the time Wu Lan came back to her senses, everyone had already paid.

And all together, they had picked almost 200 pounds of oranges.

Wu Lan: ...Although there are many people in the family, isn’t 200 pounds a bit too much pressure?

Lady Tang’s orange grove in front of the house is only so big, 200 pounds have nearly cleared it out!

...

When everyone rode the tricycle back, Seventh Uncle couldn’t help but comment as he looked at the bags of oranges in the cart:

"What, are these oranges tastier than our radishes or what?"

Not really.

But no matter how tasty radishes are, they are still radishes! Lady Tang said reservedly: "Just changing up the taste..."

Then she quickly called over Qiaoqiao: "Come here, Qiaoqiao. Would you like to learn about tea culture?"

Qiaoqiao pondered blankly for a moment before realizing: "I’ve got it, Teacher Xin told me—If a girl’s grandfather grows tea and struggles, offering to sell me tea leaves cheaply, I must refuse and tell him!"

"He said these people always have schemes, tea words, tea speech, tea art, and the person speaking might not even be a girl."

Everyone: ...

Teacher Xin, did not see that one coming, even anti-fraud education is on the table! But isn’t this approach a bit off...?

With so many anti-fraud topics out there, as a grown man, why are you fixated on tea art?

Xin Jun fervently shook his head: "It’s not me, I didn’t, I gave it as an example, Qiaoqiao don’t accuse me of things I didn’t do!"

Teacher Tang also started to laugh: "Not bad, the teaching. Now that he has a little money in hand and lacks alertness, we’ll need more of this kind of anti-fraud education in the future."

Speaking of which, Xin Jun’s expression became even more complex.

"I didn’t start teaching him about anti-fraud for no reason..."

He looked at Qiaoqiao: "Qiaoqiao, would you be willing to show your family the chat history of your new friend on your phone?"

Qiaoqiao felt nothing to hide and nodded: "Sure!"

Teacher Tang’s eyes lit up: "Wait a second, I’ll go brew some tea! We had a lot for lunch, how about some Pu’er tea to cut the grease this afternoon? I have a bottle from ’93!"

Wu Lan also washed her hands: "I’m going to grab some dried sweet potatoes!"

Both Du Mei and Aunt Lianhua looked around in confusion, and finally decided together: "Wait a bit longer, we’ll go dig up the sweet potatoes from the pig feed pot first!"

Seventh Grandma, always quiet and inconspicuous, silently moved her stool to sit down, only sighing to Seventh Uncle:

"Where are those pumpkin seeds you harvested in early autumn? A whole big cloth bag of them, get them out and fry them when you’re free!"

Seventh Uncle exclaimed: "Oh dear, how could I forget that? Wait for me, I’ll go roast them after I read the chat history!"

Now, everything was in place, except for the gossip!

...

Qiaoqiao’s new phone was very smooth to use, and the pages opened with exceptional speed, while Xin Jun held back a smile:

"I just discovered it this morning; he sure is good at keeping things secret."

Everyone craned their necks to stare at the small screen, and only Qiaoqiao felt aggrieved: "Is she a scammer? Why is she so dumb? Teacher Xin said everyone has different strengths, she can’t even scam money, definitely has no special skills, why doesn’t she do something else?"

But as the crowd looked at the chat history, they fell silent.

[Xiaowei: Chen Wei! Don’t think I don’t know that’s your alternate account for hooking up with mistresses! I’m beautiful and have a good figure; if you hadn’t kneeled to beg me, why would I have married a person like you?!]

[Qiaoqiao: No, you’ve got the wrong person.]

[Qiaoqiao: Teacher Xin said that kneeling in itself is meaningless, it can’t make up for anything, can’t win anything back, nor is it a promise. In modern society, it’s more like a form of emotional blackmail. To see through the nature of things, these meaningless actions must first be discarded... still hundreds more words to go, Teacher Xin told me to memorize it, wait for me to learn it by heart then I’ll tell you all of it]