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A family prepares for the Dragon Boat Festival by making zongzi together, and the father tells the children the story of Qu Yuan to explain the tradition’s origin. The children learn about their culture and happily enjoy the zongzi they made themselves.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Xiao Ming and Lili visit their grandma to learn how to wrap zongzi, during which grandma tells them the story of Qu Yuan and how people threw rice into the river to protect him, which became the origin of zongzi. After several funny and clumsy attempts, including Xiao Ming accidentally dropping all his rice into a water basin, both children successfully wrap their first zongzi. They bring a big basket of cooked zongzi home to share with their parents, and the whole family enjoys a happy Dragon Boat Festival together.

The day before Mother’s Day, Xiao Ming and Lili planned a surprise for their mom by buying pink carnations, making a heartfelt greeting card, and cooking her favorite dishes including braised pork, tomato egg soup, and green vegetables. Despite never having cooked before, they followed a recipe on their phone and persevered through the messy process without giving up. When their mom came home and saw the flowers, card, and homemade dinner, she was moved to tears and said it was the best Mother’s Day gift she had ever received, declaring the braised pork the most delicious she had ever eaten because it was filled with her children’s love.

The day before the Start of Summer festival, sister Lili and her younger brother Xiaoming picked broad beans and bamboo shoots from their garden, and their mother taught them how to cook a traditional Start of Summer rice with the fresh ingredients. Xiaoming also wove a colorful egg pouch from silk threads and proudly hung a boiled egg around his neck, while their father carried out the tradition of weighing everyone, revealing that both children had grown since last year. The family enjoyed a delicious meal together and happily welcomed the new summer season.

Xiao Ming and Lili planned a trip with Lili’s family to see flower fields in the countryside for May Day, but their paper map was accidentally knocked off the table by Xiao Ming and then dragged under the sofa and ruined by Lili’s cat. Lili suggested using a phone map instead, and they successfully found the route, enjoyed the beautiful flowers, and had a wonderful day together.

On the day of Grain Rain, Xiaoming and his mom visited a mountain tea garden where an old master taught them how to pick the most tender tea leaves. After spending over two hours picking a full basket of tea, they returned home and brewed the fresh tea with Dad, who remarked that things made by your own hands always taste the best. Xiaoming also prepared a gift box of tea leaves with hand-written calligraphy for his grandma, and fell asleep happily planning to bring her to the tea garden next year.