China Chat

Tommy freaks out about the thunder, Jiajia turns into Dr. Doolittle and talks with Charlie, and Jiajia waxes poetic about duck butts and noodles.

Chris has a definite dislike and paranoia about mosquitoes even though they find Jiajia much more delicious.

Mean people sap the fun out of life. Jiajia has a little gray cloud over his head after running into a group of fishermen who don’t play well with others. 

Jiajia and Chris talk about staying cool in the heat, how to eat rapeseed greens and Chris is mildly unnerved to find out she’s been eating a lot of fava beans.

Chris solves her missing hair elastic mystery, Jiajia gets an ultimatum, and Jiajia and Chris talk about China’s “three furnaces”.

Yes. Jiajia waxes poetic again about his love of fishing. The mahjong ladies are here, swapping stories and slamming down tiles.

There are lots of fun antique oil pressing workshops in the area.  Jiajia gets to have another exciting day harvesting rapeseed! Chris will stay home in the dark. Lao Zhan gives Jiajia and Chris tons of T-shirts and the mahjong gang shows up to play.

Lao Zhan asks Jiajia and Chris to help her harvest the rapeseed crop. Chris is useless and gets overheated. Jiajia tells a duck joke.

Chris rhapsodizes over her love of pop up tents, Jiajia gives his take on the pop up tent versus standard tent debate and laments being ignored by the lake fish.

Chris gets a refresher course on swimming in cold water, Jiajia loses two fishing lures and one of Chris’  swimming buddies gives her some excellent advice.