Rise & Shine

The following morning, as I begin to wake up, the sun is shining brightly through the windows into my bedroom. It feels like I have slept all morning into early afternoon. I begin to feel bad, thinking I have missed a lot of opportunities this morning.  I reach for my cell phone to check the time, and the phone reads 6:00am.

I get myself ready for the day and I exit my room that is on the left side of the house. My room is the only bedroom on this floor. I walk down the hallway to the living room to see if anyone is there, and the room is empty. Returning to the hallway I see one of the maids and I say hello to them in Mandarin. I have now decided that Pengfei is still fast asleep.

I wonder outside of the house into the surround yard and begin walking around. I sit by the pond that is by the house and just take in the moment. I see other people of the family up early doing chores and smiling at me. I exchange a smile and wave.

Soon Pengfei emerges from the house and tells me that we are going to see his family’s mulberry fields. This is part of his family’s many businesses. I’m very excited to see the fields and taste a mulberry. I quickly become in love with the taste of mulberries. They are officially one of my favorite berries. I find it hard to stop eating them.

We stay at the mulberry fields until lunch and then we return to the house to eat. We eat with the family and workers. Today I taste some of the most flavorful pork. His family also owns the 5^th largest hog farm in the region of China they are from.

Soon I will be embarking on an adventure within an adventure. I will soon be meeting Pengfei’s friends and we will be going on a road trip to Wenzhou, which houses a Chinese National Park.