When I got home today, there was an EMS parcel waiting by the door. My mother-in-law had already brought it in for me. One glance at the carton made me pause: it was printed with Oriental Leaf oolong tea. I hadn't ordered any drinks online lately—had my wife?
Then I checked the label. The recipient number was mine, and the sender's address was Zhangjiajie. It clicked immediately: Fenglingdu had mentioned a Mid-Autumn surprise in an email a couple of days earlier.
A year and a half ago, Fenglingdu had already caught me off guard once. Today brought another big surprise.
Inside the box were two red specialty gift bags, packed with Zhangjiajie foods—chaomipao, Xikou crisp mooncakes, and Baotagang mooncakes. Pudding, curious, came over to inspect this package from far away and licked its lips with satisfaction.
We have never met. Our exchanges usually happen online. Some postcards I sent him earlier went missing, so a few days ago I mailed replacements. I never expected a Mid-Autumn gift to arrive from so far away today. When I opened the parcel, curiosity, happiness, and excitement all rushed in at once. The thought behind it, sent from such a distance, felt far more precious than anything inside the bags. Thank you, Fenglingdu—I've received my “autumn-limited” blind box from Zhangjiajie.