There are flowers that bloom yellow, white, and gold.

We went up the hill together when the fog was still covering the branches and blades of grass. The sunlight had not yet penetrated that white color, but the winter in my hometown had been painted by heaven and earth into a fairyland like in the painting hanging in the village chief's house.

Someone started humming: "I bet you what flower blooms in the winter, yellow and white?" It's definitely not the yellow and white mustard flower that blooms in the winter in the "Flower Quiz" song of the spring festival, the flower you mentioned is a flower that few people remember: Camellia flower.

Hidden in the long tea rows running around the flat, bowl-shaped hill with old leaves turning dark green are buds curled into green and white bags that quietly grow from the branches that still carry life.

One day, the honey bee disappeared into the gray of the hill and then flew towards the old forest to inform those who love sweetness that winter is still full of nectar.

I lifted it up and found five white petals spread out evenly, with eye-catching golden stamens. Tiny pollen fell on my fingers, I picked a few handfuls and put them in my pocket, occasionally taking them out to admire, bringing them to my nose to inhale. The cool scent brought a feeling of relaxation, lightness, and made my dreams more soaring.

She said that tea flowers are a traditional medicine that is good for health, but they only bloom once a year, from November to January. On dry sunny days, my grandmother and I would go up the hill and pick a bag full of tea flowers, along with a palm leaf hat, and bring them home to spread out on a tray. We picked the buds and flowers separately for easy drying. Eight kilos of fresh tea buds yielded only one kilo of dried tea buds because tea flowers are very light.

Yellow flower tea, sweet and refreshing, helps you sleep well. This rustic drink in the countryside on drizzly and windy days makes for longer conversations. Looking out at my mother's vegetable garden, I see the mustard flowers blooming in rows of yellow and white flowers, making me feel that Spring is very near.

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