It was already past six o'clock in the evening when Chen Xuan brought his son and wife home. After Su Zhou's approval, he could drive the car provided by the zoo to pick up the children, which gave him more time. The pressure of studying in the senior year of high school is very high, and in addition, his son's test results in the last exam were quite good, ranking in the top 20 in the grade. So, Chen Xuan simply took his wife and son to the supermarket to shop.

When they returned, they were all carrying large and small bags.

Chen Xuan's son looked very shy. He had also attended the last New Year's Day celebration and was only a few years younger than Su Zhou.

Su Zhou needs no introduction; she's the director of the Wanling Zoo, and she's famous even outside of it. Chen Xuan looked at Chen Jiao and said, "This is the senior I told you about, the one who's very good at studying. If you have any questions, you can just tell him."

Chen Xuan's son's winter vacation was only about half a month, less than twenty days, and school would start after the Lantern Festival.

Not long after Chen Xuan's family arrived, Aunt Sun, who was taking care of her daughter-in-law during her postpartum period, also rushed over.

She was carrying large and small bags of vegetables that she had grown herself on her own balcony; they looked fresh and vibrant.

"Aunt Sun, your daughter-in-law is out of confinement so soon?" Su Zhou asked a few more questions out of curiosity. She herself was a student who had only graduated half a year ago, and was unmarried and childless. However, she particularly liked reading those posts about family life online, which mentioned postpartum meals.

Many married women say online that they didn't receive good care during their postpartum period. Is it really okay for Aunt Sun to only stay for about a week?

Aunt Sun shook her head: "It won't be that fast. Wenwen gave birth to twins, and I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of them. I'll just leave the professional work to the professionals... There's a maternity center that costs 50,000 yuan a month. They have professional maternity meals, postpartum care and recovery, and they can even help take care of the babies. I don't need to do anything there. As the elder, I can only pay for it."

It's important to know that salaries at the zoo vary considerably. Although Aunt Sun is just a cleaning lady, she works efficiently and is now a manager overseeing the cleaning staff. Her monthly salary has successfully entered the five-figure range. In addition, Aunt Sun was frugal when she was young and has saved a lot of money.

Besides, the cost of postpartum care will probably only increase during these few months at most.

Su Zhou didn't ask any more questions. No matter what, it was someone else's family matter. She nodded and said, "The park will open tomorrow. You should take care of yourselves and talk to me early tonight."

After saying that, he stopped paying attention to them and let them go their separate ways.

*

With the Lunar New Year approaching, tourists who have long wanted to visit Wales Zoo during the winter break are already keeping an eye on ticket information.

Yes, in order to maintain a relatively stable ecosystem in the zoo, Su Zhou has implemented visitor limits.

The maximum daily passenger flow is limited to 100,000 during holidays and 50,000 on weekdays.

Now, once the required number of tickets have been sold through all channels, no more can be purchased. Su Zhou anticipated that the zoo would be crowded on its opening day, and after the opening, she found that there were indeed a lot of people.

During the winter break, the zoo is never short of children, and most visitors come as families.

Tickets sold out quickly, and Su Zhou hurriedly purchased several more animal enclosures so that she could directly adopt animals from the forestry department after her eligibility was assessed.

Li Miaomiao was going to teach in a rural area after the Chinese New Year, so she took advantage of the time to take her grandparents to the zoo.

She wasn't interested in Ahei, who was currently very popular online. As a child, she used to catch tadpoles in the river, and those dark little tadpoles eventually turned into toads. She loved insects, especially reptiles. Since she wasn't financially independent yet, Li Miaomiao could only indulge her craving by occasionally visiting a reptile house to pet snakes.

Grandpa was surprised as soon as he entered the door: "The temperature in here is just right, neither too hot nor too cold, just like winter."

Looking around, it's clear that children especially love ice skating.

Two parents flanked the child, each holding one of the child's arms and letting the child swing on the ice.

"This chimpanzee is incredibly smart!" Grandma said, standing in the chimpanzee enclosure. On its first day of operation, Ahei's desire to perform was off the charts. It interacted with everyone who came by, and it could tell from the visitors' expressions what they were getting. Ahei loved to perform amidst the visitors' excitement.

Li Miaomiao crossed her arms: "He is indeed very smart. I came to see him before, and Ahei is very clever."

Aside from not being able to speak, he is exceptionally intelligent.

A large portion of the tourists are foreigners.

Li Miaomiao had visited the zoo before, and this time she came to bring her grandparents to visit the zoo. The elderly people actually need care from their younger generations, and what Li Miaomiao wanted to do this time was to comfort them.

Grandpa and Grandma really liked Wanling Zoo; they even went up to take a picture with Ahei.

Ahei stood between the two of them, and Li Miaomiao naturally raised her camera to capture this happy moment.

In the photo, Ahei gazes at the camera, his grandparents smile brightly, and Li Miaomiao's lips also curve into a smile.

Ahei is really good at performing. He shows off all his skills to the visitors, and there are always people in the Wanling Zoo group updating Ahei's schedule.

[Unavoidable Meow: Ah Hei is performing basketball now, basketball enthusiasts are welcome to come over.]

[The rainy night my husband ran away: That was just now. Ahei is watching a movie now, I think it's some obscure art film. UUs who are interested can come and take a look.]

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