The weather has been getting colder since the winter solstice.
For office workers, time is measured by weekdays and holidays; for farmers, time is measured by the four seasons.
The weather is getting colder, and there is less work to do. Even the number of eggs laid by chickens has decreased, and the weeds that used to grow wildly after a few rains in April and May are now not growing much.
The vegetables in the back mountain are becoming less and less, but the winery is increasing its production in full swing in spring.
The Chinese New Year was approaching, so Xu Qingzhi temporarily closed the online store of Fuwang Farm and posted a notice announcing the closing time.
The vegetable sellers in the group complained that their bosses took the annual holiday too early, but fortunately there are two alternatives to choose from, namely boutique supermarkets and fresh food supermarkets, which is a little consolation.
The main construction of the resort has been completed, and there are still some landscaping projects that need to be improved. Xu Qingzhi handled it himself. On the day when the engineering department left, Xu Fuqiang gave red envelopes to everyone in the team.
After discussing with his parents, Xu Qingzhi decided that the official operation date would be March 3 next year.
Before that, you can conduct a trial operation for one month to avoid any problems after the official operation.
Wen Shanshan had told her a long time ago that she wanted to come over to celebrate the New Year together this year.
All the houses in the villa area were cleaned and tidy.
The clean and spacious resort cafeteria also welcomed its own chef.
Before Mu Mingqian and A'long left, they knew that Xu Qingzhi needed to recruit a chef, so they introduced her to a few acquaintances.
Xu Qingzhi offered a high salary, and before the trial operation, four chefs came to apply for the jobs.
Since then, Ms. Wang has been relieved of the burden of being a chef.
The canteen is divided into two parts. One is the employee canteen, where all employees who come to the farm to help out are provided with a lunch. The other, larger area is the dining area for future resort tourists.
Five days before the Chinese New Year, Wen Shanshan and her family came over, as well as Huo Ying and Huo Jin.
After Xia Weiwei finished recording the variety show, she also flew over from Kyoto and brought Huo Fengze with her.
Zhou An brought her brother over and said she wanted to record a vlog to help her promote the resort before it opened.
The resort, which had been a little deserted before the Chinese New Year because everyone in the village had moved out, suddenly became lively.
Huo Fengyan was the last person to arrive, holding a child in his arms.
Even her own mother Jiang Yue couldn't do anything about her, but right now the company's affairs at the end of the year required someone to take care of them, and Feng Yan had to go find his wife. There was no other way, the little baby's eyes were red from crying, so Huo Fengyan had to take the baby with him.
Jiang Yue thought that the little baby would not be used to being away from his parents, but after seeing the video sent by Huo Fengyan, in which Huo Ning was running happily on the grass excitedly, she felt relieved.
There is a very spacious lawn outside the canteen. It is getting dark and they are preparing to light a bonfire. A whole lamb that has been marinated with spices is being roasted on a small fire nearby. Chef Aben said he is an expert at roasting whole lamb.
Zhou An grabbed Xia Weiwei and a few others to take beautiful photos and videos. She said that the vlog traffic was not good recently, and she wanted to take advantage of Weiwei's popularity as a big star.
Shanshan came wearing the company's newly designed winter clothes and asked Zhou An to take a picture of her to make it look better to help promote their own brand.
Anyway, the main thing is to take advantage of each other.
Huo Ning chased after Xu Qingzhi and hugged her legs: "Second Aunt, I caught you."
Xu Qingzhi actually didn't really like children. She always thought that children's noise was annoying. Because of this, she had no intention of having children.
But when I really face such a little baby, it is no exaggeration to say that my heart feels like ice cream melting under the scorching sun.
I had come into contact with Little Tuanzi during the Chinese New Year and knew how cute she was. I haven’t seen her for a long time and she has grown up and become even more adorable.
She picked up Huo Ning and said, "Ning Ning is awesome. I lost. What does Ning Ning want?"
The child said innocently: "I want you and my second uncle to give me a sister."
The people nearby who heard it suddenly sneered.
Xu Qingzhi glanced at Huo Fengyan.
Fortunately, he was the only one around.
"You taught me?" she asked.
Huo Fengyan shook his head and denied: "I didn't."
Huo Ning raised his little head with an innocent look on his face and confessed, "My great grandfather taught me to say that to my second aunt."
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