Chapter 95: Affection is Worth a Thousand Gold
After Laba Festival, the Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer.
By the 10th, the kitchen staff had already started preparing the main dishes for the New Year.
The pigs and sheep that had been raised for a year were sent to the farm's slaughterhouse, and the chicken farm was also half empty.
The company's breeding was good this year, with few livestock dying of disease. After meeting the targets set by the headquarters, there were still several heads left. So around the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the company slaughtered pigs and sheep, and even the remaining chickens in the chicken farm were taken out and killed.
The company spent two days just slaughtering livestock. There were not enough people in the kitchen, so everyone in the company got mobilized. Even Yun Qiao was sent to boil water and pluck the chickens.
It was under this circumstance that Ye Yuanzhang came to the fifth company in a horse-drawn cart.
Yun Qiao, with chicken feathers in one hand and blood in the other, heard the patrol coming to look for him and said, "Ye Yun Qiao, your uncle is here to see you. He's waiting at the village entrance. Come with me."
Yun Qiao quickly washed his hands, took off his apron and threw it to Zheng Jing, asking her to help him pluck the chicken feathers. Then he hurriedly followed the patrol team to the village entrance.
Yun Qiao ran all the way over and saw his uncle Ye Yuanzhang sitting on a horse-drawn cart from a distance.
He was wearing the second-hand military coat that Yun Qiao had given her, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, a tattered felt hat on his head, and his face red from the cold.
There was also a coachman on the carriage. He was tall and strong, wearing a black coat made of some unknown leather. He had a sturdy figure and looked like a big black bear from a distance.
"Uncle, uncle!"
Yun Qiao waved and shouted at him as he ran.
Ye Yuanzhang heard the sound and jumped off the carriage. Seeing her running, he quickly shouted at her, "Yun Qiao, the road is slippery. Don't run so fast."
Yun Qiao wanted to say it wasn't slippery, but because he was afraid that his uncle would worry, he obediently slowed down his pace.
Finally arriving in front of the carriage, Yun Qiao looked at him in surprise: "Uncle, why did you come so suddenly? I originally wanted to go to Sanheying to see you, but I couldn't find a suitable route."
"The village wanted to send someone to Qingshan Forest Farm, and they happened to pass by your company, so I shamelessly hitched a ride here." Ye Yuanzhang said, "How are you doing here? Are you having a good time? Are you adapting well? No one is bullying you, right?"
"Uncle, I'm doing well and adapting well. No one is bullying me." Yun Qiao said to Ye Yuanzhang in a nice way. "I'm very popular. The leaders of the company all respect me. After the New Year, they will recommend me to take the security guard exam at the headquarters."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yuanzhang felt relieved.
In the past three months, he and his lover have been worried about Yun Qiao.
I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to acclimate to the climate here, that she wouldn't be able to adapt to the severe cold, that she wouldn't be able to bear the heavy labor, and even more afraid that someone would bully her.
Now that I heard her say in person that she was doing well and that the company leaders respected her, I could finally put my worries to rest.
"Your aunt and I are relieved that you can live well." Ye Yuanzhang said, "After all, I'm just using the village car, so I don't want to stay here for too long, so I'll be brief."
"It's New Year's Eve. Here's a new cotton-padded jacket your aunt made for you. Go try it on and see if it fits." Ye Yuanzhang pulled a small bundle wrapped in cotton from the carriage and handed it to Yun Qiao. "She made it a size too big for you, worried it wouldn't fit. If it doesn't fit, find a skilled sewist in the company to have it altered."
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