The next day, she and Shitou took a bus back to Qingshan Village. After entering the village, she asked Shitou to go find his friends to play with, while she went to the garden at the foot of Daqing Mountain to see the growth of greenhouse vegetables, and also caught a lot of fish from the pond above.

It was cold in winter, and no one would enter the garden until after 9:30. Luo Qiao found a basket and put a lot of fish in it. She planned to go to the village and tell Aunt Gao to distribute the fish to everyone as a New Year's gift.

Luo Qiao came out of the garden and walked towards the brigade headquarters. This year, because Huo Yuhao had set up a purchasing point in the village, every household in the village had enough money. Seeing that Luo Qiao had made a lot of money from growing vegetables this year, many families planned to grow vegetables with Luo Qiao next year.

Luo Qiao discussed with the village cadres about planting vegetables for the coming year, and also reminded them that the remaining mountain land at the foot of the Daqing Mountain could be used to encourage villagers to reclaim land and plant economic forests.

Coming out of the brigade headquarters, Luo Qiao happened to run into Aunt Gao who was on her way to the garden: "Aunt, I was just about to go to your house."

Aunt Gao smiled and said, "I'm going to the garden now. You haven't seen how well the vegetables are growing. I guess there won't be enough to sell. Boss Huo said that we should start picking the vegetables on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month."

Luo Qiao smiled and said, "Aunt, I've just been to the garden to see how the greenhouse vegetables are growing. They're being taken care of very well. I'll go to Grandma Lin's house at the east end of the village first, and then I'll go to the garden to pay everyone this month's salary in advance so that we can have a good New Year."

Aunt Gao saw the bag in Luo Qiao's hand and said with a smile, "Okay, then I'll go to the garden first."

Because it was cold, there were not many people outside. When Luo Qiao was about to reach the Lin family, she found a secluded place and took out the things she had prepared in advance from the space. The New Year was approaching, so she sent some things over in advance.

When she reached the gate, she saw Grandma Lin moving firewood in the yard. Luo Qiao called out, "Grandma Lin, I'm here to see you."

As soon as Mrs. Lin heard the voice, she knew it was Luo Qiao. When she saw what she was holding, her eyes suddenly turned red. She thought to herself, "We are so lucky to have this child thinking about us."

He hurriedly said, "Come in quickly, come in quickly, it's so cold."

Luo Qiao smiled and said, "How is Grandpa Lin doing recently?"

Mrs. Lin said, "He's in the chicken coop. He's doing well recently. He's in much better shape since he took the medicine you prescribed. He's a man who never lets himself be idle for a moment."

Luo Qiao entered the house and felt that the temperature was OK, so she asked, "Will there be enough firewood this winter?"

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "That's enough. This year, your Grandpa Lin is in better health than in previous years. He goes to pick up some when he's free. I'll take the time to carry it back instead of asking him to do it. It took a lot of effort to get him back in better shape."

Luo Qiao smiled and said, "Grandma is right. It's good to cooperate like this. The most important thing now is to protect your body and do what you can. This is not the age to show off."

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "You are right. We are very satisfied with what we have now. At least your grandfather Lin can take care of himself, and I have more time to do more work in the fields.

Luo Qiao put the things down and said, "Please keep these things for a while and have them as a snack during the New Year."

Mrs. Lin said, "Now that our lives are better, you don't have to worry about us old couple anymore. It's really thanks to you for the past two years."

Luo Qiao smiled and said, "Please don't say that. I didn't do anything. Let's go to the chicken coop and take a look."

When Mrs. Lin mentioned the chicken coop, she smiled and said, "Let's go and take a look. The chicken coop smells bad. You can use a scarf to cover your mouth and nose."

The two of them left the yard and went to the backyard. They entered the shed and saw Grandpa Lin tidying up inside.

Hearing someone coming in, he turned around and saw it was Luo Qiao, and said with a smile: "Luo Qiao is back, it smells really bad in here."

Luo Qiao looked at the chickens in the shed. There were probably about forty or fifty chickens, and they were well taken care of by the old couple. She thought that at least they would have a source of livelihood in the future.

Looking at the look in the old couple's eyes and the expressions on their faces when they looked at the chickens, they were truly relieved now. These chickens were their hope and motivation.

After leaving Lin's house, Luo Qiao went directly to the garden and told everyone about the two fishes per person. He distributed this month's salary and gave everyone a red envelope as a reward.

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Even the two brothers of the Zhao family were not left behind, and the two children were very happy. They came to help on their own initiative because the school was on vacation, but they didn't expect that Luo Qiao would pay their wages in advance.

Zhao Lizhong said that he would go to work like everyone else during the holiday, and Luo Qiao also promised him that he would make up their wages in the next few days. He was very grateful to Luo Qiao for giving them brothers such an opportunity. He pulled his younger brother over, bowed to Luo Qiao, got up and ran away.

Luo Qiao told Aunt Gao to remember to distribute the food to everyone before the New Year, then left the garden to look for stones in the village, preparing to take the noon bus back to Ji City.

The two of them had already bought train tickets back to Beijing that night, so they had to go back early to pack their things.

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