Ma Jie's visit gave Xiao Ping the idea of expanding the scale of the farm. But that was all after the New Year, and the most important thing for Xiao Ping and the rest of the farm at the moment was to cope with the peak of shipments before the year, and then have a good year happily.

Everyone was busy in the first few days of the New Year, and it wasn't until Chinese New Year's Eve that it was empty. After a few days of busyness, all the vegetables grown in the greenhouse were sold out, the eggs in the cold storage were not sold, the water in the fish pond was emptied, and a few fish that slipped through the net were raised by Xiao Ping in the koi pond, planning to keep them for the New Year to eat by himself.

Xiao Ping did not forget his promise to the workers and gave everyone a year-end bonus. Among all the people, Wang had the most cannons, and Xiao Ping gave him a big red envelope of 30,000 yuan. Zhao Quan, who is in charge of the chicken farm, also worked very hard, and also got a bonus of 20,000 yuan this time. The other workers who entered the farm in the first batch received a year-end bonus of 10,000 yuan, and several workers who entered the farm later also received a bonus of 3,000 yuan, which can be said to be a great joy.

After the bonus was paid, Xiao Ping announced that the farm would start the holiday on Chinese New Year's Eve and start officially going to work on the seventh day of the new year. Of course, because chicken farms and vegetable greenhouses still need to be taken care of, there will be workers on duty in turn these days to do some chores such as watering, feeding chickens, and collecting eggs.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, there were many fewer people coming to the farm, and the farm, which had been noisy a few days ago, became much quieter, and Xiao Ping finally had time to prepare a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for himself.

Basics of food are available on the farm. In addition to a few kinds of vegetables, sea bass and eggs were naturally indispensable, as well as pork and mutton bought in the nearby market, plus bacon and pickled goose sent by Wang Dacang and other workers, Xiao Ping didn't take much effort to make a table of dishes.

Since Xiao Ping's grandfather died, he has been such a person for the New Year, and he has become accustomed to it. Unlike previous years, Xiao Ping's body has completely recovered this year, and the future is also bright, so this can be said to be the happiest year he has lived since his grandfather's death.

Xiao Ping had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the newly renovated villa, and listening to the sound of firecrackers from Xiaozhou Village, he couldn't help but feel very emotional. Life is really elusive, and not so long ago he was a patient who felt very difficult to walk a few steps quickly, and could die at any time. But it was because of the accident that he got the demon refining pot, and such earth-shaking changes took place in just a few months. Recalling his experience in the past few months, Xiao Ping couldn't help but say to himself: "Life...... It's full of surprises. ”

Just when Xiao Ping was sighing about his life, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and it turned out to be a text message from Li Wanqing. Li Wanqing returned to her hometown for the New Year, she first wished Xiao Ping a happy New Year in the text message, and then expressed her miss for Xiao Ping more implicitly, and expressed her hope to contact him more in the future. Although Li Wanqing's text messages do not have particularly warm language, they are full of delicate thoughts and a touch of shyness, which is very consistent with her temperament.

Xiao Ping, who received the text message, was very happy and immediately replied to Li Wanqing. His text messages are much more explicit, in addition to wishing Li Wanqing a happy New Year, he also unabashedly added a sentence at the end, "I miss you, I often think back to the days when we lived together before, especially the night of the power outage, unforgettable!"

Li Wanqing quickly replied to the text message, with only two short words: hate. But behind those two words, there is a smile made up of punctuation marks, indicating that she is not really angry.

Xiao Ping, of course, understood what this meant, and after being happy, he sent a few text messages to Li Wanqing. However, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and Li Wanqing also has many relatives there, so it is not convenient for the two to talk more, but they just said that they would meet after she returned to work in Su City, and then said good night to each other. …,

In the past, Xiao Ping didn't have any friends, and he didn't even have a mobile phone, so naturally he couldn't think of texting other people to pay New Year's greetings. Thanks to Li Wanqing's reminder from the text message, Xiao Ping remembered that it was time to pay New Year's greetings to everyone else.

Xiao Ping's current social relations are also quite a lot. He first sent a group text message to ordinary customers to greet the New Year, and then called Zhou Jun and Liu Jianguo and his wife, and finally did not forget to send text messages to Wang Chunlai and Liu Yunting to greet the New Year. After thinking about it for a while, he sent text messages to Zhang Yuxin and Song Lei respectively. These two are also his friends, and it's a little unreasonable not to greet them during the New Year.

To Xiao Ping's surprise, Zhang Yuxin actually called him quickly. Since the night of the car accident, the relationship between the two has not been as tense as before, and Zhang Yuxin's tone on the phone has been much softer: "I wish Boss Xiao a happy New Year, a prosperous year in the coming year, and a prosperous business!"

"I also wish Boss Zhang a prosperous new year and a wide range of financial resources. Xiao Ping knew that Zhang Yuxin also had a company under her name, so he also wished her a prosperous business, and then quickly continued: "But the most important thing is that the whole family is healthy, and you yourself are getting younger and more beautiful." ”

Xiao Ping's blessing made Zhang Yuxin very happy, and asked with a smile: "Are there any arrangements for the Spring Festival?"

"I don't have any relatives to move around, just squatting on the farm. Xiao Ping replied honestly.

Zhang Yuxin hesitated for a moment and said: "We will go back to Su City after the fourth year of junior high school, or ...... Come and sit at my house. ”

Not believing that Zhang Yuxin would take the initiative to invite him, Xiao Ping couldn't help but ask curiously: "Is the old man going to see me this time or is Mo Mo missing Uncle Xiao?"

Zhang Yuxin said dissatisfiedly: "Don't forget that I'm also a member of the family, so I can't invite you as a guest?"

Zhang Yuxin's slightly coquettish tone made Xiao Ping's heart skip a beat, and he hurriedly said loudly: "Of course you can......! Let the old man and Mo Mo rest for a day, will I come over on the sixth day of the new year to pay New Year's greetings?"

"Okay!" Zhang Yuxin said simply: "Then I'll see you on the sixth day of the new year, I'm going to accompany my daughter, see you again!"

"Also help me greet the old man and Mo Mo, and see you again. Xiao Ping didn't forget to remind Zhang Yuxin after being the most embarrassed, and then hung up the phone with a smile.

Xiao Ping hung up the phone, and the bell rang again, but this time it was Song Lei calling. This little pepper still has such a fiery personality, and as soon as the phone is connected, he asks like a cannon: "Why are you always busy? Who do you have so much to talk to? Are you chatting with your girlfriend?"

Xiao Ping immediately shouted: "How can I have a girlfriend, at this time, I have to make a lot of phone calls to customers to greet the New Year, okay?"

Even Song Lei herself didn't know what Lu Dao was about, and she was faintly happy when she heard Xiao Ping's words. But she didn't want Xiao Ping to notice, so she deliberately snorted lightly and said, "If you still remember to give me New Year's greetings, I won't bother with you, hum!"

Xiao Ping asked a little strangely: "Listening to your voice, it seems to be very unhappy, who provoked you during the New Year?"

"It's upset when I say it, the fourth year of junior high school is my grandfather's seventieth birthday!" Song Lei was annoyed, and soon spit out her bitterness to Xiao Ping: "My cousins and cousins just called to show off what valuable gifts they prepared for grandpa. They know that my family's conditions are not good, and this is deliberately angry with me!"

Xiao Ping couldn't help but ask, "What gift did you prepare for grandpa?"

Song Lei said loudly: "I knitted a scarf and a big blanket for my grandfather! When he goes out in a wheelchair in winter, he can wear a scarf to cover his legs, so that it won't be cold!"

Xiao Ping didn't expect that this fiery little pepper still had such a careful side, and couldn't help but comfort her softly: "In fact, what the elders value is your heart, and it has nothing to do with how expensive the gift is." You prepared a gift with great care, I'm sure your grandfather will like it?"

"Really?" Xiao Ping's words made Song Lei happy again, and she actually kissed him heavily over the phone.

Xiao Ping couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Hey, what's the situation?"

"This is Xie Lu, thank you for persuading me, this girl is in a much better mood now!" Song Lei smiled on the other side of the phone: "It's almost twelve o'clock, I'm going to accompany my father to set off firecrackers, see you again!"

"See you again!" Xiao Ping said goodbye to Song Lei with a smile, and the dense sound of firecrackers had begun to sound in Xiaozhou Village not far away, and the new year was coming.