The sky and the earth were snow-white, and the evergreen pines and cypresses in the mountains were almost covered by heavy snow. Except for the gray sky and a lake in front of me, there was hardly any other color to be seen.

Since the beginning of winter, there have been four or five snowfalls, and even on flat ground, the snow has exceeded half a meter high, and in some low-lying places, people can drown their heads if they fall.

Zhou Nan and Stolko, Glevin and Helder all wore only sweaters, and each pulled a wooden plow-like snowboard and pulled the plow in front. Several women held plows in the back, clearing the snow from the road to the side of the road.

A few men were steaming, but several women were wrapped like tumblers, with thick gloves on their hands. Their heads were either wearing hats or headscarves, and only their happy little faces were revealed.

"Jonas, hurry up, Uncle Glevingne shovels so fast!"

Although Zhou Nan's physical strength is no worse than that of Glewin, he is not a person who often does farm work, and Audrey has little strength and often can't hold the wooden plow, resulting in rework, so their progress is almost the slowest.

Glewin heard Audrey's sneer, and laughed more and more proudly, and ran with all his might.

Held's youngest son, Tanif, who was plowing behind him, didn't pay attention, slipped under his feet, and squatted on his buttocks. Glevin was even more miserable, the resistance behind him disappeared at once, and he couldn't stop the car, and threw himself into the snow all at once.

Everyone burst into laughter, and Brentany laughed at his brother. "Tanif, you're stupid enough to wrestle like this."

Tanif was used to being bullied by his sister, and he didn't stiffen his mouth, so he got up from the ground in embarrassment, patted the snowflakes on his body, and saw if Glewin had fallen heavily.

Although Holder's mother, Mrs. Held, was old, she was in good health, and after coming to Switzerland, she had enough food and recovered quickly.

She pushes a small cart with bulk industrial rock salt on top of it, which she spreads evenly and unhurriedly on the road.

Salt melts snow and ice and prevents freezing. However, such a heavy snowfall has a very poor anti-icing effect, and it can only be managed for one day at most.

There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, and Glevin was not injured, but he was covered in snowflakes. In this weather of minus ten degrees, the snowflakes on his beard were melted and frozen into ice by body temperature, which looked very funny.

Only a group of dogs knew nothing about the cold, frolicking in the snow that was almost as deep as their height.

In the past, John was only a shadow, but now he not only has a wife, but also five children, and he is not as attached to Zhou Nan as before.

As for Ollie, this dog has never been close to Zhou Nan, and is now Kelly's loyal lackey. Even their children, because Zhou Nan has taken care of very little since he was a child, has always only listened to Glewin's words.

Melissa took two of them, and the remaining five dogs were all kept. Zhou Nan named them after gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and in the future, he also wants to train them to be sheepdogs.

For this reason, Glewin also took them to the pet training center for special training, and they were already better than their parents when it came to taking care of the sheep.

The men were tired and panting, but the girls were much more relaxed. Brentany and Audrey still have the energy to chat: "Audrey, when will your mother and brother be able to come over?" ”

"My brother's farm barn at Ian's house was crushed by heavy snow, and he had to fix the barn, so he couldn't come here two days late."

"It's nice to see Villa and Claudio today. Lily is a very cute child, and she doesn't know if Claudio's baby is cute? ”

"He was a very sweet boy, and Caroline's mother loved him so much."

"Hmph, boys are always more favored than girls."

Zhou Nan smiled excitedly while pulling the plow hard. Claudio gave birth to a boy last month, and now it's almost a full moon. This Christmas, I was originally going to let Zhou Nan go to Germany for the holidays.

But Zhou Nan is now sensitive and inconvenient to go out, so in the end, Yannick and the others decided to come to Switzerland for the holidays with their family.

There is no habit of confinement in Europe, Claudio has endured hardships again, his health is relatively good, and he has been alive again after giving birth to a child less than a week.

They came to take the train, and although the children were small, they didn't have a big impact.

Held's wife, Persha, appeared outside the small courtyard of their house and shouted, "Stagg, Tanif, Brentani, come back for breakfast first, and then go to work." ”

Before she could finish speaking, Stolko's wife appeared at her doorstep, not far from her. Although they are Germans, they both have a precise sense of time, but the upbringing of a petty bourgeois university teacher and a working female worker is completely different.

Standing at the door of her house, she saw that Stolko and her two sons had noticed her, so she waved lightly and quickly returned to the house.

Zhou Nan looked at his watch and said, "It's time for breakfast, let's go eat first, and then continue to work later." ”

Back in the main building, several people slapped the snowflakes on each other, took off their thick snow boots, and replaced them with light cotton slippers. The temperature outside was minus 10 degrees, but the fireplace was blazing, and the temperature inside the house exceeded 20 degrees.

Zhou Nan helped Audrey take off her cotton coat, she hugged Zhou Nan and kissed her, and ran to the small living room on the east side first. "Kelly's mother, is breakfast ready?"

Kelly replied, "Well, I was going to call you just now, and I saw you come back." ”

Zhou Nan hung Audrey's coat on the hanger at the door, saw Glewin's frozen beard, and said with a smile: "It's inconvenient to grow a beard in winter, you should follow my example and shave cleanly." ”

Glewin cleaned his beard in the mirror and said disdainfully, "Are you still a man without a beard?" ”

Zhou Nan rolled his eyes, there were almost no European men in this era who did not have beards, and they were even proud of having beautiful beards. As for a man like Zhou Nan who doesn't have a beard, in their eyes, he is a sissy.

The new house has only been in for less than half a month, and the house is filled with a fresh fragrance of various woods, which smells very good.

Passing through the small living room, there are two dining rooms, one large and one small. The small one is used by Zhou Nan when they eat alone, and the big one has a back-shaped table inside, which can seat about twenty people, but there is not much time to use it.

I stayed for half a month, that is, when I first invited Helder and them to dinner, I used it once. Usually there are only four of them, and they eat in a small restaurant.

On the easternmost side of the house, there is a Western-style kitchen connected to the Western-style kitchen, which is a Chinese-style kitchen. In addition to the function of the kitchen, the Chinese kitchen also provides heat for the floor heating of the house, and the hot water at home can also be supplied 24 hours a day.

The new home is too big, and the fireplace alone can't make the temperature inside the house reach more than 20 degrees.

Breakfast is not extravagant, but nutritious and hearty. Milk, bread, broth. Only Glewin is a carnivore, and Kelly grills a steak specifically for him.

Although it was early in the morning, Zhou Nan and Glewin each had a bowl of high hot rice wine in front of them, which was the highest degree in the wine brewed by Zhou Nan, nearly 30 degrees, and the wine was even stronger after heating.

In this cold weather, drinking a bowl of hot rice wine, the body is warm all morning.

"Mother Kelly, is it snowing so hard today, do you still have to go to the town to volunteer?"

"Of course, the more weather like this, the more pitiful the families in need become. Our town of Weggis is relatively good, and yesterday we heard that an old man in the town of Küsnacht had died of malnutrition. ”

The two women were gloomy for a while, and Glewin said disapplausively: "It's okay now, a few years ago, which town didn't die a few people in winter." Jonas donated so much money at once, and we've done well enough. ”

Just a few days ago, Swiss newspapers published Zhou Nan's total income for the year, and Zhou Nan's books sold well, and he received more than five million Swiss francs in royalties alone, more than one million US dollars.

That's not the bulk of his income, because his music records are selling stunningly. In just three months, he has sold nearly six million copies of his records, including two million in the United States alone.

Today's Swiss franc exchange rate has dropped a little, according to the exchange rate, these records have sold 6 million copies, that is, 6 million pounds, Zhou Nan can get 900,000 pounds of gross income, converted into Swiss francs, more than 10 million.

Switzerland does not levy any tax on personal income abroad, and Zhou Nan paid the tax abroad, and when the money returned to Switzerland, he did not have to pay taxes again, so his net income this year exceeded 10 million Swiss francs.

In '46, the average annual income of the Swiss was 2,800 Swiss francs, which was about 2,500 Swiss francs after tax deduction. The income of Zhou Nan is equivalent to the income of 4,000 workers, and the three towns of Wegis plus Megan, Küsnacht, nearly 10,000 people. His net income alone exceeded the net income of three towns.

So after entering December, Zhou Nan has a major job to spend money in addition to his usual writing books and making wine.

In the town of Weggis alone, he donated 500,000 Swiss francs to help the town build a hotel, which could increase the number of jobs for 50 people and increase the town's revenue.

Zhou Nan also donated 300,000 Swiss francs to the Lucerne State Government to subsidize a small number of poor families. In addition, Zhou Nan's donations to various charitable organizations have also reached nearly one million Swiss francs, which has received a lot of praise.

Audrey coquettishly said: "Then I won't go today, Caroline's mother and they will be there in the afternoon, and I have to prepare at home." ”

Kelly smiled and said: "I didn't want you to go, you are delicate, let you do those manual work, I will also feel distressed." I'll be back early in the afternoon, and we'll have a big meal tonight. ”

Thinking that Yannick and they would be able to arrive in the afternoon, Zhou Nan was also excited. "Today we will cook together, and I will also cook a few Chinese dishes for you."

Audrey immediately ordered: "Honey, there is chicken at home, I want to eat the kung pao chicken you made." ”

Zhou Nan said indulgently: "Okay...... I'll eat enough for you today. ”

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