The first rays of sunlight in the morning slanted across the eastern horizon, reflecting a dazzling white glow on the Black Rice Wasteland.

It had snowed all night last night, and although it had stopped before dawn, it still accumulated a thick layer of snow on the ground, and Cook stepped on it, and his whole calf was about to sink into it.

Shaking his head and pulling his right foot out of the snow, Cook continued to walk deep and shallow along the perimeter of the non-ferrous metal smelter.

As the director of the non-ferrous metal smelting plant set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce outside the Worrall werewolf tribe, Cook certainly has a heavier responsibility than others, even though today is the first day of the new year, he still chooses to stick to his post, and the first thing he does when he gets up is to inspect the entire factory.

However, because of the New Year's holiday, the factory has been shut down for several days in advance, and now there is no one around, Cook made a round as usual, and found that there was nothing abnormal, so he ended today's work.

While hesitating whether to return to the warm dormitory with a magical air conditioner and continue to sleep with his head covered, or to go to the mine on the other side to check on the situation, a werewolf strode quickly from the direction of the Worrall werewolf tribe.

Cook took a closer look and saw that the werewolf was Wolf, who worked as a porter in the factory, and raised his hand to greet him.

"Hey, Wolf, what are you doing in the factory instead of staying at home with your wife and children on the first day of the new year?"

Wolf cracked his wolf mouth and laughed, ran over and grabbed Cook's arm and said, "Director Cook, the patriarch asked me to invite you to the tribe as a guest, let's go." ”

"Guest?" Cook was stunned. "I'm human. Wouldn't it be nice to go to your werewolf tribe on the first day of the new year?"

"What, Director, do you look down on us werewolves?" asked Worf, his eyes wide.

"No, no, no. I didn't mean that. I just think. Today is the first day of the new year, and you werewolves should have your own activities, and it is not so suitable for me to be a human to mix in. ”

"What's appropriate or inappropriate?" Worf grinned and said nonchalantly: "We've been working together for more than half a year, do you still treat yourself as an outsider?" The patriarch said that it must be boring for you to spend the New Year here alone, so let me invite you and let you see how we werewolves spend the New Year." ”

"But ......"

"Alright. Don't say so much. You weren't so squirming when I came to you for a drink last night, let's go!"

Wolf didn't say a word, and tugged hard.

How could Cook keep up with the strength of Worf, an adult werewolf, he was dragged by him and trotted in the direction of the Worrall werewolf tribe.

After entering the Worrall werewolf tribe, Cook found that today's tribe was indeed a little different from usual, except that every house was decorated with red cloth, and there was a strong smell of meat coming from every door and window, which made people appetite just by sniffing it.

After meeting Cook, every werewolf in the tribe, young and old. They all smiled warmly at him.

Although the wolf faces are not so good-looking to smile, they can still make people feel their enthusiasm.

Cook couldn't help but sigh.

I still remember when I was just sent by the elder to take charge of this non-ferrous metal smelting plant. When the werewolves of the Worrall werewolf tribe saw him, their eyes were always full of suspicion and vigilance, and even some unkindness.

But it's only been more than half a year, and the attitude of these werewolves has changed so dramatically.

The reason for this is simple, because with the official mining of the mine and the creation of the non-ferrous metal smelting plant that Cook was in charge of, almost every household in the Worrall werewolf tribe had werewolves in it, and they were paid several gold coins every month.

And near the end of the year, each werewolf worker, like the human worker, also received a year-end bonus of a minimum of thirty gold coins.

With such a stable income, coupled with the qualification to purchase goods on an equal basis with humans through labor certification, the lives of the werewolves of the Worrall werewolf tribe have improved significantly.

For example, the wooden house of the Worrall Patriarch is now not only equipped with a magic air conditioner on the wall, which makes the whole room warm like spring, but also other household magic machines such as magic stoves, magic kettles, magic bread machines, etc.

Of course, all of them are new flying cards.

Cook's gaze swept over these household magic machines, and he couldn't help but snicker in his heart.

The last time Kennard, the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, visited the non-ferrous metal smelting plant, he had privately chatted with Cook about the werewolves of the Worrall Werewolf tribe buying new flying brand household magic machinery.

According to statistics, in just this half a year, these werewolves have purchased a total of more than 300 magic air conditioners and more than 500 magic stoves from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and almost every household has one or two other household magic machines.

With these household magic machines sold to them, it can be said that all the salaries paid to them by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have been earned, which means that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has spent almost no money when hiring these wolf workers.

And these werewolves are extremely grateful to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so much so that they are also very warm and respectful to Cook.

At the end of the day, their lives are a lot better than they used to be.

Now the werewolves of the Worrall werewolf tribe have become the most envied targets of several orc tribes near the Black Rice Wasteland, and the other orcs see the good living conditions of the Worrall werewolf tribe now, and their attitude towards cooperating with humans has quickly changed from the previous vigilance and resistance to the initiative and pandering.

Not far from the Worrall werewolf tribe, a production base jointly built by four chambers of commerce was created in just two months.

If it weren't for the fact that since the beginning of winter, the black rice wasteland has become colder, and the construction has to be stopped, maybe one or two factories would have started directly now.

"Come, Director Cook, I'll toast you. Chief Worrall's voice shook Cook from his musings.

Seeing the huge wine glass in the hand of the Worrall patriarch, he smiled bitterly in his heart. Take it and drink it down.

"Okay! I like people like you, Director Cook. Patriarch Worrall praised. He filled the glass in Cook's hand. "Come on. This cup, let us toast to President Xu of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Although he is not here, I still want to thank him on behalf of all our people. If he hadn't chosen to invest near our tribe in the first place, the people's lives would not have been so good. Here, toast!"

Cook naturally couldn't refuse this reason for toasting, and glanced at the huge wine glass in his hand, he shook his head slightly, thinking that he hadn't thought about it before. There is an experience of spending the first day of the new year drunk in an orc tribe.

"Come, do it!" a thought flashed through him, and Cook raised his glass and touched it with Patriarch Worrall, and drank it all in one gulp.

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When Cook finished his second drink, Daddy Afaria took Archie out with him, and was about to go around the homes of the other farmers who had come from Bunta City to say New Year's greetings to each other.

Glancing at the bright sunlight above his head and the warmth he felt on his body, Father Afaria muttered and shook his head with a strange expression.

He is fifty-four years old this year. It's the first time I've spent the New Year outside of Bonta City, and it's a really peculiar feeling.

Moreover, the climate of the Duchy of Standine is very different from that of the Kingdom of Lampari. If you were in Bonta City, even if it wasn't snowing, the weather would be very cold, and every year when you go out to greet each other at this time, Daddy Afaria will wear a thick cotton coat to protect against the cold.

And now in the Duchy of Stantin, the New Year here is about the same as the spring and autumn temperatures in Bonta City, and Daddy Afaria even needs to put on a coat and go out.

Archie next to him was young and strong, and he only wore a single coat, not even a coat.

Of course, unlike previous years, Daddy Afaria and Archie are now wearing brand new and well-made clothes, which are undoubtedly much better than in previous years when they wore clothes without patches, even if they were new clothes.

Glancing at Archie, who was wearing a full set of thirteen gold coins, so he looked extremely handsome, Father Afaria felt more grateful to Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in his heart, patted Archie on the shoulder, and strode in the direction of Leia's house with him.

This time, because of the recruitment of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, more than 2,000 farmers were relocated from Bangta City at once, and many of them moved over as a whole like Father Afaria and Leia's family.

After arriving here and moving into the neat and uniform houses that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had prepared in advance, it was natural to form a village composed of farmers in Bangta City.

Even though most of these farmers were not familiar with each other until then, after they arrived in a foreign country, they naturally began to communicate frequently, and the relationship between them quickly became closer.

Since the Duchy of Stantin is so far away from the city of Bonta that it takes nearly a week to go back and forth, most of the farmers who come here during the Chinese New Year this year choose not to go back, but to stay here for the New Year.

As soon as Daddy Afaria and Archie walked out the door, countless people greeted each other along the way, congratulating them on the New Year.

When they arrived at Leia's house, Leia's father was about to go out, and when he saw the arrival of Afalia's father and son, he hurriedly welcomed them in.

Archie bowed respectfully to Leia's parents for a year, and then unceremoniously slipped into the back room and pulled Leia, who had just put on her new clothes, out directly.

Seeing Leia and Archie, who also looked younger and more beautiful after wearing new clothes, stood together, Father Afaria's heart moved, and he glanced at Leia's father and winked at him.

Leia's father understood and waved his hand to Archie and Leia: "Okay, you two go out to play, you don't need to be busy with family affairs, just remember to come back for dinner at noon." ”

Archie immediately happily took Leia's hand: "Let's go, Leia, let's go to the dock by the sea to play." I've rented a boat from the local fishermen at the beach and we can go out to sea. Think about it, how fun it is to be able to go to sea on the first day of the new year!"

Leia was also excited, and asked her father with her eyes, and after receiving an affirmative answer, she saluted Father Afaria and ran out with Archie happily.

Looking at the backs of the two of them leaving happily, Father Afaria smiled, turned to Leia's father and said, "I see...... These two children are so compatible, why don't you just let them get married?"

To the surprise of Father Affalia, Leia's father did not hesitate at all, and nodded very happily.

"Well, I've had that idea for a long time. After the New Year, find a good time for them to get married. ”

Leia's mother on the side also nodded and said, "Yes, it's better for them to get married as soon as possible, so that they don't get tired of being together all day now, and sooner or later something will happen." ”

Father Afaria glanced at Leia's mother, thought about it, but couldn't refute it.

Archie had been with a young man like Lhea for a long time, and it was hard to know what they were going to do.

However, for the refreshing reaction of Leia's parents, Father Afaria is very satisfied.

Thinking that the reason why they agreed so readily must be because their family also moved here and could earn hundreds of gold coins every year, Father Afalia was even more grateful to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in his heart.

"Alright, let's discuss......"

At this time, Archie and Leia, who were running towards the beach, did not expect that the marriage between the two of them was confirmed by their parents at this time. (To be continued......)