After the construction of the Baotou Steel-Bound Wooden Railway, which can almost be called the main artery of the future industrial park, began, Xia Lin was resident in his office in the industrial park.

While dealing with the various affairs of various factories that have been experiencing problems due to the deterioration of the quality of management personnel, he also goes to the railway site from time to time to check the progress of the project, and at the same time uses his professional knowledge to solve some problems on the construction site.

After the new employees of each factory completed the run-in and the factory production began to get on track, the daily profit of Xinglan Industrial Park rose again.

It has risen from 110 gold lun per day to about 240 gold lun per day, most of which is due to the profits provided by soap factories and distilleries.

To Xia Lin's surprise, the newly launched rum was not very popular with the people living in the hot and humid imperial capital because it had been distilled and had a high degree. They still prefer fruit wines with a soft taste and a low alcohol content.

However, this new spirit was very popular with merchants from the northern countries, and many merchants from the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Liland learned of this new product through the channel of the commercial alliance, and they all ordered hundreds or even thousands of barrels of rum in one go, and the production schedule of the distillery was immediately full.

On January 13, 1392 in the imperial calendar, after finishing the work at hand as usual, Xia Lin came to the construction site and looked at the railway that had slowly winded out hundreds of meters, and felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Just when he walked around the construction site, found a lot of problems and asked Manager Maika to correct them one by one, and was about to leave here, he received an unexpected notification from the employee, and when he looked over, it was actually his father John Carr who came to him.

"Father, what are you doing here? Is something going on at home?"

Xia Lin, who was a little surprised, asked suspiciously, although he often went around the industrial park and Carl's lab, he would take a few days out of his month to go home for a day or two.

The last time I went home, I arranged for Hurley to go to Xinglan Elementary School, which was ten days ago.

The family knew that he was busy with work, and usually did not come to disturb him, and the affairs of the sugar factory were also summarized to Wyatt and then presented to Xia Lin's office, and for so long, old John came to look for him this time.

"Is there something I need to ask you...... Xia Lin, you can go home with me today!"

Seeing Xia Lin, Old John rubbed his hands in embarrassment, and proposed with a wandering gaze.

"Today? All right! I just haven't had anything going on lately, so I was going to check it out at the lab!"

Regarding his father's request, Xia Lin, who attaches great importance to his family, naturally would not refuse, and he agreed after thinking for a while.

When the sugar factory got off work, the father and son took a cargo ship from the industrial park to the North District wharf, and Long was already waiting at the wharf in a horse-drawn carriage.

Along the way, Xia Lin was asking Old John what he wanted to make up his own mind about at home, but Old John covered it up, and Xia Lin was even more suspicious of this appearance.

Could it be that Mother and Hurley have decided to move?

Since the opening of Carl's cake shop, the two of them have been completely immersed in the operation of the cake shop, and later Xia Lin made a lot of money, and wanted to buy a house in the East District with a better environment to settle down the family, but they were also rejected by the two of them, is it possible that they are now open?

Or is it that Starblue Elementary School has too much schoolwork and Hurley doesn't want to go to school?

If this is the case, Xia Lin will not agree, if it weren't for Anthony's age and his own home, Xia Lin would even drag him to Xinglan Primary School from the first grade, at least he would have to go to a worker's night school, not to mention the younger and more potential Hurley.

Thinking about various possible reasons, the carriage quickly arrived at the door of the shop, but the door of Carl's cake shop was closed, and only the light from the shimmering rune plate revealed through the crack in the door.

"Let's go! Don't block the door, get in quickly!"

Old John got out of the carriage behind Xia Lin and urged repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xia Lin reluctantly pushed away

As soon as he pushed the door open, four people suddenly popped out on both sides, and they shouted in unison:

"Happy Birthday!"

It was accompanied by sparse pieces of colored paper, and this unexpected scene made Xia Lin stunned in place:

"You are ...... this."

"Happy Birthday! Brother!"

"Happy Birthday! Xia Lin!"

"Happy Birthday! Son, what are you still doing? That's what you taught us before!"

Old John walked over from behind, patted Xia Lin on the shoulder and said with a smile. Inside the room were Hurley, Anthony, Bessie, Charlene's mother, Lannie, and Harper.

They carried a basket and kept scattering colorful scraps of paper around Xia Lin, a trick that Xia Lin had given them to use to create an atmosphere when they held a birthday party for their guests.

"I really didn't expect you to give me a birthday, by the way, is it my birthday today?"

Xia Lin looked around at everyone's happy faces, showing a look of surprise, but after thinking about it carefully for a long time, maybe it was because the infant brain was not fully developed at that time, and even as a mage, he couldn't recall the scene when he was born.

"Of course, you and Hurley were both born on Lucky Winter', and your birthday was twenty-three days before the New Year, and Hurley's birthday was more than a month after yours.

We don't remember, but the Templar Priest who delivered you both was still living in the Church in the western part of the Imperial Capital, and it was only after visiting the Priest that we found your birthday!"

Old John said with a smile.

"Now that the days are getting better and better, Hurley and I usually entertain guests in the cake shop, and from time to time we have the idea of holding your birthday party for the guests, and I always think that I should also hold a birthday party like this for you children!"

Lanny looked at the scene of the family reunion and said with some emotion.

"Mom, don't worry! The days to come will get better and better! Speaking of the eldest brother's birthday, what should I do?"

Faced with the surprise given to him by his family, Xia Lin nodded with some emotion, and then looked at Anthony who was grinning honestly and asked with some doubts.

"Him? It's all about to get married, and what birthday is there.

Moreover, he was not the same priest as the two of you, and I heard that he had already left the imperial capital, but we only remember that he seemed to have been born in the autumn, and the exact date is not clear."

Old John glanced at Anthony, who was smiling wryly, and explained nonchalantly.

In fact, if you want to hold a birthday party, you can set a close date at will, but due to various factors, Anthony's status at home has declined a little quickly recently, and his birthday party is naturally out of play.

"Okay! Then I'll come back for Hurley's birthday, and I'll send her a few sets of exam papers that I personally produced as birthday gifts, so that she can learn more knowledge!"

Xia Lin glanced at his eldest brother sympathetically, and then said to Hurley.

"Xia Lin!

！」

Hurley, who had already experienced the Hell of the Sea in Starblue Elementary School, suddenly went crazy, and Harper, who also had a deep understanding of this, couldn't help but laugh.

"I also prepared a carefully selected birthday gift for you, and you actually did this to me! Let me go to school every day and delay the business of the store, and even think about sending me test papers!"

Hurley pounced and wanted to use a crazy grasp, but was ruthlessly suppressed by Xia Lin, and the difference in height and arm length between the two siblings made Hurley completely unable to touch Xia Lin's body, and could only compete with his arm pressing his head.

"Alright, alright! It's okay if I don't send you the test papers, right? You're about to grow up, and when the time comes, how about I give you a gift that no one else has in the world, so that you can shine in front of your friends?"

Faced with his sister who was reluctantly competing with him, Xia Lin had to say helplessly, but this kind of fight between brother and sister reminded him of himself and Hurley when he was a child

The days of getting along feel quite memorable.

"Humph! That's what you said, a gift that the whole world doesn't have! I've got a jott of it!"

Hearing Xia Lin's promise, the indignant Hurley finally stopped.