My 1995 Small Farm.

Chen Ling hadn't actually had time to carefully calculate the final accounts for this year.

After Wang Susu finished her postpartum confinement, the young couple did a rough calculation.

After all, with two more babies added to the family, it's important to figure out how much money they have.

Later, Sun Yanhong and Han Chuang would come every few days to divide the money, and it kept increasing.

It was only when my second brother-in-law was making spicy snacks that the accounts were sorted out.

To everyone's surprise, at the end of the year, Liang Yuemin's side had a major outburst.

The dividends were more than all of Chen Ling's previous savings combined.

In addition, they came here this time with a new beverage.

After being branded with the name 'Fugui Mountain Villa', the braised beef noodles became incredibly popular.

Liang Yuemin himself said that the achievements he couldn't make at Coca-Cola were all accomplished by Chen Ling in other directions.

Let's calculate the revenue share from beverages based on the current trend.

Wow, I can finally relax.

This time, we can finally relax completely.

In this day and age, it's no exaggeration to say that Chen Ling is "making a fortune every day and financially independent."

With this money, opening a new store would be a piece of cake for Sun Yanhong.

They have the confidence and the courage to spend money.

Then it doesn't matter whether it's a restaurant or a toy store or snack store that Little Chestnut wants.

Even if two stores open together, it's not a problem.

Yu Qi'an went back to start a dog farm.

Sun Yanhong will be busy opening her shop at the end of the year.

As the boss, Liang Yuemin couldn't get away from his duties.

Yu Bangjin and others, due to the unusual circumstances of this year and the money they made following Sun Yanhong, have become obsessed with money and refuse to come out.

Even those who used to come out to fight and race dogs every winter and spring are now busy with their own things.

Actually, by this time, Chen Ling didn't have many friends in the city anymore.

Old Zhou and the others had already left long ago.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, there's nothing more to say, let's hurry back home.

When they returned, they naturally brought their families with them, including the elderly, children, and even Liu Yinhuan and Qin Yueru.

At this time of year, shopping and preparing for the New Year are much faster than before.

Chen Ling bought several coats of different styles in one go.

He has his own, and his wife's too.

Normally, it would take a long time to shop around, but before going home, everything was done quickly.

Buy whatever looks good to you.

Buy anything that's useful and that you can take back.

And so, they rushed back on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month.

They still traveled by water and at night.

Upon arriving in Tenghe Township, Chen Ling went home to drive and pick up the people and belongings.

In previous years, after the Laba Festival, the village would gradually have the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.

Fluffing cotton, pulling new cloth.

The cotton-padded coat for the New Year needs to be made.

In the countryside, nobody is willing to spend money to buy ready-made clothes.

Many of them wore cotton-padded coats as outer garments or had them made by tailors.

Then comes grinding new flour and new rice.

After the new wheat and rice are milled, they are used to make New Year's steamed buns and rice cakes on New Year's Eve.

Find a painter to paint new images of gods for the New Year.

The old statues will be burned and sent to heaven before the new year.

Then, they changed the broom and the door curtain.

In short, everything we eat, wear, and use needs to be replaced with new ones in order to welcome the New Year.

Even the poorest families would make lively preparations.

At least make a new curtain.

But this year is different.

Chen Ling wanted to build a breeding farm in the east of the city, and most of the villagers in Chenwangzhuang went there to work and get paid.

The rest were basically those who couldn't do the work or those who were too embarrassed to work under Chen Ling.

As a result, the whole village lost all its festive atmosphere by the end of the year.

The number of elderly people and children left behind in rural areas has increased prematurely.

Logically speaking, Chinese people, especially those from the countryside, shouldn't be like this, as they value the New Year so much.

It's already the 20th of the twelfth lunar month.

It's time to stay home and prepare for the Lunar New Year.

That's not the case at all.

This year, the villagers have become addicted to making money.

From selling crayfish from the reservoir to buying wild fruits in the fall, and providing food and lodging for tourists, the villagers have earned much more money than in previous years.

They got more and more enthusiastic as they worked.

The more I do it, the more excited I get.

In addition, Chen Ling's side provided meals, paid a good wage, and allowed men, women, and children to go.

Anyone who doesn't go to this place is a fool.

This made it impossible for Wang Lixian and the other supervisors to stop work for two days and even do some New Year's shopping.

The villagers were incredibly enthusiastic about their work.

There's no other way; everyone's been terrified of poverty.

Who wouldn't want to save more money?

Who wouldn't want to have more money in their pocket and live a better life?

Such a great opportunity doesn't come around often; we can't miss it.

So they worked at every single household they could find, busy every day at the Chengdong Forest Farm.

So much so that when Chen Ling and the others returned to the village at nine o'clock in the morning, there was hardly anyone to be seen inside or outside the village.

Only a pack of dogs roamed the wheat field, chasing and playing with each other. Further away, geese flew about.

With fewer people in the village, the geese have come to eat the wheat seedlings again.

In addition, the villagers deliberately indulged the geese, so they came unusually frequently and had already made this place another base.

"What a mess! We came back for the New Year, but there were hardly any people in the village. We couldn't feel any festive atmosphere at all. It was much better to stay in the city. The city is much more lively than here!"

Wang Cunye looked around, his thoughts lingering on his old buddies in the village, but they were mostly working in the east of the city.

Even now, he has taken away the sheep from the family and is temporarily raising them in an abandoned flour mill in the west of the city, where someone takes care of them every day.

"No need to rush, Dad. We'll stop working after the 25th. We can't keep working until New Year's Eve just to make money, can we? That's not going to happen!"

Chen Ling patted his father-in-law on the back: "Go home first, go home and pack up the things for the New Year, turn the cupboards upside down, clean out the old things, throw away what needs to be thrown away, wash what needs to be washed, no matter what, we need to prepare ourselves."

Gao Xiulan chimed in, "Then that's the only way. Let's tidy up the house and go to the hospital this afternoon to see if Dujuan is feeling better. She called a while ago and said she was having labor."

"Uncle, I'm going to my grandma's house with my mom today. When are you going to pick me up? I haven't trained my little parrot properly yet!"

Before Wang Susu could say anything while holding Rui Rui, the chubby boy had already asked a question first.

"Tell me, why don't we wait for your dad to come? Your grandparents miss you so much, don't you want to stay a few more days?" Chen Ling reached out and picked him up.

Then I took the little chestnut down.

When it was time to hold Rui Rui, the little rascal slipped off his arm like a slippery mouse.

It squeaked and ran towards the village with its short legs.

"Niu Niu! Niu Niu!"

"Moo~"

The little white calf slowly got up and looked over gently.

Little Green Horse poked its big head out from its nose, exhaled two thick breaths that turned into two wisps of white smoke in the winter morning, and then placed its enormous head on the wall, quietly blinking its big eyes and pretending to be obedient.

"We're back! We're back! We're back!"

Little Chestnut swung her little arms and screamed shrilly.

She was the happiest, because unlike the chubby boy who had to go back to his grandmother's house with his mother, she could go everywhere with Chen Ling and was incredibly excited.

Rui Rui ran ahead, and she followed behind.

The two little ones rushed to the white calf, one after the other, and hugged its drooping head, stroking it back and forth, calling out, "Niu Niu, do you miss me?"

The chubby boy was in no mood for anything and said sullenly, "I'm hungry, Uncle. I can't walk anymore. Let's have a meal at your house before going to Grandma's!"

Seeing this, Liu Yinhuan pinched his ear in annoyance: "Look at you, going to Grandma's house is like going to the execution ground."

"Let's play for another half day then, and go again in the afternoon when it gets warmer."

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Chen Ling reached out and patted his head: "Put your things away. Uncle will take you to the county town to drink beef soup and eat fried dough sticks first. In the morning, we'll go to Uncle's newly built deer farm to play."

Anyway, we have a car. When the deer farm is finished and the deer are herded there, Uncle will come and call you, okay?

Chen Ling likes to tease children, but when the little fat boy is really in a bad mood...

He is still measured.

You still need to coax them.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the chubby boy's mood improved considerably, and he stopped looking so gloomy.

"Uncle, you mustn't forget, and also, I want to raise a baby sika deer next year!"

"Okay, I won't forget. I must pick you up early."

Chen Ling assured him, "We'll call Liu Ni'er later, and she can write it down and remind me, okay?"

"Alright, let's go quickly then!"

The chubby boy couldn't get enough of playing in the countryside.

There are no skyscrapers, no highways, and not many cars in the countryside. It's a vast open space with delicious food and fun activities. It's so enjoyable that I naturally don't want to leave.

"Wait, don't rush. Go home first, put your things down, and catch your breath."

Chen Ling turned around to get something. Just then, someone rode a bicycle over on the dirt road in the distance. It was Wang Laiyun.

"Is Fugui back? Have you gone to check on him in the east of the city?"

"No, I just got home. Uncle Laiyun, is something the matter?"

"It's nothing, I just went to your shed to pick some mushrooms. Your mushrooms are growing so fast! I was saying before that we wouldn't be able to sell them in time, but now I see that they've already grown so many, in handfuls, before the New Year is even here."

Li Xian and his son-in-law and a few others sold some of it for you.

The rest of the time is spent cooking when I need to work.

Braised pork with mushrooms, wow, that big pot of stew is so delicious.

We're more motivated every day than we were in the old production team.

"Wow, how many batches of mushrooms have you sold already?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling was greatly surprised. Before leaving, he entrusted the matter to Wang Lixian, Wang Jusheng, and a few others.

They handled everything from paying wages to assigning tasks.

Now, when I hear them making decisions for me to sell mushrooms, I don't feel anything is wrong.

Mushrooms are something that can't be delayed; if they're not picked in time when they get old, they'll rot.

Therefore, there was no resistance or other thoughts.

I was just surprised to hear this.

It seems like working together with the villagers is a pretty good idea.

“It’s been sold. It was Li Xian’s son-in-law, Xiao Fang, who sold it to you in Wangbacheng.”

Wang Laiyun came specifically to see Chen Ling when he saw her return. He was very excited when talking about recent events: "I knew you were busy in the city, so I didn't call you to report in detail."

Now that you've finished digging up the trees, your deer farm is doing really well.

The people said they were paid daily, and previously the payment was calculated per tree.

Fu Gui is too kind and benevolent.

You'd better make this place where you raise livestock look nicer.

None of them know how to do bricklaying, but they know how to mix mud.

I don't know how to mix mud, but I can build a shed.

If all else fails, I know how to chop firewood, saw wood, and even wallpaper the ceiling.

Anyway, everyone is eager to do any work.

Three cobblers with their wits combined are better than one Zhuge Liang.

Go and see for yourself, the deer farm's walls haven't even been built yet, but the livestock pens have already been constructed for you.

They even dug drainage ditches and manure ditches for you.

Li Xian said he had never even considered building a ditch for sewage disposal. (End of Chapter)