On the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, the zoo officially closed. Only a dozen local workers remained to take turns caring for the animals, receiving triple pay; the rest were given the day off. Early in the morning, Li Moer went to the zoo and gave each employee a 1,000 yuan year-end bonus, earning them all gratitude and praise for having a great boss.

She gave her third uncle and aunt each a year-end bonus of 10,000 yuan, which scared them so much that they hid their hands behind their backs and didn't dare to accept it.

Li Moer put the money directly into Third Aunt's hand and said, "Take it, Third Aunt. If you hadn't helped me take care of the zoo, I wouldn't have the time to run around and do other things."

After a pause, she continued, "Uncle San and Aunt San don't have to go back this year. I'll send the workers home this afternoon, and then bring grandpa and grandma over to spend the New Year here."

Li Zhihe and Liu Zhaodi looked at each other and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble Mo'er this year. We'll celebrate the New Year here!"

After chatting with his uncle and aunt for a while, Li Moer drove to the National Security Department, drove an Osprey transport plane loaded with five tons of rice to the zoo, and then took thirty or forty workers from Xiaoli Village to fly to Qipan Mountain.

Xiaoli Village in Qipan Mountain is now much quieter than it was two years ago. On the one hand, the zombie incident killed more than a dozen villagers and injured many others. Dozens of young people went to Yaowang Valley Zoo, making this small mountain village lose its former laughter and joy. The families who lost their loved ones have not yet come out of their grief.

The rumbling sound of the propellers seemed to restore the power of the village. Many people ran out of their houses and looked up at the sky. When they saw the strange-looking transport plane, they were all excited, especially the children. They jumped and clapped their hands, shouting, "Dad is back, Dad is back!"

The osprey landed steadily beside the big locust tree, blowing up countless snowflakes.

The back door opened, and the men came out one by one. The children rushed over and hugged them tightly. The men walked home with the children in their arms. The thick banknotes in their bulging pockets made them walk with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, full of confidence.

Their salary this year is more than double that of workers in the county town. How can they not be confident?

Those young men who are single will probably have their doors knocked down by couples this year.

The captain came over and greeted Li Moer. Li Moer took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from the helicopter and handed it to him, saying, "Second Grandpa, here's one for you. This cigarette doesn't make you cough."

The captain quickly stuffed it into his cotton-padded jacket and tightened it with his cloth belt. He felt he could never finish smoking this cigarette, it was too high-end, and he couldn't bear to smoke it. He only brought a few to show off at village meetings.

Li Moer pulled him into the helicopter cabin and pointed at the five tons of rice and said, "Second Grandpa, let's divide this rice among everyone!"

Then she took out another five thousand yuan and said, "Second Grandpa, give this money to those who were hurt by the zombies last time and those who died. Let them have a good New Year."

The team leader had tears in his eyes and kept saying thank you to her on behalf of everyone. He would record all the good things she had done for the village in the village ancestral hall so that future generations would know about the good things that Li Moer had done for everyone.

In fact, the ancestral hall now has more than a page of records about her. There's a story about how in a certain year and month, Li Moer was appointed company commander, then promoted to battalion commander, then deputy regimental commander. And then there's the story about the zombie incident. If it weren't for her, Li Moer, the entire Xiaoli Village would have been wiped out by the zombies. And so on...

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