Xia Zhenyuan and Qiu Zhi did not know why Xia Cha was asking them to collect such things on the mountain, but they had gotten used to listening to Xia Cha’s arrangements recently.
In the following days, Xia Zhenyuan took care of the fruit trees on the mountain and went to collect mountain goods when he had time.
Qiu Zhi fed the poultry at home and made many pickles.
It was time for the three sisters to start school. Once they paid the tuition fees, there was not much money left at home.
Xia Cha had originally agreed with the Sixth Master on the JP stage that she would not sing after school started.
However, her family needed money urgently now, so Xia Cha discussed with the Sixth Master and decided on singing three songs on the weekend.
When Xia Zhenyuan and Qiu Zhi learned of Xia Cha’s decision, they did not agree to her going to sing again. Afraid that it would affect her studies, Xia Zhenyuan proposed to work at the coal mine again.
Xia Cha did not agree to Xia Zhenyuan going to the coal mine. She promised repeatedly that her test results would definitely be top-notch.
After the first month of exams, Xia Cha’s results were ranked in the top ten and had improved a lot. Only then did Xia Zhenyuan and Qiu Zhi believe that her singing on the big stage during the weekend would not affect her results.
Xia Cha would upload a video of her singing three times a week, as well as the scenery of the mountains.
Two months later, her fan count rose to 600,000.
As long as she posted a video, there would be tens of thousands of likes.
An advertiser had contacted her, but she had not accepted the advertisement.
There were also many fans who wanted her to do a live-stream, but she had no intention of doing so.
Every day, she would receive many private messages and many people would come to the mountains to take a look.
One of the fans had privately messaged her for a week.
He said that he wanted to bring his company’s employees to hike up the mountain and eat home-grown food there. As long as Xia Cha agreed, the price was negotiable.
That fan’s company was in Yan City.
Xia Cha went around the chicken coop. The chickens and ducks had grown a lot, and the pickles her mother made were ready.
It was time.
Xia Cha informed the fan of her number. After they communicated, Xia Cha learned that the fan was called Sister Wang.
Xia Cha asked Sister Wang to bring her staff over on Saturday, and she got ready on her end.
After communicating with Sister Wang, Xia Cha told Xia Zhenyuan and Qiu Zhi about this news.
“Dad, go to the city and buy some tents tomorrow. Although it’s expensive, you’ll earn money from renting it out in the future.”
Xia Zhenyuan nodded. “I’ll listen to Cha Cha.”
“Mom, it’s Saturday the day after tomorrow. There will be twenty guests here. Prepare dishes for them.”
When Qiu Zhi heard that there would be twenty customers, she roughly understood Xia Cha’s idea of letting them collect mountain goods and prepare pickles. “Cha Cha, do you want us to open a restaurant in the future?”
“Mom, I’m planning to turn this place into a farm stay. Didn’t we plant fruits that can be plucked all year round on the mountain? There’s also a natural waterfall. When guests come, they can pick fruits, eat farm vegetables, fish, and camp and stay.”
Qiu Zhi looked at her family’s current environment and was a little worried. “But our house is still a brick house. Would the guests feel uncomfortable staying here?”
“No, the people in the big city come here to experience a simple and natural life. We just have to show them our most natural selves.”
When Qiu Zhi and Xia Zhenyuan heard Xia Cha’s words, they were both worried and expectant.
Would the guests really like it here?
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After school on Friday, the three sisters returned.
When Xia Lan and Xia Xing learned that there would be many guests tomorrow, the sisters were extremely excited and expectant.
Xia Cha had told her plans to her two sisters some time ago.
Xia Lan and Xia Xing were looking forward to having guests and liked their life here.
If they could manage the farmhouse, their parents would have a stable income in the future. The family would not have to worry about livelihoods anymore, and Cha Cha would not have to go to Yan City to sing every week.
Sister Wang and the rest wanted to stay here for the night and leave after having lunch on Sunday.
They had to prepare lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast and lunch on Sunday.
There was still a lot of work to do. After the three sisters came back from school, they got busy with Qiu Zhi and hardly rested.
They only went to bed in the middle of the night and got up early the next morning to start working again.
At around nine, Old Master Xia and Xia Zhenli from the third branch came over.
Old Master Xia was here to make an offer.
Although he was the same as Xia Wangshi and looked down on Xia Zhenyuan’s honest nature, the latter was still his son after all. After their family moved out, he was still worried about them.
He had heard that Xia Zhenyuan had not gone out to work in the past few months. Qiu Zhi had also been feeding some poultry at home. Old Master Xia thought that they were living in poverty and wanted to bring Xia Zhenli over to convince Xia Zhenyuan to give in and return to the orchard to work.
Ever since Xia Zhenyuan’s family moved to the mountains, it was Old Master Xia’s first time here.
In his impression, the house here was old and shabby. It would leak when it rained and could collapse at any time.
The surroundings were overgrown with weeds, and even beggars might not be willing to stay here.
However, the scene in front of him was completely different from what he had imagined.
Coming from the foot of the mountain, there were no weeds around. The muddy road was covered with small stones and there were many red and yellow wild flowers planted on both sides.
They walked along the stone path and arrived at a yard surrounded by bamboo.
The yard was very big and clean. Under the date tree was a swing and a small flowerbed.
Although Qiu Zhi fed the chickens and ducks, she did not put them in the yard, so the yard didn’t smell.
From the entrance of the yard to the house, a small path had been paved out. The path was covered with stones that had been fished out from the river and looked different.
Old Master Xia did not expect that the second branch would take care of a place that no one wanted and make it so warm and comfortable.
Apart from the courtyard, the house that was once in danger was also well repaired.
They had changed the tiles, and the walls were plastered with cement, and there were several pots of vibrant green plants hanging on them.
It wasn’t just Old Master Xia who was shocked. Even Xia Zhenli’s eyes were filled with disbelief.
“Dad, Second Brother’s family seems to be doing better than we thought!”
Old Master Xia nodded. “Let’s go in and take a look.”
After entering the main hall, the walls were white. There were several paintings by Xia Cha hanging on the wall, and some handmade ornaments that Xia Zhenyuan had made himself were also placed there.
There were also two large round tables.
Old Master Xia and Xia Zhenli walked into the kitchen.
Xia Zhenyuan and his family were busy in the room. Hearing the sound, Xia Zhenyuan looked up at the door.
“Dad, Third Brother, why are you here?”
Hearing Xia Zhenyuan’s words, Old Master Xia frowned.
Xia Zhenyuan did not look as dark as before, and his body had become stronger. He did not look like he was starving.
Old Master Xia looked at the other people from the second branch and his gaze landed on Xia Cha, almost not recognizing her.
In the past few months, Xia Cha had been taking care of her skin and eating nutritious food. She was no longer that skinny little girl.
