Xiao Guang's cochlear implant was about to be activated. Huo Mingze was afraid that Xiao Guang would be nervous, so he proposed to take Xiao Guang out to have some fun and relax.
Actually, he also wanted to take Shen Mo Di out to relax.
"Are you free?" Shen Mo Di was also willing when she heard about taking Xiao Guang out to play.
"Yes," Huo Mingze smiled gently.
It was just that he would sign a few fewer contracts.
"Then where shall we go to play?" Shen Mo Di's eyes sparkled with excitement.
She also wanted to accompany Xiao Guang to relax.
Besides, today was Gu Tianxi's birthday. Every year on this day, she always felt a bit down.
"Xiao Guang isn't suitable for strenuous exercise. Let's go to a farmhouse to eat and drink, and then watch the stars and set off fireworks in the evening," Huo Mingze suggested.
"Great!" Shen Mo Di was looking forward to this arrangement.
Watching the stars and setting off fireworks were the romance and beauty that she liked.
Lu Chen had already started accompanying Xiao Guang all the way.
Xiao Guang's cochlear implant hadn't been activated yet, but he had already started gesturing to Xiao Guang to learn to say "father", and let Xiao Guang watch his lip movements to make sounds.
Xiao Guang tried several times, but he couldn't make a sound because of psychological barriers.
In the past ten-plus years, he would only unconsciously make babbling sounds when he was extremely anxious.
Lu Chen gestured in sign language, "Don't worry. Let's relax. We should have confidence in ourselves and also in Doctor Qiu. Among those who had cochlear implants installed by Doctor Qiu, whether they were adults or children, none of them failed. So, let's take it slow. Soon we'll be able to communicate normally. Come on, let's go out and play first."
Xiao Guang was a bit worried about his father when he heard about going out to play.
"Doctor Qiu is here. And your sister is going too," Lu Chen was extremely patient with Xiao Guang.
Hearing that Doctor Qiu would take care of his father, Xiao Guang felt at ease and agreed to go play.
"President, we'll take two cars," Assistant Lu was quite tactful.
It was okay to go together. Since it was a farmhouse trip, it wouldn't be lively with too few people. But he had to be sensible and leave some space for the president to fall in love!
"Okay," Huo Mingze was satisfied with Assistant Lu's arrangement.
In the afternoon, two cars set off from the urban area.
More than two hours later, they arrived at the farmhouse.
As soon as they parked the cars, not far away was a strawberry base.
"Shall we pick strawberries first and then roast sweet potatoes?" Huo Mingze asked for Shen Mo Di's opinion.
"Okay," Shen Mo Di looked at the several greenhouses and was a bit excited.
All the way here, the air was fresh.
People's moods also became relaxed.
"Here you are," Huo Mingze smiled and took two small baskets from the farmhouse staff and handed one to Shen Mo Di.
They went to pick strawberries.
Assistant Lu was very sensible and took Xiao Guang to another greenhouse.
Assistant Lu took Xiao Guang to pick strawberries and eat them at the same time.
Xiao Guang gestured and asked Assistant Lu, "Don't we wash them?"
Assistant Lu smiled and gestured, "Don't worry. A little dirt won't hurt."
Xiao Guang was influenced by Assistant Lu and also started eating while picking.
On Shen Mo Di's side.
Huo Mingze picked only the big strawberries. Some were especially plump and had a bit of an odd shape.
Shen Mo Di didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She reminded him, "Mingze, pick these normal ones instead of those strange-shaped ones."
"Yours are too small," Huo Mingze said.
"It doesn't matter. The red ones are sweet. It's said that those with strange shapes aren't that good," Shen Mo Di explained.
"Okay," Huo Mingze didn't ask why. What his wife said was right.
Shen Mo Di couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips with a smile when she saw Huo Mingze seriously picking small red strawberries.
Huo Mingze's fingers were really nice-looking. Even when he was picking strawberries, it seemed like an art.
In the past, she had also picked strawberries with Gu Tianxi...
She quickly shook off the memories of the past from her mind.
Afraid of thinking about it again, she talked to Huo Mingze, "Mingze, are we going to make the fire and roast sweet potatoes by ourselves later?"
"Yes."
"Then let's go and roast them now. We've picked enough strawberries," Shen Mo Di said.
"Okay."
Huo Mingze called Assistant Lu and they went to roast sweet potatoes together.
There was a large open space in this farmhouse, with tents set up one after another.
In front of the tents, there were people making fires in twos and threes and boiling tea around the fire.
Huo Mingze and his group arrived at the tent arranged for them by the farmhouse.
The fire had already been lit, the tea was hot, and oranges and chestnuts were being roasted on the fire pan...
Shen Mo Di immediately poured tea for everyone, peeled an orange for Huo Mingze, then took a small iron rod to poke at the firewood and threw several sweet potatoes and potatoes into it.
The group sat around, drinking tea, making the fire, roasting sweet potatoes and chatting.
Shen Mo Di casually said, "It would be nice if there was a roasted chicken."
The farmhouse staff immediately went to arrange it.
Soon, a marinated chicken wrapped in lotus leaves and coated with a thick layer of wet mud was brought over.
Shen Mo Di was shocked and pleasantly surprised, "There's really a roasted chicken?"
She then looked at Huo Mingze.
Huo Mingze smiled and replied, "Yes."
The staff helped put the chicken into the fire.
Shen Mo Di added firewood to the fire and took out the already roasted small sweet potatoes.
She was as busy as a little bee.
Huo Mingze would look at her from time to time, with a gentle smile in his eyes.
Soon it was getting dark.
The meal that Huo Mingze had ordered was ready to be served, and they moved to the farmhouse cottage.
As soon as they entered the room, the fragrance of the food filled the air.
All the dishes were farmhouse specialties.
There were farmhouse cured pork with smoked bamboo shoots, farmhouse dried mushrooms, farmhouse freshwater mussels, various wild game dishes and side dishes from the farmhouse.
The staff helped bring over the chicken that Shen Mo Di had roasted. They knocked off the mud outside in front of everyone. As soon as the mud was knocked off, the fragrance of the native chicken could be smelled.
Xiao Guang was young after all and also a foodie. When he smelled the fragrance, his eyes widened.
"I'll reward you with a chicken leg later," Assistant Lu smiled and gestured in sign language.
The staff wearing gloves helped tear the chicken apart and put it on a plate.
Huo Mingze immediately put two chicken legs into Shen Mo Di's and Xiao Guang's bowls respectively.
"Brother-in-law, you eat it," Xiao Guang gestured in sign language while putting the chicken leg into Huo Mingze's bowl.
Huo Mingze smiled and put the chicken leg back into Xiao Guang's bowl.
Xiao Guang got anxious and gestured hurriedly, trying to put the chicken leg back into Huo Mingze's bowl again.
Shen Mo Di smiled and gestured, "It's okay, Xiao Guang. You eat it. Your cochlear implant will be activated tomorrow. Eat a chicken leg and wish you a smooth activation."
She put the chicken leg in her own bowl into Huo Mingze's bowl, "You eat it too."
"Okay," The smile on Huo Mingze's lips grew even wider.
He picked up his chopsticks and started filling Shen Mo Di's bowl with various dishes, "Come on, this is farmhouse stir-fried beef with tender texture. Have a taste. This is the smoked bamboo shoots produced on the mountain behind. This is the rice-flavored cake..."
The bowls in front of Shen Mo Di and Xiao Guang were soon filled to the brim.
Assistant Lu thought that he should go to another table to eat, because this table was not only showing the affectionate couple but also making him, a poor little thing without anyone's care, feel left out.
The next moment, a lamb chop appeared in his bowl.
He was flattered all of a sudden.
Huo Mingze said, "Eat more!"
"Thank you, President," Assistant Lu beamed with joy.
It was cold at night in winter.
After dinner, Assistant Lu tactfully took Xiao Guang to the room to go to sleep.
The president was going to watch the stars, and he would be really thoughtless if he didn't leave them alone after getting the lamb chop from the president.