It quickly got cold here.
People had been bustling all through autumn, but gradually, they settled into silence.
The crops that needed harvesting had all been gathered.
After the harvest, everyone had saved some money.
Those with broader connections and better financial conditions chose to go south for the winter.
It's warm there.
Some people stayed local, preparing to "hibernate."
Mrs. Xu even asked Xu Yang if he wanted to go to Sanya for the winter, where his aunt lived, to stay for two months.
Xu Yang declined, saying he had to watch over his farm during its first winter.
Moreover, his greenhouses were filled with off-season fruits that were just about to hit the market in winter.
That afternoon.
There wasn't much to do on the farm.
The workers were chatting idly while washing the floor in the pigpen.
Xu Yang was teasing the foxes in the open space.
He held small dried fish he had bought online, feeding them one by one.