Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 367 The uncle is back
Everyone was puzzled until Sheng Yunfang and the others cleaned up the kitchen and took out the dumpling soup from the pot before they found out the reason.

A coin was lying quietly at the bottom of the pot. It turned out that a dumpling containing money was boiled and the money fell to the bottom of the pot and was not fished out.

"That's what I'm saying? Where can this money go? It's the dumplings that make the money."

When the dumplings are broken on New Year's Eve, you can't call them broken, but they have to be called "earned". This is also a lucky word to ask for money.

There is a story that has been circulating in the past.

It is said that there was a big landowner in the early years. His family hired many long-term workers to cook dumplings on the New Year's Eve. The long-term worker in charge of cooking dumplings was named Pei.

The landlord went over and asked, "Have you made any money from the dumplings?"

The long-term worker surnamed Pei said, "I can't make any money as long as I am here."

As a result, all kinds of things happened to the landlord's family that year, and when the accounts were settled at the end of the year, they really didn't earn a penny.

So people later became particularly concerned about the New Year’s Eve dumplings, which must be said to be earned.

In many families, when the daughter-in-law is cooking dumplings on the thirtieth night, the mother-in-law will go over and ask about it. "Have you made any dumplings?"

The daughter-in-law who knows how to talk will say, if you make money, you will make more money.My mother-in-law was very happy when she heard it.

The daughter-in-law who couldn't speak said, "No, I haven't earned any money. I'm a good cook."When my mother-in-law heard this, she was so angry that she twisted her nose.

"Come on, don't take this money out, just keep it in the pressure cooker."

Zhang Shuzhen was very happy when she saw the money in the pot, waved her hands and said to her girls.

During the Chinese New Year, the pot cannot be left empty. Even if you are not cooking, you must put something in it, such as tofu, steamed buns, fish, etc. This means that the family will have more food and live a better life.

Zhang Shuzhen also made a special trip to buy soybean tofu a few years ago and kept it for the pressure cooker.

This extra coin doesn't mean anything. If you leave it in the pot, it will bring you good luck.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Sheng Liancheng and his wife sat on the south kang. Sheng Xiping led his wife and younger siblings to kowtow to their parents for the New Year.

"Dad, Mom, Happy New Year."

"Hey, okay, everything is fine, everything is fine."

Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen were both laughing from ear to ear. They quickly asked the children to get up, and then took out the red envelopes and handed them out one by one.

Sheng Xinhua, who was already a little sleepy over there, opened his eyes wide when he saw the red envelope. He ran up to his grandparents and looked up at them expectantly.

"Hey, my grandson also wants a red envelope, right? Come on, grandpa has it here, grandpa will give it to him."

Sheng Liancheng took out the red envelope he had prepared in advance and handed it to Sheng Xinhua.

Sheng Xinhua accepted the red envelope with a smile on his face. He didn't know how to say New Year greetings, so he leaned over and kissed his grandfather on the face.

"Xinhua, it's so easy for you to get the red envelope. You don't even have to kowtow and you get the red envelope." Sheng Xiping saw it and deliberately teased the child.

"Red envelopes are not that easy to get. You have to kowtow to your grandparents and say New Year greetings like we did just now."

Sheng Xinhua was holding the red envelope and was looking through it curiously. When he heard his father's words, he turned his head and looked over with confusion.

Those big eyes were full of doubts, what is kowtow?The baby is too young to understand at all.

"How can a kid like him know how to kowtow? You are just going to bully your son day by day."

When Zhang Shuzhen saw it, she glared at her eldest son and quickly held her grandson in her arms.

"You don't have to listen to your dad. You are still young and don't understand anything. Let's wait until you are older."

Little Xinhua sat obediently in her grandma's arms, holding a red envelope in her hand and playing with it in various ways.

Normally, Sheng Xinhua goes to bed at seven or eight o'clock. Today, during the Chinese New Year, the little guy stayed up until he finished eating the dumplings.

After eating and drinking, and getting the red envelope, the little guy felt a little sleepy and kept rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah, Xinhua is sleepy. The old man quickly spreads the quilt and puts his grandson to sleep."

When Zhang Shuzhen saw her grandson rubbing his eyes, she knew he was sleepy and quickly called Sheng Liancheng to make a quilt.

After Zhou Qinglan found out she was pregnant again, Sheng Xinhua slept with her grandma at night.

These days, the baby has long been accustomed to coming here. When he is sleepy, he does not look for his mother or coax him.

Sheng Xinhua stayed up too late today and was really sleepy. She put a mattress on the other end and put him on the bed.

The little guy closed his eyes while holding the red envelope, and soon fell asleep.

"Okay, let's all go to bed. We have New Year greetings and other things in the morning, so don't get up too late and let people block the bed."

It was getting late, so Zhang Shuzhen waved her hand, indicating that everyone should go to sleep.

The forestry team has a holiday after the New Year until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and goes to work in the mountains on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. The department basically follows the work team.

Of course, the security department is in a special situation. From the first to the seventh day of the lunar month, two people have to be on duty every night.

After a busy year, who doesn’t want to take a good rest at this time?
On the first and second day of the lunar month, we walked around the forest farm and visited each other to pay New Year greetings.

In the afternoon, a few friends got together and had a pot of good wine and food. While drinking, they chatted, bragged, and talked about the world. The day passed like this.

Starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, the daughters-in-law of each family should go back to their parents' homes, and those who should visit relatives will visit relatives.

This year, the output of Qianchuan Forestry Farm has reached a new high, and advanced production units cannot escape.

The leaders of the farm were happy and specially arranged a bus. Anyone who wants to go to Shuguang Forest Farm, Kaifeng Forest Farm, or Songjiang River can just take this bus.

Early in the morning on the third day of the third year of junior high school, Zhang Shuzhen got up and prepared a meal.

After breakfast, Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan packed up their things, dressed Sheng Xinhua, and prepared to take the train to the small train station.

"Boss, please pay more attention on the road. Qinglan is a twin now, and Xinhua is still young, so don't bump into her."

Before going out, Zhang Shuzhen and Sheng Liancheng gave them many instructions, fearing that Sheng Xiping would not pay attention.

Logically speaking, Zhou Qinglan is less than three months pregnant and shouldn't bother with this trip.

It's cold and the roads are slippery at this time. If something goes wrong, not only the children will be in danger, but the adults will suffer as well.

But Zhou Qingyang went home to visit relatives two years ago and said he would have to leave on the sixth day of the new year. Zhou Mingyuan called the forest farm specifically, hoping that Zhou Qinglan could go back and reunite with his family after the new year.

Zhou Qingyang only went home once in several years, and the Sheng family couldn't say no to not letting Zhou Qinglan go back for a reunion.

Fortunately, Zhou Qinglan has not had any reaction since she was pregnant with her second child. She eats well, sleeps well, and is in good health. The Sheng family can feel more at ease.

"Dad, Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of them."

Sheng Xiping responded, held Sheng Xinhua in his arms, and raised his hand to straighten his son's hat and scarf.

"The people in the car are all people from our forest farm, and they are taking care of each other. When we go to the Songjiang River, my eldest brother and Qingyue will pick him up. Don't worry, it will be fine."

Sheng Xiping called and discussed with the Zhou family in advance. Zhou Mingyuan and his wife knew about their daughter's condition, so they arranged for their son to pick her up at the station.

"Okay, please be careful on the road. Second child and third child, hurry up and help your elder brother take the things to the station."

This morning, Zhang Shuzhen had warned her several times. Seeing that the departure time was approaching, she could no longer hesitate.

So Zhang Shuzhen waved to her second and third sons to help her deliver all the large and small packages to the station.

Qianchuan Forest Farm is the largest forest farm on the northern line. It is close to Changbai Mountain and has rich forest resources. The forest farm has a high annual output.

The farm is very profitable and workers’ welfare benefits are higher than those of other forest farms. Therefore, girls from surrounding forest farms love to find young men from Maekuan.On the third day of the first lunar month, the girl who went out went back to her parents' home.

Many young wives in Qianchuan Forest Farm were married from Shuguang Forest Farm, Shengli Forest Farm, and even Kaifeng Forest Farm. When they usually go back to their parents' home, they either walk or take the Forest Railway train.

But the train doesn’t arrive until the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and many people can’t wait to return to their parents’ homes.

So after discussion, the leaders of the field arranged for a commuter bus from the field to take these people to visit their relatives and return to their parents' homes.

When Sheng Xiping and others arrived holding their children and carrying large and small packages, there were already many people waiting at the other end of the small train station.

"Xiping, over here, oh my God, are you going to move your family to Songjiang River and get these old things?"

When Wang Jianshe saw Sheng Xiping coming, he waved to him from afar.

Wang Jianshe's daughter-in-law Li Xue, whose natal family is also from Songjianghe, will definitely return to her natal family today.

Wang Jianshe held his son, who was more than four months old, with Li Xue, who was well-dressed, beside him.

Li Xue was carrying a bag on her back and a triangular bag in her hand. Wang Jianshe also had a bag at his feet.

Sheng Xiping came over, looked at Wang Jianshe's family of three, and smiled. "You didn't take too much of this, and you're still talking about me."

When you have children, it’s the same when you go out. You can pack a big bag just for the children’s clothes, diapers, etc.

Sheng Xinhua is a little better. She is over a year old and knows how to tell adults when she needs to pee. If she can't, she can stand on the edge of the kang and pee directly. Anyway, she is wearing crotchless pants.

Sheng Xinhua now has to put on his bed at night and basically doesn't pee his pants during the day.

Wang Jianshe's baby is still young, only a little over four months old. He has to use a lot of mats all day long, so he must be more prepared.

The two fathers held their children, looked at each other, and laughed.

Over there, Zhou Qinglan also greeted Li Xue and chatted casually.

Just in time, at this time, the commuter bus refilled water and coal at the water tower at the other end of the triangle line, then drove over, stopped at the station, and opened the door.

Everyone didn't care about that, they rushed forward, trying to grab a seat.

Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang, two young men who were strong and flexible, rushed into the car and occupied two seats for Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan.

"Brother, sister-in-law, come here quickly, there is a seat over here."

Sheng Xiping held the child in his arms, and Zhou Qinglan came to the seat occupied by his brother and sat down.

Sheng Xian put all the large and small packages at Sheng Xiping's feet, and then the two boys hurried out before the car started.

There were so many people getting on the bus that there was no room for two commuter buses, and many people were standing.

When Sheng Xiping saw that Wang Jianshe and his wife had not grabbed the seat, he quickly handed the child to Zhou Qinglan to hold, and then gave his seat to Li Xue.

"Thank you, Brother Sheng." Li Xue thanked Sheng Xiping and sat down next to Zhou Qinglan.

Then he took his son from Wang Jianshe's arms, lifted a corner of the quilt, and checked whether the child's mouth and nose were covered.

The little guy slept well, and went out without delaying his sleep. His little face was flushed from sleep, which was unusual for people.

When Li Xue saw it, she finally felt relieved and just held the child and chatted with Zhou Qinglan.

Sheng Xiping and Wang Jianshe didn't have a seat, so they simply stood next to the seats. As grown men, they wouldn't be tired even if they stood for a while.

It takes less than half an hour from Qianchuan Forest Farm to Shiguang Forest Farm.

The commuter bus stopped at the Beishan Railway Station of Shuguang Forest Farm. Those going to Shuguang Forest Farm and those going to Shengli Forest Farm all packed up and left.

The car was now much more spacious, and Sheng Xiping and Wang Jianshe quickly sat down.

It was more than 70 miles from Maekawa to Songjiang River. The commuter bus drove for two hours and finally arrived at the small forest railway station.

Sheng Xiping carried the largest backpack on his back, holding his son in one hand and carrying a smaller bag in the other.

Zhou Qinglan was the same, carrying and carrying large and small packages.The couple just followed the crowd and slowly got out of the car.

"Oh, brother-in-law, I've finally waited for you."

As soon as they got off the car, they saw brothers Zhou Qingyang and Zhou Qingyue, wearing military green cotton coats and running over with smiles on their faces.

"Brother, long time no see. Have a good New Year."

Sheng Xiping smiled and nodded towards Zhou Qingyang, greeting the Zhou brothers. "Qingyue, happy New Year."

"Long time no see. Happy New Year." Zhou Qingyang nodded and smiled at Sheng Xiping.

The last time the two met, Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan were not married yet. Now, Sheng Xinhua is two years old.

"Quickly, let me hold the baby. You are so packed. Why did you come home with so many things?"

Zhou Qingyang said, reaching out to hug Sheng Xinhua.

Sheng Xinhua took a nap in the car. Not long after he woke up, the little guy saw that he didn't recognize the other person. He immediately turned his head and hugged his father's neck tightly.

"Xinhua, this is your uncle, and that is your brother-in-law. They are both the closest people to my mother.

You kid, you usually act like a douchebag wherever you go, why are you pretending to be a child today? "When Zhou Qinglan saw this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Sheng has a large family, so whoever has free time will play with the children. When the weather is warm, some of these aunts and uncles may take Sheng Xinhua out to play.

Sheng Xinhua met many people and was never afraid of being born, no matter who hugged him.

I don’t know what’s going on today, but when I saw my biological uncle, I actually accepted him as a child.

"It's okay. It's our first time meeting. The child is not acting normal to me. Xiping, please give me the backpack while you hold the child."

Zhou Qingyang stretched out his hand, took the big backpack from Sheng Xiping's shoulder, and threw it over his shoulder along with the one in Sheng Xiping's hand.

Zhou Qingyue also came over and took the two heavy bags in Zhou Qinglan's hands. Zhou Qinglan was only carrying a small one.

"Come on, we specially chartered a donkey jeep today. Let's take the car home."

Zhou Qingyang smiled at his sister and strode towards a donkey cart on the roadside.

This donkey jeep is actually a donkey cart that pulls feet.

Some time ago, the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau exchanged wood for some donkeys from Zhelimu.

Some of them were killed for meat, and the rest were raised.

Later, an employee spent money to buy it and specially used it for picking up and pulling feet from the station. People called this donkey cart the donkey jeep.

Sentie was not close to Zhou's house, and Sheng Xiping and his wife were holding their children. When they walked to Zhou's house on such a cold day, they were worried that Sheng Xinhua would catch a cold or something.

Although Zhou Mingyuan is also a cadre, there is only one [-] jeep in the bureau, which is usually used by Zhao Yongsheng and a few others for office work, and Zhou Mingyuan cannot borrow it for personal matters.

So Zhou Qingyang and his two brothers went out this morning, blocked a donkey jeep, and specially arranged the work for this morning to pick up the train at the railway station.

"Hurry up and get in the car. Our parents are waiting at home."

Zhou Qingyang put the package in the car, then helped Zhou Qinglan get into the car and sit down first. Zhou Qinglan reached out and took his son over. Sheng Xiping, Zhou Qingyang, Zhou Qingyue and others also got in the car.

When the owner of the jeep driving the donkey saw that everyone was gathered, he flicked his whip and said, "Drive."

The donkey spread its hooves and ran towards the end of Baishan Street.

(End of this chapter)