Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 450 Guarding

Huahua didn't seem to expect Sheng Xiping to come back. The moment she saw Sheng Xiping, she was stunned.

Then he came over, rubbed his head against Sheng Xiping, and purred.

"Huahua, long time no see." Sheng Xiping smiled, stretched out his hand to rub Huahua's big head, and then scratched his chin.

Huahua seemed to be enjoying it, squinting her eyes and purring.

"Come, come in." Sheng Xiping turned sideways, let Huahua in, and then closed the door.

When Huahua comes back, you can't open the door. What if it leaves again at night?

Huahua stepped into the house, wandered to the east room first, and rubbed her hands in front of Zhang Shuzhen and the others.

After turning around, he didn't find Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu, so he turned around and opened the door to the west room.

Seeing the two children sleeping on the kang in the west room, Huahua jumped directly onto the kang, lay down on the edge of the kang, closed her eyes and slept.

Zhang Shuzhen laughed when she came over and saw her, "Ever since your father went to work in the mountains, Huahua almost came back to stay overnight the next day.

Every time, it was there wherever the two children were, lying on the kang to keep watch.

This tiger is just like our own relatives. If you don't know it, you would think it has become a spirit, but it is sensible now. "

"I have discussed with your father. If we don't move, we will live in the forest farm. What if we move away and Huahua comes back and can't find a home?"

After being kept for a long time, animals have feelings like family members.

Especially for a tiger as sensible as Huahua, who would be willing to throw it away?

"Your father and I have been living in this mountain since we were in our twenties, and we have become accustomed to it over the years.

There are a lot of people in the town, so if you live in a narrow place, there will be a lot of noise. I stayed there for a few days when Yueyue and Qiqi celebrated their birthdays. I was really not used to it. "

"You young people are ambitious and don't want to live in the mountains all your life. It would be nice to go out and see the world.

We are getting older and don’t want to move, so we live in the forest farm.

You see, we have mountains and rivers, and you can see how far away we are, how comfortable it is.

If you have something to do, just do your work. If you have free time, come back and have a look. That's good. "

When your children grow up, you have to let them go solo. Parents should not be too selfish and have to tie their children close to them.

Letting go properly is good for both of you.

Sheng Xiping sighed and didn't give any more advice. The old man was sometimes very stubborn and might not be able to listen to advice. Let's talk about it later.

It was getting late, so everyone packed up and took a rest.

The next day was the 21st of the twelfth lunar month. Sheng Xiping got up early and went to Zheng Xianyong's house first, giving Zheng Xianyong some specialties brought back from the south.

"Uncle, I was too busy at home yesterday and there were no people around, so I really couldn't spare the time to come over."

Sheng Xiping said embarrassedly, logically, he should have come to see Zheng Xianyong yesterday.

"Oh, look at you, why are you doing this?

I've heard all about it. Your boy came back with a lot of good things yesterday, and the whole forest farm was alarmed. "

Zheng Xianyong looked at Sheng Xiping with a look of relief.

"When you insisted on resigning, I couldn't understand why you didn't want to do a good job. But now, I see that you still have the ability.

You are considered a member of our Qianchuan Forestry Farm. Good job, young man, and don’t embarrass our forestry farm. "

After all, Zheng Xianyong knew more than others in this position.

He heard from others that Sheng Xiping got these household appliances from the Forestry Bureau, and the Bureau used wood to replace them.

In this day and age, how much does it cost to buy so many appliances at once?

From this point, it can be seen that Sheng Xiping is very strong.

Sheng Xiping was a little embarrassed by Zheng Xianyong's praise, scratched his head and laughed.

"Uncle, it's not as uncertain as you said. I'm just looking for some ways to make some money.

What else to do? I don’t have a job, so I don’t have a guaranteed job like the others, don’t you think? "

"No matter what, if you can keep your money open, it's a good thing. I'm very happy to see you."

Zheng Xianyong patted Sheng Xiping on the shoulder and smiled.

Sheng Xiping chatted with Zheng Xianyong for a while, then said goodbye and went straight to the small train station.

At this time, the forest farm was transporting wood every day, so we happened to catch a ride and go straight to the Songjiang River.

When she got off the train at the forest railway station, Sheng Xiping was still thinking. If there was a chance, she would really have to find a way to get a trolley back. The forest farm was too remote and it was really inconvenient to do something.

However, buying a car is not like buying an appliance, so it may not be easy.

According to the current domestic policy, all kinds of small cars are used by rationing units. Moreover, there are regulations on which car is matched with which class, so you can’t just sit around.

It is quite difficult to buy a car privately. At present, Sheng Xiping definitely does not have the qualifications.

It seems that buying a car can only be considered in the long term.

Sentie did not have a donkey cart specially designed to pick up people at the station, so Sheng Xiping could only walk all the way back to his home.

By the time he got home, it was almost eleven o'clock. Aunt Li was cooking in the kitchen, and the kitchen door was open.

The two girls were sitting on a small bench outside, holding garlic and peeling it bit by bit.

The children, who are only a little over one year old, are not that flexible in their hands, and Aunt Li can really pick apart the garlic without pointing at them.

It's just to find some work for them to do, so that they don't get naughty and bump into each other somewhere.

Seeing Sheng Xiping come in, the two girls immediately threw away what they were holding and trotted towards Sheng Xiping, "Dad, give me a hug."

The two girls had been getting along very well with Sheng Xiping these days, but they were already panicking after not seeing each other for just one day.

"Hey, daddy, give me a hug." Sheng Xiping hurriedly dropped the bag in his hand, bent down and held one in each hand, and picked up both girls.

"Dad was not at home yesterday, did you miss me?" Sheng Xiping deliberately teased the two children.

"Think about it." The two little girls nodded heavily and said in unison with soft and waxy voices.

"Oh, baby misses daddy. Where are you thinking about it?"

Adults love to tease children like this, and then they will come up with various answers.

Just like at this moment, Sheng Xinyue pointed to her nose and Sheng Xinqi pointed to her stomach, indicating that they were thinking with the organs they pointed at.

Sheng Xiping was so happy that he laughed loudly, lowered his head and kissed the two girls on the face, then went into the house with the two girls in his arms.

When Sheng Xiping came back, someone was looking after the children, and Aunt Li prepared the meals quickly.

Around 11:30, Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xitai came home on bicycles. As soon as they entered the door, Sheng Xitai shouted, "I'm starving to death."

"You have nothing else to do all day, and you starve to death when you open your mouth. Come in and help with some work."

Sheng Xiping came out of the room and glared at his brother. "I don't know how to study, but you don't eat less. You just eat like a bucket all day long."

This bear thing has been like this since he was a child. He has a quick mouth, and he can't change it even as he grows up.

When Sheng Xitai saw his elder brother, he immediately shrank his neck and asked, "Brother, why are you back again?"

"What's going on? This is my home, I can't come back yet?" Sheng Xiping rolled his eyes.

"Isn't your school on vacation tomorrow afternoon? You and your sister-in-law have to hold the child and pick up things. Is that okay? I can't come to pick him up?"

When Sheng Xitai heard what his brother said, he suddenly understood, yes, they were going back for the New Year holiday, and they were taking their belongings with them. He and his sister-in-law were really tough enough to handle it.

"No, isn't there Aunt Li? Auntie, won't you come back with us during the Chinese New Year?"

Sheng Xitai stretched his neck towards the kitchen and asked loudly.

Aunt Li, who was serving the meal, was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and then said, "Me? I'd better stay and look at the house.

I've been back for more than half a month now. Our house has a color TV and refrigerator, and there are so many things. It's impossible not to leave someone to look after the house and light the fire. "

Aunt Li is alone and she used to celebrate the New Year by herself when she was in Lijiawa.

On the other side of Lijiawa, she has nothing to think about now. Her shabby house has been idle for so long, and she still doesn't know what it is like, and she can't live in it when she goes back.

As for following Sheng Xiping and the others back to the forest farm, Aunt Li was afraid of causing trouble to the Sheng family.

It would be better to spend the New Year here, by herself, in a leisurely way.

"Auntie, why don't you go back with us? I'll find someone to look after the house here and light a fire or something.

It's okay, our neighbors are very nice, and besides, we have my parents. "

Zhou Qinglan felt that it was unbearable to leave Aunt Li to spend the New Year alone here, so she advised her.

"No, it's okay. Just go back and leave your home to me. Don't worry, I'll take care of it just like you did when you were at home.

I might not be used to living in the forest farm, so I'll just leave it in the town. "Aunt Li waved her hands and said with a smile.

Aunt Li insisted on staying in Songjianghe for the New Year, but Sheng Xiping and the others had no choice but to go along with it.

In the afternoon, Sheng Xiping went to the market and bought many new year's goods.

The market has been liberalized in the past two years. As Niangen approaches, many people who raise livestock in the villages around Songjiang River come to sell their goods.

As long as you have money, you can buy chicken, duck, fish and so on.

In addition, Sheng Xiping also bought some peanuts, melon seeds, candies, etc., saving them for Aunt Li to eat during the New Year.

Just in time, a batch of white flour arrived from the grain store, including 75-year-old flour and 85-year-old flour. You don’t need to buy it with a card.

Sheng Xiping bought ten bags of 85 powder at once and hired a donkey cart to take them home.

Aunt Li was dumbfounded as she watched Sheng Xiping move things back and forth.

"Xiping, what are you doing? Ten bags of noodles, how long will you last?"

"Auntie, didn't you say you wanted to stay at home for the New Year? I'll buy more food. You can do whatever you want during the New Year. You don't have to save it for me.

Over there, let’s keep five bags at home, and I’ll take the remaining five bags back to the forestry farm tomorrow.

It’s the Chinese New Year, so I’ll make more steamed buns at home. Sheng Xiping explained with a smile.

"Oh, look at you kid, how much can an old woman like me eat? You bought so many things, don't you want to waste them?"

When Aunt Li heard this, she was extremely moved.

"Since I called you, I have been well fed, warmly clothed, and enjoying the blessings of old age.

You two have never regarded me as an outsider. You take me as your top priority in everything. Oh my, what can you let me say? ” ˆ ˆ The old lady’s children died in her early years, and later her husband also disappeared. She has lived alone for so many years, and everything is difficult.

When she was in Lijiawa, although the team took good care of her, there were always a few people who bullied her because of her bad eyesight. They would always take something with her when she went to her house.

The old lady's life was not going well to begin with, and she always lost things and was bullied.

In other words, during the years when Shao Minzhi, mother and son lived in the Li family, no one dared to bully her anymore.

Later, Chen Ruiqing and his wife paid for the old lady's eyes to be cured, and her life finally became better.

But if we look at it carefully, Aunt Li has lived the most comfortable life in the provincial capital and the Sheng family during the past year.

Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xiping were very kind to people and respected Aunt Li as if they were their elders. Xin Yue and Xin Qi are cute and well-behaved, and Aunt Li really likes them.

"Auntie, you don't need to say anything. We all treat you as a relative and one of our own."

Sheng Xiping smiled and handed all the things he bought to Aunt Li to put away.

As for the fish and meat, you can put as much as you can in the refrigerator, and freeze the rest in the warehouse outside. If you want to eat it, you can take it back in advance and put it on the shelf.

It was rare for Sheng Xiping to come back, and the relationship with Songjiang River had to be well maintained. He was busy with things the past few days and couldn't take care of it.

So after sending the things home, Sheng Xiping went to find Zhou Mingyuan and Zhao Guangning.

Taking advantage of everyone's free time, we made an appointment with several directors of the material factory, fiberboard factory, and paper factory, as well as several directors of the bureau, and gathered together for a meal in the evening.

Outsiders don't know Sheng Xiping's capabilities. As cadres in the bureau, how can they still be ignorant?

Not to mention that he is the director's uncle, but to say that this year's exchange of wood for home appliances doesn't have a strong enough backing, and ordinary people can't do this business at all.

Therefore, everyone was very polite to Sheng Xiping at the banquet. The directors of several factories also said that if Sheng Xiping needs anything in the future, just ask, and the factory will definitely support him.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very good, everyone came and drank and had a great time. It was almost nine o'clock, everyone was staggering from drink, and then they broke up and went home.

Sheng Xiping sent his father-in-law home first, and then wandered back to his own house.

When Zhou Qinglan saw Sheng Xiping drinking so much, she was so angry that she rolled her eyes at them.

"One day at a time, otherwise I will be out and not come back. As soon as I come back, I will drink. Look at you, drinking is such a virtue."

Although Zhou Qinglan said she was disgusted, her actions were very gentle. She carefully helped Sheng Xiping onto the kang and took off his coat and shoes.

Then I went to make some tea and fed him a drink.

"Are you uncomfortable? If you feel like vomiting, just tell me and I will help you go to the outhouse. Don't vomit in the room."

After Sheng Xiping finished drinking his tea, Zhou Qinglan asked him.

Sheng Xiping shook his head, "It's okay. I actually didn't drink too much. I just came back and let the wind blow, which made me feel better.

Just get some sleep and you'll be fine, don't worry. "Sheng Xiping is still conscious and speaking in a coherent manner.

"Bah, I'm worried about you. You're overthinking. I'm afraid you'll vomit in the room and make the whole room smell." Zhou Qinglan still insisted.

"Really? I thought you were worried about me. Oh, how sad."

Sheng Xiping reached out and pulled his wife into his arms, then turned over and their positions immediately changed.

"Daughter-in-law, my good wife, I know you love me." After saying that, she went to kiss Zhou Qinglan.

Zhou Qinglan finally believed that Sheng Xiping didn't drink too much, but the price was that she was almost late for work the next day.

During the day, Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xitai went to school, while Sheng Xiping was at home, packing things with Aunt Li.

Mainly Xinyue and Xinqi's clothes, quilts, diapers, milk powder, milk bottles and other things, there are two big bags.

School is on holiday in the afternoon, and the commuter bus to Maekawa Forestry Farm departs from Mori Railway at 2 p.m.

So after lunch, Sheng Xiping and the other three packed up their things, went out and hired a donkey cart, loaded all the things Sheng Xiping bought into the cart, and went straight to the small forest railway station.

When he arrived at the place, Sheng Xiping spoke to the driver and loaded his things into the car.

Students and teachers from various forest farms got on the bus one after another, and at two o'clock, the bus started back on time.

At around four o'clock, the commuter bus arrived at Qianchuan Forest Farm.

Sheng Xiping held Xin Yue with a big bag on his back, Zhou Qinglan held Xin Qi, and Sheng Xitai carried several bags on his back. The three of them got out of the car with the crowd.

When they got off the car, they saw sisters Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei waving to them.

Sheng Xiping handed the child directly to his sister and asked Sheng Xitai to throw the things on the ground. The two brothers quickly went to unload the flour and other things.

"Lao Liu, please go home quickly and bring the sledge." It's freezing and snowy, so it's hard to use a car, so you have to use a sledge.

In these days, every household has a sledge, just for winter use.

When Sheng Xitai heard this, he immediately picked up two bags and ran home.

Sheng Yunfang held the child, while Sheng Yunfei picked up the two bags and left with Zhou Qinglan holding the child.

The weather is too cold. Adults can bear it, but children can't. They have to be sent home quickly.

Fortunately, the Sheng family was not too far from the small train station. Not long after, I saw Sheng Xitai walking quickly with a sledge.

The two brothers moved the flour, rice, oil and other things onto the sledge, and then dragged the sledge home.

On the Sheng family side, when Zhang Shuzhen saw Zhou Qinglan holding a child in her arms, she immediately stepped forward and took one over.

"Oh, my good granddaughter is finally back. Come on, get on the kang."

As she spoke, Zhang Shuzhen carried the child into the east room, put the child on the kang, and untied the quilt outside to reveal the cute little baby inside.

The two children were wearing cotton-padded jackets and furry hats bought by Sheng Xiping, and were wrapped in quilts. They were not cold at all, and their little faces were flushed.

The two children fell asleep on the way and woke up just before getting off the car. As soon as the quilt was untied, the children smiled at Zhang Shuzhen.

The granddaughter smiled, which made Zhang Shuzhen extremely happy. She quickly picked up the child and kissed her twice. "Baby, I'm grandma."

Xinqi obediently called her "grandma" and made Zhang Shuzhen look so beautiful. She was so happy that she could hardly find the north while holding her granddaughter.

"Mom, the child didn't pee in the car. Please give her some pee."

Over there, Zhou Qinglan also untied the quilt for Sheng Xinyue, took the child out of the quilt, and went directly to the outhouse, using the dirty bucket he usually used to splash urine.

Zhang Shuzhen knew that her daughter-in-law and granddaughter were coming back today, so she specially burned the house to keep it warm.

The child was wearing a lot of clothes and it was difficult to move around, so after peeing, he quickly took off his outer cotton-padded jacket and pants.

The two children were wearing little cotton-padded jackets and little cotton-padded trousers, playing on the kang.

"Where are Xinhua and Xinyu? What are they doing?" Zhou Qinglan walked around and asked when he didn't see the two sons.

"Let's go out and play. These two get wild every day during the holidays. After dinner, they run out and don't go home until dark."

Zhang Shuzhen loves her children and is reluctant to take care of them.

Moreover, Sheng Xiping and his wife are both busy. The father of the two children is not biological and the mother does not love them. If Zhang Shuzhen, the grandmother, beats and scolds the children again, what should the two children think?

If word gets out, people are not allowed to say that these two children are pitiful, right? Therefore, Zhang Shuzhen could only reason with the children, or at best scare them.

Originally, the two children were still a little wary when Sheng Xiping came back.

But Sheng Xiping stayed at home for one night and left yesterday. When the two children saw it, they started to squeal again.

After lunch, Zhang Shuzhen warned them not to go out because their parents would be back today. The two children agreed very well, and they disappeared as soon as they turned around.

"Okay, wait until they come back in the evening and see how I deal with them." Zhou Qinglan gritted her teeth after hearing this.

"Daughter-in-law, you don't need to do this, I'll do it." Sheng Xiping heard this and hurriedly stopped his wife. It was up to him to do the bad guy thing.

"Come on, you two should put away those skills. You don't care about the children in normal days. Now are you capable?

I know you are too busy to take care of the two older ones, so I will help you keep an eye on them. Are there any children who are not playful?

How old are your children? You have to take care of this and do that. You are now more capable, right? "

Unexpectedly, Zhang Shuzhen became angry when she heard this and glared at her son and daughter-in-law.

"So what? What do you have to do with your children?

Without you here, Xinhua would have scored double hundred in the final exam, and his homework would not have fallen behind. Xinyu can now write a lot of words and do math, so what do you want to do next? "

As soon as their mother got angry, Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan immediately withered.

Mom is right. They have failed to fulfill their responsibilities as parents. Why should they take care of their children now?

"Mom, it's our fault, I won't deal with them, okay?" Sheng Xiping quickly admitted his mistake to his mother and made her happy.

Zhang Shuzhen rolled her eyes at her son, said nothing more, and turned around to tease her granddaughter.

When my daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and old son come back, I will definitely make something delicious at home.

If it were any other time, Zhang Shuzhen would definitely make dumplings without saying a word, but tomorrow is the New Year, so the dumplings have to be saved for tomorrow.

So, Zhang Shuzhen stewed a pot of sauerkraut with big bones, and then stewed some cabbage, pork belly and frozen tofu.

Needless to say, the meat was naturally brought back by Huahua a few days ago. Zhang Shuzhen was not very good at cleaning it, so she reluctantly picked it off.

The meat was cut into pieces, and the bones were all covered with meat. It would be perfect to keep it for stewed sauerkraut.

Just as they were about to cook, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu came back covered in artificial snow.

When Zhou Qinglan saw that her two sons were covered in snow from head to toe, she immediately felt angry rising from the bottom of her heart.

If her mother-in-law hadn't just said something about them, Zhou Qinglan would have wanted to pick up a broom and whip these two bear things.

"You two, what did you do? Create this body?

Hurry up, slap on yourself, wait for the snow to melt, don't your clothes get wet? "

Seeing his wife gnashing her teeth, Sheng Xiping quickly took off two towels from behind the door, handed them to the children, took a broom, and led the two children to the door.

Sheng Xiping swept the snow off the children's bodies, while Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu wiped the snow off their heads and necks with towels.

"Why did this happen? Oh my god, I'm making you two miserable."

Zhang Shuzhen, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw it and also had a lawsuit on her head.

"We built snowmen with them, dug castles and tunnels, and then they had snowball fights, and the result was like this."

The two children were completely unaware that danger was almost coming, and they were still smiling playfully.

Sheng Xiping's hand movements were deliberately two points heavier.

"I'll buy it for you two day by day. Xinhua, have you finished your winter vacation homework? You know how to go out and do it. I think you need to take care of it."

(End of this chapter)