Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 471 Sheng Xitai’s College Entrance Examination

After all the busy work was done, Sheng Liancheng and his wife were thinking about home, so Sheng Xiping drove his parents and Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi back to the forest farm.

Nothing happened this time. Sheng Xiping went to the farm to have a look and discussed with Liu Yujiang the daily management and future development of the farm.

The breeding farm is some distance away from the village, and no idlers are allowed to pass by on weekdays. All staff must change clothes and disinfect before feeding the animals.

In terms of epidemic prevention, we must be cautious. If we don't do it right, all the hard work will be in vain.

Developing the breeding industry is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It must be done step by step slowly and not in a hurry.

Sheng Xiping and Liu Yujiang knew this very well.

"Brother, if we work hard, the breeding farm will definitely have a bright future. Believe me, it's definitely true."

Sheng Xiping has other plans for the future of the farm, but it's hard to say too much right now.

"That's for sure. Could my brother's idea be any worse?" Liu Yujiang hugged Sheng Xiping and laughed.

It was rare for Sheng Xiping to go back to the forest farm, so he had to go find Zheng Xianyong. He gave some things to everyone in the farm and the commuter bus driver, and thanked them for the car.

In the evening, Zhang Shuzhen cooked some delicious dishes and called the Liu family and Zheng Xianyong to her house for a drink.

At the wine table, Zheng Xianyong suddenly mentioned that he wanted his youngest son to follow Sheng Xiping and go out for a living.

The eldest of Zheng Xianyong’s two sons, Zheng Xing, is one year older than Sheng Xikang. He was recruited as a migrant worker in the past few years and is now a chainsaw operator.

The second eldest child, Zheng Hua, was a classmate of Sheng Yunfang. He had a bad chance of recruiting all migrant workers, but instead recruited agricultural and forestry workers.

Agricultural and forestry workers, as the name suggests, not only do forestry work, but also agricultural work.

Just like those educated youths like Sheng Xiping and others back then, they farmed the land and vegetables in spring and summer, and went up to the mountains to cut trees in winter.

Zheng Xianyong felt sorry for his child, so he arranged for his youngest son to work in a processing factory. He thought about letting him train for a few years and then make him the director of the processing factory.

The processing plant of Qianchuan Forestry Farm was led by Sheng Xiping in the past few years and has achieved good results.

Sheng Xiping resigned and went to the south to work. The processing plant lacked a person who could really take charge. It couldn't take new orders, so it relied on the old orders to survive. Anyway, it was a place that couldn't survive even if it didn't starve to death.

Even so, jobs in processing plants are considered lucrative by many people.

There is no other way. There are many unemployed young people in the forestry farm. Last year, a large number of agricultural and forestry workers were recruited.

Compared with the work of the agricultural team, the processing factory is a better place. Many people squeeze into the processing factory without breaking their heads.

"Isn't that right? The efficiency of the processing plant is average, and there are not so many people in the factory.

If large collectives want to develop Bangchui, they will allocate agricultural and forestry workers to work in the fields. The second child didn't want to go to the field and kept nagging me all day long.

I was thinking, otherwise, let him follow you and don't care about anything, it's better than going to farm the land and grow sticks. "Zheng Xianyong sighed as he spoke.

The leader in charge of the large group at Qianchuan Forestry Farm felt that planting ginseng was beneficial, so he took a loan from the bureau and approved a piece of ginseng land at Baldingzi's end to develop the ginseng planting industry.

Therefore, all the agricultural and forestry workers in the field must be transferred to do ginseng work.

Zheng Xianyong is an honest man who also cares about his face. All the farmers and forestry workers in the forest farm have gone to work in the fields. If he keeps his youngest son in the processing factory, he is afraid that others will poke his spine.

So Zheng Xianyong mobilized his second son and asked him to work in the field first, and then think of other ways when he had the opportunity.

Zheng Hua is twenty-two this year. He is young and energetic. He always feels that after graduating from high school, he ends up going to farm the land and grow sticks. He is unwilling to do so.

In addition, Sheng Xiping took Wang Jianshe and others to go south and made a lot of money. Zheng Hua was also jealous.

So I repeatedly told my parents that I wanted to quit my job in the factory and join Sheng Xiping.

Zheng Xianyong and his wife are naturally unhappy. No matter how poorly treated farmers and forestry workers are, they are still workers.

Sheng Xiping makes money as an individual. At the moment, making some money seems to be prosperous, but in the long run, workers will still be popular.

When you are a worker, you have an employer to take care of you, and you have to retire when you get old. Who can you count on when you are an individual?

But they couldn't stand Zheng Hua's nagging all day long. Zheng Xianyong and his wife were annoyed by their son's nagging.

In addition, this time the Sheng family held a happy event, Zheng Xianyong's eyes were opened, and his original concept was shaken.

Just when Sheng Xiping came back, Zheng Xianyong brought up the matter with wine to cover his face.

"Uncle, I bought a large piece of land north of Songjianghe Railway Station and plan to build a comprehensive wood processing plant.

The current initial idea is to include furniture workshops, various plate workshops, sanitary chopsticks and popsicle workshops.

If Xiaohua really doesn't want to work in the forest farm, ask him if he would be willing to work in my factory? "

What Sheng Xiping wants to build is a comprehensive wood processing plant, not a single product, but a comprehensive utilization of wood.

The factory occupies a large area. Sheng Xiping asked people from Lin Jian Design Institute to draw the planning drawings. Currently, several workshops have been planned.

After a while, the factory will break ground and it is estimated that it will be put into production next year at the earliest.

Such a large factory requires a lot of workers alone, not to mention management.

Sheng Xiping is alone and does not have eight hands. There must be someone familiar with wood processing to take charge of the workshop management.

Before coming back, Sheng Xiping had already sent his two cousins ​​to work as apprentices in the composite board factory and the fiberboard factory respectively.

The salary was paid by Sheng Xiping, and the two of them mainly went there to learn related technologies. They did not seek to be proficient, but they at least knew some production links.

If there is an opportunity in the future, Sheng Xiping also plans to send them out to learn new technologies.

There was no way, his younger brothers all had their own jobs and futures, and Sheng Xiping was reluctant to let them leave their good jobs and come back.

Then you can only train others. Cousins ​​are no better than outsiders.

Zheng Xianyong has a good relationship with the Sheng family, and Sheng Xiping has caused trouble to them in recent years.

Zheng Hua could be considered to have grown up under Sheng Xiping's watch, and he had a good impression of the child.

Anyway, we are short of manpower, so who should we use?

After all, Zheng Hua had been working in a forestry farm since he was a child, and had worked in a processing factory for a while, so he had some foundation, which was better than that of Sheng Xiwen and the others.

"Hey, that's good, I'll tell him later and ask for his opinion.

Xiping, you are such a righteous kid, you are so funny, you didn’t ruin your uncle’s face. Come, uncle Jingyou. "

When Zheng Xianyong heard this, he was very happy and had to drag Sheng Xiping to toast him.

"No, no, uncle, how can I make you respect me? It's me who should respect you. I've troubled you a lot in the past few years."

Sheng Xiping quickly held the wine glass in both hands, touched it with Zheng Xianyong, and drank it in one gulp.

Everyone drank at Sheng's house until almost eight o'clock, and then they dispersed.

Zheng Xianyong drank a lot and wandered home.

As soon as he entered the door, he pointed at his youngest son's nose and cursed, "Little brat, I get so angry every day because of you that I have to lower my face to beg for you."

When Zheng Xianyong's wife saw this situation, she couldn't help frowning and hurried over to support her husband.

"You said you, just drink when you go out to drink. Why did you come home and scold your son after you drank too much?

Where did the second brother recruit you again, and you just scolded him? "

"Who am I to scold him if I don't scold him? If he doesn't do a good job, what's going on with the stick? Can't he do that job?

He has to give up his job in a high-profile way, and he has to shamelessly ask for help. How can I keep him here without scolding him? "

Zheng Xianyong drank a lot at night. When he came back from Sheng's house, he was blown away by the wind again. Now that he was drunk, he spoke loudly and his tongue became a little stiff.

"Dad, who did you ask for? Is it my brother Xiping? Did he agree?"

Zheng Hua came over to help his father. When he heard this, he immediately opened his eyes and asked excitedly.

"Yeah, if I don't beg him, who else am I begging for? Xiping said that he is going to build a large wood processing factory in Songjiang River. Are you willing to go there?"

Zheng Xianyong took off his shoes and got on the kang, leaned against the wall, squinted at his youngest son, and hummed.

"I'm happy, of course I'm happy, as long as I don't let me farm the land and grow sticks, I can do anything." Zheng Hua became happy after hearing this.

"Then you pack your things and go find him tomorrow morning.

The factory is going to start construction soon and it's very busy. You just go over and start working on it and learn from them. "Zheng Xianyong waved his hand and told his son.

"When you're out, not at home, don't act like a young master of yours, you're a bit more discerning.

Be diligent with your mouth and diligent with your legs. If you don’t understand, just ask. Just do whatever you are told and don’t ask why. Do you understand?

Little bastard, I'm warning you, if you don't do a good job, I'll break your legs when you come back. "Zheng Xianyong pointed at his son and threatened.

"I understand, Dad, don't worry, I won't embarrass you."

Zheng Hua happily nodded and agreed, and hurried to the West Room to pack his clothes, luggage and other things.

On the morning of the 20th, Zheng Hua followed Sheng Xiping to Songjiang River.

As for his job, there are still many unemployed young people in the forest farm. For the time being, others can work under Zheng Hua's name.

On June 27th, the 28th day of the fifth lunar month, the Huayang Comprehensive Wood Processing Plant broke ground.

Sheng Xiping invited leaders from various departments in the county and Songjiang River to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony. The scene was grand and lively.

The overall design of the factory area was based on construction drawings drawn by people from Lin Jian Design Institute. The construction of the factory area was contracted to the construction team of Lin Jian's Third Division through Zhou Mingyuan.

The Lin Jian Third Branch in Songjianghe has a total of seven to eight hundred employees and a complete range of machinery. The Lin Jian construction team is indispensable for the Forestry Bureau's current scale.

The factory was under construction. In the early stages of construction, Sheng Xiping would definitely have to keep an eye on the progress of the project. For a while, he would not have time to go back to the south.

Sheng Xiping rented two bungalows south of the train station and listed them as the Huayang Wood Processing Factory Construction Project Department.

The employees he brought over from the south, as well as Zheng Hua, Sheng Xiwen, Sheng Xiwu and others, were all arranged to live here.

For such a large engineering project, how can just these few people keep an eye on it?

Knowing that Sheng Xiping was busy here, Chen Weiren, Wang Jiancheng, Wang Jianye, Zhang Zhiqiang, Zhang Zhigang, Gao Haixiang, and Pan Fuping all came to help.

This season, there is not so much work in the forest farm, and they are just doing side jobs at home, so why not come over and help Sheng Xiping.

When the winter production starts after the snow falls, it happens that there is no work here, so they will go back to the forest farm.

Among a group of young men, only a few are married and most are single. This is also a problem in daily life. So Sheng Xiping hired two people to wash clothes, cook and other things for everyone. In early July, Zhou Mingyuan, director of the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau, went to Congo as a member of the national forestry inspection team.

Conduct a feasibility investigation and study on the issue of forest clearing in the flooded area of ​​the Imbru Hydropower Station.

This news caused a sensation throughout the Forestry Bureau. Regardless of employees or family members, everyone gave a thumbs up when they mentioned it.

"I'm watching, our dad may be going up again." Sheng Xiping said casually when he went home in the evening and chatted with his wife.

"Still going up? Our dad is already the director, where can he go if he goes up further?" Zhou Qinglan laughed when he heard this.

"Our dad is already fifty-five this year. He is only a few years away from retirement, so why should he be promoted?"

Zhou Mingyuan and Sheng Liancheng are the same age. They were both born in 1930. They are fifty-five years old this year.

Sheng Liancheng is engaged in heavy manual labor and can retire when he reaches the age of fifty-five. Zhou Mingyuan is a cadre and will retire five or six years later.

"That's not necessarily true. You never know when our father will be transferred to the province." Sheng Xiping said firmly.

"For example, Secretary Xu, wasn't he transferred to the province as deputy director and then retired?"

"Day by day, I am just thinking about good things. It will be great if our dad can smoothly retire from the position of director. Don't think about it so much."

Zhou Qinglan shook her head and laughed, feeling that her husband's ambition was a bit too ambitious.

"If you don't believe it, just wait and see." Sheng Xiping firmly believed that his guess was not wrong.

"How about we make a bet?" Sheng Xiping raised his eyebrows and looked at his wife, saying with a half-smile.

"Forget it, I won't bet with you.

You clean up the bed, put on the quilt, and tell your son a story to coax them to sleep. I'll take advantage of the fact that the sixth child hasn't come back yet, so I'll take the time to read a book. "

Qinglan didn't have evening classes tonight, so she took a look outside the class at seven o'clock and came back when nothing happened.

Sheng Xitai is about to take the college entrance examination and is in the final sprint, so school ends at around nine o'clock in the evening.

Sheng Xiping was accompanying the children in the east room, so Zhou Qinglan had no choice but to go to the west room to read while Sheng Xitai didn't come back.

"Huh? Otherwise, we should flip the house over, right?

I happened to be at home, and our factory had all the materials. I discussed with Lin Jian and sent a construction team over, and it was built quickly. "

Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered this matter and discussed it with Zhou Qinglan.

"Ah? Build a house? Why build so many houses?

The sixth child will take the college entrance examination soon. When he is admitted to college and goes to study, Aunt Li happens to be taking the children to sleep in the west room, and we sleep in the east room. Isn't this enough? "

Zhou Qinglan was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion.

"Look at you, Xinhua and Xinyu are getting older. You can't give them a separate room?"

The same goes for Yueyue and Qiqi. When girls are older, they must have their own rooms, right?

And our parents and our mothers are getting older and older. How can we continue to let them live in a ditch? "

When I first bought this house, I was interested in the large space and the ability to build more houses. There are a lot of people in the family, but there is not enough house to live in.

Zhou Qinglan thought about it for a while, and it made sense, "Then you can look at the arrangements, but it's best to wait until the sixth child has finished the exam. It's just a few days, so don't affect him."

There is nothing more important than Sheng Xitai's college entrance examination right now, and everything must be focused on him.

"Okay, I got it, I'll arrange this." Sheng Xiping nodded, turned off the TV, and took out the bedding from the cabinet with his two sons.

The three men laughed and spread the quilt. The two brats washed their feet and brushed their teeth, then got into bed. Sheng Xiping found a book and led them to read it.

After reading the story, the two children slept peacefully. Sheng Xiping came out of the back room and began to think about building a house.

At half past nine, Sheng Xitai returned home on his bicycle. Aunt Li heard the noise and quickly brought out the food.

Sheng Xitai is a poor man who is a grown-up boy. Sheng Xitai can eat when he can, but with heavy homework, he gets hungry quickly.

So every night, Aunt Li would make some food for Sheng Xitai alone to ensure his nutrition.

As soon as Sheng Xitai entered the door, he saw his brother sitting on the bench with a small table in front of him, holding a pen and paper and not knowing what he was drawing.

"Brother, what are you doing?" Sheng Xitai asked curiously.

"Oh, I'm thinking about renovating our house, building a few more rooms, and then installing a boiler and heater to heat the house in the back. It will be clean and safe."

Sheng Xiping looked at the paper in his hand, and there was a rough sketch on it.

Sheng Xitai nodded, "Oh, think about it slowly, I'm going to eat."

He didn't understand this stuff, so he didn't express any opinions and hurriedly ate and read a book to review.

"By the way, Sixth, the college entrance examination is about to take place. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just relax and stay in good condition."

Sheng Xiping is busy these days and has no time to take care of his younger brother. It's rare that he came back early today and just gave his younger brother a few words.

Sheng Xitai was stunned for a moment, then twitched his lips and said, "Oh, I got it, brother."

How could there be no pressure?

The first four brothers and sisters have all been admitted to pretty good universities. He is an old boy. If he fails in the exam, wouldn't it be embarrassing for his parents and his brothers and sisters?

Besides, didn't he study hard for three years just to get into a good school?

I've been gritting my teeth and persevering for three years, and I'm just on the verge of getting there. How can I relax now?

Sheng Xitai knew that his eldest brother meant well, so he didn't say anything else. He just said "oh" and then went to eat.

The college entrance examination will be held on July 7, 8 and 9. Songlin High School has its own test center, so there is no need to go to the county to take the exam.

The senior high school students had a day off on the 5th. They rested at home on the 6th and went to check out the examination room in the afternoon.

From the 6th to the 9th, the first and second graders of high school are on vacation, so the examination room will be freed up.

The superiors stipulate that teachers from this school cannot invigilate exams for students from their own school, so high school teachers in this county must exchange schools to invigilate exams.

Those from the Forestry Bureau were transferred to the county, and those from County No. 1 Middle School and Donggang High School were transferred to three Forestry Bureau high schools to invigilate exams.

Zhou Qinglan was lucky and didn't get the chance to invigilate the exam, so she could rest at home these three days.

During the three days of the college entrance examination, Sheng Xiping did nothing but was responsible for picking up Sheng Xitai and ensuring that no accidents would occur.

Aunt Li was also very careful and tried to cook some light and delicious meals according to Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan's instructions.

Avoid being too greasy, which may cause gastrointestinal discomfort and affect Sheng Xitai's body.

Finally, I finished the last subject.

"How was it? Do you think you did well in the exam?" Sheng Xiping drove and waited outside the examination room. When he saw Sheng Xitai coming out of the examination room with a smile on his face, he asked with a smile.

Two days ago, he simply didn't dare to ask, for fear of affecting his brother's mood.

"It was okay. I went pretty well on the exam. I could do most of the questions. There were a few difficult questions and I figured them out later."

After the exam was finally over, Sheng Xitai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go home. What do you want to eat tonight? Should you eat at home or go out for a meal?"

The exam was finally over and Sheng Xiping was in a good mood, so when he got in the car, he asked his brother.

"Your sister-in-law bought meat and vegetables this morning. I thought she wanted to make dumplings."

"When did my sister-in-law learn from our mother that she loves making dumplings? Okay, just dumplings. I haven't eaten them for some days and I'm really greedy."

After the exam, the big stone that weighed on his heart was gone. Sheng Xitai also relaxed. His love for food was revealed, and he was greedy for dumplings.

"Hahaha, you are really right. If you are not a family, why don't you enter the same house." Sheng Xiping burst out laughing after hearing this.

My mother loves making dumplings the most, and this habit has never changed.

In the years since Zhou Qinglan married into the Sheng family, influenced by Zhang Shuzhen, she also loves making dumplings.

"Let's go home and see if your sister-in-law is making dumplings at home?"

The two brothers returned home talking and laughing. As soon as they entered the yard, they smelled the aroma of dumpling fillings before they even entered the house.

"Sure enough, Lao Liu and I guessed right. We really make dumplings at home."

Sheng Xiping walked into the house as he spoke. When he entered the east room, he saw Wang Chunxiu, Zhou Qinglan, and Aunt Li making dumplings.

"Hey, mom is off work today?"

"Well, I don't have that much work now. If there are children, I will be responsible for delivering them, and someone else will be responsible for everything else.

It just so happened that I was off work today, and Qing Lan said that she was making dumplings at home, so I came over to join in the fun. "

Wang Chunxiu is two years younger than Zhou Mingyuan, and is only a few years away from retirement. Now she is responsible for leading some young doctors, and she is much more leisurely than before.

Most of the dumplings were already made, so Sheng Xiping and Sheng Xitai stopped getting involved and went to chop firewood and boil water.

By chance, the water was boiling and the dumplings were being made. The two children, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu, also came in carrying their schoolbags.

Sheng Xinhua is in the second grade, studying pretty well, and doesn't have to worry about anything at home.

When I come back from school every day, I finish my homework automatically and consciously, and I can also help my younger brother read and read.

Sheng Xinyu is in preschool and will go to elementary school this fall.

The younger one was close to the Sheng family, so the two children came back by themselves without anyone picking them up.

"Dad, we have the final exam tomorrow. After the exam, can you take us back to the forest farm? I miss my grandparents and my sister."

As soon as she entered the door, Sheng Xinhua told Sheng Xiping.

Sheng Xiping couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he saw his son talking nonsense without blushing and out of breath.

These two brats, do they miss their grandparents? They are obviously thinking about their friends in the forest farm, right?

They were thinking about what to do and how to be naughty when they returned to the forest farm.

"We'll talk about it in a few days. You still have to go back to school to hear your grades, and the teacher still has to assign holiday homework."

Sheng Xiping raised his hand and rubbed the top of his son's head, showing off the two children without hesitation.

It happened that he was going to demolish the house and rebuild it, and the children had no place to stay, so they might as well go back to the forest farm.

"Oh, okay then." Sheng Xinhua pursed his lips. He thought he would be able to go back after finishing the exam.

(End of this chapter)