Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 476 It’s better to be at home

Sheng Yunfang also took a vacation and rushed to the capital by car, where her family got together.

On the 25th, Sheng Liancheng and his wife took their son and daughter on the train back to Northeast China.

At noon on the 27th, the group returned to Songjiang River.

"Wow, brother, the new house is so beautiful, so grand." As soon as he arrived at the door of Sheng's house, Sheng Xitai admired the large house in front of him.

There are seven regular brick houses with red tiles on the roof and painted stone walls.

The builders were very clever, using water-washed stones in light green, white, pink and other colors, as well as slender mirror strips, to create geometric patterns on the walls.

It avoids the dullness of a large wall with a single color and is not so fancy.

Along the perimeter of the yard, there is a wall made of bricks and plastered with cement. The wall is as tall as a person. There are two layers of tiles on the top. There are many sharp glass particles inserted into the cement at the top of the wall.

There are two iron gates painted with dark red paint. There is a small door on one of them, which is about the same size as an ordinary house door.

For daily access, just use the small door. If you are driving, leave the door open.

After entering the door, walk along the walkway paved with cement blocks from the backyard to the front yard.

There are seven houses. The one on the far west has a door, and the one in the middle has a door.

"This one at the west end is a garage and boiler room. Our house spans eight meters from north to south, which is just right. The car is on the north side and the boiler room is on the south side."

As they walked, Sheng Xiping introduced him to his parents. "Dad, Mom, go this way. This is the main entrance in the middle."

Just as he was talking, before anyone could come in, the door suddenly opened and Sheng Xinhua and others ran out of the house.

"Grandpa, grandma." The four children rushed over happily and hugged Sheng Liancheng and his wife.

"Hey, why are you running out in this cold weather? Come on, get inside quickly, don't freeze."

Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen took a look, picked up the two granddaughters one by one, and quickly entered the house.

The room in the middle is separated from the north to the south. Inside is the kitchen, and outside are the stand, refrigerator, washing machine and other things.

Aunt Li was busy in the kitchen when she heard people entering the house and came out with a shovel in her hand.

"Hey, brothers of the Sheng family, are your siblings back? Come on, come in and warm yourself up. The food will be ready soon. Are you hungry all the way?"

"Sister-in-law, you don't have to be busy. We took a bite from the bar in the car and we're not too hungry." Zhang Shuzhen said with a smile as she untied her scarf.

“Oops, the food on the train is dry and not warm, so I’m not full.

I stewed the pork ribs with sauerkraut. You can try it later. Our sauerkraut is so good this year. "Aunt Li smiled and went back to the kitchen to work.

"The two rooms on the east end are connected and have a large living room with a suite inside. The two rooms on the west end are separated and are also suites."

Sheng Xiping opened the door of the east room and led everyone into the room.

There is no wall between the two rooms in the east room, they are open to each other, making the room look very spacious.

There is a row of sofas under the south window, and a coffee table in front of the sofa.

To the north is a half-part partition wall that separates the two houses. Next to the outhouse, there is a kang on the north, with kangqin and other furniture slightly placed on the kang.

The one inside, against the east wall, had a row of modular furniture and a bed.

The modular furniture was drawn by Sheng Xiping and made by a carpenter. The main reason was that his own furniture factory had not yet been completed, so he had to find others to make it.

The furniture is not as good as Sheng Xiping thought. Of course, it is already the best furniture at the moment.

The color TV was placed on the cabinet, just like other homes. The TV was covered with a white embroidered TV cover.

The red phone was placed in a grid of modular furniture, and it was also covered with a piece of white embroidered cloth.

"Oh, your two rooms are connected. The room is too spacious. How much fire do you need to burn to keep it warm?"

Sheng Liancheng looked at the house and found that there were quite a lot of people everywhere, except that the house was too big and heating was difficult.

"It's okay, Dad, there are many heaters in the house, and the boiler I installed is also big.

Besides, there are earth dragons under the living room. It's too cold. Just burn the earth dragons. "

That is to say, there was no floor heating in these years, otherwise, Sheng Xiping would have installed floor heating in the new house.

Hearing this, Sheng Liancheng nodded, "No wonder, the weather is so cold, but it's quite warm in this room.

Okay, this house is well-organized. There are many children in the family, and Xinhua Xinyu is older. The house is bigger and comfortable to live in. "

As Sheng Xiping said, this room has both heating and floor heating, so it is indeed quite warm.

After everyone entered the house, they took off their coats, hats and gloves. Sheng Xitai and his two sisters walked around the east and west rooms, looking around.

"Our brother's house is really nice. The terrazzo floor is pretty, the window sills are neat and decent, and the windows are big and bright."

Sheng Xitai walked around the house and looked at everything.

"Brother, if you had cleaned up the house two years earlier, I could have lived in it for a year and a half.

This is great. I went to school to squeeze into the dormitory, and you built a big house. "After Sheng Xitai finished wandering around, he returned to the east room and complained.

Everyone in the room was stunned when they heard this, and then laughed.

"You don't have to envy me. When you graduate and work, I will buy a house for you. Then you can install it however you want and keep it to your satisfaction, okay?"

Sheng Xiping was so happy that he quickly promised. He bought the house for the second and third children to get married, as well as the sixth child.

"Isn't this bad?" Sheng Xitai scratched his head.

"You said before that you wanted to buy me a car. Buying a house will cost too much. Forget it, I'd better find a way to earn money to buy a house by myself, and my brother can buy me a car."

"What the hell? When did your brother promise to buy you a car?

You're a student, why do you need a car? It's better to stop thinking every day. Put your mind on studying and stop thinking about useless things. "

Unexpectedly, before Sheng Xiping could say anything, Sheng Liancheng became angry, blowing his beard and glaring.

This is because I don't have much at hand, otherwise I would definitely beat my old son with a swing.

"Dad, look at you, why are you angry?

I had promised the sixth child that as long as he could get into a university similar to the third child, I would buy him a car after he graduated.

At that time, he was working, so he got a small car to drive around. The big city is not like Songjianghe. The place is so big, how can he get around without a car. "

Sheng Xiping saw it and hurriedly explained and comforted his father.

"Just get used to him, you will get used to him day by day.

He is not taking the exam for others, but for himself. If he gets into a good school, he will have a good job in the future and his life will be easier. "

Sheng Liancheng was obviously still angry. As he spoke, he used his eyes to gouge out Sheng Xitai.

"Yes, yes, dad is right, then it will be easier for him, and won't the family have less to worry about?

If he doesn't make a difference and fights and fools around all day long, won't you and my mother be worried all day long and be so worried that you can't sleep? Right? Sheng Xiping persuaded with a smile.

Sheng Liancheng was about to retort, but saw Aunt Li move to the side and enter the room, so she changed her words. "Lao Liu, why don't you take over the table?"

Sheng Xitai also saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the table, unfold it, and then went out to get stools and put them on.

Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei went to the kitchen to serve food.

Not long after, the table was filled with steaming hot meals, including pork ribs stewed with pickled cabbage, chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork, cabbage and vermicelli, and a piece of fish.

There are three pots and stoves in the Sheng family's kitchen, and they are not afraid of the heat in winter, so Aunt Li cooks mostly stews.

The stew is good. It has soup and does not get cold easily. When eating in winter, the soup is warm and comfortable to eat.

"Auntie, please sit down and eat together." Aunt Li packed up the food and turned to go out when Sheng Xiping hurriedly called out.

"No, no, no, Xinhua and I have already eaten for lunch. This is specially prepared for you." Aunt Li waved her hands and smiled after hearing this.

The class led by Zhou Qinglan is in her senior year this year. She has a tight schedule and no winter vacation, so she has to go to work every day.

After getting off work at noon, Zhou Qinglan would come back for dinner. Moreover, the children were small and not suitable for two meals, so the Sheng family always had three meals.

When Sheng Xiping heard this, he nodded, "Oh, oh. Okay, let's eat first."

As he spoke, Sheng Xiping turned to look at Sheng Xinhua and the others, "Where are you? Are you hungry now? If you are, come over and have something to eat."

Sheng Xinhua and others shook their heads. They had eaten lunch at around two o'clock in the afternoon, and they were not hungry at all.

The children didn't want to eat, and Sheng Xiping and others were all hungry, so they didn't care and just used their chopsticks to eat.

Aunt Li is a good cook, and this dish is very delicious. Everyone misses the food at home after being out for a long time.

So I didn't eat less during this meal. There were four dishes on the table, but in the end there were only a few bites left.

"Oh, I'm full, but the food at home is still delicious."

After Sheng Xitai finished eating, he lay lazily on the sofa, not wanting to move at all.

"Every day I just eat and I'm lazy. I don't know why I thought you didn't have enough to eat at school. It's all this."

Sheng Liancheng's anger at not being able to take care of his old son just now is still not good, and he still doesn't like looking at his old son now.

“Dad, it’s not that the food in the cafeteria is not enough, it’s that the food in the cafeteria is only enough.

If you ask me, the food anywhere is not as delicious as the food at home. "Sheng Xitai chuckled and argued.

Sheng Liancheng rolled his eyes at his old son, turned around, picked up Sheng Xinyue, and coaxed his granddaughter away.

Zhou Qinglan didn't have evening classes today. She stared at the school for a while and went home at around six o'clock in the evening.

Several of Yu Haibin's comrades came over a while ago.

Zhou Qinglan thought about Sheng Xiping's instructions and arranged for a person to be a driver to take the two boys to school every day and then take Zhou Qinglan to work.

At the beginning of the winter vacation, Sheng Xinhua and the others stopped going to class and stayed at home. The driver was dedicated to picking up and dropping off Zhou Qinglan.

Sheng Liancheng and his wife heard what their son said, and they quite agreed with it. The society is too chaotic now, and Sheng Xiping is well-known now. Everyone knows that he is rich, but they are afraid of meeting someone who is so bold.

Zhou Qinglan was very happy to see that her husband and parents-in-law were back. After leading the children to finish the meal, she chatted with her parents-in-law.

Sheng Xiping and others were very tired after riding back all the way. After chatting for a while, they all took a rest early.

Sheng Liancheng and his wife lived in the apartment in the east room. There was a stove pit on top of the kang. Aunt Li had heated the kang early, and there was still heating in the room, so it wasn't cold at all.

The four children disliked their grandparents and had to sleep with them. Fortunately, the kang was quite big and they could live comfortably there, so it was up to them.

Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei lived in the second room of the West House together with Aunt Li, and Sheng Xitai lived in the suite in the West House.

After everyone was settled, Sheng Xiping opened the suitcase he brought back and took out the things.

"Daughter-in-law, these are a hundred thousand yuan in total. If you have time, I can send 20,000 yuan to our mother.

Aren't Qingyue and his partner going to get married next summer? I heard that I don’t have a house yet. Do I want to rent a house to get married?

Don't bother, just give him the money and let them buy a house. "

"Ah? You want to pay for Qingyue to buy a house? No need, right? They both work to earn money. They will save for a few years and wait for the company to have a fund-raising building, so they can just buy one."

When Zhou Qinglan heard this, she was stunned. She had never heard of a brother-in-law buying a house for his brother-in-law. This, isn't that good?

"Look at what you said. When the couple saves enough money, won't the price of the house increase? Buy it now, don't put it off later.

Unit-funded building, do you think there is little money? How many years would they have to save based on their salary? We can't let our parents pay in the end, right?

Our parents are not young anymore, so what little money they have is not allowed to be kept for retirement? Just listen to me, give the money to our mother, and say that I am filial to them. "

Here at Sheng Xiping, his brother and brother-in-law should be treated equally.

This has nothing to do with whether he can help his younger brother or not, it is just a matter of his feelings as an elder brother and brother-in-law.

It can't be said that he has a net worth of tens of millions and his brother and brother-in-law still have to rent a house to live in. That's outrageous.

Why is he working so hard to earn all this money? Isn’t it just for your family to live a good life?

What's the point of keeping the money in your own hands? Money has to be spent, then it is called money and has meaning.

Besides, whether it is Sheng Xian, Sheng Xikang, or Zhou Qingyue, they are all people with serious business.

Unlike the son of the old Liu family, the mud can't hold up the wall, and he can't do anything all day long and only causes trouble.

If that's the case, Sheng Xiping promises not to pay any attention to him.

He only provided money to buy a house so that his brother and brother-in-law could have a place to live. The rest was up to them.

Ever since Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan got married, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife had taken care of them. Sheng Xiping respected his father-in-law and mother-in-law from the bottom of his heart.

Now that his brother-in-law is getting married, he can't help with anything else. So if he spends some money to buy a house for his brother-in-law, what does that mean?

"In all the years you have been married to me, you have never spoken out about your mother's family's affairs.

Yes, I know. Both my parents work and earn a lot of money. They have plenty of money and don’t need to ask me for anything.

If Qingyue gets married and lives at home, there is no need for me to do this. Our father will take care of it.

Didn't he stay in the provincial capital? Houses in that provincial capital are much more expensive than here.

You don’t want to watch Qingyue and his wife living frugally in order to save money to buy a house, right?

As sisters and husbands, we will help if we can. Who knows when we will ask someone for something? right? "

Sheng Xiping patiently broke the matter into pieces and told his wife bit by bit.

"You've been wandering south, and you haven't mastered anything else. Your squabbling is getting worse and worse. I can't even pick up the words. I don't know what to say."

Zhou Qinglan was amused by her husband's remarks and couldn't help but shake her head.

"Okay, then I won't be polite to you. I will send 20,000 yuan to our mother later and let her take care of the arrangements and make Qingyue's wedding more beautiful."

Zhou Qinglan only has one brother and one brother in total. The brother she loves the most is getting married, and she hopes to make the wedding a happy one.

"On behalf of our parents, our mother, and Qingyue, thank you."

"You're just thanking me like this? Empty thanks are not enough, you have to give me something real."

Sheng Xiping stared at Zhou Qinglan with burning eyes. The meaning of his words should not be too obvious.

"I'm getting out of shape day by day, so pack up quickly and go to bed."

Zhou Qinglan glared at Sheng Xiping, turned around, opened the cabinet at the corner of the kang, and put the money in the cabinet for the time being, and then went to deposit the money when she was free.

In fact, the family doesn't have much expenses. Zhou Qinglan's salary is enough. She has saved all the money Sheng Xiping got back in the past few years and uses it as much as possible.

Zhou Qinglan made the quilt, while Sheng Xiping went to the outhouse and threw a few more lumps into Dilong's stove to ensure that the fire in the stove would not go out at night and the room would be warm.

Then, he went to the Xitou boiler room and added a lot of coal to the boiler.

It's the seventh and eighth day of the twelfth lunar month and my chin is frozen. It's been extremely cold these days. I have to put some coal on it at night to keep the water in the boiler hot.

When he returned to the house after finishing his work, Zhou Qinglan had already washed up and got into bed. Sheng Xiping also washed his feet, slipped into the bed, and put his wife in his arms.

The couple haven't seen each other for several months. How can this fierce feud be stopped?

It's just that there are a lot of people at home, so the two of them can't be too presumptuous, so they try to be as quiet as possible.

Sheng Liancheng and his wife were thinking about their family, so they did not stay in Songjiang River for long and would go back the next morning.

When Sheng Xinhua and others heard this, they all followed their grandparents home.

With so many people there, Sheng Xiping's car couldn't even be driven. He had no choice but to call Liu Yujiang and ask him to drive to Songjiang River to pick them up.

When Sheng Xiping bought a truck for his hometown in autumn, he also bought two light trucks for the breeding farm.

This kind of light truck is different from a large truck. It has two rows of seats in the front, and the driver can seat five or six people.

The truck at the back is not as big as a truck, so it can't hold as much cargo. However, this car consumes less fuel and is also flexible. It is convenient for the farm to haul things and other things on weekdays.

As soon as Liu Yujiang heard that Sheng Liancheng and the others were back, he immediately drove down, and then together with Sheng Xiping, he took all the old and young of the Sheng family back to the forest farm.

"Xiping, I'm going home first. You'll be free later. Come and have a drink at home." Liu Yujiang and Sheng Xiping drove into the forest farm one after the other.

Liu Yujiang parked the car in front of the field department. The people in the car got out. Liu Yujiang did not get out of the car. He only lowered the window and said a word to Sheng Xiping.

Then he drove to the open area in front of him, turned around, and returned to the alkali field.

Here, Sheng Xiping drove the car to the east end of his house, opened the door and let his parents and children out.

Sheng Liancheng took out the key, opened the door, and the group entered the hospital.

The dogs at home were all happy when they saw their master back, wagging their tails and rushing towards people, chirping all the time.

This time, before Sheng Xiping could coax the dogs, each of the four children hugged a dog and held on to the dog's neck without letting go.

After being comforted by their little master, the dogs finally calmed down. Sheng Xiping went over again and stroked the dogs' heads one by one.

Sheng Xiping and his son were playing with the dogs outside, while the others carried their things into the house.

Sheng Liancheng and his wife had been away for nearly two months. Fortunately, Xu Xiuxiang, Zhao Chunlan and others took care of their home, who came every day to burn the kang, feed chickens and dogs, and clean the house.

So the house is clean and the kang is quite warm.

Of course, they burned the south kang in the east room. The north kang was cold, and there was no fire in the west room.

There is no one living in the house, so burning so many fires is a waste. As long as the water pipes and pickle jars are not frozen, it will be fine.

So everyone put down their things and quickly lit the fire.

Sheng Xiping still has a lot of things to do. He can't stay. Now that his family has been sent back safely, he can rest assured.

So I said something to my parents, turned around, walked out, and drove away again.

Returning to Songjianghe, Sheng Xiping first went to the factory to see the progress of the project.

In the winter in the Northeast, construction is impossible at minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, and work on the other side of the office building has long been suspended.

On the other hand, the factory building was built before winter began. Although the work outside could not be done, there was no delay inside.

Now, several large workshops have been tidied up, and the various pipes and other things inside have been installed according to the original design drawings.

As soon as the machinery and equipment arrive and all the workers are recruited, work can start here.

"Well, it's not bad. The factory is well built." Sheng Xiping walked around several workshops and was very satisfied with the current progress.

"I have already placed orders for machinery and equipment from abroad before I came back. There are several machines that we have high requirements for and need to be specially customized. It is estimated that they will not be available until the beginning of spring.

In this way, while there is nothing to do in winter, we can recruit workers first.

Allocate manpower and set up registration offices in surrounding towns. For the time being, only male workers will be recruited. After the factory is put into production next year, female workers will be recruited based on the situation. "

Wood processing plants, including various circular saws, band saws, planers, rotary cutters, presses, etc., have more heavy manual work and definitely require more male workers.

"Mr. Sheng, where are the various forest farms? Do you want to try recruiting workers? There are many unemployed young people in the forest farms now, and there is nothing to do." Zheng Hua asked from the side.

In recent years, in order to accommodate the children of employees, the Forestry Bureau has recruited several groups of workers one after another, including migrant workers, large collective workers, and agricultural and forestry workers. Now the workers are already saturated.

However, there are still many people who graduated from junior high school and high school and failed to enter technical secondary schools and universities, so they can only be unemployed and wait for recruitment.

"Well, you can give it a try, but I feel it's quite frustrating. The unemployed young people in the forest farms are all waiting to be recruited. People may not like our private factory."

Sheng Xiping doesn't have high hopes for this. Forestry children are different from rural people. They have a way out and can recruit workers. Those who can't can still take over their parents' work.

After all, this is a private enterprise. It does not have the benefits of state-owned enterprises. At most, the salary is higher, which may not attract these forestry students.

"By the way, when recruiting workers, make it clear that we are a private company and do not have the benefits of state-owned companies.

The day shift is from 7 to 5 in the morning, and the night shift is from 7 to 5 in the evening. The salary can be higher, with a basic salary, perfect attendance bonus, and performance bonus.

I will think about the specific base salary later and tell you later. When we build the dormitories next year, those who live far away can live in the dormitories. "

Sheng Xiping thought about it for a moment, and concluded that this was probably all about recruiting workers. We would discuss other details later.

(End of this chapter)