Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

The summer vacation here in the Northeast is short and the winter vacation is long.Usually, the final exams are held in early July, followed by holidays, and school starts around August 20th.

Summer vacation lasts about forty to 45 days, and winter vacation usually lasts two months.

Qianchuan Forest Farm Primary and Secondary School is just a forest farm school. It does not pay much attention to cultural education, and the classrooms are not enough for students to take single-table exams.

Therefore, the first, second, and third grade students will take exams in advance, and then there will be exams for junior high school students in the fourth and fifth grades.

Primary schools have few courses, and only mathematics and Chinese are tested at the end of the semester. Chinese will be tested on the morning of the [-]th, and mathematics will be tested in the afternoon. After finishing the test, students can herd sheep.

Zhou Qinglan is the head teacher, and she teaches mathematics and Chinese. After finishing one subject in the morning, she will be in charge of the exam in the afternoon, marking the Chinese paper.

After the math test was finished in the afternoon, Zhou Qinglan took the paper home for marking.

As an idle member of the family, Sheng Xi'an had the honor of becoming a marking teacher, helping Zhou Qinglan mark mathematics papers.

There were many helpers, and the papers were graded very quickly. Before evening, the results for both subjects were all out.

Then Sheng Xi'an helped Zhou Qinglan to sort out the class list and remember the summer vacation homework.

Sheng Xi'an helped Zhou Qinglan read the papers and rank the rankings, while Sheng Xiping went to the upper reaches of the Qianchuan River to fish for Liangzi.

Early in the morning on the [-]th, Sheng Xiping and his two brothers took Erlang Shen and several other dogs up the mountain for a walk.

Not to mention, the harvest was really good. I caught two hares, three pheasants, and a roe deer and a female sika deer were caught in the sling.

It’s just an oil silk rope noose, nothing gained, it seems that there are indeed fewer wild boars.

It was good to have these harvests, and Sheng Xiping was quite satisfied, so the two brothers each carried roe deer, sika deer, and pheasants and hares home.

Erlang Shen and his other dogs ate the roe deer and deer, and they were quite beautiful and followed them home.

It was around six o'clock when we returned to the forest farm. The deer and roe deer were thrown into the yard and there was no time to take care of them. The two brothers Sheng Xiping hurriedly went to the river to catch fish.

Sheng Xiping hasn't fished Liangzi for a long time, so this time he got a pretty good harvest, a thin scale weighing about two kilograms, and a few river carp.

There are a lot of palm-sized crucian carp seeds, and most of the rest are miscellaneous fish such as willow root seeds, gaya seeds, and white ticket seeds.

The two brothers took the big one and kept it, and put the small one back into the river.

A few big fish were carried with wicker sticks through their gills, and the miscellaneous fish were packed in buckets. Then they dismantled the fish and hurried home.

When they got home, they didn't bother to eat. They skinned the roe deer and deer and divided the meat, and then went inside to eat.After eating, the two quickly packed their things.

"You bring these vegetables with you, don't worry about whether they are expensive or not. We have them at home, so there is no need to go out and buy them."

Zhang Shuzhen picked more than ten cucumbers with thorny top flowers from the vegetable garden one morning, and picked up chrysanthemum, spinach, Chinese cabbage, and radish.

They were picked, washed, wrapped in white cloth, and put into the basket.

"There are also these eggs that I saved a while ago. You can also carry them."

After loading the dishes, Zhang Shuzhen brought over a small round basket with thirty eggs in it.

The bottom of the egg is covered with fine, soft shavings, layer by layer, which can reduce vibration and prevent the egg from being squeezed.

"Oh, Mom, there's no need to take these. Xiping has prepared a lot of things. If you put them on again, Xiping won't be able to carry this basket."

When Zhou Qinglan saw it, he was trying to evacuate his home. Is this okay?

"It's okay, Xiping is so big, how can he not even be able to carry this small thing?

We still have eggs at home. Mom will save some eggs for you during your confinement period later. Don’t worry, keep some to eat. "

Zhang Shuzhen didn't care about that and just stuffed everything into the basket on her back, forcing Sheng Xiping to carry it.

"Mom, you'd better not worry about this, just give me the bear bile.

By the way, there are also deer antlers. When I went down this time, I sold them all on the way. "

On the other side, Sheng Xiping was busy loading deer blood wine and antler blood wine into the basket on his back.

This time it took a long time to go down. Zhao Yongsheng had to go there and walk around, and he couldn't do anything else. Whoever gave this thing would have to happily take it.

The bear bile Sheng Xiping was talking about was the bile of the brown bear they shot during spring hunting.

I have been busy before and have no time to go to Songjianghe. It just so happens that I have the opportunity this time to sell it together.

It also saves people from worrying about it and thinking that Sheng Xiping wants to monopolize it.

"Oh, yes, this is an important matter, just wait, I'll take it right away.

By the way, just take these, where is the deer whip? "When Zhang Shuzhen heard this, she immediately turned around to look for something.

"If you don't want to take the deer whip, let's keep it for now. I don't know who will use it. I won't be able to sell it yet."

The deer whip last time was really bought by Lao Xiao. It is said that Lao Xiao took it and mixed it with a lot of medicinal materials and brewed it into wine.

As for the effect, I don't know. You will know when you go to work in the mountains in winter and listen to those people bragging and grinning.

Zhang Shuzhen hurried back to the east room, took out the bear bile and deer antlers, and handed them to Sheng Xiping, asking him to take good care of them.

"It's a good thing that we sold Niu Maoguang a few days ago. Otherwise, you really wouldn't be able to carry so many things."

But what?The basket on his back contained two fish, a rabbit, two pheasants, the back half of a deer and a roe deer, as well as these vegetables, plus several bottles of wine, so the basket was full.

This season has lasted for more than [-] days, and the three masters of the Sheng family have been able to bring back a lot of fresh vegetables every day.

After it is ironed and dried in the sun, it can weigh more than ten kilograms when it is good, and it can weigh six or seven kilograms when it is bad.

Excluding the days when it rained heavily and we were unable to go up the mountain, this season we produced a total of about [-] kilograms of dry goods.

Niu Maoguang belongs to the second category of export materials, which is exclusively owned by the state. The county local specialty company entrusts stores in various places to collect it on its behalf. There is no price difference, so it is the same wherever it is sold.

Two days ago, Sheng Liancheng sent all the cattle and hair from his home to the forest farm for collection.

This year, the purchase price of Niu Maoguang has increased again, more than five yuan per catty. Just for this crop of Niu Maoguang, the Sheng family can earn more than 1000 yuan, which is almost as much as Sheng Liancheng's annual salary.

Of course, this is not only the money earned by Master Sheng, Liancheng and Cheng, this is almost the money earned by the entire Sheng family. Even people like Sheng Xitai mobilized and worked hard to achieve such results.

Or to put it another way, it depends on the mountains and rivers.

The forest farm guards a treasure house. As long as people are not lazy and are willing to work, they can really make money.

Speaking of which, the only disadvantage of the forest farm is that transportation is inconvenient and good things cannot be transported.

Otherwise, this is a picturesque place surrounded by mountains and rivers, and you can still make money. It is definitely a good place.

Zhang Shuzhen helped her son and daughter-in-law pack everything properly.

Sheng Xiping was carrying a large basket on his back, and Zhou Qinglan was carrying an egg basket in his hand. There was a bag on his back, which contained a change of clothes for the two of them, as well as bear bile, deer antlers and other things.

The couple just walked out and went straight to the small train station.

On the way, I met Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo, both of whom were traveling lightly.

Seeing Sheng Xiping and his wife carrying so many things, Wang Jianshe quickly took the egg basket from Zhou Qinglan's hand and made fun of them.

"Hey, Xiping, you are really going back to your parents' house. I'm afraid you won't have enough things to bring."

Sheng Xiping and his wife, Wang Jianshe and others, got on the small train and headed straight to Songjiang River.

At around 10:30, the train arrived at the Sente Railway Station. Everyone got off the train and went straight to the street.

The bureau will arrange food and accommodation for those who come for training this time.

In the Guest House of the Forestry Bureau, which was later known as the Songlin Hotel.

The three-story building of the Forestry Bureau Guest House was originally built for Soviet Russian experts. Later, when the experts moved away, it became a guest house.

The accommodation and food conditions here are the best. People who come to study from forest farms can stay in the guest house if the forest farms issue a letter of introduction.

Sheng Xiping could stay at Zhou's house, but according to the rules, he had to report to the guest house.

Of course, once the check-in procedures are completed, you can live as you please.

The guest house will take care of food and accommodation starting from the evening of the [-]th. Sheng Xiping and the others arrived early, so they definitely cannot eat the lunch at the guest house.

Besides, Sheng Xiping and his wife were carrying so many things, so they couldn't carry them to the guest house.

Zhou Qinglan called Songjianghe yesterday, and Wang Chunxiu specially went to work with someone. Today, she is waiting for her daughter and uncle at home.

So the group got out of the car and went to Zhou's house first.

Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo also went to buy some things on the way. It's not good to go empty-handed when visiting someone else's house. It depends on how much you have.

"Mom, we're back." Zhou Qinglan shouted as soon as she entered the Zhou family's yard.

"Come back? Oops, Xiao Wang and Xiao Chen are here too? Come on, come inside and sit down.

Your uncle should be getting off work soon. I'm cooking. We'll have dinner later. "

Wang Chunxiu came out of the house with a shovel in his hand and greeted Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo to come in with a smile.

Sheng Xiping smiled and stepped forward to greet his mother-in-law.

"Mom. We came to the bureau to study. It just so happened that Qinglan was on vacation. Come back with me and let her stay at home for a few more days to stay with you and dad."

"Hey, hey, okay, that's great. Xiping, mom is cooking here, please greet your friends for mom first."

My uncle is just like his son, not an outsider.

So Wang Chunxiu greeted Wang Jianshe and others just now, and now asked Sheng Xiping to entertain the guests.

This is not because Wang Chunxiu is neglecting his uncle. On the contrary, Wang Chunxiu does not regard his uncle as an outsider, and there is no need for his family to be so polite.

Sheng Xiping naturally understood, so he entered the house with a smile, put the basket on the ground, then took out the things they brought from home one by one and took them to the kitchen of the outhouse.

"Mom, my mother specially picked these from the vegetable garden this morning. They are all vegetables grown at home.

These are the pheasants, rabbits, deer, and roe deer I caught in the forest. I brought some here for you and my dad to keep. "

These things were so fresh that they couldn't be stored away. They were covered all the way on the train, so they had to be taken out to air quickly to prevent them from spoiling.

"Oh, look, it will be great if you come back. What are you doing with so many things? How heavy it is to carry it all the way."

Wang Chunxiu took out the food from the pot, and when he turned around, he saw that his uncle had poured out a lot of food.

"There are so many, oh, don't stay here. In the afternoon, you can take something with you and go to Secretary Zhao's place."

What Wang Chunxiu means is that Zhao Yongsheng is now the top leader in the bureau. Since Sheng Xiping can talk to the Zhao family, this relationship cannot be broken.

In the future, even if the forestry farm nominates workers for recruitment or other matters, the final decision will have to be made by the bureau leaders. If you have a good relationship with the bureau leaders, you will not suffer any disadvantages.

"Well, I'll go there next afternoon. Thank you, Mom, for reminding me."

Sheng Xiping had originally intended to go there, but since Wang Chunxiu brought it up, he agreed and seemed close to him.

Sure enough, Wang Chunxiu became even more happy when she heard Sheng Xiping agreed.

"Oh, these cucumbers are really unusually long. It just so happens that they gave me some pig's mouth grinders the day before yesterday. I washed them all and took two cucumbers and mixed them in."

In fact, Wang Chunxiu got up early to buy groceries, and there were also cucumbers, but Sheng Xiping had brought them all the way, so he couldn't live up to the wishes of his uncle's family.

So Wang Chunxiu immediately picked a few cucumbers, took some vegetables, and quickly weighed and added a few more vegetables.

"Mom, let me help you. I can also cook and stuff."

Sheng Xiping took a look and saw that his mother-in-law seemed to be planning to add a few more dishes. His wife was pregnant and couldn't smell the fumes. He should come forward and help.

"Oh, no, no, I can do it myself.

You see how carefully your mother works. The vegetables are all picked out and washed. I just cut and stir-fry them and they will be ready in no time. "

He didn't see his family at all, but there was no reason to let his uncle come to the house and cook the food himself.

"Go inside quickly and talk to Xiao Wang and the others. Just these few dishes will be ready in a moment."

Sheng Xiping took a look and saw that there was indeed nothing he could do, so he went into the room and talked with Wang Jianshe and the others.

Zhou Qinglan poured water for everyone, and then came out of the east room, wanting to chat with her mother for a while.

But they were cooking in the outer room, and she felt like vomiting as soon as she smelled the fumes. She had no choice but to go to the yard to get some fresh air and stand in the yard talking to her mother.

"I thought your reaction was quite severe. You can't even smell the cooking. So how are you going to eat? Can you eat it?"

While Wang Chunxiu was busy cooking, he glanced at his daughter and saw that her complexion was okay and she didn't seem to have lost much weight. She felt relieved at least.

"I can't eat it. There's a lot of oil in the cooking and it's disgusting. I feel like vomiting when I see fat meat.

My mother-in-law was so tired that she used venison to make meatballs, dumplings, and steamed buns for me to eat.

I can eat these without vomiting, but I can't cook them. "

Zhang Shuzhen saw that her daughter-in-law could eat the deer that Sheng Xiping brought back last time, so she made it differently.

But here's the weird thing, Zhou Qinglan can drink meatball soup, but can't eat stir-fried venison or braised venison.

In the end, there was nothing she could do, so Zhang Shuzhen made meatballs, dumplings, and steamed buns for her daughter-in-law.

Most of the venison was reserved for Zhou Qinglan to eat. The venison was very nourishing, so Zhou Qinglan looked good recently.

"You, you don't know what prince or noble family you are carrying in your belly, you are so pretentious.

Fortunately, you have a good mother-in-law in Tanshang, and Xiping also loves you. If it were an ordinary person, who would care about what you eat or not?

You have to eat whatever you do. If you don't eat, you'll be hungry. "

Wang Chunxiu felt sorry for her daughter, but she was not forgiving.

Of course, what she said is also true. In this year and age, I have never heard of anyone operating a small stove alone during pregnancy.

They eat whatever is available at home, so why is it the daughter-in-law’s turn to pick and choose?

Zhou Qinglan was not annoyed when her own mother told her, she just laughed.

"That's right. My mother-in-law is very kind to me. She never calls her daughter-in-law, she always calls me girl."

Speaking of this, Zhou Qinglan was also filled with gratitude. The Sheng family really had nothing to say to her.

Not only did she pay attention to her after she got pregnant, but she never neglected her before she got pregnant. It was indeed her blessing to marry into such a family.

"That's good. As long as your in-laws treat you well, your father and I will feel relieved."

Wang Chunxiu nodded after hearing this. They were both worried that their daughter would marry far away from home.

While the two mothers were talking, Wang Chunxiu cooked a few more dishes. It happened that Zhou Mingyuan was off work, Zhou Qingyue was out of school, and the two of them arrived home one after the other.

Zhou Mingyuan met his uncle and his friends, so he was naturally very kind. He chatted with Sheng Xiping and the others and talked about this training.

Zhou Qingyue became interested when he saw pheasants, rabbits, roe deer and venison.

"When I graduate from high school next year, I will probably have to go to the mountains and go to the countryside. Then Mom, you can find a way to arrange for me to go to Maekawa and let my brother-in-law take me hunting in the mountains."

This boy actually became interested in hunting and wanted to go hunting with Sheng Xiping.

"Just have sweet dreams.

Our eldest brother is in the army, and I am an educated youth in a forest farm. Why can't we leave someone to take care of our parents?

You go to the forest farm, what are you going to the forest farm for?You're still hunting with your brother-in-law, but you just can't go into the mountains for the past two days?

No, you'd better stay in the town and take over from dad in two years. "

Zhou Qinglan snorted after hearing this. If this kid went to the forest farm, he would probably go crazy with Sheng Xikang and others.

No, just stay at home. Anyway, Zhou Qingyue complies with the exemption policy.

"Mom, listen to my sister, how could I be so stupid?"

Zhou Qingyue was complained about by his sister, and he was a little worried about his face. He immediately became unhappy and turned to complain to his mother.

"Haha." What could Wang Chunxiu say?

She also felt that it was not a good idea for her son to go up the mountain to the forest farm, as it would definitely cause trouble for the Sheng family.

It's better to stay at home and work as an apprentice in a machine repair shop in a year or two. With Zhou Mingyuan here, he can just recruit workers in a few years.

It's just that it's hard to explain this directly, so Wang Chunxiu could only laugh and not answer his son's question.

Zhou Qingyue is not stupid either. From his mother's attitude, can't he see any meaning?I felt quite disappointed at the time.

"Sister, how long can my brother-in-law live in Songjianghe for this training and study?

I'm on vacation in a few days. There's not much fun in town. I want to go back to the forest farm with you to play for a few days. "

"Your brother-in-law has to train and study for half a month. I want to stay at home for a few more days. When I have time, I can go to some teachers to ask for advice about the course.

If I return to the forest farm early, you can come with me. "

Just now, Zhou Qinglan's outspoken words directly broke her brother's dream of going to the mountains to become an educated youth. Now it was difficult to refuse his brother's request to go to the forest farm.

It only lasts about three to five days, so just go and have fun.

Otherwise, Sheng Xiping would be studying and training in the bureau and no one would send Zhou Qinglan back, and both parties would probably be worried.

“However, there is a condition: your final exam score cannot be too bad.

If your grades are too ugly, just stay at home. I won't take you out to embarrass you. "

Zhou Qinglan saw her brother almost jumping up and down with joy, so she deliberately poured another ladle of cold water on him.

"Sister, if I didn't teach you like this, wouldn't you know what my grades would be like?

That's pretty much it. In our family, you and your eldest brother just need to study well. As long as I don't count down, it won't embarrass our father. "

Zhou Qingyue was originally very happy to hear that his sister agreed to take him to Qianchuan Forest Farm, but his sister, a bad-hearted guy, actually came up with additional conditions.

Academic performance?Are you kidding me?His few achievements are not embarrassing enough.

The final exam is coming soon, what should I do?In order to be able to play with my sister, I can only improvise and work hard.

"How can that be okay? Our parents are both intellectuals, but your grades are at the bottom of the class. Wouldn't that embarrass our parents?"

You can take care of this matter. As long as your grades are acceptable, I will take you back to live in the forest farm.

There are a lot of fun things in the forest farm. Your brother-in-law knows how to catch fish, so you can think about it yourself. "Zhou Qinglan deliberately created problems for his younger brother.

The siblings were quarreling here, but Wang Chunxiu ignored them.

This kind of situation happened every day at home before Zhou Qinglan went to the forestry farm to become an educated youth. Wang Chunxiu had long been used to it.

His younger son is quite smart, but he is lazy and doesn't want to study at all.

Everyone shouts that reading is useless, but Wang Chunxiu understands that no matter what age, reading is very useful.

"Okay, hurry up and clear the table, let's eat." When the food was ready, Wang Chunxiu shouted to his daughter.

So the siblings set the table and put the dishes away. Zhou Mingyuan also rummaged through and found two bottles of wine, insisting on drinking some with Sheng Xiping and the others.

"Dad, we have to study in the bureau for half a month, we have plenty of time to drink.

We still have to report this afternoon. Just now my mother told me to go to Secretary Zhao’s place to have a look.

Let's not drink this lunch, we still have to do some serious business. "

Sheng Xiping has no interest in wine. It doesn't matter if he drinks a little when necessary. On ordinary days, he is never greedy for wine.

The most important thing is that he has to go to the buying station to sell things in the afternoon, and getting drunk is not an option.

"Yes, yes, uncle, we have something to do in the afternoon. Another day, another day we will come home and have a drink with uncle."

Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo also hurriedly agreed. What kind of wine should I drink on this hot day? It would be good to just stop and have a meal.

Zhou Mingyuan is an educated man and doesn't usually drink. It's just that when guests come to his home, he has to make arrangements.

Since Sheng Xiping and others said they wouldn't drink, Zhou Mingyuan didn't force it anymore.

"Okay, we won't drink at noon. If we have something to do in the afternoon, then we'll do it in the evening.

Let your aunt cook some more good dishes tonight. In the afternoon, I will invite Secretary Zhao and several teachers you have trained this time to come home. Let’s have a drink together. "

Zhou Mingyuan is not a nerd. At his age, how can he still not understand how to behave?

Since I have this condition and this opportunity, I must help my uncle to connect.

After Zhou Mingyuan said this, Sheng Xiping and the other two couldn't refuse anymore, so they nodded readily. "Okay, then let dad arrange everything."

The three of them agreed happily, and Zhou Mingyuan was also very happy. Just as the food was being served, Zhou Mingyuan quickly called his wife and children, and they all came to eat.

The lunch meal was quite rich. In addition to a few seasonal vegetables, there were also scrambled eggs, luncheon meat, pork head meat, peanuts, etc. It was obvious at a glance that Wang Chunxiu spent a lot of money to buy these.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law entertained her warmly, and Sheng Xiping certainly appreciated it. She chatted with Zhou Mingyuan and his wife while eating. It was a lively meal.

After lunch, Wang Chunxiu went to pack his things and prepare the evening menu in advance.

Sheng Xiping planned to go to Zhao Yongsheng's place, so he took out two bottles of wine from the basket on his back and gave one to Zhou Mingyuan.

"Dad, this is the deer blood wine we brewed ourselves. I'll leave a bottle for you to drink."

Deer blood wine, this is a good thing, most people know its effects.

When Zhou Mingyuan heard this, he grinned happily and quickly took the wine.

"Well, aren't you going to Secretary Zhao's place? Otherwise, you can bring him this bottle as well."

Zhou Mingyuan said this, but he held the bottle tightly in his hand and refused to let go.

Sheng Xiping smiled and said, "Dad, this bottle is for you. I left two bottles with Secretary Zhao.

I'll save some for Dad when I get a chance to hunt deer again in the future. "