Rebirth in 1970: I work as an educated youth in a forest farm

Everyone was puzzled until Sheng Yunfang and the others cleaned up the kitchen and took out the dumpling soup from the pot before they found out the reason.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Dad, Mom, happy New Year."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After a busy year, who doesn’t want to take a good rest at this time?

On the first and second day of the lunar month, we walked around the forest farm and visited each other to pay New Year greetings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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