Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 568 It’s most comfortable to go home
"How can I? This is my home, how can I not even want a home?"

Sheng Xiping smiled happily, enjoying himself as his wife pounded him.

"Dad, get in the car. My grandpa and grandma are waiting at home in a hurry."

Sheng Xinhua looked helplessly at his parents showing off there, then looked at the strange looks from the people around him, and had no choice but to cough dryly to remind them.

Sheng Xiping then let go of Zhou Qinglan, and the couple led the children into the car.

"Hello, Mr. Sheng." The driver in the car greeted him quickly.

The family had a reunion just now, and the driver couldn't come up to join in the fun, but now he finally got the chance.

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, long time no see." Sheng Xiping nodded towards the two drivers.

The children are now too old to fit in the same car, so they have to sit separately.

The two cars left the train station one after the other and went straight to Sheng's house.

On the east side of the street, outside the gate of Sheng Xiping's house, there were Sheng Liancheng, Zhou Mingyuan, Zhang Shuzhen, Wang Chunxiu, and Aunt Li.

Several people were standing on the roadside, looking to the west. They were waiting for Sheng Xiping.

As soon as Sheng Xiping got on the train yesterday, he received a call at home and knew that he was coming back today.

Zhou Qinglan immediately arranged for a driver to go to the forest farm to pick up the old couple.

As for Zhou Mingyuan, he had just retired a few days ago. When he knew that his uncle was coming back, the couple came to wait.

Seeing two cars turning this way from a distance, everyone immediately became excited.

"It's back, it's back, it must be our Xiping who is back."

Sure enough, the car stopped nearby and Sheng Xiping got out of the car.

"Dad, Mom, why are you all standing outside?"

As soon as Sheng Xiping got out of the car, he was confused by several elders. Why didn't they just stay in the house and all of them ran outside?

Fortunately, the weather is nice now and it's not too cold, otherwise it would be too cold to survive?
"You bastard, once you leave, you won't come back for two years.

We are thinking in our hearts, come out to greet you, is it wrong to welcome you? "

Sheng Liancheng had not seen his son for two years and was very excited, but he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

So he opened his eyes and raised his hands slightly. Looking at his posture, he seemed to be trying to deal with Sheng Xiping.

"You go aside for me, are you showing off?"

As a result, before he could do anything, Zhang Shuzhen pulled him up.

Zhang Shuzhen came to Sheng Xiping in two steps and grabbed her son's hand.

"Oh my God, how did you end up like this? You are dark and thin, almost like a refugee. Where have you been?"

As Zhang Shuzhen spoke, she couldn't help crying.

"Mom, don't cry. I'm fine. It's just that I walked a little far this time. Something happened on the way and I was delayed, so I came back late.

I'm really fine, nothing happened. The wind is strong on the sea and it's blowing me like this. "

When her mother cried, Sheng Xiping panicked and quickly comforted her.

"Just fool me, how can the wind make someone lose weight? It must be because he didn't eat well and sleep well outside, so he got like this.

Tell me about you, you insist on running out and put yourself in this state. "

Zhang Shuzhen is already this age, how can she be fooled easily? She didn't believe her son's lies.

"In-laws, please stop scolding him. If the child comes back safely, that's better than anything else.

Just be thinner, is it a big deal? I'll cook more delicious food later, and I'll be back in less than half a month. "

Wang Chunxiu took a look and thought, she should come forward to persuade him.

Sure enough, as soon as the in-laws opened their mouth, Zhang Shuzhen was embarrassed to complain about her son anymore.

"Let's go home. I've made delicious food at home. Eat more to supplement your health." Zhang Shuzhen wiped her face and greeted everyone into the hospital.

"Dad, why did you and my mother come back from the Black Province? Are you retired?"

Sheng Xiping walked into the yard while chatting with Zhou Mingyuan.

"Well, I just came back a few days ago and quit.

It should have been withdrawn the year before last. Didn't the understory economy still not see results at that time? I persisted for another two years.

The medicinal materials such as Bangchui and Gastrodia elata grown there last year, as well as blueberries, indigo fruits, schisandra chinensis, etc., are all in peak production, and the profits are quite good.

This can be regarded as my mission accomplished and I will retire with honor. Zhou Mingyuan said with a smile.

During his tenure at the Forestry Department, Zhou Mingyuan was outstanding in all aspects of his work and achieved remarkable results.

Last fall, he was promoted to deputy governor and also served as consultant to the Forestry Department.

Therefore, he retired from the position of deputy province this year, and his salary is much higher than before.

“Oh, that’s just right. I’ll go back to the forest farm in two days. Do you want dad to go with me?
When we have free time, we go fishing or something, and we happen to have company. "

When Sheng Xiping came back this time, he had no plans to go out for the time being. He had to spend time with his parents, wife and children, so he planned to go back to the forest farm and live a leisurely life for a few days.

"Okay, that's alright."

Zhou Mingyuan was happy when he heard this. He was worried that retirement would be boring and he didn't know what to do.

Now that the grandson and grandson are grown up, there is no need for the couple to coax them. It would be boring for the couple to just stare at each other at home all day long.

While they were talking, everyone entered the house. Sheng Xiping sat on the sofa with his father and father-in-law and chatted. Zhou Qinglan and Zhang Shuzhen hurried to the kitchen to work.

Not long after, the food was served. In addition to the six dishes, there were also steaming dumplings.

"This is the shepherd's purse that your father and I dug in our field. Today we are eating dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse.

The celery leaves are not ready yet. In a few days, when the celery leaves are almost grown, we will make stuffing for the celery leaves. "

Zhang Shuzhen pointed to the dumplings on the table and smiled.

"Oh, my mother understands me best. In the two years since I left home, I have been craving for nothing but dumplings.

Especially the dumplings made by my mother, I can only dream of them. "Sheng Xiping sniffed. The smell of these dumplings was so appetizing.

"Isn't it easy for you to eat? Just make dumplings. Your mother can't do anything else but making dumplings.

You go back to the forest farm in two days, and I will make dumplings for you in different ways until you have enough. "

Zhang Shuzhen smiled even happier when her son said this.

The food was all ready, and the family sat down to eat. Sheng Xiping didn't eat anything else, but worked hard on the dumplings.

These dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse at the beginning of spring are so delicious that you can't wait to swallow them all in your tongue.

Sheng Xiping finished three plates of dumplings by himself. In the end, he couldn't eat any more, so he stopped using his chopsticks.

Everyone looked at Sheng Xiping wolfing down his food, feeling both amused and distressed at the same time.

The food outside is so unpalatable, even for a solid person like Sheng Xiping.

"Are you full? Or do you want to eat more?" Zhou Qinglan asked tentatively.

"I'm full, I'm full. I haven't eaten less this time. I'm full." In the past few days since returning to China, Sheng Xiping hasn't eaten less at every meal, but today's meal really made me full. .

"Today's dumplings are so delicious and fragrant."

When I’m full, I’m too lazy to move.

Sheng Xiping didn't have to pay attention to his image at home, so he slumped lazily on the sofa, chatting with his father and his father-in-law, and talked about some of his experiences when he went to sea this time.

Sheng Liancheng and Zhou Mingyuan had a tacit understanding and did not ask what Sheng Xiping was doing.

If this matter could be mentioned, Sheng Xiping would have told it when he called home before. Since Sheng Xiping didn't mention it, it must have been a confidential mission.

The ideological awareness of the older generation is still very high. No matter how curious they are, they will never ask questions that should not be asked.

Both Zhou Mingyuan and his wife were retired, so they had nothing to do when they returned home, so they played at Sheng's house until the evening and left after dinner.

At around six o'clock, there was storytelling on Jilin Channel and cartoons on CCTV.

Brother Sheng Xinhua wants to listen to storytelling, and sisters Sheng Xinyue want to watch cartoons. Now that the children are older, they watch TV every day.

Fortunately, when Sheng Yunfei came back last year, she brought home a large 24-inch color TV set.

The new TV is placed in the east room, and the old TV is placed in the room where Aunt Li lives.

Aunt Li is getting older and sleeps less. She goes to bed late at night and watches TV for a while. When she feels sleepy, she goes to bed.

As soon as the children said they wanted to watch this or that, Zhou Qinglan sent the two girls to the west room to watch cartoons, while the others read storytelling in the east room.

After listening to the storytelling, Sheng Xinhua, Sheng Xinyu and others also went to the west room to watch cartoons, while the adults were in the east room, watching other programs.

According to the rules of the Sheng family, when the news broadcast starts in the evening, the children must turn off the TV and go back to the house to study.

If you write your homework quickly and finish it early, you can watch an episode of TV while the news is over and you can go to bed at nine o'clock.

If the homework is completed slowly, nothing will be seen.

Therefore, as soon as the news broadcast started, the children immediately went back to the room to do homework and review their lessons.

The adults were in the east room, watching TV and chatting. After the children finish their homework, we come to the east room to watch TV series together.

"No, I'm sleepy and need to go to sleep.

Xinhua, you guys should go back to your house and sleep quickly. Didn’t we agree to get up early and go back to the forestry farm tomorrow? Why don't you go to sleep? "

As soon as nine o'clock arrived, Zhang Shuzhen began to urge everyone to go to bed.

When Sheng Liancheng was at home, he would watch two episodes of TV before going to bed. He had just finished watching one episode and he was not sleepy yet.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw his old wife winking at him. Sheng Liancheng suddenly understood and quickly agreed.

"Yes, yes, I'm sleepy too. Let's go to bed. Well, Xinhua Xinyu, you guys should go to bed early too, don't just watch TV."

The grandparents all spoke, and the children could only reluctantly turn off the TV and go back to the house to sleep.

Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu were in the west room. Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi usually slept on the same bed as Zhou Qinglan, but tonight Zhang Shuzhen kicked them into Aunt Li's room.

As for Sheng Liancheng and his wife, they live in the east room suite.

Everyone went to wash up and tidy up. After a while, they went back to their rooms and lay down. In the east room, only Mr. and Mrs. Sheng Xiping were left.

Zhou Qinglan laid out the bedding, and just as Sheng Xiping had finished washing his feet and brushing his teeth, he took off his clothes and got into bed.

After Zhou Qinglan finished cleaning up and got on the kang, Sheng Xiping hugged his wife over and kissed her twice before talking.

"Keep your voice down, our parents are in the back room." Zhou Qinglan said softly.

"I know, I know, what are old couples afraid of?
Didn't you see how our mother was giving our father a wink just now? They understand. "

Sheng Xiping didn't care about that, and he didn't act calmly. "Daughter-in-law, don't you miss me?"

Zhou Qinglan reached out and put her arms around Sheng Xiping's neck, "Guess, do I miss you?"

Is there any need to guess? Wouldn't it be better to take action?
The couple had a lot of trouble that night and didn't go to bed until midnight.

This was the most sound sleep Sheng Xiping had in more than two years. The next morning, even the sound of Zhang Shuzhen and the others cooking could not wake up Sheng Xiping.

It wasn't until after seven o'clock that the children all got up and went out for a run. When they came back, Sheng Xiping was still sleeping soundly on the kang.

"Nai, is my dad still sleeping? Didn't he say that we have to go back to the forest farm today, so we should go back early? He can't afford it?"

Sheng Xinyu got angry and asked when he saw the person lying on the bed in the east room.

"Keep your voice down, your dad has been out for such a long time and won't be able to eat or sleep well on the sea.

It's rare for him to sleep so soundly, please let him sleep a little longer. Zhou Qinglan glared at his son and whispered.

"Daughter-in-law, don't talk about the child. I'm almost asleep. I'll get up soon."

Sheng Xiping in the room had actually woken up, but he was too lazy to think of it.

Hearing Zhou Qinglan scolding the child, he thought it would be bad if he kept quiet, so he got up, put on his clothes, and went to the outhouse to wash his face and tidy up.

The whole family got up and quickly packed the food for breakfast.

After breakfast, Sheng Xinhua and others were packing their things at home, while Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan went to the market to buy some meat, fish, cooked food and so on.

With so many people going back for food and accommodation, and the children all love to eat meat, what's the point of not preparing some food?

The couple bought a lot of things for everyone, packed them in the trunk of the car, and when they got home, the children were packed away too.

This year, May Day falls on a Friday, and high schools have a monthly holiday. Elementary and junior high schools also have a three-day holiday and classes start on Monday.

Nothing happened, so the family went back to the forest farm to stay for two days, waiting for school to start before returning.

With a family of eight, they couldn't fit in one car. Fortunately, there was no shortage of cars at home, and Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan each drove one.

Zhou Qinglan had just learned to drive for more than a year, mainly because Sheng Xiping was not at home, and Zhou Qinglan had to take the children back to the forest farm during holidays, which was inconvenient.

In July last year, the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau completely ended the use of forest railways to transport timber. The forest trains were suspended and the train tracks were dismantled.

The last two forestry farms in Maekawa and Shuguang were all converted into truck-run forestry farms.

There is no small train, so the Forestry Bureau got a few buses to run back and forth in the ditch.

Divide odd and even numbers, run for Maekawa one day, run for victory the other day.

The train departs at 1:30 every afternoon, and the drivers and passengers stay in the ditch at night, and then run from the ditch to Songjiang River at 7:30 the next morning.

The Sheng family does have a dedicated driver, but it's troublesome to always have the driver pick you up and drop you off.

Zhou Qinglan simply went to learn to drive. When Sunday came, she drove the children back to the forest farm.

In May, the weather was already very warm, and it was just in time for the holidays, so many children carried baskets and shovels and went to the fields to dig for potatoes, shepherd's purse, and small root vegetables.

Most of the older people, armed with shovels and pickaxes, were digging in their own gardens to plant vegetables, or they would gather in the spacious area in front of the field department to chat.

So as soon as Sheng Xiping and his wife drove into the forest farm, many people saw them.

"Hey, is this the Lao Sheng family back? Why did they drive two cars? Isn't there usually just one car?" Someone asked curiously when they saw it.

"You don't know? The day before yesterday, a car came to pick up Brother Sheng and his sister-in-law.

From what I heard, it sounded like Xiping was back. "Someone said next to me.

"Xiping is back? Didn't he go out for several years without any movement?"

(End of this chapter)