Sheng Xiping looked like this, and one could tell that he was drunk.

Everyone in the room was stunned, but Zhang Shuzhen rolled her eyes at her son in anger.

"How many times have I told you not to drink so much, but you just don't listen. Looking at you drunk like this, are you going to make me mad?"

Sheng Xi lay flat on the kang and waved his hands, "Oh, how long has it been since I last saw Master and Master? Then why am I happy and not happy to drink more?"

Sheng Xiping, drunk and dazed, shouted loudly and unconvinced.

Everyone came to Sheng's house just to inquire about information. They wanted to know how much money Sheng Xiping earned this year, and to get close to him.

Maybe next year I can go to the south with Sheng Xiping to work hard and make a lot of money.

Although Chen Weiguo and others kept silent about how much money they earned back home, they looked at the postures of those people and the car Sheng Xiping drove back.

You can tell with your toes that these people are making a lot of money outside.

In the past, everyone worked in the forest farm, logging and doing side jobs. They all earned about the same amount of money, so no one needed to envy anyone else.

But what about now? They are all the same people. They are still working hard in the mountains to earn a salary of one hundred and eighty yuan a month, but Sheng Xiping and the others are making tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

The gap is so big, who wouldn’t be jealous?

How many people are alive who don’t care about money? For money, some people work from dawn to dusk, while others take desperate risks.

They just came to Sheng's house to sit down and connect with each other, so what's there to be ashamed of?

After dinner, these people came over, hoping to chat with Sheng Xiping.

Only then did we discover that Sheng Xiping was not at home. The Sheng family was chatting about all kinds of things, but they didn't say a word about Sheng Xiping's stay in the south.

I thought that when Sheng Xiping came back, he would be able to talk and talk, and it would be close to a condom.

As a result, Sheng Xiping was drunk and had a foreign accent. He lay down on the kang as soon as he entered the door. How could he still chatter like this?

So everyone had no choice but to sigh and stand up to leave.

"Uncle Shanda, Auntie, it's getting late, and Xiping drank so much, you guys should take a rest."

Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen saw it and quickly asked Sheng Xitai to go out and see everyone off.

After all these people left, Zhou Qinglan brought a glass of water over and reached out to poke Sheng Xiping. "Okay, everyone is gone, so stop pretending."

Sheng Xiping smiled and sat up from the kang, took the water and drank it in one gulp. "How do you know I'm faking it?"

Sheng Xiping was too lazy to talk to those people, so he deliberately pretended to be drunk after entering.

"I don't know your drinking capacity yet? You drink well, so you don't become so virtuous." Zhou Qinglan took the cup and put it aside, chuckling.

The two had been married for many years and knew each other's temperaments and habits. Zhou Qinglan could tell at a glance whether Sheng Xiping had really drunk too much.

"Hmph, if you drink like this, your master won't let you come back by yourself." On the other end, Zhang Shuzhen also snorted.

"He will definitely have to send Liu Qiang and Liu Peng to send you back. Otherwise, he will leave you sleeping there. How can he let you wander home alone at night?

If you fall down and sleep in a snowy nest all night, won't you freeze hard? "

Sheng Xiping touched his head with an embarrassed look on his face, "Am I so bad at acting? Did you see through it easily?"

Everyone in the room laughed. Sheng Xitai and Sheng Yunfang quickly comforted their elder brother, saying that they didn't see it.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, but it was getting late, so everyone packed up and went to rest.

The next day was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, so Zhang Shuzhen took out the frozen celery and eleuthero from the refrigerator early in the morning. She wanted to make dumplings made of wild vegetables for her children.

After lunch, Sheng Xiping took Sheng Xitai and they drove to Songjianghe to pick up Sheng Xian who had returned from vacation.

Having a car at home is convenient, and you don’t have to worry about finding a ride.

The three brothers drove back to the forest farm quickly. When they got home, the dumplings had not been finished yet. So the three brothers all went to wash their hands and came over to help make dumplings.

Sheng Xian was wearing a coat outside, not a cotton-padded jacket, but a green sweater over a white shirt.

Zhang Shuzhen glanced at the sweater, Huh? No, this is not the one she knitted for the second child.

"Second Brother, where did this sweater on your body come from? Isn't this the one I knitted?"

The color of the sweater is the same, but it has a diagonal plaid pattern and a twist.

It is true that Zhang Shuzhen can knit sweaters, but she can only knit plain stitches. This is mainly because she is old and her brain is weak and she cannot remember so many patterns of knitting.

Therefore, Zhang Shuzhen was quite puzzled, what was going on with this sweater?

Sheng Xi'an was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his face turned red, "No, isn't that right? Isn't this the one you knitted for me?"

Sheng Xi'an lowered his head and looked, weren't they all green sweaters?

"Second brother, tell mom honestly, where did this sweater come from?"

As the saying goes, it is better to know a child than a mother. When these children pout, Zhang Shuzhen knows how many daddy balls they have. There was something fishy about the expression on the second child's face.

"Mom, what's going on? Didn't you knit this sweater?" Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping hurriedly came over and looked at Sheng Xian several times.

Huh? There seems to be something wrong. Why is the second child's face still red?

"Second brother, are you having a situation outside? Are you in love? Oh, then what else can you hide? Just tell us openly."

Sheng Xiping rolled his eyes and probably guessed what was going on, so he smiled.

"We've only been together for a while." Sheng Xian's face turned redder and she stammered.

As soon as these words came out, the whole family looked at Sheng Xian with wide eyes, "Really? Are you really dating someone?"

Sheng Liancheng was smoking. He was so excited that he choked on the smoke and coughed twice. He quickly put out the cigarette and asked loudly. "Where is the target? How old is he?"

"That's right, second brother, where does your partner come from? How old is she? Is she studying or working?"

Zhang Shuzhen was extremely happy, looking forward to it day and night, finally hoping that her second child would also find a partner.

"My family is from Bingcheng. She is the daughter of my mentor. She just graduated from college this year and now works at a TV station."

Sheng Xian didn't want to tell his family so quickly, but he didn't expect that he was so careless. Within ten minutes after entering the house, his family saw the flaw.

I had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Oh." Sheng Yunfang, Sheng Xitai and others deliberately said long and loud sounds.

Over there, Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen also laughed.

The daughter of the tutor's family has just graduated from college and started working. Plus the sweater Sheng Xian is wearing, what else can she say? The girl must have liked Sheng Xian for a long time.

Sheng Xian was even more embarrassed by the shouts from her brothers and sisters.

"We, we really just got together not long ago, and it was my senior sister who introduced us."

These words made everyone laugh, "It doesn't matter how long we've been together, as long as you have a good relationship.

Well, after the new year, I will accompany my father and mother to Ice City to settle your marriage.

It's best to discuss it with the woman. You and the third child can hold a wedding together in June next year. "After Sheng Xiping smiled enough, he said seriously.

"ah?"

Sheng Xi'an was confused at the time. Didn't he talk about his partner just now? How come these three or two sentences talk about engagement and marriage?

"Brother, is this too fast? I won't graduate yet next June."

"No, no, your brother is right.

Originally, I was still worried. If you are not married, the third child will have to marry a wife, which messes up the order.

Now that you have a partner, hurry up and make a decision, and then you two will hold a wedding together.

Don’t you look at how old you are? After celebrating the 27th of the New Year, among your classmates and friends, are there any of you who are still unmarried? "

Zhang Shuzhen has been thinking about her second son's marriage all day long. Now that she has finally waited for her son to find a partner, why not hurry up?

Many people of this generation, like Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen, attach great importance to the order of seniority.

In the past, if the elder brother was not married, the younger brother could not get over it anyway.

Sheng Xi'an was in a special situation. He thought he had to graduate and work, and only through introductions could he find a partner.

On the other side, Sheng Xikang is already a grown man and cannot be delayed.

Following the principle of getting married first, Sheng Liancheng and his wife married the third child Zhang Luo first.

Now that we know that the second son also has a partner, it must be the second son who comes first. If not, it is possible for the two sons to get married together and take a wife.

"This is too sudden, Mom, I can't make the decision on this matter myself. I'll call Shuyan tomorrow and ask her what she means."

Marriage is a matter between two people. Sheng Xi'an can't just shave his head and choose his wife. He must seek Feng Shuyan's opinion.

"Yes, yes, we should ask the girl and her family for their opinions."

Just now Leng Buding learned that her second son had a partner. Zhang Shuzhen was too excited and overjoyed. Now she finally calmed down and realized that they were too eager.

"Dad, Mom, regardless of whether the Feng family agrees to get married next June, we have to go to Ice City after the new year.

We have to let the woman see my sincerity and know that I value this marriage. "Sheng Xiping gave his parents a warning.

Whether the marriage can happen depends on the relationship between Sheng Xi'an and the girl, and the attitude of the Sheng family.

"Well, then when the second child returns to school after the new year, let's go to Ice City together." Sheng Liancheng nodded without thinking.

"Your mother and I haven't been to Ice City yet, so I'll take this opportunity to go and have a look.

When I was young, I went from my hometown to the Northeast. I felt like I was traveling far away and gained a lot of experience. At that time, I went to the provincial capital for a meeting. Oops, everything looked fresh.

Unexpectedly, I am so old. I have been to the capital, watched the flag raising, and now I am going to Ice City again. "Sheng Liancheng said with emotion.

"Dad, there will be many opportunities for you to go out in the future. When the fourth and fifth children graduate and are assigned jobs, you might be able to wander around Shanghai and Yangcheng." Sheng Xiping said with a smile.

After Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei graduate, it is very likely that they will stay in the local area, and it is impossible to come back here anyway.

When the time comes, Sheng Liancheng and his wife might be able to go and have a look.

"If it looks like this, Dad, you and my mother will have too few children.

If we give birth to a few more children, they will be everywhere in the world. Then you and my mother will go out for a walk and travel to various places. "Sheng Xiping said jokingly.

"Oh my God, I've already raised a few of you, but how many more children are there? Do you want your mother's life?" Zhang Shuzhen glared at her son, and then laughed.

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

While joking, the dumplings were finished. It was not too early, so I quickly boiled water to cook dumplings.

When the dumplings were being cooked, Sheng Liancheng led the children out to set off the whip as usual.

The New Year's Eve is not as lively as New Year's Eve. Hanging up 500 firecrackers is all that matters.

After setting off the firecrackers, I went back to the house to eat dumplings.

Today I made two kinds of stuffings, celery and eleuthero, which are wild vegetables in the mountains.

Zhang Shuzhen feels that children who are away all year round must miss the food at home, especially those wild vegetables, which are no longer available after the season.

In the past, there was no good way. The most I could do was pickle it with salt, and then it would lose the fragrance of wild vegetables.

Now the Sheng family has a refrigerator. In the spring, Sheng Liancheng went into the mountains to gather wild vegetables, and Zhang Shuzhen scalded them with water and froze them.

Today I just took it out and made dumplings to satisfy the children's cravings.

Although the aroma of frozen wild vegetables is not as strong as when fresh, it is much more delicious than pickled vegetables.

"Is it delicious? If it's delicious, eat more. I also picked up some dumplings and left them to freeze.

I don’t know if the third child will come back for the New Year. If he comes back, I’ll cook some dumplings for him to try. "

This is what a mother is like, she cares about every child. No matter what food or drinks there are, I always think about my children outside, for fear that they won’t be able to eat.

Sheng Xiping and the others are back, and they have to clean up their homes and outside.

Going back to my hometown this year delayed things, and I didn't have time to catch piglets and raise pigs.

Fortunately, the agricultural team slaughtered pigs a while ago, and Zhang Shuzhen snatched some. Sheng Xiping also bought some meat two days ago and brought it back, so he took care of it during the New Year.

It happened that the Liu family, Chen Weiguo and Wang Jianshe were killing pigs at home.

Everyone knows that the Sheng family didn't kill any pigs this year. This family gave me 20 kilograms, and that family gave me 30 kilograms. Good guy, the Sheng family gave me more pork than the pigs I killed.

On the evening of the 26th, Huahua came back with the three tiger cubs. When she saw that Sheng Xiping and others were at home, Huahua happily wandered around Sheng Xiping and others for a long time.

Sheng Xinhua, Sheng Xinyu and the others were so happy when they saw the three tiger cubs that they couldn't help holding the tiger cubs in their arms.

However, these three tiger cubs have been born for more than half a year, and Tong Sheng Xinhua and the others have only been together for a short time, so they are not that close to the children.

The play was fine at first, but as they continued to play, the three tiger cubs got angry and started showing off to the children, hissing and scaring them.

Otherwise, he would go around behind the children and pounce on them.

Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu were older and not afraid, but Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi were still young and girls, so they were frightened and cried.

Huahua was lying at Sheng Xiping's feet. When she heard the two girls crying, she immediately got up and went over to give the three tiger cubs a few blows.

Then she whined at the three tiger cubs, quite like a strict mother educating her naughty children.

The three tiger cubs were beaten and threatened by the tiger mother. They immediately tucked their tails between their legs and lowered their heads, not daring to squawk any more.

Huahua wasn't done yet, she was whining at the three tiger cubs. Sheng Xiping took a look and hurried over to comfort Huahua.

"Look at you, aren't they all children? Are there any children who are not naughty? They need to be taught a lesson."

After Sheng Xiping comforted her, Huahua lost her anger, lay down at Sheng Xiping's feet again, closed her eyes and snored.

Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi saw that they no longer played with the tiger cubs, but went to find Huahua.

On the other hand, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu liked the tiger cub and still played with it.

This time, the three tiger cubs were all honest and allowed Sheng Xinhua and the two brothers to hug each other without daring to show their temper again.

The three tiger cubs have grown so big that the big flower basket made by Sheng Liancheng can no longer accommodate the four of them.

In the evening, Huahua, mother and son did not go to the west room, but lay down on the floor in the outer room. Sheng Xiping specially found some broken sacks for them to lay under.

On the morning of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, everyone in the Sheng family had just woken up and before they had eaten breakfast, they heard dogs barking wildly outside.

In the room, Huahua, who was lying on the ground, also woke up and made a whining sound outside.

Then, I heard someone shouting outside, "Brother Xiping, is brother Xiping at home?"

Sheng Xiping quickly asked Huahua to take the three tiger cubs to the west room. He closed the door of the west room and walked out.

As soon as I arrived in the yard, I saw several people walking in from the outside with anxious faces.

Among them were Wang Jiansheng, Wang Jianshe’s younger brother, and Sun Shaoqing, a young man from the forest farm. They were both Sheng Xikang’s classmates.

"Brother Xiping, can I trouble you with something?" Wang Jiansheng asked hurriedly when he saw Sheng Xiping coming out.

"What's the matter? Tell me." Sheng Xiping looked at the expressions on several people's faces and knew it was not an important matter. They couldn't come to find him, so he hurriedly said.

"Brother Xiping, He Lei can't be found. He chatted with his brother Xiao Shanzi the day before yesterday and left the house. He hasn't come back yet.

We were thinking about going to Songjiang River to look for him, but our forest farm’s motorcycle went down yesterday and didn’t come back.

Brother Xiping, can you drive us there? "Wang Jiansheng then stated their purpose.

"Who is He Lei? Why can't I remember?" Sheng Xiping frowned slightly, He Lei? Also from a forest farm?

"Brother, it's a little stone." Sun Shaoqing on the side explained hurriedly.

As soon as he mentioned the little stone, Sheng Xiping immediately remembered who it was.

He Lei, the third boy of the old He family, because the character "Lei" has three stones, everyone likes to call him Little Stone. Over time, this name is not used much anymore.

Xiao Shitou and Sheng Xikang were also classmates. They went to high school together, just in time for the college entrance examination in 1978.

But Xiao Shitou's grades were average and he didn't get into college.

He was unwilling to give up, so he repeated his studies several times this year. Sheng Xikang was already working, and Xiao Shitou had not yet entered college.

Speaking of which, Xiao Shitou's family is not a good one. His mother passed away very early. The four children in the family are all raised by Lao He, who works as a repairman.

The two elder sisters above had both gotten married a few years ago, leaving only Xiao Shitou and his younger brother Xiao Shanzi in the family.

Xiaoshanzi suffered from mild polio when he was a child, and his legs and feet were a bit handicapped. He was also the youngest child in the family.

My father cared for me and my brothers and sisters gave in, so I was used to being willful from an early age.

Xiao Shitou wanted to take the college entrance exam, but after repeating the exams for several years, he failed to pass the exam. This person was a little mentally unwell.

In the past few years since I was reborn, many of my memories from my previous life have become blurry. I can’t remember them at all unless I’m close to them.

But when it was said that the little stone was missing today, Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered something. The little stone seemed to have committed suicide in his previous life.

This was something I occasionally heard mentioned by others after Sheng Xiping came out.

It was said that Xiao Shitou took the college entrance examination again, but he still failed to get into college.

Then, his younger brother Xiao Shanzi couldn't help but make a few jabs.

It's just that Xiao Shitou has been taking exams for so many years and has made no progress at all. In order to take exams, he doesn't work or earn money. He still has to earn money to support his disabled brother, and so on.

Xiao Shitou himself was very excited when he failed the exam. When his younger brother said this again, he couldn't bear it and left home.

At that time, Sheng Xikang did not take the college entrance examination, but took over Sheng Liancheng's class. It is said that they sent out many people to search everywhere at that time, but found nothing.

Later, someone went up the mountain to do a side job and found a small stone in the forest. The stupid kid blew himself up with explosives.

"Why are these two brothers bickering? You're celebrating the Chinese New Year, why are you doing this?"

In the last life, when did Xiao Shitou get into trouble? It shouldn't be winter, right? So, Xiao Shitou shouldn't be dead this time?

"Oh, brother, I told you not to worry too much." Wang Jiansheng sighed and told the reason why Xiao Shitou was chirping with his brother.

The two daughters of the He family got married, and it was only He who lived with his two sons at home.

Xiao Shitou repeated his studies and took the college entrance examination year after year without working or making any money.

As for Xiaoshanzi, his legs and feet are not very good, so he has been unable to find jobs. He can only go to the mountains to haul some things during the summer as a side job, and earn a salary of three melons and two dates.

It's the New Year, and other people are bringing all kinds of New Year's goods to their homes, happily preparing for the New Year.

The three masters of the He family lived on Lao He's small salary and did not dare to buy anything.

Coincidentally, Sheng Xiping drove back to celebrate the New Year, and Wang Jianshe and others made money after going out for a year and came back with a big color TV.

Xiao Shanzi felt uncomfortable when he saw that everyone was busy preparing for the New Year, so he stabbed his brother a few times.

I feel that Xiao Shitou has spent a lot of money studying for the exam and has not made any progress over the years. He is so old and has to be supported by his family.

Lao He also advised Xiao Shitou to stop studying for exams.

Why don't you go and beg Sheng Xiping, take Xiao Shitou to the south in the next spring, earn some money, come back and live a good life as a wife.

Xiao Shitou got into a quarrel with his brother and came out of the house angrily. He didn't see him for two days.

Lao He was anxious, so he asked Xiao Shitou and other classmates for help, and looked for people everywhere, but they searched all over the forest farm and found no one. Wang Jiansheng and the others said they wanted to visit Songjiang River.

After listening to Wang Jiansheng's words, Sheng Xiping had a bad premonition that Xiao Shitou would be gone if things went wrong.

"Jiansheng, Shaoqing, you are all Xikang's classmates. Normally if you come to me and say something back, I will help you anyway.

However, I think there is little chance of Xiao Shitou going to Songjiang River. What I am most worried about at the moment is that he just lost his mind and committed suicide. "

Sheng Xiping sighed, this person is too obsessed with something, and he becomes a demon.

Xiao Shitou's own mental state is not very good. If he is stimulated by his younger brother again, he may commit suicide.

"Let's do this. You go find a few more people. Xi'an and I are holding my dog, and we'll divide into two teams to search in the woods around the forest farm.

If we can't find it, we'll go to Songjiang River or elsewhere. "

At this time, the dog must be dispatched. Perhaps, with the leopard and the incense head that attracts wealth, the whereabouts of the small stone can be found?

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