Seeing Sheng Xiping get punched by his son made Zhou Qinglan extremely happy.

"He's having a great time on his own, but you insist on coming over. Of course you'll get beaten up!" Zhou Qinglan sat there, pursing her lips and laughing.

Sheng Xiping narrowed his eyes, pulled Zhou Qinglan into his arms, and gave her a heavy kiss on the cheek.

"If my own son gets beaten, surely my own daughter-in-law won't get beaten too?" Sheng Xiping said smugly.

Zhou Qinglan rolled her eyes at Sheng Xiping, "You're doing this in front of the kids, have you no shame?" After saying that, she couldn't help but laugh at herself.

"The child is still young, what does he know?"

Sheng Xiping acted spoiled, clinging to his wife and refusing to let go, and even deliberately whispered something in her ear.

"Just a few more days until you're out of confinement, right?" The implication in those words couldn't be clearer.

After giving birth during the winter, Sheng Xiping went to work on the mountain. The couple were separated for several months, and when he returned, his wife was in postpartum confinement.

No man can be completely without any thoughts in his mind.

However, since his wife had just given birth and her body hadn't fully recovered, he could only keep his thoughts to himself.

Having been married for so long and having children, Zhou Qinglan was no longer the naive young girl she once was. Upon hearing this, her face flushed slightly.

"Get serious! What are you thinking about all day?" Still young and unable to hide her true feelings, Zhou Qinglan couldn't help but scold.

"Don't you know what I'm thinking?"

Sheng Xiping loved seeing his wife's shy yet charming appearance, and his heart burned with desire. He lowered his head to kiss his wife's red lips.

"Brother, here's a letter for you, and also, Secretary Wang is looking for you."

Just then, the sound of the eldest son, Sheng Xitai, could be heard at the door of the west room.

Upon hearing that Wang Jiachuan was looking for him, Sheng Xiping was taken aback. It was already the holidays, why would Wang Jiachuan want to see him?

"Uncle Wang is looking for me. I'll go see what's going on and come back to keep you and the child company later."

After saying that, Sheng Xiping turned around, opened the door, and came out of the west room. He first took the letter from Sheng Xitai's hand and saw that it was sent from Jiapigou.

At this point, there was no time to read the letter; finding Wang Jiachuan was the priority.

So Sheng Xiping put the letter in his pocket, went to the east room to get dressed, and quickly went out.

It was already dark outside, and Wang Jiachuan was definitely not at the farm headquarters, so Sheng Xiping went straight to the Wang family's house. "Uncle, you were looking for me?"

Wang Jiachuan was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) drinking water. He had eaten at the Chen family's banquet at noon and drank quite a bit of wine. He came back in the afternoon and took a nap.

After waking up, I went to the farm headquarters to take care of some business. I happened to run into Sheng Xitai, who was out having fun. So I told Sheng Xitai that I needed to see Sheng Xiping.

"Xiping, come, come, quickly sit on the kang (heated brick bed)."

Upon seeing Sheng Xiping enter, Wang Jiachuan warmly invited him to sit on the kang (heated brick bed) and then asked his son to fetch a cup and pour Sheng Xiping a glass of water.

"Oh, I called you here because I need your help with something."

Wang Jiachuan pushed the water glass towards Sheng Xiping, gesturing for him to drink.

“Uncle, you are the elder. If you need anything, just tell me. Why are you asking for favors? That's too formal.”

Sheng Xiping was completely bewildered, not quite understanding what Wang Jiachuan was up to.

"Here's the thing, it's almost Chinese New Year, and I have a few friends I need to visit."

Given the current situation, it would be too conspicuous for us to give a proper farewell, as it could give others something to use against us.

I was thinking, since you don't have much to do these next few days, could you help your uncle look around and try to catch a couple of wild boars or roe deer, anything will do. I'll pay you later, how about that?"

Wang Jiachuan is the secretary of the forest farm, and he also has leaders from the bureau above him. It's almost Chinese New Year, so how can we not visit each other? But what to give as a gift is quite a dilemma.

These days, things are strictly controlled, so it's not good to give gifts that are too conspicuous, as it's easy for people to use them against you.

Wang Jiachuan has been so worried about this that he hasn't been able to sleep for several days.

Wang Jiachuan had just arrived at the Chen family's wedding banquet today when he heard that the meat and dishes at the banquet were all hunted in the mountains by Sheng Xiping and his friends. Suddenly, he had an idea.

These days, there's a shortage of non-staple foods, especially during the Lunar New Year. Who doesn't have guests coming and going? When guests come to visit, shouldn't we prepare some good food to entertain them?

But often, even having money doesn't guarantee you can buy it.

Wang Jiachuan thought he could ask Sheng Xiping to help him with some wild boar or roe deer in the next couple of days, and send some to each family.

It's both unobtrusive and beneficial to people, isn't that a win-win situation?

Sheng Xiping immediately understood; it turned out Wang Jiachuan wanted to move up in rank and was probably sending something.

"Uncle, you should have said so earlier! It's already this late, is it even possible to make it in time?"

Tomorrow is the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. Who can guarantee that we'll be lucky enough to catch something when we go hunting in the mountains? What if we don't find anything?

He could go up the mountain several times in a row, but the timing wasn't right, which would cause delays.

"Hurry up, hurry up, there are still a few days until the New Year. As long as you get this thing back, leave the rest to me."

Don't worry, Uncle guarantees you won't lose out; we'll pay you exactly what's due.

Wang Jiachuan looked at Sheng Xiping with a smile, his face full of anticipation.

"Uncle, if you bring up money, then I'm not going to get involved in this matter."

Since you say you're not in a hurry, I'll take the dog into the mountains tomorrow and see what we encounter.

With such a good relationship between the two families, if Wang Jiachuan just asks, would Sheng Xiping really ask him for money?

Even if you're obsessed with money, you can't do this. If Sheng Liancheng finds out, he'll beat you to death.

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