It's fortunate that there was no reaction this time, otherwise, Zhang Shuzhen would have been overwhelmed with taking care of her grandson who was being weaned and her daughter-in-law who was pregnant and vomiting.

With her daughter-in-law pregnant again, Zhou Qinglan became the focus of the family's attention. Despite being busy with various matters before the Lunar New Year, Zhang Shuzhen tried her best not to let Zhou Qinglan do too much strenuous work.

Since Sheng Xiping is at home and Sheng Xikang and Sheng Yunfang are on holiday, Zhou Qinglan doesn't need to lift a finger; she just needs to take good care of herself.

A few days later, Sheng Xiping received a letter from the provincial capital.

Upon opening the envelope, one finds a thick stack of letters, including those written by Chen Ruiqing to Sheng Xiping and those written by Chen Feng to the Sheng family.

Chen Ruiqing's letter was simple; it was just to let the Sheng family know that they had returned to the provincial capital safely and that everything was fine at home.

Chen Feng has adapted to life in the provincial capital and gets along well with Chen Yue, so Sheng Xiping and the others don't need to worry.

Chen Feng, on the other hand, wrote a message for everyone in his family, using pinyin for words he didn't know how to write.

Between the lines, he revealed his longing for the Sheng family. At the same time, he earnestly urged Sheng Xitai to remember to write back to him.

After reading the letter, Zhang Shuzhen sighed, "Xiaofeng is a thoughtful child."

Sixth Brother, hurry up and write a reply to Xiaofeng, don't keep him waiting. Eldest Brother, you should write a reply to Ruiqing too.

"Okay, I'll write it now." Sheng Xiping nodded and went to the west room to write his reply.

Meanwhile, Sheng Xitai quickly asked his older brother for some stationery and began replying to Chen Feng.

In the letter, he inevitably mentioned how much he missed Chen Feng, and how he was too lazy to go out and have fun without Chen Feng around.

Afterwards, Sheng Xitai brought up his sister-in-law's pregnancy, telling Chen Feng that in nine months, the Sheng family would have another baby, though he didn't know if it would be a boy or a girl.

Anyway, the letter this guy wrote was really long, telling Chen Feng everything he could think of that had happened at home.

After writing the letter, Sheng Xiping took it to the farm headquarters' mailroom, where it was delivered to the train by a designated person when it arrived.

There's a mailbox near the Senkaku area; the postman will pick it up.

After the letter was sent, Sheng Xitai kept thinking about it, wondering when it would reach the provincial capital and when Chen Feng would reply.

Seeing that her son was becoming obsessed, Zhang Shuzhen could only arrange for him to do chores. Over time, Sheng Xitai forgot about the matter.

Before we knew it, it was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year. The lumberjacks stationed on the mountain had all taken the commuter bus down the mountain.

Sheng Liancheng and his son returned home looking like refugees, with long hair and beards and tattered clothes.

"Sixth Brother, Xiao Feng, come quick, see what I brought you!" Sheng Liancheng called out as soon as he entered the door.

"Dad, what did you bring back?"

However, only Sheng Xitai jumped out of the east room, looking at Sheng Liancheng with curiosity and anticipation.

Sheng Liancheng took a cloth bag out of his shoulder pocket and opened it for Sheng Xitai to see.

"These jujubes are ripe in autumn but no one picked them, so they froze on the trees. They're so sweet, even better than candy."

There were many jujube vines in that grove. I picked them when people were setting the trees down, and I brought them back especially for you to eat.

"Hey? Where's Xiaofeng? Why isn't he home?"