Sheng Xiping also got off the commuter bus, delivered some bear meat and other things to his father-in-law's family, and then hurriedly returned to the station to take a bus back to the forest farm.

The students had only been back in school for a few days when the teacher announced the monthly exam. The children, who had been a bit distracted during the holiday, were now completely disoriented and had to rush to memorize and review their lessons.

After the chaotic monthly exams, everyone's grades and learning attitudes were clear at a glance.

Those with good grades are given special consideration by the teachers, while those with poor grades are talked to by the teachers one by one.

At that time, high school was still a two-year system. The newly established Songlin High School had a total of 22 classes across two grades, with 1,052 students.

Sheng Xitai had good grades, ranking first in his class and sixth in the whole school in the first monthly exam.

There are five or six hundred students in the first year of high school, so it is really not easy to stand out from them.

Sheng Xitai is a perceptive and charming guy. His homeroom teacher and subject teachers already liked him, and after the grades came out, they liked him even more.

In particular, this kid also has a lot of notes and study materials left by his older brothers and sisters.

He was generous, answering other people's questions and lending them his notes when they asked.

In no time, Sheng Xitai became the most popular person in the class, and both boys and girls were happy to be around him.

Sheng Xitai thrived in high school and did very well, which put his family at ease.

The weather turned cold early this year; the first snow fell in the Changbai Mountain area in mid-October.

Although the temperature rose and the snow melted within two days after the snowfall, the weather has remained chilly.

Around the 20th of October, another heavy snow fell, reaching a depth of about a foot. This snow barely melted and remained standing.

As a result, the winter production of Qianchuan Forest Farm started earlier this year than in previous years.

On October 27th, a mobilization meeting for winter operations was held, and on the 28th, frontline workers went to the new logging area.

Sheng Liancheng has not yet reached retirement age, but he still has to go up the mountain to work, taking turns day and night to guard the generator depot with Wang Jianshe's father.

This job isn't tiring, but you can't leave it easily.

Sheng Xiping no longer needs to work on the mountain, but he's still not at peace.

In winter, orders from customers in the south increase, including various logs and wood products, and Sheng Xiping inevitably has to coordinate the delivery of these orders.

So he frequently traveled between Qianchuan and Songjianghe, and sometimes went to other forest farms, keeping himself busy all day long.

As a result, only Zhang Shuzhen, Sheng Xinhua, and Sheng Xinyu were left at home, a woman raising two children alone.

Fortunately, there were four dogs at home. In the evening, Zhang Shuzhen would let all four dogs roam freely in the yard.

The Sheng family's dogs are all excellent, very fierce. Even if someone dares to sneak in, they won't get past the dogs.

At the end of November, Zhou Qinglan, who was eight months pregnant and looked like she was about to give birth, attended her thesis defense at the university, far away in the provincial capital.

Zhou Qinglan consistently performed well during her time at school, excelling in both character and academics.

With Chen Ruiqing having given prior notice, no one made things difficult for Zhou Qinglan during her thesis defense, given her condition. She passed the defense with ease.

After the thesis defense, the whole class went out to celebrate. After that, it was just a matter of waiting for the graduation certificates and taking graduation photos.

As the first and only graduating class of college students to graduate in winter, this is a truly memorable occasion.

We took a lot of photos together and made a promise to have a small reunion every five years and a big reunion every ten years. No matter where we are assigned after graduation, we will never lose touch with each other.

Zhou Qinglan's belly was noticeably larger this time, and when she went to the hospital for a checkup, the doctor said it was very likely she was carrying twins.

Moreover, Zhou Qinglan gave birth prematurely to both of her sons.

So as soon as December began, Zhang Shuzhen urged Sheng Xiping to settle his affairs and take leave to go to the provincial capital to be with Zhou Qinglan.

Sheng Xiping was also worried about his wife, so he quickly arranged things at the processing plant and contacted Hou Yashuang, Sheng Xiyun, and others to ask them not to rush the shipment for the time being.

On the afternoon of December 12th, Sheng Xiping took a car to Songjianghe, stayed overnight at his father-in-law's house, and then took a train to Hunjiang on the morning of the 13th.

We'll transfer to another bus in the evening and head towards the provincial capital. Normally, we'll arrive in the provincial capital around 10 a.m. on the 14th.

Before Sheng Xiping even arrived, Zhou Qinglan felt unwell in her stomach early on the 14th, with a heavy feeling in her lower back.

I was supposed to go to school anyway, but I decided not to.

Around 9 a.m., Zhou Qinglan was about to go to the toilet when she suddenly felt something was wrong; it seemed like her water had broken.

"Aunt Li, my stomach hurts a little, it feels like my water broke," Zhou Qinglan quickly called out to Aunt Li.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Li rushed over to check on Zhou Qinglan and found that her water had indeed broken.

"Oh dear, are you about to give birth? I remember your due date was in early January, why is it so early?"

Aunt Li was also a little flustered. She quickly helped Zhou Qinglan sit down and then went to pack her things.

"Oh dear, Qingyue has class this morning and has gone to school. What should we do?"

No one expected Zhou Qinglan to launch the attack so many days ahead of schedule, and no one was prepared.

Zhou Qingyue was about to take her final exams and didn't dare to miss any classes, so she went to school right after breakfast. Only Aunt Li and Zhou Qinglan were at home.

Aunt Li is old and frail; it would be difficult for her to take Zhou Qinglan to the hospital by herself.

"Qinglan, sit here first. I'll go out and see if anyone in the neighborhood has anyone to help me get you to the hospital."

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