"Oh, this meal is so comforting, home-cooked food is the best."

Sheng Liancheng, having eaten his fill, patted his belly and leaned against the wall next door, saying contentedly.

Sheng Liancheng and those who looked after the tractor and winch storage facilities all had to live on the mountain and go home once a week.

Nowadays, the work team no longer needs to be stationed on the mountain. There is no canteen on the mountain, so they take advantage of their off-duty time to go home and bring some vegetables and dry food.

When it's time to eat, we just heat it up on the stove and eat it as is.

Everyone else ate a lot too, and the two little girls had oil all over their faces from eating.

They imitated their grandfather, touching their bellies and backing away until they reached the windowsill, where they leaned against it.

"Come here, Yueyue, Qiqi, come to Grandma, Grandma will wipe your faces and hands."

Zhang Shuzhen went to the outer room, soaked a towel in hot water, and called her two granddaughters over to her side. She then carefully wiped them clean.

He then took off the small protective flap from the outside of his cotton-padded jacket, rubbed it a bit, and hung it on the fire wall in the west room to dry.

Right after finishing their meal, Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu started clamoring to turn on the TV and watch TV.

Sheng Xiping glanced at the screen and saw it was almost 6:30, so he quickly turned on the TV and let the children watch The Mole.

When Sheng Liancheng watched television for the first time, he was just as amazed as the children were when they watched it for the first time.

"Oh, this thing is so much better, much better than a radio."

What's in here? A mouse? No, it doesn't look like one.

"Dad, this is a mole, it also digs holes underneath." Sheng Xiping wasn't quite sure what a mole was either.

In his opinion, this thing is quite similar to the blind rats in Northeast China; they both dig burrows underground and have very powerful claws.

Sheng Liancheng didn't care whether it was a mole or a mouse; it was just his first time watching TV, and he found it novel.

Just then, Sheng Xinyu was sitting next to him, and Sheng Liancheng reached out and hugged his grandson. The two of them watched TV with great interest.

By this time, most of the people who had gone up the mountain to work had finished eating, and many of them came to the Sheng family's house to join in the fun and watch TV.

Before long, the Sheng family's house was full of people.

Just then, the evening news began, and everyone quieted down to listen to the announcer talk about national affairs.

Sure enough, there were several pieces of paper pasted on the walls of the Sheng family home, with signs saying no smoking, no spitting, and so on.

I guess Sheng Yunfang and the others mentioned it yesterday, because everyone was quite civilized tonight and no one smoked casually.

Some people feel the urge to smoke and want to go out for a cigarette, but when they look at all the people in the room and think about how hard they worked to get that spot, they grit their teeth and endure it.

Just as everyone was watching TV with great excitement, suddenly, a deafening tiger roar came from the yard.

Then, there was the sound of something slamming against the door, and an indescribable, threatening roar coming from deep within a throat.

A tiger's roar came from right next to them, and those watching TV in the room felt a jolt, as if an electric shock had struck their scalps.

The hair at the roots of my hair and the fine hairs on my body all stood up, and goosebumps quickly covered my entire body.

A chill ran down from the back of my head to the base of my tailbone.

Many people were so frightened that their legs trembled, their whole bodies shook, and their faces turned as pale as paper.

"What, what happened?" Chen Weiguo and the others were at least a little braver, so they quickly asked.

"Oh no, it looks like Hua Hua is back." Sheng Xiping suddenly woke up and immediately walked through the crowd to the outer room.

"Hua Hua, is that you?"

As soon as Sheng Xiping spoke, the commotion of violently banging on the door outside immediately stopped.

Sheng Xiping quickly opened the door and saw a pair of bright green eyes in the darkness. "Huahua, what's wrong? Did someone make you angry?"

For some reason, Sheng Xiping had a feeling that Hua Hua was angry, because its fur was standing on end.

Sheng Xiping quickly reached out and patted Huahua's head. Huahua then came over and rubbed against Sheng Xiping.

The bristling fur on its body instantly calmed down, and it began to purr happily again.

Hua Hua calmed down after being soothed by Sheng Xiping, but when the man and the tiger entered the house, Hua Hua opened its mouth wide again and made a threatening noise towards the people in the east room.

However, the sound was quieter this time, much quieter than before.

"It's alright, they're just here to watch TV, they're all friends, not here to steal chickens or do bad things."

Upon seeing this, Sheng Xiping quickly hugged Hua Hua's neck and stroked her from head to back with his right hand.

Hua Hua quieted down, turned around and went out of the house. A short while later, she came back with a deer in her mouth.

It caught some prey on its way down the mountain tonight and brought it to the Sheng family.

It's likely that when he arrived at the Sheng family home, he noticed there were a lot of people there and thought something had happened, which is why he shouted so anxiously.

Hua Hua left the deer on the ground outside the room and turned to go to the west room, where all four of the Sheng family's children were on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Hua Hua lightly jumped down, lay down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), closed her eyes, and went to sleep.

Hua Hua was quiet, but the people watching TV in the east room were already half-scarred.

"My God, this tiger is terrifying! I have to go home," someone said, their voice trembling with tears.

"Yes, yes, go home, go home. My God, I'll never come to your house again, it scared me to death."

Many people stood up shakily, supporting each other, and stumbled out of the Sheng family home.

At this moment, they really wished their parents could give them two more legs so they could run as fast as possible.

Most of the group had left in a flurry, leaving only Chen Weiguo, Gao Haining, and a few others, whose faces were somewhat pale.

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