The children argued for an afternoon and finally decided to name the chubby male tiger Yuanyuan, the other Guoguo, and the little female tiger Duoduo.

The adults in the family don't interfere with these things; they don't care whether it's Guoguo or Duoduo, it's just that.

Anyway, the tiger cubs can't understand it, so just make the kids happy.

High school students don't have many winter or summer vacations, and they attend classes during holidays, so Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xitai stayed at home for a few days before returning to Songjianghe.

Sheng Xitai's final exam results came out, and they were pretty good; he still ranked in the top five of his grade.

The homeroom teacher was quite pleased and kept encouraging Sheng Xitai to stay humble and keep up the good work.

He's about to enter his senior year of high school, and the workload is heavy. Sheng Xitai studies until quite late every day.

Zhou Qinglan privately instructed Aunt Li to make sure she got enough nutrition, cooking chicken, fish, meat, and eggs in different ways, as this was the most crucial year and she needed to make sure she got the nutrition she needed.

Sheng Xitai is much older now and more sensible than before.

He also understood that studying was the quickest way to change his destiny, so no matter what others were doing, he focused solely on studying.

Sheng Xi'an was doing research with her supervisor and didn't have time to come back during the summer vacation.

Originally, Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei were supposed to have a longer summer vacation, but Sheng Xiping called the two girls to Shenzhen to help out at the company, making them summer workers, and they couldn't come back.

Unfortunately, Sheng Xiping's company urgently needed professional talent as its business expanded.

However, in those days, college students were assigned jobs directly after graduation.

Many state-owned enterprises are struggling to find qualified personnel, let alone a small company like Sheng Xiping's.

Forced into a corner, Sheng Xiping went to Sheng Yunfei for help, asking her to find some junior and senior students at the school to do part-time jobs and internships.

Sheng Xiping offered high wages and good benefits, so some students from poor families competed to do part-time jobs to earn money and send it home to improve their family's life.

College students these days are all truly capable, very skilled, and exceptionally hardworking and diligent—they are extremely useful.

Of the six children in the Sheng family, not one came home for the holidays.

Fortunately, Chen Feng, Chen Yue, and Sheng Xinhua were all at the forest farm, so Sheng Liancheng and his wife weren't lonely with them by their side.

No, it's not that I'm not lonely, it's that it's incredibly lively.

My own children, plus the seven boys from the Liu family, and the children from the families of Wang Jianshe, Chen Weiguo, and others—goodness, a whole bunch of them!

These children would come to the Sheng family's house first after breakfast. Those who were already in school would each have a stool and do their homework while lying on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

For those who haven't started school yet, Chen Feng will look after them, teaching them some pinyin, recognizing characters, and learning some arithmetic.

At 8:30, the children packed up their textbooks and homework and disappeared in a flash.

When these kids get together, they get really into all sorts of mischief; climbing trees to steal birds' nests and wading into rivers to catch fish are just basic operations for them.

The Liu family boys, having been exposed to hunting since childhood, also have a knack for it.

So he led everyone to the woods around the village to set traps and snares. If they were lucky, they could catch a few pheasants or rabbits.

Having caught their prey, the children didn't take it home; they simply processed the pheasants and rabbits outside.

Then they would steal some salt and other seasonings from home, marinate the meat, build a fire in the field, and roast it directly.

Roasting pheasants and rabbits is a skill that requires patience and cannot be rushed.

At first, the children were impatient; the aroma alone was enough to tempt them, and they insisted on eating it.

The result was that the outer skin was baked well, but the inside was completely ruined and still bloody.

Even so, the children ate with great relish, but they got diarrhea when they got home.

After gaining experience, the children learned that meat must be thoroughly cooked before eating, and that eating it undercooked can easily cause stomach upset.

Gradually, his barbecue skills improved considerably.

Sometimes, if we don't set traps, these kids will go play in the river.

When I leave home in the morning, I pick some cucumbers first. When I get to the river, I tie the cucumbers to a stone and throw them into the river.

The river in Qianchuan Forest Farm is the source of the three Songhua Rivers. It is all spring water from Changbai Mountain, and it is cool even in the middle of summer.

The cucumbers were thrown into the river under the shade of the trees to keep them still, and then the fishing nets were cast into areas with many fish.

Then the children went to bathe in the sun.

The river water was cold, so after playing for a while, we would run to the big rocks on the bank to sunbathe. When we got warm, we would take the cucumbers out of the water.

Fresh cucumbers picked in the morning, chilled in cold water for so long, are crisp and refreshing, and taste wonderful.

They caught fish in their nets, but they didn't dare take them home, fearing they would be scolded.

So they simply squeezed the fish's belly open by the river, then secretly went home to get a ladle, some salt, and built a fire by the river to stew the river fish.

Sometimes, instead of fishing, they would lift stones to catch crayfish. Or they would catch a seven-star fruit, mash it up, tie it to a willow branch, and use it to fish for crayfish.

If you catch too many crayfish, you don't dare bring them home. You just find a bucket or ladle, add water and some salt, and boil them over a fire.

Crayfish are a top-quality freshwater delicacy. They don't require any special processing; they're delicious simply cooked.

In the evening, everyone gathered at the Sheng family's house to watch TV, laughing and having a great time.

Sometimes, if I stayed out too late, I would simply stay at the Sheng family's house.

These days, parents are all busy, and when children are on vacation, they are basically left to their own devices.

Furthermore, everyone knows that the children are together, so even if the children don't come home at night, the family isn't worried.

The days of laughter, fun, and merriment flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half of August has passed, and school is about to start.

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