Hearing Chen Weimin recount the story, Sheng Xiping was also filled with emotion.

In his previous life, Chen Weimin worked in the forest farm for many years. Later, when all the forest farm workers were laid off, Chen Weimin and his wife also suffered a lot.

It wasn't until his daughter was quite grown up that Chen Weimin was transferred to the bureau to participate in compiling the 50-year history of the Forestry Bureau, and then assigned to work at Songlin TV Station.

In this life, Chen Weimin listened to Sheng Xiping's advice, got a prosthetic leg early on, and devoted himself to writing, making a name for himself early on. His circumstances are now very different from those in his previous life.

Now both he and his wife have been transferred to work in Songjianghe. Chen Weimin is also quite well-connected in the bureau's trade union. Things are much better than in his previous life.

"Brother Xiping, thank you so much."

"If it weren't for your support, encouragement, and advice over the years, I might have ended up like many others, only recently getting a job."

In closing, Chen Weimin sincerely thanked Sheng Xiping.

"Hey, you're the one saying that. Doesn't that just show you have talent and ability?"

"If you don't have the ability, no matter how much encouragement and support I give you, it won't be of any use." Sheng Xiping smiled and quickly waved his hand upon hearing this.

The Chen family members stayed at the Sheng family's house for a short while before leaving.

After that, the Sheng family never had a moment's peace, with wave after wave of people coming to pay their respects for the New Year.

Those who weren't originally close to the Sheng family have now come over to wish Sheng Liancheng and his wife a Happy New Year.

These people chatted with Sheng Xiping to get closer to him, saying flattering things and tentatively asking him if the company was short of manpower.

Most of the time, Sheng Xiping would just hum and haw to get by, and the other party, being sensible, would not ask any further questions.

If there are any tactless people who insist on digging deeper, Sheng Xiping will say that he is not in charge of recruitment at the moment, and he doesn't know whether there is a shortage of people or not.

Many people are naturally not satisfied with this answer, but there's nothing they can do about it.

Sheng Xiping is no longer someone they can easily offend. Even if they can't befriend him, they should try their best not to make enemies. Who knows if they'll need his help in the future?

At noon, taking advantage of the quieter time when there were fewer people, Sheng Xiping led his wife and children to the Liu family to wish Liu Changde and his wife a Happy New Year.

When Liu Changde and his wife saw the two girls, Xinyue and Xinqi, they were overjoyed and refused to let Sheng Xiping and the others leave, insisting that they stay for dinner.

Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu got along very well with Liu Qiang and the others, and they refused to leave no matter what.

And so, Sheng Xiping's family ate at the Liu family's house, played until almost dark, and then went home.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Sheng family held a banquet and invited the Liu, Chen, Wang, and other families to come and celebrate together.

Sheng Xikang is busy with work and has short holidays; he has to go back home on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

So early in the morning, Sheng Xiping drove Zhou Qinglan and her children, along with Sheng Xikang, back to Songjianghe.

After seeing Sheng Xikang off at the station and watching him buy a ticket and board the train, he returned to the Zhou family home with Zhou Qinglan and her sons.

"Dad, Mom, Happy New Year!" The couple, carrying large bags and small packages and leading their four children, greeted Zhou Mingyuan and his wife as soon as they entered the door.

"Okay, okay, all good."

When Zhou Mingyuan and his wife saw their son-in-law's family, they were overjoyed. The couple each picked up one of their granddaughters and kissed the little ones on the cheek.

"Here, this is the New Year's money Grandpa gave you. Make sure you hold onto it carefully and don't lose it."

Zhou Mingyuan put Xinyue on the kang (a heated brick bed), then quickly took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into the child's hand.

Sheng Xinyue, that little devil, saw that her grandfather had given her a red envelope, and immediately knelt on the kang (a heated brick bed) and kowtowed three times to her grandfather.

Suddenly, everyone in the room was stunned, staring blankly at Xiao Xinyue.

"My goodness, who did this kid learn that from? You know what, he's doing a pretty good head-banging exercise."

"Old Zhou, this won't do! We need to give the child another New Year's money right away. We can't give too little; the child can't get away with it for nothing."

Wang Chunxiu, who was standing nearby, couldn't stop laughing and insisted that Zhou Mingyuan give the child some more money.

As they were talking, Sheng Xinqi, who was in Wang Chunxiu's arms, also knelt down in front of her grandmother and kowtowed, just like her older sister.