Zhou Qinglan was stunned when she heard this. She had never heard of a brother-in-law buying a house for his brother-in-law. This... wasn't that a bit inappropriate?

"Look at what you're saying. By the time the couple has saved enough money, the house price will have gone up. They should buy it now and not put it off."

The company-sponsored housing project—you think it's cheap? How many years would it take them to save up, based on their combined salaries? We can't expect our parents to foot the bill in the end, can we?

Our parents aren't young anymore; they need to save their money for their retirement. Just listen to me, give the money to our mother, and say it's my way of showing filial piety to them."

In Sheng Xiping's eyes, his own younger brother and brother-in-law should be treated equally.

This has nothing to do with whether or not to support one's brother; it's just a small token of his appreciation as an older brother and brother-in-law.

It's absurd to say that someone with tens of millions in assets would have his younger brother and brother-in-law living in rented accommodations.

Why does he work so hard to earn all this money? Isn't it so that his family can have a better life?

What's the point of keeping all that money in your own hands? Money only has meaning when it's spent.

Besides, whether it's Sheng Xi'an, Sheng Xikang, or Zhou Qingyue, they are all people with important matters to attend to.

Unlike Old Liu's son, who is utterly useless and only knows how to cause trouble and make a mess of things.

If that's really the case, Sheng Xiping guarantees he won't even bother with it.

He only paid for a house so that his younger brother and brother-in-law would have a place to live; the rest was up to them.

Since Sheng Xiping married Zhou Qinglan, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife have helped them a lot, and Sheng Xiping has the utmost respect for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Now that his brother-in-law is getting married, he can't help with anything else, but if he gives some money to buy his brother-in-law a house, what's a little bit of help?

"In all these years you've been married to me, you've never once asked me for anything related to your family."

Yes, I know. Our parents both work and earn a good amount of money. They have plenty of money and don't need to ask me for anything.

If Qingyue were to get married and live at home, I wouldn't need to do anything; Dad would handle it all.

Isn't he staying in the provincial capital? Houses there are much more expensive than here.

You wouldn't want to see Qingyue and his wife scrimping and saving to buy a house, would you?

As the older sister and brother-in-law, we'll help if we can. Who knows when we'll need their help someday? Right?

Sheng Xiping patiently broke things down and explained them to his wife, bit by bit.

"You've been venturing south all this time, and while you haven't learned anything else, your tongue has gotten better and better. I can't even keep up with what you're saying."

Zhou Qinglan was amused by her husband's words and couldn't help but shake her head.

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll send 20,000 yuan to Mom later and let her decide how to arrange it to make Qingyue's wedding as beautiful as possible."

Zhou Qinglan only has one older brother and one younger brother. Her beloved younger brother is getting married, and she hopes to make the wedding a perfect and beautiful occasion.

"On behalf of our parents and Qingyue, thank you."

"Is this all you're going to say to thank me? Empty words won't do; you need to say something substantial."

Sheng Xiping stared intently at Zhou Qinglan, the meaning behind his words was all too clear.

"You're always so unruly. Hurry up and get yourself together and go to sleep."

Zhou Qinglan glared at Sheng Xiping, then turned around and opened the cabinet at the side of the kang (heated brick bed), temporarily putting the money inside. She would deposit the money when she had time.

Actually, the family doesn't have many expenses. Zhou Qinglan's salary is enough. She has saved all the money that Sheng Xiping has brought back over the years, and tries not to use it as much as possible.

Zhou Qinglan made the bed, while Sheng Xiping went to the outer room to throw a few more pieces of dough into the underfloor stove to ensure the fire wouldn't go out at night and the room would stay warm.

Then, he went to the boiler room at the west end and added a lot of coal to the boiler.

On the seventh and eighth days of the twelfth lunar month, it's said that your chin will freeze off. These past few days have been particularly cold, so we need to add more coal at night to keep the water in the boiler hot.

When they finished all that and returned to the room, Zhou Qinglan had already washed up and gotten into bed. Sheng Xiping also washed his feet, quickly got into bed, and pulled his wife into his arms.

The couple hadn't seen each other for several months, and their passion was burning intensely—how could it ever settle down?

With so many people at home, the two of them couldn't be too unrestrained and tried to keep things as quiet as possible.

Sheng Liancheng and his wife were thinking about their home, so they didn't stay in Songjianghe for long and had to go back the next morning.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xinhua and the others all wanted to go home with their grandparents.

With so many people, Sheng Xiping's car simply couldn't accommodate them all. There was no other way but to call Liu Yujiang and ask him to drive to Songjianghe to pick them up.

When Sheng Xiping bought trucks for his hometown in the fall, he also bought two light trucks for the breeding farm.

This light truck is different from a large truck; it has two rows of seats in the front, and five or six people can sit there, including the driver.

The cargo bed isn't as big as a truck bed, so it can't carry as much cargo. But this truck is fuel-efficient and maneuverable, making it convenient for the farm to haul things around on a daily basis.

Upon hearing that Sheng Liancheng and the others had returned, Liu Yujiang immediately drove downstairs and, together with Sheng Xiping, took the entire Sheng family, young and old, back to the forest farm.

"Xiping, I'm going home now. Come over for a drink when you have time later." Liu Yujiang and Sheng Xiping drove into the forest farm one after the other.

Liu Yujiang parked his car in front of the venue. The people in the car got out, but Liu Yujiang didn't get out. He just rolled down the window and said a few words to Sheng Xiping.

Then I drove to an open area ahead, turned around, and went back to the alkali field.

Sheng Xiping drove the car to the east end of his house, opened the car door, and let his parents and children get out.

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