The bedding was all taken apart, washed, and remade before the New Year. The snow-white quilts were spotless and without a trace of dirt.

There was no one there, so Aunt Li led Sheng Yunfang and the others over to help them light a fire and look after the house.

"Well, that's great! The Wu family's arrival caught us completely off guard."

Sheng Liancheng sighed. He wasn't blaming anyone, but he felt it was all too sudden and he wasn't prepared.

"Dad, this is a private matter between Yucheng and Lao Wu. How can I say anything about it?"

Besides, I just gave you a heads-up, what else could you and Mom do? Are you two planning to ruin things?

Sheng Xiping laughed upon hearing this. This was something Wu Yucheng should have brought up himself; why was the Sheng family in such a hurry if he didn't speak up?

Sheng Liancheng thought about it and agreed, "What you're saying is, would our family do such a thing?"

"As long as Wu Yucheng is sincere towards our fifth brother, and our fifth brother likes him too, your mother and I definitely have no objections."

"Isn't that settled? Let them discuss their own affairs. You and Mom just need to prepare the dowry, and you don't need to worry about anything else."

Sheng Xiping turned over and closed his eyes to sleep. Going home for the New Year was even more tiring than being in Heihe, day after day.

After a good night's sleep, before five o'clock the next morning, Aunt Li led Sheng Yunfang and the others back to cook.

With guests at home, we definitely can't eat leftovers. Besides, today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, also known as "Po Wu," so we should eat dumplings.

While everyone was chatting inside last night, Zhang Shuzhen and Aunt Li had already prepared everything that needed to be prepared.

So the four of them busied themselves in the kitchen, making several trays of dumplings.

At 6:30, all the dumplings were wrapped and put into the pot to cook. Everyone in the family got up, washed up, and prepared to eat.

Sheng Xikang, Sheng Xi'an, and others are all heading back today, and they're taking the 8:45 express train together.

Sheng Xi'an and his wife got off at Hunjiang, transferred to a bus to the provincial capital, and then took another bus to Harbin. The others all took a bus together to Tonghua, and then took a bus from Tonghua to the capital.

Upon arriving in the capital, Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei took separate flights to Shanghai and Guangzhou.

The train tickets and plane tickets were all arranged in advance through someone.

Everything that needed to be packed had been packed in advance. After breakfast, Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng drove everyone to the train station.

"Be careful on the road, especially the second child. The three of you are heading north, so be extra careful and take good care of Shuyan and the child."

"Don't be so dazed. Things are chaotic on the bus now, so be careful." Sheng Xiping reminded him anxiously before he got on the bus.

"Understood, big brother, I will take good care of them, mother and daughter." Sheng Xi'an nodded in agreement.

Over there, Wu Yucheng and Sheng Yunfei were still clinging to each other, reluctant to part.

"Well, go back to Guangzhou by yourself. Be careful on the road. I have things to do and can't accompany you."

You might as well just resign from your job and go work at the company. My brother and I still have to stay in Heihe for two months; we can't leave the company unattended.

"Wait for me to come back, and then we'll quickly find time to get engaged. We can get engaged in May, and then hold the wedding on October 1st."

Wu Yucheng held Sheng Yunfei's hand and kept talking non-stop.

Regarding their marriage, they ultimately adopted Sheng Xiping's suggestion: to get engaged at the end of April or the beginning of May, and then hold the wedding in the fall.

Wu Yucheng is now quite successful and has a net worth of tens of millions. His wedding certainly cannot be shabby or sloppy; it must be very grand.

All of this takes time to prepare, and even if Wu Yucheng is anxious, he has to proceed step by step.

Listening to Wu Yucheng's rambling, Sheng Yunfei kept smiling.

This guy is so funny every day. If you didn't know better, you'd think he was doting on his daughter, always worrying about everything.

"Okay, okay, I know, alright? By the way, be careful when you go to Heihe with your brother, don't mess with any foreign girls there."

"I've heard that the girls over there in Russia are all incredibly beautiful. Don't let any enchantress steal your soul," Sheng Yunfei teased Wu Yucheng.

"Tch, you underestimate me. My heart is as firm as a rock, how could I let a fairy seduce me?"

Wu Yucheng curled his lips. He had seen all kinds of beautiful women while doing business abroad all these years. Was he the kind of person who could be so easily seduced?

"You're the only one in my heart. Other women are no different from old ladies in my eyes."

Sheng Yunfei was amused by Wu Yucheng, and the two huddled together, whispering to each other for a long time.

"Alright, alright, you two should tone it down a bit."

"We're up so early, we don't need electric lights, we don't need these big light bulbs." Sheng Xiping couldn't stand it anymore, so he coughed twice to remind them.

"The announcement over there says it's time to check tickets. Let's go, don't waste time here. There are so many people trying to get on the train, we don't want to miss it."

After everyone had their tickets checked and entered the station, the train arrived shortly afterward, and the group helped Wu Yuhua and Feng Shuyan board the train.

Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng watched the train leave before turning around and walking back out of the station.

As soon as I turned east at the intersection of No. 1 Middle School Road, I saw several cars parked in front of the Sheng family's house.

Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng quickly parked their car on the side of the road and then got out and walked home.

Upon entering the house, I was surprised to find that the room was filled with people, some in military uniforms, others in gray or blue Zhongshan suits, and I didn't recognize most of them.

"Dad, what's this?" Wu Yucheng leaned closer to his father and asked in a low voice.

"Oh, these are leaders from Tonghua and Hunjiang regions. I don't know why, but they heard I was here and insisted on coming to meet me."

Wu Bingzhong remained calm; he was used to such scenes and didn't find anything unusual about them.

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