Following their daughter's pointing gesture, Zhou Mingyuan and his wife turned their gaze to Sheng Xiping, who was approaching from the opposite side.

The young man in front of me is quite tall, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and regular features.

Although he was wearing a slightly worn blue work uniform, it was spotless and he looked quite clean and neat.

The young man was tall and straight, with short hair and bright eyes. He looked quite likable and made a good first impression.

When Zhou Mingyuan and his wife took one look, they nodded slightly. Putting everything else aside, at first glance, it did look quite pleasing to the eye.

"Hello, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou." Sheng Xiping stepped forward with a smile and greeted Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.

"Okay, okay, all good."

"Xiao Sheng, thank you so much. You were worried about not having firewood at home, so you went to all that trouble to bring me a whole cartload of firewood."

Wang Chunxiu looked at the young man in front of her and thought he was alright.

She's good-looking, but more importantly, she's good at handling things. They've only just started dating, and she's already thinking about the Zhou family in every way.

Wang Chunxiu saw the whole cart of firewood; she estimated it to be at least ten zhang long.

If you were to buy this elsewhere, it would cost quite a bit of money.

The young man was so kind; how could the couple not appreciate it?

At this moment, Chen Weiguo and others also came over to greet them, calling Zhou Mingyuan and his wife "Uncle" and "Aunt."

Zhou Mingyuan and his wife were overjoyed, their faces beaming with smiles.

"Oh dear, look, we're out of firewood, and we've had to trouble so many of you to help."

"Come home for lunch today, everyone. Your auntie will cook something nice for you."

Chen Weiguo and the others didn't stand on ceremony and readily agreed.

There's a whole cart of firewood waiting over there, and it's getting late. We can't just stand here chatting forever.

Hurry up and unload and load the truck, then take it home. Otherwise, leaving it here will only make a spectacle of it.

After exchanging a few brief pleasantries, everyone went to unload and load the trucks.

Zhou Mingyuan and his wife found three or four apprentices from a machine repair shop to help them, along with Sheng Xiping and a few others. They unloaded the parts on one side and loaded them onto the car on the other.

Chen Weiguo and the others were very honest. They knew they were loading firewood for Sheng Xiping's girlfriend's family. The whole truck was packed full, with no empty space at all.

Zhou Mingyuan borrowed a large Jiefang truck from Donggang Forest Farm, but the truck was only half full.

"Uncle Zhou, how about this, you two go back with the car first and take care of the house, we'll wait here."

"The car will be back soon, then we'll load up the next load and deliver it straight to your home."

When Sheng Xiping saw that the truck was already full, he told Zhou Mingyuan to have the couple escort the truck back first.

The unloading isn't finished yet, so we can't leave it unattended. He and his men can stay here and keep an eye on things.

"Oh, okay, okay, let's take the car back first."

Xiao Sheng, Xiao Gao, you two take a break, don't bother with that.

When Zhou Mingyuan took a look, he saw that the truck was loaded with quite a lot of firewood, which was level with the truck's pillars. Any higher and it would be dangerous.

Zhou Mingyuan quickly nodded and told everyone to take a break.

"Come on, there's also soda, bread and stuff."

You came down quite early this morning, and I guess you haven't had a proper meal yet, so have something to eat first.

"Let's go home for dinner after we're done with our work."

The bread was specially ordered by Wang Chunxiu from the No. 7 Grain Store yesterday, and she picked it up this morning as soon as it was made.

The soda was brought over by car from the store, a case of it.

With so many people helping out, and the Zhou family not being stingy, they must be treated well.

These days, bread and soda are considered delicacies; most people can't afford them.

"Thank you, Uncle. Thank you, Aunt."

Everyone was busy loading the truck and was indeed tired and thirsty. No one stood on ceremony and each went over to grab a bottle of soda to drink.

Over here, Zhou Mingyuan and his son, along with several apprentices, climbed onto the roof of the car and sat on it, while Wang Chunxiu, Zhou Qinglan, and Tang Fengying, three women, squeezed into the driver's cab.

They went back to the Zhou family home to unload the truck first, and then Zhou Mingyuan would bring people over later.

After the car drove away, Sheng Xiping and the others found a place to sit down and rest.

After a while, Sheng Xiping stood up and said, "Brothers, sit down first. I'm going to the purchasing station over there."

He remembered that his second and third brothers had asked him to help sell copper, and since he had some free time now, he decided to go and sell it for them.

Otherwise, those things are so heavy, he can't possibly carry them all the way to the Zhou family's house, can he?

"Xiping, what are you doing at the purchasing station?"

Gao Haining and the others found it strange. The medicinal herbs they collected in the mountains, such as Gastrodia elata, could be sold directly to the purchasing station attached to the forest farm store. No one would carry things down from so far away to sell them.

What does Sheng Xiping want to sell at the forest railway purchasing station?

"Don't even mention it. My second and third sons insisted that I sell the copper belts they had saved up."

Sheng Xiping smiled helplessly. He had already agreed, and he had brought the copper with him, so he had to go and take a look.

If you can sell it, then sell it. Don't worry about how much money you get back. Just let those two give up.

"Oh, I remember now, we also have copper at home."

They were all knocked off from scrap metal that my brother and his friends collected last year and this year.

"Come on, I'll go with you. We can ask about the price while we're at it. Next time I come down, I'll bring down some copper from my family to sell."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe stood up as well.

Other families also have copper, but there's still half a cartload of firewood left to unload here, and we can't leave without anyone to look after it.

So the others didn't move. Anyway, they'd find out how much it would cost when Sheng Xiping came back.

Sheng Xiping rummaged through his basket and pulled out two bags of scrap copper, weighing about six or seven pounds. He carried them out of the Sen Tie station and walked forward. Sure enough, there was a recycling station not far away by the roadside.

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