The Shen family's three-story western-style house faces south and has a total of nine rooms, two of which are on the first floor. Shen Min'e's wife lives in one room, and one is used as a guest room.

There are four rooms on the second floor, one each for the third, fourth and fifth rooms, plus a study.

There are three rooms on the third floor. The first one was converted into a study, Shen Peifeng lives in the west room, and the suite with a bathroom on the east side has been reserved for the eldest brother.

"Tunan, I go upstairs to clean this room every day, and wash the sheets and quilts once a week. When the sun is strong, I will take the quilt out to dry it."

Dong Wushuang took Zhan Xinyue's hand and said, "Xinyue, you will live here from now on. The quilt and sheets are very clean. I changed them yesterday. See if you like this style. If not, mom will change it for you."

The room was large, with bright windows and clean desks. White curtains fluttered in the wind. There was a dressing table under the windowsill with fresh flowers on it, which Dong Wushuang had picked from the yard this morning.

The sheets and quilt covers have large peony flowers on a white background, a festive red.

In recent years, Shen Min'e seldom went home, and the children grew up and had their own careers and studies. Dong Wushuang was alone at home for a long time. Apart from preparing lessons, he would come to clean his eldest son's room.

A few years ago, the style of this bedroom was mainly blue. Starting in 1972, Dong Wushuang felt that her son was 20 years old and might have found a partner. He would bring his lover back home, so the room had to be cozier. So she changed the bed sheets to the popular large peony pattern, which many newlyweds would choose.

"I like it very much, thank you, Mom." Zhan Xinyue thanked sincerely.

"As long as you like it, if you think you need something, just tell me and I'll buy it for you."

Dong Wushuang finished speaking and continued, "How about this, you guys take a hot bath first, then have a good sleep, we'll have dinner together, and then go to the department store together and buy whatever you like."

"Your father has a high salary and the family has money, so there's no need to save money for him."

Shen Min'e's allowance was very high, and he had no other use for money except buying books, so he gave all his money to Dong Wushuang for safekeeping.

What's more, before liberation, the Shen family was a prominent family with incalculable wealth accumulated over generations. More importantly, they had cultural background and knowledge that ordinary families did not have.

The generations raised here are smarter than the previous ones.

Many of his descendants were sent abroad for further studies, and Shen Min'e was one of the best.

On the eve of liberation, Grandpa Shen donated most of his fortune. In addition, because of his high level of literary talent and the ability to restore antiques, the country rewarded him by giving him the title of honorary museum director. Therefore, in those ten years, the Shen family was not implicated in any way.

In addition, after Shen Min'e returned to China after going through numerous difficulties and developed the first hydrogen bomb, the country simply returned all the properties and antiques that Grandpa Shen had donated. Because the country was too poor in the early days of its founding, all the gold and cash had been used for construction.

But this is already very good.

After all, in that era, many big capitalists had no choice but to flee overnight.

Through this comparison, one can intuitively feel the Shen family's foresight and patriotism.

Sheng Tunan looked at the spotless house with moist eyes. He gently hugged Dong Wushuang and said, "Thank you, Mom."

"Why thank you? These are what a mother should do."

Dong Wushuang started to cry again, "Mom has been feeling bad these years. It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of you back then, and let the enemy spies take advantage of the opportunity and steal you away. I hated them in my heart, hated the people who stole you, and hated myself. Why did I fall asleep at that time?"

Sheng Tunan was the mother of Dong Wushuang's first child. She was very weak after three days and two nights of childbirth. Sheng Tunan's grandmother and her great-grandmother took turns to look after her for five days, feeding her with good soup and porridge, and she gradually got better.

That day, Dong Wushuang looked better. At that time, she was in the hospital and the nurse would come to check on the baby every hour. She felt that the baby was safe, so she asked the two elderly people to go home, take a bath, and have a sleep before coming back.

After the old man went back, Dong Wushuang played with his son for a while, but the baby was very sleepy and fell asleep soon.

Dong Wushuang felt weak. Looking at his son's rhythmic breathing on his little chest, he also fell asleep.

It was at this time that the enemy spies disguised themselves as nurses and secretly took Sheng Tunan away.

"Luckily you're back, otherwise I wouldn't be at peace for the rest of my life." Dong Wushuang wiped her tears and smiled through them, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, I won't think about the past anymore."

She didn't want to bring her negative emotions to her son.

"Mom, don't grandpa and grandma live here?" Sheng Tunan changed the subject.

"Your grandparents passed away a few years ago." Dong Wushuang replied.

Shen Min'e has an older brother and an older sister. They were twins, but when they were fifteen, they both drowned while trying to save a child who fell into the water.

Shen Min'e was born when his parents were 40 years old. When they died, they were already in their 70s, which can be considered as the death of a wealthy man.

"By the way, Tunan, your grandfather has several large mansions in Suzhou Province. You five can each have one. I'll take you to see them in a few days when mom takes some time off."

Sheng Tunan hurriedly said, "Mom, let's go after summer vacation. There's no rush."

Asking for leave is not a good idea after all, and even if it is approved, it is only for a few days, which is too rushed.

"Mom, after your summer vacation, you can go to the island and live for a month or two. The seaside is very cool at night, and you can eat seafood every day." Zhan Xinyue also said.

"That's fine." Dong Wushuang was delighted. She had never seen the sea before.

After they exchanged a few more words, Dong Wushuang went downstairs and told them to take a bath and have a good sleep. They could wake up at a certain time and have lunch at home.

"Xinyue, thank you for marrying me." As soon as Dong Wushuang left, Sheng Tunan hugged his wife tightly.

If Zhan Xinyue hadn't married him, Sheng Tunan would never have been reunited with his family in this life.

Zhan Xinyue didn't say anything and let the man hold her. After a long time, Sheng Tunan relaxed, wiped his tears, packed his clothes and took a shower.

After taking a shower, they felt refreshed.

Sheng Tunan checked the time and saw that it was already 11:35, so he asked Zhan Xinyue, "Wife, do you want to rest?"

"No need." Zhan Xinyue shook her head. She had slept in the guesthouse along the way and was not sleepy at all.

"After we have dinner, let's go buy some gifts for our parents and our younger brothers and sisters."

Zhan Xinyue suggested, she opened the red box and found 999 yuan inside.

In 1977, it was considered a generous gift. As a daughter-in-law, you have to give back.

Sheng Tunan thought for a moment and said, "We can go shopping, but I don't recommend buying gifts today. This will make my parents and my brothers and sisters feel that we don't treat them as family. After receiving the gifts, we should immediately return the favor, which is more like the way of communication between friends."

Zhan Xinyue blinked and nodded repeatedly, "I haven't thought it through enough. Next time we go home, let's bring back some seafood and specialties from the island."

"Okay, I'll listen to my wife."