Sheng Xiping was exhausted and hungry after a busy day, but it was so late when he got home that he was too lazy to bother with anything else.
After returning home, I didn't eat dinner, but went straight to sleep and slept until about 5:30 the next morning.
At this moment, the forest farm's loudspeaker began to announce and assign tasks for the day.
"Xiping, wake up! I hear someone shouting over the loudspeaker about what's going on with your security department. Open the window and listen carefully."
Zhou Qinglan got up to help the child urinate, and vaguely heard someone shouting something about the security department over the loudspeaker. She quickly nudged Sheng Xiping's shoulder, telling him to get up and listen carefully.
Half asleep, Sheng Xiping heard his wife's words and sat up abruptly. He opened the window and peered out to hear what the loudspeaker was saying.
Sure enough, the loudspeaker announced that the security department would not be going up the mountain today; instead, they would be at the headquarters for a meeting at 7:00 AM.
Sheng Xiping understood, then closed the window and got dressed.
"It's probably because of the incident yesterday where a student was injured by a black bear. The security department will likely send people up the mountain today to fight that black bear."
As Sheng Xiping put on his clothes, he moved closer to Zhou Qinglan and kissed his son on the cheek.
Sheng Xinhua was born on New Year's Day, and is now about four and a half months old. He is chubby and weighs about 15 or 16 pounds.
Now the little one can roll over and play, it's so much fun!
Having just woken up early in the morning, Xinhua's newly sprouted stubble tickled him a little, so he chuckled.
"Alright, stop teasing him so early in the morning. I was hoping he'd take another nap later."
After Zhou Qinglan finished changing her son's diaper, she put the diaper back on and then started breastfeeding.
Sheng Xinhua has been doing much better for the past four months.
After having a full feeding around 9 pm, she can sleep until a little after 1 am, wake up to urinate, have another feeding, and then sleep until a little after 5 am.
Just then, Zhou Qinglan got up in the morning to change the baby's diaper and feed him, then coaxed the little guy to go back to sleep for a while before getting up to wash up and have breakfast.
Around seven o'clock, Zhou Qinglan fed the baby one more time and then went to work at school.
I feed him once during the break between classes around 9 a.m., once when I get home at noon, and once more before I go to work.
After school in the afternoon, the little guy woke up, so Zhou Qinglan comforted him while watching Sheng Xitai and Chen Feng do their homework.
After dinner, with many people at home, everyone took turns holding and comforting the baby, giving Zhou Qinglan the opportunity to prepare lessons and grade homework.
After playing until 8:30, Zhou Qinglan cleaned up the child, fed him, and put him to sleep. That's how the day went by.
Well, it's all thanks to my family. Everyone lent a hand, so my wife didn't have to work too hard, and the child grew up so quickly.
For young couples living together, the woman is too busy to even go to work, let alone take care of the child, clean the house, and cook.
Since Zhou Qinglan had said that, Sheng Xiping couldn't tease his son anymore, so he had to put on his shoes and go to wash up.
In the outer room, Zhang Shuzhen had already gotten up to cook. Sheng Xi'an carried the last two buckets of water back and poured them into the water tank.
Ever since Sheng Xiping got married, the chores of fetching water and chopping wood in the morning have fallen to Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang.
These two are older now, so they should help out with some of the housework.
The family belongs to everyone; we can't expect Sheng Xiping to handle everything alone.
Originally, Sheng Liancheng and Liu Yujiang had agreed to pick up some small plots of wasteland near the alkali field.
We grow some corn, beans, potatoes, and other crops to supplement our income, so that our six dogs won't go hungry.
But this spring, an order came down from above, strictly prohibiting farmers in all communes and production brigades from clearing small patches of wasteland and shrinking their farmland.
Although Dajianchang is located in a remote area, they dare not act recklessly. The village has held several meetings to emphasize this matter.
Liu Yujiang came over specifically to explain the situation to Sheng Liancheng. Therefore, this small patch of wasteland cannot be cultivated this year.
There's nothing we can do if the business can't be held. Anyway, now that three members of the Sheng family are officially receiving salaries, plus Sheng Xi'an is also earning money as an educated youth, life is much better than before.
Just after six o'clock, breakfast was ready, and Zhang Shuzhen woke up the few people sleeping in the east room to wash up and eat.
Zhou Qinglan from the west wing also put the child to sleep, then got up to wash her face and help tidy up.
Breakfast included porridge, pickled vegetables, and steamed buns with large celery leaves.
Sheng Xiping and the others are all working on the mountain. There are plenty of large-leaf celery in the forest. Anyone who takes a break can go into the forest and pick a couple of handfuls, which is enough for their family to eat.
Just two days ago, Hua Hua brought back another wild boar. Zhang Shuzhen kept some meat, chopped it into filling, and made steamed buns with Da Yeqin.
I've been busy lately, and the work has been quite tiring. I can't just eat vegetables; I need some oil and fat.
Xiao Xinhua had already learned to roll over, so Zhou Qinglan didn't dare leave him alone to sleep in the west room. Therefore, she carried the child to the kang (heated brick bed) in the east room.
Sheng Xinhua was sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed), while everyone else was eating at the side of the kang. If the child made any noise, they would turn around and see him.
"Boss, I just heard them shouting over the loudspeaker that your security department is having a meeting this morning. Are they going to discuss that black bear?"
"Is it you who's supposed to lead a team into the mountains and kill that bear?" Sheng Liancheng suddenly asked during the meal.
Logically, if a bear injures someone, the forestry station should send its security team into the mountains to kill the bear and prevent further injuries.
"No way? Isn't that a mother bear with her cubs?"
Brother, I remember you saying before that we shouldn't attack female animals in the spring.
Sheng Xi'an was drinking porridge when he heard this and suddenly looked up at Sheng Xiping.
"Yes, normally we don't hunt in the spring, especially not females."
However, since that bear injured someone, the organizers definitely need to give the Zhang and Zhao families an explanation.
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