July arrived in the blink of an eye, and Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei were about to take the college entrance examination.
The Songjianghe Forestry Bureau has an examination center, so candidates from the Forestry Bureau do not need to go to the county to take the exam.
As long as you arrive in Songjianghe in advance, you can stay with relatives or friends or stay in a hotel.
Zhou Mingyuan had already said that the Sheng Yunfang sisters would definitely stay at his house when they came down to take the exam. The house at the other end of the corner building was empty; they could stay there as they pleased.
After discussing it with his family, Sheng Xiping decided that he would accompany his two younger sisters down the mountain to take care of them so that they could focus on their exams.
On the morning of July 5th, the small train station in the forest farm was bustling with activity, with gongs and drums resounding, colorful flags waving, and crowds of people.
This scene was just like a farewell party for the winter sports production team.
All teachers and students from Qianchuan Primary and Secondary Schools went to the small train station to see off the candidates who were going to take the college entrance examination.
Not only students from the school, but also forestry workers and their families, anyone with children taking exams at home came.
"Once you get there, rest well and don't go out and cause any trouble, understand? Focus on your studies and do well on the exam."
School teachers and parents alike were all holding their children, giving them all sorts of instructions.
All the high school teachers went to Songjianghe. The homeroom teachers led the way, and after a call to get on the bus, the children, carrying their bags, boarded the commuter bus one after another.
These days, very few parents accompany their children to exams; only a handful did. Sheng Xiping helped his two younger sisters onto the bus and found seats wherever they could.
With a whistle, the commuter bus departed on time for Songjianghe.
On the bus, the teacher reiterated the importance of discipline and said that they would visit the examination venue tomorrow afternoon.
Whether you're staying in a hostel or with relatives or friends, meet at 2 PM tomorrow at the No. 1 Middle School exam site to visit the exam venue and familiarize yourself with the environment.
Upon arriving at the Sentie Railway Station, Sheng Xiping led his two younger sisters straight to Songlin Hospital, where they found Wang Chunxiu and retrieved the house keys.
Afterwards, the three siblings arrived at their lodgings and began tidying up and cleaning the house.
This is a new house, everything is fine, it's just that no one has lived here for a long time.
Although Wang Chunxiu had just come over a couple of days ago to tidy up, there was still a thin layer of dust in the room.
The windows are never opened, so the air doesn't circulate, and there's a smell in the room.
The three siblings went inside, put down their backpacks, opened all the windows on the north and south sides, then opened the closet and took out all the bedding, hanging it on the clothesline outside to dry.
Then they rolled up their sleeves and began cleaning.
After tidying up, Sheng Xiping went to the market and bought some oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, vegetables, eggs, meat, steamed buns, and other food. He cooked two simple dishes for lunch, and the three of them ate whatever they could find.
After dinner, Sheng Xiping told his two younger sisters to stay home and study while he went out for a stroll.
As Zhou Mingyuan said last time, he asked Sheng Xiping and his wife to move down and temporarily live in Zhou Qingyang's new house.
At that time, Sheng Xiping had an idea in his mind: he had to hurry up and look for a house to buy.
The house must belong to your own family. How can a family live at the father-in-law's house?
You have to buy a house sooner or later.
Even if the couple still works in Qianchuan, they will have to buy a house in a few years when all the junior high schools in the forest farm are closed down, so that their child can go to school.
It was like this in a previous life. Many people from the forest farm bought houses in Songjianghe. They worked at the forest farm and lived in Songjianghe the rest of the time.
Since we'll have to buy it sooner or later, we might as well do it sooner rather than later.
Therefore, Sheng Xiping planned to take advantage of his two younger sisters' exams to wander around the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau area.
See if there are houses for sale, or if there is a large enough open space to build a house.
Sheng Xiping hadn't mentioned this to anyone; he planned to quietly take care of things first and then talk about it later.
Otherwise, my father-in-law would definitely not be happy.
In the past two years, Sheng Xiping has saved up about 200,000 yuan by dealing in timber with Hou Yashuang and Sheng Xiyun.
In the early 1980s, there were very few people with 10,000 yuan. With so much money in his hands, what kind of house couldn't he buy?
Buying a house isn't so easy. After all, Sheng Xiping doesn't live in Songjianghe and isn't familiar with the area, so how would he know which houses are for sale?
He could only wander around aimlessly, asking the old men playing cards or chess under the shade of the trees for information.
These days, most houses are public housing, which generally only grants the right to reside in, not the right to buy or sell. Only self-built houses can be bought and sold.
However, most of the owners of these self-built houses are workers from the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau. Without special circumstances, who would sell their house?
So Sheng Xiping wandered around all afternoon but couldn't find a suitable house.
This is normal. Nothing can be accomplished overnight, especially something as big as buying a house. You have to be patient and look for things slowly.
After wandering around all afternoon without finding anything, Sheng Xiping had no choice but to return to the corner building.
When Wang Chunxiu got the keys, she said that everyone would go to the Zhou family's place for dinner that night, as a welcome dinner for Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei.
So the three siblings took advantage of the good weather to bring in the sun-dried quilts, tidied up the house, locked the door, bought some things, and went to the Zhou family's house.
The three siblings had dinner at the Zhou family's house and chatted for a long time before going home to rest in the evening.
The next day, the two girls stayed home to review their lessons, while Sheng Xiping continued to wander around looking for a house.
At 2 p.m., the students gathered at the No. 1 Middle School examination site and were led by their teachers to see the examination rooms. Sheng Xiping simply wandered around across from the No. 1 Middle School.
As luck would have it, right at the street corner, a few old men were sitting there playing chess, surrounded by quite a few people. Sheng Xiping also went over to join in the fun, squatting down to watch them play chess.
During their conversation, Sheng Xiping inquired whether there were any houses for sale in the area.
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