Sheng Xiping was quite considerate; he explained everything he could think of and planned to Wang Jianshe and the others.
After thinking about it, everyone realized that Sheng Xiping's words made sense.
They are all married now, no longer single like before, where one person could eat their fill and the whole family was not hungry, and they could go anywhere without any problems.
"Okay, let's go home and discuss it with our families." Everyone agreed.
With the important business settled, all that's left is to eat and drink. It's a rare occasion for everyone to get together, so what's there to say? Let's just eat and drink to our hearts' content.
The meal lasted until almost four o'clock, and everyone was completely drunk and staggering by the end.
While Zhang Shuzhen and the others were tidying up the tables, everyone leaning against the wall or cabinet was completely dazed.
Zhang Shuzhen smiled and shook her head, then quickly led her daughter-in-law and daughter to tidy up the table. She found pillows in the cupboard and told them to get some sleep.
"Auntie, I'm not going to sleep anymore, I have to go home. If I don't go home soon, my wife will be looking for me."
Gao Haining and the others weren't actually asleep; they were just tipsy and drowsy with their eyes closed.
Zhang Shuzhen's call woke them up, and they dressed and staggered outside.
Sheng Xiping also followed them out to see them off. After everyone had left, Sheng Xiping went back to his room, lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), and fell asleep.
On the 27th, pigs were slaughtered, and on the morning of the 28th, Zhang Shuzhen prepared two large basins of dough.
Sheng Xiping brought back five bags of flour from Songjiang River. In those days, 85 flour was considered very good flour, perfect for steaming buns and making dumplings for the New Year.
As children grow up, go to school, work, and start their own families, the days when the whole family gathers together will become fewer and fewer.
Therefore, Zhang Shuzhen attached great importance to this year's New Year and used all her best skills.
Zhang Shuzhen, along with her daughter-in-law and two daughters, busied themselves making various kinds of steamed buns, including jujube buns, flower-shaped steamed buns, dumplings, flower rolls, and sugar triangles, steaming them one pot after another.
The women were busy preparing food, while the men were outside tidying up the yard and chopping firewood.
The family slaughtered two pigs but didn't sell a single pound of meat. Sheng Liancheng and his wife said they should quickly send some to their in-laws so they wouldn't have to buy any more.
Sheng Liancheng was very generous; he directly packed half a piece of pork, a set of head, trotters, and offal, and also grabbed two chickens for me.
"Okay, that's all. You can't carry any more. Second brother, fourth brother, you two come with me to the station and help your brother get on the train."
In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, the forest farm arranged shuttle buses to take everyone to Songjianghe to buy New Year's goods. The buses departed at 8:30 in the morning and returned around 5:00 in the afternoon.
The Sheng brothers carried the bags and hurried to the station to help put the items on the train.
When Sheng Xiping delivered the gifts to the Zhou family, he was naturally warmly received by his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Just then, Zhou Qingyang and his wife returned with their child. The Zhou family prepared a lot of dishes for lunch, and Zhou Mingyuan, along with his son and son-in-law, drank quite a bit.
Before we knew it, it was February 12th, Lunar New Year's Eve.
The Sheng family is having a great time this year. Not only are there couplets on the gate, but also door gods and hanging money decorations. In addition, two big red lanterns are hung on both sides of the gate.
The courtyard was decorated with "福" (good fortune) characters, and the windows were adorned with festive paper-cut decorations.
In the yard, there were two chubby snowmen, wearing red scarves and red hats, with smiling, adorable expressions.
The adults were busy in the yard, and the children were showing off in various ways. Even the two little girls, Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi, were running all over the yard with them.
The dogs, including Leopard and Fat Tiger, are all old and can no longer jump around. They just lie at the entrance of their kennel, wagging their tails and squinting their eyes in enjoyment.
"Come on, everyone, come over here, let me take some pictures of you."
Looking at the lively scene before him, Sheng Xiping couldn't resist taking pictures again.
So I called the children over, stood in front of the snowman, and snapped several pictures of them.
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