However, because of Sheng Xiping's matter, the family background check for Sheng Xi'an was stalled.
During the discussion among the leaders, some people said that since Sheng Xi'an's brother had been imprisoned, it had a bad influence and Sheng Xi'an definitely couldn't be allowed to go to university.
Some people say that he is the older brother, not the parents, so it can't be counted that way.
Sheng Xi'an was the only one from Qianchuan Forest Farm to be admitted to university that year; very few people from the entire Songjianghe Forestry Bureau were admitted, which was an honor for the forest farm.
We can't let Sheng Xi'an's brother's situation affect his younger brother's future. Besides, there were problems with Sheng Xiping's situation to begin with.
Unable to reach an agreement on the matter, they had no choice but to follow the opinion of the bureau.
However, the Sun family was at the height of their power in the bureau at that time. Since the two families had become mortal enemies, how could the Sun family allow a college student from the Sheng family to come out?
If Sheng Xi'an were to have some good fortune in the future and rise rapidly in rank, wouldn't that be detrimental to the Sun family?
As a result, Sheng Xi'an's application was rejected.
Sheng Xi'an almost went crazy because of this blow, and her mental state was also poor.
Sheng Xi'an's maternal uncle, Zhang Shouzhi, had served in the army and fought in battles. He was later wounded and demobilized, where he worked in a coal mine in Fushun.
Zhang Shouzhi had no sons, only two daughters. After learning about the situation here, he wrote to discuss adopting Sheng Xi'an.
Then he retired early, allowing Sheng Xi'an to take over.
Sheng Liancheng discussed it with his wife and children and they also felt that this was the best solution.
Seeing that there was no hope of going to school, and with the Sun family holding him back, it would probably be difficult to find a job. Perhaps he might as well go to Fushun to take over the family business, at least he would have a job.
And so, Sheng Xi'an went to Fushun, took over his uncle Zhang Shouzhi's job, and became a worker in the coal mine.
Sheng Xi'an is educated and has connections through his uncle, so he is doing quite well there.
Although Fushun's coal resources gradually decreased and it underwent asset restructuring in the late 1990s, Sheng Xi'an was already a core cadre at that time, so it didn't have much of an impact.
Later, he worked in the group company and lived a good life.
"Third brother, you also need to work harder. The policies might change in the future, and you might have another chance to take the college entrance exam."
"If you and your second brother can both get into university, our family will be truly honored."
Sheng Xiping also served some food to his third brother, Sheng Xikang.
"How are the teachers here? Can you understand them?"
The third child is two years younger than the second child, but he was born in December, so he started school a year later and is currently in the second year of junior high school.
There was no middle school in Qianchuan before. When Sheng Xiping went to junior high school, he went to Songjianghe.
When he arrived in Shengxi'an, the Forestry Bureau set up middle schools in places such as Shuguang Forest Farm and Manjiang Forest Farm, so he went to Shuguang Forest Farm to study.
After the Spring Festival this year, they should have gone back to Shuguang Middle School to study, but the student dormitory of Shuguang Middle School caught fire and burned down completely.
Since there were many students in Qianchuan, a middle school was established in the area, and Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang both returned to study there.
Sheng Xikang was also a good student; he was originally supposed to take the college entrance examination after graduating from high school in 1977 or 1988.
But with his second brother's example right there, Sheng Xikang knew that whether he could pass the exam was still uncertain, and even if he did pass, the Sun family might still try to sabotage him.
If I pass the exam but can't go to study, it will only make me feel worse. It's better not to take the exam at all.
So after graduating from high school, Sheng Xikang stayed at home unemployed, waiting for job openings.
Back then, any child of a forestry worker or an unmarried, unemployed young person could take over their father's job.
Sheng Liancheng was engaged in heavy physical labor and could retire early, so Sheng Xikang took over his job as a worker.
Both of his younger brothers were originally capable of studying and going to university, but because of Sheng Xiping, they were ultimately unable to attend higher education institutions.
Although the two of them lived well afterward, Sheng Xiping always felt guilty towards his younger brothers.
However, his younger brothers never complained. Sheng Xiping's later success was also due in no small part to their help.
"Our teacher is a newly assigned vocational school graduate, and he teaches very well. He's not very old, and he even plays with us after class."
Sheng Xikang was more outgoing than his second brother, loved to talk and laugh, and was very popular at school.
"Don't worry, brother, we will study hard." Sheng Xikang nodded emphatically in response.
"Brother, do you think the policy will change in the future? Is it true? Will there really be a chance to take the exam and go to school in the future?"
Sheng Xi'an, who was eating in silence, put down her chopsticks, looked up, and stared at her brother with a somewhat confused look in her eyes.
Sheng Xi'an is about to graduate from high school, and they are feeling really lost right now, not knowing where the future lies.
"Yes, don't be discouraged, keep going."
Opportunities are for those who are prepared. As long as you don't give up learning, you will reap the rewards sooner or later.
Sheng Xiping looked at his younger brother with a smile and said gently.
"Okay, brother, I understand. Don't worry, we'll definitely study hard."
Sheng Xi'an seemed to see a glimmer of hope, his eyes suddenly hardening. He smiled at his brother and then lowered his head to continue eating.
There's an old saying that a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home, and that's absolutely true.
Like Sheng Xi'an and his friends, they were all teenagers, but their stomachs were like bottomless pits, and no amount of food was enough for them.
In addition to the grain rations provided each month, the Sheng family also had to secretly spend money to obtain grain coupons and buy grain at higher prices.
Alternatively, they could exchange the fine grains supplied to them for coarse grains from Dajianchang Village, which would be enough to make ends meet.
In the evening, a pot of sorghum rice and some dishes were cooked. By the time everyone had stopped eating, the pot and bowls were completely empty, with nothing left.
The two girls quickly started clearing the dishes, and Zhang Shuzhen also got out of bed, turned on the light in the outer kitchen, and boiled water again to prepare to process the pheasant.
Sheng Xiping suddenly remembered that he had promised to leave the pheasant's tail feathers for Zhou Qinglan, so he went to the kitchen and started plucking the feathers.
"Brother, pluck these feathers too, I want to keep them."
Sheng Yunfang pointed to the feathers on the pheasant's back near its tail and said.
"You're just causing trouble for your brother. That pheasant has been dead for a long time. It's too much trouble to pluck its feathers. Just leave a few long ones."
Hearing this, Zhang Shuzhen scolded her daughter.
Generally speaking, the best time to pluck a chicken's feathers is right after it dies, when its body is still warm.
By this time, the pheasant was already completely cold, making plucking its feathers a bit of a hassle.
Zhang Shuzhen felt sorry for her son, who had worked all day and still had to go through the trouble of plucking feathers and coaxing his little sister.
"Your brother went to shovel saplings. He worked hard all day in the mountains and was exhausted, but he still managed to hunt a pheasant for you guys."
"Having meat to eat is good enough, what's the point of having so much fur? It'll just fly all over the house!"
"Mom, it's nothing, it's just a few chicken feathers. I'm strong, I'll pull them off in no time."
The water in your pot hasn't boiled yet, has it?
These feathers are quite pretty and long; they'll be nice to keep for making shuttlecocks for the two of them to play with.
Sheng Xiping didn't think much of it. If he didn't love his own sister, who else would he love?
"Yes, you can spoil them as much as you want." Zhang Shuzhen actually loved her daughter too; she was just saying it casually.
Sheng Xiping smiled, didn't reply, and just lowered his head to pluck the feathers.
Before long, they plucked off those few pheasant tail feathers.
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