Chen Feng always stayed with Sheng Xitai; the two never separated.
So Sheng Liancheng found it strange that the eldest son had come out, but he hadn't seen Chen Feng. Had the kid gone out to play by himself?
Upon hearing his father's question, Sheng Xitai's smile instantly froze.
"Dad, Xiaofeng's biological parents have come and taken Xiaofeng away."
"What? You took it?" Sheng Xitai was displeased as soon as he heard that, and took two steps into the east room.
"Boss, tell me, what happened? Didn't you pick up Xiaofeng from the provincial capital? How come his parents came looking for him?"
Like Zhang Shuzhen, Sheng Liancheng also doted on Chen Feng, genuinely treating him like a grandson.
While picking jujubes on the mountain, Sheng Liancheng was thinking that Chen Feng loved to eat jujubes, so he should pick more to take back so that the children could eat their fill.
When he returned, his eldest grandson was gone, taken away by his biological parents? Could Sheng Liancheng, with his temper, tolerate this?
"They abandoned Xiaofeng back then, leaving the child behind, and now they're coming to take him away? Where do they have the nerve?"
"Are you a piece of trash? Let them take the child away, why should they?" Enraged, Sheng Liancheng fired directly at Sheng Xiping.
"Dad, sit down and let me tell you slowly."
Sheng Xiping was both amused and exasperated. He could only pull Sheng Liancheng to sit down and then repeat to Sheng Liancheng the same things that Chen Ruiqing and his wife had said when they came to the Sheng family.
"Dad, Xiaofeng wasn't abandoned by that couple. It was Xiaofeng's uncle who thought those two kids were a burden."
She was thinking of abandoning the child so that his sister could remarry, so she took Xiaofeng out and left him at the train station.
You tell me, their biological parents came, crying their eyes out, how could I say no to them taking them home?
Sheng Liancheng was still furious, but after hearing his son's words, he was at a loss.
"Oh dear, what a mess! We've been raising Xiao Feng for over a year with all our might, and it's finally gotten him plump and healthy."
"That's great, all that effort and care for the child was for nothing."
Sheng Liancheng felt distressed and, disregarding everything else, took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a few deep drags.
"Hey, that's enough. Don't puff out that big pipe and fill the whole room with smoke."
Xinhua's still here, and besides, your daughter-in-law is pregnant again, less than two months along. Don't upset her."
Zhang Shuzhen was preparing the meal in the outer room and hadn't paid any attention to Sheng Liancheng. Now, when she brought the meal into the room, she saw Sheng Liancheng smoking there and said a few words to him.
"Ah? Your daughter-in-law is pregnant again?" Upon hearing this, Sheng Liancheng immediately became happy, and quickly stubbed out his cigarette.
Sheng Liancheng witnessed firsthand the extent of Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xinhua's reactions back then, and he thought it would be the same again this time.
For the sake of his grandson, Sheng Liancheng not only didn't have much of a smoking habit, but even if he did, he had to refrain from it.
"Look at you, you're happy now that your daughter-in-law is pregnant again, aren't you? You're not complaining about your eldest son this time?"
Zhang Shuzhen couldn't help but laugh when she saw her husband's behavior.
"Happy? How could I not be happy? This is my own grandson, the very root of the Sheng family."
No matter how good Xiaofeng is, he still bears the surname Chen; sooner or later, he'll have to go back to his biological parents.
Sheng Liancheng was a rough and uncultured man who couldn't articulate any profound truths, but what he said made perfect sense.
No matter how good someone else's child is to him, there's always a distance between them.
You might not notice anything when the child is young, but as they grow older, they will always want to find their relatives, and the older they get, the more estranged they become.
In this world, there are many people who are kind and righteous, but there are also many who are ungrateful and treacherous. No one knows which one Chen Feng will be in the future.
Since Chen Feng's biological parents have come to pick him up, it wouldn't be right to forcibly prevent the family from reuniting. Letting Chen Feng go with his parents is the right thing to do.
Whether Chen Feng will remember the Sheng family in the future or not is not important.
It would be best if we could remember each other and maintain contact as relatives. We don't ask for anything in return from the Chen family; we just need to keep in touch.
Even if he doesn't remember, the Sheng family has never mistreated Chen Feng. They have a clear conscience and can consider it an act of kindness and good deeds.
"Alright, are you happy now and can we eat? After dinner, we still need to knead dough, chop filling, and make dumplings this afternoon," Zhang Shuzhen asked her husband with a smile.
"Yes, yes, let's eat."
Oh, why don't you set up another table so my second brother and I can eat together? Or we can eat in the outer room.
"Look at us, we're covered in sweat and stench, don't let it bother our daughter-in-law."
Sheng Liancheng suddenly remembered that his daughter-in-law had such severe morning sickness during her pregnancy. If she were to eat at the same table with them, wouldn't the smell be too strong for them?
"Dad, no need, why be so fussy? The second son is very well-behaved."
I have absolutely no reaction right now, I can eat and sleep well, and I'm not vomiting. Please don't put it on a separate table, let's eat together.
Zhou Qinglan brought the dishes into the house and said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Liancheng felt somewhat relieved.
Even so, when eating, he and Sheng Xi'an deliberately kept their distance from Zhou Qinglan to avoid being bothered by her smell.
After finishing their meal, the father and son quickly packed their things and went to the forest farm's bathhouse for a good soak and scrub, then got shaved and cleaned up before heading home.
While Sheng Liancheng and his son went to take a bath and get a haircut, Zhang Shuzhen led her daughter and daughter-in-law at home to knead dough, chop filling, and make dumplings.
It just so happened that Sheng Xiping also had the afternoon off, so he and Sheng Xikang rolled out the dough while the others filled the dumplings.
Sheng Xitai won't have the chance to be a dumpling leg this time; he has to take care of the children.
Sheng Xinhua only took a short nap in the afternoon. When he heard the noise of someone putting down a panel and taking something out, he woke up immediately and had to join in the fun.
Little Xinhua has become quite capable now. He climbs onto the work surface whenever he sees it, grabbing dough pieces and even dry dough. If we let him do as much as he wants, we won't be able to eat dumplings today.
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