Upon returning to China, Sheng Xiping contacted Wu Bingzhong and asked him to arrange for some people to accompany the Tengyue Trading Company to Gongqingcheng to open a branch office.
Half a year has passed in a flurry of activity. With everything arranged, Sheng Xiping should go home and visit his family.
"Look at you, I was doing that for work, wasn't I?"
The fire changed the conditions for logging, making various processes such as felling, timber processing, slide laying, and timber collection much simpler.
Although people are still shaken by this largest forest fire since the founding of the People's Republic of China, many are still tempted by the prospect of huge profits.
Last year, there were only 10,000 hectares of wind-fallen trees in Changbai Mountain, and the various forestry bureaus were vying for them. How much more so would this be 200,000 hectares of fire-damaged timber?
Many people advocate bringing these remaining valuable assets down the mountain to solve the urgent needs of forestry workers.
Zhou Mingyuan believes that the fire did not burn all the trees; only a small portion were burned to death, and most of the trees were simply damaged by the fire.
Do not cut down this kind of fire-damaged wood; it will continue to grow.
The Russians burn their forests every year, yet their forests remain intact, while we take the opportunity to cut down all the big trees, which is a great pity.
The Greater Khingan Mountains are located in a cold temperate zone, where trees naturally grow very slowly. If they are not cut down, the area can be sustainably utilized.
Once the big tree is cut down, even if a small tree is planted, it may not grow well without the protection of the big tree.
In fact, forest resources are like families; they cannot exist without children, nor can they exist without the elderly.
For sustainable development to be achieved, the structure must be reasonable and must not violate the laws of nature.
If a single fire could burn down an entire forest, then countless wildfires over millions of years would have wiped out the forests long ago.
However, the fact that the forest still exists shows that the fire was not as severe as the man-made disaster.
Many forestry experts and environmental protection scientists agree with Zhou Mingyuan's viewpoint, and the higher authorities also attach great importance to it.
Therefore, the higher authorities transferred Zhou Mingyuan to Heilongjiang Province to oversee forestry work, hoping to restore the ecological environment of the Greater Khingan Mountains region as soon as possible.
"Go ahead and act all you want. This time you're going to Harbin by yourself, but I'm not going with you. I'm going to stay here and take care of my grandson."
Wang Chunxiu clearly did not understand Zhou Mingyuan's actions. In her opinion, Zhou Mingyuan was already this age, and there was no point in him making any more trouble.
It's better to ignore everything and just honestly wait until retirement.
“Okay, I didn’t say you had to come with me. I’m not familiar with that place, so I’ll go over there and find a foothold first.” Zhou Mingyuan didn’t argue with his wife.
"Dad, when are you going to Harbin?" Sheng Xiping finally managed to squeeze in a question.
"There's a lot of post-disaster work going on over there in the next couple of days, so I need to hurry over there to get to work," Zhou Mingyuan said, pointing to his packed belongings.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping thought, "Fine, I don't need to go home for now. I'll accompany my father-in-law back to Harbin."
Sheng Xiping has a wide network of connections there, so he has to pave the way for his father-in-law, so that his father-in-law won't be at a loss when he first arrives and suffer from all kinds of difficulties and being squeezed out.
So, Sheng Xiping didn't stay in Changchun, but drove directly to Harbin to take his father-in-law.
Upon arrival, they first arranged accommodation for Zhou Mingyuan, then contacted the Feng and Qiao families to organize a gathering, inviting leaders from various sectors and introducing them to Zhou Mingyuan.
That's all Sheng Xiping can do to help; the rest depends entirely on Zhou Mingyuan's abilities.
Sheng Xiping stayed with Zhou Mingyuan in Harbin for a few days. After Zhou Mingyuan had adapted to the situation, he took his people to inspect the various forestry bureaus under his jurisdiction. Only then did Sheng Xiping set off on his return journey.
By the time Sheng Xiping returned to Songjianghe, it was already the end of July.
Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu had already finished their final exams, and Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen had just returned from Shenzhen. The children went back to the forest farm with their grandparents to run wild.
"Xinhua and Xinyu both have good grades. Xinhua is first in his class and third in the grade."
He said he would work harder next semester and try to get first place in the grade. "That evening, when Sheng Xiping and his wife were chatting in bed, Zhou Qinglan said this."
"Xinyu is alright, second in his class. He's not ranked in the grade yet. He's still young, so we should just maintain the status quo."
“Xin Yue and Xin Qi are clamoring to go to primary school. I’ve already spoken to the No. 1 Primary School and asked them to try it out in the fall. If it works out, they can join the class; if not, they can go back to preschool.”
Xinyue and Xinqi were born at the end of 1981, making them seven years old by the traditional Chinese age reckoning, but not yet six years old. They are not old enough to start primary school.
But the two children insisted on going, so Zhou Qinglan had no choice but to let them audit the class and give it a try.
"Our sixth child got accepted into a graduate program and was kept on by his professor to work on a research project. He won't be coming back this summer."
I heard from Mom that the fourth son has a girlfriend.
When my mom and the others came back from Shenzhen, they made a special detour to Shanghai to see our fourth brother. Our fourth brother brought a young man to meet them.
It's said that the young man is also from Northeast China, I think it's from Liaoning Province. He's quite good-looking and a year older than the fourth brother.
Zhou Qinglan suddenly remembered this matter and quickly told Sheng Xiping.
Sheng Xiping has been busy running around lately and hasn't had time to take care of things at home. So when he heard that his fourth brother also had a girlfriend, he was quite surprised.
"Old Fourth Brother, you're so quiet, yet you've already found a girlfriend."
No way, I have to go to Shanghai when I have time to see what that young man is like. The doting brother is back in action.
"You're always worrying about things that don't concern you. With Fourth Sister's personality, how could she possibly find someone bad?"
I heard from my mom that the young man has a formal job in Shanghai, and his parents also have jobs in Liaoning Province. They are about to retire. Isn't that great?
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