Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen held Sheng Xinhua and sat on the two chairs in the middle, with Chen Feng on the left and Sheng Xitai on the right.
Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan led their younger siblings, standing behind the chairs.
To Sheng Xiping's left were Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang, and to Zhou Qinglan's right were Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei.
The photographer adjusted the camera and said, "When I say 'one, two, three,' you smile and don't blink."
After saying that, the photographer made a hand gesture, then counted one, two, three, and then clicked the camera, freezing the moment in the family photo.
After taking the family photo, Sheng Xiping and his wife took another picture with Sheng Xinhua in their arms, then the four Sheng brothers took a picture, the two little sisters took a picture, and finally, Sheng Xinhua took a picture by herself.
Sheng Xinhua, who is almost six months old, can already sit up, but everyone is still quite worried.
So she specially put a tablecloth over the chair, and Zhou Qinglan squatted behind the chair, carefully holding her son's clothes.
Xiao Xinhua sat upright in the chair, smiled at the camera, and the photographer quickly captured the moment.
After the photo was taken, Sheng Xiping went over to the photographer and asked him to develop a few more photos.
The photographer wrote down Sheng Xiping's name in the register, took a few photos, asked how many to be developed, and then collected the money.
He also told Sheng Xiping that it would take about ten days to pick up the photos at the Dajianchang team headquarters.
Sheng Xiping responded and handed the money to the photographer. Only then did the family happily head back.
After the Niu Mao Guang Ji season ended, the forest farm's afforestation production began, which Sheng Xiping no longer needed to worry about. He was now working in the security department and didn't need to go up the mountain to work.
Just then, the Gastrodia elata seedlings emerged from the ground at the summer solstice. Sheng Xiping would go to work when he had a shift, and dig up Gastrodia elata when he had a day off.
I still get my salary, and I can still do my side job. It's much more lucrative than shoveling tree seedlings in forestry.
This year, a railway branch line is to be built on the Xilin River side, and the Forestry Bureau has conscripted educated youth from various forest farms to work there.
Repairing railways is hard work, but it pays well and you get to eat.
Sheng Xi'an thought about it for a while and felt it was a good idea, so he signed up and went to repair the road in Xilinhe.
This repair went on until Old Qiu passed away.
At the end of October, the project was completed, and Sheng Xi'an returned from Xilinhe with more than four hundred yuan.
Zhang Shuzhen was quite pleased as she counted the money, but when she saw her second son, who was dark-skinned and thin, she felt extremely distressed.
“Perfect timing! Hua Hua brought over another roe deer this morning. I’ll go chop it up for filling and we’ll make dumplings for dinner tonight.”
After Zhang Shuzhen finished speaking, she was about to get up and get to work.
"Mom, it's already this late, don't bother with all that, just make a couple of simple dishes."
Sheng Xi'an glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. She was chopping meat and making dumplings. When would she be able to eat these dumplings?
"Don't worry about it, just stay inside and keep Xinhua occupied. I'll take care of it."
At just ten months old, Sheng Xinhua is already crawling all over the bed.
Zhang Shuzhen was afraid that the child would climb to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and fall to the ground, so she wanted to keep a close eye on him.
Just then, Sheng Xi'an returned and someone was there to look after the child, so she quickly busied herself preparing food.
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