"Alright, alright, then I'll leave this matter to my nephew."
Wang Jiachuan was overjoyed to hear Sheng Xiping's words, so he told his wife, Tao Chunhong, to quickly prepare some dishes so that Sheng Xiping could stay for dinner that evening.
"Uncle, I ate my fill in Weiguo and came home. I'm not hungry at all now, so please don't make Auntie work."
Well, if there's nothing else, I'll head home now.
Tomorrow morning, I'll take the dog into the mountains. Like I said, we'll grab whatever we find. If Uncle thinks it'll work, we'll use it; if not, I'll go back up the mountain to look for more.
Sheng Xiping couldn't possibly eat at the Wang family's house, so they quickly stopped him.
It's getting late. Now that things have been explained, let's hurry home and rest. We still have to go up the mountain tomorrow.
And so, Sheng Xiping said goodbye to the Wang family and left. The two brothers, Wang Tianqing and Wang Tiancheng, saw him off to the gate and watched him walk away before going home.
It was already dark outside, and a cold wind was blowing.
After leaving the Wang family, Sheng Xiping first went to Liu Changde's place to bring back his dogs.
This was a favor to Wang Jiachuan, so Sheng Xiping certainly couldn't accept money from him, and naturally, he couldn't ask Wang Jianshe and the others for help.
So he thought he'd bring his dogs back and take them up the mountain, hoping they could catch something.
Besides, with the New Year approaching, it wouldn't be appropriate to let Gouzi stay at the Liu family's house for the holiday.
As for her family, Sheng Xinhua will be out of confinement soon, so there shouldn't be any major issues.
Sheng Xiping led the dogs home, tied them all up, and then went inside.
"What's up? I heard from Lao Liu that Secretary Wang is looking for you? What's up? Is it about recruitment?"
Zhang Shuzhen was cooking for Zhou Qinglan in the kitchen when she saw her son come back and casually asked him a question.
"It's not about hiring. Uncle Wang wants me to help him hunt a wild boar or a roe deer or something."
"Isn't it almost Chinese New Year? It's probably for visiting relatives."
Sheng Xiping took off his hat and hung it on the wall, then took off his coat and casually explained to his parents.
"I just went to my master's place and brought all our dogs back. Tomorrow I'm going up the mountain with my second and third brothers to take a look around. We'll catch whatever we can."
Sheng Liancheng and his wife understood immediately; visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival is a normal practice.
"Oh, it's rare for your Uncle Wang to ask you for even the smallest favor. No matter what, please put in your best effort and do a good job for him."
Sheng Xiping agreed to his parents' request, sat in the east room for a while until the chill dissipated, and then returned to the west room.
Just then, Zhou Qinglan was eating, and Sheng Xiping took out the letter from his pocket and looked at it carefully under the lamp.
The letter came from Jiapigou. In it, Chen Ruiqing said that he had already made contact with Lijiawa.
After receiving the money and letter, Shao Minzhi took her daughter and managed to get to Jiapigou. With the help of the mine, they were settled in a nearby farmer's house, which allowed the couple to reunite.
Chen Ruiqing was very grateful to Sheng Xiping for taking Chen Feng to Qianchuan to be cared for.
Chen Ruiqing is now an engineer at the gold mine, but he is not free yet. He can only communicate with the outside world by writing letters and cannot leave Jiapigou.
Therefore, Chen Ruiqing asked Sheng Xiping to take care of Chen Feng for a while longer.
When the opportunity arises in the future, the couple will definitely visit Qianchuan Forest Farm in person to express their gratitude.
"Whose letter is it?" Zhou Qinglan asked when she saw Sheng Xiping staring blankly at the letter after finishing her meal.
"Oh, it's a friend of mine. He met some friends from the forest farm when he visited Hongshi Forestry Bureau last time. It's almost Chinese New Year, so he wrote a letter to send his greetings."
Sheng Xiping made up a reason to fool Zhou Qinglan.
The affairs of Chen Ruiqing's family are full of loopholes, and it's unknown how they will be covered up in the future. Sheng Xiping dares not let a second person know about this.
As Sheng Xiping spoke, he put the letter in his pocket, then cleaned up Zhou Qinglan's dishes and utensils after she finished eating, and put them in a pot of hot water to soak.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was in the outer room, Sheng Xiping casually threw the letter and envelope into the pit at the bottom of the pot.
There was firewood burning in the stove pit. As soon as the letter was thrown in, it burst into flames and turned to ashes in an instant.
These past two days have been spent hunting in the mountains and helping the Chen family with various tasks; it would be a lie to say I'm not tired.
With nothing much to do in the evening, Sheng Xiping got ready early and went back to the west room to be with his wife and son.
Sheng Xinhua is a very easy baby. He woke up three times during the night, and each time Sheng Xiping heard the noise, got up, changed his diaper, tidied him up, and handed him to Zhou Qinglan to breastfeed.
On the 27th and 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Sheng Xiping took his two younger brothers and led six dogs into the mountains.
They killed two sows and one pig that had been dead for the previous year, and at the same time, the snare caught a roe deer and a few wild rabbits.
On the evening of the 28th, Little Tiger Flower brought another roe deer.
On the morning of the 29th, Sheng Xiping went to Wangjiachuan to report on the battle results.
Wang Jiachuan was overjoyed to hear this and said that he only needed to keep two pigs, one big and one small, and a roe deer for Sheng Xiping, and the rest could be kept for the New Year.
Sheng Xiping thought for a moment and realized that the meat in the family's storage room was almost overflowing, so there would be enough to eat during the New Year.
So I discussed it with Wang Jiachuan and asked him to help me go to Songjianghe to deliver some things to my father-in-law and Zhao Yongsheng.
And so, Wang Jiachuan used the forest farm's motorcycles and led Sheng Xiping, Wang Tianqing, Wang Tiancheng, and a few others down the road.
Wang Jiachuan had called ahead, so the bureau arranged for a car to pick him up.
Sheng Xiping sent half a pig, a roe deer, and several rabbits to his father-in-law's family, and half a pig to Zhao Yongsheng's family.
Coincidentally, Wang Jiachuan also sent Zhao Yongsheng half a pig and half a roe deer, which made Zhao Yongsheng and his wife extremely happy.
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