Rebirth in 1970: I work as an educated youth in a forestry farm

Lin Xiangxue has two older brothers and a younger brother. She is the only daughter in the family. Her parents love her, her older brothers dote on her, and her younger brother also tolerates her.

Moreover, the Lin family's life is also very good. Although the delicatessen business is not big, they can make a lot of money.

The Lin family didn't even mention how much they would earn from their daughter's marriage. They don't sell their daughters.

Lin Xiangxue's parents said directly that there were no requirements here and everything depended on the wishes of the Sheng family.

If the woman says this, generally a sensible man will give more.

With the conditions of the Sheng family, can Lao Gaoda still get the money for his wedding? Sheng Xiping directly stated that he had purchased all the furniture and appliances, and they must be the best at the moment.

As for the betrothal gifts, Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang were given one thousand and one when they got engaged.

It has been several years since this happened, and now the betrothal gift has also increased a lot, so the Sheng family said that they can give six thousand six, which is a good deal.

Otherwise, eight thousand eight is also acceptable, as a lucky number.

The Lin family could see the sincerity of the Sheng family, and immediately said that six thousand six thousand would be enough, no more.

Anyway, no matter how much they give, they don't want a penny, leaving all of it for their daughter to live in the future.

Both parents are reasonable. Since the two children get along very well and are both heading towards marriage to live a happy life, don't make things difficult for anyone and discuss it carefully to get the marriage done. That's better than anything else.

Everything else was going well, but the date of the engagement was a bit uncertain.

Logically speaking, the Sheng family is far away from the capital. Since they are here, they should take advantage of the opportunity to finalize the marriage.

But now it is already the seventh month of the lunar calendar. According to folk wisdom, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the ghost month. Marriage is a happy event, so this month should generally be avoided.

Sheng Xiping discussed it with his parents and decided that since he was here, it wouldn't be too late in a few days.

They stayed a little longer, in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, to find a good day to get engaged to Sheng Xitai and Lin Xiangxue, and then go back after the engagement.

As for Zhou Qinglan and her children, there is nothing they can do if they cannot catch up with the engagement. They can just go back early.

After Sheng Liancheng and his wife thought about it, they could only do this.

So, the two parties agreed to get engaged on the sixth day of the eighth lunar month, and the wedding date would be discussed later, anyway, it would be before or after the New Year.

After the marriage was discussed, the Sheng family was about to say goodbye and leave. How could the Lin family let them go? They must stay for a meal.

At noon, the Lin family prepared a sumptuous meal. Lin Xiangxue's father and brother drank some wine with Sheng Liancheng and his son.

In the afternoon, Sheng Xiping and the others set out to return to the capital.

It's just August, the beginning of July on the lunar calendar, and it's still early for Sheng Xitai's engagement date. There's no point in staying in the capital all the time.

Sheng Xinhua and others clamored to go to the beach to play. They wanted to pick up shells and catch crabs.

Sheng Xiping thought for a moment that he hadn't seen his fourth sister and her family since he came back, so he might as well go to the Shanghai market.

This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone, so after staying in the capital for two days, everyone took a car and headed straight to Shanghai.

Knowing that her parents, brother and sister-in-law were coming, Sheng Yunfang was so happy that she asked for leave and went to pick them up at the station with Jiang Yanbin.

"Dad, Mom, brother and sister-in-law, this way."

The couple waited eagerly at the exit, and finally saw someone. They hurried forward and shouted towards the inside.

Sheng Liancheng and others followed the crowd and finally squeezed out of the station and came to Jiang Yanbin and Sheng Yunfang.

"Are you two here? Where is my granddaughter? Who is looking after the child?" Zhang Shuzhen asked quickly when she saw her daughter and uncle coming.

"Oh, my father and mother are both here. They stay at home to take care of the children, and we will pick them up at the station." Jiang Yanbin quickly explained after hearing this.

Sheng Yunfang gave birth to a girl at the end of May 1990, named Jiang Luwen.

Jiang Yanbin's brothers and sisters were all boys, so finally seeing a girl made everyone in the Jiang family very happy.

Jiang Yanbin's mother, Cao Yuqin, simply took early retirement from her employer and went to Shanghai to serve her daughter-in-law during her confinement period.

After this service, he never returned to Shencheng and was always taking care of his little granddaughter in Shanghai.

Last autumn, after Jiang Guozhong retired, he also went to Shanghai, and the old couple took care of their young granddaughter together.

"Oh, yes, your dad is retired too. That's good. With the old man here to help, you two can relax a little faster."

Sheng Liancheng nodded when he heard this. Both his daughter and uncle had jobs. The child was too young and someone had to take care of it. It would be great if the old man could help.

While Jiang Yanbin was talking to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Sheng Yunfang was holding Sheng Xiping there and crying.

Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei have followed their elder brother since childhood, and they have a deeper affection for their elder brother than their parents.

During the Spring Festival of 1990, Sheng Yunfang was unable to return to the Northeast because she was pregnant. When she was waiting for her to give birth, Sheng Xiping was busy going to Maozi. After calculation, the brother and sister had not seen each other for more than three years.

Especially in the past two years, when Sheng Xiping was outside and there was only occasional news, the family was particularly worried.

Now that she has met her brother, how can Sheng Yunfang still control him? I hugged my eldest brother and started crying.

Sheng Xiping was at a loss as his sister was crying, so he could only wink at his daughter.

The two girls were both ghostly spirits. When they saw this, they rushed forward and hugged their aunt.

"Fourth aunt, you just miss my dad and not us?

We all miss you, and we also miss our little sister. How is your little sister doing now? Do you think the longer you are, the more handsome you are? Not fun? "

How could Sheng Yunfang keep crying in front of her two nieces?

I had no choice but to wipe my tears, hold the hands of my two nieces, and talk to them.

"Fourth Aunt misses you too. Wenwen is so naughty now. Her grandma can't catch up even if she runs everywhere all day long."

"Dad, Mom, brothers and sisters-in-law, let's go home, everyone is waiting at home." Sheng Yunfang adjusted her mood and smiled at everyone.

In this way, the group of people drove straight to Sheng Yunfang's residence.

After Sheng Yunfang and Jiang Yanbin got married, the young couple did not live in that bungalow at first. They thought it was too big and too much trouble to clean, and both of them had no time to go to work.

After Jiang Luwen leaves, the house with two bedrooms and one living room will no longer be able to deal with this girl.

It happened that Jiang Guozhong also came to Shanghai after his retirement. Sheng Yunfang discussed with Jiang Yanbin and they simply moved to a more spacious house.

There is also a garden outside the bungalow here, with enough space for Jiang Luwen to run wild.

Before Sheng Yunfang and Jiang Yanbin got married, they had two properties in their names. At that time, the Sheng family said that there was no need for the Jiang family to prepare a house.

But the Jiang family always felt that something was wrong.

When Jiang Yanbin's unit built a fund-raising building, the old couple of the Jiang family, plus Jiang Yanbin's brother and sister, all pulled out the family assets, and Jiang Yanbin also bought one.

Now that the building has been built and divided, we simply cleaned it up and rented it out directly.

They have also rented out the house they lived in before. The monthly rent alone is quite a lot, which is enough for daily living expenses.

Jiang Guozhong and Cao Yuqin both have pensions. The younger couple does not have to pay for the children, and the older couple only buys food.

Sheng Yunfang and Jiang Yanbin basically couldn't use their salaries and bonuses, so they saved them all and lived a comfortable life.

Jiang Guozhong and his wife were particularly happy to see the Sheng family. The little girl Jiang Luwen was crazy about being alone, so she was very happy to see someone from the family.

Under the guidance of grandma, grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunts, and cousins ​​called in a circle.

Zhang Shuzhen hugged her granddaughter in a rare way and never let go. Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi also liked their little cousin very much and gathered around her to play with her.

Sheng Liancheng and Jiang Guozhong may not have seen each other for a long time, but they got together and chatted affectionately.

In the evening, Jiang Yanbin booked a table at a nearby restaurant and treated his family to a meal out.

Originally, Sheng Xiping planned to stay in a hotel. It was not convenient for the eight of them to stay at Sheng Yunfang's place.

But the Jiang family disagreed with everything they said. There were plenty of rooms in the house, so there was no need to live outside.

Northeastern people are very particular about this, and there is absolutely no reason to let guests live outside. Besides, this house is the dowry of the Sheng family. If they come here occasionally, how can they live outside?

There was no way, Sheng Xiping and others could only live in Sheng Yunfang's house.

The Sheng family and the others stayed in Shanghai for a few days and visited the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Huangpu River, City God Temple, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, and Chongming Island.

Zhang Shuzhen bought things for everyone, many of which were prepared for Sheng Xitai's engagement.

Sheng Xiping also took the time to take the children to visit Sister Hui. Sister Hui's man was also transferred from Northern Xinjiang to Shanghai. Weiwei was admitted to college and graduated in two years.

After that, the family went to Suzhou, Wuxi and other places to look around.

In a blink of an eye, it was already August 16th, just a few days before the start of school. Although the children had not had enough shopping, they had to make their way back.

Zhou Qinglan took her four children by plane to Shencheng, and then took a train from Shencheng directly back to Songjianghe.

Sheng Xiping accompanied his parents and took the train north to the capital.

On September 2nd, Sheng Xitai and Lin Xiangxue got engaged in the presence of their relatives, friends and work leaders.

In addition to the normal engagement ceremony, the Sheng family gave a bride price of 6,600 yuan, plus a gold necklace, gold earrings, and a gold ring.

When toasting and changing her tune, Zhang Shuzhen gave Lin Xiangxue a big red envelope.

The Lin family was not stingy either. They prepared a return gift of one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars, and also gave Sheng Xitai a big red envelope.

Both parties gave enough face, and the engagement went very smoothly.

At the engagement banquet, the two parties agreed to get married on the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month of the previous year.

The wedding was held in the capital. After returning home three days after the wedding, the young couple returned to the Northeast together. They also had to hold a banquet at home to entertain relatives and friends.

After the engagement, Zhang Shuzhen gave her old son 20,000 yuan and asked them to buy some things for the wedding.

Sheng Xiping had already said that he had finished all the household appliances and furniture, and the rest were just bits and pieces that the young couple could buy after discussion.

Seeing that the autumn harvest was not far away, Sheng Liancheng felt grass growing in his heart and had no intention of playing outside.

So on September 4th, the family of three started walking back, arriving at Songjiang River on the 5th. On the 6th, Sheng Xiping accompanied his parents back to the forest farm.

"Dad, it's still early to harvest the land. How about you and I go into the mountains tomorrow? Let's go see the old farm again?"

Sheng Xiping also had the kind of restless character. After returning to the forest farm, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen the wild ginseng in several years.

There's nothing to do at home anyway, so why not go over and have a look? If there's something big, take it. If there's not, take it down.

"Okay, let's go then." After being reminded by his son, Sheng Liancheng also remembered it, didn't he? I haven’t visited it in several years.

It was too early that year when they went there. They only carried one ginseng seedling in Qinglangtou Market, which was not too big.

At this time, it's not too late, you can go and have a look.

The two men made an agreement and got up early the next morning, took all kinds of belongings for the mountains, left home and went straight to the old village.

Qianchuan Forest Farm is close to the main peak of Changbai Mountain. Even though it is only early September, some leaves have already begun to change color.

The autumn wind was bleak, and after a gust of wind, many leaves rustled and fell.

It has been five years since I last came here, and the mountains have changed a lot.

Fortunately, they are both regular mountain runners and are very familiar with the terrain and routes. The father and son walked for several hours according to the route in their memory, and finally found the old sign that they had cut down.

Without hesitation, the father and son found the fault zone directly, tied a rope and went down along the rope.

At this time of year, the ginseng seeds have already turned red and are very conspicuous in the grass.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the foot of the cliff, before they had even walked a few steps, they discovered several red ginseng seeds not far away.

"Bangchui." Sheng Liancheng cheered happily. "It's all over the mountain."

The two men were very excited and hurriedly stepped forward to identify them, but there were only a few fifth-grade leaves in front of them. The rest had fourth-grade leaves, as well as lampstands and erjiazi, but there were no sixth-grade leaves.

"Is there really no sixth-grade leaves in this tree?" Sheng Liancheng was stunned there, not knowing what to do.

"Then let's lift the ginseng or not?"

"Dad, otherwise, don't lift it up. Originally, we just came over to take a look. It's best if you have it. If you don't have it, forget it.

As long as this place still exists, I'll come back when I get the chance. "Sheng Xiping walked around, but he didn't see any ginseng that seemed to have a big deal underneath.

The six-leaf seedlings we carried last time were not too big. The five-leaf and fourth-leaf seedlings in front of us probably don't have big sticks. It would be useless to carry them back. They would be useless.

"Oh, okay, I'll listen to you."

Sheng Liancheng was right when he thought about it. This thing was too small and it would be of no use lifting it out. On the contrary, it was causing harm to everyone.

Might as well stay where you are and come back in a few years when you have more time.

"Well, let's pull out all the ginseng seeds. If we have time, I will clear a small area at the end of Hulin Garden and sprinkle the ginseng seeds on it."

Sheng Liancheng's addiction to this kind of land has come back. He plans to sow wild ginseng seeds in the wild to see if wild ginseng can grow.

Sheng Xiping didn't object to his old father's whimsical idea. He just treated it as a joke. It would be the best if it didn't work. It would only take a little effort at most.

So, the two men carefully picked off all the ginseng seeds they could find and put them in a small cloth bag.

Then the two climbed up again, took off the rope and loaded it up, ready to go home.

The two men had just walked forward for a short distance when Sheng Xiping suddenly heard a series of chirping sounds.

It sounded like a bird's call, but it was different from the usual bird calls. It sounded vaguely like someone was saying, "Where is Brother Bangchui? Come and save me."

"Dad, listen, it looks like a stick bird."

Sheng Xiping stopped and listened carefully. The more he listened, the more he felt that the bird's cry seemed to be calling Brother Bangchui.

There is a legend in the forest area of ​​Changbai Mountain that there is a bird in the forest that does not sing until the beginning of autumn.

As long as this bird calls, it means there is wild ginseng nearby, and the seeds of wild ginseng are red.

Therefore, people call this bird the stick bird.

Sheng Xiping had never seen a stick bird. He only heard his master and his wife talk about it. The cry of the stick bird seemed to say, "Where is Brother Bangchui? Come and save me."