The women on the north kang were chatting, laughing and laughing, and the men on the south kang were having a great time drinking and fist-fighting.
Sheng Liancheng took the opportunity and dragged Zhou Mingyuan to drink a lot of wine.
Men are big-hearted, and they only control the general direction of their children's marriage, but not the details.
Zhou Mingyuan and Sheng Liancheng were at odds with each other. They drank and chatted, and unknowingly drank a lot.
While they were drinking and laughing, a dog barked wildly outside. Sheng Xikang, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, hurriedly went out to check.
When I went outside, I saw a man from the forest farm office. "Uncle Zhao, are you looking for my dad?"
Sheng Xikang thought that the other party was here to find his father, Sheng Liancheng.
After all, Sheng Liancheng is the director of the minor repair shop and the captain of the work team. It is normal for him to be approached if there is any problem in the factory.
"Xikang, I'm not here to see your dad today." Zhao Limin waved his hand.
"Um, is the weekly worker from our bureau's machine repair shop at your house?"
Sheng Xikang didn't react for a moment, "Ah? Who are you talking about?"
"Oh, it's your brother's lover, Zhou Qinglan, his father."
Zhao Limin was so anxious that he walked directly into the house.
Anyway, Erlangshen and General Hei are both tied up, and Sheng Xikang is outside, so they are not afraid of dog bites.
"Gong Zhou, Gong Zhou, what, hurry up to the forest farm, I have your phone number."
Zhao Limin stepped into the house without looking at what was going on in the house and said loudly.
Zhou Mingyuan was drinking with Sheng Liancheng, Tang Bin and others, and was stunned when he heard this.
"Ah? Are you calling me?" As he asked, Zhou Mingyuan immediately put on his shoes and went to the ground.
When he came, he asked the leader for several days' leave. It was said that it was not an urgent matter, and the leader would never call Maekuan Forest Farm to find him.
"Brother Sheng, I'm going to take a call first and see what's going on at the bureau."
Zhou Mingyuan turned around and spoke to Sheng Liancheng, then took off his coat and hat from the wall, put them on and walked out.
Wang Chunxiu, who was eating on the North Kang, felt something strange when she saw it, but she didn't say anything.
"Sister-in-law, if there is something important in the bureau, can you still call the forest farm?"
On the other hand, Li Yuqin, who was standing next to her, couldn't hold back her anger and hurriedly asked.
“I don’t know, I can’t guess, maybe there’s something big going on at the machine repair shop, right?
Your brother is the chief engineer, and there are some problems that others may not be able to handle."
Wang Chunxiu didn't know the reason, so he could only guess in this direction.
"Brothers and sisters, don't worry, our house is close to the field department, we will know what's going on later."
The Sheng family's new house is located to the east of the forest farm, not far behind the farm, and it only takes three to five minutes to walk.
Sure enough, Zhou Mingyuan went out for about ten minutes and then came back.
"Daughter-in-law, let's quickly pack up our things and return to Songjianghe. The bureau has tasks to arrange."
As soon as Zhou Mingyuan entered the room, he first said this to Wang Chunxiu.
"Brother Shanda, sister-in-law, I'm really sorry. We've eaten half of our meal, so we have to go back quickly.
Secretary Meng from the Bureau just called and said that he would arrange for me to go abroad for inspection.
Our province is organizing a forestry delegation to conduct an inspection visit to Canada.
The main purpose is to inspect their forestry production and construction, forestry machinery manufacturing, forestry mechanized production and wood processing and other production management and science and technology."
Zhou Mingyuan felt quite embarrassed. The Sheng family entertained them with good wine and food, but they had to leave after half of the meal was eaten.
"Going abroad for inspection? This is a good thing."
Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then came back to their senses.
"Damn it, hurry up, pack some things for brother Zhou and his younger siblings to take with them.
They have something urgent and cannot delay it."
Sheng Liancheng quickly called Zhang Shuzhen and brought something back to Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.
I brought a lot of things when I came here this morning, so I have to return the gift.
"No, Brother Sheng, don't waste that time, we don't have time.
Secretary Wang at your site just now said that he would immediately arrange motorcycle passes to take us back.
This matter cannot be delayed. I have to go back to the bureau to get study materials first, and then go to the province to study intensively for a few days. Time is tight and cannot be delayed."
Zhou Mingyuan waved his hands hastily. What else could he care about at this time? The Bureau was pressing hard and he had to go back quickly.
When Zhou Mingyuan said this, Zhang Shuzhen couldn't really just sit there.
So I quickly put on my shoes and went to the floor, went to the kitchen cabinet and dug out a package of things.
This was prepared by the family in advance, originally intended for Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.
There are a lot of mushrooms, dried fish, pine nuts, and hazelnuts that are dried in the autumn. There are also a jar of badger seed oil and black blind man oil.
Then add a piece of wild boar meat and black blind man meat, and that's it.
While she was packing up, Wang Chunxiu had already dressed. The couple said goodbye to everyone in the Sheng family and were about to go out.
"Brother, younger brother and sister, we don't have much good stuff at home, just some worthless stuff from the mountains. You two can take it back home and keep it for food and other uses."
Zhang Shuzhen's movements were really fast. She just packed up everything and stuffed it into Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.
"Oh, sister-in-law, you see you are too polite, I really don't need it."
Zhou Mingyuan and his wife took a look at it and said, "Hey guys, they have packed a large backpack with not only stuff, but also two pieces of meat."
Those two pieces of meat looked like they weighed over ten kilograms.
When they came over in the morning, they only carried two bags of things. How could they accept such an old gift in return? The couple quickly refused to accept it.
"Xiping, hurry up, take it, and then together with Qinglan and you two, we will take your Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou to the station."
Zhang Shuzhen was serious about it. When she saw that Zhou Mingyuan and his wife refused to take it, she immediately gave it to her eldest son.
Sheng Xiping had been thinking about something just now. In his memory, Zhou Mingyuan never went abroad for inspection in his previous life.
In my previous life, there was indeed such a forestry delegation going abroad for inspection, but the ones sent by Songjianghe Forestry Bureau were Sun Yunpeng's father, Sun Zhengyang.
Sun Zhengyang was originally the office director of the Forestry Bureau.
The past few years have been chaotic, but Sun Zhengyang is also a master at adapting to the changing circumstances, and he took advantage of the situation and became the deputy director of a certain committee.
Otherwise, why would the Sun family be so arrogant?
In his previous life, after Sun Zhengyang returned from an overseas inspection trip, the power of the Sun family reached its peak.
So Sheng Xiping was puzzled that there was something wrong with his memory.
Or maybe something has changed in this life, why did Zhou Mingyuan go abroad for inspection instead?
While he was thinking about it, he heard Zhang Shuzhen calling him, and Sheng Xiping immediately took the things.
"Uncle, aunt, this is a little bit of our family's wishes, and it's not something valuable."
Sheng Xiping smiled and explained to Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.
"Take it back, just in time to replenish Qingyue's body. When he is studying and growing taller, it is good for his health to eat more meat and nuts."
"Come on, let me take my uncle and aunt to the station. Motoka should be waiting there."
Without saying a word, Sheng Xiping carried those things and went out with Zhou Mingyuan and his wife.
Zhou Qinglan also trotted along, following behind.
Sheng Xiping accompanied Zhou Mingyuan straight to the station, while Zhou Qinglan accompanied her mother back to Tang's house and quickly packed her things before returning to the station.
It happened that the driver of the motorcycle, Lao Huang, had already started the car. Sheng Xiping put his things on the car and said hello to Lao Huang.
Only then did he get out of the car, and he and Zhou Qinglan waved to Zhou Mingyuan and his wife in the car.