Many forestry workers have bad teeth when they get old.
The main reason is that when working in the mountains in winter, they would just grab snow and stuff it into their mouths when they were thirsty.
There is not much pollution these days, and the snow on the mountains is quite clean.
But the snow is too cold, and the teeth can't stand the stimulation. Over time, most people's teeth are not good, and they fall out earlier than others.
Sheng Xiping knew this very well, so when he came to work in the mountains, he brought a large enamel teapot from home.
Put a jar of snow in a tea jar, put it on the fire and boil it before drinking.
Protect your teeth as well as your stomach and intestines, so that you won't develop any problems when you get older.
It was the first time for Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang to eat on the mountain, and they did not dare to let them eat snow directly.
So Sheng Xiping handed the pot of water he had just boiled to his two younger brothers.
It's cold in the mountains, with the weather reaching minus 30 degrees Celsius, so the flames are only small.
Even though the water has just boiled and the fire is removed, the temperature will drop after a while.
Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang blew the hot air and slowly drank the hot water, feeling much better.
After dinner, Sheng Xiping asked his two brothers to go down the mountain and wait to take the commuter bus home after get off work.
As a result, the two boys refused and had to work on the mountain for a while, saying that they wanted to save a pile and take it home to use as firewood.
Sheng Xiping didn't fight with them either, so just let it be.
In this way, the two boys worked until four o'clock in the afternoon, then went down the mountain and got on the commuter bus home.
Of course, the two of them were exhausted after working in the mountains for a day. They went down early after dinner and slept until seven or eight o'clock the next day before getting up.
At this point, the two of them finally understood that working in the mountains was really not fun.
Later, Zhou Qinglan followed Sheng Xiping's wishes and enlightened the two of them.
The two of them finally understood, and they stopped going out to play during the holidays, and just read and reviewed at home.
Sheng Xikang also worked hard to learn foreign languages under the guidance of Zhou Qinglan.
In the blink of an eye, January passed and February came.
In this logging area assigned by the educated youth team, the logging task is nearing completion.
Afterwards, you only need to slide the stacked wood to the lagging yard, then clean up the felling area, and you're done.
This year is the Chinese New Year on February 10th, and the logging work on the mountain field is going smoothly.
The forest farm decided to have a holiday starting from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month and go back to work in the mountains after the new year.
On the morning of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, a commuter bus came to pick me up.
Except for those who were on duty on the mountain to guard the warehouse and computer room, everyone else took commuter buses down the mountain.
The conditions on the mountain are difficult, especially the temperature is too low, and everyone doesn't pay much attention to personal hygiene.
After three months of living, eating, and working in the mountains, this guy built everything.
They all had their heads shaved before going up the mountain, and now they all have long hair and unshaven beards.
The work clothes on my body were stained with oil and had a strong smell. If I went out, people would think they were refugees from somewhere.
So the first thing I did when I got home was to rush to the bathhouse.
I visited the bathhouse at the forest farm. The person in charge of the boiler was very experienced and had the boiler boiling hot in advance.
There was a large pool of hot water, and everyone jumped in like dumplings.
As soon as I took a dip in the hot water pool, my whole body felt soothed.
Sitting in the hot water, chatting about the mountains, it's so relaxing.
After soaking it, find someone to rub it again until all the dust is removed and your body becomes red, and you feel relaxed all over.
Others found Jiang Mo Shi, smoothed the calluses on their heels, and then trimmed their toenails neatly with scissors.
After coming out of the bathhouse, I went to the barber's room next door to get a haircut and shave. Now, my whole body felt comfortable from head to toe.
"Oh my god, I finally cleaned up.
You haven’t seen it, but when I came home after get off work, I disgusted my wife, and she almost vomited while holding her nose."
A group of people came out of the barber's room. Gao Haining carefully looked at himself and made sure that everything was clean, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Tang Fengying was three months pregnant, and she was probably still a little unhappy and kept vomiting.
When Gao Haining came home alone, Tang Fengying was immediately confused.
When Gao Haining's mother saw this, she picked up a feather duster and tried to slap her son. Gao Haining was so frightened that she quickly came out of the house to take a shower and clean up.
"Xi Ping is still the most cunning. He took clean clothes, got out of the car and rushed to the bathhouse."
Wang Jianshe and others just got out of the car and went home first, and then they were kicked out of the bathhouse by their family members.
As a result, when they went to the bathhouse, they found that Sheng Xiping had already soaked in the pool.
Because he didn't go home, he came down the mountain with clean clothes and went straight to the bathhouse.
"Can we compete with him? If he has a partner, he will pick up and do the laundry every half month.
It would be nice for us bachelors to still have something to wear."
Chen Weiguo glanced at Sheng Xiping and said with envy.
How great would it be if he also had a partner who knew both cold and hot, was considerate and cared for others?
"Come on, don't be poor here, go home quickly."
How could Sheng Xiping have time to talk nonsense with these people? He had to go home quickly to discuss the engagement with his mother.
It's already the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, so we have to hurry up and get down to business.
"Yes, yes, go home, my mother said to make dumplings this afternoon."
It’s Chinese New Year, who doesn’t want to eat dumplings?
Although the food in the mountains is better than usual, what everyone misses most is the taste of mother's cooking at home.
Especially dumplings, I can’t eat them more than once throughout the year and I miss them all the time.
Everyone then parted and went home. The new house of Sheng Xiping's family was close to the venue, and they arrived home within a few minutes.
"Mom, I'm back." Sheng Xiping stepped into the house and shouted towards the house.
Zhou Qinglan asked for leave in advance yesterday, and there happened to be a train back to Songjianghe today, so she took the car home early in the morning.
Therefore, the few educated youths living at home were not here, and only Zhang Shuzhen was at home with her daughter and son.
As for Sheng Liancheng, there are still some matters on the mountain and he will not be able to come back until evening.
Zhang Shuzhen, who was busy chopping stuffing to make dumplings in the afternoon, looked up and saw her son entering the house cleanly and neatly. She was also very happy.
"Oh, I'm finally back. I told them just now that you must have gone to the bathhouse to take a bath first.
Okay, let’s clean up the mess and let’s have a good New Year.”
My son has been working in the mountains for more than three months and has not returned. Suddenly, he noticed that he had lost a lot of weight.
"We're going to eat dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork tonight. You two should eat more. Look at how skinny you are."
Every mother feels sorry for her son. When she saw her son losing so much weight, Zhang Shuzhen immediately felt distressed.
"Mom, did Aunt Tang say that she would come down with us someday?"
Sheng Xiping doesn't care at all whether he is thin or not. What he is most anxious about now is when he will get engaged.
"Look how anxious you are." Zhang Shuzhen rolled her eyes at her son.
"I have already discussed it with your aunt. We will go down tomorrow and go to Zhou's house on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month the day after tomorrow to get engaged to you and Qinglan.
There will be a car coming back the day after tomorrow, so we have to prepare for the Chinese New Year."
Even if she is not in a hurry, she is also looking forward to her daughter-in-law coming in soon.
"Mom, isn't there no car tomorrow? How do we get down there?"
Sheng Xiping was stunned for a moment. The train left today, but there will be no trains tomorrow.