"Dad, go find Uncle Wang tonight and tell him not to let the school do this."
When Sheng Xiping learned the whole story, he was speechless.
The school originally had good intentions, but it turned sour when implemented.
In order to get praise, the children dug holes in the door to look for scrap metal.
But we picked it up once last year, so how much scrap metal is there this year? Then don’t we have to think of something else?
When Sheng Liancheng heard this, he quickly pinched the cigarette in his hand, got up and went out.
Needless to say, I must have gone to the venue to report the situation to Wang Jiachuan and discuss how to handle the matter in the future.
"Mom, before you teach your child a lesson, ask the reason first. Don't just ask questions. Hit him first."
Sheng Xiping looked at his mother helplessly.
Parents these days seem to have this problem. Regardless of whether their children are right or wrong, as long as someone comes to complain, they must first beat their own children.
Waiting to find out the whole story, knowing that the child has been wronged, but unable to save face, he still has to insist that this is all for the child's good.
"Then your father came back and said that they went to steal iron and were caught.
If this is the case, why don’t I beat them and leave them to cause big trouble?”
Zhang Shuzhen was a little embarrassed when her eldest son told her, so she threw the feather duster on the kang and went out to cook.
"The same goes for you guys. If our mother beats you, why don't you stand and get beaten?
Why can't you run? Do you have to take a few more hits to feel better?"
Both parents went out. Sheng Xiping looked at his younger siblings and sighed helplessly.
"Sixth brother, come here, let me see where you were beaten?"
Sheng Xiping waved to his sixth brother, and Sheng Xitai, who was holding back tears, immediately threw himself into his brother's arms.
"I got hit on my back and it hurts."
In fact, Zhang Shuzhen didn't beat her that hard, and Sheng Xitai was used to being beaten, so she didn't feel bad at all.
But in front of the elder brother, you have to act coquettishly.
"Are you saying that you, a big kid, will follow your second brother and the others? I don't think you get beaten much." Sheng Xiping was also speechless.
Only those in the third grade and above are required to hand in scrap metal. Sheng Xitai is only in the first grade and does not need to hand in scrap metal at all. Why does he have to join in the fun?
"The second brother asked me to help look after the wind." Sheng Xitai raised his head and looked at his elder brother and said.
"Second brother, let a foodie look out for you. Fortunately, you can figure it out."
Sheng Xiping couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter.
"Are you all on summer vacation? Do you have a lot of homework?
Why don't you two go up the mountain with me? This will save you from getting into trouble just sitting around at home all day long."
Gastrodia elata has only been around for about 20 days since it was unearthed. Seeing that it is only a few days away, it would be nice to stretch it out more.
The second and third eldest children are not at home, Yunfang and Yunfei are girls, and the sixth and sixth eldest children are too young to do shopping.
If these two grown-ups were with them, and they got mixed up with other people's half-grown boys, I really don't know what they would be able to do.
Children these days are all wild. They stay away from home all day long during the holidays and run all over the mountains and fields. What if they encounter some danger?
Hearing what his eldest brother said, Sheng Xikang immediately became energetic.
"Brother, why don't you take us up the mountain to hunt?
If we hunt another wild boar or black blind man, we will have meat to eat again."
Sheng Xiping's face darkened and he glared at his third brother.
"You stop dreaming there. How old are you? You just want to go hunting in the mountains? Do you think that is fun?
For a kid like you, let alone a blind man, a wild boar can knock you up into the sky with just one mouthful."
Even though Sheng Xiping is good at hunting, he doesn't want his younger brothers to follow suit. This profession is too hard and too dangerous.
As long as he is here, the brothers can study hard and help the family with some work during holidays.
It is best to avoid getting involved in such dangerous things as hunting.
"My eldest brother went hunting with Uncle Liu when he was only thirteen. I am now fifteen, two years older than my eldest brother at the time."
Sheng Xikang was dissatisfied and felt that his elder brother was looking down on him.
"What was our family like then? What is our family like now? Can you compare with me?" Sheng Xiping snorted.
At that time, Sheng Liancheng was stationed in the mountains and worked all year round. Zhang Shuzhen had given birth to two more daughters to take care of, and she could not work in the family team to earn money.
The whole family lived on Sheng Liancheng's salary, and had to send some money back home from time to time. It was a really hard life.
Sheng Xiping was sensible early but wild-tempered. He was not afraid of anything, so he followed his master up the mountain.
I dare not say anything else, but at least sharing some meat can improve the life of the family.
Nowadays, the conditions of the Sheng family cannot be said to be very good, but there is no problem in having a full stomach.
Of course he didn't want his younger brothers to suffer as much as he did.
"Besides, what kind of hunting is there in this summer? It has to be in autumn and winter."
Sheng Xiping realized that the tone of his words had become harsh, so he softened his attitude.
"The older generations are very particular about hunting. We don't hunt in spring and summer, only in autumn and winter.
These are all rules and cannot be broken casually."
Rules are dead and people are alive. This cannot be generalized, but it is enough to fool Sheng Xikang.
While they were talking, Sheng Liancheng came back, "I told your Uncle Wang, he said to go find the principal tonight and have a good talk with him."
With this said, basically the matter of delivering scrap metal is just that.
In fact, as long as scrap metal is no longer seen everywhere in the site, that is enough. There is really no need to set an amount.
In order to raise that amount, wouldn’t the child have to find other ways to recruit?
A small storm passed just like that. The next morning, Sheng Xiping led his two younger brothers by car up the mountain and went to dig gastrodia elata around the working area inside the third branch line.
Why did I choose to stay here? The main reason is that there are logging areas, chain saws, and tractors that make a lot of noise.
Most of the wild beasts around have been frightened away, so there won't be much danger.
Moreover, this place is close to the protected area, so fewer people come here, and the gastrodia elata is thick inside, so there is a lot of digging.
This was Sheng Xiping's little trick. Others were in the woods around the forest farm, so they ran out farther.
With not so many people coming, we can gain more.
At this time, the gastrodia stem has grown quite tall, and the inflorescence on top has also bloomed.
Seen from a distance, a purple-red stem has a bunch of yellow-green flowers on it, which is quite conspicuous.
One morning, the three brothers came across a dozen trees and dug out most of their bags of Gastrodia elata.
However, the Gastrodia elata is a little empty at this time, and it is not as heavy as before.
Fortunately, there are a lot of them, so you can show off a lot.
Sheng Xiping estimated that this crop of Gastrodia elata could be sold for several hundred yuan.
At noon, the three brothers came out of the woods and found a place to sit down and eat by the railway track.
Not far ahead, there was an office car parked, but there was no one in the car.
Sheng Xikang was curious and wanted to go over to take a look, but Sheng Xiping grabbed him.
"Don't get me into trouble. Who knows what's in that car? I'll bet it's you if I lose something."
Since that car dares to be parked in the wild, there must be nothing inside.
Sheng Xiping just wanted to scare his younger brother so that he would not be too curious.
But unexpectedly, when the three brothers were about to go into the woods again after dinner, Sheng Xikang ran to see the office car on the pretext of going to pee.
There was nothing else in the car except a black rocker phone.
Sheng Xikang became curious, so he picked up the phone and shook it a few times, then put it to his ear to listen.
The female operator's voice came from the telephone exchange, "Where do you want to answer?"
Sheng Xikang was so frightened that he quickly put the phone on his phone and ran away.