The Shen family's three-story Western-style building faces north and south and has a total of nine rooms. There are two rooms on the first floor, one for Shen Min'e and his wife to live in, and one is used as a guest room.
There are four rooms on the second floor, one each for the third, fourth and fifth rooms, plus a study.
There are three rooms on the third floor. The middle one was converted into a study, Shen Peifeng lives in the west room, and the suite with a bathroom on the east side has been reserved for the eldest brother.
"Tunan, I will go upstairs to clean this room every day, and wash the sheets and quilts once a week. When the sun is out, I will take out the quilts and dry them in the sun."
Dong Wushuang took Zhan Xinyue's hand and said, "Xinyue, you will live here from now on. The quilt and sheets are clean. I changed them yesterday. See if you like this pattern. If not, I will change it for you."
The room was very large, with clean windows and white curtains fluttering in the wind. There was a dressing table under the windowsill with fresh flowers on it, which Dong Wushuang had picked from the yard this morning.
The sheets and quilt covers are decorated with large peony flowers on a white background, a festive red.
In recent years, Shen Min'e rarely went home. The children grew up and had their own careers and studies. Dong Wushuang was alone at home for a long time. Apart from preparing lessons, he would clean his eldest son's room.
In the past few years, the style of this bedroom was still mainly blue. Starting in 1972, Dong Wushuang felt that her son was 20 years old and might have found a partner. He would bring his lover back in the future, so the room had to be warmer. So she changed the bed sheets to the popular large peony pattern, which many newlyweds would choose when they got married.
"I like it very much, thank you, Mom." Zhan Xinyue expressed her gratitude sincerely.
"As long as you like it, if you think you need something, just tell me and I'll buy it for you."
Dong Wushuang finished speaking and continued, "Well, you guys take a hot bath first, then have a good sleep, we'll have lunch together, and then go to the department store together and buy whatever you like."
"Your father has a high salary and there is money at home, so there is no need to save money for him."
Shen Min'e's allowance was very high. He had no other use for the money except buying books, so he gave all the money to Dong Wushuang for safekeeping.
What's more, before liberation, the Shen family was a prominent family with immeasurable wealth accumulated over several generations. More importantly, their cultural heritage and insights were not possessed by ordinary families.
The offspring we raise are smarter than the previous generation.
Many of his descendants were sent abroad for further studies, and Shen Min'e was one of the best.
On the eve of liberation, Grandpa Shen donated most of his fortune. In addition, he was well educated and could restore antiques. In order to reward him, the country gave him the title of honorary museum director. Therefore, during those ten years, the Shen family was not implicated in any way.
In addition, after Shen Min'e returned to China after going through numerous difficulties and developed the first hydrogen bomb, the country simply returned all the real estate and antiques that Grandpa Shen had donated. Because the country was too poor in the early days of its founding, all the gold and cash had been used for construction.
But this is already very good.
After all, in that era, many big capitalists had no choice but to flee overnight.
By making such a comparison, one can intuitively feel the Shen family's foresight and patriotism.
Sheng Tunan looked at the spotless house with moist eyes. He gently hugged Dong Wushuang and said, "Thank you, Mom."
"What are you thanking me for? These are what a mother should do."
Dong Wushuang started to cry again. "Mom has been feeling bad these years. It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of you back then, so the enemy agents took advantage of the opportunity and stole you away. I hated them in my heart. I hated the people who stole you, and I hated myself. Why did I fall asleep at that time?"
Sheng Tunan was Dong Wushuang's first child. It took three days and two nights for her to be born. She was extremely weak at that time. Sheng Tunan's grandmother and grandmother took turns to take care of her for five days, feeding her with good soup and porridge, and she gradually got better.
That day, Dong Wushuang looked better. At that time, she was in the hospital and the nurse would come to check on the baby every hour. She felt very safe, so she asked the two elderly people to go home, take a bath, and have a good sleep before coming back.
After the old man went back, Dong Wushuang played with his son for a while. The baby was very sleepy and fell asleep soon.
Dong Wushuang was weak, and looking at his son's little chest and the rhythmic breathing, he fell asleep too.
It was at this time that the enemy agents disguised themselves as nurses and secretly took Sheng Tunan away.
"Luckily you're back, otherwise I'll never be at peace in my life." Dong Wushuang wiped her tears and smiled through her tears: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, I won't think about the past anymore."
She didn't want to bring her negative emotions to her son.
"Mom, don't grandpa and grandma live here?" Sheng Tunan changed the subject.
"Your grandparents passed away a few years ago." Dong Wushuang replied.
Shen Min'e had an older brother and an older sister, they were twins, a boy and a girl. When they were fifteen years old, they both drowned while trying to save a child who fell into the water.
Shen Min'e was a late-born child of his parents who were only forty years old. When they died, they were already in their seventies, which could be considered a natural death.
"By the way, Tunan, your grandfather has several large mansions in Su Province. You five can each have one. I'll take you to see them in a few days when mom takes some time off."
Sheng Tunan hurriedly said, "Mom, let's go after summer vacation. There's no rush."
It’s never a good idea to ask for leave, and even if it’s approved, it’s only for a few days, which is too rushed.
"Mom, after the summer vacation, you can go to the island and live for a month or two. It's very cool at the seaside at night, and you can eat seafood every day." Zhan Xinyue also said.
"That's fine." Dong Wushuang was delighted. She had never seen the sea before.
After they talked for a few more words, Dong Wushuang went downstairs and told them to take a shower and have a good sleep. They could have lunch at home whenever they woke up.
"Xinyue, thank you for marrying me." As soon as Dong Wushuang left, Sheng Tunan hugged his wife tightly.
If Zhan Xinyue had not married him, Sheng Tunan would never have been reunited with his family in this life.
Zhan Xinyue didn't say anything and let the man hold her. After a long time, Sheng Tunan finally let go, wiped his tears, packed his clothes and took a shower.
After they came out of the shower, they felt much more refreshed.
Sheng Tunan checked the time. It was already 11:35, so he asked Zhan Xinyue, "Wife, do you want to rest?"
"No need." Zhan Xinyue shook her head. She had slept in the guesthouse along the way and was not sleepy at all.
"After we finish lunch, let's go buy some gifts for our parents and our brothers and sisters."
Zhan Xinyue suggested that she open the red envelope, which contained 999 yuan.
In 1977, it was a huge sum of money. As a daughter-in-law, she had to give something back.
Sheng Tunan thought for a moment and said, "We can go shopping, but I don't recommend buying gifts today. This will make our parents and brothers and sisters feel that we don't treat them as family. If we accept gifts and immediately return the favor, it will be more like a way of communication between friends."
Zhan Xinyue blinked and nodded repeatedly, "I didn't think it through enough. Next time we go home, let's bring back some seafood and specialties from the island."
"Okay, I'll listen to my wife."
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