Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 152 Let the old lady come over for dinner

The old lady had bad eyesight, but she had been sewing all her life, but she didn't miss a bit.

Xu Fengming squatted aside, and after helping her thread the needle, the old lady sat at the door of the house, took advantage of the bright sky, lowered her head, and slowly mended the rain cape.

Xu Qing walked up to the old lady and said hello.

He raised his hand and patted his third brother Xu Fengming's head, and said:
"Go back to the house and do your homework. Brother will help you take it home later."

The little guy hummed, stood up, and trotted away.

Xu Qing grabbed a bench and sat at the door of the old lady's house, watching the old lady sewing her poncho and talking with her.

The old lady was busy with her hands, and she said to Xu Qing:
"Xiaoqing, I heard yesterday that you passed the examination in the factory and became a full-time employee."

Xu Qing crossed his hands and put them behind his head, and said with a smile:
"Well, grandma, I have indeed become a regular worker, and now I am the first-level fitter in our workshop!"

The old lady stopped her needlework, then turned to look at Xu Qing.

"Boy, if you have some potential, work hard and strive for two years to get a wife as soon as possible."

Xu Qing smiled awkwardly: "This is a bit difficult."

"What's the matter? When you see a girl you like, you should give them delicious food and drink. Don't be like Da Mao and Zhu Zi. They are both four or five years older than you. They don't even want to start a family. They just idle around all day long, so they know that they are in the same place." Wandering around outside."

Xu Qing sat upright and secretly said to the old lady:

"Grandma, in fact, I have a partner, but I haven't reached the stage of talking about marriage yet."

"You boy, you are quieter than Da Mao and Zhu Zi!"

Xu Qing stretched out his hand to grab the scissors, cut off the thread, leaned close to the old lady's ear and said:
"Grandma, Brother Da Mao also has a partner, it's just that he didn't tell you."

"Really? I said that kid doesn't come home all day long, and he can't be seen in the courtyard. He didn't come back until after ten o'clock in the evening these days. So he's someone to talk to."

Xu Qing smiled and didn't explain anymore.

Xu Damao has a date, but it doesn't have much to do with him coming back late at night.

Xu Damao was busy making money, Xu Qing had never met his partner, nor did he know.

It can only be said that Xu Damao's confidentiality work is indeed in place. Even if he is separated from his partner, no one will know about it.

On the contrary, Silly Zhu, there really is no such thing.

People who were introduced by others, most of them blow it up after meeting them once.

The main reason is that Shazhu doesn't keep his mouth shut and talks about everything. He is also a bit nagging and looks a bit old-fashioned.

People who are clearly in their 20s look like they are in their thirties.

Apart from liking him as a cook and good at work, the young girl didn't look down on Silly Zhu at all.

Otherwise, how could a cook not be able to find a wife in this age of insufficient food and clothing?

Lai Shazhu's speech was not as smooth as Xu Damao's, and he didn't know what to say and what not to say.

If it weren't for this, Silly Zhu would have been on the hot bed with his wife and children.

The old lady pulled the end of the thread, twisted it in her hands, turned the poncho on her legs, and continued to mend.

Xu Qing watched quietly, and after the old lady helped the third brother mend the poncho, they chatted with her for a while, then stood up, thanked her, helped the old lady into the house, and then returned home with the poncho.

In the front room of his house, the three little ones were seriously doing their homework. Xu Qing hung the poncho on the wall, walked into the kitchen, saw steamed buns being heated in the stove, and hurriedly cooked two dishes.

But they are all vegetarian dishes. I bought two or three taels of pork yesterday. Xu Qing didn't have the ability to divide them up.

Next time I buy more, I can use my ability to share more. If I only divide it once, it would be a waste.

After Xu Qing finished frying the vegetables, he returned to the front room. Seeing that his younger brothers and sisters had also finished their homework, he asked Aiguo to stay in the room to help him pack the food, and said to his third brother and the little girl:

"You two go and invite the old lady to our home and have dinner together."

The two little guys put their homework in their schoolbags, turned around and ran out.

The old lady was sewing a poncho for her third brother today, and Xu Qing thought it was time to express her gratitude.

They are all neighbors, but the old lady is all alone, with no children, and her wife also passed away early, leaving her alone, which is very pitiful.

In the past, when my parents were around, they would invite me over for dinner from time to time.

Now, the family relies on Xu Qing's meager salary, so they dare not work too hard.

But today, Xu Qing thinks it is necessary.

In less than 5 minutes, the little girl and Xu Fengming helped the old lady into the house, one on the left and the other on the right.

Holding the washbasin, Xu Qing asked the old lady to wash her hands, then sat on the kang, and handed over a warm steamed bun and a pair of chopsticks.

Xu Fengming held the old lady's crutch, played with it, put it on the edge of the kang, turned around and ran to wash his hands with the little girl, kicked his feet, took off his shoes, and got on the kang.

Usually, there are only four brothers and sisters in Xu Qing's house, but today there is an old lady, which makes it a little livelier.

Silly Zhu made dumplings stuffed with cabbage today and brought a bowl to give to the old lady. The second aunt said that the old lady went to Xu Qing's house.

Silly Zhu was holding a dumpling in his left hand and holding a cigarette in his right hand, staggering towards Xu Qing's room.

"Qingzi, is the old lady at your house?"

Before the silly man entered the house, he shouted outside the house at the top of his voice.

Xu Qing responded, "Brother Silly Zhu, here you are."

Silly Zhu held the dumplings and pushed the door open. When he saw the old lady sitting among the four Xu Qing brothers and sisters, he immediately burst into laughter.

"Well, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have served dumplings to you, old man."

Silly Zhu said this while placing the dumplings in his hands among the dishes on the kang.

"Oh, hot and sour potato shreds, vinegar cabbage." Silly Zhu sat on the edge of the Kang, playing with the old lady's crutch in his hand. He glanced at Xu Qing's stir-fried dishes and said, "Qingzi, you are good at cooking. Why don't you just stop staying in the workshop and come to the cafeteria with me to cook, and I'll pass on my skills to you, brother."

Xu Fengming snorted, "Brother Yuzhu, if my elder brother learns to cook from you, then you will take advantage of my elder brother."

Silly Zhu froze for a moment, didn't understand what the little guy said for a moment, where did he go?
The little girl grinned and said with a grin: "That's right, brother Yuzhu, my eldest brother can't be your apprentice, if he wants to be, he must be your junior!"

Silly Zhu felt overwhelmed now, turned his head and used the old lady's crutches, and slapped Xu Fengming's ass lightly:
"Boy, you've just entered junior high school, and your speech has started to twist. If you come out of college, you won't go around from the backyard to the front yard."

Xu Fengming hummed twice and grinned at Silly Zhu. When he saw the old lady picking up the dumplings with chopsticks and eating them, he quickly picked up a dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth.

When Silly Zhu brought the dumplings into the house just now, the little guy was greedy, but the old lady hadn't eaten yet, so he didn't dare to move his chopsticks.

Silly Zhu reached out to tease Feng Ming, but the old lady scolded:

"Zhuzi, don't make trouble, be careful of choking the little guy."

Silly Zhu quickly stopped, scratched his head embarrassingly, stood up, smoked a cigarette and walked to the table, while fiddling with the old lady's crutches, he said to Xu Qing:
"Qingzi, last time you said you would introduce me to someone, what's going on now?"

(End of this chapter)