Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 183
Xu Qinggang dried the washed cloth shoes on the ground where the sun could shine at the door of the house. Hearing Xu Damao's words, he smiled helplessly.

But after a busy morning, the three little ones and themselves washed all the dirty clothes and shoes.Now that he had nothing to do, he walked over to Xu Damao and Silly Zhu and helped them act as witnesses.

Xu Damao was suffocating. The last time he went out to fly a kite in the suburbs, he competed with Shazhu and lost a pack of cigarettes.

When I ran into Xu Fengming and Sha Zhu fighting crickets today, I naturally wanted to make up for it.

It's not that Xu Damao wants to win back the lost cigarettes, but he feels that losing to Silly Zhu when he flew the kite was really shameful.

In the canning bottle, two crickets are entangled and biting each other, and the battle is fierce.

Xu Qing stood behind his third brother Xu Fengming, leaning over and watching quietly.

These days, cricket fighting is similar to later e-sports competitions. It is very entertaining and very popular.

For some senior insect hunters, a cricket with excellent appearance is no less important than the love of his bicycle by the third master in the front yard.

It's just that this kind of fun, in the feudal period, was usually something that idle playboys loved to do.

In the old society, there was a group of professional players who made a living by acting as hangers-on for wealthy people.

But now, it has become a game for city children to spend time on weekends and find fun.

Of course, it is only for children. If adults play, they will probably be despised and given the title of not doing business properly.

But if you play once or twice once in a while, it doesn't hurt too much.

And before the winner of the two crickets could be decided, the three uncles from the front yard walked into the backyard and saw Xu Qing and his gang fighting crickets. They felt that they were too much playing with things and wanted to criticize them.

But thinking that he came to the backyard to find Xu Qing, he coughed and said: "Xu Qing, accompany the third uncle and I will come to your room to sit for a while."

Xu Qing turned around and saw Yan Bugui coming to see him, so he led the third uncle into his house.

After letting Yan Bugui into the room, Xu Qing handed him a cigarette, poured a vat of tea, then sat at the table and asked:

"Third Master, what do you need from me?"

Yan Bugui held the economic cigarette handed to him by Xu Qing in the corner of his mouth, lit it and took a puff.

"It's nothing. I heard that you were working in the factory. Come and sit here."

Normally, Yan Bugui would not smoke immediately after receiving the economic cigarette.

But Xu Qing Tigan is not what he used to be.

Even if Yan Bugui despises economic smoke, at this moment, he has to give Xu Qing face.

The main purpose of his coming here this time was to show goodwill to Xu Qing and win over him.

In the past, Xu Qing was an apprentice, so Yan Bugui didn't think it was necessary.

But now, Xu Qing is the only person in the courtyard who is asking for help.

How could such a lively person sit in the front yard and remain indifferent.

If Xu Qing continues to advance along the official career path in the future, he will still want to follow suit.

Seeing that Yan Bugui had nothing serious to say, Xu Qing sat in the room and had a casual chat with him.

In the courtyard outside the house, the second aunt saw Yan Bugui coming to Xu Qing today. She threw the clothes she was washing in the wash basin, stood up, and hurried back to her home. She said to Liu Haizhong:

"Old Liu, the third master has gone to Xu Qing's house, why don't you go over and sit down."

Liu Haizhong stood up suddenly from the kang, sat on the edge of the kang and put on his shoes. He walked to the door of the house, thought for a while, put down the opened door curtain, turned around and returned to the edge of the kang, took off his shoes, and lay down again. Returned to the kang.

The second aunt didn't know what was going on with her bangs, and said with a confused expression:

"Old Liu, aren't you going?"

"Don't go!"

Bangzhong put his hands behind his head, closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep.

Seeing this, the second aunt had no choice but to leave the house and continue to sit in the courtyard to wash clothes.

Liu Haizhong was lying on the kang in the room, opening his eyes, feeling confused.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go to Xu Qing's house, but he just couldn't bear to do it.

Xu Qing was a generation younger than him, and he hadn't worked in the factory for as long as he did.

But unfortunately, Xu Qingti was still an ordinary worker after he quit his job.

Liu Haizhong thought about how he had been working in the factory for so many years, working only as an official and part-time job, and had never made anything. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

The first man from the middle courtyard, like Liu Haizhong, also didn't go to Xu Qing's room.

However, the uncle asked the aunt to pick a handful of celery and give it to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing mentioned Gan, and Yi Zhonghai also wanted to show his goodwill. In any case, Xu Qing's identity is a manager. If he encounters anything in the factory in the future, Xu Qing's words of help will be better than his own old face.

When Auntie walked into Xu Qing's room, she saw Yan Bugui was there. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Xiao Qing, my aunt bought some celery this morning. It's very fresh. You and I are the only two people in my house. We can't eat it. Your uncle said to bring it to you. There are many people in your house. You and I Your brothers and sisters eat it.”

Xu Qing said quickly: "Auntie, I'm so embarrassed."

"What's the point of being embarrassed? We all live in the same compound. Take it and don't show it to anyone else!"

The first mother smiled and stuffed the celery into Xu Qing's hands.

Yan Bugui took a look and couldn't help but secretly realized that he didn't take anything today, even the cigarette in his hand was handed over by Xu Qing.

For a moment, I made some calculations in my mind, secretly thinking that when I got home later, I would ask my mother-in-law to send some food to Xu Qing's family.

Anyway, seasonal vegetables are now on the market in large quantities and the prices are cheap.

It doesn't cost a dime or two to get closer to Xu Qing, what a bargain!

After the aunt gave Xu Qing the celery, she stood at the door of the house and exchanged greetings before going back to the courtyard.

The third uncle followed and left together.

After a while, the third aunt held a handful of leeks and gave them to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry in his heart, knowing that it was the third master who saw the first mother just now and gave him some celery, so he sent the third mother over to give leeks.

However, this made it difficult for Xu Qing to refuse, so he had to accept it again.

The second aunt who finished washing clothes in the yard saw the first and third aunts bring some vegetables to Xu Qing.Back in the house, he said to Liu Haizhong again: "Old Liu, the first mother and the third mother both gave Xu Qing some food just now, why don't our family give some too."

Liu Haizhong lay sideways on the kang, thought for a while, then turned his head and said: "Then you can figure it out."

After hearing this, the second aunt walked into the kitchen and saw that her vegetables were all bought a few days ago. They were a little wilted and could not be handled. She immediately frowned, walked around the kitchen, and scooped up a small bowl of mung beans. , ready to serve to Xu Qing.

Seeing this, Liu Haizhong hurriedly reprimanded in a low voice: "Are you crazy? Last time I gave you a bowl of white noodles, but today you serve a bowl of mung beans. How can our family survive?"

The second aunt lowered her head and looked at the mung beans in the bowl in her hand, "Old Liu, our dishes are not put well. I don't scoop out the mung beans. What do you want me to bring to Xu Qing's family?"

Liu Haizhong rolled his eyes at the second aunt, "You prodigal bitch! The food at home is not good. You can go out and buy some fresh food later, can't you?!"

The second aunt nodded, feeling that what Liu Haizhong said made sense, turned around and returned to the kitchen, poured the mung beans back into the small black pottery pot, then walked out of the house with the vegetable basket in her arms.

(End of this chapter)