Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 218

At one o'clock in the morning, the night in the courtyard became darker and darker. There was almost no sound in the quiet backyard, except for quiet conversations in Xu Qing's room.

But when Xu Qing saw that it was getting late, he stopped talking and told his second and third brothers to go to bed quickly.

Although he will not go to work tomorrow weekend, and his younger siblings will not go to school, but it is still necessary to get up early.

The second brother Xu Aiguo and the third brother Xu Fengming heard the elder brother say this, turned their bodies sideways, put their heads on the pillow, and closed their eyes while breathing smoothly.

Xu Qing didn't know how much they had heard and understood, but as the eldest brother, he had said everything that needed to be said, and they had to digest the rest.

Within 10 minutes, the room was instantly dark and silent like the courtyard.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, Xu Qing opened his eyes, and heard the little girl get up from the next room, and at the same time, the crisp sound of her sister reading was heard from the door outside the room.

Xu Qing turned over and sat up on the kang, stretched out his hand to wake up the third and second younger brothers, and told them to get dressed quickly, and go to the courtyard to study while they were clear-headed early in the morning.

The younger brothers and sisters have not entered the society yet, and studying is their top priority right now.

Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming, without any reluctance to the urging of their eldest brother Xu Qing, quickly dressed and folded the quilt, then got off the kang, each took out books from the schoolbags hanging on the wall, pushed open the door, and walked to the small room. Beside the girl, the three of them began to read together.

The two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu who lived in the backyard of the second uncle's house were also urged to the courtyard by the second uncle Liu Haizhong, and they were reading with books.

Now that the school is closed, if the family doesn't care anymore, their studies will really be ruined.

The second uncle is not well-educated, but he is in his teens. He has extremely rich life experience and experience, and knows the importance of reading.

Among other things, in the past two or three years in the factory, almost all the cadres promoted from among the workers were highly educated.

He is an old worker who works hard in the factory, but because of his weak cultural background, he still stays where he is.

In the eyes of others, this is at most a heart-to-heart slander, that's all.

But the second uncle, Liu Haizhong, was obsessed with his official career. From the first day he entered the factory, he wanted to be an official.

However, he didn't get in before, but now that the factory has such a good opportunity to "replace work with work", he still can't get in.

How could Liu Haizhong be dissatisfied with complaints?

In addition, Xu Qing is the only cadre in the compound so far, and he lives in the backyard. It can be said that Liu Haizhong sees him every day, and he feels more or less uncomfortable.

Anyway, Xu Qingke was a generation younger than him, but he had been promoted from a seventh-level clerk to a fourth-level clerk.

And he himself, like the donkey pulling the mill, went round and round, and still didn't get any official position in the factory.

Although Liu Haizhong didn't say anything on the surface, he complained about Xu Qing in his heart.

He is an old man in the backyard, no matter his seniority in the factory or his prestige in the factory, he is not as good as Xu Qing, who has only been in the factory for a few years in his backyard.

Liu Haizhong always felt that he couldn't hold back his face.

Hearing that Xu Qing's younger siblings were studying early in the morning, Liu Haizhong of course followed his two sons and drove them out of the house.

At this moment, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu held the books, grinned sleepily and read a few sentences, then stared at Xu Aifu, Xu Fengming and the little girl, their eyes full of displeasure.

I feel that I didn't sleep well early in the morning, and it was the three of them who caused it.

After all, compared to Xu Fengming, who didn't like reading, the two brothers didn't like it even more.

So after a while, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu put the books in their arms under their armpits, looked at each other, sneaked out of the backyard, ran out of the compound, and walked along the alley to find a secluded place. The man took out the cigarette from his body, put it in the corner of his mouth, took out a match, struck it, lit it, and smoked.

As for the cigarettes on their bodies, I bought them with the money Liu Haizhong and the second aunt gave them to buy school supplies.

Compared to Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming, who were also in high school, they had never bought cigarettes.

Because the eldest brother Xu Qing told them that after they came out of school, they wanted to smoke, so they didn't stop them, but they were never allowed during school.

Another reason is that Xu Fengming and Xu Aiguo's two sons, Liu Haizhong's family, are a little younger, but psychologically, they mature earlier than them.

There is no such thing as a rebellious period.

If your parents are not here, who will you rebel against and talk back to?

These years, everything in the family has been managed by the elder brother. Xu Fengming and Xu Aiguo have seen it in their eyes, so how dare they spend the money given by the elder brother recklessly.

At this moment, Xu Fengming, Xu Aiguo and the little girl were still standing outside the door reading.

Inside the house, after Xu Qing got up, he used a feather duster to clean up the kang, and then picked up the broom to clean the floor of the house, mainly the cigarette butts and ash from his cigarette last night.

Then Xu Qing washed his hands, walked into the kitchen, and made breakfast.

These days, cooking at home has been done by little girls.

Now that her younger sister is studying, Xu Qing couldn't bear to let her walk around the pot every day at such a young age, so she made breakfast by herself this morning.

At eight o'clock, Xu Qing warmed up steamed buns, fried a plate of shredded potatoes, stewed a large bowl of vermicelli and cabbage, and boiled millet porridge. shouted:

"Patriotic, Feng Ming, Xiaoya, put the book down, go back to the house, wash your face, brush your teeth, and eat."

Xu Fengming was absent-minded in reading all morning. Finally, he was able to eat. He immediately closed the book in his hand, turned and ran into the house, stuffed it into the schoolbag, carried the washbasin, put the towel around his neck, and held the toothbrush. Enamel crock, squatting outside the door to wash up.

The sound of reading suddenly disappeared in the backyard, and the second uncle walked out of his house, ready to see why his two sons were still.

Unexpectedly, Liu Haizhong lifted the curtain and looked at the door of the house.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were nowhere to be seen.

Liu Haizhong suddenly lost his temper.

Originally, he thought that the two sons were reading silently without making a sound, so he didn't care.

But at this time, Liu Haizhong was very annoyed, with a sullen face, hands behind his back, and went straight to the middle courtyard, the front yard and the alley, planning to find Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.

At the same time, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were smoking cigarettes on the street, walking away from the direction of the compound, wandering around.

After I was hungry, I turned around and returned to the compound.

The two brothers are very much in sync with each other in dealing with Liu Haizhong's fatherhood.

Liu Haizhong is more committed to "a filial son is born under the stick".

The more they both target in unison.

I have been beaten by Liu Haizhong since I was a child, but now I am seventeen or eighteen, how can I continue to endure it at an age where I can resist.

Liu Haizhong searched around the courtyard and alleys, but couldn't find it, and the fire in his heart suddenly became stronger.

He went back to the backyard angrily, sat in the room with Liu Haizhong, looked at the second aunt who was making breakfast, smoked a cigarette fiercely, and said in a deep voice:
"You said you stayed in the house all day, and the two sons' studies, don't you know how to catch them?"

The second aunt was a little unhappy when she got a bang, and said suddenly:

"Old Liu, have you taken medicine? Why don't you discipline your son well because he doesn't study and blames me for doing so?"

Liu Haizhong snorted, "Do I have the time to take care of them? Why don't you go to work in the factory and I'll take care of them at home."

The second aunt was choked by the bangs and had nothing to say. She put the dish in her hand on the dining table, turned her head and walked into the kitchen, and continued to pick up the food.

Liu Haizhong was smoking a cigarette, staring fiercely at the door of the house.

When Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu returned to the backyard from the street, opened the curtain and entered the house, Liu Haizhong took off his shoes and threw them directly.

"You son of a bitch, you are so capable, why don't you eat outside, what are you doing when you come back?!"

Cursing and cursing, Liu Haizhong bent down to pick up the shoes on the ground, and swung them on Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu's bodies.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu hurriedly hid outside the house, Liu Haizhong drove them out of the house, stood at the door of the house and continued beating.

"You two good-for-nothings, look at Xu Qing's younger brothers, who have been studying all morning, how about you? Sneak away for me, I will let you go wild!"

Liu Haizhong pinched the heel of his shoe, furious.

But Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were being beaten next to each other, but they stared and glared at Liu Haizhong.

The second aunt hurried out of the house, grabbed Liu Haizhong and said:

"Old Liu, it's enough to scold a few words, what are you doing?"

Liu Haizhong was in a fit of anger, he was not willing to listen, he raised his hand and pushed the second aunt away and said:
"You loser, what do you know, go aside!"

Liu Haizhong usually looks like a coward, but in fact he has a very temper and a strong desire to control.

He may not be able to manage other people in the courtyard.

But in his own family, he is the emperor of the land, and he can do whatever he says.

All of a sudden, everyone in the compound heard Liu Haizhong cleaning up his son.

In the past few years, Yan Pugui, the third master in the front yard, and Yi Zhonghai, the eldest master in the middle court, would come to the back yard to persuade Liu Haizhong when they heard the movement.

But every month, it just came out like this, and after the third master and the first master were used to it, they didn't care about it anymore.

Xu Qing was sitting in the room, eating breakfast with his younger siblings around the table in the front room.

Hearing that the second uncle was performing his 'stick technique' again, his brows were slightly frowned, and he was a little speechless.

It's just that it's not easy for Xu Qing to go out and persuade her, that's the second uncle's housework.

Although they are neighbors who live in the backyard, they are outsiders after all.

Moreover, Xu Qing is now a cadre, so it's okay to help persuade him occasionally.

But if the number of times is too much, it is not appropriate.

It's not that Xu Qing doesn't know the temperament of the second uncle in Liu Haizhong.

If it annoyed him and felt that he was relying on his status as a cadre to show off his power in front of him, if he didn't do it well, the relationship between neighbors would still break up, then the loss outweighed the gain.

Xu Fengming and the little girl bit the steamed buns in their hands, turned their heads to look at the door of the second uncle's house outside, then turned around and continued to eat with chopsticks.

Because they are even more incapable of managing it.

After Xu Qing and his younger siblings had finished eating, before they put away the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen together, they heard a sudden commotion in the yard outside the house.

As soon as Xu Qing walked out of the house, he saw the second uncle, Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, father and son fighting together. He was startled and hurriedly walked over.

(End of this chapter)