Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 307

It's neither too cold nor too hot. It's just after the vernal equinox, how can it get hot all at once.

Although it is noon, it is cloudy today, with a clear blue sky and floating white clouds, blocking the sun's rays.

In the courtyard, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li seemed to have a thick cloud in their hearts.

Today is the day when they spend the full moon for their daughter, but the two cadres in the courtyard are not there, how can they be in a good mood.

But whether they are in a good mood or not is their business.

Silly Zhu was eating food, drinking wine, holding a cigarette in his hand, feeling happy.

Xu Aiguo sat beside Sha Zhu, and also picked up the wine glass to accompany Sha Zhu to drink.

The first uncle and the second uncle are chatting with the third uncle, and the third mother is entertaining the in-laws, that is, Yu Li's parents.

Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li were busy greeting others.

It was lively, but everyone living in the compound secretly felt that something was missing.

Of course, they had just attended Xu Qing's son's full moon not long ago, and there were more than one person from Xu Qing's family.

Not only are there many people, but also there are plenty of wine and dishes. There are two kinds of wine, eight dishes, half and half of meat and vegetables.

Look at what Yan Jiecheng has prepared today. There are seven or eight people sitting at one table, and only one plate of meat and vegetables is served. There are still more vegetables and less meat.

As for the other dishes, they were either cold dishes or vegetarian dishes, and the taste was very average.

The food isn't that good, let alone the wine. Yan Jiecheng is stingy, so he won't be good at it. There are three bottles of Erguotou on the table and a pound of Erguotou. Let's drink it.

Comparing this with when Xu Qing hosted a full moon party for his son, people naturally felt that Yan Jiecheng's daughter's full moon wine today was a bit unsatisfactory.

Silly Zhu has a carefree temper, but he doesn't care about it, but he is picky about the dishes.

But since it was Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li celebrating their daughter's full moon today, Silhu didn't find fault and just dealt with it.

It's just that Silly Zhu didn't like Yu Li and the third aunt's cooking skills at all.

After all, Shazhu is a cook, and he has worked in the back kitchen of the canteen in the factory for many years, so he is more serious about cooking.

Xu Qing's son is full moon, the dishes are arranged by Shazhu, and no one who eats them can say bad things.

However, this dish today was not made by Shazhu, the food in Liu Hai was tasteless, with two chopsticks of peanuts, chewing on it, he said to Shazhu:
"Silly Zhu, Xie Cheng's daughter Man Yue, don't you show your hands?"

Silly Zhu took a sip of the wine from the cup in his hand, swallowed it in his stomach, crossed his legs, and smoked the pipe:

"Second uncle, look what you said, with Yu Li and Third Aunt here, there is no need for me."

Liu Haizhong took a puff of cigarette, and tried to pick up some food with his chopsticks, but finally picked up the wine cup and poured it into his mouth first, then picked up his chopsticks again, and took a mouthful of food.

It's not a dish made by Shazhu. Liu Haizhong feels that the taste is not very satisfying when he eats it in his mouth.

But these days, no one will put down their chopsticks and refuse to eat whether the food is good or not.

In times when supplies are tight, it’s good to have food, so you don’t dare to be picky.

Furthermore, today everyone comes to celebrate the full moon for Yan Jiecheng's daughter. This is also a courtesy, and it is not just empty talk and white teeth.

However, no one came to the front yard of the Jia family in the middle courtyard.

When Xu Qing's son was full moon, Jia Zhang was worried that Xu Qing wanted to accept the gift money, so he stopped Qin Huairu from going to the backyard.

Today, Yan Jiecheng in the front yard celebrated the full moon with his daughter, but Jia Zhangshi still stopped her from coming.

Don't look at Jia Zhang's presbyopia, but with his eyes closed, he knew that Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li were rushing to receive gifts.

Who is Yan Jiecheng?How could Mr. Jia and Zhang not know what kind of character Yu Li was.

It is said that people become more mature with age, but Jia Zhang is not too old, nor is she very old, but she has become a mature person.

When she was young, she dealt with Yan Pugui and his wife in the courtyard. How many years have passed, and Yan Pugui's children, which of them were not grown up by her.

The three brothers Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiedi have been with Yan Bugui since childhood.

Yan Bugui's stinginess, calculations, calculations, what point did they not inherit?

The dragon begets the dragon, the phoenix begets the phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make holes. How can it be unreasonable to say that this has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years?

Therefore, Jia Zhang would not let Qin Huairu go to the front yard.

But Qin Huairu didn't argue with Jia Zhang on this matter.

It's not like Qin Huairu didn't know the character of the third uncle's family. They were all residents of a compound. Qin Huairu didn't know the personalities of the third uncle and his children when he first married into the compound.

But now after all these years, Qin Huairu knows it very well.

The third uncle and his entire family are all good at calculations and scheming, and they are all masters who only take advantage and do not suffer any losses.

Even if Jia Zhang didn't stop her today, Qin Huairu might not go to the front yard.

At this time, in Jia's house, Qin Huairu was eating freshly steamed steamed buns mixed with stick noodles, and didn't take Jia Zhang's nagging seriously.

However, thinking that Xu Qing's son was full moon before, she didn't make it, and felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, Xu Qing had helped her whether in the factory or in the compound.

Ma Jinghong was also very kind to her, letting her use all the sewing machines. In this regard, Qin Jingru was her cousin, but she left the sewing machine at home idle and didn't let her use it.

Qin Huairu actually wanted to go to the backyard to celebrate the full moon of Xu Qing and Jinghong's son.

Even if it was a gift, she was willing in her heart, because she still wanted to ask Xu Qing if there was any way to see if the stick would go to the countryside and arrange it to be closer.

However, the mother-in-law of Mrs. Jia Zhang blocked her and refused to let her go. She had no choice but to make Qin Huairu make trouble. As for the embarrassing matter, she had not been embarrassed to mention it to Xu Qing in the past few days.

Around 02:30 in the afternoon, the people in the front yard dispersed one after another.

The excitement is like being blown away by the wind and disappearing without a trace.

Xu Aiguo and Sha Zhu celebrated the full moon for Yan Xiecheng's daughter today, they ate and drank a lot.

As Silly Zhu said, eat it when you catch it, no matter whether it tastes good or not, the important thing is to fill your stomach.

A person in the courtyard, why not be polite, why not dare.

It wasn't that Xu Aiguo didn't dare at first, he just didn't want to appear too unqualified. He was a well-educated person after all, and he didn't want to look too ugly, so he seemed a bit reserved.

But after hearing the secret imparted by Silly Zhu, and looking at other people's eating, Xu Aiguo also let go.

He followed the etiquette, although he didn't ask for the money from his elder brother Xu Qing, but took it out of his own pocket, but he also paid for the money for Yan Xiecheng's family on behalf of his family.

The amount of money is not less than that of others, so it is necessary to eat, drink, and have fun with the crowd.

Isn’t celebrating the full moon just for fun?
When Shazhu and Xu Aiguo returned to the middle courtyard from the front courtyard, Jia Zhang made indirect inquiries about Yan Jiecheng's banquet for his daughter to celebrate the full moon and entertain everyone.

Although no one in her family went, this did not prevent her from asking about it.

Knowing that Yan Jiecheng served only one meat dish at the table, the corners of Jia Zhang's mouth twitched slightly, secretly feeling that Yan Jiecheng really deserves to be the good son of Yan Pugui, the third master of the courtyard.

It's really a stingy skill, and it's not bad at all from what his father learned.

Silly Zhu put his hands in his pockets and held a cigarette from the corner of his mouth. After saying a few words to Mrs. Jia Zhang, he glanced at Qin Huairu and immediately grinned and said to Qin Huairu:
"Sister Qin, it's a good thing you didn't go to the front yard today, otherwise your dollar would have been wasted."

Qin Huairu frowned slightly, and she returned to normal in an instant. She heard the meaning in Sha Zhu's words, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li were not willing to spend money to entertain people well.

However, Qin Huairu didn't go, so he didn't express his opinion.

Qin Huairu held the laundry tub in his hand, and said to Shazhu:
"Yu Shui said last week that she won't come back from her apartment this week. If you have any clothes to wash, I'll help you do it."

"By the way, Patriotic, your eldest brother, your sister-in-law and the little girl went out early in the morning. If you have laundry to do, sister will help you do it too."

When Xu Aiguo heard Qin Huairu's words, he smiled and waved his hands: "Sister Huairu, I really don't have anything to clean. Last night, my sister Xiaoya washed all my dirty clothes for me."

Qin Huairu let out a groan, and turned to look at Sha Zhu, who scratched his head in embarrassment, apparently his dirty clothes hadn't been washed yet.

Although Jia Zhang was unwilling in her heart that Qin Huairu wanted to help Shazhu wash clothes, she didn't nag her.

For one thing, since Jia Dongxu's death, the situation of her family has depended largely on the relief and help of Sha Zhu.

Qin Huairu alone would be too exhausted to hold him up.

Although she didn't want Qin Huairu to get too close to Silly Zhu, the problem was that there was no way she could stop such a thing.

It is impossible for her to stare at Qin Huairu all the time.

She has also experienced this and has been widowed for many years. She knows better than anyone how uncomfortable it feels.

Besides, her family has borrowed money from Sha Zhu a lot these years, and Sha Zhu has borrowed money every time. As for the number of repayments, Jia Zhang knows better.

Therefore, Jia Zhang was not as resistant to Silly Pillar as before.

Why has there been no man in her family all these years?

As long as Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu don't flirt with each other in front of her, and don't go too far in front of everyone in the compound, she will just turn a blind eye.

In any case, her family's situation is really inseparable from a person like Sha Zhu.

What's more, Qin Huairu didn't say anything about remarrying, Jia Zhang's heart is still at ease.

Secondly, when He Yushui was leaving last week, he did tell Qin Huairu to help take care of her elder brother Shazhu.

Jia Zhang was sitting in the courtyard collecting shoe soles and heard it.

Therefore, today, when Qin Huairu wanted to wash clothes for Shazhu, Jia Zhang didn't stop her. She didn't say anything and turned around and went back to her room.

However, Mrs. Jia and Zhang did not stop her, but Bangge rushed out of the room and faced Silly Zhu with a look of indifference and hostility. She looked displeased with Silly Zhu.

But he never thought that if it wasn't for the silly Zhu, his kid would be able to live such a healthy life?

It cannot be said that the tuition fees for his studies, his daily expenses, and the clothes of his two sisters were all borrowed from Sha Zhu, but they were almost the same.

Because Qin Huairu's meager salary could not afford the daily expenses of their family.

But Bangge just didn't like to talk to Shazhu. When he was young, people in the courtyard told him that Shazhu was a fool and sneaked into Shazhu's house to steal things all day long.

Now that I have grown up, I feel that the closeness between Sha Zhu and his mother has evil intentions, and I am even more disgusted with Sha Zhu.

"Mom, Silly Zhu is such a big man. He has hands and feet. He owns his own clothes, but he doesn't know how to wash them."

Banggeng snatched the washbasin from Qin Huairu's hand, turned around and took it into the house.

Qin Huairu was embarrassed.

Silly Zhu's expression suddenly turned bad, he tilted his head and said with a smile:

"Boy, what did you do when you stole my peanuts?"

Silly Zhu drank, his temper immediately came up, but after a few complaints, he calmed down, smoked a cigarette, and stopped talking.

After all, Banggen is Qin Huairu's son, and they both live in the middle courtyard.

Silly Zhu has to save face for Qin Huairu, not to make Qin Huairu look bad.

Otherwise, if it were anyone else, with Shazhu's stubborn temper, he would have to scold the other person for his stupidity.

Silly Zhu and the three elders in charge in the courtyard are not intimidated. How could he be afraid if he is just a stickler.

It's just that I can't bear it. Banggeng lost his father when he was a child, and he was still Qin Huairu's son.

Qin Huairu looked at Silhu and opened his mouth, but said nothing.

What did she say?Isn't what silly Zhu said the truth?

Banggeng stole peanuts from Shazhu's house and chicken from Xu Damao's house in the backyard. It's not like she didn't know about these things.

Especially when Bangge stole the chicken, Shazhu helped to take the blame and compensated Xu Damao's family.

At this time, Qin Huairu could only sigh, for his son who had no prospect of discipline, he hated iron but steel.

Ten minutes later, Qin Huairu brought out the laundry tub again, went to Shazhu's house to ask for Shazhu's dirty clothes, sat in the courtyard, and started washing.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Qing hugged his son, took his wife Jinghong and sister Xiaoya back to the compound from his father-in-law's house under the bright sunset.

Xu Qing went to celebrate Ma Jiefang's birthday today and did not go to Yan Jiecheng's house.

Yan Jiecheng stood in the front yard, looking at Xu Qing with reluctance written all over his face.

But the thing is that what he did first was unkind and he didn't want to, so Xu Qingcai didn't bother to deal with it.

Xu Qing hugged his son and greeted Yan Bugui who was cleaning the bicycle.

"Third Master, you are cleaning your car again."

Yan Bugui twisted the rag in his hand, straightened his back and said:
"Hey, I don't have anything to do in the afternoon, so I'm free to clean the car."

Yan Bugui was not dissatisfied with Xu Qing, Xu Qing was in the courtyard, whether it was dealing with people or interacting with people, there was no one in the courtyard who did not pick on Thumb.

But today, although Xu Qing didn't give his granddaughter a full moon, but he let patriotism come, the rituals that should be followed, the etiquette that should be had, have declined at all.

Yan Bugui couldn't find fault even if he wanted to.

As for Yan Jiecheng's reluctance to Xu Qing, Yan Bugui, as an old man, did not want to speak.

Who made the eldest brother and his wife fail to do things well, refute Xu Qing's face, and actually want Xu Qing to give their daughter a full moon?

There is nothing so good in this world.

Yu Li hugged her daughter, who just turned one full moon today, opened the door curtain and walked out of the house.

When she saw Xu Qing's family and the little girl, she didn't express her dissatisfaction on her face like her men did.

But to be honest, the one who was most dissatisfied with Xu Qing's absence was actually Yu Li.

Yu Li originally planned to use today to show off to her workshop director so that she would not always target Xu Qing, a cadre in the factory, but her neighbors in the yard had a good relationship with her family.

But Xu Qing didn't come, and Yu Li didn't show off.

However, Yu Li did not complain when she saw Xu Qing. Instead, she walked to Ma Jinghong with a smile and said:
"Jinghong, do you think my daughter and your son are a perfect match? How about our family arrange a baby wedding for the two of them."

Ma Jinghong smiled, knowing that Yu Li was joking, and said:
"Okay, I won't have to worry about finding a wife for my son in the future."

Bursts of laughter instantly erupted in the front yard.

Xu Qing held his son and chatted with the third uncle and Yu Li in the front yard for a while, then turned around and took his wife and little girl with him, and the three of them continued back to the backyard.

When passing by the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu was standing in the courtyard with Shazhu and whispering, the street is doing things to send the stick to the countryside.

Although Si Zhu was a little embarrassed by the stalker at about two o'clock in the afternoon.

However, Silly Zhu is not the kind of person who holds grudges very much. Things are done in the past, and there is no need to hold on to them.

Furthermore, as an adult, he can't afford to argue with a brat like Bang Geng.

Besides, Qin Huairu took the initiative to discuss it with him, and Si Zhu couldn't just sit back and ignore it.

When Xu Qing saw Shazhu and Qin Huairu talking about something, he smiled and gestured without saying hello.

But when Sha Zhu saw Xu Qing, he quickly opened his mouth and said:

"Qingzi, come to my room, brother, I have something to tell you."

Hearing this, Xu Qing handed over the son in his arms to Jinghong, and asked his daughter-in-law to carry the son and the little girl back to the backyard first, while he himself turned around and walked towards Shazhu's house.

Qin Huairu followed Xu Qing and Sha Zhu and walked into Sha Zhu's house.

(End of this chapter)