Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 376 Change Your Face Faster Than Turning A Book

Due to the rain, I didn't see the sun for almost a day. Although the rain had stopped before, there was still rain dripping down the gray-blue tiles under the eaves.

And above the sky, it seems that a few dark clouds are drifting in the distance, and they might rain again at night.

Sure enough, around eight o'clock in the evening, there was another small game.

The entire compound, together with the forty-nine cities, were shrouded in drizzle again.

But it wasn't big, and it only soaked the ground. Xu Qing didn't need to hold an umbrella when he went to find Silly Pillar in the middle courtyard.

There was a night of wind, and early in the morning, the compound became dry and cold.

When Xu Qing walked out of the house in his coat, he saw Xu Damao's door and stopped his bicycle.

He probably came back at midnight last night.

The old lady was yelling in the house, as if she was not feeling well, just as Xu Qing went over, Liu Haizhong, who also lived in the backyard, sent the second aunt to come over as well.

The old lady was lying curled up on the kang, her head was dizzy, she looked as if she had caught a cold during the banquet yesterday and caught the wind chill.

Xu Qing picked up the only thermos bottle in the old lady's room, and poured an enamel teapot of hot water for her to drink, to relax a little, so that she could carry it to the hospital later.

The old lady waved her hands feebly, "If I don't go to the hospital, I don't want to suffer."

The second aunt sat on the edge of the kang and said: "You can hear what you said clearly, but you are always deaf. Why are your ears so sharp today?"

The old lady looked at the second aunt, and opened her mouth, revealing a few new teeth, "What? You said Xiaoqing is not going to take me to the hospital? Well, it's fine if you don't."

The second aunt looked helpless, stretched out her hand to touch the old lady's forehead, and said in surprise: "Oh, it's so hot, the old lady has a fever, she has to take antipyretics quickly."

Hearing this, Xu Qing turned around and walked outside the house, shouting towards his house: "Jinghong, bring two Anilgen."

"it is good."

Five minutes later, the old lady took antipyretics, Xu Qing, Jing Hong, and the second aunt watched Rang lie down on the kang before going out.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, the autumn wind roared in the courtyard, making the courtyard chilly. Xu Qing brought Jinghong's ginger soup to the old lady.

At this time, Si Zhu and the elder Yi Zhonghai were sitting in the old lady's room.

There was an empty enamel bowl next to Yi Zhonghai, obviously here to deliver food.

Silly Zhu was sitting on the edge of the Kang with a cigarette in his mouth. Seeing Xu Qing coming, he put the cigarette in the corner of his mouth into his hand and said:

"Qingzi, you came just in time. Tell the old lady quickly and improve her ideological awareness. If you don't go to the hospital when you are sick, it doesn't matter if you have to stay close to her."

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Shazhu and said in a deep voice:
"Okay, Zhuzi, please don't say a few words. The old lady is getting old, so she won't go if she doesn't want to go. I will ask the big mother to go out and get some medicine later. The weather is bad these two days, how can I stand the toss .”

Xu Qing brought the ginger soup to the old lady, touched his forehead, and saw that the fever had subsided, and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, the old lady took antipyretic medicine early in the morning and is feeling weak now. I'm right, don't go to the hospital yet. Take a piece of metamizole at noon. If it doesn't work, go to the hospital again."

Silly Zhu heard the words, but said nothing, turned to look at the old lady who was sipping ginger soup, scratched her head and said:

"That's it."

In the afternoon, the old lady was fine. She took two antipyretics and added the ginger soup made by Jinghong. She sweated all over, her complexion seemed to improve a lot, and her spirit recovered.

The third mother brought some snacks for the evening, and asked the old lady to eat some when she was free.

Yan Jiedi got married yesterday, she has a lot of good things at home, and the old lady got sick because of what happened yesterday.

Even though Yan Bugui was stingy, he wouldn't say that he had no heart at all.

After all, he was a teacher.

If the old lady is sick, and he really doesn't care about it, and doesn't tell her about it, will he still lose his reputation and face?

And Yan Bugui, the third uncle, cares about this very much.

Xu Damao and Qin Jingru had such a quarrel that no one wants to see anyone now, they haven't reconciled yet, and they can't even eat in the house alone, and they still have dinner at Xu Qing's house. I dropped five dollars.

Although Xu Damao said that he was no less shrewd than Yan Bugui, the third master, but he really didn't pay too much attention to money.

After all, he likes to flirt around when he is free all day long. If he is stingy, no woman is willing to talk to him.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Xu Damao got a big rooster from somewhere, and with two bottles of Lao Bai Gan, he called Xu Qing, Aiguo and Feng Ming to his room for a drink together.

Xu Damao is now broken and broken, and he is no longer the deputy director in the factory, and his family and Qin Jingru are in a cold war again.

Just be as happy as you want. After the chicken was cooked, Xu Damao scooped up a bowl of chicken soup, put a chicken leg on it, and asked Xu Fengming to serve it to the old lady, while the four of them ate the rest.

Stewing chicken in the evening fills the yard with fragrance.

Xu Hongzhi was lying on the kang in his house, and under the supervision of Jinghong and Xiaoya, he was holding a pencil and writing Chinese pinyin seriously.

In these years, the pinyin promoted by the state has not yet been popularized, and children in the city are the first to come into contact with it.

Just smelling the smell of meat, the little guy's thoughts flew out of the room, rolled on the kang,
By going to the bathroom, Sa Yazi ran out of the house and went straight to Xu Damao's house.

Xu Qing was sitting at Xu Damao's house drinking with his second brother, third brother and Xu Damao. When he saw his son coming, he reached out to him, scooped up a small bowl of chicken soup, ate a few pieces of chicken, and told him to go home quickly.

After all, Xu Damao's place was filled with smoke and alcohol.

Apart from being patriotic, he, his third brother Feng Ming and Xu Damao all smoked, and with the smell of liquor, it was really not suitable for his son to stay alone.

Xu Damao still had not improved his drinking capacity. He was already a little drunk without drinking much, so he leaned back and leaned on the quilt, smoking a cigarette in his mouth and saying:

"Qingzi, brother, I am not the deputy director now, but the man named Li has stopped acting and singing. He is gone, and he has stopped eating!"

Xu Qing nodded and said: "That's for sure. If the whole country plays a game of chess, can he run away?!"

Xu Damao laughed loudly: "That's right, the person surnamed Li is not a thing, this is retribution!"

In the courtyard outside the house, the autumn wind blew the debris and made a discordant sound. Under the dark night, it sounded desolate.

In Jia's house in the middle courtyard.

Qin Jingru has been living here for a while, and Jia Zhang's eyes are dark when she looks at her.

She often complained to Qin Huairu behind her back.

But Qin Huairu had no choice, and he couldn't say that he wouldn't let her live. They were cousins, and Qin Jingru had no one else in the city to go to except her, a relative.

But Mrs. Jia Zhang was not used to Qin Jingru. She sat cross-legged on the kang, stopped her sewing, raised her eyelids and looked at Qin Jingru and said:

"Jingru, it's not my aunt, I'm nagging. When I came back from my uncle's house just now, I heard that your house had stewed chicken in the backyard. You and Xu Damao have been so stiff. You can either leave him or leave him. Sorry, go back to your backyard."

Qin Jingru lowered her head and helped Qin Huairu support the wool with both hands, silently.

Jia Zhang glanced at her daughter-in-law, and when she saw Qin Huairu not speaking for her, she felt heartbroken and continued:

"Qin Jingru, our family's situation in the courtyard is not good. You eat at my house every day, and you don't pay for the food. You used to be a girl, and you came to the city to play for a few days. I just grit my teeth. Who told you You and Huairu are sisters, but now you are at work?!"

As Jia Zhang said, she stopped what she was doing, stared at Qin Jingru with a pair of triangular eyes, and almost reached out to ask for money.

Qin Jingru remained silent, silent.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu sighed, and she didn't untangle her yarn anymore, looked at Jia Zhang and said:
"Mom, what are you doing? It's just you, me, and Jingru in the house now. It's just the three of us. It's not like we don't have enough food at home, and there's still half a jar of stick noodles left."

Jia Zhang's face darkened and she said:
"Huairu, why don't you understand me, I'm already old, how can I eat stick noodles that make my throat go up every day, look at Xu Qing's family in the backyard, see how they live, eat it every now and then White flour steamed buns, how about our family, stick flour mixed with white flour, you can’t eat a few meals a month, if you can swallow it, can I swallow it?”

"Mom, a few years ago when our family didn't even have enough to eat, you still ate stick noodles." Qin Huairu replied, choking Jia Zhang.

Angrily, Jia Zhang put the needle and thread in his hand on the kang, glared at Qin Huairu sternly, and didn't even want to clean it up, turned around, pulled the mattress, and threw the buckwheat husk pillow on the bed with a bang. On the top of the kang, the person lay down, with his back to Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru, and closed his eyes.

Qin Huairu felt very tired when she saw Jia Zhang coming here again.

Knowing that my mother-in-law saw Xu Damao cooking chicken in the house at night, she was so greedy that she made a fuss.

But how could Jingru go back? Xu Damao hadn't let go yet. If she went back and was kicked out, wouldn't it be a joke to the people in the courtyard?

Qin Jingru on the side saw that Mrs. Jia Zhang didn't want to see her, so she glanced at her cousin and thought about it secretly for a while.

She reached out and took out a handful of cents from her pocket, counted out ten fifty cents, and said to Jia Zhang, who had her back turned to her:
"Auntie, these five yuan is my food expenses for this month"

Qin Huairu stopped her, "Jingru, what are you doing? Put it away quickly."

But as soon as Qin Huairu finished speaking, Jia Zhang climbed up from the kang, turned around, faced Qin Jingru, reached out to catch the money, and put it on her body. Her dark face suddenly looked like the sun was clearing from the clouds, revealing a hint of joy.

The previous acrimony disappeared in an instant, and he said kindly:

"Jingru, aunt actually doesn't want your food money, she just wants you to go back to the backyard and live a good life with Xu Damao. You kid, isn't it because Xu Damao is no longer the deputy director? Isn't he still a cadre? You have to follow him What are you arguing about?"

Qin Huairu saw that her mother-in-law's face changed faster than flipping through a book. When she saw the money, she felt like a different person. She sighed in her heart, knowing that if the money went into her pocket, it would be impossible to take it out again, so she was too lazy to do so. A waste of words.

And when Jia Zhang got the money, his eyes softened, and he took Qin Jingru's hand and said:

"You're not in the backyard. Xu Damao is cooking chicken at home tonight and drinking with Xu Qing's three brothers. If you are here, can you also eat chicken?"

Qin Jingru was as aware as Ming Jing of Jia Zhang's sudden change.

It's not like she hasn't seen it before.

But Jia Zhang's words penetrated into her heart.

Qin Jingru sat on the kang and remained silent.

If she hadn't divorced Xu Damao some time ago, she would definitely have had a share of the chicken served tonight.

But the problem is, it's useless for her to regret after things have come to this.

Xu Damao repeatedly misbehaved behind her back outside, squatted once and did not say anything, but this time he lost the official.

As a woman, as a daughter-in-law, could it be possible that she was pointed at and told that she couldn't control her own man?
Yes, she didn't think about it at all. From the very beginning, she just wanted to eat and drink spicy food with Xu Damao, but she had to have face.

But after making such a fuss, she gained face and no one said anything wrong about her.

As a result, Xu Damao refused to let her go back to live.

She can only live in the middle courtyard first.

Qin Jingru thought, calculated, and thought to herself, "Xu Damao is no longer the deputy director, how can he still have money in his hand?"

"Sister, Xu Damao is now working as an ordinary cadre in your factory. How much can he earn in a month?"

"56, that's the standard for new college students in our factory to become regular workers."

Qin Jingru was taken aback, and said in her heart: "You can still get 56 yuan salary as an ordinary cadre, if I had known, I would have"

Qin Jingru's eyes rolled, "Sister, when I go to the street tomorrow, you accompany me to buy some clothes for Xu Damao."

Qin Huairu said: "What's the matter? Do you want to reconcile with Xu Damao?"

Qin Jingru rubbed her clothes with both hands, "It's been so many years, I can't really leave."

"Okay, then I will accompany you to the street tomorrow."

After Qin Huairu finished speaking, she was relieved to see that her cousin had finally changed her mind.

Early the next morning.

Jia Zhang woke up early, and immediately urged Qin Huairu to take Qin Jingru to the street to buy clothes for Xu Damao.

The meaning is naturally that he hopes Qin Jingru will reconcile with Xu Damao as soon as possible and return to live in the backyard.

Save money and continue to live and eat at her house.

Even though she took the five yuan from Qin Jingru for food yesterday.

But from the bottom of his heart, he was not willing to keep Qin Jingru.

However, the money cannot be returned!
Qin Huairu looked up at the big round watch hanging on the wall. It was just six o'clock, and said:

"Mom, it's so early, and the state-run stores and department stores haven't opened yet. Let's talk about where we go to buy clothes after breakfast."

Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Jia Zhang folded the quilt, thought for a while, it seemed too early, so she didn't say anything else.

As for Qin Jingru, who barely slept last night, lying on the kang, looking at the dark roof, thinking all night.

At this time, I saw that Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were both dressed and getting up. They also put on their clothes. Then they washed and brushed their teeth with their cousin, then went into the kitchen to help make breakfast.

Before eight o'clock in the morning, the rice in Jia's house was ready.

As soon as Jia Zhang finished breakfast, she started talking again, urging Qin Huairu to take Qin Jingru out on the street.

And Qin Jingru was also a little anxious, standing at the door of the house, lifting the blue cloth curtain that had just been replaced from time to time, and kept looking towards the backyard.

Qin Huairu looked at the dishes and chopsticks that had not been cleared away on the table and said to Jia Zhang:

"Mom, then I'll go to the street with Jingru first. You can watch and wash the dishes."

"Okay, go quickly, I will do these things."

Jia Zhang usually left these things to Qin Huairu, so she didn't want to do it.

But she got the money last night, and she didn't want Qin Jingru to delay having another meal at home until noon, so she stood up hurriedly, held the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, and carried it to the kitchen.

Before Qin Huairu accompanied Qin Jingru to the department store on the street to buy clothes, he ran to the backyard, found Xu Qing, and asked Xu Damao for help.

Stop getting into trouble with Qin Jingru.

Xu Qing just had a drink with Xu Damao last night, and heard from Qin Huairu that Qin Jingru is going to buy a dress for Xu Damao today, and wants to get back together.

He nodded in response.

Although he didn't like Qin Jingru very much, he couldn't just watch Xu Damao get divorced again.

Moreover, they both live in the same courtyard, and his relationship with Xu Damao has always been good.

Back then Xu Damao didn't listen to him and insisted on divorcing Lou Xiaoe.

If she hadn't left, nothing would have happened to Qin Jingru.

Xu Qing walked to Xu Damao's house after Qin Huairu left.

Xu Damao drank so much last night that he was still lying on the kang, fast asleep.

Xu Qing knocked for a long time before Xu Damao, sleepily wrapped in a quilt, opened the door.

"Qingzi, did you have something to do with me early in the morning?"

Xu Qing smiled wryly, pointed to the sun hanging in the sky and said, "Brother Da Mao, it's almost nine o'clock, why is it so early in the morning, hurry up and get dressed and fold the quilt."

Xu Damao stretched out his hand and scratched his disheveled hair. After letting Xu Qing enter the house, he closed the door and walked to the edge of the kang. He grabbed a cigarette and threw one to Xu Qing. He also held one in the corner of his mouth and lit it with a lighter. :
"What time did you, Aiguo and Feng Ming go back last night? I have no impression at all."

Seeing this, Xu Qing felt that there was no need to persuade him, so he took the opportunity and said:

"Just last night when you dragged me to the middle court to find Qin Jingru."

Xu Damao looked surprised, "Qingzi, didn't you? Brother, I ran to the middle courtyard last night?"

"Ah."

Xu Qing took out his lighter, lit the cigarette and took a puff.

"Not only did you go, but you also dragged Qin Jingru back and said you didn't want to drink any more and asked me and Ai Guo, Feng Ming, to go home and sleep."

"and then?"

Xu Qing smiled deliberately and said, "Then you close the door and sleep with Qin Jingru."

Xu Damao picked up the unfinished tea last night, took a sip, and suddenly woke up from the pain. With a look of disbelief on his face, he stretched out his hands, opened the quilt, looked down at his naked body, and said hurriedly:

"Damn, where are my pants?"

Xu Qing smoked and said, "Who knows where you threw it last night."

After Xu Damao drank too much, he couldn't remember anything at all. He himself knew this problem and believed Xu Qing's words.

"Qingzi, didn't you hear Qin Jingru fight with me again last night?"

Xu Qing shook his head, "No, I saw your wife come out of the house happily early in the morning, went to the middle courtyard and took Qin Huairu to the street to buy clothes for you."

Xu Damao wrapped the quilt tightly around his body with both hands, sneezed, took a puff of cigarette, and didn't know what to do for a while.

At eleven o'clock at noon, the weather became warmer. At this time, Qin Jingru took the clothes she had just bought for Xu Damao and, accompanied by Qin Huairu, walked uneasily from the central courtyard into the backyard.

(End of this chapter)