Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 472 Bell-bottom pants, toad mirror

"Guohua, Erniu, how did you two find yourself here?"

After Xu Qing asked, he took out the cigarette and handed it to the two of them. At the same time, he looked at Erniu and said:
"How does it feel to go abroad?"

Erniu chuckled, his eyes full of joy, "It's okay, but I'm not used to eating with a knife and fork."

Li Guohua stood aside and said deliberately:

"Qingzi, you don't know, Er Niu has seen a lot of people in the world. Many foreign girls see her, but we two brothers can't compare to her."

Xu Qing smiled and nodded in agreement.

Erniu sighed to himself, "Guohua, wow, there are a lot of good things abroad. There are cars all over the streets. It's not like in our country. There are bicycles everywhere. But you will know after you go out once. It's really not that good." , I suffered so much. During a few days abroad, my old boss and I had a meal together in a foreign restaurant, and the rest of the time we spent the rest of the time in the room eating bread, thinking about our domestic white steamed buns every day."

Li Guohua said with a look of disgust:

"Er Niu, you are abroad, so why don't you eat like Lao Mo every day? You finally went out and you want to eat steamed buns. The three of us will go back to the city and have a meal at a restaurant later. I will ask the waiter to make one for you. Let me see how many steamed buns you can eat."

Erniu waved his hands hurriedly, "No need, I ate three as soon as I got home last night."

Li Guohua looked at Erniu helplessly and said to Xu Qing:
"Qingzi, did you see that Erniu went abroad for nothing? He is such a down-to-earth person. He has gone out and must have eaten whatever is good. Besides, what are you afraid of following the leader of the unit?

If it were me, I would eat all the good things from abroad, including steaks, sandwiches, foreign sodas, and foreign wines. "

After Li Guohua finished speaking, he changed his subject and said, "Let's not talk about that, Qingzi, Erniu has brought back a lot of good things, take a look."

As he spoke, Li Guohua showed the radar watch on his wrist, "Qingzi, Erniu brought it back for me, what do you think?"

Xu Qing took the radar watch that Li Guohua took off, looked at it, weighed it, and said:
"good."

Li Guohua suddenly looked proud, "That's right, Erniu bought one for himself and brought one to Jiefang. It's exactly the same as mine."

"Er Niu, quickly take out yours and let Qingzi take a look. By the way, take out the toad mirror and bell-bottom pants in the car."

Erniu turned around and went to the car to get some clothes. Li Guohua grinned and said:
"Qingzi, Erniu said that fashionable young people abroad all wear bell-bottom pants and toad glasses."

Xu Qing hummed, knowing in his heart that these things are popular abroad these days.

Seeing Erniu take out the toad mirror and bell-bottom pants, Li Guohua reached out to take the toad mirror, put it on his face and said:

"Qingzi, how are you doing bro?"

The sun shines on the black lenses, making it dazzling.

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Handsome!"

Erniu echoed: "Bell-bottom pants, wearing bell-bottom pants is fashionable."

Xu Qing shouted to Old Wu in the warehouse.

Wu, who was in his 50s, wore a blue cloth jacket, white gloves on his hands, and white sleeves on his arms. He came out and said:

"Shopkeeper, tell me what's going on."

Xu Qing took out his cigarette and handed one to Lao Wu and said:
"Old Wu, my brother is here. We will go back to the city later. You can keep an eye on the warehouse first. I will be here around four o'clock in the afternoon."

Old Wu took the Peony cigarette and held it carefully in his hand. He didn't want to smoke it or put it behind his ears. He said with a smile on his dark and rough face:

"Shopkeeper, don't worry. I'm here, Old Wu. I'll take care of you while you're busy."

Xu Qing hummed, and when he turned around and got into Li Guohua's car, he turned around and warned again:
"Old Wu, remember, open flames are strictly prohibited in this important warehouse. If anyone wants to smoke, you ask them all to come out and smoke for me. If anyone doesn't listen to you, I will let them go directly when I come back in the afternoon."

Old Wu nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, shopkeeper!"

Xu Qing got into the car driven by Li Guohua, and the three of them went to San Huzi's mother's house. After putting on all the bell-bottom pants, San Huzi's mother was shocked.

"Hey, what are these pants? Why are they so weird? The hems are not even taken away. Take them off quickly, and my aunt will help you change them."

It was the first time that Li Guohua and Er Niu came to San Huzi's mother's house, and it was also the first time they met each other. They laughed when they heard this and hurriedly explained:

"Auntie, these trousers are designed like this. They are called bell-bottom trousers. The legs are specially made to be loose. Foreigners wear them like this. They are fashionable!"

Sanhuzi's mother was stunned when she heard this. After sending Xu Qing into a car and driving away with Li Guohua and Erniu, she kept saying: "Foreign tailors are really bad. Just don't make pants if you don't know how. It's a waste of fabric." "

But Xu Qing and the others had already gone far, and within 10 minutes they entered the city.

Originally, he planned to go directly to Quanjude for a meal, but Erniu thought of Ma Jiefang.

Li Guohua first drove the car to the alley entrance of Ma Jiefang's house.

As soon as the car stopped, the three of them got out of the car, took the toad glasses and bell-bottom pants prepared for Ma Jiefang, and walked along the narrow alley toward the compound where Ma Jiefang lived.

Xu Qing is familiar with the family.

I make several trips every year, and I can’t go wrong even with my eyes closed.

Li Guohua and Er Niu came less. Under the leadership of Xu Qing, as soon as the three of them entered the courtyard, they saw Ma Jiefang holding his shoes and educating his son.

Li Guohua shouted, raised his head, stood together with Xu Qing and Er Niu, and said to Ma Jiefang:
"Comrade Jiefang, how do the three of us look like?"

Ma Jiefang raised his head, holding his left shoe in his right hand, and looked at Xu Qing and the others. He was a little stunned. He didn't recognize it for a moment. He thought that the voice was familiar, thought about it in his mind, put the shoe on the ground, stepped on it quickly, and walked quickly. He walked up to Xu Qing and the others and said:
"Brother Qingzi, Guohua, Erniu, are you guys?"

Li Guohua picked up the toad mirror and clicked his tongue:
"Er Niu went abroad some time ago, have you forgotten? You should be able to think of it with the way we are dressed."

Ma Jiefang bared his teeth and said with a smile: "My son was so angry just now that I didn't think about it."

Erniu handed the bell-bottom pants he was holding to Jiefang and said:
"Quickly change it, let's go out and have a good time."

Ma Jiefang smiled and took the clothes and the toad mirror and went back to the house to change.

Ma Guohua heard the noise and walked from the middle courtyard to the front yard. He frowned when he looked at the clothes of his son-in-law, Li Guohua and Er Niu.

As for the people in the Ma Jiefang Compound who had not gone out, they all ran to the front yard and looked at Xu Qing and the four of them, all of them dumbfounded.

He looked back and forth at Xu Qing and Er Niu's bell-bottom pants.

Xu Qing walked to his father-in-law, handed the toad mirror he took off to Ma Guohua and said:

"Dad, please put it on."

"What kind of glasses are these? They look like sunglasses, but they don't look much like them. I won't wear them."

Ma Guohua shook his head and avoided it.

Xu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to explain.

After a while.

Ma Jiefang put on bell-bottom pants, put on toad glasses, and walked out of the room.

I have played with Ma Jiefang in the courtyard since childhood. He touched his stubbled hand on his chin, touched the Lama pants, rubbed the fabric, and said with greedy eyes:

"Liberation, let me have a try too."

Ma Jiefang waved his hand directly, "Go away! I just put them on." "Would you like me to wear those toad glasses?"

Ma Jiefang raised his hand and said, "What are you thinking about? There are no doors today. I'm going to have dinner with my fifth brother-in-law. I'm busy."

After saying that, the four of them, Xu Qing, Li Guohua, and two niu, left the compound together.

The car stopped at the entrance of Quanjude 10 minutes later. There were many people on the street on weekends. Li Guohua did not dare to drive the car too fast, so he had to honk the horn several times from time to time to let people on the street get out of his way.

The four of them, Xu Qing and others, wore toad glasses and bell-bottom pants when they got out of the car.

The pedestrians coming and going at the entrance of Quanjude were all stunned.

Looking at Xu Qing, Li Guohua, Er Niu and Ma Jiefang, they all stopped, their eyes full of envy.

What is fashion, this is it.

Many young men and women stared out of their sockets with hatred.

His eyes kept wandering around Xu Qing and the others.

Whether it was bell bottoms or toad glasses, they were all jealous.

Before the reform, the clothes people wore were all of medium length, with single colors and the same styles.

The lama pants worn by Xu Qing and the others are novel in style and dark brown. They stand out among the crowd that are either black or green.

Those who are bold can't help but step forward and ask: "Hey, buddy, where did you buy these pants?"

Ma Jiefang said angrily: "Abroad."

The man was speechless for a moment.

Most people can't buy foreign things. Although it has been open for more than a year, very new things have gradually spread in the country through newspapers, radio, and television.

However, the country's introduction of foreign things is still in a relatively conservative stage.

But after this year, it will gradually become more open.

All the diners dining in Juden heard the commotion outside. Some curious people came out and saw Xu Qing's clothes. They were surprised and envious to death.

The older people, on the other hand, sneered at this. They had the same idea as Sanhu's mother, thinking that today's young people are really shameful. They can't wear pants well, so why should they learn from foreign countries.

However, little do they know that under the wave of reform and opening up, everything in the country will move towards internationalization.

Xu Qing went to the second floor of Quanjude, asked for a private room, ordered three roast ducks, five bottles of Erqu, and some other dishes to go with the wine.

Today is a gathering of four buddies, and it is also a time to refresh the life of Erniu, who has just returned to China.

Erniu picked up the sliced ​​duck meat with chopsticks and placed it on the lotus leaf pancake. He also picked up a handful of shredded green onions, dipped it in some sweet noodle sauce, rolled it up, took a bite, and leaned back on the chair with a satisfied look on his face. road:

"Qingzi, Guohua, our domestic food is still delicious. It's not like when I eat a steak abroad, it's just a thick piece of beef. I'm not given chopsticks. I have to use the heavy knife and fork to cut it. I can't cut it in half a day." It’s a small piece, but it’s so light with chopsticks that you can eat it with just a pinch.”

Li Guohua smiled and said: "Er Niu, stop showing off, brother, when I have a chance, I will go abroad and take a look."

Xu Qing raised his glass and drank it. After drinking, he said: "Guohua, you work in the unit, you will have a lot of opportunities in the future."

Li Guohua smashed his lips, took out a cigarette and said:

"There is an opportunity. Last week, my unit held a meeting and said that we would go abroad for inspections in the second half of the year to learn from foreign experience. However, I was not included in the proposed quota. The first, third, and fourth leaders were all going, and they said that I, the second leader, should be retained. Let’s talk about the host unit’s affairs until next time.

Qingzi, Jiefang, listen up, isn’t this fucking tricking me? ! "

Ma Jiefang took the cigarette from Li Guohua and asked:

"Why aren't you allowed to go? If the third-in-command of your unit stays, he can still preside over the affairs of your unit."

Li Guohua smiled and said nothing. Xu Qing lit the cigarette with a lighter, took a puff and said:

"The third and fourth leaders of the Guohua unit are women, right?"

Li Guohua grinned, "No, the leader is also a woman. They think it's inconvenient for me to follow them."

Ma Jiefang suddenly said: "That's no wonder!"

Erniu continued: "Fortunately, the old leader of my Second Business Bureau is open-minded. She is also a woman, but she still took me there this time."

Li Guohua held a cigarette in his left hand, picked up a wine bottle in his right hand and poured wine:
"Er Niu, is that because the leader of your unit is enlightened? You are the only one in your unit who understands foreign languages. If she doesn't take you with her, how can she understand what foreigners say when she goes abroad?"

Erniu chuckled, "That's true. It seems that my foreign language major is good. Among the four of our buddies, I am the first to go abroad."

Li Guohua was so worried that he raised his glass and said, "Come on, come on, come on, let's drink."

More than an hour later, five bottles of wine were consumed, the three roast ducks were finished, and the four of them each drank two bowls of duck soup to sober up.

After eating and drinking, we sat in the private room and chatted for a while before leaving.

Don't look at it. After they both started their own families, there were fewer opportunities to meet each other.

But after years of getting along, the relationship between the four of them has become deeper and deeper.

This weekend, Erniu, Li Guohua and Ma Jiefang all took a break and did not go to work, but Xu Qing had to go back to the warehouse in the suburbs and focus on grain processing.

Li Guohua drove Xu Qing back to the warehouse with Erniu and Jiefang.

Ma Jiefang saw the motorcycle parked at the door of the warehouse. He had only ridden it a few times in the past year. His hands suddenly felt itchy. He asked for the key from Xu Qing, took Er Niu, and Li Guohua on the dirt road near the warehouse. I went back and forth for more than half an hour.

Afterwards, Li Guohua took Erniu, Jiefang, and the three of them drove a car and waved to Xu Qing to leave.

Xu Qing stayed in the warehouse until about six o'clock in the evening, when it started to get dark, and then he closed the warehouse and rode his motorcycle back to the city with the workers on bicycles.

But today, he did not go to the grain station to pick up his wife Jinghong, but went directly back to his compound.

Today, he is really cool in his outfit and riding a motorcycle.

Especially when he was wearing a toad mirror, no one on the street who was getting off work didn't turn around and look around.

Motorcycles are the envy of many people.

In addition, Lama pants and glasses are temporarily out of the reach of ordinary people.

In the second year of the reform, Xu Qing can be said to be at the forefront of domestic fashion.

When he returned to the compound and stood in the front yard pushing his motorcycle, Yan Bugui, who had been in the compound for a day, was startled. He held the rag in his hand and forgot to wipe the bicycle.

"Xiaoqing, you"

Yan Bugui looked at the toad glasses Xu Qing was wearing and the bell-bottom pants he was wearing, and he was a little speechless.

However, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li, who had just happily bought a bicycle today, came out of the house laughing and joking. They were shocked by Xu Qing's outfit and were stunned at the same time.

(End of this chapter)