Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 16 The Butterfly Effect
"Patriot, Feng Ming, Xiao Ya, come and eat roasted sweet potatoes!"

Xu Qing said hello and asked all three little ones to come over.

One person was given a freshly baked sweet potato.

Sweet potatoes must be eaten while they are hot, as they taste best at this time.

If it is left to cool for a while, the taste will be a little different when eaten.

There was no sound outside the house, and the cold wind seemed to have been frozen. In the silence, only the crackling of the flames rising from the stove inside the house could be heard.

Xu Qing and his three little ones gathered around the stove and ate hot sweet potatoes in the warm room.

10 minute later.

Xu Qing asked them to wipe their mouths and go to bed. Before going to bed, he gave them the candied haws.

The three little ones are all huddled in their respective quilts, with only one head exposed, lying on the edge of the kang, you look at me, I look at you, holding candied haws, while eating, it seems that they are in a competition to see who will be the last finish eating.

Xu Qing now picked up all three of their cotton shoes from the edge of the kang and placed them next to the stove to bake so that they would be warm when they go to school tomorrow morning.

After eating the candied haws, the three little ones turned around and fell asleep on the buckwheat husk pillows.

Xu Qing went outside the house and took two more briquettes and filled them into the stove. Then he walked to the window and opened the window a small crack.

After all, the stove is burning briquettes. If the night goes by and there is gas, it will be troublesome.

Gas poisoning is a common occurrence in these years.

Adults generally have nothing to do, but children suffer.

Children are small, their physique is not as strong as adults, and their resistance is weak. If it is serious, it may be fatal.

As the eldest brother, Xu Qing must worry about these matters.

So every night before going to bed, I check it.

After Xu Qing finished his work, he lay down on the kang, tucked the three little ones into bed, and then turned off the lights.

It was only 09:30 in the evening.

However, most of the dozen or so households in the compound turned off the lights just like Xu Qing's house at the moment.

There are no entertainment activities this year, and it is winter again, so people usually go to bed early.

In the entire courtyard, there was only the lamp in Xu Damao's house, which was still shining alone.

The night sky in the courtyard slowly, quietly, and scattered snowflakes fell.

Loneliness, silence, speechlessness.Like a thief, tiptoeing.

In the second half of the night, the thief seemed to have become bolder and became a little unscrupulous.

The next is fierce, big, and urgent!
Early in the morning.

As soon as Xu Qing opened the door, he saw a thick layer of snow falling in the courtyard.

However, at this time, not a single piece of snow fell in the sky.

Just like a guilty thief, Sayazi ran away when she saw someone.

Exhaling, Xu Qing turned and entered the room, walked up to his second brother Xu Aiguo, and told him to remember to put on his scarf when he took Feng Ming and the little girl out to school later.

Xu Aiguo's eyes were sleepy, he nodded his head and let out a hum, and put his head back on the pillow.

Xu Qing came out of the house again, stepping on the snow that just fell last night.

Shaking his body, he went out to the gate of the front yard.

In the middle courtyard, Silhu was holding a cigarette as usual, huddled up and waiting for Qin Huairu in front of Jia's house.

Xu Qing saw that Silhu was actually wearing a new suit today, from top to bottom, from head to toe. It was new, and the new one was just like the freshly fallen snow on the ground.

Silly Zhu also saw Xu Qing, with a proud look on his face. He took the initiative to walk towards Xu Qing, lowered his voice, and showed off with a grin:
"Boy, look at how I am today, brother?"

"It's new and looks good!" Xu Qing boasted.

Sha Zhu laughed even more cheerfully, and glanced at Jia's house, as if he was afraid of being overheard.

His voice was even lower and he said, "Qin Huairu made it for me. His craftsmanship is not bad."

Xu Qing saw that Silly Zhu's words were full of joy.

Then he nodded and said yes.

Xu Qing knew a little about the two of them, but it was not clear how far they had progressed.

After all, Jia Dongxu is still alive, but he is paralyzed due to a work-related injury and can only stay in the house and cannot get off the kang.

Qin Huairu is not a serious widow yet, and she usually doesn't get close to Silly Zhu in the courtyard.He rarely goes to the Silly Pillar House.

We just go to and from get off work together every day.

Whether it was on the surface or in reality, the relationship between Shazhu and Qin Huairu was the same as the snow-covered ground.

Anyway, Xu Qing knew that the two of them were still sleeping in the same bed and on the same kang in the end.

However, Xu Qing thought about his arrival, and feared that this direction might change.

It's like the butterfly effect.

It's just that it was such a cold day that Xu Qing couldn't stand in the courtyard and think too much. Seeing that Sha Zhu was very happy now, he also smiled along with him.

At this moment, the door of Jia's house creaked open, and Qin Huairu walked out neatly dressed.

Seeing that Xu Qing was there, Qin Huairu seemed to raise her voice intentionally and said:

"Xu Qing, look at the weather. It snowed again last night. It's almost freezing!"

After Qin Huairu finished speaking, she stomped her feet, intentionally made some noise, and continued:
"Let's go, Shazhu and I will protect you together, and the three of us will go to the factory together!"

Qin Huairu hasn't finished speaking yet.

Xu Qing saw that the light in Jia's house suddenly went out.

In the alley, the snow was spotless, and there was not a single footprint on it.

When Xu Qing stepped on it, it was like stepping on foam, making a creaking sound.

Shazhu and Qin Huairu didn't know whether it was intentional or not, they walked on the left and right sides of Xu Qing.

Xu Qing suddenly felt a bit like a light bulb.

Fortunately, Shazhu and Qin Huairu both took the initiative to chat with him, and the atmosphere was not too awkward.

When you turn on the street, there will be more people.

The snow on the street is not as clean as in the alley, it has already been trampled by pedestrians in a hurry.

A few bicycle marks made the snow solid, and when you stepped on it, there was no movement at all.

It's not bright yet, and it's still a little dark.

Whether it's the people walking in front of you or the people passing by, you can't really see their appearance.

Xu Qing, Sha Zhu, and Qin Huairu crowded together and walked towards the factory side by side.

When you walk to the gate of the factory.

The snow fell again in a swirl.

Xu Qing pushed open the big cold iron door, said goodbye to Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, and walked quickly towards the third workshop.

Shazhu went towards the kitchen in the cafeteria, and Qin Huairu also went to her own workshop.

Noon.

Xu Qing was getting food and happened to queue up at Shazhu's window.

Silly Zhu held a big iron spoon and gave Xu Qing a spoonful of boiled cabbage.

Someone was displeased, Sha Zhu tilted his head immediately, cocked his neck, and glared at that person.

Seeing this, the man didn't dare to complain anymore, he could only grumble in a low voice.

Xu Damao, who was standing behind the man, raised his hand and slashed at the back of the man's head.

"What are you mumbling about, kid? Can you speak louder?!"

The man turned his head and saw that it was Xu Damao, curling his lips and pointing at Xu Qing.Dissatisfied.

"Xu Damao, haven't you seen that boy Sha Zhu scooped up Xu Qing a lot?"

(End of this chapter)