Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 172 Grandma's New Shoes
The little girl ran into the kitchen, picked up the thermos bottle, poured a tea vat of hot water, put some tea leaves in, took it out, and handed it to the old branch secretary.

"Fifth Grandpa, drink tea."

The old party secretary stretched out his calloused hands, took the teapot, blew on it, lowered his head and drank.

He came all the way from the countryside to the city by tractor, and after being separated from the others, he hurried towards the compound without stopping.

In the countryside, if you meet someone you know well on the road, you can go in and drink water. Even if you don’t know each other, loyal farmers will not say anything, and are reluctant to give a bowl of water.

But it’s different in the city. People in the city have to spend money to do everything. The old branch secretary is not familiar with the place of birth. Except for coming to Xu Qing’s compound, he can find anyone’s house to ask for water. Okay, but if you are mean and mean, it is one thing whether you give water or not. If you don't get a bowl of water, you may ask for money.

When Xu Qing saw that the old party secretary drank a teacup of tea in a short while, he stood up from the kang, walked into the kitchen, and poured a teacup of hot water again.

The little girl handed the old party secretary a piece of the fruit candy she took at the wedding banquet today.

"Fifth Grandpa, this is wedding candy, it's so sweet."

The old party secretary took the candy, looked at it in his hand, took a puff of cigarette, put it on the edge of the kang, and left it for the little girl.

When Xu Qing came out of the kitchen, he heard the little girl's words and explained:

"Fifth Grandpa, my workshop workers are getting married today, and I took them to a wedding banquet in the morning."

The old party secretary let out an oh, looked at the three little guys around him, and blew a smoke ring:
"Xiao Qing, you are at work now, so you have to pay close attention to your own marriage."

Xu Qing placed the teapot on the edge of the kang beside the old party secretary, "Fifth Grandpa, I'm not in a hurry."

"Don't worry about eighteen, what are you waiting for?" The old branch secretary said, smoking the cigarette: "I think back then, when my fifth grandpa and I got married, I was only seventeen or eighteen, and I hugged my son before he was 20. Last month, we Liu Sanwa from the village, he grew up with you, they are both engaged, maybe they will get married by the end of this year."

Xu Qing stretched out his hand to spare his head, thought for a while, and secretly felt that Liu Sanwa was really the same age as him.

After the old party secretary finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, and said to Xu Qing: "By the way, some time ago, you seem to have been in a newspaper. I seem to have seen you in a newspaper in the commune in the village. Fifth Grandpa, I I don’t have much literacy, and I don’t understand much.”

Xu Fengming stretched out his hand and tugged at the lapel of the old branch secretary and said: "Fifth Grandpa, that's right, my eldest brother is in the newspaper, and it is our national workers' newspaper."

"Yes, it's the workers' newspaper." The old branch secretary nodded at the little guy, then looked at Xu Qing and said:
"Xiao Qing, if you go to the newspaper, did the factory where you work re-arrange some lighter work for you?"

Xu Qing shook his head, the old branch secretary frowned, smoked a cigarette, and said nothing.

He didn't know anything about the factory, and he didn't understand it. He didn't live in the city or work in the factory, so he naturally didn't understand it.

However, the old branch secretary knew one thing, that Xu Qing's parents were gone now, and there was no one to support him. Many things, Xu Qing was relatively more difficult than others.

The old branch secretary took a few puffs of cigarettes, put the cigarette end on the sole of his shoe to extinguish it, then grabbed the tea mug and drank tea in big gulps.

Xu Aiguo saw his eldest brother chatting with Grandpa Fifth, so he got up silently and went to the kitchen, staring at the fire on the stove.

Xu Qingzhong handed another cigarette to the old branch secretary, took out a lighter and lit it, then sat aside and said:

"Fifth Grandpa, you are going to the city today, so you can stay at my house tonight."

"Okay!" The old branch secretary was not polite, and said with a smile: "Originally, I planned to live with those people from the production team in our village. It's not that your grandma asked me to bring you something, so I told them that I won't be here tonight." Go back and live here."

Xu Qing smiled and nodded, "That's right, Grandpa Fifth, if you come to the city in the future, you can live directly at my house."

The old branch secretary laughed.

"I want to come to you every time. You don't think I'm an old man, and I'm ashamed myself."

Xu Qing waved his hand quickly, "Fifth Grandpa, we are all a big family. It's not too late for me to be happy, how can I dislike it?"

The little girl raised her head and said, "That's right. My eldest brother, my second brother and my third brother will not dislike you, Grandpa Fifth."

The old branch secretary hugged the little girl in front of him, and reached out to touch her little face, but because of the calluses on her hands, the little girl felt a stinging pain, but she didn't hide.

Xu Qing turned his head and glanced at the kitchen, stood up and said:
"Fifth Grandpa, you sit down first and let Xiaoya and Feng Ming chat with you. I'll go make dinner for us."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qing stood up, went into the kitchen, and continued busy making dinner.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Xu Qing, San Xiaozhi and Fifth Grandpa finished dinner together before taking out the contents of the bag.

One pound of millet, two pounds of mung beans, and a few taels of adzuki beans, it seems, can only fit one bowl.

The old branch secretary was smoking a cigarette, sitting on the kang, looking at the little red bean, suddenly said: "It turns out that your grandma came to my house to borrow the red bean for you. If I had known, I would have brought you two catties directly from my house." .”

Xu Qing hurriedly said, "Fifth Grandpa, no need, I can buy these in the city."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Fengming took out more than half of the bag of potatoes and peanuts, each of which weighed [-] to [-] catties. In addition, there were also small bags of white flour and stick noodles, each about five catties.

There are seven or eight eggs in the noodle pocket.

After the little guy put the things on the kang, he reached into the bag and continued to dig out a handful of sunflower seeds wrapped in old newspapers, a small bag of apples, and finally, four pairs of brand-new thousand-layer cloth shoes.

When Xu Fengming saw his grandma gave him new shoes, the smile on his face became even brighter. He lay down on the kang excitedly, took off the shoes on his feet, and put them on immediately.

Standing on the kang with his head down, he kept looking back and forth at the new shoes.

The old man's hands are very skillful, the size of the shoes for the little guy is the same, and there is a pair of insoles inside. If Xu Fengming grows up a little bit in the future, he can still wear the shoes after removing the insoles.

The shoes of the little girl and Xu Aiguo are also the same, the only difference is that the little girl is a girl, and grandma made her shoes more delicate.

Xu Qing's shoes, not to mention, are exactly the same as those of his second brother Xu Aiguo, that is, they are larger in size, and the rest are the same.

Likewise, there are insoles in every pair of shoes.

The little girl held the new shoes in her arms, not impatiently wearing them like Xu Fengming.

Xu Aiguo was not in a hurry to try it out, he just put it on his feet and gestured, then put it away.

After going to bed and turning off the lights, Xu Qing asked the old party secretary about the physical condition of his grandfather and grandmother.

The old party secretary was smoking a cigarette, lying on the kang, looking out of the dark window and saying:

"Your grandma's body is still as strong as before. As for your grandpa, either he came to the city to be hospitalized after the next year, and he didn't cough anymore when he went back, but he didn't work as neatly as before."

Xu Qing nodded and said nothing, but his thoughts drifted out of the window.

Xu Qing told the old branch secretary about his becoming a regular in the factory, and then said: "Fifth Grandpa, when you go back tomorrow, don't ask my grandma to bring me noodles and food. Now that my salary has increased, I can take care of it." Me and my siblings."

The old branch secretary smoked silently, and sighed after a while, "It's not that they miss you, but... since your salary has increased, I'll go back tomorrow to persuade them and tell them that you have become a full-time employee."

The grandfather and grandson talked for most of the night, and Xu Qing was going to bed after one o'clock in the morning.

He has to go to work tomorrow, and the old branch secretary has to go to the production team early in the morning. He has something to do, so he dare not talk all night.

And just a moment after Xu Qing closed his eyes, there was a rapid knock on the door.

　Ask for collection! ! !Ask for a recommendation ticket! ! !Ask for a monthly pass! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)