Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 190 Xu Damao Partners

Xu Qing's work in the factory has been very relaxed these two days, and he doesn't have to work in the workshop.

Although I still have to deal with the workshop, the nature of the work is different. I am busy no matter how busy I am. Relatively speaking, I am not as tired as before.

Back in the backyard, Xu Qing saw the little girl and Xu Fengming chatting around the old lady, so he walked over, sat aside, and chatted with the old lady for a while.

Xu Damaoyin has been cracking down hard recently, and after stopping his work outside, he came back early every day after work.

At this moment, he had nothing to do. He banged his bicycle at the door of his house, turned around and ran to the old lady, holding a cigarette in his mouth and sitting next to Xu Qing.

The old lady put her arms around the little girl in her arms, seeing that Xu Damao had behaved well during this time, she kindly said:
"Da Mao, stop messing around outside from now on. Look at Xiaoqing, you are already a cadre. You and Silly Zhu, you two, are just doing nothing all day long. You don't work hard and don't think about finding a partner to get married as soon as possible. If you continue to fool around, be careful if you get too old and become a bachelor."

Xu Damao couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words: "Old lady, don't worry about my affairs, my parents don't rush me, so why are you meddling?"

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the old lady's crutches, waved it twice in the air, and continued: "Don't compare me with silly Zhu, he can't find a partner, it's because he's not capable, I, Xu Damao, want to find someone Object, I want to get married, it's a matter of minutes, and I can bring a girl back tomorrow."

The old lady glanced at Xu Damao and was too lazy to tell him any more.

Although Xu Damao lives in the backyard, the old lady likes Xu Qing more than him.

Even Shazhu, in the eyes of the old lady, is better than Xu Damao.

Xu Damao has never been wild in the courtyard since he was a child, and Silly Zhu rarely does any mischief.

It's not that Shazhu caused less trouble in and outside the courtyard, but that Shazhu didn't have as much mind as Xu Damao.

Silly Zhu wanted to be honest, he ran into the old lady's room from time to time, talked to the old lady, and gave the old lady something.

Although Xu Damao occasionally brought some food to the old lady, he was not as diligent as Sha Zhu.

Therefore, the old lady's feelings for Shazhu are deeper than for Xu Damao.

Xu Fengming caught four crickets in the yard today, and now he is holding cans and bottles, squatting in front of the old lady, teasing them with a weed.

Xu Qing turned to look at the little guy and said, "Have you finished your homework?"

Xu Fengming, who was happily playing, raised his head and smiled: "I finished writing it long ago, brother, if you don't believe me, you can ask Xiaoya."

The little girl nodded her head and said, "Brother, as soon as the third brother came back today, he was lying in our room doing homework."

When Xu Qing heard what the little girl said, he nodded, stood up, raised his arms high, stretched, and walked back to his room to prepare dinner.

Because Xu Damao said today that he wanted to have a partner at his house.

Now Xu Qing not only cooks for him and the three little ones, but also cooks for Xu Damao.

Of course, Xu Damao paid for the board, one dinner a day for one month, ten yuan.

In addition, Xu Damao also gave Xu Qing three food stamps for this month.

He himself is too lazy to cook, and eats out every day, and the expenses are too high. Once his second-hand dealer's business stopped, he had no extra income, so he dared not eat or drink.

When going to his parents' house, Xu Damao didn't want to run in both directions.After thinking about it, I thought it would be better to hang out at Xu Qing's house.

But in the compound, Xu Damao knew that the best deal would be to team up with Silly Zhu.

Silly Zhu is good at cooking and the food he cooks is delicious, but he and Silly Zhu don't get along.

Therefore, Xu Damao felt that it was most suitable to team up in Xu Qing's house.

Now that half of May has passed, Xu Damao first gave Xu Qing five yuan and two food stamps.

Xu Qing didn't think there was anything wrong with it and agreed.

It’s just a matter of getting an extra pair of chopsticks every day.

What's more, Xu Qing can still share the food stamps given by Xu Damao, and indirectly get three more tickets, so he can buy more food and don't need to ask someone to borrow it, so why not do it.

After Xu Qing went into the house and washed his hands, he asked his second brother in front of the kitchen stove to read a book in the yard, then he grabbed a few steamed buns from the cupboard, lifted the lid of the pot, and put them in.

More than half an hour later, Xu Qing cooked two dishes and sat in the front room with San Xiaozhi and Xu Damao for dinner.

Both plates are vegetarian dishes, which is how he and his younger siblings usually eat, if Xu Damao wants to join forces, just follow along and eat, Xu Qing won't leave him alone!
Xu Damao pinched the steamed bun, took two bites, picked up the shredded potatoes with chopsticks, and frowned.

He is used to living a good life, and he does not like meat. He eats in the cafeteria at noon, and he also eats meat dishes.

But Xu Qing used to eat meat tickets only occasionally two or three times a month.

Although I divided my ability once and could buy more meat, there was still not enough food for the large family.

These days, the price of meat is not high, but the problem is the lack of materials, especially meat, which is extremely short.

It doesn't mean that if you have a ticket, you can eat if you have money. If the meat is sold out when you buy it, you will just stare.

After Xu Damao ate a steamed bun, he put down his chopsticks.

Seeing that Xu Damao was full with just one steamed bun, Xu Fengming muttered while chewing the steamed bun in his mouth:

"Brother Damao, your appetite is not as big as mine. I can even eat one and a half steamed buns."

Xu Damao held the enamel teapot, drank two sips of boiling water, reached out and took out a cigarette from his pocket, held it in the corner of his mouth and said:
"Yes, you have a big appetite, I can't compare to you, that's alright."

Xu Fengming smiled, took a big bite of the steamed bun, and continued eating.

Seeing this, Xu Qing said to Xu Damao:

"Brother Da Mao, if you feel too vegetarian, buy some meat tomorrow, and I'll cook two meat dishes for you."

Xu Damao took a puff of cigarette, looked up at Xu Qing, and said quietly:

"Qingzi, where's your meat ticket? I'm working in your house now. I'll eat whatever you eat."

Xu Qing grinned: "Brother Damao, I celebrated last week, so I bought them all and finished eating them."

Xu Damao scratched his forehead with his hands, feeling that he was at a disadvantage.

If I had known this, I should have come to Xu Qing's house next month to hang out.

But the matter has come to this, the food expenses and food stamps have been given to Xu Qing, and he can't open his mouth to regret it.

After Xu Damao thought about it for a while, he had no choice but to take out the meat ticket from his body and hand it to Xu Qing.

"Here, I'm off work tomorrow afternoon, brother, I'll take you to the state-run store, let's go buy some meat."

Xu Qing smiled and put the meat ticket on his body.

When Xu Fengming and the little girl heard that they would eat meat tomorrow, their faces instantly lit up with joy.

At this moment, Silly Zhu walked into Xu Qing's room with a soda bottle in his hand.

Seeing that Xu Damao was there, with bowls and chopsticks in front of him, Shazhu raised his eyebrows, looked at Xu Damao, and hummed:

"Xu Damao, don't you want to be a bit shy? You can go to Qingzi's house to get some food, but you really have it!"

(End of this chapter)