Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 194 Weekends, Very Busy
Xu Qing only planned to make one panda pendant from the beginning and planned to give it to Jinghong over the weekend.

If it weren't for Er Mazi's shameless face yesterday, he definitely wouldn't be the second one.

It's just that I made one for Er Mazi today, and Ma Jiefang saw it.

Faced with Ma Jiefang's pleading, Xu Qing of course refused directly.

If Ma Jiefang gave him a panda pendant.

Waiting for the weekend, how will he surprise Jinghong and make her eyes light up!
Ma Jiefang looked frustrated, but seeing Xu Qing's resolute attitude, he thought about it and guessed that Xu Qing might want to give this thing to his fifth sister.

Had to give up the idea.

After all, they had studied together, and Ma Jiefang didn't know Xu Qing well.

At the door of the third workshop, Xu Qing, Ma Jiefang and Er Mazi chatted for a while and then went back to the office.

Now he can't always stay here in the sports car room. He is a cadre after all. If he does this every day, someone will inevitably gossip and gossip.

In case the third workshop was praised in the factory, or someone in the third workshop was praised by the factory, the envious person would definitely make irresponsible remarks and pull out the relationship between Xu Qing and the workshop.

Even though he knew that Xu Qing came out of the third workshop, people's hearts were unpredictable, and no one could do anything if he wanted to tell the truth.

It is still necessary to avoid suspicion.

Xu Qing didn't want people to catch this trivial matter and make a big fuss.

Deputy Director Li has been quiet these days. He seems to be no longer wasting his thoughts on the situation that cannot be changed.

As for the scandal of him and Liu Lan having broken shoes, Xu Qing naturally wouldn't say anything about it.

But if Deputy Director Li was causing trouble and making small moves behind the scenes, then Xu Qing would definitely not be merciful.

Xu Qing never paid much attention to Li Hu, the nephew of deputy factory director Li.

If Li Hu dares to do something wrong, he doesn't need to clean it up, and deputy factory director Li will take care of it.

In any case, Deputy Director Li does not want his position as deputy director to be insecure, let alone his reputation.

But on the other hand, deputy factory director Li was afraid of Xu Qing while hating him at the same time.

It's a pity that Xu Qing knew about the shameful things he did.

He could only find a way to keep a distance from Xu Qing, try not to interfere with the river, get promoted as soon as possible, and leave the Red Star Steel Rolling Plant.

When the time comes, he won't need to worry about these nonsense anymore.

Xu Qing returned to the office, sat on a chair, and while listening to Wu Yuemei chatting with Qian Bing and others, he briefly sorted out the recent period in his mind.

Mainly it's about money.

Living in the city, it is impossible to live without money. Food, clothing, and everything are expenses.

Fortunately, after I was converted from an apprentice to a full-time employee, my salary increased. Now that I am promoted to a full-time employee, my salary has increased a little further.

Although the increase in salary is not very large, compared to the salary of 27 yuan per month when I first started working this year, after two adjustments, I have earned [-] yuan more per month. .

With an extra ten yuan, Xu Qing can use it for many things. The simplest thing is to use part of it to save money for his wife, and part to improve the living conditions of him and his younger siblings.

Of course, the family's current living standard has already changed dramatically compared to last year.

It can’t be said that you can eat meat every meal, but at least every meal, you don’t have to think about it like before, you have to think about eating less and saving a little.

The reason why meat cannot be eaten freely is not because Xu Qing is reluctant to spend money to buy it, but because these days, the long-standing problem of lack of supplies cannot be solved for the time being.

Otherwise, there would not be the embarrassing situation of limited supply and ticket purchase.

But it doesn't matter, everyone is like this, not just his family.

Xu Qing has [-] chances to use his ability every month, and the meat he bought can be shared once. Compared with other families in the courtyard, he and San Xiaozhi eat a lot of meat.

It's just apportioned to everyone, not much.

After consolidating the scattered thoughts, Xu Qing thought about it secretly, and felt that the money he had accumulated so far was about to reach hundreds again.

The money given by grandparents, the pension left by parents after their death, and the 500 yuan given by Deputy Factory Director Li on his own initiative are not included.

If these were added together, Xu Qing would be a household worth a thousand yuan.

But even if it is a thousand-yuan household, you can’t say that you can eat whatever you want, or buy whatever you want.

No matter what you buy, in addition to money, you also need a ticket.

Besides, every money has its own use, and Xu Qing can't just eat and drink with the three little ones.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

In fact, the reason why Xu Qing gave all the pension money left behind after his parents' death to his grandparents after taking care of his parents' affairs last year was because he didn't want to keep the money with him.

All these people in the courtyard were staring at him. If he asked to borrow money, Xu Qing would not be able to say no to the loan because he had just left school.
It's only fifty cents, so I'm embarrassed to say I won't borrow it. Even if I want to find an excuse to shirk it, there's nothing I can do.

If you don't borrow any money, what should you do if something happens to you in the future because of the trouble with the people in the compound?
Simply hand it over to grandparents in front of them, so as not to keep it on your body, and be missed by the people in the courtyard.

However, not long after Chinese New Year this year, grandma secretly gave money to Xu Qing after she came to the city from the countryside.

Now Xu Qing has a lot of money on him.

But after nearly a year of hard work in the factory and dealing with everyone in the compound.

Xu Qing's disposition has gradually changed.

He has been able to properly handle these issues.

On the weekend morning, the sun was shining brightly. Xu Qing wore clean clothes. He put the panda pendant that the little girl and his third brother Xu Fengming had been playing with for several days into his pocket, and then stood at the door of the house and wiped the upper of the shoe with a shoe brush. After brushing away the mud spots, he stomped his feet, turned around and said to his second brother Xu Aiguo:

"Brother has something to do, so he won't go home for dinner at noon. You and your younger siblings will heat the food I left in the morning into the pot, and you will eat it yourself."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then said, "If something happens to you, just go to the second uncle and the second aunt."

Xu Aiguo held the junior high school textbook in his hand and nodded.

Xu Qing left the backyard and passed through the middle courtyard when he met Si Zhu wearing a new outfit.

In the breast pocket of Shazhu's clothes, he held a pack of Peony cigarettes and a pen, and he looked very well organized.

This weekend, everyone in the compound is very busy.

Xu Qing is going to celebrate his partner's birthday.

Silly Zhu is going on a blind date, and his aunt, who is considered a matchmaker, is waiting for Silly Zhu and is ready to go together.

And the third master in the front yard promised Xu Qing to help Aiguo take the high school entrance examination. After eating early in the morning, he rode his bicycle out.

Xu Qing then walked through the front yard and out of the compound with Silly Zhu and Da Ma.

At the entrance of the alley, Xu Qing and Shazhu separated, walked along the bustling and lively street, and went to Ma Jiefang's house alone.

(End of this chapter)