Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 209
Night, dark and dull.

The evening breeze carries the coolness of the night and floats in the backyard.

In Xu Damao's house, a fight between gods was going on.

Ever since he and Lou Xiao'e confirmed their relationship, they often got into bed together.

Even though he hadn't been engaged at the beginning, after Xu Damao coaxed Lou Xiao'e with sweet words, he immediately started to play tricks.

These days, although men and women are more conservative in their thoughts and behaviors.Before getting married, most people would not do anything too outrageous.

But Xu Damao is not the kind of person who follows the rules.

It's just that Xu Damao didn't know at this time that all the tangles he and Lou Xiaoe shared on the kang in the house fell into Shazhu's ears.

Silly Zhu hid outside, and when he heard the sound of dry wood and fire inside, he covered his mouth and laughed endlessly.

It's just that after Shazhu listened for a while, Xu Damao's room fell silent.

Silly Zhu snorted coldly in his heart: "Xu Damao, you only have this little ability, it doesn't look very good."

Silly Zhu whispered, waited for a long time, saw that he couldn't hear anything anymore, so he stooped and tiptoed back to the middle courtyard.

The backyard was completely plunged into the depths of night.

And at the same time.

Xu Qing was sleeping on the kang in the house, he didn't have the thought of a fool, he didn't sleep by himself in the middle of the night, and went to listen to other people's walls.

After working for a day, he was exhausted to death. Although Xu Qing didn't need to work in the workshop anymore, his workload was still not small.

These days, the country is in a period of construction, and as a cadre, it is really necessary to take the lead and take the lead.

It's not that it's okay to sit in the office.

Xu Qing not only has to go to the workshop in person, but also coordinates the production of various workshops and keeps an eye on the progress. From time to time, workers in the workshop have quarrels. As a cadre, he has to mediate.

Fortunately, conflicts don't easily arise between the elders, so things usually don't get too serious.

But once things get serious, it's going to be a big fight.

Now that Xu Qing has been promoted to a fourth-level clerk, he is responsible for more and more things in the factory.

Every day is busy and not easy at all.

The night passed.

Early in the morning, as soon as Xu Qing got up, he heard the sound of bicycles in the courtyard.

Pushing open the door and walking out, Xu Qing saw Xu Damao get on the bike early and drove Lou Xiaoe out of the compound.

When Xu Qing and the little girl stepped into the middle courtyard after breakfast, Shazhu stretched his waist, smoked a cigarette, walked up to Xu Qing, opened his mouth and yawned, apparently listening to Xu Damao's wall last night, Had a good night's rest.

At the entrance of the alley, after Xu Qing and his sister separated, Sha Zhu told Xu Qing with a smirk on what he heard last night.

Xu Qing put his hands in his pockets and couldn't help but smile to himself. Seeing that Sha Zhu was beaming with joy, he didn't interrupt him and let Sha Zhu ramble on, but looked towards both sides of the street.

I don’t know how many batches of the slogans on the street have been changed. The big-character posters cover one another, and the black and white characters are very conspicuous.

This year, there are far fewer vendors selling marinated and boiled fire on the street than last year.

There are some changes on the street, but they are not big in general. Some old buildings are only repaired.

The difficulty has not gone away, nor is it over, but relatively speaking, life is a little easier.

In terms of food, they are no longer as nervous as during the famine period, but in terms of clothing, they are still the same as before.

The two of them were almost at the gate of the factory, so Sha Zhu kept silent.

However, Xu Damao, who sent Lou Xiao'e away, drove over from behind on a bicycle. Hearing some words, his face turned livid in joy. He raised his foot and kicked Shazhu, pinched the brake, stopped the car, and cursed:

"Silly you bastard, are you sick? You don't sleep at night, you run outside my house to listen to the wall, why didn't you freeze to death!"

Silly Zhu snorted, with a cigarette in his mouth, looked at Xu Damao who was out of breath, bared his teeth and said with a sneer:
"Xu Damao, you dare to do it yourself, are you afraid of being heard?!"

After Shazhu finished speaking, he added another sentence: "It will be over in a few minutes, you are really imaginary."

When Xu Damao heard this, his face turned red, and his neck also turned red. He glared at Sha Zhu, furious, threw the bicycle to Xu Qing, and rolled up his sleeves to gesture to Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu stared provocatively and said: "Xu Damao, come on, buddies are afraid of you? Don't accept it!"

Xu Damao gritted his teeth in hatred, swung his fist with his right hand, and threw a punch at Sha Zhu, and hurriedly retreated to Xu Qing's side.

Sha Zhu received a punch, how could he just let it go, with a stalk in the neck, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and was about to make a gesture with Xu Damao.

Xu Damao circled around the bicycle and Xu Qing, angrily yelling at Silly Zhu:
"Sinzhu, you kid, wait until your wedding day. Qingzi and I will have to lie outside the window of your house all night!"

Sha Zhu sneered, "Xu Damao, I'm not afraid of Grandpa, you think everyone is like you, so it's not good."

Xu Qing saw these two people arguing and said with a wry smile:

"Brother Silly Zhu, Brother Da Mao, stop making trouble, you will be late for work later."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, Sha Zhu stopped chasing Xu Damao around the bicycle.

But after entering the factory, Shazhu still seized the opportunity, kicked Xu Damao and punched him back.

How could Silly Zhu let Xu Damao take advantage of him!
Xu Damao pushed his bicycle with an annoyed look on his face. However, there were many people around him and he did not dare to make trouble with Silly Zhu.

After all, after entering the factory, if someone from the security department sees them fighting, they will inevitably be criticized.

What's more, he was ignored by Si Zhu last night. If Si Zhu was so anxious and said it directly in front of so many people in the factory, he would be embarrassed.

When eating in the cafeteria at noon, Ma Jiefang and Er Mazi sat beside Xu Qing, whispering about some gossip currently circulating in the factory.

Xu Qing did not participate.

He knew what was going to happen in the future, and this kind of gossip didn't sound very interesting.

Although Xu Qing cannot accurately grasp some details, he still has a good idea of ​​the general direction of future development.

Ma Jiefang is now considered a cadre. Although he was promoted through the factory's "work-for-work" program and did not go through the formalities, in name, his title of cadre is secure.

Er Mazi didn't get it, but he was also promoted to a third-level fitter, and his salary increased a lot accordingly. He and Chen Xiaojuan raised two children together, and they lived a happy life.

But whether it was Ma Jiefang or Er Mazi, there was still a big gap between the two of them compared with Xu Qing.

To say that the most obvious manifestation is in terms of wages.

Xu Qing now earns 56 yuan a month.

48 yuan for a second-level and third-level fitter.

Ma Jiefang, a seventh-level clerk, earns 37 yuan, the lowest among the three.

Speaking of which, these years have also made progress and improvement.

As for Sha Zhu listening to Xu Damao's wall, Xu Qing didn't tell them.

Silly Zhu didn't talk about the door, but Xu Qing didn't like to talk about it.

After the three of them finished lunch and left the cafeteria, Er Mazi went back to the third workshop to rest, while Ma Jiefang followed Xu Qing to Xu Qing's office.

Ma Jiefang is also a cadre now, and when he has nothing to do, he goes to Xu Qing's office to wander around.

And Xu Qing was still in the original six-person office, and his colleagues were still Qian Bing, Tian Zhongqing, Wei Shengli, Chen Guodong, and Wu Yuemei.

It's just that Ma Jiefang fell in love with Wu Yuemei.

Therefore, Ma Jiefang came to Xu Qing more frequently.

At the moment, the two of them are having a quarrel for some unknown reason.

As soon as Wu Yuemei entered the office, she saw Ma Jiefang, her expression turned cold, she turned around and went out again.

Ma Jiefang followed immediately.

Xu Qing was left sitting alone in the office, speechless.

(End of this chapter)