Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 217 Return to Forty-Nine City

When Xu Qing woke up, it was around six o'clock in the morning, and there was light rain outside the window.

The raindrops drifted diagonally into the ward, blown by the cool spring breeze.

Xu Qing slept soundly for a few hours and regained a lot of energy. When he saw the sporadic raindrops spilling in from the window, he hurriedly walked over and closed the window.

Looking back, he saw Jinghong who was still sleeping soundly. Xu Qing stretched his waist and prepared to lie down for a while.

It's natural to enjoy such a good opportunity for a while.

Just when Xu Qing wanted to lie down, the door of the ward was pushed open by Jiefang Ma, who was carrying the earlier horse with both hands.

"Brother Qingzi, breakfast."

Ma Jiefang was chewing fried dough sticks in his mouth, and the net bag in his hand also contained steamed buns and fried dough sticks. After entering the ward, he stood directly next to Xu Qing and handed the net bag over.

Xu Qing knew there was no chance, so he grabbed a fried dough stick from his net bag and started to bite it.

At the same time, Ma Jinghong, who was sleeping soundly, opened her eyes and saw her brother Jiefang coming over with breakfast early in the morning. She reached out and pushed Xu Qing and said:

"After breakfast later, go to rest quickly, don't stay with me all the time."

Xu Qing bit the deep-fried dough stick, seeing his partner looking at him with disgust, he was speechless.

Women are really fickle. If you talk to her, she thinks you are annoying, so if you don't talk to her, she thinks you are not good enough for her.

Xu Qing chewed the fritters without saying a word. Ma Jiefang reached out and took out a steamed stuffed bun, handed it to Fifth Sister, and grinned, "Fifth Sister, I don't care if you two flirt, but don't pretend that I don't exist. You guys, have you considered my feelings?"

Xu Qing and Ma Jinghong glared at Ma Jiefang at the same time.

Ma Jiefang quickly put his net bag next to the bedside, picked up the thermos bottle, and slipped out of the ward to get hot water.

When Ma Jiefang came back, Xu Qing ate two fried dough sticks and a steamed bun and was about to go to the hotel to rest.

Ma Jiefang hurriedly reached out and took out the key, "Brother Qingzi, go and rest. I'll keep an eye on you."

"Liberation, I'll leave this to you. Take good care of your sister."

"Don't worry, Brother Qingzi."

Xu Qing took the key, went downstairs, walked on the street in the drizzle, and walked quickly towards the hotel.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Qing woke up after sleeping for nearly a whole day.

I washed my face sleepily, hurriedly left the hotel and headed back to the hospital.

At this time, the drizzle in the sky had stopped at some point, Xu Qing stepped on the wet ground and walked into the hospital.

When they came to the subject's ward, Ma Jiefang was sitting with Ma Jinghong, Hui Lihua, Wu Xiuying, Li Shuzhen, and Zhao Ailing, chatting together.

After two days of rest, the conditions of Ma Jinghong and Li Shuzhen were much better than at the beginning.

However, logically speaking, the hospital does not allow so many people to stay together, but Ma Jiefang and his party are young people, no one cares if the hospital allows it or not, anyway, they all secretly gathered in Ma Jinghong's ward.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Ma Jiefang went back to the hotel to sleep, while Xu Qing continued to stay at the hospital, acting as a tool for Ma Jinghong and Li Shuzhen.

But when carrying Li Shizhen to the bathroom tonight, Xu Qing asked Ma Jinghong for permission.

Who made Cao Xiaojun not come here? Xu Qing didn't want to carry Li Shuzhen on his back.

And Ma Jinghong is not the kind of person with a small belly. Of course, Xu Qing will not take advantage of Li Shuzhen.

If you want to take it, there were plenty of opportunities before, why take advantage of others at this time.

Besides, Xu Qing is not as fancy as Xu Damao, he can't walk when he sees a beautiful girl.

After sending Li Shuzhen back to the ward with her back on her back, Xu Qing immediately returned to Ma Jinghong's side.

After this incident, the relationship between Xu Qing and Ma Jinghong deepened.

Ma Jinghong, in particular, became increasingly dependent on Xu Qing.

Women are always more emotional, and when they saw Xu Qing asking for leave to accompany her, she felt indescribably moved.

Therefore, in the second half of the night, she asked Xu Qing to squeeze into the same hospital bed with her to rest.

After last night, Ma Jinghong liked the feeling of Xu Qing lying next to her, she felt indescribably at ease and sweet in her heart.

In the dark ward, two people were whispering and cuddling each other.

Xu Qing still didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

Although this opportunity comes once in a lifetime, it is not the right time after all.

It's just holding hands.

Five days later, Cao Chunhua, the team leader, came to the hospital on the morning of the sixth day, visited Ma Jinghong and Li Shuzhen, and told everyone about the follow-up process.

When I came here to perform this time, this kind of thing happened, and the subsequent performances were naturally suspended.

As for the injuries to everyone in the group, the local person in charge had already negotiated with him, the group leader.

How much compensation should be paid, and everything that is not paid will be compensated.

Cao Chunhua handed over the compensation money to everyone intact.

However, because staying here is not an option, Cao Chunhua decided to take everyone back.

Ma Jinghong and Li Shuzhen had difficulty moving, so Cao Chunhua specially arranged a car from the group to pick them up.

Because Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang only asked for leave from the factory for a week, they took advantage of this opportunity to return to Sijiu City together.

The only slight regret is that Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang have no understanding of this strange city.

Although they stayed for nearly a week, the two of them were at the hospital every day, and it could be said that they had never been to other places.

Ma Jiefang still wanted to go out for a stroll, but Xu Qing had no idea.

After all, he didn't come here for tourism.

As soon as he returned to Sijiu City, Xu Qing jumped out of the car first and headed back to his compound.

The car carrying Ma Jinghong and Ma Jiefang continued to the compound of Ma Jiefang's home.

Although the relationship between Xu Qing and Jinghong is increasing day by day, it is not convenient for him to go there because he has not formally shown off to Jinghong's mother.

Secondly, back in Sijiu City, Ma Jinghong has family members to take care of her, so there is no need for Xu Qing to follow her.

Therefore, Xu Qing was wearing dirty clothes that had not been changed for a week. After returning to the compound, Xu Qing rushed into his house as soon as possible and quickly changed into a clean outfit.

San Xiao only saw that the eldest brother finally came back, and kept asking.

"Brother, what have you been doing these days? You haven't been home for several days. My second and third brothers and I miss you."

The little girl stood next to Xu Qing who had just changed clothes, raising her head with a look of concern on her little face.

Xu Qing buttoned up his clothes and said, "I went outside to do some errands."

Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming stood aside, and when they heard what the elder brother said, they nodded along with the little girl.

After not being at home for a few days, Xu Qing looked at his younger siblings and said, "Have you three read well while I've been away?"

The little girl smiled and said: "Brother, my second brother and I watch it every day. My third brother, his eldest brother, he ran away."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Fengming rubbed oil on his feet and slipped out of the house.

Xu Qing knew that he had not read the book and felt guilty.

However, seeing Xu Fengming walking out of the backyard in the blink of an eye, he didn't stop him and scold him.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Fengming returned to the courtyard carrying a bundle of firewood.

Seeing his elder brother Xu Qing sitting in the yard chatting with the old lady, Xu Fengming lowered his head in embarrassment, as if to apologize:

"Brother, I haven't read much these days. If you want to clean it up, I can do it. But first, can I put this firewood at the door of our house?"

Seeing the firewood on the third brother's back, Xu Qing couldn't laugh or cry.

Of the three younger brothers and sisters, he is the most noisy and loves to cause trouble, but every time he wants to deal with him, he can find a way to make people less angry.

"You picked it up yourself?" Xu Qing looked at Xu Fengming, smoking a cigarette.

"Yeah." Xu Fengming nodded.

Xu Qing took another look at the bundle of firewood on the third brother's back, saw that he had picked up a lot today, and he couldn't speak up if he wanted to reprimand him severely, so he said, "Go and put it by the door."

As if Xu Fengming was granted an amnesty, he immediately ran towards the door of his house with firewood on his back.

At this time, Shazhu, Qin Huairu and Xu Damao returned to the compound after getting off work from the factory. When they learned that Xu Qing was back, Shazhu walked straight into the backyard, walked to the door of the old lady's house in two steps, and sat down Xu Qing said next to him:
"Qingzi, you were in such a hurry to go out last week, what were you doing?"

As soon as Silly Zhu finished speaking, Xu Damao stopped his bicycle in front of Xu Qing, leaned forward, lay on the front of the car, and turned to look at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing scratched his head and said, "Hey, something urgent happened, so I went out to deal with it."

Silly Zhu groaned, reached out to take the cigarette from Xu Qing, lit it and started smoking.

Xu Damao continued to lie on the bicycle, holding the cigarette that Xu Qinggang threw to him in his mouth, pedaling with his right foot, looking at Xu Qing twice, seeing that Xu Qing didn't want to continue talking, he turned his head and stretched out his hand He snatched the cigarette from the corner of Zhu's mouth, turned it on the fire, took two sips, and told Xu Qing about some things that happened in the factory recently.

Xu Damao is well-informed. Although he has not yet become a cadre, he knows almost everything about the factory.

It's just that nothing major happened in the factory, it was just trivial matters.

So after Xu Qing heard what Xu Damao said, he didn't take it seriously.

In any case, it is not the most turbulent time right now, and some signs of things changing are still just minor troubles.

Xu Qing sat in the yard chatting with Sha Zhu, Xu Damao, and the old lady, and then went back to the house for dinner.

The little girl's cooking skills are getting better and better, whether it's steaming steamed buns or stir-frying, she's not bad at all.

Xu Qing has really survived now. He feels indescribably comfortable while eating the food cooked by his sister.

After dinner, Xu Qing and the little girl packed up the dishes and put them in the kitchen. After cleaning them, they went to the middle courtyard to find Silly Zhu.

Before leaving last week, he entrusted Shazhu to take care of his younger siblings. Now that he is back, he must thank him.

Xu Qing took a pack of big front doors, entered Sha Zhu's house, and threw it to Sha Zhu directly.

Silly Zhu was sitting on the edge of the kang, looking through the Chinese textbook left by Yu Yu. When he saw the smoke falling in front of him, he immediately raised his head and said:

"Qingzi, what are you doing out here like this?"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Brother Silly Zhu, it's just a pack of cigarettes, take it and smoke it."

Silly Zhu looked at Xu Qing, grinned, opened the cigarette directly, shook out two cigarettes, and handed one of them to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing walked up to Shazhu, looked down at the Chinese textbook, and said suddenly: "Brother Shazhu, you are studying."

There was a trace of embarrassment on Shazhu's face, and he frowned and said: "There is nothing I can do if I don't learn more. My aunt introduced me to someone else. I heard she is an educated girl. I have to hurry up and learn more. Otherwise, if we meet tomorrow, it will be troublesome for the girl to look down on her."

Xu Qing smiled inwardly when he heard this, and left after staying in Sha Zhu's room for a while.

Silly Zhu has to study hard now, Xu Qing cannot disturb him.

At least it is related to Sha Zhu’s blind date tomorrow.

After returning home, Xu Qing saw the little girl sitting on the bench as soon as he entered the room, using a washboard to wash the dirty clothes he had changed today.

Xu Fengming stood aside, holding a ladle in his hand and pouring water into the wash basin.

Xu Qing wanted to squat down and wash himself, but the little girl refused.

"Brother, let me wash it for you. You just came back today, so just rest."

Xu Fengming echoed: "That's right, brother, hurry up and get on the kang. Leave this little matter to me and Xiaoya."

Xu Qing saw his third brother trying to flatter him, and knew that he was trying to please him, but he still raised his hand and patted him on the head.

"Don't think that if you collect firewood for the family today, you'll be fine. From now on, whether I'm at home or not, you can read as you should. Next time, the soles of your shoes will serve you!"

Xu Fengming nodded quickly and said: "Brother, I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again."

Seeing that the third brother was quite positive in admitting his mistake, Xu Qing stopped blaming him.

The third brother's mind is not on studying, no matter how hard he chases after him, it is useless.

We can only wait until he, like Silly Zhu, feels important. At that time, he will read the book without anyone urging him.

Anyway, starting from this year, the college entrance examination will be temporarily suspended, so there is no rush to go to college. As long as my third brother graduates from high school and has a good foundation, remember later, it will not be too late to go to college again.

Ten years is definitely enough time.

As for the second brother, Xu Aiguo, Xu Qing hardly has to worry about it now, because at this moment, he is sitting on the edge of the kang and burying his head in reading.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, after Xu Qing and his younger brothers and sisters washed their feet together, they lay on the kang and turned off the lights to sleep.

The little girl lived alone in the small house next door. In the main house, there were only Xu Qing and his second and third brothers.

Xu Fengming couldn't sleep, so he lay on the edge of the bed, tilted his head and asked his eldest brother Xu Qing:

"Brother, I feel that schools have been closed for several years. Do you think something will happen?"

Xu Qing said nothing. He reached out and took out a cigarette from the pocket of his clothes, lit it with a lighter, took a puff, and asked his second brother Xu Aiguo:

"Patriotic, what do you think?"

At this time, Xu Aiguo also lay on the edge of the kang, thought for a while and said: "Brother, I don't feel normal either, especially this year, classes are suspended more frequently than last year."

Xu Qing stretched out the cigarette in his hand outside the edge of the kang, smoked and asked in a low voice to his second and third brothers: "Then what do you think will happen if this continues?"

Xu Fengming gritted his teeth and said with a chuckle: "Brother, I think, maybe in the second half of the year, we won't have to go to school anymore."

Xu Qing stretched out his hand and patted the third brother's head, "You just want to play every day, don't you?"

Xu Fengming shook his head and said: "No, brother, think about it. School is closed every three days, and we can't study well. Sooner or later, it will definitely shut down with a snap."

Xu Aiguo didn't say anything, and listened to the third brother's words, lying on the edge of the kang quietly thinking.

Xu Qing took two puffs of cigarette, and the red cigarette butt lit up twice instantly in the dark room.

"Don't worry, it won't turn off for a while. Just read your book carefully."

When Xu Fengming heard this, he said oh, with a look of despair on his face.

That night, Xu Qing and his second and third brothers lay on the edge of the kang and chatted for a long time and a lot.

In the past, Xu Qing would not talk deeply about certain things with them. They were young and they might not understand it even if he talked about it.

But now that the two younger brothers have grown up and are both in high school, Xu Qing has to tell them some truths and things.

Of course, Xu Qing didn't mention much about the future, mainly because he said it, which may not be a good thing.

But vaccinations should be given when necessary.

You can't just watch your brothers fall into trouble in the future.

(End of this chapter)