Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 230 Jia Zhang’s family eats and drinks

Xu Qing stood at the door of his house, smoking a cigarette with Ma Jiefang, and chatting with Er Mazi at the same time.

Er Mazi was considered to be a person who had already decided on the major events in his life. He reached out and held his eldest son who was standing beside him and could run, and said to Xu Qing:

"Qingzi, can you get married too? Dude, I've been waiting for your wedding wine for a long time!"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Wait, when I get married, I will definitely not be able to leave you behind!"

Seeing Xu Damao getting married in the courtyard today, Xu Qing really wanted to hurry up with Ma Jinghong and get things done.

However, the second brother and the third brother haven't graduated from high school yet. As the eldest brother, if he gets married, let alone other things, he will not care about living in two houses at home.

This is a hassle.

In the compound, it would be fine to rent another house.

The problem is that it costs money to rent a house. Although the rent will not be high, it is still a neighbor in a large courtyard. It is relatively cheaper than renting outside.

But the miscellaneous expenses of getting married are not small, and you need money for everything. When you add it all up, it is not a small sum.

Of course, in the past few years, Xu Qing has saved some, plus his grandparents in the countryside, who save money every year, will give a dozen or 20 yuan.

With this kind of money, it is barely enough to get married.

It's just that getting married is easy, but things after getting married are not.

From now on, he and Ma Jinghong will live their own lives together, and the second and third brothers, as well as the younger sister, will no longer be able to take care of them.

Although the three of them have grown up, they are still studying and unable to earn money. The future expenses will eventually fall on him, the eldest brother.

You can't get married by yourself, so just let your brothers and sisters just leave it alone.

Even Sha Zhu knew that if he wanted to get married, he would have to wait until his sister Yu Yu came out of school.

Xu Qing naturally understands this better.

Therefore, Xu Qing sighed in his heart, secretly feeling that he could only wait for another year or two, after his second brother and third brother graduated from high school, before talking about getting married.

By then, whether it is the second brother or the third brother, they can earn money to support themselves, and Xu Qing will no longer have to worry about them.

As for my sister, she is the only one left, so everything will be fine.

Even if you move out of the compound and rent a house outside, it doesn't matter.

But right now, there is really no rush to get married.

Ma Jiefang, who was on the side, suddenly interjected: "Brother Qingzi, you and my fifth sister really need to hold on tight."

Xu Qing is almost ready for this.The brother-in-law, who had no doubts, was speechless. He looked up and saw the first uncle Yi Zhonghai, shouting loudly to start the banquet. He took the opportunity to change the topic and said:
"Let's go, let's get seated quickly."

As Yi Zhonghai's words fell to the ground, the noisy crowd all sat in front of the banquet table placed in the courtyard.

Ma Jiefang and Er Mazi's family of four, as well as Xu Qing's four brothers and sisters, together with Qin Huairu, stick stick and Xiaodang, twelve people sat at a table.

But Er Mazi's youngest daughter didn't take up a seat. Speaking of which, there were actually eleven people sitting.

But Yan Jiedi from the uncle's family squeezed in, and there were still 12 people in the end.

The three brothers Yan Jiecheng and the two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were sitting at the next table.

Serving dishes and so on, arranged by Xu Damao's father, the first mother, the second mother, the third mother, and Jia Zhang's who helped Shazhu cook.

The wedding banquet was held in the compound, and it was enough for four people.

As for the old lady with handicapped legs and feet, she had been seated early in the morning, but she couldn't help with anything. Besides, she was a senior in the compound and was considered an ancestor, so no one dared to ask her to do anything.

In case of any collision, Xu Damao's father was afraid of causing trouble.

The weather was fine and the sun was scorching hot. Everyone in the courtyard was talking and laughing while eating the wedding banquet. No one cared about the heat.

When Xu Qing saw the eldest mother bringing the food, he quickly stood up, took it, and put it on the table.

Ma Jiefang had already opened the cigarettes and alcohol on the table and was pouring them one by one.

But there were only three people at the table, Xu Qing, Er Mazi and himself drinking.

So Ma Jiefang tried to persuade Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming to drink too.

Xu Aiguo directly waved his hand and said, "Brother Jiefang, I have to go to school in the afternoon, so I dare not drink."

Xu Fengming secretly glanced at Ma Jiefang and gestured to pour him a drink.

The little girl turned her head and flicked her black braids, glanced at her third brother, and reached out to grab her elder brother Xu Qing's arm, Xu Fengming was so frightened that he quickly blocked the wine cup in front of him with his hand.

Seeing this, Ma Jiefang had no choice but to give up, sat on the stool again, picked up the wine cup, and Xu Qing and Er Mazi, the three of them drank.

The two women, Qin Huairu and Chen Xiaojuan, did not drink.

Chen Xiaojuan has to breastfeed her little daughter and cannot drink alcohol.

Qin Huairu, on the other hand, was embarrassed. There were so many people in the courtyard, and there were only two adult women at the table, her and Chen Xiaojuan. She was the only woman drinking along with her, so she didn't drink at all.

Xu Fengming, his second brother, his sister, Qin Huairu, Banggan, and Xiaodang were drinking soda with reluctance on their faces, eager to taste the taste of today's wedding wine.

At this moment, Shazhu, who is the master chef, finally finished his work, sitting on the edge of the Kang in Xu Qing's room, wiping the sweat off his body with a towel, and sucking the cigarette from the corner of his mouth at the same time.

He was a cook, and he had been tired and exhausted all morning. He was really sleepy. Fortunately, he was in his own courtyard, so he lay down on the Kang of Xu Qing's house and fell asleep.

When Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e toasted to everyone, they couldn't find Si Zhu and didn't know where he had gone.

Yan Jiecheng also helped search around, but couldn't find him.

In the end, Xu Fengming told Xu Damao:

"Brother Da Mao, I seem to have seen Brother Yuzhu before, so I went to my house."

Hearing this, Xu Damao ran into Xu Qing's house and saw that Sha Zhu was snoring and sleeping, raised his hand shaking to wake up, turned around and went outside, and called Lou Xiao'e to come over to toast Sha Zhu together.

After all, Shazhu did his best today, no matter what happened in the past, Xu Damao must respect this wine today.

Although Xu Damao wanted to avenge him a long time ago, Silly Zhu took advantage of him to fall asleep and hit the soles of his feet with a feather duster.

But Xu Damao is a smart man, and he doesn't speak and do things regardless of the occasion. Today is his happy day, so he gave up.

Silly Zhu sat on the edge of the kang with a tired look on his face. He took the toast from Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e. After drinking three glasses in a row, he didn't say anything disappointing.

Even when the words came to his lips, they were still swallowed into his stomach together with the wine.

And when Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe were toasting Sha Zhu in Xu Qing's room.

Sitting in the courtyard having a wedding banquet, Mrs. Jia Zhang had half eaten her meal. Taking advantage of the crowd, she secretly made a bowl of braised pork. After covering it with her clothes, she quietly took it back to her room in the middle courtyard.

Because Jia Dongxu was paralyzed and couldn't come out, Jia Zhang placed braised pork, steamed buns, and chopsticks directly in front of him.

Jia Dongxu looked at the braised pork, and asked in a low voice: "Mom, tell me first, did Xu Damao ask me to bring this bowl of braised pork back, or did you secretly serve it yourself?"

Mrs. Jia Zhang didn't expect her son to ask such a question, she was taken aback and said, "Xu Damao is getting married today, what do you think?"

After Jia Zhang finished speaking, she immediately turned around and left the room, continuing to sit in her previous seat and eating, pretending that she had done nothing.

Three or four minutes later, Jiazhang repeated his old tricks, made two bowls of meat dishes, and brought them back to her home.

As the banquet ended, Mrs. Jia Zhang had her stomach full, wiped her mouth, stood up, found Xu Damao's parents alone, and asked for three bowls of meat and vegetables.

(End of this chapter)