Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 281 Who is the real brother
The earthen kang in the room was burning hot, and the briquettes in the stove were so red that the lid of the stove changed color. The cold water in the kettle placed on it started to boil in a short time.

Compared with the biting cold outside the house, it was like two different worlds.

Xu Qing sat on the kang, and the five of them chatted about trivial matters with his younger siblings and daughter-in-law Jing Hong.

In fact, it's nothing. The third brother will leave again in a few days to go to the countryside and won't be back until the end of the year.

As for when he will come back after the next year, he can't say for sure.

After all, going to the countryside is not like anything else. You can't just leave. Even if you ask for leave, there are a lot of procedures.

It is easier said than done to enter the city.

This year is the first time Xu Fengming has gone to the city to go home.

Fortunately, the state still provides family leave once a year. In addition, Xu Qing had already settled the relationship with his third brother Fengming in advance when he just graduated from high school.

Otherwise, if Xu Fengming is arranged to go to other places outside the province, he may not be able to come home for a few days of family leave.

There's nothing you can do about it. You're far away from home, and you waste time on the road. How can you have time to stay at home?

Therefore, compared with the hundreds of thousands, even hundreds, and tens of millions of young people who went to the mountains or went to the countryside, Xu Fengming was considered lucky among them.

Because he has a big brother - Xu Qing.

Xu Fengming also cherishes this opportunity to go home. He has not seen his brother, sister-in-law and sister for a year, and he has been talking non-stop for the past two days.

Of course, Xu Fengming is not as talkative as silly Zhu, and he won't keep talking all the time by himself.

However, when he told about some interesting and interesting things he encountered while he was going to the countryside, the little girl and Xu Aiguole's stomach hurts, and tears almost burst out of laughter.

Interesting things in the countryside are different from those in the city. However, in fact, there are also a lot of nonsense things.

It's just that Xu Fengming won't talk about those shabby things and disturbing things, such as fights between neighbors, brothers turning against each other, making broken shoes, etc., a basket and a dustpan can't be filled. If you really want to say, Xu Fengming can talk about it for ten days and a half months. Bring heavy samples.

But those things are meaningless, why should Xu Fengming talk about them?
Ma Jinghong sat on the kang with her back against the quilt. She couldn't help laughing, but she didn't dare to laugh loudly. She was pregnant and had to control her emotions.

Xu Qing listened quietly without interrupting, letting his third brother dance and talk.

After a while, Xu Qingcai said: "Feng Ming, how are grandpa and grandma doing? Second dad, third aunt, fourth aunt, are they all right?"

Xu Fengming suppressed his playful smile and said: "Grandpa and grandma are fine. Grandpa didn't work much in the fields this year. Second dad helped plant the land. Third aunt and fourth aunt's family can barely live, but third aunt's son died not long ago." , I had a fight with the captain of the production team in their village, and almost got criticized. Fortunately, my fifth grandfather, who is the old party secretary, and I told the commune, and the matter was kept from getting too big."

Xu Qing nodded upon hearing this.

For relatives, Xu Qing is not able to help at the moment, his own affairs are not settled, and he really has no energy to help them.

Furthermore, the distance is too far, and if you are not in front of you, even if you can help a little, the distant water cannot save the nearby fire.

I can only talk about it later, there are only two things that Xu Qing cares about right now.

First, my younger siblings will go to college next year.

Secondly, the daughter-in-law is about to give birth now.

Xu Qing is going to be a father soon, Xu Qing is both excited and apprehensive, he doesn't know whether the arrival of this little life will be good or bad in this year.

In any case, the shortage of domestic supplies has not eased, and the birth of a child will inevitably lead to suffering.

But the situation is not entirely bad, it's not bad either. Xu Qing is now a second-level clerk in the factory, earning a salary of 70 yuan per month.

Ma Jinghong's salary in the cultural troupe is not low. It is more than enough for two people to raise a child.

As for the living expenses and other expenses for his younger siblings after they enter college, Xu Qing can also come up with it.

After all, it has the ability to 'split into two', which can save a lot of money on daily expenses.

In these days, the country attaches great importance to college students and will issue various subsidies.

Coupled with Xu Qing's existing savings, this is not a big problem.

The only thing that worries Xu Qing is that there may be something wrong with the recommendation of his third brother to get a place to enter the university.

People in the city are mixed, but the countryside is the same.

Next year will be the first year that the country implements "workers, peasants and soldiers" to go to college, and there must be many people staring at them.

Xu Qing had to think of a way earlier.

But for the time being, Xu Qing didn't know how to tell his third and second brothers.

On the one hand, the two of them have just started working, and they have relatively few contacts and experiences, so they can't help much in this matter right now.

On the other hand, speaking out will only add to their troubles.

These days, Xu Qing has only talked with his daughter-in-law Jing Hong lying in bed at night.

Of course, Xu Qing has a solution. Over the years, he has kept in touch with Li Fenghong, the editor-in-chief of the workers' newspaper. With such a person around, things will not be too difficult.

At the same time, Xu Qing is not in a hurry to be promoted in these changing years.

I have always been stable in the factory. Every time I was promoted, I worked steadily. I gradually got to know more and more people, and the people I made friends with were all cadres.

Whether it is personal connections or interpersonal circles, they are no longer the same.

However, Xu Qing was developing his career in the city and did not have much contact with the communes in the countryside, so it was necessary to be cautious.

In a few days, it was time for Xu Fengming to leave.

Early in the morning, Xu Qing and Xu Aiguo, who had asked for leave from the factory, took their third brother Feng Ming, who was wearing a new padded jacket, and the little girl who was going to work in the state-owned store. The four brothers and sisters went to the state-owned store together.

The third brother is going back to the countryside. As the eldest brother, Xu Qing naturally has to buy some useful things for him so that he can take them to the countryside.

The countryside is no better than the city, and it is really inconvenient to buy things. While it was still early, I bought them directly in the city. After the third brother of the province arrived in the countryside, he had to go to great lengths to entrust someone to carry them.

It's just that Xu Fengming didn't let his eldest brother pay. He had his own salary and bought what he needed.

Xu Qing smiled at this and said nothing. He felt that his third brother had really grown up.

Two pieces of pancreas, one towel, three catties of fruit candy, two cheap cigarettes, plus one catty of toffee.
Things were stuffed into a net bag full of things. Before leaving, Xu Fengming took out the toffee from the net bag and secretly stuffed it into his second brother Xu Aiguo and gave it to his sister-in-law Jinghong.

Because he was afraid that his eldest brother would disapprove.

The more Xu Qing knew Xu Fengming, the more Xu Fengming knew his elder brother.

Who are the brothers?

Xu Aiguo understood what his third brother was thinking, and after taking the toffee, he hurriedly hid it on his body.

It wasn't until he and his eldest brother Xu Qing sent the third brother away, and after the two returned to their own room in the compound, that Xu Aiguo smiled and took out the toffee given by the third brother from his body.

"Sister-in-law, Feng Ming bought this for you specially, saying that you are pregnant now, eat more good food, and keep up with your nutrition."

When Xu Qing saw the milk candy, he couldn't laugh or cry.

He didn't expect that the third brother and the second brother would actually work together to hide the candy.

At this moment, even if Xu Qing wanted to say a few words to his third brother, he had no chance.

When Ma Jinghong saw this and heard the patriotic words, her heart suddenly warmed up.

She originally wanted to send Feng Ming off today, but the weather was bad and her health didn't allow it, so she had to stay indoors.

Looking at Toffee at this time, Ma Jinghong felt more and more that her two brothers-in-law were really better than Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang in the front yard.

Not just a little bit stronger, but a lot.

She had never heard that Yu Li had received things from Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang.

And today, I received the toffee specially bought by Feng Ming, how could I not be happy?

As soon as Xu Fengming left, the family returned to its usual appearance.

After Xu Qing and Aiguo had lunch at noon, they rode to the factory to work.

After returning to the compound after get off work in the afternoon, Xu Qing was stopped by the third uncle Yan Bugui as soon as he entered the front yard.

"Xu Qing, I heard from your aunt that your younger brother Feng Ming is going to the countryside again today?"

Xu Qing pushed the bicycle and said with hum, "Yes, Fengming's family leave is over and he has to go back."

"Are you coming back for Chinese New Year?" Yan Bugui asked immediately.

Xu Qing shook his head, "I won't come back."

Yan Bugui let out a groan, but said nothing more.

As a neighbor, the third master just asked casually.

Xu Qing exchanged a few words with him, then stamped his feet and continued to push the cart back toward the backyard.

The weather is getting colder day by day, and the snow from the previous few days has begun to melt in the past two days, making it even more freezing.

After Xu Aiguo got off work in the afternoon, he was dragged by Er Mazi to drink.

In fact, Er Mazi also invited Xu Qing, but Xu Qing didn't go. His wife was pregnant, so how could he leave her at home and go and be cool by himself.

Back in the backyard, as soon as Xu Qing parked his bicycle towards the door of the house, he opened the curtain and entered the house.

At this time, the little girl who worked in the state-owned store had returned first and was currently in the kitchen, busy making dinner alone.

Seeing this, Xu Qing stood by the edge of the kang, talked to his wife Jing Hong for a while, washed his hands, and walked into the kitchen to help his sister cook together.

The situation at home is getting better every year, and the frequency of eating meat has recently increased.

In the past few days since Xu Fengming came back, his family eats it every day.

Although the third brother left today, the dinner was still delicious.

Ma Jinghong is now the baby of the family, so she naturally needs to be taken care of.

Ma Jinghong can not only eat meat every day, but also eggs in the morning and evening.

When supplies are tight, Xu Qing will think of ways to get more stuff out.

Whether it's egg tickets or meat tickets, Xu Qing has been doing a lot these days.

In addition to the second brother and the little girl contributing their own votes, brother-in-law Ma Jiefang and engaged Wu Yuemei also gave their votes to Xu Qing.

After all, Ma Jinghong is Ma Jiefang's fifth sister. The two siblings used to fight a lot, but after Jinghong became pregnant, Ma Jiefang still missed her and felt distressed.

In recent months, as soon as the factory pays wages and issues certificates, Ma Jiefang immediately gives the tickets to Xu Qing.

In addition, he also helped Xu Qing borrow a lot from the factory.

It can be said that the eggs at Xu Qing’s house have hardly broken this year.

It made Jinghong lose her appetite when she saw the eggs.

But for the sake of the baby in my stomach, I still insist on eating two pills a day.

Xu Qing wrote down all the egg stamps that Ma Jiefang helped him borrow from others in a notebook.

But in fact, Xu Qing can't use so many egg tickets and meat tickets at all. Now that his younger siblings are working, Xu Qing has the ability to divide them into two. There is really no shortage of eggs, pork, etc. at home.

It's just that Xu Qing couldn't refuse his brother-in-law's eagerness to help. The more tickets he had, the more he would get if he divided them up with his abilities.

If so, the more the merrier!
At worst, I'll pay it back slowly later.

Ma Jinghong has been eating well recently, she has gained a lot of weight, and has become richer.

Yu Li, who was also pregnant in the front yard, was not so lucky.

Yan Jiecheng and his three younger brothers and sisters did not get along well.

Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi didn't bother to care whether Yu Li was pregnant.

Anyway, they don't like to see Li, the sister-in-law.

Yu Li wanted to eat well, but she couldn't. She saw Ma Jinghong in the courtyard having everything she wanted and eating whatever she wanted. She was jealous and quarreled with Yan Jiecheng in the house all day long.

Yan Xiecheng is an ordinary worker, his salary is not as high as Xu Qing's, and his brother and sister are at odds. His personal ability is a bit, but not strong, and he is always controlled by Yu Li. Yu Li almost helped him grow his brain.

Even if I want to get something good, I can’t get it.

I can only pester the third uncle and the third aunt to make them think about it.

The third master, Yan Bugui, and his wife were bothering to sigh and sigh all day long, so angry that they were dying.

This made the first aunt, Jia Zhang and the second aunt in the courtyard watch jokes every day.

Yan Bugui was a little confused at first about the abundance of eggs in Xu Qing's family, but later he heard from Si Zhu that Xu Qing's brother-in-law Ma Jiefang was in the factory every day asking who had eggs, and he gradually lost his temper.

Xu Qing has someone to help him with things, so it is normal to have a lot of eggs at home.

Furthermore, Xu Qing is a cadre, and his younger sister Xiaoya works in a state-owned store.

As for Yan Bugui, the sons and daughters of his family, when they thought of this, they didn't want to say anything.

Because I said too much, it was all tears!

After dark at night, the courtyard outside the house becomes very cold, and the chill surges, so cold people dare not stay in the courtyard.

At this time, Xu Qing and the little girl brought the meals prepared in the kitchen to the kang in the front room.

The three of them sat together and had dinner.

Xu Aiguo hadn't come back yet, so Xu Qing didn't wait any longer. He thought his second brother would stay at Er Mazi's house for dinner.

The little girl put the egg custard just out of the pot in front of Jinghong, and said:

"Sister-in-law, eat it while it's hot. I poured two drops of sesame oil into it today. It's delicious."

Ma Jinghong pushed the egg custard to the little girl and said, "Xiaoya, my sister-in-law doesn't want to eat it today, you can eat it."

The little girl shook her head and said: "Sister-in-law, you are pregnant. You need to eat more. I will eat steamed buns with my elder brother."

Ma Jinghong smiled bitterly and turned to look at Xu Qing, asking for help.

Xu Qing knew that his daughter-in-law was tired of eating. She ate an egg every morning and evening. No matter how good the food was, no one could bear it.

Xu Qing put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at the little girl, and said with a smile:
"Xiaoya, you can eat this bowl of egg custard."

"No, I made it for my sister-in-law. How can I eat it?"

Seeing that the little girl didn't want to eat, Xu Qing thought about it and said:

"That's good, let the three of us share it."

(End of this chapter)