Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 282 My brother-in-law is getting married
Xu Qing knew why the little girl didn't eat. She was afraid that if she ate it, her daughter-in-law Jinghong would have nothing to eat in the future.

But now there are a lot of eggs at home, and it doesn’t mean that just because one or two are missing, we will no longer be able to eat them for two or three meals.

Although these days, materials are scarce and all kinds of things are scarce, which makes people a little scared.

And Xu Qing knew that the hard days in the future would never happen again, and everything would gradually get better.

As long as you change the starting point, all problems will no longer be a problem.

At that time, as long as a person with a flexible mind was diligent, he would not be short of food and clothing, and those with a high degree of education could be like a fish in water.

Now it is the end of the year, and it will be 1970 in the new year, and everything will not be too long.

Seeing that the little girl still refused to agree, Xu Qing had to do it himself and divide the egg custard into three parts, one for himself, one for Jinghong, and one for the little girl.

For Xu Qing, the two people in front of him were the daughter-in-law he married last year and the younger sister who had been dependent on each other since childhood.

We are all relatives, the palms and backs of our hands are all flesh,

Naturally, anyone can eat good food.

In the courtyard outside the house, the biting cold wind was roaring, bringing with it a blanket of snow, descending on the world like a surprise at night.

Inside the house, Xu Qing, his daughter-in-law and younger sister were sitting on the warm kang, having dinner.

At this point, everyone in the courtyard was sitting in their respective rooms and eating. Xu Damao, who lived in the backyard, was sitting in his own home, eating while listening to Qin Jingru say that Xu Fengming had left today.

The expression on Xu Damao's face was slightly taken aback, but he didn't feel anything.

Xu Fengming was leaving today, and Xu Damao knew it.

On the day Xu Fengming returned to the city a few days ago, Xu Damao went to Xu Qing's house to sit alone for a while in the evening and listened to Xu Fengming talk about returning to the commune today.

Moreover, in Xu Damao's view, whether Xu Fengming leaves or not has little impact on him.

Xu Fengming is not his brother, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Furthermore, he is now in a high position in the factory, and anyone who sees him must be respectful and polite.

In addition, Xu Damao also wanted to get rid of the surname Li, so that he could be the leader himself.

Xu Damao's ambition has grown. How can a mere deputy director satisfy him.

It's a pity that no matter how bright his mind is and how shrewd he is, he is still a little immature compared to the old fox named Li.

The city and ambition of the man named Li are deeper and bigger than him.

Xu Damao has just been promoted from a projectionist, and he can't compare with him in terms of his wrists and feet.

However, since Xu Damao has this idea, he will not give up easily.

He wanted to make a name for himself in the factory, he wanted to trample Li under his feet, he wanted to be proud, and he wanted to return all the grievances he had suffered all these years.

However, Xu Damao was out of ideas for the time being, and he couldn't tell others casually. Even if he wanted to ask Xu Qing, who was more educated than him, for advice, he didn't dare.

A person can only think of a solution secretly.

However, even if Xu Damao took the initiative to find Xu Qing, Xu Qing didn't bother to pay attention to his affairs.

Before Xu Damao became an official, he was a pretty good person, but since he became the deputy director of the factory, he has changed a lot.

Especially when I divorced Lou Xiao'e and broke up with San Huzi, it was called a decisive break!
It is simply a cold-blooded animal with no emotion.

Xu Qing deliberately kept a distance from Xu Damao, because it was impossible to communicate with him normally now.

When Xu Damao became an official, he got up, and couldn't listen to what Xu Qing said.

That being the case, why bother playing the piano to a cow.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Xu Aiguo, who was a little drunk, held the flashlight Er Mazi gave him and walked back to the compound in the snow.

In the dark night, the snowflakes are crystal clear and bright reflected by the light beams, and a layer of snowflakes falling on the ground is more like a white blanket.

It was early in the morning, and on weekends, the people who went to work in the compound didn't get up early.

Although the sky was bright, it was gloomy, and the snow continued to fall all night. It was already past eight o'clock when Xu Qing got up, and he was an early wakeup in the quiet courtyard.

It's snowing today, the weather is cold and freezing, and no one wants to get up early.

You don’t have to go to work anyway, so why do you get up so early?

Xu Qing couldn't sleep anymore. Last night he dreamed of returning to the afterlife. After opening his eyes in the morning, he no longer had the mood to sleep.

I had no choice but to get dressed, stand alone outside the house, and smoke quietly.

The snow in the courtyard has accumulated a bit thickly all night, and ice slips are hung on the eaves, and the walls are white with frost. Winter is winter again, the same as in previous years, but it seems different.

There are changes, but overall they don't seem to be much.

Just like whether it is now or in future generations, life or life, year or four seasons, the sun still rises in the east and sets in the west, and people are always busy for life.

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and took a puff of cigarette, his eyes were full of thoughts.

Xu Qing now does not have to worry about food and clothing. This is the biggest difference from when he was in 62.

At the same time, his younger siblings have also grown up, so Xu Qing gradually has fewer things to worry about.

Fortunately, the relationship between Xu Qing and the three little ones has not been alienated by the passage of time, on the contrary, with the passage of time, it has grown and become closer.

However, the younger brothers and sisters have become busy now, and they no longer have the fun of hanging around the eldest brother Xu Qing when they were in junior high school or elementary school.

Looking back, Xu Qing really misses those hard days. Although there was nothing at home at that time, his brothers and sisters all thought it was delicious when they ate a roasted sweet potato, which made them happy all night.

As for what the people in the courtyard think, Xu Qing doesn't care.

Now, still don't care.

Life at home is getting easier, everyone in the compound is jealous, Xu Qing knows it well.

But it doesn't matter, they are jealous and let them go, just like it's going to snow this winter, if it can't be stopped, then let it fall.

There will be a day when it stops, the clouds will clear up and the sun will come out.

Xu Qing stubbed out the cigarette, looked at the white snow, withdrew his distracted thoughts, and turned to look at the cold and untouchable bicycle.

In the past few years since I bought the car, I have done a lot of things, and it has made me go to and from work much faster. Even if I go to a state-owned store to buy something, I can put the bicycle on the crossbar or the back seat and it will be much more relaxed.

Humming and humming, not to mention spending a lot of time on the road, I was extremely tired.

But having said that, Xu Qing didn't have a car before, so he really didn't have to carry it. He didn't have it, but others did. There was Xu Damao in the courtyard, and there was an old classmate in the factory, and now his brother-in-law Ma Jiefang.

Xu Qing can always borrow a car if he goes to them.

Right now, Xu Qing is holding the cold handlebars with his warm hands, having nothing to do, squatting down, holding a handful of the snow on the ground under the eaves, pressing his palms tightly, and using the snow to cover the snow on the car. The stain rubs off.

Xu Qing is not as diligent as the third uncle. Whenever he has free time, he goes to clean and wash the car.

It's not like Damao is so lazy that he doesn't clean up once every ten days and a half.

Xu Qing insists on cleaning it once a month to prevent the bicycle from looking too dirty. As a cadre, it is necessary to maintain it decently.

It's not a good idea to be sloppy all day.

Xu Qing squeezed the snow and wiped the car for a while, and his hands turned red from the cold. But after a while, his hands began to heat up again.

Xu Qing couldn't help but think of an old saying that he didn't know where he heard it. It is said that if you have frostbite on your hands in winter, you can wash it with snow a few times and it will get better.

Whether it is true or not, Xu Qing is not quite sure.

He has never suffered from frostbite, but there must be some truth to this saying being passed down.

Xu Qing was busy for a while. The door of the next door room creaked open. The little girl, wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, stepped out of the room. When she saw Xu Qing, she said with a smile on her pretty face:
"Brother, you woke up so early, why don't you sleep more and spend more time with my sister-in-law."

Xu Qing patted off the muddy snow in his hands, stood up and said, "I can't sleep anymore, get up and clean the car."

The little girl took a breath of air-conditioning, shivered, looked at Xu Qing's frozen red hands, with a reproachful expression on her face, "Brother, you are so serious, what are you doing to wipe the car with snow in such a cold day, you can eat it later After breakfast, I will bring a basin of hot water out and help you clean up."

Xu Qing looked at the little girl and smiled without saying a word.

Living in the city, there is really nothing to do in the middle of winter, and during the rest of the day, there is nothing to be busy with.

You go to work every month and the factory pays you wages. During the rest of the time, even if you want to do other side jobs, you are not allowed to do so these days.

Otherwise, why are there always so many trivial things happening in the compound?

If people in the city are busy from morning to night every day, Jia Zhang will have no time to be angry with others, and Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu of the second uncle's family will not have the time to challenge Liu Haizhong.

Speaking of the two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, Xu Qing hadn't seen much in the courtyard these days, and he didn't know if they were busy with work or were messing around with other things.

Xu Qing didn't pay much attention to this. The two brothers were not good at each other, so he didn't want to pay much attention to it.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the snow stopped, but the sky was gray and the clouds were very low. It seemed like it would rain again today.

Xu Qing was in the house with his second brother Aiguo, his wife Jinghong, and the little girl. The four of them were just getting ready to have breakfast.

Suddenly the ringing bell of a bicycle came from the courtyard.

The sound of jingling bells instantly echoed in the backyard.

"Brother-in-law, have you woke up with my sister yet?"

Hearing Ma Jiefang's voice coming from outside the house, Xu Qing and Jing Hong looked at each other, put down the buns and chopsticks in their hands, turned around and got off the kang to open the door.

However, before Xu Qing could reach the door of the house, Ma Jiefang lifted the curtain, pushed open the door, and walked in. At the same time, he also let the cold air from outside into the house.

As soon as Ma Jiefang entered the room, he reached out and took off the locomotive hat on his head. While shaking the snowflakes on it vigorously, he said to Xu Qing and Jing Hong:

"Brother-in-law, Fifth Sister, why do you just eat? I already ate at home."

"Have you eaten it? That's just right, I won't let your brother-in-law bring you bowls and chopsticks." Ma Jinghong yelled at Ma Jiefang.

On Ma Jiefang's frozen red cheeks, a hint of displeasure suddenly appeared.

"Fifth sister, I'm your own younger brother. When I come to your house, I won't take care of my food. I'll go back later and tell our parents to go!"

Ma Jinghong rolled her eyes, Bai Jiefang to Ma, hummed, but didn't answer.

The siblings have often quarreled and fought since they were young, and Ma Jiefang was even bullied a lot.

If he wanted to take advantage of Jinghong, Ma Jiefang might be out of luck in his life.

As the brother-in-law, Xu Qing was used to this. The little girl and Xu Aiguo beside them just smiled and said nothing.

However, the sensible little girl diligently went to the kitchen to get a pair of bowls and chopsticks, placed them in front of Ma Jiefang, who was sitting on the edge of the Kang, and said:

"Brother Jiefang, you ate at your house, come to my house, and eat some more, it won't take up your stomach."

Ma Jiefang smiled, looked up at the little girl, and said, "Xiaoya is the best for me!"

After Ma Jiefang finished speaking, he turned to Xu Qing and said, "Brother-in-law, I finally understand. After you married my sister, you lost all your manliness. You can't even control my sister. You really disappoint me!"

Xu Qing raised his hand and knocked on Ma Jiefang's head. Like Jing Hong, he also rolled his eyes.

Ma Jiefang's face suddenly collapsed and he said, "Look, they are indeed a couple. Brother-in-law, are you still my brother Qingzi? If I had known this, I shouldn't have helped you in the past few years."

Xu Qing smiled wryly in his heart, turned a deaf ear to Ma Jiefang's words, stretched out his hand and pushed the rice soup in front of him to Ma Jiefang.

As for Ma Jinghong, her eyes were sharp for an instant, and she glared at her hapless brother without saying a word.

Half an hour later, Xu Qing and the other two had breakfast. The little girl and Xu Aiguo packed up the dishes and went into the kitchen to clean them. Xu Qing asked Ma Jiefang:
"Come here early this morning, what's up?"

Ma Jiefang held the cigarette in his hand that he dared not light, glanced at his fifth sister, and then said to Xu Qing with a smile:
"Brother-in-law, I have discussed with Yuemei that we will get engaged next month, and we will get married when our factory is on holiday at the end of the year."

When Xu Qing heard this, he looked happy, "Does the Yuemei family agree?"

"Well, my dad and I just went to her house last night to talk about it."

Jing Hong, who was leaning against the quilt, had joy in her eyes, but her face didn't show it, she opened her mouth and asked, "How much do we want from Yuemei's family? Do you want me and your brother-in-law to help you?"

Ma Jiefang looked contemptuously at this moment, tilted his head, looked at his fifth sister and said:

"Sister, when your brother and I get married, can I borrow the dowry from you? Don't even think about it. I am a cadre in the factory just like my brother-in-law."

Ma Jinghong ignored her younger brother's stinky show off, and continued to ask: "How much do you want for the bride price?"

"Hey, it's only 60 yuan, which is just over a month's salary for me."

Ma Jiefang said lightly, and he didn't care.

After he became a cadre through the factory's "work-for-do" program, he was promoted to a fifth-level clerk in the factory in the past few years, which is equivalent to working in college.

The salary is 56 yuan a month, which is not low.

Of course, compared with Xu Qing, a second-level clerk, there is still a big gap.

Before Xu Qing was promoted, he had already passed the first-level fitter assessment in the factory, and his starting point was higher than that of Ma Jiefang.

Ma Jiefang gradually took advantage of opportunities and became a cadre in the factory.

Wu Yuemei's family asked for a bride price of 60 yuan. Compared with previous years, it has actually increased a lot, but for Ma Jiefang now, it is really not high.

In any case, since Ma Jiefang is a cadre and has a little more betrothal gift, it is not a big problem.

But after Ma Jiefang finished speaking to Xu Qing and Jing Hong, he felt a little regretful, rolled his eyes, and then added:

"Sister, I don't have to worry about the bride price. How about you and my brother-in-law, help me with the wedding expenses?"

(End of this chapter)