Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 313 People and Things in the Village
Xu Qing didn't think there was anything wrong with Feng Ming's actions.

After the things were given to him, what the third brother did with them was his own business.

And Xu Qing knew that the third brother must have his own reasons for doing what he did.

After all, Feng Ming has been clever since he was a child, and even Sha Zhu and Xu Damao in the courtyard are sometimes confused, so Xu Qing doesn't need to worry about it.

What's more, the third brother has been in the countryside for nearly two years. In addition to getting tanned, he has become more mature. Although he is far from stable, his actions and words are rarely as naughty as when he was young.

The night passed.

Early in the morning, after Xu Qing had breakfast with his third brother on the commune stove, he packed up and prepared to go back to the village to visit his grandparents.

Seeing this, Xu Fengming insisted on letting his eldest brother stay for another morning, so he asked for leave from the commune so that he could accompany his eldest brother Xu Qing around the countryside.

The commune secretary Wang Mingsheng naturally approved it. As for the other young men and women who jumped in line, no one complained about Xu Fengming's share of cigarettes and fruit candies last night.

Especially those young women who like to chatter, after eating candy, it sweetened their mouths and hearts, so they didn't complain.

If it were anyone else, they might not give up so easily.

After all, they all went to the countryside to join the queue. Xu Fengming asked for leave all morning and did not work in the fields, but they had to work more. Why?
It's just that they really didn't complain this time. One was that they got fruit candy last night, and the other was that they all ate rabbit meat last night.

Although Xu Fengming led them to catch the hare at night, if it weren't for Feng Ming, the girls alone wouldn't be able to catch hare in the middle of the night. They wouldn't even dare to go out, let alone see the smell of meat.

And those boys, needless to say, are all men who are born to take charge. If there are no girls, they will care about everything.

Furthermore, Xu Fengming has always had a good relationship with them. They joked together, stripped off to swim in the river in summer, and fished together. In addition, each of them got a pack of cigarettes last night, which is not economic cigarettes, but It's Daqianmen, and I feel in my heart that the brothers Feng Ming are righteous, and they don't forget them when they have good things, so naturally they have to be righteous.

Therefore, no one had any objections. When passing by the two brothers Xu Qing and Xu Fengming, not only did no one say a word, but they all greeted Xu Qing and Fengming with a smile, and then each held their hands. Picking up a hoe or a sickle, he left the commune compound and walked toward the fields in the early morning light.

Seeing that Feng Ming got along well with these people, Xu Qing suddenly felt that the third brother was very popular. At least he would not be bullied as the little girl was worried about.

In fact, Xu Qing has never worried about his third brother being bullied. As the eldest brother, he knows the character of his third brother.

Feng Ming is not the kind of person who likes to cause trouble, even if someone provokes him, he will deal with it himself. He used to be like that when he was in school, and it is the same when he jumps in the queue in the countryside.

The two brothers also walked out of the commune compound and wandered around the town. In fact, the best place in the entire township was the commune compound. When they went out, all they saw were green mountains and dilapidated old buildings. Streets and houses.

The villages and towns are naturally incomparable with Sijiu City, the conditions are poor and backward, even the suburbs of Sijiu City are not comparable.

But it's better than the countryside, because the countryside is worse than the countryside.

Xu Qing walked along the dirt road for a while, and heard a cock crowing and a dog barking. Xu Fengming reached out and grabbed a weed from the side of the road, put it in the corner of his mouth, and introduced to his elder brother Xu Qing:
"This is Liu Datou's home. His father's home is still ahead. The one next door is Uncle Zhao. I heard from Fifth Grandpa that his family is still related to ours, but he is crazy. He almost froze to death in the middle of the night last winter. inside."

Xu Qing looked around the old courtyard built of earth bricks and stones, but continued to walk forward without stopping.

Xu Fengming continued to introduce in turn, he is familiar with this place.

After all, after staying here for such a long time, I have already become very familiar with the situation in the entire village and town.

We all know how many people live in each family, what their name is, how many acres of land they have, and how many livestock they have.

Xu Qing listened quietly and walked quietly. There were not many people in the town in the early morning, because all those who could work had gone to the fields, and the only ones left were some elderly people and children who were unable to work.

Even the only health center in the town is closed at the moment, and the barefoot doctors inside must have gone to work in the fields early in the morning.

In less than 10 minutes, Xu Qing traveled all over the township, came to a small stream, and met the group of children from yesterday afternoon, but besides those children, there was also a dirt dog following those children. Behind, running around happily.

Xu Qing looked at the gurgling stream, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt refreshed.

In the distance, the sound of tractors and people talking could be vaguely heard. Xu Qing looked for his reputation and tried his best to take a look.

As a result, I saw nothing and could only hear the occasional sound drifting in the wind.

Xu Fengming stretched out his finger and said, "Brother, I was working there yesterday, and it's seven or eight miles away from here."

Xu Qing heard that, after thinking about it, three or four kilometers is really not close. Could it be that the third brother came back so late last night.

But on second thought, isn't that the case in the countryside?

In some rural areas, some people live more than ten miles away.

The conditions in the countryside are really hard these days. Most people can only walk when going to the mountains to farm. Not to mention how much work they can do in a day, just going to the fields will take a lot of time.

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment, looked away, didn't look again, turned around and returned to the commune compound with his third brother.

At noon, Xu Qing had lunch and met with commune secretary Wang Mingsheng again. After that, he parted ways with his third brother, left the commune compound, and walked back to the village alone along the dirt road under the sun.

The car hired yesterday took Xu Qing to the commune and then returned to the city, so Xu Qing could only walk.

I hardly met a person on the road, and I could only see him when passing other villages, and then he was walking alone again.

It's just that on the empty soil on the road, Xu Qing could see the traces of snakes and insects crawling, and from time to time, he could meet hares slithering across the road.

If Xu Qing hadn't been carrying the things he bought for his grandparents, he really wanted to rush up and grab them.

Of course, you may not be able to catch a rabbit in broad daylight. After all, rabbits jump really fast, and if they hide in the grass, they are even harder to find.

Xu Qing gave up the idea and continued walking along the dirt road, carrying his things while holding a cigarette in his mouth.

When he was still ten miles away from returning to the village, Xu Qing ran into Grandpa Wu.

This old party secretary in the village has his family's land farthest away, which is so far away that it borders the next village.

The same is true for the land owned by his sons.

When the village was dividing the land, no one wanted to take the land that was too far away. As the village party secretary, the old party secretary had no choice but to set an example and take the land for himself.

But even so, some people in the village still feel dissatisfied.

The only difference between the city and the village is that there are all kinds of people, and there is always enough to take advantage of it.

"Fifth Grandfather."

Xu Qing shouted.

The old branch secretary, who was bending down to hoe the ground, turned around when he heard the sound. Seeing that Xu Qing was returning to the village, he stopped the hoe in his hand, straightened up, with a smile on his wrinkled old face, walked up to Xu Qing and said:
"Xiaoqing, come back and see your grandparents."

Xu Qing hummed, stretched out his hand to take out a cigarette, handed one to the old branch secretary, and stood by the ground and talked for a while.

After smoking a cigarette, the old party secretary returned to work in the fields, while Xu Qing once again walked along the dirt road towards the village.

Back in the village, Xu Qing walked to the door of the old courtyard where his grandparents lived, stretched out his hand to push the door open, and walked in while shouting:
"Grandpa, grandma, I'm back."

In the old house in the courtyard, two old people heard Xu Qing's voice and turned to look at the door of the courtyard at the same time. Seeing that Xu Qing, the eldest grandson, was back, their weather-beaten faces showed joy at the same time, and they hurriedly put down their hands. Rice bowl, stood up and walked out of the house.

Looking at Xu Qing who was sweating, the two old men felt distressed and quickly asked him to go back to the house to rest.

After Xu Qing entered the house, grandma hurriedly picked up the kettle and poured a bowl of boiling water, and took out sugar from the old cupboard with faded paint, and put a handful for the grandson to drink.

And that bag of white sugar was bought by Xu Qing when he brought Jing Hong back last time, but now, even half of it is missing.

Xu Qing picked up the bowl and took a sip of sugar water. Grandpa sat aside, reached out to grab the dry tobacco rod, scooped out the tobacco leaves from the tobacco bag, and while smoking, he looked at his eldest grandson, whom he had not seen for more than a year, and looked at it carefully.

As for grandma, she had already entered the kitchen and was busy preparing meals for Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's return made the old man very happy. In the kitchen, grandma broke two eggs and scrambled a plate of scrambled eggs for the grandson to eat.

But just now, they were simply eating noodle soup.

In the evening, after Xu Guangjin finished his work, he learned that his nephew Xu Qing had returned. After dinner, he brought his two sons to the old man's side.

Xu Qing and the villagers were from the same family, and many people came here.

After all, Xu Qing works in the city and is still a cadre. People in the village, especially members of his family, naturally want to come and hang out.

Even though Xu Qing had hardly lived in the village, no matter what, he was from the same family and the same surname, and when they talked about it, they had a bright face.See, we are a family!
As a result, the courtyard was full of people, surrounding Xu Qing, asking questions, which made the old man want to lose his temper.

My eldest grandson has finally come back, and you guys are not allowed to have a good rest even after all this time.

In fact, the two old men also had a lot to say to Xu Qing, but after the people in the village left, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Xu Qing had no choice but to rest early.

In the early morning, Xu Qing was woken up by the rooster crowing in the chicken coop in the yard.

In the morning, Xu Qing took some things and went to worship at his parents' graves.

On the way back, they saw two women in the village arguing, their faces flushed, they scolded non-stop, and neither would let the other go. As for Xu Qing, who was returning to the village, the two women glanced out of the corners of their eyes, and then They continued their insults.

Xu Qing couldn't remember who the other party was, so he didn't dare to persuade him casually.

Firstly, I don’t know the situation clearly, and secondly, looking at the posture, I can’t dissuade him at all.

If the Jiazhang family in the compound is good at scolding, but if it is placed in front of these two people in the village, it is estimated that they will only be scolded.

After dark in the afternoon, Xu Qing sat in the yard and talked with his grandparents about the family affairs in the city.

Grandpa smoked a dry cigarette, exhaled blue smoke and said, "Xiaoqing, you are married now, the marriage between Aiguo and Fengming, you are the eldest brother, you just need to pay more attention to it, your grandma and I can't help you much, If only a few years earlier.

But now, the old bones can't stay in the ground for a day, and it can only depend on you. "

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Grandpa, you and my grandma don't worry, I will definitely worry about Aiguo, Feng Ming and the little girl."

Grandpa nodded and said nothing, took a puff of his cigarette, and said nothing, and asked grandma to quickly pack up everything Xu Qing brought when he went back tomorrow.

Xu Qing waved his hand and refused: "Grandpa, grandma, I don't take anything, you can keep it for yourself, there is everything in the city, I, Aiguo and Xiaoya all go to work, we can earn money to support ourselves."

But the two old men didn't listen to what he said.

Early next morning, when Xu Qing returned to the city from the village, he brought more things with him than when he came back.

Grandpa and grandma packed half a bag of white flour and half a bag of millet for Xu Qing. I don’t know how long they saved up.

In addition, Xu Qing was given five pounds of peanuts and three pounds of mung beans and red beans.

In addition, grandma made some clothes for Xiao Hongzhi and asked Xu Qing to take them back.

It was past nine o'clock in the evening when Xu Qing returned to Sijiu City with his bags and bags on his back.

Before returning to the compound, he used his ability to divide everything.

These things added up to a lot, and after one minute, Xu Qing became even heavier on his back.

Fortunately, after entering the city, it was only a few steps away, so Xu Qing carried his back directly into the compound.

Within a few months of Xu Qing's return to the city, the state notified the whole country about workers, peasants and soldiers going to college.

Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiaoya were very happy.

Of course, there is also Xu Fengming who went to the countryside to jump in the queue.

And Xu Qing asked them to review in advance, and it showed its effect at this time.

This time, the state did not say to take an exam in the enrollment, but to let each unit, each factory, each commune, recommend people to go to university.

To put it bluntly, even if you are in primary school or junior high school, as long as you get a recommended quota, you can enter university for further study.

It is easy to enter university, but the question is whether you can adapt to the progress of university study, that is hard to say.

Regardless of whether it was Xu Aiguo, Xu Fengming, or Xu Xiaoya, they all graduated from high school. For them, after listening to the words of their eldest brother Xu Qing, after reviewing, they would not be unable to keep up with the progress of their studies.

Xu Aiguo works in the factory, and with his elder brother Xu Qing working as a cadre, the places recommended by the factory for admission are naturally within reach.

However, Director Li still got in the way, so Xu Qing chatted with him. The provincial leader of the "G Committee" in the factory really regarded himself as a local emperor.

The situation is already changing. If Director Li continues to look for trouble as before, Xu Qing will not agree.

Xu Damao had been thinking about Director Li's position for a long time. Xu Qing was too lazy to compete with Director Li before, but if Director Li deliberately refused to let him go and didn't give him a recommendation spot in the Patriotic Factory, then he and Xu Damao would remove Director Li.

Anyway, during this period of changing weather, anything can happen, and no one in office can sit back and relax.

Especially the higher the official, the more difficult it is.

However, after Xu Qing chatted with Director Li, within a few days, Aiguo successfully obtained a recommendation quota and a letter of recommendation from the factory.

As for the little girl, Xu Qing said hello to Director Liu of the state-owned store, and naturally gave her a recommendation quota and wrote a letter of recommendation.

The more troublesome one is Xu Fengming, but Xu Qing didn't go back to the countryside for nothing. Besides, Li Guohua was there. After some hesitation, the secretary of the commune, Wang Mingsheng, thought that Li Guohua came to inspect before, and he really knew Xu Fengming. It was really Xu Qing I was a high school classmate of mine, so I still recommended it to Xu Fengming.

This saved Xu Qing from looking for Li Fenghong, the editor-in-chief of the 'Workers' Newspaper'.

However, Xu Qing and the editor-in-chief have kept in touch over the years. Xu Qing would meet him every time he came to Sijiucheng for business.

In mid-September, Xu Fengming, who had gone to the countryside to join the team, returned to the city after receiving a recommended place to enter the university.

The four Xu Qing brothers and sisters were reunited.

(End of this chapter)