Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 322
In the backyard, the director of the street office handed over the money to Xu Qinghou, and took the people away with him.

At this time, only the people in the courtyard were left in the backyard.

Because it was already evening and it was winter, everyone dispersed one after another.

Soon the courtyard was shrouded in dark night and returned to tranquility. Only the cold wind roared and blew the debris in the courtyard to make a rattling sound.

When Xu Qing brought his daughter-in-law Jinghong and mother-in-law back home, Xiao Hongzhi, who had been sleeping on the kang, woke up now, crawled to Ma Jinghong's side with a humming sound, and tried hard to stand up.

A pair of small pink hands kept gathering strength, trying to maintain balance, and hummed vigorously, but actually stopped, and there was an incredible expression in the innocent little eyes, as if he had done something extraordinary. matter.

Of course, this was the first time he had stood up on his own without help, which was quite a feat.

Surprise showed in Ma Jinghong's eyes. The depression caused by Wu Xiuying and Cao Xiaojun's mother and son temporarily dissipated under the surprise brought by her son.

And where did Wu Xiuying go?Jinghong didn't know if there was anything wrong with him, and Xu Qing didn't know either.

Before going to bed at night, Ma Jinghong's mother took Xiao Hongzhi to the next door house. Xu Qing and Jinghong lay on the warm kang, talking quietly.

"Brother Qing, Lihua and I asked other people in the group today, and they all said they didn't see Xiuying. She didn't go to work all day, which is really worrying."

Hearing this, Xu Qing remained silent, hugged Jinghong, thought for a moment and said, "We'll have a look in two days. If it doesn't work, I'll find someone to help me find out."

"Well, it has to be like this."

Another day, Xu Qing didn't hear any news about Wu Xiuying for the next three days.The art troupe where Ma Jinghong worked contacted Wu Xiuying's family, but Wu Xiuying did not return to her parents' house.

Xu Qing bought a copy of all the recent newspapers in the [-] cities. After checking carefully, he found no reports about Wu Xiuying's accident.

This made him and Jinghong feel at ease.

After all, Wu Xiuying couldn't think about committing suicide.

After that, Xu Qing asked people to ask around, but still found nothing in Sijiu City.

Afterwards, Xu Qing had no choice but to expand the scope and asked people to continue inquiring in places other than Forty-Nine City.

However, time passed by and more than a month passed, and the person who helped Xu Qing inquire about it still didn't bring back any news.

It seems that Wu Xiuying has evaporated from the world.

There was no way, information exchange was not smooth these days. Even if Xu Qing asked the person who helped inquire to see Wu Xiuying's photo, trying to find one person in the huge sea of ​​people was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, just before the New Year, Ma Jinghong suddenly received a letter from Wu Xiuying. She finally knew that this dead girl was still alive, at least she was still alive and kicking, which made her completely relieved.

As for the letter Ma Jinghong received, she did not tell that bastard Cao Xiaojun.

Because Wu Xiuying clearly stated in the letter that she would never be with Cao Xiaojun again, and she didn't want Cao Xiaojun to know her whereabouts. She was completely disappointed in him.

Therefore, Ma Jinghong kept silent about Wu Xiuying's news.

No one said anything except Hui Lihua and other sisters who were close to each other.

Hui Lihua and the others didn't choose to tell Cao Xiaojun.

After all, Cao Xiaojun had domestically abused Xiuying many times before, and they reached a consensus on this matter.

And this matter, this is where it ends.

But the Chinese New Year is coming soon, Xu Aiguo, Xu Fengming and the little girl, who are studying in the university, returned to the compound after the winter vacation.

Xu Qing's mother-in-law no longer stayed in the compound, continued to help her son-in-law and daughter take care of Xiao Hongzhi, but returned to her own home.

It is worth mentioning that not long ago, Ma Jiefang's daughter-in-law, Wu Yuemei from Xu Qingtong's office, became pregnant.

This is a happy thing.

In addition, Zhang Zhenlian, the daughter of Xu Qing’s master, Lao Zhang, got married last week. The man is an honest and hard-working hardware factory worker.

Xu Qing took Jinghong to hold her son, and the family of three went to drink her wedding wine.

The person in charge of the wedding banquet is naturally Silly Zhu.

Silly Zhu saw that Lao Zhang's last daughter was married, and he felt even more envious.

It's just that Sha Zhu is envious, while Zhao Er's fool is jealous that his back molars can be crushed.

Zhao Erluzi has always been interested in Zhang Zhenlian, Lao Zhang's sixth daughter.

However, Zhang Zhenlian didn't have any feelings for him, and Lao Zhang didn't want his daughter to marry Zhao Er, a fool like Zhao Er.

If it were any other apprentice, Lao Zhang would have considered it, but Zhao Er was a fool. Lao Zhang just said a word and wouldn't even think about it.

Who made Zhao Er's fool always like to do things that make a fool of himself? When he was taking him as an apprentice, Lao Zhang often wiped his ass.

It was not easy to teach Zhao Erluzi to be a teacher, but Lao Zhang didn't want him to be his son-in-law.

Then I won’t be laughed at in the factory from now on.

Zhao Erluzi almost fell out with Lao Zhang because of this incident.

Fortunately, with Xu Qing around, Zhao Er's idiot didn't dare to make trouble on Zhang Zhenlian's wedding day.

Otherwise, following Zhao Er's idiot's mentality of not having the slightest plan in doing things, and doing things as soon as he thinks about it, there may be some troubles.

The reason why Zhao Er didn't dare to mess around when he saw Xu Qing was because Xu Qing didn't let Director Li fire him from the factory.

In any case, it is entirely Xu Qing's credit that Erluzi can still stay in the factory.

But then again, he almost lost his job because of Xu Qing.

But Xu Qing wasn't to blame for that incident, it was Zhao Er who was foolish enough to believe Director Li's words.

At that time, Director Li was determined to make things difficult for Xu Qing. Zhao Erluozi, a fool, was easily attracted by Director Li and was used by Director Li to target Xu Qing.

But in the end, Zhao Erluzi shot himself in the foot.

As a result, Director Li, the head of the 'G Committee' in the factory, hated him from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Er's fool can continue to work in the factory and keep his job, how can he not be grateful to Xu Qing.

Furthermore, when Xu Qing first entered the factory, he had 'fought' with Zhao Erlian.

Even if Zhao Er's fool wants to make a fuss about Zhang Zhenlian's marriage, he still has to weigh it carefully in his heart.

But that is all in the past. At the moment, Xu Qing is in his compound, holding his son in his arms, sitting in the cabin next door to the old lady's house, chatting patriotically with his second brother.

The little girl went to the street with Ma Jinghong and Feng Ming to buy new year's goods early in the morning, leaving only Xu Qing, father and son and Aiguo at home.

There are a lot of books in Xu Aiguo's house, most of them are his college textbooks.

The school is on holiday. Although the school starts immediately after the new year, it is always the holiday before the year.

The Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill where Xu Qing works does not have a holiday until the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

If today wasn't the weekend, Xu Qing wouldn't be hugging his son so leisurely.

Xu Aiguo heated up the fire in the house very well, making the room very warm.

Xiao Hongzhi was lying on Xu Qing's body, looking at Xu Aiguo with his small shiny black eyes, he didn't know what was going on in his little head.

Seeing the little guy staring at him, Xu Aiguo said to Xu Qing:
"Brother, how about I hold Xiao Hongzhi for a while."

Xu Qing glanced back at his son, smiled and handed it to his second brother.

Xu Aiguo hugged and teased the little guy, feeling that the little nephew was so cute.

How can a child not be cute?

YouQi AiGuo hugged him, saw that his little nephew was not crying or fussing, he couldn't help saying happily:

"Brother, Xiao Hongzhi is not afraid of life."

"I'm afraid, how can I not be afraid, Brother Silly Zhu will cry as soon as he hugs him."

Xu Aiguo chuckled, thinking that Xiao Hongzhi should like his second dad (second uncle).

And at this moment, Silly Zhu from the middle courtyard walked towards the backyard with a cigarette in his mouth.

He is currently alone. Once Yu Yu gets married, he will be the only one in the house during the New Year. There is no need to worry about buying New Year goods. Anyway, one person will not need much for food and drink during the New Year. There is no need to buy them in advance. I have free time now. Since I have nothing to do, I'm going to visit Xu Qing's house.

However, after entering the backyard, Silly Zhu heard Xu Qing talking in the hut where Aiguo lived, so he did not go directly to the main house of Xu Qing's house. Instead, he turned around and walked to the old lady's hut, trembling as he opened the door and walked in. One side said:

"Qingzi, Aiguo didn't go to the street to help your daughter-in-law and little girl carry things."

Seeing Silly Zhu come in, Xu Qing said with a smile, "No, Aiguo needs to review his homework, so Feng Ming followed alone."

Silly Zhu closed the door, turned around and said: "That's true, your youngest is not patriotic in learning."

Silly Zhu was talking, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xiao Hongzhi in Aiguo's hand, and was startled.

"Hey, that's weird. Aiguo doesn't cry when he hugs him, but why does he keep crying when I hug him? I'm always in the courtyard anyway."

Xu Qing couldn't laugh or cry, "Brother Silly Zhu, who knows, maybe it's because you cook every day and the smell of oil fumes is too strong."

After hearing this, Silly Zhu lowered his head and sniffed himself, "Qingzi, let me try now. I just changed into clean clothes. Sister Qin washed them for me several times with soap. There should be no smell of oil smoke anymore."

Silly Zhu walked to Xu Aiguo's side, and stretched out his arms to hug Xiao Hongzhi.

Sure enough, the little guy didn't cry this time.

Silly Zhu instantly burst into laughter, turned to Xu Qing and grinned: "

Qingzi, it seems that the smell of oily smoke on my body used to be too strong. No wonder your son always cries every time I hug him, and that girl Yan Jiecheng in the front yard is just like your son. He hurt me many times, saying that I was a cook and killed too many animals, and his daughter was afraid. "

Xu Qing almost laughed out loud when he heard what Sha Zhu said.

Yan Jiecheng's daughter, the men in the yard, would cry when anyone hugged her, but only the third master and Yan Jiecheng would not cry when they hugged her.

Even the first uncle Yi Zhonghai and the second uncle Liu Haizhong were not spared.

As a result, the two stewards in the courtyard were depressed for several days in the courtyard.

However, Jinghong, the first mother, and the second aunt were hugging, and Yan Jiecheng, the girl, never cried.

At this time, Silly Zhu hugged Xiao Hongzhi, finally he didn't suffer from ear pain from crying and noisy, and sat beside Xu Qing with a satisfied face, and after teasing him for a while, he said to Xu Qing:
"Qingzi, I heard from the first uncle that the small stone mill used to grind beans at the third uncle's house is broken. I'm afraid our compound won't be able to make tofu by ourselves this year. There seems to be a machine in the state-owned store, but the price is too high. It’s expensive, costing more than 100 yuan. I can’t do much during the Chinese New Year alone, so I can buy it for four or five yuan from outside. But you have a big family, so if you want to make your own tofu this year, you’d better think of it in advance.”

Hearing this, Xu Qing smiled and said, "I heard about this from the third master in the front yard two days ago. My younger siblings are all back from vacation, and my family will definitely make tofu by myself."

"Qingzi, did you borrow that stone roller from outside?"

"No."

"Then you plan to grind it outside and bring it back?"

"I'm going to make one myself."

After Xu Qing shook his head and finished speaking, Shazhu looked surprised.

"Qingzi, can you make a stone roller?"

Xu Qing smiled wryly: "Brother Silly Zhu, I'm not a stonemason, how can I know that craft, I plan to be an iron man."

"Iron?" Sha Zhu frowned, curious.

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Well, I asked the technician in the factory yesterday to draw a drawing according to the structure of the stone roller. You will know when it is completed."

Silly Zhu said oh, not quite understanding, but since Xu Qing said he could figure it out, he would wait and see.

Around 11:30 noon, Xu Fengming returned to the compound with a bicycle full of things. After putting all the things in the house, he pushed the bicycle out of the compound and went to the state-owned store.

Taking advantage of the opportunity today, Ma Jinghong and the little girl bought a lot of things. Xu Fengming became a coolie, carrying the things back in the car one trip after another.

After running back and forth three or four times, Xu Fengming was so tired that he was out of breath. While holding an enamel tea jar and drinking heavily, he complained in a low voice to the little girl:

"Xiaoya, you are serious. My sister-in-law bought so many things, and you still make trouble. I am exhausted today!"

The little girl with braids, her pretty face was slightly red, and she said with a smile: "Third brother, the one who can do the hard work, who told you to be the best to me!"

"No, don't use sugar-coated bullets to prevaricate me, I don't want to eat this."

Xu Fengming drank all the water in the enamel teapot in one breath, and with a pop, he lay on his back on the kang, not wanting to talk to the little girl.

But the little girl pursed her lips and smiled, reached out and took out a fruit candy from the padded jacket pocket, peeled off the candy wrapper, lay down on the kang, and forced to stuff it into Xu Fengming's mouth.

Xu Fengming tilted his head and tried to avoid it, but in the end he ate the fruit candy the little girl peeled for him.

"Okay, third brother, is your mouth sweet? Get up quickly. The eldest brother and the second brother are going to the coal station to buy coal ash. My sister-in-law and I are going to make lunch. Hurry up and take Xiao Hongzhi to the yard to bask in the sun. Distract sister-in-law."

The little girl reached out and pulled Xu Fengming up from the kang and said.

Xu Fengming sat up reluctantly with the fruit candy in his mouth, but when he turned his head and saw Xiao Hongzhi, he immediately smiled, stretched out his arms to hug him, jumped off the kang and went out of the house.

In the compound, the warm winter sun drove away the cold, and it was noon at this moment, reflecting the warmth of the entire compound.

Xu Fengming hugged his little nephew, went to the second uncle's house to visit, and then ran to the middle courtyard to wander around the silly pillar's house.

It's a rare holiday, he doesn't have the mind to be like his second brother Aiguo, who always thinks about reading after leaving school.

Even though Xu Fengming went to the countryside to join the team for two years, he matured a lot, and he studied in the university for half a semester, but the playfulness in his bones remained unchanged from the beginning to the end.

He is still him, optimistic, active, witty, and smart.

I was never very interested in studying, but my final exam scores were still among the best in the class.

(End of this chapter)