Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 372

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining brightly in Sijiucheng.

The sun was quite big, hanging high in the blue, cloudless sky.

Xu Qing pushed the cart out of the compound, stood in the alley and stepped over the black painted beam, got on the cart and turned towards the street as soon as he got out of the alley.

Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the entire Forty-Nine City is silent in the lively atmosphere of the festival.

The pedestrians on the street are bustling with each other, all of them are in good spirits, going out to visit relatives and friends, and the leaders of the work unit, not all of them, but they are almost the same.

During these years, no one can earn a lot of money. Apart from working hard and getting a fixed salary every month, there is no other way to make money.

But the human touch is strong, and everyone is not single-mindedly fighting for money.

A red heart, to G life career.

This is the mood of the year.

Twenty minutes after Xu Qing left his compound on a bicycle, Feng Wenjun, chief of the security department of the No. 10 branch, walked into the alley of Xu Qing's compound with two boxes of five-nut mooncakes bought from a state-run store.

Naturally, I came here today to give it to Xu Qing during the festival.

There were two boxes of mooncakes, one for himself, and the other for Xu Qing on behalf of Sun Deyou.

Xu Qing is the regular director of the fifth branch factory, and Feng Wenjun, as a subordinate, wants to preserve his position as section chief while expressing his affection.

It's just that Yan Bugui in the front yard was teasing his granddaughter with the mooncakes just baked by the three mothers. When he saw Feng Wenjun, a stranger, he immediately straightened up and said with a vigilant expression:

"Comrade, who are you looking for?"

"Grandpa, hello!" Feng Wenjun was very polite, took out a cigarette with a smile on his face, and handed it to Yan Bugui: "I am Feng Wenjun, chief of the security department of the Fifth Steel Rolling Plant of Hongxing, may I ask your hospital Does Director Xu of our factory live here?"

"Oh, I'm looking for Xiaoqing. Yes, that's right. He belongs to our compound and lives in the backyard."

Yan Bugui said to Feng Wenjun, stretching out his hand to take the cigarette handed to him, he immediately had a good impression of this stranger he had never met before.

Feng Wenjun thanked him, picked up the two boxes of mooncakes in his right hand, and walked towards the backyard.

In the backyard, the second uncle Liu Haizhong stood at the door of the house, smoking and eating the hot mooncakes just handed to him by the second daughter-in-law.

Seeing Feng Wenjun suddenly, he frowned and stared straight into Xu Qing's house, only to realize that the person who came was probably a gift for Xu Qing.

Suddenly I felt a little envious.

At this time, Liu Guangtian was holding the mooncake, and while chewing, he opened the curtain and walked out from his parents' room, standing beside Liu Haizhong and said:
"Dad, who was that person who went to Xu Qing's house just now? Why haven't you seen him in our courtyard before?"

Liu Haizhong glanced at his second son, shook his head and said:
"I haven't seen it either, but the man is holding mooncakes in his hand, as if he came here specially to give them to Xu Qing."

Liu Guangtian snorted, "That kid Xu Qing has only been the director of the factory for a few months, and now someone rushes to the door to give him a gift, he's really arrogant."

Liu Haizhong ignored his son's words, and was silent in his heart. This is Xu Qing's airs, this is his ability!
In his early thirties, he became the director of a factory. Today is August [-]th.Isn't this normal when someone comes to give you a gift?

Looking at my son in front of me, he is so muddy that he can't get on the wall. It's fine if he doesn't have a little ability. If he doesn't know how to work hard and work hard, he knows that he will spend all day on him as an old man, without any future.

Liu Haizhong suddenly felt his heart congested, and he had no intention of eating the moon cake in his hand.

At Xu Qing's house, Feng Wenjun couldn't help being a little disappointed that he didn't see Director Xu whom he was talking about.

However, he met Xu Aiguo in the Fifth Factory who often visited Deputy Director Wang Minsheng. He knew that he was Xu Qing's younger brother, and he even knew that he worked in the main factory. He smiled hurriedly and said:
"Comrade Patriotic, I'm Feng Wenjun, the section chief of the fifth branch factory. It's not August Day today. Director Sun of our branch factory asked me to bring two boxes of mooncakes to our factory manager Xu.

After Feng Wenjun finished speaking, he handed two boxes of mooncakes to Xu Aiguo, then quickly took out a cigarette from his body and handed one to Xu Aiguo.

Patriots don’t smoke, waving their hands and saying:

"Chief Feng, I'm not good at this, so smoke it yourself."

As for the two boxes of mooncakes, Aiguo was not in a hurry to accept them.

Feng Wenjun gave this to his elder brother. He couldn't make the decision, so he told his elder sister-in-law Jinghong.

Hearing this, Ma Jinghong stopped what she was doing, walked out of the kitchen, asked Aiguo to make tea for Feng Wenjun, and said to Feng Wenjun:

"Section Chief Feng, it's not a coincidence that you came here. Your factory manager has gone out, why don't you sit down for a while and wait?"

Feng Wenjun hummed, sat on the edge of the kang, took the tea made by Xu Aiguo, and the mooncakes that Ma Jinghong asked his sister-in-law Xu Xiaoya to bring out.

Some were flattered.

He came to give gifts, but he was warmly received by Director Xu's family. He quickly stood up and thanked him.

And at this moment, Er Mazi rode a bicycle, accompanied by Zhou Pingtai and Wang Dequan, and also came to Xu Qing's house.

Each of the three carried mooncakes baked by themselves.

Even though Xu Qing was no longer in the Red Star No. [-] Steel Rolling Plant, Er Mazi and the three of them still remembered it in their hearts.

Anyway, when Xu Qing went to work in the factory, he was in the third factory, and he worked in the same workshop as them.

But now, Xu Qing has become the leader of the fifth factory, and the three of them will never break off their contacts with Xu Qing.

If anything happens in the future, I still want to ask my former co-workers who have already become successful for help.

Although Xu Qing went to the fifth branch factory to be the factory manager, but if they had any problems in the third factory, Xu Qing could still help solve it by calling.

Who made the third factory and the fifth factory belong to the two brother units under the main factory?

But Er Mazi and the others had just entered Xu Qing's house and had just said hello to Feng Wenjun and got to know each other.

As a result, Wei Shengli, Qian Bing, Tian Zhongqing, and Chen Guodong, who had been cadres of the Third Factory with Xu Qing and worked in the same office for many years, also rode their bicycles and came to Xu Qing with mooncakes in hand.

All of a sudden, many people poured into the compound.

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked and jealous when they saw the people riding their bikes one by one to the backyard, all looking for Xu Qing.

Except for Feng Wenjun, everyone in the compound knows the people from the other three factories.

After all, Xu Qing got married and celebrated his son's full moon. Er Mazi and Qian Bing had all been to the compound.

Yan Bugui stood in the front yard, holding his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said to Yi Zhonghai who was coming from the middle yard:
"Lao Yi, did you see that Xiaoqing's house is really lively today? Someone came from the fifth factory he manages, and a lot of people came from your third factory."

Yi Zhonghai was wearing gray half-sleeves, his arms were tanned, and he was smoking a cigarette. He nodded and hummed.

Because this is indeed the case, Er Mazi and Qian Bing, who live in the middle courtyard, passed by the backyard of the middle courtyard, and it's not like they didn't miss them.

Not only he saw it, but other people in the middle court also saw it.

But what can I say?
Xu Qing is the most capable person in the courtyard, and he and everyone in the courtyard can see it for all to see.

It's just that at this moment, Xu Qing's family has more people, so almost all the mooncakes baked by Ma Jinghong and Xu Xiaoya are used to entertain visitors.

Er Mazi didn't see anything wrong, grabbed a mooncake that was brought out just after it was baked, and ate it while sitting on the edge of the kang, ignoring the fact that it was hot.

At first, he and Xu Qing were brothers and sisters in the third workshop. He didn't think that Xu Qing could not continue like this after he became the director of the fifth workshop.

In Er Mazi's eyes, if Xu Qing was the director of a branch factory, he would be his buddy even if he was the director of the main factory.

As for Xu Qing's family, he came here a lot, every year, even when Xu Qing was single back then, before marrying Ma Jinghong, he always brought his son and daughter-in-law here.

As for Aiguo, Feng Ming, and Xiaoya, when he and Chen Xiaojuan got married, Xu Qing took them to his house and attended his wedding.

After more than ten years of dating, in Er Mazi's heart, the relationship between him and Xu Qing has long been ironclad.

Furthermore, Aiguo also stayed in the third workshop, and he was familiar with it.

Er Mazi took a bite of the mooncake and said hummingly: "Jinghong, the mooncakes you made are so delicious. My wife's craftsmanship is not as good as yours. She did it. Fortunately, I have my mother to help me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to make it." I'm sorry to bring it to you and Qingzi."

Wang Dequan glanced at Er Mazi, thinking that Er Mazi was complimenting him.

After taking a sip of the mooncake that Aiguo handed over just now, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he poked Zhou Pingtai with his arm and said:
"Xiao Zhou, give it a try. Jinghong's craftsmanship is really good."

At this time, Er Mazi had already eaten the last mooncake in his hand, and stuffed the crumbs that fell in the palm of his hand into his mouth. While chewing, he turned his head and looked at Feng Wenjun, who was a bit cautious, and couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart. There was a sense of superiority.

What do you think about Feng Wenjun being the section chief in the fifth branch factory?Even if he is a cadre, the relationship between Qingzi and him is definitely not close to him.

Immediately, he became more and more proud. He reached out and took out the eight-cent economy cigarette that he didn't handle, handed one to Xu Fengming, and chatted:
"Feng Ming, how are you doing in your unit lately?"

Xu Fengming took Er Mazi's cigarette, put it in the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, I'm going to be promoted to section chief soon."

When Er Mazi heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He forgot to light the match in his hand and said in surprise:

"Feng Ming, today is August [-]th, but don't make fun of me, brother. You have only worked for a few years, and you are going to be promoted to section chief?"

Xu Fengming nodded, "It's true, if you don't believe me, my elder brother will come back later, you can ask him."

Er Mazi's heart was filled with turmoil. The match in his right hand burned his fingers. He dropped it on the ground, waved his hands, and looked at Xu Fengming in disbelief.

Seeing that Feng Ming was really not joking, he immediately groaned, scratched his hair with his hands, raised his legs, took out matches from the matchbox again, and lit the chimney:
"Hey, Feng Ming, you can do it, the promotion speed in your unit is almost catching up with your elder brother Qingzi."

Wang Dequan and Zhou Pingtai nodded, agreeing with what Er Mazi said.

Qian Bing, Tian Zhongqing, Wei Shengli, and Chen Guodong came to Xu Qing's house less often than Er Mazi and the others, so they were not very familiar with Feng Ming, Aiguo, and Xiaoya.

He didn't speak, but his heart was really shocked.

As for Feng Wenjun, it was his first time here today, and he was even more unfamiliar. He looked confused, but when he saw the surprise on the faces of several other people, he was also frightened.

Obviously, the third younger brother of Director Xu is no worse than Patriotic at the main factory.

And at the same time.

Xu Qingcai rode his bicycle to his father-in-law's house and had no idea that many people were in his house.

Seeing his son-in-law coming, Ma Guohua showed a smile on his face, hurriedly opened the curtain to let him in, and called Ma Jiefang in the kitchen to make tea for Xu Qing.

Ma Jiefang was helping his mother and daughter-in-law Wu Yuemei make mooncakes at home today, poked his head out of the kitchen, grinned at Xu Qing and said:

"Brother-in-law, I knew you would come today."

Xu Qing glanced at his brother-in-law, and put the moon cakes off the bicycle on the coffee table.

Ma Guohua gave Xu Qing a cigarette, and didn't ask why his daughter Jinghong didn't follow, but asked:
"Why don't you bring my grandson?"

Xu Qing said: "I have to go to my master's house later to deliver moon cakes, so I didn't let him follow me."

Ma Guohua nodded and sat on the sofa, asked Xu Qing to sit down too, and said:
"That's just right, Xiaoqing, you will go to see your master later, and help me bring these five medicines over there. Your master has been feeling unwell recently."

As Ma Guohua said, he raised his hand and took out five packages of medicinal materials wrapped in kraft paper from a small cabinet and placed them in front of Xu Qing.

"Dad, when did this happen? My master is sick? Is it serious?"

There was a trace of anxiety on Xu Qing's face.

Ma Guohua waved his hand and said, "It's not that I'm sick. I've known your master for almost a lifetime. He has hardly been sick for decades, and he rarely even catches a cold. It's just that the weather has been too hot recently, and the factory has not been rectified recently. Last week, I was busy rushing to work at noon in the workshop and suffered from heat stroke. I asked someone to dispense these packs of medicine. I originally planned to give them to him at the factory tomorrow. Since you are going to him today, take them with you. "

Xu Qing nodded when he heard the words, took the five packs of medicine in his hand, sat for a while, and then hurried to the master's house by bicycle.

Although Xu Qing is now the factory manager, in his heart, Lao Zhang will always be his master.

Not to mention that you have only been an apprentice for more than half a year, even if it is only a month, you are still a master.

Xu Qing pedaled his bicycle very fast. It usually took more than half an hour to get to Master Zhang's house, but today he arrived in less than 15 minutes.

As soon as he entered the compound, Xu Qing parked his bicycle at the door of his master's house, picked up the moon cakes and the five packets of Chinese medicine on the handlebars of his bicycle, opened the door curtain, and went into his master's house.

"Master."

As soon as Xu Qing entered the room, he shouted to Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang was sitting on the edge of the kang smoking a cigarette. When he saw Xu Qing coming, he hurriedly got up and got off the kang, cheered up, put a smile on his face, and said with a smile:

"Stinky boy, I was just talking about you to your mistress just now, and you're here now."

Xu Qing laughed naively, "Master, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival today, how could I not come?"

Lao Zhang clasped his hands behind his back and felt very happy when he heard Xu Qing's words.

He knew that as long as it was a holiday, he, a closed disciple, would definitely come to see him at home.

Pulling Xu Qing to sit on the kang, Lao Zhang turned around and shouted to the old woman who was busy in the kitchen:
"Xiaoqing is here, stop baking mooncakes and pour water for my apprentice first!"

After Lao Zhang finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Xu Qing, looked at him with cloudy eyes, saw that Xu Qing was full of energy, and said with a smile:
"Stinky boy, I heard that you have done a good job in the fifth branch just after you took office for a month. You have bought a lot of good things from the main factory to the fifth branch."

Xu Qing scratched his head with a silly smile and said, "Master, it's not that I can't do anything. I've taken over the fifth branch factory, so I can't just use the original mess to get rid of it."

Lao Zhang took a puff of cigarette, nodded his head and said: "That's the reason, you work hard, become the factory director, don't be impetuous, no matter what you do, calm your temper, take your time, and don't give it to me, Master. Disgraceful, discredited."

(End of this chapter)