Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 390 Son, call someone quickly
In the backyard, Ma Jinghong was sitting on a bench in the yard washing clothes, it was cold and freezing
Return to the cold, you can wear dirty clothes and have to wash them.

In this age without washing machines, hand washing is the only option.

Qin Jingru was also doing laundry, along with the second aunt and her second daughter-in-law.

A few women got together, washing clothes and doing household chores, which made the cold courtyard a little more lively.

Holding the kettle on the stove in his house, Xu Hongzhi carefully poured hot water into his mother's laundry tub.

At this time, Hui Lihua took Wu Xiuying into the backyard just now, saw that the little guy was so diligent today, he knew how to pour hot water for Jinghong, and said with a smile:
"Hongzhi, come, let auntie take a good look at you!"

As soon as Hui Lihua finished speaking, Ma Jinghong was taken aback when she saw the two people coming to the courtyard, staring blankly at her former good sister—Wu Xiuying.

Somewhat unbelievable, after regaining consciousness, he hurriedly stood up from the bench without wiping the water from his hands, went to Wu Xiuying, hugged her in her arms, and laughed excitedly:
"Damn girl, you still know how to go back to the city to see my sister."

Wu Xiuying also had a sore nose, hugged Ma Jinghong, and let go after a while and said:
"Sister Jinghong, how can I forget you."

"Bah, it's been several years and I haven't said anything about you coming back. Do you know how much I miss you?"

Wu Xiuying grinned, showing her canine teeth, took Ma Jinghong's hand, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile:

"Sister Jinghong, you are still so beautiful. Didn't I just come over today to see you and Brother Xu Qing."

As Wu Xiuying said, she turned her head and leaned forward to look at Xu Hongzhi, who was pinched by Hui Lihua, and said, "And you little guy, do you know who I am, Auntie?"

Xu Hongzhi's little eyes were full of doubts. He shook his little head and timidly looked at Wu Xiuying, who had no memory at all. He raised his head and turned to look at his mother.

Ma Jinghong smiled and said to her son: "This is your aunt Xiuying. She hugged you when you were young. Son, call someone."

Xu Hongzhi hurriedly said sweetly: "Hello, Auntie Xiuying!"

Wu Xiuying, who had not been in Sijiu City for many years and had not seen Xu Hongzhi very often, was also a little unfamiliar with the little guy.

It's not that she hasn't seen it at all, but when she secretly boarded the train from Xu Qing's house at night and went far away, Xu Hongzhi was still a little guy who was hugged in his arms. Seeing you again after so many years, I couldn't believe it for a while, the little guy couldn't believe it. so big.

Not only is she very pleasing to look at, but she also has a sweet mouth and good manners. After listening to Jinghong's words, Wu Xiuying's heart warmed up. She took off the black leather gloves on her hand, grabbed a handful of milk candy from the pocket of her woolen coat, and handed it to her. Xu Hongzhi then straightened up and said to Ma Jinghong:

"Sister Jinghong, isn't Brother Xu Qing at home?"

"No, it's New Year's Day today, he went to my parents' house and his master's house."

After Ma Jinghong finished speaking, she continued: "Xiuying, Lihua, let's sit in the room, it's so cold."

Wu Xiuying and Hui Lihua followed Ma Jinghong and Xu Hongzhi into the house.

Liu Guangtian's daughter-in-law asked the second aunt, "Mom, who are those two people from Sister Jinghong's house?"

The second aunt washed the clothes with soap and said, "Your sister Jinghong's colleague, that Hui Lihua, didn't you meet in the past six months?"

Liu Guangtian's daughter-in-law said humbly: "I have seen that one before, and the other one is strange to me."

Qin Jingru took advantage of the opportunity and picked up the conversation. She rubbed Xu Damao's pants with a washboard and said:
"The other one is Wu Xiuying, who is also a colleague of Sister Jinghong, but ah." Qin Jingru lowered her voice and whispered:

"I heard that after Wu Xiuying left our hospital a few years ago, she ran away to other places, and has not been in our Forty-Nine City for these years."

The second aunt heard Qin Jingru's words, combined with the previous conversation between Ma Jinghong and Wu Xiuying standing in the courtyard, she stretched her neck curiously to look at Xu Qing's house, looked at Qin Jingru and said:

"No, that Wu Xiuying was driven to our hospital twice by her husband and mother-in-law."

Qin Jingru stopped what she was doing and nodded repeatedly, indicating that she was right.

Liu Guangtian's daughter-in-law didn't know anything. As a person who married into the courtyard only a few years ago, she didn't know many things about the courtyard.

But when I saw the two women who just came to the courtyard, they were both good-looking, as beautiful as Ma Jinghong, I felt a little jealous, stood up and said to the second aunt:
"Mom, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable. I have to go back to the house and lie down for a while. Can you help me wash Guangtian's clothes?"

Normally, if Liu Guangtian's wife dared to say this, the second aunt would have to shame her severely, but now Liu Guangtian's wife is pregnant.

The second aunt said with an oh: "OK, you go back to the house and rest, and I will wash the clothes in the light of day."

Once Liu Guangtian's daughter-in-law left, only Second Aunt and Qin Jingru were left in the backyard.

In Xu Qing's room, Ma Jinghong poured two mugs of hot water for Wu Xiuying and Hui Lihua to warm their bodies. At the same time, she sat on the edge of the kang, looked at Wu Xiuying, and said with a smile:
"When did you come back? Why didn't you call me in advance?"

Wu Xiuying warmed her hands with the enamel teapot in her hands and said, "Early this morning, I just got off the train with my wife, and he went to work, so I asked Sister Lihua, and then I came to you together."

Ma Jinghong didn't ask Wu Xiuying why she didn't call in advance, and changed the subject:
"Xiuying, Lihua, have you two eaten lunch? There are steamed buns still hot in the stove in my kitchen. I'll bring them out for you two."

Hui Lihua smiled and said: "Sister Jinghong, stop working so hard, Xiuying has eaten at my house."

When Ma Jinghong heard this, she stopped going to the kitchen and sat back on the edge of the kang. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Hui Lihua and Wu Xiuying bringing home things and scolded:
"Lihua, how many times have I told you, come to my house, don't take things, those who don't know think you are begging my house to do something."

Hui Lihua smiled and said: "Sister Jinghong, it's not that I want to take it, it's Xiuying who dragged me to a department store to buy it. I told you that you don't need anything at home. She said she was embarrassed to come here empty-handed." Here you are."

Wu Xiuying took Ma Jinghong's arm, put her arms in her arms and said, "Sister Jinghong, don't blame Sister Lihua, my wife said, I haven't been here for a long time, and it's New Year's Day today, so it's not good to be empty-handed."

Ma Jinghong didn't say anything. Lihua often met in the group and had contacts every year, so there was no need to be too polite in her words, as that would easily make her appear alienated and alienated.

But Wu Xiuying, although they used to play together and have a good relationship with each other, they haven't seen each other for many years. They occasionally talk on the phone and only talk for a few words each time. But the phone bill is so expensive that they don't dare to talk for a long time.

Furthermore, today's New Year's Day, anyway, is also a holiday, and it is really inappropriate to go to someone else's house empty-handed.

What's more, after finally seeing her good sister Xiuying, Ma Jinghong couldn't bear to talk about her.

In the courtyard outside the house, Ma Jinghong didn't care about the clothes waiting to be washed in the laundry tub. The good sisters came home, and the three women naturally had endless things to say.

Wu Xiuying took off the woolen coat, revealing the pink sweater inside, grabbed Ma Jinghong's hands and asked:

"Sister Jinghong, brother Xu Qing, is he really the director of the factory?"

Ma Jinghong smiled and said: "Yes, can this still be fake? When did I ever lie to you, sister?"

Wu Xiuying said: "Sister Jinghong, I either don't believe it or I just find it a bit unbelievable. In the first half of the year, I remember talking to you on the phone in March. You said that Brother Xu Qing was studying in university. It has only been half a year since then. It’s unbelievable to be the factory director and manage thousands of people.”

Ma Jinghong reached out and brushed Wu Xiuying's hair covering the corners of her eyes behind her ears, and said with a smile:
"What kind of year are these? It's easy to get up, and it's easy to get down. In the newspapers in the past few years, you could see people being knocked down every day. Before your brother-in-law went to university for further studies, he was the deputy section chief in his original factory. After he got further studies, , not long after, his main factory promoted him to the director of the fifth factory. Who knows whether his main factory will let him go again after the new year comes."

Hui Lihua pouted at the side, shook her head and said: "Sister Jinghong, the troubled stage has passed. What happened in the past few years is still there now. As long as Xu Qing doesn't mess around, he will only rise step by step."

Wu Xiuying echoed: "That's right, Sister Jinghong, don't think about it, brother Xu Qing is very good, you should be happy, what's the matter, you are also the wife of the factory director now, aren't you?"

Seeing Xu Xiuying making fun of herself, Ma Jinghong laughed and scolded: "You have such a small mouth, you just pick up what I like."

"Don't talk about your brother-in-law, by the way, what does your lover do?"

Ma Jinghong asked Wu Xiuying.

Whether it was correspondence or phone calls before, she had never heard Xiuying mention her lover a few times.

Hui Lihua also said: "Xiuying, you never told us, and you didn't bring him to meet Sister Jinghong and me today. Now you can finally reveal it."

Wu Xiuying hesitated, Hui Lihua touched her with her arm, and said jokingly, "Don't worry, sister, I'm just curious, I'm not curious, and I won't take him away from you."

Wu Xiuying hurriedly said: "Sister Lihua, what are you talking about, I'm not worried about this, I am"

Wu Xiuying hesitated to speak, and said after a while, "It's like this, Sister Jinghong, Sister Lihua, my wife is a scientific researcher, he is relatively introverted and doesn't like to talk. Apart from work, he usually reads with a book in his hand. I rarely communicate with people, and I don’t like to be in contact with people.”

"Is it a boring gourd?" Hui Lihua said in surprise.

"Almost." Wu Xiuying nodded.

Ma Jinghong thought about it and said, "That's pretty good, I'm definitely not bad-tempered."

Wu Xiuying seemed to have remembered something funny and said with a wry smile:

"Sister Jinghong, Sister Lihua, to tell you the truth, my lover has no temper at all. In the years I have been with him, I have never seen him lose his temper, let alone be scolded by him, and I have never seen him talk to me People blushed."

Hui Lihua frowned, "Xiuying, then your lover is too honest. It's not good if you don't have a temper at all. If a man has no temper, is he still a man? He won't be bullied to death."

Wu Xiuying said: "My lover has no temper, but he is really good to me. He doesn't care about my past and accepts me completely. But my mother-in-law is very cruel, but she has a sharp mouth and a tofu heart. She has nothing nice to say about me. She will scold me." I took my father-in-law with me that night, and the two of them apologized to me."

Ma Jinghong smiled and said, "As long as you don't get bullied."

Hui Lihua nodded and said: "Sister Jinghong is right. Fortunately, you left that bastard Cao Xiaojun early and met someone who loves you now. You should cherish it."

In Xu Qing's room, Ma Jinghong and her son were sitting on the kang that was still warm, chatting with Wu Xiuying and Hui Lihua.

At this time, Xu Fengming watched a movie with his partner Xiujuan in the morning, and the two of them had lunch again. They were refreshed and came back with a camera in their hands, full of ambition.

(End of this chapter)