Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 431 Brother-in-law and daughter-in-law are hospitalized

Xu Qing slept comfortably all afternoon.

During this period, he didn't even eat the lunch Aunt Feng made for him.

I didn't wake up until 04:30 in the afternoon.

The weather at this time is gradually cooling down from the sweltering heat of the summer.

Xu Qing felt comfortable after sleeping, and his energy level was restored.

He sat up from the kang, wiped his face with both hands, and turned to look at his daughter Qiaoxin and nephew Hongfu who were still sleeping beside him. Then he slipped off the kang, reached out and took the sour plum soup from Aunt Feng, raised his head and drank it in one gulp. Enter the stomach.

The sweet and sour taste immediately made him completely clear-headed.

"Aunt Feng, is there rice in the kitchen pot?"

Xu Qing handed the empty bowl to Aunt Feng and asked.

"Yes, it was ready at noon. I kept telling you not to wake up. Just wait, and I will bring it to you right now."

While talking, Aunt Feng entered the kitchen with an empty bowl.

Xu Qing turned around and walked to the washbasin. After washing his hands and wiping them with a towel, Aunt Feng brought the food and steamed buns to the table in the front room.

Xu Qing sat on a chair and said while eating:

"Aunt Feng, is there nothing going on at home these days?"

Aunt Feng held the thermos bottle and poured Xu Qing a tea jar of tea and said:
"It's nothing, just the eldest son of the second aunt in the courtyard is back."

Aunt Feng works as a nanny. During the past two years in the compound, she has become familiar with every family in the compound. She knows exactly how many children each family has.

Everyone’s temperament and character are also understood very well.

Xu Qing groaned, picked up the bean sprouts with chopsticks, stuffed the steamed buns into his mouth, then picked up the teapot, took a sip of hot tea, and continued to chat with Aunt Feng.

In less than 10 minutes, Xu Qing filled his stomach with two steamed buns about the same size as the mouth of a bowl.

The bottom of a plate of bean sprouts was also gone.

After Xu Qing had eaten and drank enough, she asked Aunt Feng to put the dishes in the kitchen and go about her own business.

He took off his shoes, lay on the kang again, picked up his daughter who had just woken up, and coaxed her up.

Around six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun set in the west, reflecting half of the sky red, and everyone who worked in the compound came back one after another.

Xu Qing changed into clean clothes, black pants and white shirt, and sat in the front yard with his daughter and nephew, chatting with the third uncle Yan Bugui and the third aunt.

Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai came back from get off work and saw Xu Qing. They asked at the same time:
"Hey, Qingzi, you're back from collecting grain."

Xu Qing responded with a smile, put his daughter on the ground, took out cigarettes and gave them to Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, and each of them scattered one.

Silly Zhu took the cigarette, held it in the corner of his mouth, raised his hand to pat the new bicycle he just bought, and showed off to Xu Qing:

"Qingzi, how is this car? It's not bad."

Xu Qing looked at it, nodded and said, "Not bad."

Shazhu bought the new [-]-bar that was just released this year. There is a frame in front of the front of the car, and the chain is covered with a layer of iron sheet. There is no need to worry about the chain getting wet and rusting on rainy days.

It's really a nice bike.

Of course, Silhu is now rich and still alone. After Yu Yu got married, he hardly spent the money he earned.

Secondly, since there was no possibility for Qin Huairu, Shazhu followed Xu Qing from university and became a cadre in the factory.

Not only is the salary he earns more every month, but he is also considered a somewhat dignified person in the kitchen.

Not only does he still lead his disciples, but most people will listen to him when he talks about big and small matters.

Although he will occasionally help the Jia family.

However, when Banggeng came back from the queue, Shazhu never received financial help again.

On the one hand, Qin Huairu has been promoted to a higher level, and his life is not too bad.

In addition, when Bangge comes back, the Jia family only has two people making money.

Silly Zhu's heart is kind, but he has bad eyesight.

He treats Qin Huairu as a sister and has no other thoughts. Relatively speaking, he will deliberately keep a distance from her.

So as not to let people in the courtyard gossip.

In any case, studying in college is not free.

Even if you don't learn anything, you will still be affected to some extent by being in that environment.

Silly Zhu's temperament has not changed much, but when he talks and does things, he is not as impulsive as before, and he has learned to think more before everything.

Conflicting things do still happen occasionally.

But for people over 30, with the experience of time and life, no matter how sharp the edges are, they are gradually smoothed away.

People also gradually become more steady and practical.

But compared with Xu Qing, he is still far behind.

There is no way, Silly Zhu's temperament is not the kind of person who is naturally calm. If he gets angry, he will still act stupidly and quarrel with others.

But this situation is no longer common.

After Xu Qing looked around Sha Zhu's bicycle, he joked with Sha Zhu for a while, and then chatted with the elder Yi Zhonghai.

Upon seeing this, Qin Huairu returned to the middle courtyard alone.

She is a woman, what can she talk to Xu Qing about.

It's not convenient to talk about things between women, and she doesn't understand Xu Qing's business matters at all.

Not long after Qin Huairu left, Xu Qing, Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai stood in the front yard, chatting and walking towards the middle yard.

The main reason was that when Xu Qing saw that Sha Zhu had something to say to him, he took his daughter and nephew into Sha Zhu's house.

Silly Zhu sat in the room, closed the door, and said to Xu Qing mysteriously:
"Qingzi, it's been a few months, why hasn't Lou Xiao'e come back yet?"

Xu Qing was smoking, wondering in his heart. But Lou Xiao'e didn't come back, so he didn't know. He thought about it and said:
"Brother Silly Zhu, I guess Lou Xiao'e still has something to do outside and has just been re-opened. She is probably still a little worried."

After hearing this, Si Zhu sat on the edge of the kang, crossed his legs, and took a long puff of cigarette.

Xu Qing understood that Shazhu couldn't wait any longer.

He is the only person in the compound who is in his thirties and is not yet married.

If Lou Xiao'e never comes back, Shazhu can't afford to wait.

It doesn't look good to talk about a bachelor, and it's even more ugly to be gossiped about again and again.

Especially since Sha Zhu is a cook, it should not be too difficult to find a wife. He is still a cadre, and with this status but not married, people who don't know what he is doing will inevitably guess whether there is something wrong with him.

However, Xu Qing knew.

This is because Shazhu used to have high vision and looked older, so he never met the right person in his early twenties.

Otherwise, anyone else, even an apprentice chef, would have started a family long ago.

Why is it that, in my late thirties, I am still alone.

But Si Zhu is unlucky, his appearance is inferior to his peers, and his personality is not pleasant.

The number of blind dates cannot be said to be hundreds, but it's almost the same.

Whether it was Auntia, Xu Qing, or Qin Huairu, they all introduced them.

Not to mention, Shazhu, a female worker in the factory, also had a lot of blind dates.

But in the end it didn't work out.

The one introduced by the eldest mother was either Shazhu who didn't like the other person, or the other person didn't like him.

As for those who Xu Qing introduced his wife Jinghong to the art troupe, Shazhu was very fond of each one.However, Jinghong's colleague (best friend) has no feelings for Shazhu.

Speaking of which, when Qin Huairu introduced Qin Jingru to Shazhu, the two parties were bastards and mung beans from the beginning, and they looked at each other.

The problem is that Silly Zhu and Xu Damao couldn't deal with each other, so Xu Damao got in the way and got into trouble.

And Yu Li's cousin Yu Haitang was on a blind date with Sha Zhu, and Xu Damao interfered with it a lot. Liu Haizhong, the second uncle in the courtyard, was still thinking about letting Yu Haitang get along with his son Liu Guangtian.

With Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong getting involved, the relationship between Sha Zhu and Yu Haitang naturally ended.

Furthermore, Ran Qiuye, a young female teacher from the school of the third uncle Yan Bugui, whom Sha Zhu had his eye on, refused to do anything because Yan Bugui accepted the gift.

Silly Zhu was very angry. He secretly removed the wheel of Yan Bugui's bicycle, but was tricked by Yan Bugui, so that the matter with Teacher Ran ended without any problem.

Then things changed, and Ran Qiuye was knocked down due to family reasons.

In fact, it is an opportunity for Shazhu.

But at that time, everyone was in danger, and Silly Zhu didn't dare to mention it.

From then on, no matter it was bad luck or misfortune.

After all, Silly Pillar has memorized it to the extreme.

After wandering around and going around in circles for many years, I am still a fool. I have saved a lot of money and met a lot of women, but I haven't been able to get married yet.

Silly Zhu was smoking a cigarette with a frown on his face, staring at the black cloth shoes on his feet. Xu Qing asked his daughter Qiaoxin and nephew Hongfu to go out to play and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, as for you, if you are really anxious, please stop stretching your arms. Brother, I have met Sister Xiao'e a few months ago, but I can't say much about this kind of thing. You can make up your own mind. but."

Xu Qing paused, hesitated for a moment, and decided to speak out, "Brother Silly Zhu, if you have to wait for Lou Xiao'e to come back to be with you, then you will definitely be better than most people in our compound in the future."

Silly Zhu was stunned when he heard Xu Qing's words. After a while, he threw the cigarette butt under the edge of the kang and said with a sad smile:

"Qingzi, don't comfort me. Look, who in our hospital is not married yet? That boy Xu Damao got married for the second time. His second marriage was with Qin Jingru for many years. I haven't even gotten married yet!"

The more Silly Zhu talked, the more upset he became, and he also became excited.

Xu Qing could only say: "Brother Silly Zhu, you don't care how awesome and powerful Brother Damao is, but he really may not be able to compare with you in the future!"

Silly Zhu grinned and bared his teeth, and suddenly laughed and said: "Qingzi, I like to hear what you say, brother. Even though Xu Damao has been married twice, brother really doesn't like him. Now he doesn't even have a son and a half daughter." None yet.

When I lived with Lou Xiao'e before, they said that Lou Xiao'e couldn't have children, so marrying Qin Jingru was not a virtue. She had no son and no daughter. "

After Si Zhu finished speaking, he opened his chat box, became interested, and then said:
"Qingzi, you and Jinghong got married later than Xu Damao. Now you have children. Xu Damao and Qin Jingru are tossing around every day. Qin Jingru's belly has not moved at all. Brother, let me tell you, in the past two years, the factory It's spread all over the country, Xu Damao's stuff won't work."

Xu Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why did he get involved in that aspect? He quickly brought the conversation back and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, instead of talking about Brother Damao, let's talk about your affairs."

However, at this time.

Ma Jiefang rode his bicycle to the compound. When he saw Xu Qing in the silly pillar house in the middle courtyard, he didn't go directly to the backyard. He pushed the cart and stopped at the door of the silly pillar house. Once he stopped, he walked into the silly pillar house and walked toward Xu Qingdao:

"Brother Qingzi, why didn't you tell me when you came back from collecting food?"

"I came back this morning." When Xu Qing saw his brother-in-law coming, he stopped talking to Shazhu and looked at Ma Jiefang and said, "Jiefang, your wife is about to give birth, how come you still have time to come to my place."

Ma Jiefang took out his cigarette, handed it to Xu Qing and Shazhu, and sighed:

"Oh, don't mention it. My wife had a stomachache last night and was sent to the hospital overnight. Today I didn't go to the factory to work. I took care of her all day with my mother. Why don't I take the time to come to your place? I plan to ask her for help. You and my fifth sister can borrow some money to pay for the hospital bills."

Xu Qing was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Are your wife and children okay?"

Ma Jiefang pulled up a chair, sat in front of Xu Qing and Sha Zhu and said:
"Yuemei and the baby in her belly are still healthy according to the doctor's examination. However, my wife is not in good health. According to the doctor, when my wife gave birth, she was afraid of dystocia and might need an operation."

Xu Qing understood that the operation referred to a caesarean section and couldn't help but frown.

In these days, the technology for caesarean section is not as mature as that of later generations.

Accidents are easy to happen, and most people cannot leave the delivery room.

Seeing that his brother-in-law Ma Jiefang was here to borrow money, Xu Qing asked directly without saying a word:
"Liberation, how much does it cost?"

Ma Jiefang was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, looked at Xu Qing, and thought:
"Brother Qingzi, can I borrow 200 yuan?"

Without any hesitation, Xu Qing reached out and took out 500 yuan and stuffed it directly into Ma Jiefang's hand.

"Take these five hundred and use them. If you don't have enough, don't talk anymore."

His brother-in-law and his family were in trouble, how could Xu Qing say no to borrowing money.

When he first started working in the factory, he was alone with his younger siblings, and life at home was tight.

Ma Jiefang also helped me a lot.

What's more, he has a relationship with Jiefang and his classmates.

His brother-in-law rarely asked to borrow money. It was impossible for Xu Qing to say that he was also using money for his business and could not get it out for the time being.

That's something only Yan Jiecheng can do.

Xu Qing would never do that.

It’s not a big deal that you can make money again if you lose it.

Anyway, Xu Qingliang has become more independent these days, and making money is not a problem for him at all.

Among other things, the grain station supplies grain to several branch factories.

Xu Qing sits at home and earns a lot every day.

Moreover, the machinery from the warehouse has not yet arrived, and Xu Qing's plan to hire people to grind the grain into flour has not yet begun.

The deposit for the machine has already been paid, and we can negotiate a delay when the balance is due.

Xu Qing knew the priorities well.

Ma Jiefang saw the 500 yuan given to him by Xu Qing and said gratefully:

"Brother-in-law, I thank you and my fifth sister. Wait over there at the hospital. I'm going to pay the hospitalization fee first."

Ma Jiefang was about to leave, and Shazhu stretched out his hand to grab him and said, "Jiefang, brother also has some money in his hand. Please wait a moment and I will get it for you."

Silly Zhu has long been acquainted with Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang because of their relationship. The two of them have been working together in the No. [-] Factory, and they have studied at university with Xu Qing for three years.

We've gotten along pretty well over the years.

Silly Zhu is a kind-hearted person. When he sees others in trouble, he wants to help others.

He heard what Ma Jiefang said, how could he stand by and watch.

Xu Qing had just lent Ma Jiefang 500 yuan in front of him.

But Shazhu still wants to do his part.

But Xu Qing stopped him and said, "Brother Silly Zhu, the five hundred should be enough, so don't take it."

In fact, hospitals in these days don’t cost much at all.

500 yuan, just a lot more.

It was more than enough for Wu Yuemei to stay in the hospital until the day she gave birth, plus various expenses such as food and drink, as well as confinement.

Ma Jiefang also said: "Brother Shazhu, my wife and I appreciate your kindness. If it's not enough, I'll ask you to borrow it again."

When Silly Zhu heard what Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang said, he had no choice but to take out his hand from his trouser pocket.

Together with Xu Qing, he sent Ma Liang out of the house.

About ten minutes after Ma Jiefang left, Ma Jinghong came back from get off work in the art troupe.

Xu Qing told Wu Yuemei about being hospitalized, and the two of them discussed it. After dinner, they pushed their bicycles out of the compound together and headed towards the hospital under the darkening sky.

　I wish all readers: Happy National Day! ! !

　　
　
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