Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 477 What the second brother said makes sense.

Faced with Hui Lihua's inquiry, Xu Qing was in no hurry to answer.

He hasn't had time to think about it carefully yet, but the day for the unveiling must be chosen at a good time.

Xu Xiaoya was still holding her elder brother's shoulders with both hands. Her black ponytail was no longer tied up, but was replaced by short hair with bangs, tied with a simple plastic hairband, showing her youthfulness.

In the hot summer, it looks refreshing.

"Brother, Sister Lihua is right. You and your sister-in-law have to choose carefully when our meat factory will be unveiled. When the time comes, I will take my parents-in-law and Jianjun there with me."

Xu Qing hummed and said, "Okay, brother, I will listen to you and we will discuss it when we go back tonight."

Ma Jinghong looked at her sister-in-law and her husband's deep love for each other. She pursed her lips and smiled. After neatly stacking the money and food stamps she received today, she put the money on her body and left the food stamps in the drawer at the counter.

She combed Vera's hair, and her flowing hair was tied behind her head, highlighting the lean temperament of a mature woman.

Li Shuzhen and Wu Xiuying's long hair was simply tied into princess hairstyles.

The two of them are a little more reserved in temperament, and they also have a kind of softness in their words and deeds. They used to have the feeling of Xiaojiabiyu, and what they pursue is not the kind of strong sassiness and competence, but a little bit of love.

This is also the reason why Cao Xiaojun failed to pursue Ma Jinghong back then, and instead pursued Li Shuzhen and Wu Xiuying successively, and almost succeeded in both.

In the end, Li Shuzhen decisively chose to break up with Cao Xiaojun, but Wu Xiuying suffered a disaster.

However, now, Wu Xiuying has nothing to do with Cao Xiaojun.

After remarrying, she no longer suffered bullying, became much more mature, and lived a happy life. Her lover Xu Qing was something she had seen before. He was very gentle, and his conversation and behavior were full of elegance.

Wu Xiuying went round and round, experienced a miserable past, and finally found someone worthy of entrusting her life with, and she became much more cheerful.

After hearing what Hui Lihua and Xu Xiaoya said, he grinned and said:
"Brother-in-law Xu Qing, when your meat factory opens, my wife, I and our children will also attend."

Li Shuzhen on the side echoed softly.

Hui Lihua and Luo Hong, who wore the newly popular wavy hair, were dressed very fashionably. They nodded, indicating that they would definitely be there that day.

Xu Qing smiled and said nothing. When he saw his wife coming out from behind the counter, carrying a bag, the others had also packed up their belongings. He threw the finished cigarette butt into the ashtray made of a small iron can. He stood up from his chair and walked out of the grain station with Jinghong and her sister.

Lock the door and separate from your sister, Hui Lihua and the others at the intersection.

Xu Qing pedaled his bicycle and let Jinghong ride the motorcycle. In the cool and pleasant evening, the two of them walked slowly back toward the compound where they lived along the street that was being renovated.

In the past two years, the street has been constantly renovated and transformed.

It seems that the impact of the reform is not only reflected on everyone, but also the appearance of Sijiu City will be completely new.

The slogans on the walls are still written in bright red paint, bright and conspicuous.

It seems that it has not changed since time immemorial, but the content has changed a lot.

It was the same during the ten years of change, it was the same before, and it was the same after the change.

What is being promoted today is progress toward realizing the four modernization goals.

Big-character posters are rare. Xu Qing occasionally sees people from the street management office posting one or two, but the content is a detailed supplementary explanation of the national situation.

The stars twinkled in the night sky, and Xu Qing returned to the compound at this time.

In the front yard, Yan Bugui moved his own black and white TV to the middle yard for the first time, watching it with the people in the middle yard, and enjoying the cool air at the same time.

Xu Qing was pushing his motorcycle and saw this scene in the middle courtyard. He couldn't help but be a little suspicious of the stingy and shrewd third uncle's change of gender.

After all, according to the third uncle's wishes, his own TV set was not willing to be moved to his house for a few days by his son Xie Cheng, so how could it be generously placed in the middle courtyard.

However, Xu Qing was relieved when he saw that the wires connected to the TV were pulled out of Silly Pillar's house.

It must have been Shazhu who took the initiative to help the third uncle move to the middle courtyard, and also paid for the electricity bill for watching the TV.

Even though the third uncle is reluctant, Si Zhu is now the director, so how can he not give him any face?

Furthermore, if Silly Zhu is willing to use the electricity in his house, what else can Yan Bugui and Third Aunt say?

All they need is a TV set. Anyway, they have to use their own electricity to watch TV at home.

In this way, you can even save on the electricity bill, and you don't have to have an ugly fight with Silly Pillar.

Yan Bugui, who was careful about his budget, still watched TV, and his reluctance naturally subsided.

Xu Qing thought briefly, said hello to everyone in the middle courtyard, pushed his motorcycle and headed back to the backyard with his wife Jinghong.

The second uncle, Liu Haizhong, and the second aunt were also watching TV in the middle courtyard. Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, the two families, would not be absent if they wanted to take advantage.

The middle courtyard was quite lively tonight. Banggeng also came from the backyard to watch with Qin Huairu, Xiaodang and Sophora japonica.

When Xu Damao didn't come, Xu Qing returned to the backyard and heard the sound of the TV coming from Xu Damao's house.

Not long after the New Year, Xu Damao bought one. Before New Year's Day, he earned a lot of money. He directly moved the Taiwan-made color TV home. During the National Day last year, Xu Qing gave the dowry color TV to his younger sister Xiaoya when she got married. Same brand.

They are all produced by the [-] Factory. The appearance is not very good-looking, but the quality is quite good.

There was no movement in Aiguo's house, but the lights were on. Xu Qing parked his motorcycle at the door of his house, and just as he was about to lift the door curtain, he saw his second brother and Ai Qian walking out of the house.

"Brother, you are back with my sister-in-law."

Xu Aiguo and Ai Qian greeted Xu Qing and Jing Hong. After the four of them entered the house, nanny Aunt Feng had already taken Xu Hongzhi into the kitchen to serve food.

Dinner was fried noodles with soybean paste. Aunt Feng specially made a few extra dishes, including shredded cucumbers and radish strips, and also brought out a plate of tomatoes mixed with sugar.

After Xu Qing washed his hands, he took the chopsticks brought by his son and asked his grandparents if they wanted to eat together. Seeing the two old people shaking their heads, Xu Qing had to eat quickly with Jinghong.

After a busy day, he was starving. He ate three mixed noodle buns at San Huzi's mother's house for noon, [-] taels each, but when he returned to the city in the evening, his stomach was empty again.

Using chopsticks to mix the fried sauce and noodles, Xu Qing took two sips and half the bowl went into his stomach. Seeing this, Aunt Feng hurriedly went to the kitchen to make some noodles.

Xu Hongzhi handed the freshly peeled garlic to his father, "Dad, garlic only tastes good when you eat it."

Seeing that he was very diligent today, Xu Qing took the initiative to peel the garlic, took a bite, put it into the bowl, and said while holding the tomatoes with chopsticks:

"If you want pocket money, go to Mom. Dad doesn't have a penny now."

Xu Hongzhi said oh, frowned, and started peeling garlic again, preparing to give it to his mother.

Ma Jinghong glanced at her son, chewed the fried noodles with soy sauce slowly and said, "Follow me to help at the grain station tomorrow, and mom will give you fifty cents."

Xu Hongzhi suddenly had a look of despair on his face, and without peeling off the garlic, he said with a mournful face:

"Mom, I don't want any more money. I won't go to the grain station tomorrow. I want to stay at home with my great-grandfather, great-grandmother, Qiaoxin and Hongfu."

After Xu Hongzhi finished speaking, he ran to the edge of the Kang, took out the little book from his schoolbag, and flipped through it.

Xu Qing smiled at his son's unwillingness to go to the grain station and continued eating without saying anything.

After dinner, he smoked a cigarette with his second brother Aiguo, his sister-in-law Ai Qian, and Jinghong, and the four of them discussed when the meat joint factory would open.

The nanny Aunt Feng took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to clean them.

Grandpa and grandma sat on the kang and didn't interrupt.

As the two of them got older, they couldn't quite understand the business of the grain station. As for how to run the meat factory, they didn't understand even more, so they sat quietly on the kang with their great-grandson and granddaughter, and listened. Discussing with two grandsons and granddaughter-in-law.

"Brother, I think we should collect a batch of pigs first before opening the business. There will definitely be a lot of people coming by then, and we can take the opportunity to sell some pork."

Xu Qing felt that it made sense after listening to his second brother's words.

Now the meat factory has been built, but it is still empty.

There is no supply of goods, and it is not operational. If it is to open in a few days, we cannot let those people see the empty factory building.

Ma Jinghong hugged her daughter Qiaoxin who ran to her side and said: "Brother Qing, patriotism is quite right. We have to run the meat factory in advance. It will look better if everyone comes over then."

Liu Aiqian also said: "Brother, my sister-in-law is right about my family's patriotism. We can't be too anxious to open the business and cut the ribbon." Xu Qing was smoking a cigarette and thinking while listening to the words of his wife Jinghong, his second brother Patriot, and Aiqian.

Turn around early in the morning.

At dawn, Xu Qing rode his motorcycle to the warehouse in the suburbs and opened the warehouse door for the workers.

He stayed until about eight o'clock and asked Lao Wu to help him take care of the workers so as not to cause trouble, and then returned to the city on his motorcycle.

As soon as he came back, he was just in time to have breakfast at home.

Jinghong, Aiqian and Aunt Feng had just packed the food from the kitchen to the front room.

Seeing that his elder brother was back, Xu Aiguo took a ladle of cold water, poured it into the washbasin, and asked his elder brother to wash his hands quickly.

Just after breakfast, the phone rang at home. It was the main factory asking Aiguo for a meeting.

Xu Aiguo sighed and could only rush to the main factory for a meeting.

Aunt Feng, the nanny, takes care of the dishes.

Jinghong and Ai Qian didn't help.

Aiqian took Hongfu back to her parents' home alone to see her parents.

Jinghong pushed the bicycle and took Hongzhi with her out of the compound. After leaving the compound, they separated at the entrance of the alley and took her son to the grain station.

Xu Hongzhi was reluctant to go there in every possible way.

But Jinghong won't let her son have her way.

My family spent a lot of money to build a meat processing factory. Although the lack of money is not enough to get rid of the problem, we really don’t have much savings.

She wanted her son to know the hard work of making money.Don't take summer vacation right away and just think about having fun all day long.

Xu Qing was not too anxious to go to the suburban warehouse. He planned to rest at home until noon before going there. He took Qiaoxin to accompany his grandparents and bask in the sun in the courtyard while the morning was not too hot.

There are many people in the courtyard today and it is lively.

The second aunt and her two daughters-in-law were washing clothes, but each family washed their own clothes.

Qiao Xin ran around playing with Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu's children, and Yu Li's daughter in the courtyard with diabolo.

When Xu Fengming rode his bicycle back to the courtyard to visit his grandparents, Xu Damao had just woken up and heard voices in the courtyard. He glanced into the courtyard through the window and saw Xu Qing and Fengming standing in the courtyard talking. He hurriedly grabbed the kang He put on his half-sleeves and ignored Qin Jingru who was sitting at the table eating. While buttoning the door, he held up the door curtain with his arms and walked out of the house.

The weather was sunny, cloudless, and the sun was dazzling. The second uncle, carrying the dirty yellow rubber shoes in his right hand, came out of the house at the same time as Xu Damao, and threw them to the second aunt to clean them later. Seeing that Xu Fengming had come back early in the morning, he walked to Xu Qing. The two brothers came forward and had a brief chat. They asked how the construction of Xu Qing's meat factory was going, and asked Feng Ming if he had just returned to the hospital.
Xu Fengming hummed towards Liu Haizhong.

Xu Qing gave the second uncle a cigarette and hummed at the same time.

Liu Haizhong replaced the mat in his right hand with the left hand that pinched the shoe just now, and took the cigarette with his right hand. When he saw Xu Damao coming over, he didn't ask any more questions. He turned to Xu Qing's grandfather and grandma, said hello, and then took Xu Damao with him. Grandpa Qing went to the middle courtyard and played chess with Lao Yi.

Xu Damao yawned, took the cigarette from Xu Qing, and said lazily:
"Qingzi, when will your meat factory open and how many people do you plan to hire? How about brother and I also go to work in your meat factory?"

Xu Qing smoked a cigarette and did not speak in a hurry. His thoughts were racing in his mind, whether he should hire Xu Damao or not.

At this time, Xu Fengming looked at Xu Damao and said:
"Brother Damao, you haven't resigned from the Red Star Cinema yet. If you go to my big brother's place and the cinema shows you a movie, what will you do?"

Xu Damao scratched his matted hair after sleeping all night and said:

"Hey, brother, I have no intention of working in that shabby movie theater for a long time. I can't get paid much in a month, and I have a lot of trouble. I was late for more than ten days last month. Guess what, even 20 yuan was deducted from my salary. Not even. I didn’t receive my salary last month. Banggen wanted to buy a bicycle some time ago. Qin Huairu asked me to borrow money. I gave my salary slip directly to Banggen and asked him to collect my salary for me. Then I lent it to him to buy it. bike."

Xu Fengming bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Brother Damao, you are a good uncle. You are willing to lend Banggeng money."

"Can it be done without borrowing?" Xu Damao said, pouting in the direction of his house and motioning to Xu Qing and Feng Ming.

Xu Qing and Feng Ming instantly understood what was going on.

Qin Jingru and Qin Huairu were cousins, and if Xu Damao refused to lend them, Qin Jingru would not make trouble with him.

In addition, they all live in the same compound, so you can't see each other when you look down.

Even if Xu Damao could carry Qin Jingru, when he passed by the middle courtyard every day, Mrs. Jia Zhang still stared at him and hated him.

If Mr. Jia and Zhang continue to criticize Sang and Huai in the courtyard, they will cause a lot of trouble.

Unless Xu Damao doesn't come back to the courtyard, he won't be able to live well.

Xu Fengming chuckled and didn't answer. He bent down and sat on the bench next to his grandma. He took his grandma's thin and calloused hands with his hands and turned around to chat with her.

Xu Qing stood up and said to Xu Damao:

"Brother Damao, aren't you riding a tricycle in front of Tiananmen Square to sell toad mirrors during this period? Why don't you quit your own business and go to work in the meat factory I just built?"

Xu Damao puffed on his cigarette, raised his eyebrows twice, thought for a moment, and said with a smile:
"Brother, I just said casually, if you offer a higher salary, then brother, I can think about it carefully."

Xu Qing was speechless, what is this?

If the salary is higher, what will happen to the money earned? It will all be left to you, Xu Damao.

But Xu Qing said: "Since Brother Damao, you can just talk about it, then I won't take it seriously."

Xu Damao said hurriedly: "Don't bother me, Qingzi, tell me first, brother, I will go to your place, how much can you pay?"

Xu Qing said directly: "Brother Damao, the several state-run meat factories in our [-]th City, how much they give ordinary cadres every month, brother, I will give you the same amount. If the economic benefits improve in the future, you can also pay for it." You can raise it more, but the premise is that you have to completely quit the Red Star Cinema, and your own business must also stop."

Hearing this, Xu Damao thought for a while and said: "Qingzi, forget it. I can't quit at the cinema. They won't let me go. They said Bangge can't support himself as a temporary worker. I'll buy a toad mirror in Tiananmen Square." The income is not bad. When I can leave the cinema, brother, I will come to your place."

Xu Qing nodded.

Knowing that Xu Damao could not give up his job in the cinema and his own business.

Xu Damao is such a shrewd person, even the three uncles in the front yard can't figure it out now.

How could Xu Qing not understand Xu Damao's thoughts? Just now he said that he would be offered the same salary as ordinary cadres in other meat processing plants. Xu Damao didn't accept it, so naturally he thought it was less.

In this case, Xu Qing will no longer have any more entanglements with Xu Damao on this matter.

At noon, Xu Qing finished lunch and took a nap before pushing his motorcycle out to go to the warehouse in the suburbs.

It was past three o'clock, the sun was shining brightly, and the walls on both sides of the alley were hot to the touch.

There was no one in the alley except him. It wasn't until he was approaching the entrance of the alley that he saw Sha Zhu turning in on his bicycle.

"Hey, Qingzi, what are you doing at noon?"

Silly Zhu parked his bicycle in front of Xu Qing, got off the bike, and reached for the Peony cigarette in his trouser pocket.

Xu Qing also stopped and said:
"Brother Silly Zhu, what have you been doing?"

Silly Zhu grinned, handed a cigarette to Xu Qing and said:
"I went to my sister's place in the morning. The rain stopped a few days ago and she got pregnant. I want to be an uncle again, so I went to see her."

After Silly Zhu finished speaking, he continued: "Qingzi, where are you? Are you going to the suburbs again to work on your business of building a meat factory?"

Xu Qing took the cigarette from Sha Zhu and moved a little. However, there was no shade in the alley, so he said:

"No, Brother Shazhu, my meat factory has been built. Today I am going to the grain station warehouse. Er Mazi has a rest today, so I will take care of him."

Silly Zhu let out a cry, leaned his bicycle against the wall, and while smoking, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand and said:

"Qingzi, when your meat factory opens in the future, my brother, I will not buy meat from other places for the canteen of our third factory. I will send people to your meat factory in the suburbs."

Hearing this, Xu Qing smiled and said, "No problem, Brother Silly Zhu. You don't need to send anyone when the time comes. I'll send it to the Third Factory for you."

Silly Zhu smiled and nodded.

After smoking a cigarette, Sha Zhu pushed his bicycle back towards the compound. Xu Qing got on his motorcycle at the entrance of the alley and walked along the street out of the city to the suburban warehouse.

(End of this chapter)