Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 492 Yan Guohao comes to the compound
Xu Qing hurried back to the office under the starry sky. He could still hear the howling of pigs in his ears, but he was a little confused. The telephone had just been installed in the factory not long ago. Who would make a call this late at night? Come over here.

But as soon as he returned to the office, he immediately grabbed the receiver, held it in his hand, put it to his ear and asked:

"Xuji Meat Factory, where are you?"

"Qingzi, it's me, brother. You sneak back and I'm at your house using the phone in your house to make the call. Yan Guohao came to our compound today!"

Xu Qing, who was holding the receiver, heard that it was Si Zhu and said oh. He was happy when he learned that Yan Guohao was coming.

He hasn't seen Sha Zhu and Yan Guohao for a long time.

Speaking of which, since graduating from college, the other people in the same dormitory, Ye Aimin, Wang Yingsheng, and Chen Shenghai, have not seen each other again.

However, we occasionally communicate on the phone and through letters.

But they are so far apart that it is difficult to meet and get together.

Xu Qing put down the phone, rushed out of the office, returned to the breeding workshop, and put the pigs and sheep that had been brought back just before night into the pig house with Er Mazi and the workers, and then packed them up with everyone and got ready to get off work.

It was past the usual off-duty time. If he hadn't been waiting for the driver to drive the pigs and sheep back, he would have asked the workers in the breeding workshop to get off work at [-] p.m.

Fortunately, the four people in the breeding workshop live in the suburbs. It is very convenient for them to go home. After leaving the factory, they can go back in less than three to five minutes, so no one complains about the temporary overtime work.

After working for a while and settling everything in place, Xu Qing took out a cigarette and handed it to two of the male workers. As for the other two women, they left immediately.

In these years, many women smoked, because after the founding of the People's Republic of China, tobacco became the most important pillar industry of the country and the largest supporter of the domestic economy.

In order to support national construction, many women have also joined the ranks of smokers.

But relatively speaking, compared with the number of men, it is almost negligible.

As for Er Mazi, Xu Qing also handed over cigarettes.

During this period of time, Er Mazi worked hard in the countryside collecting grain, pigs, and sheep. If it hadn't been late at night, Xu Qing would have planned to take Er Mazi back to his compound to have a good drink and reward himself.

In less than a week, he visited three communes and collected thirty black pigs and five sheep. This was no small feat.

Of course, there are also my second father and two cousins ​​who live in the countryside, and they also contribute a lot.

After leaving the meat factory, Xu Qing rode a motorcycle and headed back to the city with Ema under the starry night sky.

Xu Qing said on the way:
"Brother Mazi, your hard work has paid off this time. Brother, I will give you a big credit. You are considered a hero of our meat factory. When the benefits improve, you can wait for the dividends."

Er Mazi was pedaling his bicycle and smoking to relieve his fatigue. When he heard Xu Qing's words, he slowed down slightly, shook the cigarette handle with his teeth to prevent it from falling, and said:

"Hey, Qingzi, it's all thanks to your second father and your cousin Jianguo. If I want to record the credit, it's also them. If they weren't familiar with each other, I might not have been able to take in thirty pigs so quickly. By the way, then There are five sheep, two of them seem to be raised by some distant relative of your family. Jianguo said they are the great-granddaughter of your great-grandfather and sister, and they are the same generation as you and Jianguo."

Xu Qing frowned, he had no impression at all, and speaking of it, the intricate kinship relationships had spread far and wide as each generation passed on.

Furthermore, he had never spent much time in the countryside. Apart from the people in his hometown village, he had no idea about his distant relatives in other villages.

Xu Qing turned his head slightly and asked, "Brother Mazi, did you give me the money to collect the sheep?"

Er Mazi pedaled his bicycle and nodded, "Give it."

Xu Qing also nodded and continued riding his motorcycle back to the city with Er Mazi.

With the thirty pigs brought back today, his tense nerves these days can be somewhat relaxed, and he feels relieved.

The wind picked up at night, and it was chilly. It was completely different from the daytime.

Back in the city, when Xu Qing and Er Mazi separated, he said:
"Brother Mazi, don't be in a hurry to go to the countryside tomorrow to collect grain, pigs, and sheep. You can rest for a day. You can go back the day after tomorrow."

Seeing what Xu Qing said, Er Mazi lay on the bicycle and said:
"That's it, Qingzi, buddy, we have a day off tomorrow.

These days I have been running around in several communes in the countryside, day and night, and I am really tired. "

Xu Qing took out his cigarette and handed one to Er Mazi. They chatted some more at the intersection before heading home.

Xu Qing restarted his motorcycle and hurried back to the compound.

Just as soon as he returned to the compound and pushed his motorcycle from the front yard to the middle yard, he saw Sha Zhu and Yan Guohao standing in the yard waiting for him.

"Qingzi, park the car in front of my house, come to my house, and don't go back to your backyard. Guohao is here. The three of us will have a good drink tonight."

Yan Guohao stood next to Silly Zhu, looked at Xu Qing, looked around, raised his thick right hand and patted Xu Qing's shoulder, a smile appeared on his unsmiling face, and he opened his mouth and said:
"Xiaoqing, long time no see."

"Yes, Brother Yan, this is the first time we have met after graduation."

As Xu Qing spoke, he handed the motorcycle to Sha Zhu who was reaching out to take it, then took out the cigarette from his body, handed it to Yan Guohao, and walked towards Sha Zhu's house.

Yan Guohao was wearing a new military uniform, and his overall aura was as dignified and upright as before.

This is a sharp edge honed during his military career, and it is unstoppable.

Sitting in front of the table in Silly Pillar's room, his posture is also upright, like a strong pine tree!

After Xu Qing used a lighter to light Yan Guohao's cigarette, he asked with a smile: "Brother Yan, you were discharged from the army this year and were demobilized. In what unit are you working now?"

Yan Guohao said seriously: "In our city's Public Security Bureau, I serve as the deputy bureau."

Shazhu parked Xu Qing's motorcycle and walked into the house. Hearing Yan Guohao's words, he continued:

"Qingzi, Guohao has done it now. As soon as he was demobilized, he joined the Municipal Public Security Bureau there. He is still the deputy bureau. This officer is much higher than me as the canteen director."

Xu Qing smiled and responded: "Brother Silly Zhu, Brother Yan was the platoon leader when he went to college with us and Jiefang. Once he is demobilized this year, according to his position in the army, he will naturally not be low."

Silly Zhu nodded repeatedly and said with a grin: "That's true. Guohao has been on the battlefield and has made contributions to our country. How can the country treat him poorly?"

After saying that, Shazhu turned around and went into the kitchen to bring the wine and food, letting Xu Qing and Yan Guohao talk first.

Xu Qing smoked the cigarette and said, "Brother Yan, how is your family doing now?"

Yan Guohao said: "It's all good."

At this time, Silly Zhu put a plate of peanuts and fried pork with chili on the table and took the opportunity to chat:

"Qingzi, what's that? Jinghong went back to our compound before you tonight. I asked her to tell your Aunt Feng that she didn't leave any food for you. I heated up two steamed buns for you in the pot in my kitchen. , you just deal with me here, and then drink with me and Guohao."

Xu Qing heard this and said happily: "Brother Silly Zhu, thank you."

Silly Zhu waved his hands and said: "Thank you, brother, I didn't eat less at your house, so there is no need to thank you."

Silly Zhu turned around and entered the kitchen again.

After a while, two plates of meat dishes, two plates of vegetarian dishes, and two cold dishes, as well as two steaming white flour buns, were placed on the table in front of Xu Qing.

Silly Zhu pulled up a chair, sat down, picked up Xu Qing's already filled wine cup, the three of them clinked glasses, one of them left, and then said:

"Qingzi, you take a bite of the steamed bun first, while Guohao and I drink first."

Xu Qing was so hungry that he didn't show any politeness. He grabbed the steamed bun and took a big bite. He picked up the vegetables with chopsticks and ate quickly.

Silly Zhu drank wine with Yan Guohao.

After a few glasses of wine, Yan Guohao's face turned slightly red. He ate the meat dishes made by Silly Zhu. He looked at Xu Qing, started chatting and said with a smile:
"Xiao Qing, I heard from Si Zhu today that you are now the most promising person in your compound!"

Xu Qing hurriedly swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, shook the chopsticks in his hand and said:
"Brother Yan, there's nothing wrong with me. I'm just working in vain. I can barely support my family."

Yan Guohao shook his head, "That's not what Sha Zhu said to me. After we said goodbye to school, he said that you returned to your original unit and was appointed as the director of the fifth factory of your Red Star Rolling Mill not long after.

It was re-opened the year before last. Last year, you opened the first personal grain station in Sijiu City. This year, you also opened a meat joint factory. You wrote me a letter and didn’t mention it, and you didn’t mention it when you called me. If I hadn’t come today You guys here don’t know how powerful your kid is now! "

Xu Qing laughed naively and said hurriedly: "Brother Yan, I am making a living for myself. I have no future as an official. I can only do some small business."

Yan Guohao took two puffs of cigarette and said: "Silly Zhu, Xiaoqing is trying to trick us both. Not counting the fact that he opened a grain station, he also set up a meat factory, became a big boss, and made a fortune quietly."

Silly Zhu picked up the wine bottle and poured wine into the glass in front of Yan Guohao: "Qingzi has no money now. From the construction to the opening of his meat joint factory, within a few months, he and Jinghong were tighter than me. Last month, I borrowed some money from the elder of our hospital, and Qingzi is currently in a difficult situation."

Yan Guohao smiled and said nothing when he heard what Sha Zhu said.

Silly Zhu has a simple mind and doesn't like to think too deeply about things.

But Yan Guohao has been on the battlefield, been to the border, seen people and things abroad, and is older than both Sha Zhu and Xu Qing. He is mature and has more experience. Today he followed Sha Zhu to Xu Qing’s house in the backyard. For a moment.

Seeing the TV, radio, electric fan, and installed telephone set in Xu Qing's house, I knew that Xu Qing's life was better than that of ordinary people.

In addition, Xu Qing was pushing a motorcycle when he came back.

Just for this big item, how many people living in the city could afford it when it was just renovated?
Only those who have lived a prosperous life dare to spend money to buy such big things.

Yan Guohao looked at Si Zhu meaningfully and said:

"Si Zhu, who in your courtyard is like Xiao Qing who dares to open a grain station or a meat joint factory?" Si Zhu didn't understand why Yan Guohao asked this, and said:

"Hey, Guohao, you don't know, the situation in our hospital is like this. Right now, Qingzi is doing business, and everyone else is still working in the factory. Oh, by the way, that guy Xu Damao, who lives in the backyard with Qingzi, usually If you don’t work hard here and do some small business, no one will do business anymore.”

Yan Guohao continued: "Silly Zhu, who do you think among the people in your hospital has the ability to set up a factory like Xiao Qing?"

Silly Zhu suddenly became energetic, crossed his legs, bared his teeth and waved his hands:

"Then there really is no one in our hospital who can compare with Qingzi. Like that boy Xu Damao, although he also does some small business, his two brushes are far behind Qingzi. They are not the same thing at all. They are two different things. .”

Silly Zhu paused and gestured:
"Guohao, look, among the five fingers on my left hand, the thumb is the largest and the little finger is the smallest."

Silly Zhu said, raised his thumb and said: "This is Qingzi, the biggest."

Then, he stretched out his little finger and said with a smile: "Look, this is that boy Xu Damao!"

Yan Guohao puffed on his cigarette and hummed with a smile.

Silly Zhu then turned to one side and said to Xu Qing: "Qingzi, I don't have any opinion on Xu Damao if he is not my brother. At work, he shows movies and is a competent projectionist. Brother, I have nothing to say, but in terms of life and business, I think He is really not that good. If he sets up a factory, I guess all the workers he recruits will be a bunch of women, and [-]% of the men will not be needed."

Xu Qing ate his food without saying anything.

Yan Guohao was a little confused. He froze and looked at Xu Qing and then at Sha Zhu. He was a little confused for a moment and didn't understand why he said he only wanted women.

Seeing this, Xu Qing stopped holding the chopsticks and explained with a smile:
"Brother Yan, it's like this. Xu Damao from our hospital has a bad habit. He likes to flirt with women everywhere."

Yan Guohao, who was suddenly stunned, laughed and said: "It's nothing like this. It's no big deal. No one can take a second look at a beautiful woman."

Silly Zhu raised the wine cup, clinked glasses with Yan Guohao and said, "That boy Xu Damao didn't just look at him twice. He was full of tricks. He couldn't walk when he saw a pretty girl. He had to come up to chat with her and chat a few words. Don't take this opportunity to touch a few."

At this moment, people from other families in the middle courtyard were all enjoying the cool air in the courtyard. When they heard the chatter and laughter coming from the Silly Pillar House, the aunt who had had a breakup with Jia and Zhang a few days ago couldn't help but stop holding the cattail leaf fan in her hand. , said in a low voice to the head of his family, Qin Huairu, Xiaodang, Huaihua, Jia and Zhang, and Banggan who came from the backyard:
"Zhu Zhu and Xiao Qing's college classmate, that middle-aged man who came to our hospital in the afternoon, has scars on his face. Oh, it's scary to look at. Zhu Zhu said that they were left when he was a soldier in the war. That man I just retired from the army this year, and it seems that the country has arranged for me to be an official, which is quite big."

After Jia Zhang and her eldest sister had a quarrel in the courtyard for a few days, Qin Huairu secretly carried her mother-in-law on her back and asked her daughter Huaihua to return two heads of garlic to her aunt's family, and the relationship between the two families was reconciled as before.

Xiaodang turned his head and stretched his neck towards the door of the room where Silly Pillar was lit, took a look, then turned around and said:

"Grandma, is what my silly Uncle Zhu said true?"

The eldest mother hummed, "Zhuzi told me personally today."

Yi Zhonghai coughed twice and rolled his eyes at his old lady: "Okay, what are you talking about? We don't know him. Zhu Zhu said he is an official. Let's not talk behind his back, or we will cause trouble."

Xiao Dang curled his lips and said: "Grandpa, what's wrong with the officials? It's not like there aren't any in our courtyard.

I, Uncle Xu Qing, was the head of the Fifth Factory a few years ago and was in charge of thousands of people. Now Uncle Patriot takes over from Uncle Xu Qing and is in charge of the Fifth Factory. My official position is not small. "

Huaihua repeatedly echoed: "That's right, what my second sister said is absolutely right. Uncle Aiguo will be the director of the factory, and Uncle Fengming and Uncle Shazhu will be directors. Besides, those people are from the university of my Uncle Xu Qing and Uncle Shazhu." Classmate, what are you afraid of?"

Yi Zhonghai smoked silently and stopped talking.

Qin Huairu took advantage of the night to grab the two girls and signaled to stop talking, so as not to upset the elder.

Sitting far away from Auntie, Jia Zhang secretly guessed that Yan Guohao, who came to the courtyard today, could be a higher official than Xu Qing and Aiguo, who were both leaders of the fifth factory.

Jia Zhang was thinking secretly when Aiguo and Xu Damao came to the middle courtyard from the backyard.

When Xu Damao came back, Sha Zhu and Yan Guohao were having dinner in the house, so they didn't see him.

But patriotism is known.

Aiguo came back early from get off work, while Xu Damao was at the Red Star Cinema. In the morning, he went there to order a meal, then rode a tricycle to Tiananmen Square to sell his business to tourists.

He didn't return to the compound until it got dark, later than Patriot, but earlier than Jinghong.

Just now, he had been watching the news on TV in his room in the backyard. There was no program playing, and the TV screen turned into snowflakes. Then he walked out of the house and sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

If you see patriotism, you should go to the Intermediate Court.

Xu Damao had nothing to do, so he followed him for a walk in the middle courtyard.

Just after entering the middle courtyard, Xu Damao glanced at Xu Qing's motorcycle parked at the door of the Silly Pillar House, holding a cigarette in his mouth and walking towards the door of the Silly Pillar House.

"Qingzi, when did you come back?"

As soon as Xu Damao stood at the door of Silly Pillar House, he opened his mouth and said.

When he saw someone else in Silly Zhu's room, Xu Damao immediately showed a smile on his face, walked in, looked at Yan Guohao, and said to Silly Zhu who was raising the bottle:
"Si Zhu, this comrade of yours looks a bit familiar to me, as if I've seen him somewhere before."

Silly Zhu ignored Xu Damao.

Xu Damao took out the Peony cigarette from his trouser pocket, handed the cigarette to him, and said:

"Shazhu, please introduce me to me quickly."

"Qingzi and I were in the same dormitory as Yan Guohao."

Silly Zhu put down the wine bottle and caught the cigarette that Xu Damao threw at his hand.

"No wonder I feel like I've seen it before before."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he hurriedly passed the cigarette to Yan Guohao, "Hello, Comrade Yan Guohao, my name is Xu Damao."

Yan Guohao looked at Xu Damao, who looked more like a cadre than a cadre, and continued to smoke while saying:
"Hello."

Xu Damao looked at Yan Guohao who was sitting upright. Seeing the scars on his face, the clothes on his body, and the power he exuded, he felt that he was not an ordinary person. He bent down and found a stool to sit down next to Xu Qing. He raised his head and said to Silly Zhu. :
"Silly Zhu, take one of the wine cups in your room for me."

Silly Zhu struck a match and lit a cigarette without raising his eyelids, "Xu Damao, if you want to drink, go to the kitchen and get it yourself. It's on the bottom shelf of the cupboard."

Xu Damao rarely argued with Sha Zhu. He stood up and ran into the kitchen of Sha Zhu's house and rummaged for a wine cup.

Xu Aiguo stood in the middle courtyard and looked towards the Silly Pillar House without wanting to go in.

The eldest brother and Yuzhu brother got together with college classmates they hadn't seen for several years, so they were too embarrassed to interrupt.

If Li Guohua and Er Niu were together, he would have followed his eldest brother since he was a child and had frequent contact with his third brother Feng Ming and his younger sister Xiaoya.

Go in, say hello, sit for a while, nothing much.

But Yan Guohao and Xu Aiguo thought for a moment and thought it would be better to wait until tomorrow.

We can't mess with the eldest brother's reminiscing with his college classmates.

Yan Bugui, who was in the front yard, also came to the middle yard with his three aunts and his wife.

In fact, I wanted to go to the backyard to find Xu Qing.

It's the end of the month, and Yan Bugui returned to the city from the suburbs early this afternoon. He finished his work in the warehouse and wanted Xu Qing to pay him his salary tonight.

When Xu Qing came back in the evening, when he passed by the front yard, Yan Bugui planned to go out and ask for wages.

But thinking that Xu Qing must be starving after returning at this point, he had better wait.

After Xu Qing finished his dinner, he took the money to the front yard and gave it to him. In terms of the face of his third uncle, it looked better than going to the back yard to give it to him.

Just waiting and waiting, the news on the black and white TV had finished playing, and Xu Qing hadn't arrived home yet.

After spending money to search, Yanbu, which was more active than anyone else in getting paid, was expensive. I couldn't get the wages and felt unhappy, so I took the third aunt and went to the backyard to find Xu Qing.

But at this time, Yan Bugui saw Aiguo in the middle courtyard and Xu Qing's motorcycle was placed at the door of Shazhu House. He came to Xu Aiguo and said:
"Aiguo, your eldest brother is in the Silly Pillar House, right?"

Xu Aiguo responded: "Yes, third uncle, my eldest brother and Brother Yuzhu are reminiscing with their college classmates who came to our hospital to see them."

Yan Bugui shook the cattail leaf fan and didn't ask any more questions or take the third aunt to the backyard. He just sat in the middle courtyard and waited for Xu Qing.

I thought in my heart that Xu Qing would definitely take the initiative to pay him when he saw him.

Because it was promised before.

He wasn't worried that Xu Qing would hold off on marrying him. He knew what kind of person Xu Qing was from a hospital.

Besides, he works in a warehouse outside Xu Qing, and everyone in the courtyard knows this.

He just felt that the money he had worked so hard to earn had not yet entered his own pocket, which made him a little uneasy.

Since Xu Qing was in Shazhu's house, Yan Bugui sat next to Yi Zhonghai and said to Bang Gang beside him:
"Banggan, go to your uncle's house and take out the chessboard, and I will play a game with your uncle."

Bangge stood up and walked to Yi Zhonghai's house to get the chess set.

However, Yan Bugui was not addicted to chess and really wanted to play a few games with Yi Zhonghai, but he wanted to kill time and wait for Xu Qing to come out of the Silly Pillar House.

(End of this chapter)