Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 507 Yan Bugui kills three birds with one stone

Tang Xiujuan frowned slightly. Her oval face, which had gained weight due to pregnancy, was gradually turning rosy. Her eyes under her long eyelashes looked at Feng Ming who asked her question. The corner of her mouth moved slightly, but she did not rush to respond.

She knew that Feng Ming had long wanted to move back to the compound to live with his eldest brother, second brother and second sister-in-law.

But now there are few vacant rooms in the compound.

There is one in the front yard, but she heard from Feng Ming that in the past two days, Yan Jiecheng and his wife in the front yard were having trouble with her family.

Even if there were, it would be impossible to rent.

There is no middle courtyard. The hut where Shazhu's sister Yuyu lived before was never rented out by Shazhu.

The only room in the backyard was the room where the old lady in the courtyard died.

It has been vacant for many years and no one lives there. Even other people in other streets and areas have not inquired about renting it.

After all, the old lady died in the house where she lived.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Xiujuan expressed her doubts.

"I don't have any objection, but there is no house in the courtyard."

Xu Fengming didn't wait for his wife Xiujuan to finish speaking, but he understood her concerns and said:

"It's okay, I'll find a way. We can't live in the old lady's house in the backyard directly. You just gave birth to a baby, so it's not good for you and the baby to live there.

We are building a house in the backyard and setting up a temporary building, but there is no space left, but the old lady passed away several years ago, and we are not suitable to live in it now. Someone is suitable. I will go back to the courtyard in the afternoon to see Brother Yuzhu of the Central Courtyard. , let’s discuss it, isn’t he not married yet? He has been single all these years. The old lady left the main house to him. He is the landlord. Let him live here for a month and wait until the end of next month. Let’s Move in again.

When the time comes, we will just pay more rent. "

Tang Xiujuan groaned, tucked the quilt covering her body, and looked at her eldest brother and sister-in-law, as well as her second sister-in-law Ai Qian and sister-in-law Xiaoya, wanting to hear their thoughts.

Xu Fengming also turned to look at his eldest brother Xu Qing, "Brother, what do you think of my idea?"

Xu Qing couldn't laugh or cry when he saw his third brother full of evil ideas.

The third brother has been very clever since he was a child. On this point, he agrees with what Xu Damao said back then.

It's just that the method mentioned by the third brother just now cannot be said to be bad or good.

Before the old lady passed away, she made a will for her house. The main house was left to Silly Zhu, and the small house next door was given to him.

Qin Huairu rented the hut from him two or three years ago and let the stick stick.

The main house, Shazhu, has never been rented by anyone. At the beginning of the year, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guanggu moved back to the courtyard, and they didn't care about living in the old lady's main house.

The reason is that it feels unlucky.

Feng Ming also took this into consideration when he asked Silly Zhu to move in first.

However, this is something that should be considered. After all, this kind of old theory has been circulating in Sijiu City.

Xiujuan had just given birth, so it was really not suitable to move in directly.

Xu Qing thought briefly and said with a smile:

"Then you wait for Brother Shazhu to return to the courtyard after get off work in the afternoon, and you and he will discuss it. If it doesn't work, I will ask Bangge to vacate the small house that the old lady left for him to live in."

Xu Xiaoya continued: "Brother, I think Brother Yuzhu should be easy to talk to about this matter. If you let Banggeng move out of the hut, I'm afraid that Sister Huairu and Banggian's grandmother will have trouble with our family in the courtyard. Complaints.

Sister Huairu is a bit better, she may not be too serious.

But Bangge’s grandma, my third brother and I were scared when we saw the stinky face she made. "

"Brother, Xiaoya is right. If Xiujuan and I live in the old lady's hut with our children, I'm afraid it might be a bit crowded. Forget it, I'll talk to Brother Yuzhu and tell him, there's absolutely no problem!"

Xu Fengming finished speaking confidently, and then added with a smile:

"Brother, based on the relationship between our family and Brother Yuzhu, this matter can definitely be done, and I will pay the rent, and Brother Yuzhu will definitely be happy."

When Xu Qing saw his third brother saying this, he must have made a plan in his mind.

But on this matter, I didn't worry about my brother.

In fact, he has been the eldest brother in these years, after Aiguo, Fengming and Xiaoya got married.

Almost never bothered.

First, there is no need for it.

My younger brothers and sisters are all married and have careers, and are doing well both in work and in life.

Secondly, I am also very busy.

There are a lot of things going on at the grain station, and the meat factory is also troubled.

Just like the incident two days ago when the three brothers Yan Jiecheng ran into the backyard and blocked the door of the house early in the morning, asking for money, he couldn't spare the time to deal with it.

Of course, disdain is one aspect.

On the other hand, I am really busy.

After the reform, he started his own business and made a living by himself.

This is fundamentally different from working in a factory.

Although it's all about making a living and working hard to make money.

But regardless of whether the performance in the factory is good or bad, wages are paid as usual.

If you start your own business, if you don't have a business, you can only take your wife and children with you and drink from the northwest wind.

I don't even have the time to worry about my younger siblings.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Qing left the hospital on a motorcycle with his wife Jinghong.

Sister Xiaoya stayed behind and took care of Xiujuan with Tang Nianguo and his wife who went home to get some things.

And of course Feng Ming.

Liu Aiqian left earlier. She was working at her workplace, so she could come over at noon to stay for a while, and left first when it was almost time to go to work in the afternoon.

Xu Qing drove Jinghong on his motorcycle back to his own grain station in Dongdan, sat there for a while, and then hurried back to the suburban meat factory.

There was another cart of pigs to be brought back from the countryside in the afternoon, and as the boss, he had to be away.

The weather will never get hot again, and it will only get cooler day by day as we enter autumn.

However, the climate at this time of year is very comfortable except in the morning and evening.

Instead of the heat of summer, there is only the spring breeze of autumn moon and the fragrance of osmanthus.

There are many sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted on the streets of Sijiucheng. Xu Qing could still smell the faint fragrance all the way out of the city.

Even after leaving the city, there were too many cars on the road, causing dust to fly, and no one deliberately planted osmanthus trees outside the city.

As he rode his motorcycle, he got farther and farther away from the city and closer to the meat factory. Gradually, the scent of osmanthus disappeared, leaving only the smell of earth and earth unique to the suburbs that penetrated his nose.

As soon as Xu Qing returned to the meat factory, he saw Er Mazi and several workers in the breeding workshop helping the quarantine officer inject the piglets he had purchased earlier.

The autumn rain yesterday caused three piglets to catch cold.

The quarantine officers had nothing to do, so they used their only veterinary experience to try to cure the disease.

Xu Qing stopped his motorcycle, walked over to Er Mazi, and looked at the piglet that was pinned to the ground and howling, causing the two quarantine officers to scramble and couldn't help but feel happy.

"Brother Mazi, this battle is big enough!"

Er Mazi felt hot sweat on his forehead. He raised his hand to wipe it and said: "There is no way. Who told these two quarantine officers in our factory to be so delicate?"

After Er Mazi finished speaking, he asked: "Qingzi, Feng Ming's wife, did Feng Ming give birth to a son or a daughter?"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Son."

Er Mazi yelled: "Okay, you three brothers, the first born will all be boys."

Xu Qing said happily: "It's okay, you and Sister Xiaojuan were also my husband's sons back then."

Er Mazi grinned innocently: "If my wife didn't give me a baby for her first child, look at how I would deal with her!"

Xu Qing smiled and did not answer. How could he not know that Er Mazi was addicted to talking.

If Chen Xiaojuan really didn't give birth to a son with her first child, she might not even dare to say a harsh word to Chen Xiaojuan if she borrowed Er Mazi's courage.

As for cleaning up, I’m really not sure who will clean up who.

Hui Dehai and his apprentice walked out of the slaughtering workshop and saw the young quarantine officer giving an injection to the piglet. It took him a long time to finish it.

He raised his hand to take the syringe, pointed it at the piglet's butt, and plunged it in without even looking.

With the piglet howling desperately, it was over in an instant.

Hui Dehai pulled out the syringe and handed it back to the quarantine officer beside him:

"Boy, learn more. I take a few of my apprentices to kill pigs every day, and you two are watching. Why do you need so many people to give Piggy an injection? If he were my apprentice, he could do it alone."

The two quarantine officers looked at the piglet kicked away by Hui Dehai with embarrassment on their faces.

Er Mazi said with a smile: "See, Master Hui is indeed a master. He knows a lot. You two will learn more from me."

Hui Dehai waved his hand and said: "Hey, if you don't kill pigs, there is nothing to learn from following me."

Xu Qing handed Hui Dehai a cigarette, and then gave Er Mazi another one. Then he walked around to the others. Seeing that the sun was getting late and the golden afterglow was already shining in the western sky, he asked:

"Brother Mazi, what time did the truck driver leave in the afternoon?"

Er Mazi took the cigarette, held it in the corner of his mouth, used a piece of cotton wool dipped in red medicine given by the quarantine officer, pressed it on the sole of his foot where he had broken the blood blisters, and said:

"I left at half past two and will be back at around five."

Xu Qing nodded, thought for a moment, and said to the four workers in the breeding workshop:

"How much bran is left in the breeding workshop? If not, before the pigs are brought back, you can go to the grain station warehouse and pull two carts of bran. Prepare them in advance and save the time in the evening after get off work. "

When the four workers heard what Xu Qing said, they smoked cigarettes and drove all the piglets back to the feeding workshop. Then they pushed the wooden donkey-drawn cart out of the factory and headed to the grain station.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, when the sunset covered the entire western sky, the truck that went to the countryside to pull pigs drove in from outside the factory with a huge rumble.

Xu Qing called four workers in the breeding workshop to unload the pigs with Hui Dehai's apprentices.

Since it is not a truck specifically designed to pull pigs, unloading the pigs is a bit troublesome.

After nearly half an hour of work, all the pigs in the car were put into the pig house in the breeding workshop. Four workers were busy feeding them bran and water.

It's almost six o'clock in the evening, and the sky is getting dark.

The wind picked up in the suburbs, blowing dust and blowing all over the sky. Xu Qing and Er Mazi choked as soon as they walked out of the breeding workshop that was full of pig odor.

Back in the office, Xu Qing used a feather duster to dust off himself and Er Mazi, washed his hands, drank a tea jar of tea, and it was already time to get off work.

As soon as the others left in the truck, Xu Qing and Er Mazi closed the factory door, left the meat factory, and headed back to the city.

At noon, Xu Qing did not have dinner with Er Mazi, a meritorious official. As soon as he returned to the city, he found a restaurant, ordered four dishes, and ordered a bottle of Erqu. Home.

The sky was completely dark, the stars were twinkling, and the moon was hazy.

There were still a lot of pedestrians on the street, and the bus carried a crowded bus of people, swaying back and forth on the street, shuttling through Sijiu City.

The ‘boy’ who pulls the cart and does the work also keeps shouting to see who is using the cart.

The weather is getting colder at night, but with the rush to reopen, everyone's hearts are restless.

Winter has not yet entered, and the coolness of autumn cannot cool people's burning hearts.

This is also the time when pickpockets are most active.

Coupled with the young man carrying a tape recorder, he walked through the market in a swagger.

The whole street was full of noise, curses and chaos.

Xu Qing was riding a motorcycle and had to stop from time to time. It took him a long time to return to the alley where he lived in his compound.

But as soon as he turned over and got off the motorcycle, he bumped into his third brother Feng Ming and Silly Zhu who were coming out of the compound.

"Brother, come back!"

Xu Fengming said while pushing the bicycle.

Silly Zhu stood beside Xu Qing, grinning and saying:

"Qingzi, your brother Feng Ming is really promising. Today he has an idea for me. To put it nicely, he rents the house left by the old lady so that I can earn more money every month. Hey, he's a kid He secretly plotted against me, brother, and asked me to stay in the old lady's house for the rest of the day."

As soon as Xu Qing finished listening to Sha Zhu's words, he saw his third brother Feng Ming saying with a smile on his face:

"Brother Yuzhu, I rented the house from the old lady for your sake. Think about it, no one has rented the old lady's house, and you won't get a dime of rent.

With my rent, how can you pay for a pack of cigarettes every month? Do you not have to pay it out of your own salary? No one has lived in the old lady’s house for so many years. My wife just gave birth to a baby today. We are going to move in directly. , something happened to my wife and child. Brother Yuzhu, as the landlord, do you have to be responsible for us? "

Xu Fengming spoke in a crackling voice. Hearing the words, Shazhu hurriedly raised his hand and waved:

"Hey, I'll go live in the old lady's house tonight. That's all right. You kid, I'm convinced. Even the third uncle doesn't know how to talk to you."

Xu Fengming grinned and said happily: "Brother Yuzhu, I've known since I was a child that you love me the most, my younger brother. I'm going to the hospital to take care of my wife first. You talk to my eldest brother, let's go!"

Xu Fengming got on his bicycle, held a flashlight, and headed out to the alley.

Xu Qing looked at his third brother leaving, leaned on the motorcycle, took out his cigarette, handed one to Sha Zhu and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, if you don't want to, I'll tell Feng Ming tomorrow."

Silly Zhu continued to smoke, and while going back to the courtyard with Xu Qing, he said:

"Hey, Qingzi, what's the matter? I was teasing him just now. I watched Fengming grow up in the courtyard. He just wants to live in the old lady's main house. It's okay!

His wife had just given birth, so it was really not suitable to move in right away. I went to live in the backyard for a while, so that was fine. "

However, Yan Bugui, who was sitting in the front yard, heard Silly Zhu say that Xu Fengming was moving back and planned to live in the old lady's house in the backyard, and his thoughts suddenly moved.

There is still an empty house in his front yard. The house where Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang originally lived after they got married is still vacant.

No one has ever asked him to rent.

He hurriedly opened his mouth to start a conversation, but after thinking about it, he hadn't gone to Xu Qing's house to talk about what happened to his three sons last weekend.

Then he swallowed the words on his lips, turned around and whispered to his wife:

"Xiao Qing just came back. Take out the peony in the net bag and let's go to the backyard right now."

The third aunt looked confused, "Master, can you just get a bottle of Erqu?"

Yan Bugui stretched out his hand to hold his glasses and said: "Feng Ming wants to move back, and there is still an empty house in our front yard.

When we get there later, we'll tell Xiaoqing that if Fengming comes back to live, he can stay in our front yard.

Wouldn't it be great if we waived one month's rent? Today we can not only resolve the conflict with Xiaoqing's family, but also make a favor and collect rent in the future. I call it killing three birds with one stone. "

After hearing this, the third aunt understood what Yan Bugui meant and nodded with a smile.

"You are the one who is in charge!"

(End of this chapter)