Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 518 Trust

"Brother Silly Zhu, let's do it early on the weekend."

Xu Qing stopped his chopsticks, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the steaming enamel teapot and took a swig.

Ma Jinghong sat aside and ate silently without interrupting.

Xu Damao held his cigarette in his mouth and took another puff. His eyes rolled for a while, and he saw that Sha Zhu would not give him the foreign exchange coupons, and he didn't want him to take them out to exchange them.

Feeling a little unhappy, I shook my shoulders, pulled the jacket that was slipping off my shoulders, looked at Xu Qing and Jing Hong and said:

"Qingzi, then you eat. Brother, I'm going back to rest. I have to get up early tomorrow morning."

Xu Qing heard the sound and said: "Brother Damao, then go back and have a rest early."

Xu Damao hummed, turned around and said hello to Aiguo and Feng Ming, but not to Silly Zhu.

He walked straight out of the house.

Silly Zhu snorted and didn't care at all.

After so many years in the same compound, his relationship with Xu Damao had never been good. In most cases, it could be said that they would fight each other whenever they met.

Xu Damao was still thinking about his foreign exchange coupons just now. How could Silly Zhu take Xu Damao seriously?

Besides, back then, Qin Jingru and him were about to get married, but Xu Damao was forced to marry Huang.

Shazhu never let go of this matter.

If Xu Damao hadn't secretly caused trouble, why would he still be alone now.

As soon as Xu Damao left, Shazhu took out a cigarette from his body, handed one to Aiguo, threw one towards Xu Qing, and said:

"Qingzi, why did you ask that boy Xu Damao to borrow foreign exchange coupons? His calculations are no different from those of the third uncle. If I knew you used the foreign exchange coupons yesterday, I would have sent them to you last night!"

"Brother Silly Zhu, I originally planned to ask you to borrow it last night, but Xu Damao gave me sixty-nine yuan, so I didn't go to the middle court to look for you.

But this afternoon, I went to the Friendship Store for the first time. I failed to make a purchase. I had 329 yuan of foreign exchange coupons with me, which was still a little short. I was going to go back to the courtyard to find you. I met Li Guohua on the way. He took it for me. For exchange coupons, just wait until the weekend to buy something for your nephew. "

After Xu Qing finished speaking with a smile, he grabbed the cigarette on the table, held it in the corner of his mouth, and started smoking.

He believed that what Shazhu said just now could be done.

Others dare not say that they understand Sha Zhu very well, but Xu Qing knows that Sha Zhu’s warm-hearted temperament will really take the initiative to take out the foreign exchange certificates.

And this is actually the reason why he readily agreed to Shazhu to go to the Friendship Store together on the weekend.

Silly Zhu never has bad intentions with others. Even if he occasionally stumbles upon someone, it is because someone took the initiative to offend him and provoke him.

Silly Zhu was used to talking carelessly.

Sometimes, speaking is too bold. Easy to bump into people.

But if he really said he was bad, no one in the compound would think so.

After all, during the six or so years when life was the most difficult, Shazhu helped everyone in the compound a lot.

Whether it's the Jia family, the first, second, third uncle's family, or even the deceased deaf old lady, Shazhu has helped him more or less.

Of course it's not all about money, but no one in the courtyard knows what Silly Zhu is like as a person.

In the years when Xu Qing was dragging his younger brothers and sisters, Si Zhu and Yu Yu were even more helpful.

After so many years, to be honest, apart from his younger brother and his family, the person Xu Qing trusted the most in the compound was Si Zhu.

Although Silly Zhu may not be tactful enough and not very rational in doing things.

But Silly Zhu is Silly Zhu. If he promises to others, he will do it by any means and will never shirk.

In this regard, Xu Damao couldn't compare, and the three uncles in the courtyard were also far behind.

The two brothers Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiecheng were not even as good as Xu Damao, and compared with Sha Zhu, they were worlds apart.

The stove in the house was roaring, and the iron chimney was red.

Make the whole house feel warm.

The two elderly people are not as big as before. In winter, they will consume more briquettes, but Xu Qing does not want his grandparents to get cold.

But today it was a bit too much, the chimney was burning red. Xu Qing hurriedly used the tongs to grab two frozen briquettes as solid as rocks from outside the house, put them into the stove, and suppressed the fire first.

To prevent the chimney from being scorched if left on the doors and windows.

After finishing their work, Xu Qing and his second and third brothers chatted with Sha Zhu for a while before sending Sha Zhu away.

Aiguo and Fengming took their wives and children back to the house where they lived at the same time.

The night sky in the courtyard was quiet, starry, and freezing.

When the white-haired wind blows, the chill doubles.

And this year's winter has always been like this.

It was Friday, and before the weekend, Xu Qing and Silly Zhu went to work separately.

In the afternoon, Xu Qing didn't wait until Er Mazi came to the city from the countryside with his two cousins ​​at the meat factory.

Er Mazi walked out of the cab of the truck pulling the pigs, leaning on a tree branch, and limped:

"Qingzi, your two younger brothers will not be able to come to our place this year. Didn't you tell Secretary Wang of the commune about Qingjun's election for village chief in July? He was later elected in your village. In the past few days, , he and the village party secretary went to the commune for meetings every day. Jianguo also followed suit and became the accountant of the brigade where your village is located. He really wanted to come, but the brigade wouldn't let him go, so the two of them could only ask me to tell you to turn around. .”

Xu Qing looked at Er Mazi's right foot moving almost close to the ground and said:

"Brother Mazi, please don't talk about our cousins. How did you get those feet?"

Er Mazi made a bitter face and said angrily:

"Qingzi, don't mention it. When I was driving the pigs to the car, I was stepped on. It hurt me all the way."

Xu Qing couldn't laugh or cry, "Brother Mazi, I told you to be careful. You did it. Hurry up and ask the quarantine officer to find you some red liquid. Wipe it first. After the pigs are put into the pig house in the breeding workshop, I'll ride The motorcycle will take you back to the city and go to the hospital."

Er Mazi grinned and said: "Qingzi, buddy, this is considered a work-related injury. Will our meat joint factory reimburse the medical expenses?"

Seeing that Er Mazi was still thinking about joking, Xu Qing felt that the injury was not serious, so he said:

"It must be considered a work-related injury. Don't worry about the cost of medicine or anything like that. The factory will take care of it for you."

"Qingzi, that's interesting!"

As Er Mazi spoke, he threw away the twig in his hand, raised his thumb towards Xu Qing, and then endured the pain and said:

"Qingzi, I'll go back to the office and apply the red lotion first."

"Go ahead, Brother Mazi, go back to the office and get warm, I'll just come over here."

Twenty minutes later.

Xu Qing took care of the five pigs that the workers brought back to the city. After they were all locked in the breeding workshop, he rode his motorcycle with his head down and Dai Ermazi went back to the city first to go to the hospital.

After arriving at the hospital, Xu Qing registered, lined up, and then took Er Mazi into the clinic.

"Who is the patient and what are the symptoms?"

The middle-aged doctor in a white coat asked while hanging the stethoscope he had just used on his body. "I."

Er Mazi sat on the chair, pointed to his right foot and said:

"Trampled by a pig."

"Take off your shoes."

Er Mazi took off his cotton shoes, the doctor bent down to check, straightened up and said:

"It's nothing serious. The instep is very swollen. Except for the big toe which is slightly broken, the other toes are not injured. I'll prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers and I'll be fine after a few days."

Go home at night, find a piece of ice, wrap it in a cloth, and apply it on the instep. Tomorrow night, if the swelling has not subsided, use a hot towel to apply it. "

Xu Qing took the prescription prescribed by the doctor, helped Er Mazi go to the pharmacy to get the medicine, and then the two of them left the hospital.

These days, medicines are still the same as they were a dozen years ago, and they are not expensive.

If it weren't for the severe swelling of Er Mazi's instep, the doctor wouldn't have even planned to prescribe 70% of medicine.

Xu Qing sent Er Mazi home. In the afternoon of the next day, he took two kilograms of ribs from the meat factory and went to Er Mazi's house to deliver them to him.

Er Mazi followed the doctor's instructions last night and applied ice to her feet and took medicine. Half of the swelling had disappeared and she could walk without any serious problems. When she saw Xu Qing coming home carrying ribs, she hurriedly said:

"Qingzi, what are you doing? My little injury is of no use. You can get me ribs from the factory."

Xu Qing handed the mesh bag containing the ribs to Er Mazi's son and said:

"Brother Mazi, didn't the doctor say yesterday that your right toe is slightly fractured? You can eat the ready-made ribs in our factory. What's the matter? If you still want to pay, I don't mind."

Er Mazi grinned, raised his hand to ask his daughter to pour water, pulled Xu Qing to sit at the table and said:

"Qingzi, bro, I just broke my toe. It's a small matter. I stayed at home for a day and I feel better. I can go to work in the factory tomorrow. The ribs are good for fractures, but it's a bit wasteful for me to eat them. Why don't you take them back? Let your grandparents eat it."

Xu Qing waved his hand and said, "Brother Mazi, it's only two kilograms of pork ribs. If you think it's a waste, let you two kids and Sister Xiaojuan eat it."

Chen Xiaojuan was cooking in the kitchen. When she heard Xu Qing coming, she hurriedly wiped her hands on her apron, took the enamel jar that had been peeled off from her daughter's hand, put the broken pieces in, brewed it with hot water and handed it to Xu Qing, saying:

"Xiao Qing, my family will never be lucky in life. If you ask him to go to the countryside to collect pigs, he can hurt himself for such a trivial matter. Pigs don't have eyes, and they don't know what to do with them. What's it for?

Fortunately, it's winter now. If it were summer, I wouldn't even know where to get ice cubes for him to put on his feet last night. "

With that said, Chen Xiaojuan raised her hand and patted her son on the head, indicating to carry the ribs to the kitchen.

Er Mazi took out the cigarette and handed it to Xu Qing. He said nothing to his wife Chen Xiaojuan's complaints to Xu Qing.

He was afraid of Chen Xiaojuan, who would speak very arrogantly behind Chen Xiaojuan's back.

But at home, I really didn't dare to yell at Chen Xiaojuan.

Xu Qing felt happy when he saw Er Mazi's head slightly lowered. After chatting for a few words with Chen Xiaojuan, he got up and left without drinking tea. He walked outside the courtyard, got on a parked motorcycle and hurried back to his compound.

It was just a trip to Er Mazi's house. When Xu Qing returned to his courtyard, it was already dark. The temperature also dropped sharply, and freezing took advantage of the night, covering the entire Sijiu City.

In the middle courtyard, Xu Qing gave Si Zhu a pound of the five kilograms of ribs hanging on the handlebars of his motorcycle.

There are no other homes in the courtyard.

Silly Zhu stood in the room and refused, "Qingzi, my eldest man, you are not sick or in trouble, you can eat any kind of ribs, you can take them back to the backyard, your family can eat them."

Xu Qing pointed to the net bag and said: "Brother Silly Zhu, there are still four kilograms left. You can eat yours, just one kilogram. It's just right for you. If you save a lot, you can share it with other people in the courtyard."

Silly Zhu grinned, scratched his head and said, "Qingzi, I will be disrespectful to you."

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Eat it, you want to eat it anytime, just say something, brother, I opened a meat joint factory. You have not given me less food before, and you have not given me less help for my four brothers and sisters. In the future, do you want to eat meat or ribs?" , I’ll get it back for you.”

Silly Zhu became even more embarrassed, "Qingzi, weren't we Aiguo, Fengming and the others in the past? Your parents were not here, and neither were my parents. In those years, you were the only one working in your family to make money, and I was the one working in my family. Since we live in a courtyard, we naturally need to help each other more."

Xu Qing smiled and hummed.

Silly Zhu took out the economical cigarette and handed it to him:

"Qingzi, what about our friendship store tomorrow morning?"

"no problem!"

Xu Qing took the cigarette and saw that it was an economical cigarette without a handle, and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, you are already a director, why are you still smoking this?"

"Hey, I'm used to it. It's cheap and affordable. A pack only costs ten cents. One pack is enough for me to smoke for more than ten days."

Xu Qing put the cigarette in the corner of his mouth, lit it and took a puff, saying:

"Brother Silly Zhu, you don't know how to save money and then lend it to our hospital, right?"

Silly Zhu hurriedly waved his hands: "Qingzi, it's true. Brother, I have saved everything. Sister Qin's family's stick, Xiaodang, Sophora japonica has gone to work and can make money. In the past two years, in addition to giving No one borrowed the five hundred you borrowed, so I gave some to my sister Yu Yu, and I saved all the rest."

Xu Qing heard Sha Zhu mention the money he had voluntarily lent to him before, and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, in a few days, before the end of the year, I will definitely return your five hundred to you."

Silly Zhu raised his head and said: "Qingzi, brother, I'm not in a hurry. You just paid back a thousand to the uncle not long ago. I'll lend it to you so you can use it safely. After Yu Yu got married a few years ago, I don't have to take care of him." She is worried that now I have enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry."

"Brother Silly Zhu, how was your recent blind date?"

"There are no bad characters, no shortage of women, no less money spent on dinner parties, but no one is suitable.

Even if I can make do with it, brother, I will just make do with it.

well.. "

Xu Qing didn't know what to say. According to Silly Zhu's current conditions, being the canteen director and finding a partner shouldn't be as difficult as before.

"Brother Silly Zhu, aren't you still letting go of Sister Qin and Sister Xiao'e?"

Silly Zhu shook his head hurriedly: "Qingzi, don't talk nonsense. Qin Huairu and I have no chance. I thought about it a few years ago, but I don't have that idea anymore, Lou Xiao'e."

In the middle of speaking, Silhu raised his right hand, wiped his face and said:

"I haven't seen her in years, and I don't even know where she is?"

Xu Qing smoked a cigarette and thought about it. The year had already entered the 80s, and it was time for Lou Xiao'e to come back.

It's just that he couldn't tell Silly Zhu.

After all, he couldn't tell for sure when Lou Xiao'e would come back.

And the last time she saw Lou Xiao'e, she said that she would definitely come back to meet Sha Zhu.

But I didn’t say the specific date.

At this time, Xu Qing could only say:

"Brother Silly Zhu, then none of the women you went on a blind date with this year were attracted to you?"

Silly Zhu blew out the smoke from his mouth and said: "It's not that I don't like me, it's that people don't like me. I can see it. The women who are dating me are very enthusiastic when they see me. They call me Director He one by one. , either holding my arm or sticking to my body, but after eating, I twisted my butt and nothing happened."

Xu Qing smiled helplessly and thought about it: "Brother Silly Zhu, what are your plans?"

"Hey, I have no plan, let's just do this for now. Anyway, I have saved a lot of money. As long as someone asks to marry me, I will marry him immediately."

Xu Qing nodded.

Silly Zhu sucked the smoke and said: "Don't talk about my business, Qingzi, I will wait for you in the house early tomorrow morning."

"it is good!"

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he carried four pounds of ribs in his net bag, walked out of the Silly Pillar House, and pushed his motorcycle back toward the backyard.

The night passed.

In the early morning, Xu Qing, his wife, son, Patriot and Fengming families had breakfast at home with his grandparents. After changing into clean clothes, he pushed his motorcycle and walked towards the middle courtyard.

(End of this chapter)