Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 52 Gossip
The night was deep, silent, and dark. Except for the crystal clear snowflakes falling continuously, there was no other color in the whole sky and earth.

After Xu Qing finished eating in the house, he asked the three little ones to wash their feet and go to bed. He also took off his shoes and socks, sat on the bench, surrounded the stove, and washed their feet comfortably with the three little ones.

More than ten minutes later, Xu Qing finished washing his feet. He originally wanted to pour all the foot-washing water from his younger siblings into his own footbath.Take it out at one time and pour it out.

As a result, the three little guys each took all their foot-washing water outside the house and poured it out.

Xu Qing always helped them in the past, maybe the little ones felt sorry for letting the big brother worry about these trivial matters, so today they are very conscious.

People grow up very quickly when facing adversity, and the three little cats are no exception. Without the pampering of their parents, they are like domestic cats that have lost their shelter and have to learn to find food on their own.

Of course, the three little ones are still taken care of by their elder brother Xu Qing, and there are many things they can't do, Xu Qing supports them, so they are luckier than those stray kittens.

Xu Qing saw the three little ones stacking all the footbaths together, and then one by one sneaked to the edge of the kang and got on the kang. Then he walked out of the house with his own footbath water and poured it in the yard.

The courtyard was deserted and silent, except for the snow that kept flying all over the sky.

The lights in the second uncle Liu Haizhong's room were turned off and it was pitch black; the lights in Xu Damao's room were still on, obviously he hadn't rested yet.

Xu Qing shuddered from the cold, turned around and hurried into the room holding the footbath.

At this moment, there were three little guys on the kang, each with an apple in his hand, each huddled in his own quilt, and all lay down on the edge of the kang to eat.

There are not many apples these days, and even in the supply and marketing cooperatives or state-owned stores in Sijiu City, there are very few for sale.

One reason is that almost all the fields in the countryside are now wheat. No one wants to plant crops like apples. In the years when there is not enough food, who would think about other things.

Even if someone wants to plant a large number of fruit trees, the production team will not allow it.

Right now, having enough food and filling your stomach is the top priority. If you can eat apples, you can eat them. If you can't, you won't starve to death.

Today, the old branch secretary was able to bring apples to Xu Qing. It was before liberation. Grandpa Xu Qing planted one or two fruit trees and two walnut trees in his yard. They have not been cut down and have remained until now.

Otherwise, the three little ones wouldn’t be so lucky today.

The second is that transportation is not convenient and restricted these days. Even though there may be more apples in other places, they cannot be transported to Sijiu City.

Like the oranges in the south, it takes ten days, half a month, or even a month or two to transport them to Forty-Nine City, which is simply impossible.

However, there are still people who do this kind of thing, but relatively speaking, there are relatively few things, and the price is naturally high.

So people are mostly early adopters and buy in small quantities.

Seeing the three little ones happily eating apples, Xu Qing did not rush to get on the bed. Instead, he checked all the things that needed attention before going to bed. Three briquettes were thrown into the stove, and the gaps that should be left in the doors and windows were also left. Three little shoes were also placed by the stove.

Then Xu Qing sat at the table, took out the lighter he had taken from the gangster when he went to the hospital that night, and took it out of his cotton trousers pocket to play with it.

The style of the lighter is very ordinary, with an iron flip-top kerosene type. It looks quite new, as if it has not been used for a long time, and the flint is still very long. When you pull out the cotton wick, you can smell a strong and pungent smell of kerosene.

I guess that guy robbed someone of the lighter he just bought, but now he got Xu Qing's advantage.

Xu Qing thought about returning this thing to its original owner, but Sijiu City is so big, who knows who the owner is?
Even if it is handed in, it may be difficult to find the owner.

Xu Qing usually carries a box of matches with him, and when he smokes, he strikes one.

After all, matches cost only a few cents a box, much cheaper than lighters.

Although lighters are not expensive items, people with modest means are reluctant to buy them.

The last time his old classmate Ma Jiefang took out a lighter to light a cigarette for Xu Qing, it was stolen from his father.

But that lighter is petrol, which is slightly more expensive than kerosene.

Xu Qing saved the middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses today, and got a lighter, which is a reward for a good man!
After playing with it for a long time, Xu Qing walked into the kitchen and tried to use the ability of splitting into two to separate one.

But after trying two or three times, there was no change at all.

Xu Qing looked at the lighter, sighed secretly in his heart, and said to himself: "It seems that my ability is really not useful for everything."

There was no success, and Xu Qing was not depressed.

After all, this ability has not been fully understood yet, and I don’t know whether it is limited in the number of times it can be used, or whether it is ineffective against certain things and does not work.

Xu Qing turned around and walked out of the kitchen. Seeing that the three little guys had finished eating the apples, he helped them tuck their quilts in, then he got on the kang, put the flashlight next to the pillow, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Early in the morning.

It was still dark and cold outside the house, and the snow still seemed to be falling, as if it hadn't fallen several times in the past three years, so it had all been saved until this year.

Xu Qing was dressed neatly, and while wearing a scarf, he whispered to his second brother, don't oversleep and be late for school.

As the eldest brother, Xu Qing had to worry about these details.

When Xu Qing is a big brother, he naturally has to look like a big brother.

There are no alarm clocks these days. Although there is a clock in the house, it can only tell the time.The three little ones are still at the sleepy age, so I can't do it without reminding them.

If they oversleep, all three little guys will be late for school and be totally wiped out.

Although it's nothing serious, it's still not good.

In the past, when Xu Qing went to school, he would take the three of them to get up early, but now it doesn't work, so he can only let his second brother Xu Aiguo take over.

It was pitch dark outside, the cold wind was howling, and snowflakes were flying. In the backyard, only Xu Qing's house was the first to turn on the lights, while the rest of the houses were still dark.

Xu Qing stepped on the snow that had fallen all night, and went out of the compound.

When passing through the middle courtyard, I saw Silly Zhu walking out of his own room, and the lights in Jia's house were also turned on.

However, Mrs. Jia Zhang was scolding Qin Huairu for some reason early in the morning.

The sound was smaller and lower than yesterday, but Xu Qing could still hear it in the courtyard.

It is bad luck for Qin Huairu to have such a mother-in-law.

It's just that Xu Qing can't take care of the Jia family's private affairs, and his own life is not going well, so he has no time to worry about other people's affairs.

Besides, there were three stewards in the courtyard, so it was not his turn to take charge.

Besides, Xu Qing doesn't have the time and mind to manage it. He is still an apprentice right now. With that time, Xu Qing feels that he should work harder and try to pass the factory assessment as soon as possible and become a regular worker so that he can improve his family's living conditions as soon as possible.

When Silly Zhu saw Xu Qing coming from the backyard, he coughed and walked to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing knew that Sha Zhu was waiting for Qin Huairu, so he greeted him and turned to leave.

It's just that Shazhu seemed to have waited for Qin Huairu for a while, but didn't see him coming out, so he sneezed repeatedly and walked out of the middle courtyard with Xu Qing, across the front yard, and walked towards the alley.

The alley was as dark as the front yard, even darker than the front yard, even darker.

A gust of cold wind blew, causing Silly Zhu to bend down, hold on to the wall, and cough wildly.

Xu Qing stopped and waited for a while, seeing that Sha Zhu's expression was very bad, he said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, why don't you go back and rest for a while? You are not an apprentice, so you don't need to go to the factory so early."

Silly Zhu waved his hands, took out his handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and gasped:
"The factory is going to be inspected today, so I have to prepare early."

Xu Qing heard some gossip a few days ago. It is said that something like this seems to have happened, and it has spread in the factory.

But as for who came, I don't know.

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