Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 526: Flood washed away the Dragon King Temple?

The snow didn't stop until the evening, it wasn't heavy, but it still refused to stop.

In one day, the entire Sijiu City was decorated in white.

Xu Qing rode a motorcycle, curled up slightly, and walked through the hurried passers-by.

The snow on the roofs of the pavements along the street and the walls were still spotless.

He glanced at it and found that it was surprisingly white, glistening under the light of the street lamp.

On the trees planted on both sides of the road, the snow originally covered the already bare branches, but they were all shaken and dropped by the children after school. After being trampled by others, they had already turned from white to gray.

Xu Qing watched as he slowly followed the flow of people and cars to the Dongdan Grain Station.

Because of the snow, pedestrians walked quickly and slowly, and cyclists did not dare to go too fast. The black rubber wheels of the cars had already packed the snow on the ground very hard, and they were riding around on three wheels. He also pedaled cautiously, following behind the bus, keeping a distance, for fear of being unprepared and bumping into it.

A few six- or seven-year-old children secretly followed the tricycle, carrying schoolbags slung across their bodies. Their faces were all red with cold, and they were wearing black cotton earmuffs. Their hands were quietly picking at the edge of the tricycle. Under the cover of the full load of goods, Let the tricycle take them skating.

Xu Qing looked at it twice and smiled without saying a word. There were a bunch of children falling behind the tricycle. It was harder for the master to ride the tricycle, but in any case, it was absolutely safe. He would not run forward and hit the bus. car ass.

In fact, many people saw the children playing, but no one said anything.

Over the years, adults have become accustomed to it.

Children, that's it, who is not playful?

Who is not a child?

understand.

However, the master riding the tricycle still noticed it, tilted his head back, and cursed loudly:

"You little bastards, are you looking for a fight? I've felt something was wrong since Xinjiekou, and I still don't let go here. Believe it or not, I'm going to find your parents!"

With a whoop, the children all ran onto the sidewalk like animals. Regardless of their red faces, they patted the snow flakes on their blue cotton-padded jackets and blue trousers, and ran away making a fuss.

Xu Qing took a look and couldn't help but feel happy.

But we didn't stop. After the congested road ahead was cleared, we followed the large group of bicycles and hurriedly headed towards the grain station.

When they arrived at the grain station, Sanhuzi's wife was standing alone outside the door of the grain station with a sullen face.

Seeing this, Xu Qing stopped the motorcycle and asked:

"Sister Wang, it's such a cold day, why don't you stay warm inside? What are you doing standing outside?"

"Shopkeeper, that shameless woman came here again yesterday afternoon and even called a girl from your hospital. Jinghong and Xiaoya said they knew each other."

Sanhuzi's wife said calmly.

When Xu Qing heard this, he turned his head slightly and glanced into the grain station. Apart from the customers buying grain, there was also the middle-aged woman who was even more aggressive than Jia Zhang.

At the same time, there was rain on the side.

Doubts arose in Xu Qing's heart. After parking his motorcycle at the door, he walked into the store, opened his mouth and smiled at He Yuyu and asked:

"Yu Yu, why did you come to my place today?"

"Brother Xu Qing."

He Yuyu twisted his body and responded, with a smile on his increasingly round face and said:

"It's snowing today. I have nothing to do, so I brought my aunt to your place to sit. Didn't she come to your place yesterday?"

He Yuyu said, blinking twice.

Xu Qing instantly understood the meaning of Yu Yu's words, took off the woolen gloves he had been wearing all the way, and didn't even look at the middle-aged woman who also turned to face him.

He knew that the aunt in Yuyu's mouth was her,

No wonder when she was showing off her power yesterday afternoon, she said that her nephew worked at the police station.

Ganqing refers to Rainwater Man.

"You are Xu Qing, we have really flooded the Dragon King Temple."

Seeing that Xu Qing was ignoring her, the middle-aged woman hurriedly took the initiative to speak.

Xu Qing glanced at me coldly, "Sister, don't be too close. Yuyu is familiar with me, so forget it."

He Yuyu had a tangled look on his face, not knowing what to say.

On one side was Brother Xu Qing, whom she had secretly liked since she was a child.

On one side is the aunt of my lover after getting married.

Suddenly feeling in a dilemma, he looked at Xu Qing and whispered:

"Brother Xu Qing."

Xu Qing saw the difficulty of the rain, thought about it, glanced at the middle-aged woman and said:

"Sister, for the sake of Yu Yu and her man, I won't care about what happened yesterday, but you must apologize to Sister Wang in my store."

The middle-aged woman's expression changed instantly, and there was a trace of hatred in her eyes.

When she was buying things, she didn't even want to spend the money. How could she lower her head and apologize to a salesperson.

But after glancing at his nephew's wife, Yu Yu didn't say anything. He knew that it would be impossible for her not to apologize to San Huzi's wife today. After hesitating for a long time, he walked out of the grain station.

He Yuyu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:

"Brother Xu Qing, don't be familiar with my aunt. She is just like Aunt Jia from our compound. She is unreasonable and will cause trouble if she doesn't. My wife and I rarely interact with her. Home visits.”

Xu Qing turned to look at the back of the middle-aged woman, nodded and said:

"Yu Yu, just let her apologize to Sister Wang. Let's not talk about the rest. What do I have to argue with her about? Do I deserve it?"

Yuyu grinned, knowing that Xu Qing was just venting his anger on the salesperson hired by the store, so he kept saying:

"Brother Xu Qing, my brother came to my house yesterday morning. He said that Feng Ming had moved back to our compound. You bought hearing aids for your grandparents a few days ago. I haven't returned to our compound for a long time and I don't know any of this."

Xu Qing led Yu Yu and sat on the chair in front of the stove and said:

"Yu Yu, if you are fine in the future, you can take your child back to the courtyard to see your brother."

He Yuyu pursed his lips and hummed, then said:

"Brother Xu Qing, how is the business at your meat factory?"

Xu Qing hugged Xiaobai who jumped on him, "It's okay, just so-so."

He Yuyu heard the sound and said: "Brother Xu Qing, I heard from my elder brother that Sister Xiao'e came back once a few years ago, but she didn't go back to our compound. She came to your grain station. Is this the case?"

Xu Qing put the clingy Xiaobai on the ground, straightened up and said, "Yes, but it all happened the year before last."

He Yuyu began to think thoughtfully.

Xu Qing took out his cigarette, lit it and said, "Yu Yu, did your brother mention it to you yesterday? Didn't he mention it before?"

"I've never said that before," He Yuyu shook his head. "Just yesterday, my brother came to my house and bought a lot of things from the Friendship Store for my child. For some reason, he suddenly mentioned Lou Xiao'e to me."

Xu Qing smoked a cigarette and didn't speak in a hurry.

He knew the reason, Shazhu missed Lou Xiao'e.

In any case, Lou Xiao'e gave Sha Zhu a good night.

Silly Zhu has never touched a woman in so many years.

He never messes around, nor does he flirt and fool around outside like Xu Damao.

It is inevitable to think of Lou Xiao'e, and there is nothing strange about it.

It's just that Shazhu didn't tell Yuyu about the matter between him and Lou Xiao'e.

Therefore, rainwater is still unknown until now.

At this moment, Xu Qing saw Sanhuzi's wife coming back from outside the grain station. Her face softened a little and was no longer as dark as before. However, the middle-aged woman did not come in, so she said to Yuyu:

"Yu Yu, your aunt is waiting for you outside. Let's not talk today. You can come back to our hospital another day and we can talk."

He Yuyu stretched out the gray scarf that he had not taken off, stood up from the chair and said, "Brother Xu Qing, I'm leaving. I'll go back to our compound this weekend."

Xu Qing smiled and nodded.

He Yuyu twisted around and said hello to the busy Jinghong and Xiaoya:

"Sister Jinghong, Xiaoya, I'm leaving. I'll come back another day."

As for the rest of them, she wasn't familiar with them and didn't know their names, so she didn't say anything.

Xu Qing sent Yu Yu out of the grain station, watched him leave, and then turned back to the store.

When the last two girls, who were helping the family buy food together, walked away carrying cloth bags containing corn noodles.

Xu Qing closed the door of the grain station, clapped his hands and said:

"Sister Wang, Meijuan, Lihua, Hongjuan, Xiuying, Shuzhen, on snowy days from now on, at our grain station, as soon as 6:30 p.m., as long as there is no one around, you will get off work. You don't have to wait until after eight o'clock. so late."

Sanhuzi's wife said nothing, holding Shengdou scooping rice in her hands.

Jinghong and Xiaoya listened.

After Xu Qing finished speaking briefly, he continued:

"Okay, that's it. If there's nothing else to do, you can pack up and get off work."

Ten minutes later, Sanhuzi's wife, Meijuan, and Huilihua left first.

Xu Qing used a fire hook to extinguish the remaining fire in the stove and said to his sister standing at the counter:

"Xiaoya, you asked Jianjun to go to your brother Guohua's unit to pay back the foreign exchange coupons at noon today, right?"

Xu Xiaoya was holding a pen while keeping accounts, and when she heard her eldest brother asking for help, she said with a smile:

"Brother, that's not true. After we went home last night, it was Jianjun who suggested it."

"Really?"

"Ok!"

Xu Xiaoya nodded and finished speaking, grabbing the abacus at hand and moving her fingers quickly.

Seeing this, Xu Qing looked at his wife Jinghong.

Ma Jinghong shook her head and indicated that she hadn't heard anything from her sister-in-law today.

Xu Qing secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

Obviously, his sister and brother-in-law planned to return it secretly for him, and no one planned to tell anyone.

If Guohua hadn't called the meat factory at noon to inform him, his eldest brother would have been kept in the dark.

After the fire in the stove was completely extinguished, Xu Qing teased the four cats kept in the grain station, then walked to the door and smoked quietly, waiting for his wife and sister to forget about the things at hand and leave together.

At this time, the night was dark without any light, and the snow fell quietly like the gentle drizzle in autumn.

After he smoked a cigarette, he saw that his wife and sister had finished what they were doing and came to him dressed neatly.

They closed the grain station together and headed towards the intersection.

On the street, pedestrians can still see it, but not much.

There were ruts and footprints on the snow under the street lights, a mess.

Xu Qing stood at the intersection, raised his hand to help his sister arrange her scarf, and said:

"Slow down on your way back. Don't do what you did today again. Big brother, your sister-in-law and I, life is a bit tight this year, but we can still get by. You and Jianjun, live your own life well."

Xu Xiaoya's pretty face turned slightly red from the cold, she pushed the bicycle and curled her lips and said:

"Okay, brother, I understand. You and my sister-in-law should go back slowly, I'm leaving."

After Xu Xiaoya finished speaking, she got on the women's bicycle without a beam, held a flashlight, and left the intersection.

Xu Qing breathed out, looked at his sister, and walked back to the courtyard with Jinghong.

As soon as he entered the alley, he and Jing Hongjiu met Bangge who was about to go out.

"Uncle Xu Qing, Aunt Jinghong, you are back."

BangGeng was pushing the bicycle, holding a flashlight in his right hand, and took the initiative to say hello.

Xu Qing saw Banggeng going out in clean clothes at night and smiled:

"Banggen, are you going out to meet someone?"

Banggeng hesitated and said: "Uncle Xu Qing, I'm looking for a classmate. You and Aunt Jinghong should go back to the courtyard quickly."

After saying that, Banggan pushed his bicycle and hurriedly ran towards the entrance of the alley.

As soon as Xu Qing entered the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu stopped him and said:

"Qingzi, did you and Jinghong see my cockroach just now?"

"See you, Sister Qin, what's wrong?"

Qin Huairu said with a smile on her face, wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket:

"I heard from Xiaodang that Banggeng was going out to find his partner today. I planned to give him a few dollars to take with him so that the girl wouldn't think we were shabby. But he was a stinky boy and took the money while I was back at home. , and sneaked out in a flash."

Ma Jinghong pushed the bicycle and said happily: "Sister Huairu, he is so big. He has been working for two or three years and has money, so there is no need for a mother like you to worry."

Qin Huairu pinched the two big unity in her hand, opened her mouth and said:

"Jinghong, you are not yet my age. When your Hongzhi grows up in another ten years or so, you will understand that we are mothers and we don't have to worry about it."

Ma Jinghong responded: "Yes, but my Hongzhi is still young, so I won't be in a hurry for a while."

Xu Qing stood aside without interrupting. He took out a cigarette and stuck it in the corner of his mouth. While smoking, he planned to push the motorcycle back to the backyard first.

Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu opened the door curtain, came out of the room, and chatted with Sha Zhu for a while.

Silly Zhu is an idler, not as scheming as Xu Damao. He works when he is at work and rests when he is off work.

Let him think about ways to make some money, even if he is beaten to death.

After becoming the director of the cafeteria this year, I even gave up the work of helping others at weddings and weddings on weekends.

Concentrate on being the director of the cafeteria of his third factory.

"Qingzi, you and Jinghong came back very early today, it's just past seven o'clock."

Xu Qing handed one of the peony cigarettes on his body to Sha Zhu and said:

"It's not going to snow today. Come back early and rest early."

Xu Qing stood in the middle courtyard and chatted with Shazhu. After Jinghong and Qin Huairu finished talking, the two of them returned to the backyard together.

It's early morning.

After Xu Qing got up and left the house, he didn't see the snow continuing to fall.

On the contrary, the sky was very cloudy and heavy.

It seems like the next one is brewing.

The courtyard was completely covered with snow, on the eaves and under the walls.

Xu Damao casually left it at the door of the house, and there was also a layer of unprotected bicycles piled up.

Not to mention the ground in the courtyard. After ten o'clock last night, there was no movement in the courtyard. There was not a single footprint on the snow that fell last night.

The second uncle's bangs were placed on the rubber-floored cotton shoes on the window sill outside the door, and the toes of the shoes were also covered by snowflakes blown by the wind.

The entire backyard seemed to be frozen into a picture by the snow.

It's just that every winter, the scenery in the courtyard is basically the same. It was like this before it was reopened, and it hasn't changed much since it was reopened.

Xu Qing put his thoughts back, stamped his frozen feet, took a breath, pushed the motorcycle on the dust-free snow, and went out of the compound.

(End of this chapter)