Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 527 Aunt Jia is just messing around

After two or three more snowfalls in consecutive days, two or three inches of snow fell.

Weekend morning.

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui from the front yard held a courtyard meeting early in the morning to mobilize everyone and call for shoveling the snow together.

Because it was the weekend, neither Xu Qing nor Jing Hong left the compound early in the morning.

And other people in the courtyard don't have to go to work, they are all listening in the middle courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai coughed twice and said loudly:

"Everyone has seen it this week. For six days, it snowed almost every day. Each family sent someone to sweep away the snow together, just like in previous years.

The sub-district office has notified me, Lao Liu and Lao Yan that the snow clearing work will start this week and requires all the compounds in our area to be completed, especially the snow on the roofs of the houses. Everyone should pay close attention and don’t let it go all the time. The snow is piled on top. We live in an old house and the roof cannot withstand the weight of snow. If it rains again next week, the snow will pile up more and more. If the roof collapses and people are injured, it will be troublesome. "

Xu Qing and Aiguo, Feng Ming, stood in front of the door of Silly Pillar House and listened.

Xu Damao stood on the left side of Yi Zhonghai, wearing a military coat and the leather jacket he got earlier, smoking a cigarette and listening casually.

After Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he quickly glanced at Yan Bugui and said quickly:

"Let me just say a few words. The street office has given us a task. Let's all have some snacks. The street office also considers our safety, so don't take it seriously."

Qin Jingru stood next to Qin Huairu, Jinghong, Ai Qian, Xiujuan, and several other women. When she heard Liu Haizhong's words, she stretched out her hand to straighten her scarf a little, then raised her head and continued listening.

Xiaodang, Sophora japonica and Bangjian were leaning against the door of their house, with Jia and Zhang beside them, and they all listened quietly.

Yu Li took her daughter Niuniu and wanted to walk to Jinghong and Ai Qian, but after looking at it, she turned her head and glanced at the wives of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, and didn't go anywhere. She just stood next to the third aunt. .

Yan Jiecheng hid behind Yu Li, looking unconcerned.

The two brothers Liu Guangtian didn't even take their father's words to heart. They each tilted their heads and smoked.

Liu Haizhong felt a little annoyed when he saw that his two sons didn't give him the respect of being his father. His face darkened and he wanted to say something to stop him, but seeing everyone in the courtyard was there, he had to suppress his anger.

Yan Bugui saw that Liu Haizhong was no longer talking, straightened his clothes, put his glasses on the bridge of his nose, raised his hand to hold them up, and said:

"Lao Yi, Lao Liu, you two have finished talking. I, the third uncle, can I also say a few words?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded in agreement and made a sound in his bangs, but did not object.

Since the deaf old lady passed away, the three of them are now the senior ones in the courtyard, and they are still the stewards of the courtyard.

In this kind of situation, people naturally want to talk about it.

Yan Bugui cleared his throat and said:

"Everyone, I won't go into what the first and second uncles emphasized. Our hospital also clears snow every year. Today is the first collective action of our hospital this year. It's still the same as before. First, each house clears the accumulated snow on the roof of each house. Snow, then each courtyard will be swept. Let’s clean up the courtyard first, and then sweep the alley.”

After saying that, Yan Bugui looked at Xu Qing and said with a smile:

"Xiao Qing, you, Ai Guo, Feng Ming, and Sha Zhu, do you four have anything to add?"

Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Third uncle, you, the first uncle and the second uncle will decide on matters in our courtyard. I have nothing to say."

Aiguo and Fengming smiled and waved their hands, indicating that they had no objection.

Silly Zhu put his hands in his pockets and said with bared teeth: "Third uncle, you, the first uncle, and the second uncle are the leaders of our compound. Whatever you say, we guys just listen. Even if we have any opinions, we will speak out. , isn’t it to dismantle you?”

"Zhuzi, just say what you think and don't make excuses."

Yi Zhonghai scolded Silly Zhu.

Silly Zhu chuckled and said: "First Master, I don't have any objections. This is not the third uncle's question. I should at least say no. I can't make the third uncle look bad."

Yan Bugui was too lazy to listen to Sha Zhu's nonsense, and didn't want to get angry with him.

In any case, today's Silly Zhu is not what he used to be - after studying at Xu Qing University, he was promoted first and became the director of the cafeteria this year, which is still a positive thing.

He is the third uncle of the courtyard, has taught in schools for many years, has never held any official position, and has not even been appointed as the leader of a grade group. He has no confidence to choke a fool.

In the past, as the third uncle in the courtyard, he could dominate Si Zhu.

But in recent years, it’s no longer possible.

The younger generation in the courtyard became the mainstay.

The three of them in charge could only work on such trivial matters.

On major matters, it was apparently them who decided it, but in reality, neither he nor Liu Haizhong nor Yi Zhonghai knew it.

The right to speak is no longer in the hands of their stewards.

They also made a final concluding speech, and the young people had to discuss the matter.

Yan Bugui saw the three Xu Qing brothers and had nothing to add. Then he raised his hand in the air and pressed it hard to everyone:

"That's it, after breakfast, we all will start clearing the snow."

The morning meeting in the courtyard ended like this.

People from each courtyard left the middle courtyard one after another, carrying benches, chairs, and mats, and went back to their homes.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun was high in the sky and the weather was cold, dry and clear.

After breakfast, the people in the courtyard were all busy with brooms, shovels, and shovels in the front yard, middle yard, and back yard.

Jinghong did not participate in the snow removal in the compound. She was inseparable from the grain station. This weekend was the busiest time. As soon as she finished breakfast, she rode her bicycle out of the compound.

Xu Qingze was in no hurry to go to the countryside. Er Mazi hadn't gone to the countryside these days. With Er Mazi taking care of him, he would be fine even if he didn't go there in the morning.

Aiqian and Xiujuan helped Aunt Feng wash the dishes in the kitchen. Xu Qing, Ai Guo and Feng Ming stood outside the house with a shovel, watching Xu Hongzhi who climbed the ladder to the roof to sweep the snow.

Xu Hongzhi was very happy. He was happy to do anything on Sunday without being forced to do homework or go to the grain station.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, who lived in the same courtyard, also urged their sons to go to the roof.

In the front yard, Yan Bugui tied his granddaughter with a rope. While letting her climb the ladder, he told his wife:

"You hold the ladder steady, and I'll go up too."

The third aunt looked worried: "Master, at your age, what are you doing on the roof? You're not afraid of it collapsing."

Yan Bugui said in a loud voice:

"I stood on the top of the ladder and handed the broom to my granddaughter. By the way, I told her where she dared to step on it and where she couldn't step on it.

Don't worry, I know what's going on. "

Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng stood at the door of their own house, watching their daughter go up to the roof of their parents' house, feeling a little reluctant but saying nothing.

Yu Li looked at it for a while, then secretly poked Yan Jiecheng and said:

"Go over and help your mother hold the ladder. If our daughter accidentally falls down, I'm not done with you!"

Yan Jiecheng shrank, glanced at his daughter who was already on the roof, then walked to his mother's side, standing on the right side holding the ladder. There are no children in the middle courtyard. The Jia family's Xiaodang, Sophora japonica and Bangjian are all grown up and are not suitable for climbing up the roof.

Silly Zhu has never been married.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife were destitute and had no children. Thirty years ago, they had never thought of adopting a child. They could only wait for the children in the backyard and front yard to finish their work, and then call them to the middle yard to help them sweep the snow from the roof.

But Bangge looked at the roof, thought for a while, walked to Yi Zhonghai who was shoveling snow in the yard and said:

"Grandpa, let me use your ladder. I'll sweep the snow off my roof, and I'll sweep the snow off your roof later too."

Bangge was very wild when he was a child, and there was nothing he dared not do. When he was ten years old, he became a dull gourd. He went to the countryside to join the queue for many years. After he came back to work, his personality gradually became cheerful again. When he saw that only the roof of their courtyard was silent, he thought, He went up to the roof and watched the snow being swept away.

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Before he could speak, Jia Zhang grabbed the stick and said urgently:

"Grandson, how can you go up to the roof? Your grandfather and your father left early, and you are the only one left in our family. It will be up to you to continue the family lineage in the future. It is a trivial matter for you, a young man, to step on the roof and collapse it. If you fall down, there will be no danger." Anyway, how can your mother and I live together in the future?!"

"Grandma, I'll just stand on the ladder and stretch out my arm to sweep it. It's okay."

"It's okay. If you fall down, it will be too late." Jia Zhang's eyes widened, "No! You must not go up today."

Bangge is speechless.

Silly Zhu shoveled the snow with a shovel and said, "Aunt Jia, Banggeng is going up, why are you trying to stop him? He is a young man in his twenties, even if he falls, nothing will happen. Don't worry about it."

"Silly Zhu, can you have a nice word in your mouth? It doesn't matter if you fall down. Why don't you go up to your roof and clear the snow!"

Mrs. Jia Zhang looked at Silly Zhu fiercely, choked angrily, her face tightened, and she almost opened her mouth to curse.

But I still held back.

Silly Zhu dismissed it and said:

"Aunt Jia, Qingzi's son is cleaning the roof of my house for me. Why should I go up there?"

Silly Zhu choked back, holding the shovel, and piled the shoveled snow on the snow pile beside him.

When Jia Zhang heard this, her eyes rolled up, she turned around and ran back to her house, saying to Qin Huairu:

"Huairu, Silly Zhu said that Xiaoqing's son helped sweep the snow from his roof. Now go to the backyard and tell Xiaoqing that his son can sweep the snow from our roof as well."

Qin Huairu was cleaning the house with a feather duster. When she heard her mother-in-law's words, a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

"Mom, our family has received help from Qingzi's family over the years. We can't just ask for help whenever we encounter trouble, right?"

Mrs. Jia Zhang murmured in a low voice: "Go up to the roof and sweep the snow. Those who ask for help or not, live in the same courtyard, and so on."

Qin Huairu put the feather duster on the bed and sighed:

"Mom, don't worry about this. Qingzi brought his son to our courtyard. If they are willing to let Hongzhi help, that's the best. If not, just let Banggeng go up to the roof and sweep it. Then, It’s not a big deal, why do you care so much about the liberation of the third uncle’s house in the front yard? When Xie Kuang was a child, he went to our roof to sweep snow and fell off, have you forgotten?”

Jia Zhangshi completely stopped talking.

When Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang fell down, it was not what she wanted to see.

He turned his head and glanced into the courtyard outside the house, then sat on the edge of the kang without saying a word.

But I feel very uncomfortable.

She felt that her daughter-in-law was just thin-skinned. She was so disappointed that such a trivial matter could be regarded as asking for help.

Mrs. Jia Zhang thought about it for a while, then turned around and saw Qin Huairu not going to the backyard, but slipping off the kang, opened the door curtain, walked out of the house, and told Banggeng:

"Don't go to the roof. I'll go to the backyard to find Xiaoqing's son."

Banggan stopped the shovel in his hand and said:

"Grandma, don't go there. My uncle Xu Qing's family, Hongzhi, must be extremely busy today. He can't take care of our family. The snow on the roofs of Aiguo and Fengming's family also has to be swept. There's also uncle Shazhu's family. You Just don’t cause trouble.”

Jia Zhang looked at Banggeng, whom she had cared for since childhood, and scolded her in a rare way: "You, just follow your mother. If you don't think about me, you can just turn your elbows away!"

Seeing Mrs. Jia Zhang disciplining her grandson in this way, Yi Zhonghai wanted to nag a few words, but he just thought about it in his mind and gave up secretly.

Silly Zhu clutched the shovel and worked hard for a while. Hot sweat broke out on his forehead and he continued:

"Aunt Jia, if you want to go to the backyard, I suggest you ask my second uncle to see how his two grandchildren are doing. Hongzhi definitely doesn't have time to sweep the roof of your house."

Mrs. Jia Zhang glared at Silly Zhu in disgust, "You talk a lot, shovel your snow well, and don't be the shopkeeper for me!"

Silly Zhu grunted, put the shovel on the ground, looked at Jia Zhang's back walking towards the backyard, took out a cigarette, held it in the corner of his mouth and smoked it.

Banggeng saw his grandma entering the backyard and hurriedly caught up with a shovel.

However, before Jia Zhang could reach Xu Qing, she heard Xu Damao smoking from a distance:

"Qingzi, after your son has finished sweeping the snow off the roofs of your, Aiguo, and Fengming's homes, help your brother sweep the snow off my roof as well."

Mrs. Jia Zhang suddenly froze and stood at the door of Liu Haizhong's house. She stopped going and listened quietly.

At this time, Xu Qinggang asked his son to carefully go down the ladder and said to Xu Damao:

"Brother Damao, Brother Silly Zhu, you told me earlier that the snow on your roof won't be covered for a few days. My son really doesn't have much time to do today."

Xu Damao grinned and said: "It's okay, brother, I'm not in a hurry, I can do it next week and weekend."

Hearing this, Xu Qing took the flue from Xu Damao:

"Okay, wait until next week. I'll ask my son to help you add a roof and clear the snow."

Xu Damao had never taken sweeping snow from the roof seriously, so he curled his lips and said, "Sure, then it's settled."

When Jia Zhang saw this scene, she immediately gave up her intention to find Xu Qing.

She was anxious to clear the snow off the roof as soon as possible today, just like other homes in the compound.

Hearing that Xu Damao could only wait until next week, knowing there was no hope, he turned around and entered Liu Haizhong's room.

Bangge ran into the backyard and saw that his grandma was not looking for Xu Qing. He frowned and returned to the middle yard to continue shoveling the snow.

Yi Zhonghai saw that he came back within a minute after he went to the backyard. He rested with his hands on the shovel and said:

"Banggen, is your grandma looking for your Uncle Xu Qing?"

Banggeng shook his head, "No, I went to my second eldest grandfather's house."

Yi Zhonghai hummed.

Silly Zhu chuckled and said: "Master, I'm right, Aunt Jia is just messing around."

Yi Zhonghai didn't answer, fumbled and took out a cigarette from his body, and started smoking silently.

He actually planned to ask Xu Qing's son to help sweep the snow off his roof.

But now it seems that there is no chance.

I raised my head and looked at the sun without any warmth, and suddenly felt that today's weather was really cold!

(End of this chapter)