Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 57
The three little guys were gathered around the stove at this time, looking at the steaming pot of meat and vegetables, they couldn't bear it any longer.

Usually, I can only eat a little meat a month. Because of the ration, and because of the famine in the past three years, the chances of eating meat are even less.

Sometimes the supply and marketing cooperatives don't have to buy it, and the big guys can only hold the money and the meat tickets that have just been issued, and wait until the meat is available before buying it.

And this is still a city. If it is a rural area, it is considered very good to have a meal of meat during the Spring Festival all year round.

The rural areas are even more tense than the cities, and there are even more shortages and shortages in terms of materials, but in the end, each has its own advantages.

At this moment, unable to wait for Xu Qing to take the lunch box out of the white steaming pot, Xu Fengming bent over and took out a pair of chopsticks from the cupboard, impatiently reached into the lunch box first, picked up a piece of meat, and stuffed it into it regardless of burning his mouth. into the mouth.

The little girl on the side who was watching suddenly complained on her small face, and stared straight at her third brother, pursed her mouth, and was very angry.

Relatively speaking, Xu Aiguo was a little more sensible than the third brother and the little girl, and helped the eldest brother Xu Qing take the steamed buns out of the pot and put them in an enamel basin.

Xu Qing took out the hot lunch box with a rag, walked out of the kitchen and placed it on the kang in the front room.

The little girl and Xu Fengming were playing around, taking dishes and chopsticks from the cupboard, and followed Xu Qing.

After putting all the dinner on the kang, the four brothers and sisters sat in a circle and ate the hot dinner, but the little girl and Xu Fengming were still making trouble.

There was silence in the courtyard outside the house. The second aunt was shouting for her two sons to go back to the house. Xu Qing was sitting on the kang in his house and could hear clearly through the door.

Now it's meal time, and all the households in the compound are also eating.

Xu Qing saw that the little girl and Xu Fengming had been competing with each other for the meat and vegetables in the lunch box. Xu Aiguo could only chew the steamed buns and pick up the pickles with chopsticks to swallow. He suddenly felt dumbfounded.

Xu Qing quickly stopped the two naughty bastards, let the little girl sit next to him, and let the second brother Xu Aiguo sit between the third brother and the little girl.

The farce finally subsided, but the little girl was still angry, while eating her meal, her little eyes glanced at Xu Fengming from time to time.

It seemed that Xu Fengming was very annoyed by his previous impolite behavior.

However, seeing the three little ones eating with gusto, Xu Qing thought that when he was in the kitchen before, he used the ability to split the meat and vegetables in the lunch box into two parts, and divided them in advance, and he suddenly felt that it was very wise.

There are few things, so it is natural to make the best use of them. Besides, in the kitchen, Xu Qing also found out that his ability seems to be ineffective against metal products.

With a little more understanding, Xu Qing's use of abilities became clearer.

As for the meat dishes, Xu Qing didn't put them in the cupboard, but put them on the chopping board near the window.

Without the refrigerators of later generations, Xu Qing had to rely on the magic of nature. Fortunately, it was winter. If it was hot summer, he would have to put it in a water jar.

After dinner, Xu Qing packed the dishes into the kitchen. After washing them quickly, he went to the next door hut to get some walnuts sent from the countryside.

Sitting in front of the stove in the front room, smashing walnuts with bricks and eating with the three little ones.

Walnuts are fresh, tender and sweet when eaten in summer, but taste slightly worse when eaten in winter.

However, after the walnut enters autumn, as the green skin on the outside naturally falls off, the flesh inside is wrapped in a yellow-brown coat. You can see oily flowers when you press it lightly with your hands.Although it is not as sweet and refreshing as summer, it is still full of flavor.

The little girl was next to Xu Qing and approached the stove, unwilling to talk to the third brother Xu Fengming, put her hands together, and ate the walnuts that her elder brother handed her, her little face was full of happiness.

Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming also ate walnuts, but they still needed to use their own strength to pull out the cracked walnuts from the hard shell. Due to the variety of some walnuts, even if they were cracked, it was still difficult to pick out the kernels.

The second brother, Xu Aiguo, was patient and calm. He pinched a small piece and slowly squeezed out the walnuts bit by bit. The third brother, Xu Fengming, was too young or impatient, so he didn’t take it out for a long time. , I simply threw the shell into my mouth, and chewed it, but fortunately, a small piece was fine.

But it made the little girl look disgusted again.

Now in the winter, all the people in the compound stay in their own houses, and Sha Zhu can't be idle at ordinary times, he likes to wander around in the courtyard.

But today, maybe because of a cold, I stayed in the house obediently and didn't go anywhere.

Under the dark night, the backyard was silent, as was the middle yard and the front yard.

Turn around early in the morning.

After Xu Qing got up, he stood in front of the kang. While wearing a scarf, he told his second brother Xu Aiguo not to sleep too deeply and be careful not to be late for school. Then he told the kitchen about the meat and vegetables that had been served last night. If you feel hungry when you come back from school in the afternoon, heat it in a pot and fill your stomach with your younger siblings first.

Xu Aiguo rubbed his eyes, raised his head from the pillow, hummed, and said to Xu Qing: "Brother, please pay attention to safety when you go out."

Xu Qing reached out and touched Xu Aiguo's little head, smiled, nodded, then turned around and walked to the door of the house, opened the door, and stepped out.

In the courtyard outside the house, the snow did not fall last night, but the sky was frighteningly dark. It was clearly early in the morning, but it seemed darker than midnight.

The other houses in the backyard still had no lights on, and it was completely dark.

Xu Qing huffed, stamped his feet, and walked towards the middle courtyard.

In the courtyard, Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu were already standing in the middle of the courtyard, as if they were waiting for Xu Qing.

At this time, Silly Zhu turned his body sideways and stood horizontally in the courtyard, with his left hand in his cotton trousers pocket and his right hand holding a cigarette. While talking to Qin Huairu in a low voice, he happened to be able to look at the backyard without turning around.

Seeing Xu Qing approaching, Sha Zhu turned around and tilted his head, as if signaling Xu Qing to wait for him.

Xu Qing hurriedly quickened his pace, and from the corner of his eye, he saw that the lights in Jia's house had been turned off, which made him a little surprised.

Because Mrs. Jia Zhang was usually very reluctant, Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu walked together, but today, not only did she not lean on the window and look into the courtyard, she even turned off the lights in the house early.

But Xu Qing didn't bother to think about that, after all, it had nothing to do with him, so why bother to meddle in his own business.

Walking quickly to Shazhu and Qin Huairu, the three walked out of the courtyard together groping in the dark.

In the alley, it was even more frighteningly dark. Fortunately, Xu Qing had a lighter on him, so he took it out, lit a fire, and with the help of the weak light, the three of them quickly went out towards the entrance of the alley.

After exiting the alley and turning onto the street, the light was relatively less dark. Xu Qing put out the lighter and put it into the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket.

Silly Zhu looked at Xu Qing with envy in his eyes.

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