Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 66 Tooth Powder and Favors

Some time ago, Xu Qing borrowed food stamps from Liu Haizhong.

At that time, Liu Haizhong thought about it for a long time, but in the end he didn't lend it.

Liu Haizhong's salary is quite high, but the food stamps in these days are rationed. If you have money but no stamps, you can't buy food, unless you go to a second-hand dealer and spend money to sell it at a high price.In addition, in the past two or three years, there has been a serious shortage of food across the country. Liu Haizhong was afraid that he would not have enough food at home, so he would not dare to borrow food from others at will.

Moreover, Liu Haizhong was worried that Xu Qing, now an apprentice, had borrowed the food stamps by himself. What if he couldn't pay back the food stamps all at once?
Letting his own family members go hungry and letting others eat well is something Liu Haizhong would never do even to death.

Now going to Xu Qing's house, Liu Haizhong felt embarrassed.

What's more, the night before yesterday, his two sons got Xu Qing's apples.

In the middle of the bangs, he was even a little embarrassed.

Standing in the courtyard and meditating for a long time, Liu Haizhong shook the padded jacket on his body, sighed, and turned his head to go back to his own room.

Although the bustle in Xu Qing's room made him want to go in, he still held back after all.

At this time, Qin Huairu came to the middle courtyard and saw Liu Haizhong standing in the courtyard with his back to the door of Xu Qing's house, and mistakenly thought that Liu Haizhong had just come out of Xu Qing's house.

Qin Huairu asked aloud: "Second uncle, are you so anxious to go back to bed? It's not nine o'clock yet."

Liu Haizhong replied vaguely to Qin Huairu, and then walked quickly towards his own room.

Qin Huairu didn't hear what Liu Haizhong said, but he didn't take it to heart.

She just said hello. People in the courtyard couldn't meet without saying a word.

Walking to the door of Xu Qing's house, Qin Huairu heard the voices of Xu Qing, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao talking.

He pushed the door open and walked in.

In the room, Xu Qinggang put away the dishes and chopsticks that the three little ones had finished eating into the kitchen.

Seeing Qin Huairu coming, Xu Qing knew that she must be here for something.

Otherwise, with Jia Zhang's temperament, she would not allow Qin Huairu to run around in the courtyard at night.

Silhu was very active. When he saw Qin Huairu, he immediately stood up from his chair and said quickly:
"Sister Qin, come here to see Xu Qing tonight. Do you have anything wrong?"

Qin Huairu glanced at Shazhu angrily, stretched his hands towards the stove and said:

"Isn't it because you weren't in the house that I had no choice but to come to the backyard and ask Xu Qing to borrow a pack of tooth powder!"

Xu Damao sat on the edge of the kang without moving, turned his head to look at Qin Huairu, glanced at Qin Huairu's chest twice, then smoked, turned around and continued to play with Xu Fengming and the little girl on the kang.

Standing at the door of the kitchen, Xu Qing frowned slightly when he heard that Qin Huairu wanted to borrow tooth powder.

Tooth powder is not expensive, it costs five cents a pack, if you lend it to Qin Huairu, there is no problem.

Anyway, it's not for eating, just for brushing teeth.

However, asking her to return it in the future is probably not enough.

Silly Zhu accepted Xu Qing's favor the night before yesterday and kept it in mind. When he saw Qin Huairu asking Xu Qing to borrow tooth powder, he also understood that if he borrowed the tooth powder, there would be no hope of repaying it.

So, Silly Zhu reached out and picked up the kettle on the stove, threw the cigarette butt in, pushed Qin Huairu and said:

"Sister Qin, I have them in my room. I bought them and put them away for a long time to no avail. Go back to the middle courtyard and I'll take them for you."

While talking, Shazhu pushed Qin Huairu and walked out of Xu Qing's room.

Xu Damao was not in a hurry to leave, and after staying in Xu Qing's room for a while, he yawned and left.

In fact, Xu Qing has helped a lot in the courtyard during this period of time. Everyone in the courtyard owes Xu Qing favors, and Silly Zhu is not the only one.

Yan Bugui's family and Xu Damao's family in the front yard are all like silly Zhu.

Xu Qing helped Yan Jiekuang, the youngest son of the third master's family, to connect his dislocated arm. Yan Pugui wanted to repay this favor, but he didn't know how to repay it.

Last time I gave Xu Qing a pack of tea, but Yan Bugui still felt that it was not enough.

And Xu Damao got a lot of benefits because of Xu Qing's food stamps and bicycle tickets.

He is closer to Xu Qing than his biological brother now. Although he has no brothers or sisters, if Xu Qing encounters something, Xu Damao will definitely rush out to help.

It's just that Qin Huairu came to borrow tooth powder, the reason why Xu Damao didn't say anything just now was because he didn't have it in his own room.

Otherwise, Xu Damao directly raised his hand and asked Qin Huairu to take it by himself.

All of a sudden, everyone was gone.

Xu Qing asked the three little ones to wash their feet quickly, then turned around and went back to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

After tidying up, Xu Qing also washed his feet, and then lay down on the kang with the three little ones and turned off the lights to sleep.

Early in the morning, Xu Qing told his second brother Xu Aiguo as usual before going out to work.

The courtyard was dark, with no light, and no snow, only the freezing chill lingered.

After walking to the middle courtyard, he vaguely saw Shazhu and Qin Huairu waiting for him.

Xu Qing walked out of the compound with them, along the alley, and towards the street.

Two points and one line is Xu Qing's life trajectory in the past six months.

After entering the factory, the three separated and went to their respective jobs.

There was no visit from the workers' newspapers yesterday, and nothing else happened in the factory.

There was only one thing, and that was that the factory manager let the radio station under the Propaganda Section, through the loudspeaker in the factory, broadcast praises for Xu Qing's brave deeds and the spirit of helping others all day long.

It didn't stop until I got off work in the afternoon.

But the sky, which had been gloomy for a day, seemed to be taking over, and suddenly it snowed, but fortunately it was not big.

Xu Qing walked out of the workshop and looked up to see Xu Damao riding his bicycle and quickly leaving the factory gate.

When he returned to the compound, Xu Qing was stopped by Yan Bugui in the front yard and praised him fiercely.

Naturally, what happened in the factory yesterday spread in the courtyard.

Xu Qing smiled, chatted with Yan Bugui, and then went back to the backyard.

After passing the middle courtyard, Mrs. Jia Zhang didn't look at Xu Qing with the same hatred as before, but she still stared at Xu Qing without saying a word, only her eyes rolling around in her eye sockets.

Xu Qing ignored Jia Zhang, put his hands in the mouth of his cotton-padded jacket, and returned to the backyard.

The three little ones in the house have all come back early. They have an exam today, so naturally they leave school earlier than usual.

In front of the stove in the front room, the little girl and Xu Fengming were roasting sweet potatoes.

There was steam coming out of the kitchen, so it was naturally the second younger brother Xu Aiguo who was burning steamed buns.

Xu Qing reached out and untied the scarf around his neck, washed his hands, and went into the kitchen.

As for how the three little ones were doing in the exam today, Xu Qing was not in a hurry to ask.

Be prepared to wait until we have dinner to talk about it.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the exam is good or bad, the main thing is to learn something, which is the key.

The purpose of learning cannot be measured by exams. If it is judged by grades, it is good or bad.

Xu Qing felt that it was unnecessary.

Whether it is in later generations or in the thousands of years ahead.

There are countless scholars in total. In the final analysis, everyone wants to improve their lives through reading.

If you have studied for many years, but your mouth is full of swear words, and you haven't even learned the most basic, a little bit of etiquette and shame, you may be inferior to a farmer who has carried a hoe and devoted himself to farming for a generation.

Although farmers may not have read books or be educated, they know through farming that if you don't go out in the morning glow, you can travel thousands of miles in the evening glow.

Xu Qing didn't expect the three little ones to be among the best in the exam every time. What he only hoped was that the three younger siblings could learn more knowledge.

Xu Qing went into the kitchen and asked his second brother Xu Aiguo to accompany Xu Fengming and the little girl in the front room.

He himself started kneading noodles, preparing to eat noodles at night.

But before Xu Qing had finished kneading the dough, he heard a sudden "bang" coming from the courtyard outside the house.

Immediately afterwards, the screams of the little girl and Xu Fengming came from the front room.

Xu Qing hurriedly looked into the front room and saw Xu Damao standing at the door with his face pale and his head bleeding.

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