Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 83 Angry
Outside the workshop, under the newly dawning sky, there were crowds of people.

The apprentices who entered the factory earlier had already arrived for a while. At this time, no matter whether they were regular workers or cadres in the factory, they either walked or rode bicycles into the factory one after another.

People in twos and threes, in this winter morning, kicked off a new day.

Er Mazi shuttled through the crowd, running fast like a monkey, startling some older women and some younger female workers, blaming and complaining again and again.

Xu Qing stood at the door of the third workshop, twisted his body, stretched his waist, and said hello to his master, Lao Zhang, who came in.

Lao Zhang, still wrapped in the blue cotton-padded jacket, responded to Xu Qing, holding a cigarette in his mouth. He did not enter the workshop in a hurry, but stood aside and asked:
"Apprentice, that boy Er Mazi is holding a cigarette in a hurry. What is he doing?"

"Just give me a gift, Master."

After Xu Qing grinned, he wanted to tell Lao Zhang that Er Mazi was going to get married soon, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say anything for the time being.

Lao Zhang raised his brows with surprise in his eyes, puffed the cigarette from the corner of his mouth and stopped talking.

In fact, Xu Qing didn't know whether Er Mazi's marriage would work out.

After all, Chen Xiaojuan's family asks for a bride price of 200 yuan. Even if a factory cadre gets married, no one has ever asked for such a high price.

Even though this matter was caused by Er Mazi's own bad luck, the bride price was indeed too high.

Whether it was deliberately making things difficult, or planning to ask for so much from the beginning.

Er Mazi has to continue even if he tries to sell iron.

If there are still discussions in the future, or if there are any other variables, it is hard to say.

But right now, Chen Xiaojuan's third sister and her mother will not come to the factory for the time being.

Xu Qing followed Lao Zhang back to the workshop, cleaned up the toilet alone, and then started busy working.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Xu Qing and Lao Zhang stopped what they were doing and took a short rest.

Xu Qing stood outside the workshop basking in the sun, enjoying the warm winter sunshine.

The sky was clear and cloudless, but the air was dry and cold, which was a bit uncomfortable. Other than that, it was definitely a good weather.

Er Mazi came out with his hands in his pockets, stood beside Xu Qing, leaning his back against the wall, and closed his eyes comfortably, letting the sun's rays shine on his body to his heart's content.

Without the worry from yesterday, Er Mazi has returned to his previous appearance.

He cannot be said to be lazy, but he cannot be said to be very diligent either.

At this time, Er Mazi was debt-free. As for the betrothal gift, he knew it was useless to worry about it, so he simply didn't think about it.

Besides, he was not a particularly sad person.After a day, count as a day, the worst result will be blown to Chen Xiaojuan.

After Er Mazi had gone through such a horrible incident, she was still wishing for it!

There are so many female workers in the factory. Without her, Chen Xiaojuan, there would be others.

Going a step further, even if there is not a single woman in the factory, there are still a large number of marriageable women in the entire Forty-Nine Cities.

Although he may not be able to fall in love with Er Mazi, there are still villages near Sijiu City.

Why bother to hang yourself from a tree with a crooked neck?

Especially Er Mazi and Chen Xiaojuan's relationship lasted a long time, because her third sister saw her holding hands and was so unwilling to let them go.

Ermazi is not stupid. If he really gets married, his life will not be easy in the future.

After Xu Qing took a short rest, he turned around and headed back to the workshop. Before leaving, he reminded Er Mazi with his elbow.

Er Mazi half-opened his eyes, but quickly closed them again. He continued to bask in the sun for a while before returning to the workshop.

Before getting off work at noon, the factory announced through loudspeakers that a movie would be shown in the factory in the evening.

The whole factory cheered instantly.

The year is over and the New Year is about to begin. It is naturally a joy to watch a movie.

Although it is very cold to watch an outdoor movie in the factory in the middle of winter.

It doesn’t cost money!
These days, most of the movies shown are Shangganling, a film about the feelings of family and country during the Anti-Japanese War. Not to mention the single genre, I don’t know how many times I have shown it.

But everyone still watched with relish every time, lingering and forgetting to return.

And some of the leading cadres in the factory will watch it together when the time comes.

Of course, other people can also bring their families along.

However, when Er Mazi heard the news, he stood in the workshop, lowered his head and spat hard.

"Bah! Damn it! I just went to the cinema two days ago to spend money, and today the factory said they would show a movie. Isn't this bullying?!"

"If I had known I wouldn't have gone that day, it would have cost me [-] cents, and I still..." Er Mazi was very angry.

The rest of the people in the workshop were stunned.

Wang Dequan walked up to Er Mazi, raised his hand and patted Er Mazi on the head.

"You kid, did you take your partner named Xiaojuan to the movies on the day you got paid? It's only a dime or two. Who made you panic with money in your hand!"

"Maybe there was a conflict after watching the movie, haha." Wang Dequan's words immediately caused everyone in the workshop to laugh.

"It's definitely true, I didn't see that Er Mazi's eye sockets are black." Zhou Pingtai took the opportunity to tease Er Mazi on purpose.

Er Mazi tilted his head and rolled his eyes at Zhou Pingtai and the laughing people. He didn't bother to stand in the workshop and listen to them making fun of him, so he turned around and ran out of the workshop.

Xu Qing didn't laugh, because he knew that Er Mazi was angry not about watching the movie, but what happened after watching the movie.

Old Zhang and the other three seniors didn't laugh either. Young people like to boo, and old men like them are not in the mood to participate.

When Xu Qing got off work in the afternoon, as soon as Xu Qing walked out of the workshop, he saw Xu Damao wearing a gauze-wrapped head and wearing a big-brimmed hat. He was busy fiddling with the machine alone, preparing to show a movie in the factory at night.

Xu Qing walked over and took a look. The machine was very old, but it was new in this era.

Although film is still used, the playback effect is not bad at all.

Seeing Xu Qing coming over, Xu Damao was busy with the things in hand, while lowering his voice and said: "Brother, I will release Longxugou tonight, and the leaders of the factory will not come to see. Some cadres will come by then, and I will give you the second row of brothers." Reserve a few good seats."

"By the way, Qingzi, you ride my car back and bring me my flashlight." Xu Damao reached out and took out the key from his body and threw it to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing said no problem, then turned and walked towards the designated parking area for bicycles in the factory.

Xu Damao's bicycle is relatively easy to recognize. The slightly skewed front end has not been corrected until now. There is no problem in riding it, but it looks a bit awkward.

Holding the key, Xu Qing unlocked the lock on the rear wheel, pushed the bicycle for a few steps, and then stepped over the crossbeam to ride the bicycle to leave the factory.

Qin Huairu saw Xu Qing riding Xu Damao's bicycle, and immediately rushed up.Then sat on the back seat, exhaled a white breath and said:

"Xu Qing, let's go, take sister home!"

(End of this chapter)