Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 86

In the pitch-dark factory, the wind of winter nights swirls here and there from time to time.

As soon as Ma Jiefang emerged from the crowd, he sneezed coldly, rubbed his nose, stood up straight, and looked up at the picture projected on the curtain in front, reluctant to leave.

Chief Ma walked over with a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw that it was his son, he raised his foot and gave Ma Jiefang a light kick on his ass.

"Why are you running out? Why don't you sit back and watch the movie!"

Ma Jiefang turned around, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Dad, this is not the last time I came back from Xu Qing's house and used his flashlight. I thought, return it to him today. By the way, I won't follow you in the factory, and I will exercise in advance." .”

Ma Guohua frowned, but he believed what his unlucky son said in front of him.

But I didn’t believe a word of what happened next.

Ma Guohua took a puff of cigarette and said, "It must have been your fifth sister who asked you to come out."

"Hey, I can't hide this from you, Dad, you are the best!"

Ma Jiefang extended his thumbs up.

Ma Guohua was too lazy to listen to his son wearing a hat and waved his hand impatiently.

"Go and find your classmate quickly."

Ma Jiefang immediately ran away in a hurry.

At this time, everyone sitting in the factory was watching the movie with great interest.

Although it is black and white, it does not affect the viewing experience at all, and no one shows boredom.

Even the children who came didn't cry. Almost everyone's eyes were fixed on the flickering screen on the screen.

Except Xu Damao.

He is a projectionist in the factory, and every film has to go through his hands. He has seen all of them, and he can almost recite the lines in it backwards and forwards.

So at this moment, Xu Damao was leaning on the machine, with a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were on the older girls and younger daughter-in-laws in the first few rows.

Although Xu Damao has a target right now, it doesn't mean that he can't look at other girls' homes. He isn't married and hasn't drunk the engagement wine, so he won't take those things into consideration.

Even if he is married, as long as he is not tied to his trouser belt, no one can stop Xu Damao's temperament from getting into the crowd of women.

Because of the projector, Ma Jiefang, who was looking around for a long time, saw Xu Damao at a glance.

On New Year's Day before Ma Jiefang, when he was looking for Xu Qing, he met Xu Damao in the backyard.

Of course there is no friendship, but at least I saw an acquaintance and lived in the same yard with Xu Qing.

Therefore, Ma Jiefang immediately walked towards Xu Damao.

"Brother, smoke a cigarette."

Ma Jiefang didn't know Xu Damao's name, so he raised his hand to pass the cigarette.

Xu Damao turned his head and saw that it was classmate Xu Qing, the son of Section Chief Ma. He was shocked and immediately stood up straight, with a smile on his face and said:

"How can I let you take out a cigarette, come on, smoke my brother's cigarette, I can smoke whatever I want!"

Xu Damao immediately took out the peony cigarette on his body and handed it to Ma Jiefang.

Ma Jiefang was a little confused, but since the other party offered to slap him, he didn't refuse.

I don't know, it's because Xu Damao recognized him.

Otherwise, as the son of an ordinary worker in the factory, how could Xu Damao casually let go of the peony cigarettes that he would not even smoke.

You know, the peony cigarettes that Xu Damao carries on his body are usually prepared for the leaders and cadres in the factory, and he rarely smokes himself.

I only smoked one or two cigarettes when I went to the countryside to watch movies in the commune. Of course, it was mainly to show off the cigarette pack.

Apart from cadres, who can afford to smoke Peony cigarettes these days?

When a countryman sees a man holding a peony cigarette, the first thought that pops into his mind is usually: "This person is a cadre!"

It's just that Xu Damao is not a cadre, but he has a "motivated mind" and has been secretly trying to get involved in his official career.

Ma Jiefang took the cigarette, took out the lighter, and lit it. At the same time, he helped Xu Damao light the cigarette.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Jiefang asked:
"Brother, Xu Qing from your college is my classmate. Have you seen it?"

When Xu Damao heard that he was asking about Xu Qing, he hurriedly pointed to the second row and said:

"Qingzi is right there, just wait, brother, I'll call him over for you."

While talking, Xu Damao held a cigarette from the corner of his mouth, bent his waist, and ran towards Xu Qing in small steps.

at the same time.

Xu Qing, who was sitting in the second row, was watching the movie intently with his younger siblings and He Yuyu beside him.

He didn't notice Ma Jiefang looking for him at all.

If Xu Damao hadn't come to tell him quietly, Xu Qing wouldn't have known that his classmates were here today.

Xu Qing turned his head and whispered to He Yushui, asking her to help take care of the three little ones, and then followed Xu Damao out of the crowd and bent down.

Ma Jiefang stood in front of the projection machine and waved at Xu Qing.

When Xu Qing arrived, Ma Jiefang raised his hand and punched him, complaining:

"Brother Qingzi, you are not mean enough. I have been looking for it for a long time. It turns out that you have occupied a good seat and sat in the front."

Xu Qing stamped his feet, his feet numb with cold: "I didn't know you were here too. Are you looking for me to return the flashlight?"

"Ah."

Ma Jiefang reached out and took out the flashlight from the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, handed it to Xu Qing, then put his arm around Xu Qing's shoulders and walked towards the dark place where there was no one.

Xu Damao rubbed his forehead with his hand, looked at the two people who were walking away, he didn't understand, why do you still have to be so mysterious with a flashlight?

Xu Damao raised his hand to straighten the hat on his head, and continued to stand in front of the projector alone.

This is the guy he eats with. Xu Damao doesn't dare to walk away easily. If someone takes advantage of his absence and makes a few fussy moves, he doesn't care about other people, but today there are factory cadres watching too, causing trouble. , it’s really troublesome.

After Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang walked a little away from the crowd, Ma Jiefang said flatly:

"Brother Qingzi, besides returning the flashlight for you, I have other tasks."

"What task?" Xu Qing asked: "Could it be that your father sent you to the factory today to let you follow him to maintain order?"

"It's not my dad who gave me the task, it's my fifth sister, she wants to chat with you!"

"Go, die!" Xu Qing kicked Ma Jiefang angrily, "Why is your Fifth Sister looking for me to talk to?"

"How do I know that? Anyway, I brought it to you."

After Ma Jiefang finished smoking, he shrank back, "Brother Qingzi, you wait at the door of your workshop, and I will tell my fifth sister, otherwise, when the movie is over and I get home, she will have nothing to do with me." !"

Xu Qing was about to decline, but Ma Jiefang turned his head and ran away.

Xu Qing let out a sigh of relief, and could only go towards the third workshop.

Anyway, when he went to Ma Jiefang's house and Ma Jiefang's fifth sister, Ma Jinghong took the initiative to give him some white noodles.

Xu Qing walked around the crowd, rubbed his frozen hands, put them in his cotton-padded jacket pocket, looked at the stars in the night sky that were emitting faint light, and walked alone to the third workshop, which was far away from everyone and hidden in the darkness.

In less than 5 minutes, Ma Jiefang and Ma Jinghong, brother and sister, trotted towards the third workshop.

(End of this chapter)