Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 9 Drinking in the Snow
The fire on the stove in the kitchen has not been completely extinguished.

Xu Qing took two benches and led Ma Jiefang in.

Since it's drinking, you can't be in the front room.

The third elementary school only needs to study, Xu Qing doesn't want to disturb it, the hut next door is unused and spacious, but since the beginning of winter, there has never been a fire, and people feel cold all over after standing for a short while.

Although the kitchen is small and cramped, but fortunately it is surrounded by the stove, but it will not be cold.

Besides, Ma Jiefang is a buddy, and Xu Qing doesn't see each other from him.

Ma Jiefang doesn't care about these, they are buddies who know the basics and study together in school.

He reached out to take the bench Xu Qing handed over, and sat down on it.

He bent down to pick up a briquette and threw it into the stove.

Xu Qing took out two small wine cups from the faded wooden cabinet that had been painted with red lacquer.

I also picked up a small bowl of pickled vegetables.

Around the stove, the two drank wine.

Today's New Year's Day, if you study, it is also a holiday.

However, both Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang left the school at this time.

Campus life has waved goodbye to them.

After a glass of wine, Ma Jiefang took a bite of pickles with his chopsticks and exclaimed that it was delicious.

Reaching into his bosom, he took out a box of peonies from the inner pocket sewn into the padded jacket, and patted it on the stove.

While smoking, he said to Xu Qing:

"Brothers will join the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill after the Chinese New Year. Then we can be together again!"

"Have you thought about it?" Xu Qing asked as he put his cigarette into the stove and lit it.

"There's nothing else to think about. My dad has already started to make arrangements for me to enter the security department and let me follow him."

Ma Jiefang took another bite of pickles with his chopsticks, chewed and took a puff of smoke:

"By the way, I asked my dad about it. He said that you seem to be working as an apprentice in the third workshop. He doesn't have a good memory, so I don't know if he is right. However, after the spring of next year, how about I give My dad said, let him find a way to transfer you to the security department."

"I think my dad is most comfortable in the security department."

After Ma Jiefang finished speaking, he couldn't help but pick up the pickles and eat them again.

Xu Qing took a sip of wine and said:
"I'm used to being in the workshop. After the Chinese New Year, when the factory arranges a formal job assessment, I'm going to take the test. If I go to the security department, the salary is fixed, and promotion is difficult. I might as well be in the workshop."

"That's true." Ma Jiefang stretched out his hand and scratched his hair. "There's nothing I can do. My dad is the director of the security department. Except for him, the deputy director and a few team captains, the other people in the security department have fixed positions every month. The dead salary of 35 yuan and a half. If you want to be promoted, you can only go to the workshop, but you have to go through the workshop all over again. No one wants to do it. My dad also said that I should go to the workshop. I have a future. I can learn skills for a few years and I will be good at it for the rest of my life. Don’t worry about having nothing to eat.”

"But I plan to go to the security department for a while first to learn about the situation in the factory and play for a few months. I am in school and study every day. I was tortured and scared. I was finally liberated from school and went directly to the workshop. I was tortured. No."

"I'm not like you. You're better than me in everything you do. In school, you study well, and the teachers like you. You look at me with black eyes."

"Now that you've only been working in the factory for half a year, you have the confidence to take part in the assessment next year. If it were me, according to what my dad said, I'd be an apprentice in the workshop for a few years."

Xu Qing smiled and said, "You're pretty good at school, too. Girls are all around you."

"Don't mention it, it's all tears." Ma Jiefang picked up the wine glass, raised his head, and said with stuffiness in his stomach:

"My buddy confesses to you today, in fact, those girls don't like me, but you."

"Me?" Xu Qing was slightly surprised.

"Yes, it's you that they like, but they are too embarrassed to come to you directly. Every time they come to me first, and then let me ask you to go out and play together."

Xu Qing didn't speak, and quietly took a puff of cigarette.

Ma put his hands on the stove and said:

"You are excellent in studies, you get first place in every exam, and you are good-looking. There is no girl in our senior class who doesn't have a crush on you."

"That means you rarely come into contact with girls in other classes, otherwise, I wouldn't even have the chance to be a light bulb."

"You know, even my Fifth Sister likes you!"

Seeing that Ma Jiefang was agitated, Xu Qing gave a wry smile.

"I'm not in school anymore, those things are gone."

"And my fifth sister, she asks me about you when she has nothing to do, I'm almost annoyed by her."

Xu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to pick up the bottle and pour wine into Ma Jiefang's glass.

At this time, the snow outside the house was falling more violently, and the chill became more intense.

The courtyard was very quiet, and no one could be seen, only the snowflakes were falling silently.

The briquettes on the stove burned redly, making the kitchen even warmer than before.

Xu Qing raised the wine cup and touched Ma Jiefang, finished drinking and said:
"It's useless to talk about what happened in the past. Now that we both don't go to school, let's change the story of the school. Let's talk about it later."

Ma Jiefang chewed the pickles and said:
"My dad will help me think about the future, let me advance to the security department to practice for a while, and get in touch with the girls in the factory more. It is best to get married next year or the year after, and then enter the workshop like you, Learn the skills honestly."

Xu Qing didn't know what to say for a while, he didn't expect that Ma Jiefang would say that.

And this is what his father meant.

However, if you think about it, it's not a problem.

Since I no longer study, getting married and having children is my top priority.

As for work, learning a technology is naturally right.

From now on, the wives and children will be hot on the kang, earn money to support the family, and work hard to raise the next generation.

Isn’t that what most people’s lives are like?

Just myself, be considered an exception.

Parents are not here now, so getting married and having children can only be delayed.

Taking good care of younger siblings is the top priority.

Thinking of the three little ones, Xu Qing asked Ma Jiefang:

"Jiefang, do you have a lot of food stamps, rice stamps, cloth stamps, and meat stamps?"

"I don't know much about this, but my dad is only the director of the security department, so I don't think there will be much per month. Everyone in the factory is given a quota, and it should be based on the number of people in the family. There shouldn't be many."

"And these are all under my mother's control, I have to go back and ask my mother."

As Ma Jiefang spoke, he suddenly said: "But we used to have a lot of money in our family. Before my eldest sister, second sister, and third sister got married, I could always see my mother holding a lot of them."

"But after they got married, their household registrations were all moved out. Now it's just me, my parents, and my fourth and fifth sisters left in my family."

After Ma Jiefang finished speaking, he looked at Xu Qing suspiciously and asked:
"Why are you asking about this?"

"I want to borrow some from you."

Ma Jiefang was stunned for a moment, as if he remembered that Xu Qing's parents were no longer here.

He immediately patted his chest and said:
"How much do you want, food stamps or meat stamps? I'll bring them to you tomorrow."

"Any ticket is accepted, the more the better. I'll use it and return it to you the day after tomorrow. It will definitely be a lot for you."

Xu Qing did not explain that he had the ability to split into two.

Ma Jiefang didn't ask any questions, picked up the bottle, poured the wine, and continued drinking with Xu Qing.

Because he believed in Xu Qing!

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