A few days after Xu Qing went to work, Ma Jinghong also had to go to work in the art troupe of her unit.

Xiao Hongzhi was left in the care of the deaf old lady in the courtyard.

As for Ma Jinghong's mother, she was worried that the old lady in Xu Qing's courtyard was too old to take care of her grandson, so she became anxious and angry. She came to the courtyard every few days to help her son-in-law and daughter take care of her grandson.

But Wu Yuemei is also pregnant, so she has to run both ways.

Seeing this, the old lady had no choice but to reluctantly ask Ma Jinghong's mother to take Xiao Hongzhi to her.

After all, as I get older, my body and bones are getting worse every year, my legs and feet are getting worse, and walking with a cane is sometimes extremely difficult.

Although I feel reluctant to let go of Xiao Hongzhi, compared to Ma Jinghong’s mother, she is my grandmother, so I am even more reluctant to let go.

Therefore, after Xiao Hongzhi left the compound, the old lady helped Xu Qing and Jing Hong look after their homes in the compound every day.

In fact, living in the backyard, ordinary thieves and second-rate thieves are not so bold as to break in.

Of course, there were some who didn't open their eyes, but in the front yard and the middle yard, they were grabbed by the third aunt, the first aunt, and the Jia Zhang family, and scolded them.

Especially when Mrs. Jia and Zhang are here, if they see someone with evil intentions, they are afraid of plotting something against her family. They will cross-examine her. As long as the other party can't tell me something, they will immediately yell at her and call the aunt to come out. The two of them join forces.

Guys, you won’t shut up until you scold the other person’s ancestors for eight generations and then drive him out of the compound.

Mrs. Jia and Zhang are not merciful to the people in her compound, let alone those second-rate thieves who are not good enough.

However, in these years, there are really not many thieves who dare to come to the compound.

Almost everyone who came here, without exception, was seen by Mrs. Jia Zhang. Not only did she curse them, but Mrs. Jia Zhang also took the opportunity to blackmail them severely.

Thieves have a guilty conscience. Even if Jia Zhangshi said that he had stolen something from her house, that person would not dare to straighten up and say no.

Jia and Zhang went to the street office and called the police from the area. The thieves said they didn't steal anything. Who would believe it?

As far as the people in the courtyard know, given the circumstances of the Jia family, there is nothing worth stealing, but unless Jia and Zhang claim to have stolen it, no one will turn around and speak up for the thief.

How can he be called a thief? If a good person doesn't do anything, he has to be a "three hands", doing petty thefts, and he still comes from the courtyard of his family. I can only blame him for not having a good eye and not taking a look at this big house.

Is the hospital a place where he can come?

Naturally, all the things that the thief stole from other places were claimed by Jia Zhang as belonging to her family.

The people in the courtyard turned a blind eye and pretended not to have seen it.

Who made the Jia family’s life really difficult?

As for the real owners, let’s go find the thief to hold grudges.

Therefore, the old lady is completely worried.

Mrs. Jia Zhang of the Intermediate Court hopes that a blind thief will come to the courtyard so that she can make a 'windfall', and there is no way she will give him a chance to go to the backyard.

What's more, besides the old lady, there is also a second aunt in the backyard.

This guy is not a cheap person either. He sings and sings with Mr. Jia and Zhang, one has a red face and the other has a white face, so that the thief will never dare to steal again for the rest of his life.

When the weather is nice, the old lady will sit outside the door with a cane, basking in the warm sunshine in the cold spring, while listening to the second and third aunts doing their homework.

But she never interrupted and listened quietly. Occasionally, the second aunt and the third aunt asked her a few questions, but they were both deaf and dumb.

"What? You can't hear me clearly, please speak louder."

The second aunt shook her head and said to the third aunt, "Look, this person in our compound has lost his ears again."

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At 15 o'clock on the first lunar month, Xu Qing came back from get off work in the factory with Shazhu on his bicycle in the afternoon. He took the Yuanxiao made by Jinghong and hurriedly rode his bicycle to deliver it to his master, Lao Zhang, while it was still dark.

I gave it away every year before, and this year is no exception.

When we returned to the compound, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. The night was dark, the stars were twinkling, and the cold wind was blowing. The chill was much deeper than during the day.

Spring has begun on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, which happened last week, but it will take some time for winter to exit.

Xu Qing parked his bicycle at the door of his house, stepped into the house, took off his gloves and scarf, unbuttoned his cotton-padded jacket, sat at the table in the front room, and took a piece of the bowl of noodles left for him by his wife Jinghong.

Garlic, swallow it in your stomach.

Ma Jinghong went into the kitchen again to cook Yuanxiao.

After Xu Qing finished a large bowl of noodles, Jinghong also cooked the Yuanxiao and brought it out.

The two of them sat opposite each other, chewing slowly while it was hot.

Xu Qing actually had a bowl at Master Zhang's house, but since it was cooked at home, he had to eat it.

But the younger brothers and sisters can’t eat it.

Because they all went to school early.

As the son was at his mother-in-law's house, during this period, Xu Qing and his wife Jinghong were the only two people in the house.

Xu Qing put some Yuanxiao in his own bowl into his wife's bowl, and then said while eating:

"Jinghong, is there anything else in the kitchen pot?"

"Nope."

"Old lady, our house..."

Before Xu Qing finished speaking, Ma Jinghong smiled, raised her head and said:

"When you didn't come back, I had already sent some over. I happened to meet the aunt and brought a bowl of Lantern Festival to the old lady."

Xu Qing hummed and continued eating Yuanxiao from the bowl.

Ten minutes later, Ma Jinghong put away the dishes and said:

"Brother Qing, I remember that San Huzi who set up a stall selling braised pork. He seems to be getting married in a few days. Are you going?"

"Well, let's go. Didn't we meet after visiting the Forbidden City at the beginning of the year? It was the 19th, so I looked at the calendar."

Xu Qing stood up and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall. Seeing that the 19th was the weekend, he said to his wife:

"Jinghong, it's the weekend, why don't you go with me?"

Ma Jinghong stopped collecting the dishes and chopsticks in her hands and shook her head, "Brother Qing, I won't go. The situation in San Huzi's family is not very good. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to follow you."

Xu Qing nodded when he heard this.

If someone else got married and had a job with a stable income and received a fixed salary every month, Xu Qing would go with his wife.

If there are many people, it will be lively and happy, and it will be prosperous.

But Sanhuzi is different.

He worked hard to set up a stall selling braised pork and simmered pork, but he couldn't make much money in a day. After a month, after throwing away the capital, he could barely earn enough to feed his family, even if he was burning high-end incense.

Before, San Huzi told Xu Qing that he would not make a fuss about getting married. The reason was, on the one hand, because of his family's composition, not many people would be present.

On the other hand, and the most important thing, I have no money.

If I don’t have money, I have to do something simple.

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On the early morning of the 19th day of the first lunar month, Xu Qing had breakfast with his wife in the house, put on clean clothes, pushed his bicycle out of the compound, crossed the beam in the alley, rode on it, and took Jinghong towards the state-owned store.

Past.

Xu Qing was going to San Huzi’s house to attend San Huzi’s wedding, and wanted to buy some snacks to take with him.

And Jinghong wants to go back to her parents’ home to see her son.

Xu Qing could not let his daughter-in-law go empty-handed, so he decided to go to a state-owned store to buy some things for his daughter-in-law to give to her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

During the Chinese New Year last year, Xu Qing barely visited the state-owned store once. All the New Year items were bought by his wife and younger siblings.

Therefore, after dividing the various tickets Xu Qing had by his abilities, he saved a lot.

As for the monthly salary, the ability cannot work, and Xu Qing still doesn’t have much money.

However, it doesn't matter. Currently, he and his wife are working at home, and his younger brothers and sisters are in school. They are responsible for food, food, and housing. They also receive monthly subsidies, so Xu Qing doesn't need to give them living expenses at all.

What's more, they also made money from working in the past few years. Xu Qing never asked for the wages of his younger brothers and sisters.

Aiguo, Fengming and the little girl wanted to hand it over to the elder brother and sister-in-law, but Xu Qing and Jinghong didn't accept it.

When he arrived at the state-owned store, Xu Qing didn't lock the car and let his wife watch. He squeezed in alone, bought something, and then went to the place where clothes were sold. Taking advantage of the lack of people around when he could try on clothes, he used his ability to buy the clothes he just bought.

Things were divided.

In the place where clothes are sold, people are coming and going, and everyone is carrying something, so what Xu Qing is carrying is inconspicuous.

"Comrade, I'm sorry, I don't want to come and have a look today. I don't have enough money with me. I'll buy it next time I come."

Xu Qing handed the top he had not tried on to the salesperson, turned around and walked out of the state-owned store.

Xu Qing hung the things he bought on the handlebars of his bicycle, turned around and got on the bike to take his wife to his father-in-law's house first.

But Ma Jinghong said: "Brother Qing, it's already past ten o'clock. You'd better go to Sanhuzi first. The road is quite far. Don't go there too late and miss the wedding time. I'll walk back to my mother's house by myself."

That’s it.”

Xu Qing turned to look at his quick-thinking, gentle and virtuous daughter-in-law. The more she looked at her, the more beautiful she became.
To be continued...