When Xu Qing returned to the house alone.

Seeing that Ma Jiefang was not following behind, Xu Damao couldn't help but look surprised.

"Qingzi, where are your classmates?"

"Brother Damao, he's back home."

When Xu Damao heard Xu Qing's words, he sat in front of the table and took a puff of cigarette. His mood suddenly became complicated.

Originally, Xu Damao saw Ma Jiefang today and thought of inviting Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang to go out for a meal together after the New Year.

Of course, Xu Damao mainly wanted to get acquainted with Ma Jiefang through Xu Qing and build a relationship, so that he could get closer to Ma Guohua, the security section chief, in the factory.

Ma Jiefang is Xu Qing's classmate and a very close friend. Xu Damao wants to win over him, so he goes to find him alone. He is shrewd and would not go out to eat if he wants to come to Ma Jiefang, so he wants to take advantage of today's opportunity to bring them both together.

Call.

But now it seems that his plan has failed.

However, Xu Damao was not discouraged. Anyway, with Xu Qing, if he failed today, he would still have a chance next time.

Therefore, Xu Damao did not leave Xu Qing's house immediately, but continued to sit in the house and chat with everyone.

Silly Zhu didn't have that much thought. He never wanted to curry favor with people, and he didn't have that many tricks in his stomach. Hearing Xu Qing say that Ma Jiefang, who had gone out just now, was gone. There was no emotion on his face, and he still crossed his legs.

From time to time, he winked and teased Xu Fengming.

The little guy now has his grandma and big brother Xu Qing by his side. He raised his head towards Silly Zhu and looked like he was not afraid.

Silly Zhu took a puff of cigarette, grinned, and suddenly felt very interesting.

It's just that his behavior made Xu Damao feel childish in Xu Damao's eyes.

But Silly Zhu doesn’t care about Xu Damao’s opinion at all.

In Xu Qing's house today, Silly Zhu didn't argue with him, which was considered an advantage to Xu Damao.

Otherwise, he would have to raise a flag and send Xu Damao abroad!

Xu Qingze thinks there is nothing wrong with Silly Zhu.

After all, this is Silly Zhu, who has a bit of childishness, is serious about things, and accepts death.

Although he is not as smooth as Xu Damao, it is precisely because of this that Sha Zhu lives out his own life, making him different from many others.

Silly Zhu will always stand on the right side. As long as it is wrong, he will not bow his head and change.

On the contrary, Xu Damao never cares about right or wrong, right or wrong is not important to him.

As long as it is beneficial, even if he knows it is wrong, Xu Damao will choose to stand on the wrong side.

Xu Qing took out his cigarettes and gave one to each of Sha Zhu and Xu Damao. Then he also sat at the table and chatted with the others.

Yu Yu lowered his head and hugged the little girl who had slipped off the kang to his side. The two girls peeled peanuts quietly, eating them while listening to everyone talking.

Because the weather was good today, and the fire in the stove was not extinguished, no one felt the slightest cold even when the door was wide open.

At almost noon, Shazhu drank the tea that Xu Qing poured for him in the teapot, stood up, stretched, yawned and took his sister Yuyu back to the central courtyard.

Xu Damao was not in a hurry to go back. Anyway, he lived in the backyard, and he was the only one in his house. It was only him who went back, so he might as well stay at Xu Qing's house and sit for a while.

At least Sha Zhu still has his sister Yu Yu after he returns. Relatively speaking, Xu Damao is not as good as Sha Zhu in this regard.

Xu Qing felt that it was getting late, so he asked Xu Damao to stay in the house to eat. As for the old lady, she was alone. The third uncle had not asked the third aunt to come over, so there was a high probability that she would also eat together.

Xu Qing doesn't mind at all.

These days, life is very poor, but this meal is not enough.

If it really comes to a point where the family can't open the pot, Xu Qing will naturally not keep them.

But now, life has become much better. What’s more, a few years ago, Xu Qing asked Xu Damao to exchange the cloth tickets he used his ability for two yuan.

Apart from anything else, these two yuan are more than enough to buy two kilograms of high-priced white flour from a second-hand dealer even if there are no food stamps.

Besides, this is what Xu Damao does for a living. Let him have a meal. If you can't buy food at the supply and marketing cooperative or state-owned store with food stamps in the future, it will be slightly cheaper to go to him than to go to other people.

In addition, in the past two days, Xu Qing also borrowed Xu Damao's bicycle and went to the hospital to deliver meals to his grandfather every day.

Xu Damao felt a little embarrassed when he heard that Xu Qing had left him to eat. He wanted to leave, but he didn't.

Even when he returned to his own room, he was too lazy to start cooking. His cooking skills were not comparable to those of Silu Zhu, a professional chef, and they were still far behind Xu Qingyi, who had been practicing for half a year.<

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Xu Damao stood up, and after thinking for a while, he reached out and took out fifty cents and slapped it on the table.

"Qingzi, brother, I'll be hooking up with you at your house today."

Xu Damao will not let go of anything he can take advantage of, let alone take the money out casually.

But he is good at human relations and sophistication. He is not as senior as the old lady in the courtyard, and he is the same generation as Xu Qing.

In normal times, Xu Damao would not be so polite at all.

But during the Chinese New Year, whether Xu Damao wanted to show some appreciation or sincerely paid Xu Qing's food expenses, the money was all put on the table.

Xu Qing smiled and shook his head and said: "Brother Damao, we are all neighbors in the same courtyard. It's just a matter of having a pair of chopsticks. How can I pay for food?"

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he turned around and went into the kitchen.

Xu Aiguo followed his eldest brother and also walked into the kitchen.

The mischievous Xu Fengming did not go to the kitchen, but chewed the peanuts in his mouth, looked at the money on the table, his small black eyes wandered twice, reached out and pinched the money in the palm of his hand, grinning and said: "Thank you Damao."

Brother!"

Then the little guy grabbed a handful of peanuts from the pocket of his new clothes, handed them to Xu Damao and said: "Brother Damao, eat peanuts."

Xu Damao took the peanuts and sat back at the table. He turned around and saw that the money was taken by Xu Fengming. He secretly felt that the little guy was smart enough and was a young man. If he grows up, his brains will definitely be better than those of Silly Zhu.

Half an hour later, Xu Qing prepared the meal in the kitchen. Xu Damao patted off the red peanut skins stuck to his hands, walked into the kitchen with the little guy, and helped Xu Qing clean up in the front room.

The little girl took a feather duster and cleaned up the kang. At the same time, she grabbed the melon seed peels and peanut shells on the table and threw them into the stove to burn them. The table was also cleaned.

After all the food was brought to the table in the front room, Xu Qing asked grandma, the three little ones, the old lady, and Xu Damao to eat first.

Wearing a scarf, he carried the lunch box in his net bag and left the house. He got on his bicycle and headed out of the compound to go to the hospital to deliver meals to his grandfather and second father.

In the alley, Xu Qing met Qin Huairu who was going back to her parents' home with Xiaodang.
Chapter completed!