The wooden ladder used to go up to the roof in the middle courtyard was made by Yi Zhonghai and has been in use for more than ten years. It was completed at about the same time as the ladder in the backyard.

However, the ladder in the middle courtyard is usually placed at the door of Yi Zhonghai's house.

After all, it is Yi Zhonghai's family who produces the work and materials, so it can be regarded as the sole proprietor of Yi Zhonghai's family. If Shazhu or the Jia family usually use it, they need to say hello to Yi Zhonghai first.

Today, Xu Qing brought Xu Fengming and Xu Aiguo. Yi Zhonghai had already set up the ladder and put it on the eaves of his home.

Xu Qing stood in front of the ladder, holding on to it with Yi Zhonghai, while the aunt carefully reached out to support Xu Fengming and Xu Aiguo, fearing that the two little guys would slip down the ladder.

Mrs. Jia Zhang stood far away, licking melon seeds and looking at her with cold eyes. She had no intention of helping at all, but she was thinking in her heart that after the roof of Yi Zhonghai's house was cleaned, she would ask the two little guys to help her.

House roof sweeping.

Silly Zhu also ran over at this moment and helped stabilize the ladder with Xu Qing and Yi Zhonghai.

Xu Fengming and Xu Aiguo climbed up one after another, blocking the top of the ladder with their legs, and then tied the legs and the ladder together with ropes. They reached out to take the broom from the aunt and slowly swept the snow on the roof.

The sky gradually darkened, and the sun completely disappeared. The wind was colder in the sky than below, and the blowing snow flew towards the faces of Xu Fengming and Xu Aiguo.

Xu Qing stood below and stared up at his two younger brothers, very worried, fearing that something might go wrong.

Originally, he didn't plan to let the little guy help sweep the snow from the roof of the courtyard. It was too dangerous. Plus, it was winter now. If someone fell carelessly, he would definitely break his bones.

Winter is no different than summer. Human bones are more brittle and can be easily injured if accidentally bumped.

Even in summer, falling from the roof is unbearable. Moreover, the two little guys are young and their physical endurance is not as good as that of adults.

But before, Yi Zhonghai took Silly Zhu to the backyard and spoke, so it was not a problem to refuse directly.

Although it is possible, since they are all residents of the same compound, neighbors will inevitably use others.

There are also two little guys who are very excited when they hear that they can make money. Xu Qing knows that they are sensible and want to make some money to support the family, so it is not easy to dampen their enthusiasm.

Of course, Xu Qing actually didn't like the idea of ​​sweeping a house's roof for 30 cents, not because he was rich, but because he didn't want his brothers to take risks.

No money means no money. The worst thing is to save some money. Xu Qing really can't bear to let his brothers do dangerous things.

Fortunately, there were no accidents during the snow clearing process and it went very smoothly.

When the two little guys came down, their hands were red from the cold again, and their clothes were stained with snow stains. Xu Qing hurriedly reached out and patted them, and then asked them to quickly go into Yi Zhonghai's house to relax.

At this moment, Mrs. Jia Zhang walked over gracefully, threw the melon seed peels in her hands on the ground, clapped her hands and said:

"Xu Qing, the snow has been removed from the roof of my house, please quickly let those two boys come out and clear the snow from my roof!"

Xu Qing raised his head and glanced coldly at Mrs. Jia Zhang, feeling instantly furious.

His brother's hands were all red from the cold, but Jia Zhang urged him again and again. Just now he had been standing aside and watching with cold eyes. Xu Qing suddenly became a little annoyed.

From the beginning, Xu Qing did not intend to let his brothers help remove snow from Jia's roof. Jia and Zhang's virtues were disgusting no matter how you looked at them, so he just didn't intend to pay them, and kept talking nonsense.
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Xu Qing angrily said: "Aunt Jia, my brother just finished sweeping the roof of the first uncle's house. Did you not see it or what?"

Seeing Xu Qing's unhappy expression, Mrs. Jia Zhang frowned, rolled her eyes, and said in a loud voice:

"Xu Qing, how can you talk to me? You're so young!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, the aunt hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Aunt Jia, why are you in a hurry? I just finished sweeping the snow off my roof. Let the little guy warm up in my room first, and I will help you out later.

Sweep, this is not a big deal."

Mrs. Jia Zhang curled her lips and complained: "Auntie, it's almost dark today. Can the two boys sweep the snow off my roof later?"

Xu Qing has a good temper. He rarely blushes with anyone in the courtyard, but at this moment, Xu Qing can't suppress the anger in his heart, let alone the cold words from Jia Zhang.

Looking at Jia Zhang, Xu Qing said sharply:

"Aunt Jia, my brother can't sweep your roof, you'd better find someone else!"

Jia Zhang became anxious and glared at Xu Qing angrily. He placed his hands on his hips as if he wanted to eat someone.

Silly Zhu hurriedly walked to Xu Qing and pulled Xu Qing aside, for fear of starting a fight with Jia Zhang.

It’s not that he’s afraid that Xu Qing will suffer a loss, but that he’s afraid that Jia and Zhang will be beaten up.

After all, Xu Qing is also a young man, at a young age, and Jia Zhang, an old woman in her fifties, is said to be half buried in the ground, and she can't stand the beating!

If Silly Zhu hadn't stopped him, Xu Qing would have really wanted to slap Jia and Zhang in the face.

It’s so infuriating!

Even though her two brothers' hands were red from the cold, Jia and Zhang were still complaining and were not allowed to come in to warm themselves up. They were really treating others like human beings!

Xu Qing doesn’t want to get used to this kind of person!

Xu Qing turned around and took out thirty cents from his body, stuffed it into Silly Zhu and said:

"Brother Silly Zhu, it's impossible for my brother to clear the snow from Jia's roof. I'll pay you back the money you gave me. I won't let my brother suffer from this cowardice!"

For a moment, Silly Zhu had a troubled expression on his face. He looked at Xu Qing, sighed, reached out and patted Xu Qing's shoulder and said, "It's okay."

Jia Zhang was so aggressive just now, even Si Zhu couldn't stand it, but Jia Zhang was born like this from her mother's womb, a bitter, mean person, and has been messing around for most of her life, what can she do?

We can't really give him a beating. Then in the courtyard from now on, Jia and Zhang will still make trouble every day.

Xu Qing had a sense of who to give face to, so he told Silly Zhu to let him know. As for the snow on Jia's roof, whoever loves sweeping it will be swept away.

Anyway, my brother will definitely not sweep it away!

At this time, Qin Huairu, who was busy making dinner in Jia's house, heard the movement in the courtyard outside the house, and hurried out of the house without even having time to put down the rolling pin in her hand.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was making trouble again, Qin Huairu was angry and anxious, but there was nothing she could do.

What can she do with such a mother-in-law in the stall? She has no choice but to endure it.

But Xu Qing can't bear it. Although he lives in the same compound, there are some things that he just can't bear.

She, Jia Zhang, wants to bully others, but that is impossible!

After the two little ones warmed up from Yi Zhonghai's house, Xu Qing, Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai, protected by their aunt, cleared the snow from Sha Zhu's roof.

Afterwards, Xu Qing took his second brother Xu Fengming and third brother Xu Aiguo back to the backyard without even looking at the Jia family.
Chapter completed!