In the backyard, the second aunt was at the door of the house, bent over with a broom, sweeping the snow in front of her door. When she saw Xu Qing, she straightened up and said:

"Xu Qing, you came back from get off work very early today. Have you met your second uncle?"

Xu Qing held the lunch box and shook his head: "I didn't see it. The second uncle is probably behind. I came back with Brother Shazhu and Sister Huairu."

The second aunt said "oh" and then grabbed the broom and continued to sweep the snow.

Xu Qingze continued to walk back to his room.

As soon as he entered the house, Xu Qing saw the little girl and his third brother Xu Fengming sitting on the bench, smashing walnuts around the stove.

When the little girl saw her elder brother coming back, she quickly stood up and handed the freshly peeled walnut kernels to Xu Qingmi Ah Nian.

He grinned and said: "Brother, eat walnuts, my second brother, my second brother, and my third brother will have exams in two days, so we have no homework tonight!"

Xu Qing reached out and took the walnut kernel from the little girl's hand, broke it in half, ate half of it himself, and fed the other half to the little girl, then untied the scarf and asked: "Where is your second brother?"
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"Lighting a fire in the kitchen."

Xu Fengming had just cracked open a walnut, looked up at Xu Qing, and said hehey:

"Second brother has heated up the steamed buns and the vegetables you left in the morning in the pot, and is waiting for you to come back for dinner."

Xu Qing put the scarf on the table, carried the lunch box given by Sha Zhu today, and walked towards the kitchen.

The little girl hurriedly followed behind and ran into the kitchen.

At this time, Xu Aiguo was sitting on the bench in the kitchen, holding a book and reviewing while staring at the fire.

The pot on the stove is steaming, and it looks like the fire has been burning for a while.

Seeing that his elder brother was back, Xu Aiguo hurriedly closed the book.

The little girl was chewing walnut kernels in her mouth. When she ran over just now, she took a large piece of freshly smashed walnuts from her third brother Xu Fengming and gave it to Xu Aiguo.

I don’t know whether she should let her second brother peel it for her? Or let Xu Aiguo eat it.

Xu Qing raised his hand to lift the lid of the pot, glanced into the pot, and then closed it.

Let the second brother take the little girl to the front room, and he will take care of the kitchen.

Xu Aiguo then stood up from the bench, put the book under his arm, and led the girl towards the front room.

Xu Qing bent down and looked at the fire on the stove, picked up the fire hook on the side and fiddled with it twice, then divided the meat and vegetables in the lunch box given by Silly Zhu into two parts, and placed the separated ones on the chopping board near the window.

The others were put into the pot.

The three little guys usually do their homework quietly at this moment, but today, without the constraints of homework, they were playing happily in the front room.

Xu Qing stretched out his hand to lift the curtain hanging on the door, took a look, and did not stop.

The teacher didn't leave any homework, and Xu Qing didn't want to hold on too tightly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Qing took out the phone number left by Li Fenghong, the editor-in-chief of the workers' newspaper, from his pocket, looked at it, and then put it away close to his body.

If there is an emergency in the future, maybe you can ask the other party for help, but Xu Qing doesn't hope that one day.

Xu Qing then took out today's forty yuan and put it together with the dozens of yuan he had gotten from food stamps and bicycle tickets, as well as the dozen yuan he had accumulated before.

With this money, not only will the family not have to worry about celebrating the New Year, but they can also live a good New Year comfortably.

As for the tuition fees for the three younger siblings for a whole year and two semesters next year, there is no need to worry.

In fact, without these forty yuan, Xu Qing would not have to be depressed and miserable.

Because the money they had before was enough for the four siblings to celebrate the New Year happily.

But with an extra forty yuan, life will be better after all.

A few days later, when his younger siblings finished their final exams, Xu Qing decided to take some time to take them and buy them two new clothes.

The three little ones are all in the stage of growing their bodies, and their previous clothes are already a little too short.

Although I can go to the first aunt, second aunt, or third aunt in the hospital and ask them to change it, I can still wear it.

But it’s the Chinese New Year, and you still have to buy new clothes.

You can’t welcome the New Year wearing patched clothes.

The fire on the stove reflected on Xu Qing's face, forcing him to tilt his body slightly.

Ten minutes later.

Xu Qing called the three little girls into the kitchen, and the little girl took bowls and chopsticks. Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming each held a bowl of food.

Xu Qing took the steamed buns out of the pot, put them in an enamel basin, took them to the front room, then beat an egg with the boiling water at the bottom of the pot, chopped the cabbage leaves, sprinkled them into the pot, and simply cooked

A soup.

After all, drinking boiled water every day is not a problem.

Sitting on the Kang in the front room, Xu Qing ate a steamed bun and felt full.

Two bowls of meat and vegetables were given to the three little ones.

Today at noon, Xu Qing was in a private room in the canteen. He was very full of food. Although he was a little cautious at first, he gradually relaxed.

If you seize such a good opportunity, you will naturally want to eat more.

At this time, Xu Qing watched the three little ones eating with gusto, turned around and slipped off the kang, put on his shoes, went to the next room and brought four apples back, and put them next to the stove to keep warm.

At this time, Xu Damao opened the door and walked in. He rubbed his hands and saw that the three little ones were eating well.

He couldn't help but smack his mouth and said: "Hey, Qingzi, the food at your house tonight is not bad!"

Xu Qing shook out a cigarette, handed it to Xu Damao and said: "It's OK."

"Brother Damao, have you eaten? Why don't we eat some together."

Xu Damao shook his head, took the cigarette, walked to the stove, picked up the kettle, lit the cigarette butt in the stove, took a puff, patted his belly with a proud face and said:

"Brother, I made another small profit today. I went to a restaurant and had pork and green onion dumplings."

When Xu Qing saw Xu Damao's arrogant look, he suddenly felt that he was worthy of being him. This person's little life was really enjoyable.

But Xu Qing is not envious either. Although Xu Damao lives a good life, he is the only one in his house. He is not married and has no brothers and sisters, so there is no liveliness in his own house.

When Xu Qing saw Xu Damao coming over at this time, he knew that he was bored in the house and came to visit, so he picked up the thermos bottle and poured a tea jar of hot water into it.

Xu Damao sat on the edge of the Kang, watching the three little ones eating, and said casually to Xu Qing:

"I heard that guy Si Zhu say, you have a lighter, let me take a look at it. I've been thinking about buying one for a while, but I can't get the tickets, so I'm a little worried."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, took out a lighter and handed it to Xu Damao.

I secretly thought: Xu Damao always tries to get tickets and things, so he shouldn't be unable to get lighter tickets. Why don't he have lighters and bicycles, and big tickets like radios are scarce.

It stands to reason that you can get it easily.

But since Xu Damao said he couldn't get it, Xu Qing didn't ask.

Xu Qing doesn't have the problem of inquiring about other people's affairs.

Xu Damao was sitting on the edge of the kang, playing with the lighter, causing Xu Fengming to stretch his neck, chew the steamed bun in his mouth, puff out his cheeks, and come closer, curious.

I don’t understand what’s so fun about a lighter.

At this moment, Silly Zhu opened the door and walked in from outside the house.
Chapter completed!