The next morning, Xu Qiang got up from the quilt with great difficulty, washed up and walked out of the yard, and came to the steamed bun shop at the mouth of the alley.

This time, he bought ten meat buns and two coke rings in one go, ate five buns and one coke circle for himself, and wrapped the rest in a paper bag and walked back.

Most of the old men in the yard have already gone to work, and there is only a group of old ladies left to clean up the stove and the children.

As soon as Xu Qiang entered the front yard, he saw the three masters coming out of the house with two books under their armpits and preparing to go out.

"Third master, you didn't have class this morning?"

The third master Yan Bugui is a teacher at Hongxing Primary School, and he goes late when he doesn't have classes in the morning, and his life motto is: Don't eat poorly, don't wear poor, and suffer from poverty if you can't calculate.

Although the original owner was hungry for three days and six meals, he really didn't look down on the three masters like this, and when they met, they either couldn't see it, or casually ridiculed a few words.

Therefore, Xu Qiang greeted the three masters so politely today, and the three masters were still a little surprised, a pair of small fish bubble eyes glanced at the paper bag in his arms, nodded and said:

"Hey, Xu Qiang, you're not going to work today?"

"Hey, isn't this a mess at home that can't live there? I cleaned up for a while last night, and there was so much garbage that I wanted to borrow your board car and threw it all away. ”

Xu Qiang spoke, and handed the paper bag he was carrying in his hand to Yan Bugui: "Take it, don't use yours in vain, this is the five meat buns and a coke ring I bought, let them have a taste." ”

As soon as the three masters saw the steaming meat buns in the paper bag, a pair of small fish bubble eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately reached out to take it, nodded with a smile and said:

"Hey, this is done, the board car is in the inverted room, you can use it."

As he spoke, he turned his head and called into the house: "Xie Cheng, Xie Cheng, come out and help you Brother Xu Qiang clean up the house." ”

The three masters have a total of three sons and one daughter, Xie Cheng is the eldest, and he didn't go to school again after graduating from elementary school before he was admitted to junior high school.

The current work is all a radish and a pit, so Xie Cheng has always been a temporary worker, and he happens to be okay today, so he can help Xu Qiang with his work.

Although the third master loves to calculate, he has a bottom in his heart, and usually others use his board car, and they will give five cents.

Xu Qiang's five meat buns cost three cents for a scorching circle, so he beckoned his eldest son to help.

"Eh, Dad, I'm here."

Yan Jiecheng was talking, came out of the house, and saw his father holding a paper bag in his hand and immediately came over to take a look, and when he saw that it was a big bun from Bai Shengsheng, his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Dad, there's a bun, give me one?"

Yan Bugui glanced at his son, and finally took one out of the paper bag and broke half of it for Yan Jiecheng.

"Hey, thank you, Dad!"

Yan Jiecheng was obviously very surprised to be able to eat half a meat bun, and swallowed it in three or two mouthfuls before smiling at Xu Qiang:

"Qiangzi, you wait a while, I'll go to the upside-down room and get the cart."

The three masters turned back home, put down the paper bag in their hands, and repeatedly told the three mothers that they couldn't eat the meat filling, and that they had to pour it out to boil the broth, and then went out to work.

Xu Qiang and Xie Cheng pushed the cart to the backyard, and the things Xu Qiang packed out were all at the door, some of the old ones were completely unusable, and some were completely dirty, and they were too lazy to wash.

Yan Jiecheng didn't feel like it smelled either, and asked while pouring things on the flatbed:

"Hadron, don't you want any of these things?"

"yes, it's a mess in the house, and these things can't be used."

Xu Qiang also talked while cleaning up the garbage, but he quickly came back to his senses and heard that there was something in his words.

"Xie Cheng, why don't you let the three mothers come and see if there is anything that can be used, if there is, it will be given to you."

"Hey, then I'll call my mom first."

Yan Jiecheng immediately nodded happily and agreed, and ran out of the backyard in a hurry.

Not to mention, the three mothers really took some usable, dirty and moldy bamboo kang mats, black and greasy door curtains, half-new but not old, can't see the original color of the kang sheets, bed sheets and so on.

The reason why Xu Qiang is willing to give things to the three mothers is mainly because the three masters are the only people in this courtyard who have a little conscience.

Although he loves to calculate, even his own family does not let go, but he works alone in a family of six, if he does not calculate, the youngest daughter is estimated to starve to death.

This is not an exaggeration, it is true that you will starve to death.

Others don't look at it, just look at Qin Huairu in the middle court, her salary is about the same as that of the three masters, while she earns money, she also has to earn some extra blocks from time to time to supplement her family.

The stick terrier is only six years old, and the two daughters are even younger, and it is estimated that the three children together do not eat as much as Yan Jiecheng alone.

Half-grown boy, eating Lao Tzu to death, is not a joke for people in this era.

The three masters were wrong, and later they had to calculate with their families when their lives were better, and the habits they developed couldn't be changed, and in the end, no one supported them.

With Yan Jiecheng's help, the house was finally cleaned up at noon, Xu Qiang looked at the time, and when it was time to eat, he said:

"Xie Cheng, thanks to your help today, let's go out for a meal."

When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he immediately smiled, he thought that he should go home after the work, but he didn't expect Qiangzi to invite him to dinner.

No matter how good or bad it is, the food outside is always better than the white water at home.

The two washed their hands and followed each other outside, and when they arrived at the front yard, Yan Jiecheng shouted home:

"Mom, I'm not eating at home today!"

This point is the time to eat, the big men in the courtyard are all home from work to eat, Xu Qiang and Yan Jiecheng just ran into Xu Damao as soon as they came out of the gate of the courtyard.

"Hehe, brother, do you want to give me a food stamp?"

Xu Damao's face darkened, although he was reluctant, he still took out half a catty of food stamps on his body and handed it to Xu Qiang, mainly because he was afraid that this kid would not have a door on his lips, and he would say everything that should be said and what should not be said.

He Xu Damao hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet, if he has a bad reputation, which girl from a good family is willing to follow him?

"Brother Xie, let's go to dinner!"

Xu Qiang raised the food stamps in his hand, and went straight to the haggis shop at the mouth of the alley with Yan Jiecheng with great interest.

This is a small public-private joint restaurant, run by two people, the man cooks, the woman cleans up, the taste is good, and the business is repeat customers.

Although it is a meal, there are not many people in the store, after all, in this era, who has nothing to do with the restaurant every day, what a waste!

Xu Qiang directly asked for two large bowls of rice, a haggis pot, three catties of mutton, and a plate of frozen tofu and a plate of Chinese cabbage.

This kind of public-private joint venture restaurant, you can eat without a ticket, but it is more expensive, Xu Qiang only has food stamps and no meat stamps, so he paid an extra dime.

Soon, the hot mutton pot came up, gurgling white gas, and the rich fragrance hooked Xu Qiang and began to swallow his saliva.

When I looked up, Yan Jiecheng, who was sitting opposite, was not as good as myself, his eyes were round, staring at the haggis rolling in the pot, afraid that it would suddenly disappear.

"Hey, Xie Cheng, eat, what are you doing in a daze?"

It wasn't until Xu Qiang greeted him that Yan Jiecheng came back to his senses, picked up his chopsticks and began to pick up rice.

The raw rice, the fragrant mutton pot, and the large pieces of haggis are very delicious, and they are so fragrant that you can swallow your tongue in one bite.

Anyway, Yan Xie has grown so big, and he has never eaten such a delicious meal.