Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Mom, come here, brother, this bed is really warm." Yu Shui hugged Wu Juan and lay on the big kang.

"Right, when has your brother ever lied to you?" He Lai spoke immediately.

"Mom, come here, brother, why is this kang so warm? Can we have one under our bed?"

"This won't work. The houses in our city are all made of wood. They will catch fire easily. Our kang is made of mud. It won't burn," He Lai explained.

"Oh." Yu Shui understood too well.

"Yushui, this is the only kang in this village that is comfortable. You must follow your mother, don't always run around after Xiao Laizi."

Wu Juan felt a little uncomfortable seeing Yu Shui following He Lai closely today.

"Okay, I'll follow mom tomorrow." Yu Shui immediately said coquettishly.

"Yu Shui, I'll take you to catch rabbits tomorrow, do you want to go?" He Lai tempted Yu Shui.

"I...I...Mom, I want to go catch rabbits."

"Go, go." Wu Juan was ultimately no match for the rabbit.

……

"Grandpa, grandma." He Lai got up in the rain and walked into the inner room, where he saw the old couple sitting there.

"Are you up? Your mother is in the kitchen. Go ask her to wash up." When Mr. He saw He Lai and his friend come in, he asked them to go wash up.

He Lai took Yu Shui to the kitchen, saw Wu Juan making breakfast, and called her "Mom".

"Come in quickly, it's cold! Come and wash yourself. The hot water is ready." When Wu Juan saw the two little ones come in, she quickly asked them to wash themselves.

After a while, the five of them started drinking porridge at the table.

"Grandpa, how's the fishing going?"

"It's pretty good. I go there every now and then. Now it's your eldest uncle, second uncle and your great uncle who are in charge. Your grandfather is just a hands-off manager."

Mr. He tapped his pipe and said helplessly.

"You old man, you have time to rest, just be happy." Old Mrs. He did not indulge her husband either.

"Grandpa, are there any rabbits to catch now?" He Lai asked again.

"I guess it's nothing. Dahu and the others go there every day, either smoking or digging holes. It's really tiring." Grandpa He also laughed.

Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.

Da Hu and his friends are already waiting for He to arrive.

"Rainwater going?"

"If Yu Shui doesn't go, you go. Yu Shui should be obedient and go next time." Wu Juan had already forgotten what she promised yesterday.

Yu Shui could only pout and lie in Wu Juan's arms.

There was no way. Wu Juan thought that she had never been exposed to rain before, so it was better to be careful.

Seeing this, He Lai had no choice but to follow him.

Da Hu and his friends brought Xiao Laizi to the other side of the hillside, and He Lai realized that they were all children.

He Lai looked at Da Hu and the others speechlessly.

"Haha, there's nothing we can do. Everyone wants to get something to eat. So they're all looking for rabbits."

Da Hu also explained helplessly, wondering if He Lai would have any good ideas.

He Lai finally understood why there was nothing to eat in the countryside. They had really eaten everything!

The rabbits should have gone to the mountains.

He Lai thought that this was not a big deal and he had to find something else to do.

But they couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so they could only play around, unless they went into the mountains. They decided to just look at the condoms and go back.

In the end, he found nothing and had no choice but to go home.

Yu Shui saw He Lai and the others coming back and immediately went to greet them. Unfortunately, she didn't see the rabbit she had been thinking about.

"The rabbit is gone. Haha." Grandpa He laughed.

"Grandpa, you knew it a long time ago, but you didn't tell me. I went over to take a look, and wow, it was packed with people."

He Lai was also helpless.

"Haha..." Mr. He laughed a little too much.

Da Hu and the others were also a little embarrassed. Since they went there every day, all the villagers followed suit.

That means fumigating the hole every day when you see it, and if that doesn't work, dig it out.

"Okay, okay. It's good to stop working so much and stay with mom together with Yu Shui." Wu Juan also spoke.

"Grandpa has a few spinning tops. You can play with them in the yard."

Mr. He also got up and went into the house to look for a spinning top.

He Lai also imitated Yu Shui and lay on Wu Juan's thighs, and the two of them faced each other waiting for the old man's spinning top.

Da Hu and the others dispersed. After all, they were used to not getting anything, so they all went back home to help with the work.

Soon He Lai and Yu Shui had a spinning top in their hands and watched Grandpa He’s demonstration.

He Lai immediately recalled his childhood memories. After wrapping the string around the spinning top, he held the top with one hand and tightened the string with the other hand, and with a strong pull, the top started to spin.

He Lai whipped them again and again, but he couldn't make the rain come up.

He Lai also gave his whip to Yu Shui and let her whip himself.

"Thank you, brother." Yu Shui started to pump happily.

He Lai also immediately prepared the other one.

The sound of "crack, crack, crack" of the whip slowly echoed in the courtyard.

……

"Let's eat and stop playing." Wu Juan and Old Lady He had already prepared the meal.

Wu Juan made steamed eggs for both kids.

"You must be tired from playing. Come eat."

He Lai Yushui was not polite, he was indeed hungry and finished his meal in no time.

After dinner, He Lai and Yu Shui helped to clean up the dishes. He Lai took Yu Shui for a walk in the yard to help digest the food.

He Lai was thinking about doing something and thought that hopscotch, which he played as a child, was a good idea.

"Rainwater, let's play hopscotch."

"What is hopscotch."

"Come and teach you."

After He finished speaking, he started drawing squares on the ground with stones.

Draw nine squares and tell the rain the rules.

Jump on one foot if there is a single grid, jump on both feet if there is a double grid, and you cannot jump if there is a stone.

If successful, let the other person scratch your nose.

Yu Shui seemed to understand. He Lai first demonstrated it to Yu Shui.

After Yu Shui understood, the two began to play. He Lai said to Yu Shui that he had stepped on the line, and then He Lai threw the stone out of the square.

The two of them were extremely strict, fearing that the other would scratch their noses.

In this way, the two of them played until they were sweating and dancing very happily.

But in the end, neither of them completed the task, and used various methods to get the other to start over.

Wu Juan and the others were also happy to see it.

The whole afternoon was filled with laughter and joy in the yard. The two stopped playing the game only when the sun went down.

……

Three people lying on the kang

"Yushui, is it fun in the countryside?" Wu Juan said deliberately.

"It's quite fun, as long as mom and brother Lai are here." Yu Shui answered happily.

"Haven't I always been here?" He Lai asked back immediately.

“But we don’t have to go to school here. We can stay together every day. Mom doesn’t have to go to work either.” Yu Shui said naively.

"Okay, then mom will accompany you every day." Wu Juan said with a smile.

"No, Yushui, we have to study together tomorrow."

"Okay." The rain just listened.

"Mom, tell me about your brother He Lai's childhood." Yu Shui was a little curious about how He Lai lived here.

"Okay, come here, brother. He was very naughty when he was little, and he followed his brothers around everywhere.

At that time, your brother was the most favored, and everyone spoiled him. Grandpa and grandma treated him like a treasure, and I couldn’t scold or hit him. "

"really?"

"Of course it's true. One time, you came to sleep with your brother and grandparents, but you couldn't hold it in and peed all over the quilt. It was so cold, you were so noisy. But grandparents actually said it was good for you to peed!"

"Go to sleep! Go to sleep! I'm sleepy. Stop talking." When He Lai heard that there was such a thing, he was shocked.

Yu Shui and Wu Juan laughed secretly...