Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

For several days, the school days always passed quickly. I said that I had finished all the courses except Chinese! My last insistence was to refuse to write small traditional Chinese characters.

When the school bell rang, my friends started to go home in groups of three or five. I put down my schoolbag and started thinking about where to go for the weekend, and finally I thought of my mother's steel mill.

Yes, this super factory that smelts iron and trains people is an indispensable place in the years to come, and there is a high probability that I will enter here.

Director Yang and Deputy Director Li, the two bosses have been in charge for nearly 30 years respectively.

Director Yang may seem old-fashioned, but he is actually very smooth. He is serious and impartial with his subordinates, and he is fawning and responsive to his superiors. He can only be described as a mediocre person, and his support is mainly due to his qualifications.

Deputy Director Li was born to be an official. For the sake of his own future, he could marry into a woman's family, marry an ugly woman, and sacrifice anyone.

He was adept at using various means and was ruthless in accepting bribes and corruption. He was able to stay in power during the founding of the People's Republic of China, and to make a safe transition after the storm. He also played around with everyone in the Siheyuan courtyard at will after the reform and opening up.

It is conceivable that his calculating ability is the real ceiling of Love in Siheyuan.

Not long after we sat down, Uncle Li brought over the rocking chair he had custom-made.

"Xiao Laizi, take a look and see if you are satisfied?" He Lai was so happy when he saw it that he couldn't wait to lie down and enjoy it.

"Very satisfied, thank you Uncle Li!"

"As long as you are satisfied, if it breaks, come to your uncle Li! It is your uncle who should thank you. Now many people are looking for your uncle to make these desks and chairs!"

"That's because you have good skills, Uncle Li!"

"Then you lie down and leave."

"Walk slowly."

Oh, I finally get to enjoy it. I’ll ask Uncle Li to make a sofa for me some other day. I don’t know if Uncle Li knows what a sofa is.

I have to think about where the idea comes from. After all, a child like me cannot have access to such high-end stuff.

After sitting for a while, Yu Shui came over and looked curiously at the rocking chair under He Lai. It was so much fun to rock back and forth.

There was no choice. Looking at the little girl's eager eyes, she had to give up her seat and help rock the chair. Wu Juan came back at this time and saw the chair under the rain. The older girl was enjoying it more and more, so she had to take it.

Wu Juan parked the car, picked up Yu Shui and lay down. It was really a good thing. Very comfortable, and the craftsmanship was really impeccable.

The eyes signaled to the big boy, hurry up and shake it. Oh, what a hard life, the two of them were lying down, and I became a personal maid. This, this, this.

After a while, Wu Juan closed her eyes, hugged Yu Shui, and the two of them lay on top of each other. She handed the lunch box to He Lai, "Xiao is here, go heat it up. Call us when you're ready."

How come I feel like a little eunuch? How can I bear this? How can I bear this? Auntie can't bear this anymore. Oh, I have to bear what my mother said. Little Rain also smiled happily.

He took the lunch box and said that he had to eat it first and not call them.

It heats up quickly, and it's simple after all. Let's eat.

Wu Juan also took a peek and immediately came over with Xiao Yushui. When she saw Haodaer turned away and ignored him, she smiled and started eating with Yushui.

After eating, he sat at the desk to study Russian. Xiao Yushui sat next to him secretly and handed him a candy. "Come on, brother, don't be angry, I will study with you."

He Lai also took the candy and said, "Okay, count first, from one to one hundred."

Yu Shui quickly started counting, and after a few days of following along, he finally finished reading it with some difficulty.

He Lai began to torture Yu Shui to write again. He wrote his own name first, then Sha Zhu's name, and finally He Lai's name. He Lai had a traditional Chinese character, He Lai. Fortunately, there were not many strokes, and Xiao Yu Shui finished writing.

After all, she had been writing these names these days. Today, He Lai was going to ask her to write the three words "you, me, and him", so Yu Shui picked up the white paper and started copying.

It's like this every day. After all, I'm writing and my brother Lai is also writing. Although I can't understand the words (Russian), since my brother Lai is writing, I have to write too.

After a while, they finished. He Lai said that he had to learn some addition, and the two of them read aloud face to face again, "One plus one equals two" and "One plus one equals two."

Wu Juan was already rocking in the recliner, and the sound of the two little ones reading was like the sound of nature.

It was getting dark, and when Wu Juan was about to take the rain to bed, He Lai said, "Mom, I'm going to the steel mill tomorrow, too."

"Got it. Mom will call you tomorrow. Go to bed early."

.......

This time, He Lai didn't have the chance for the little girl to call him, so he got up early. Instead, he saw the little girl was still sleeping. He decisively poked her nose with the end of the quilt, frowned, and started to scratch with her little hands. After a while, she was woken up by He Lai.

Xiao Yushui was not angry either. After all, she used to be woken up by He Daqing every day, and had to wash, brush her teeth and eat everything. Wu Juan was the same, just much gentler. After all, she had to go to work and didn't have time to waste.

After breakfast, the three of them pushed the cart out and soon arrived at the steel mill.

It was the first time I saw such an old-fashioned factory. There were security personnel standing guard at the door with guns. After all, the steel rolling mill is an important industrial plant, and the country has begun discussing joint ventures with Lou Bancheng.

Wu Juan also successfully brought the two little ones in, went into the kitchen, put the two little ones in He Daqing's lounge, and went to work.

He Lai was curious about everything. This room only had a simple table and a recliner, which was obviously of no attraction to He Lai. He wanted to go out for a walk, so he asked Yu Shui to show him around. After all, Yu Shui had been in the steel mill and should be very familiar with it.

Yu Shui nodded quickly, took He Lai's hand, and walked out of the kitchen. Just then, she met He Daqing and greeted him.

He Daqing also smiled and said, "Yushui, you can take your brother He Lai for a walk, but don't go into the workshop, okay? Remember to come back after dinner, Dad will make you something delicious."

Yu Shui brought He Lai to walk on the road. This place was really big.

I saw several large factories in front of me, which were probably workshops. There were many children on the road outside the door. I saw Yu Shui coming with a boy and asked him about it. Yu Shui said he was her brother.

These friends are also very envious of He Lai for having such a good relationship with Yu Shui. Everyone wants to curry favor with Yu Shui. After all, Yu Shui's father is a chef. The consequences of offending Yu Shui are very serious. Their fathers have already given them serious warnings.

After all, it was related to whether or not one could have enough food to eat, and this was no joke, as it was all physical labor. Especially for blacksmiths, if one did not have enough food, one would definitely be exhausted in a matter of minutes.

Yu Shui quickly became friends with his friends, while He Lai looked around and found Uncle Yi and Jia Dongxu, and quickly said, "Uncle Yi, Brother Dongxu."

Yi Zhonghai also noticed He Lai and invited him in. After all, Yi Zhonghai was the master chef and had some power, while Jia Dongxu was still an apprentice and Yi Zhonghai was teaching him.

He took He Lai into his arms, touched He Lai's head, and said to Jia Dongxu: "Just keep grinding. When you can hold the file steadily and grind back and forth, you will be good enough."

"Okay, Master." Jia Dongxu was still very obedient. I didn't have much contact with the current Jia Dongxu, but I felt that he was still very kind.

(Personally, I feel that Jia Dongxu is a good person, maybe he is just a bit of a mama's boy. He is also very good to Qin Huairu, otherwise Yi Zhonghai would not have chosen Jia Dongxu, and Qin Huairu would not have been a widow for so many years.

Accepting Sha Zhu was purely for the sake of helping him and his house. It was only the unexpected death that led to the transformation of Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu. I don't believe that Qin Huairu would go around asking for food.

It is estimated that before Jia Dongxu died, it was more likely that Sha Zhu followed Yi Zhonghai's advice and took the initiative to help him, which led to the situation of gratitude and hatred later.)

"Brother Dongxu, I have a way to practice balance."

"What method?" Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up, completely forgetting He Lai's young age. Yi Zhonghai also smiled and looked at He Lai.

He Lai said, "Brother Dongxu, you can put a cup of water on this thing, so that when you move it back and forth, the water won't splash out, and your hands will definitely become more and more stable."

Jia Dongxu didn't quite understand, but Yi Zhonghai immediately realized that this was a very good method! He quickly asked someone to find an iron porcelain teacup to practice.

He Lai probably knew that Yi Zhonghai had gone out for an experiment, so he quickly ran out of the workshop to avoid being entangled.

Come to Yushui to recall the fun of childhood.