Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Why don't you come back with your father?" Wu Juan asked.

"Mom, Dad is on duty in the security department. He will probably be back quite late."

He Lai hung up his bag and lay down on the rocking chair.

"Okay, your father is destined to be a hard worker. How are you today? Are the people in Corey easy to get along with?"

Wu Juan asked He Lai.

"Is everything okay, Mom? Where's Yu Shui?" He Lai found that Yu Shui was not here again.

"Yu Shui, go play with Chun'er. This girl doesn't stick to her mother anymore." Wu Juan sighed.

"Mom, are you saying bad things about me?" Yu Shui ran in.

"No way, how could mother bear to talk about rain? You must be tired, come and lie down next to your brother."

Wu Juan explained, pulling another rocking chair next to He Lai.

The rain lay down with a smile on its face.

"Thank you, Mom! Brother Lai, are you tired from work today?" After thanking Wu Juan, Yu Shui turned around and asked He Lai.

"I'm so tired. My boss is a jerk. He made me move things for a whole day. Damn it! My waist is almost broken. Now I can only lie down."

He Lai started talking nonsense seriously again.

"Are you so tired? Then let me massage Lai's shoulders." When Yu Shui heard that He Lai had been moving things for a whole day, he immediately stood up.

"Lie down, don't believe him, he's just lying to you, you're the only little girl who believes him."

Wu Juan pressed the rain onto the chair again.

He Lai smiled at the rain, and the rain also smiled at him.

Wu Juan looked at the two of them and realized that she had become redundant.

She pursed her lips and coughed twice. Seeing that the two of them still ignored her, she had no choice but to shake her hands and go to cook.

He Lai had already seen Wu Juan's little action and smiled.

"Yushui, hurry up and help mom cook, or you'll be in trouble later."

He Lai lay upright facing the storm drain.

"I know, I'll go right away."

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Soon the three dishes were ready.

"Mom, we can't just have these two things every day."

He Lai pointed at the cold bean sprouts and stir-fried oyster mushrooms.

"There's also a tomato and egg dish," said Wu Juan.

"I brought back two mandarin fish today, why don't you steam them?"

He Lai asked.

"As for the fish, wait until your father comes back before eating it." Wu Juan didn't feel the slightest bit of shame.

"Mom, if you're like that, I'll go to Brother Zhuzi's house for dinner tomorrow, too."

He Lai took a bite of the steamed bun made of two grains of flour and said.

"Go, go now, I will return your food book to you later, don't eat it."

Wu Juan took the steamed bun from He Lai and started to eat it herself.

He Lai was embarrassed now, he had no food to eat again. Fortunately, Yu Shui gave half of his steamed bun to He Lai.

"Rain water is better." He Lai quickly took it and started eating again.

After dinner, He Lai took Yu Shui and left this dangerous place.

Yushui went to find Chun'er, and Helai went to Li Dawa's house.

"Nannan, please give some of your steamed bun to your brother." He Lai picked up Nannan who was eating from behind.

"Here, brother, give it to me." Nannan handed over the steamed bun very generously.

He Lai didn't hesitate and took a big bite. In an instant, half of the bun in Nannan's hand was gone.

But Nannan didn't cry and continued to stuff the steamed buns into Helai's mouth, which surprised Helai.

Soon the small steamed bun was eaten up by He Lai.

"Come here, brother. Nannan is hungry." Nannan looked at He Lai and said.

He Lai suddenly realized that the girl wanted to exchange the steamed buns for delicious food. This girl has a bright future!

"Okay, come, brother will take you to eat something delicious." He Lai picked up Nannan and walked out of the Li family.

Li Dawa and his family did not try to stop them. They just smiled and watched He Lai take their daughter away.

He Lai first arrived at Xu Damao's house.

Xu Fugui has moved to the old house with Aunt Xu. Now there are only three people in the Xu family eating.

"Brother Damao, I brought my daughter here to have a free meal." He Lai held his daughter and sat next to Xu Zhaodi.

"Hey, that's what I've been asking for. Yuru, go get Xiaolaizi a pair of chopsticks."

"Sister-in-law, I'll go, I'll go." Xu Zhaodi immediately stood up and ran to get the chopsticks.

"Brother Damao, you still owe me a wedding banquet!" He Lai said.

"Okay, I'll treat you to a meal alone this weekend." Xu Damao said generously.

"Come here, brother, this is for you." Xu Zhaodi handed over a pair of chopsticks with a smile.

"Oh, little sister Zhaodi is really sensible now." He Lai took the chopsticks and started picking up dishes for Nannan.

"Xiao Laizi, I just heard He Yuzhu say that you are translating Russian? Is that true?"

Xu Damao put a piece of meat into He Lai's bowl.

"Yeah, it's a tough life. My boss assigned me a heavy task on my first day. This will probably take me a long time."

He Lai sighed and decided to write slowly tomorrow.

"Come here, brother, eat meat." Nannan took the meat in the bowl and handed it to He Lai. This little girl is really sensible.

He Lai saw that it was okay and quickly took it.

"Oh, our daughter is very considerate!" Xu Damao joked.

Everyone was laughing and enjoying the meal very much.

"Let's go to the next house. Don't delay your brother Damao from making a little man."

He Lai carried his daughter away from Xu's house.

"Uncle, have you finished eating? It's a pity that we are late." He Lai looked at Liu Haizhong talking to the Liu Guangtian brothers at the dinner table.

"Hey, come here quickly, my dear, bring out the braised pork again, Xiao Laizi is here."

Liu Haizhong shouted towards the kitchen.

"Come on, brother, please sit down." Liu Guangfu handed over a stool.

"Okay, Guangfu has good eyesight. Let Xiaolaizi hear what the second uncle said."

He Lai sat down and said.

"Hey, it's not just the weather. He's going to be a sophomore next semester, and I'm trying to get him to study hard."

Liu Haizhong said with a smile.

"Second uncle, speaking of studying, you've been attending night school for so long, didn't the leader say anything?"

He Lai thought that Liu Haizhong had been studying for three or four years, and should be able to make further progress.

"Hey, there's no vacancy here. All the workshop directors are full. They are either waiting for retirement or for expansion. It's okay, your uncle can wait."

Liu Haizhong thought about what his leader said and felt at ease.

He Lai originally planned to let Liu Haizhong spend some money, but when he thought about it, since Deputy Director Li was not in charge of the workshop yet, it seemed that it would not be very effective to give it to him.

I haven't met the other people before, so I don't dare to act rashly. I'd better wait and see.

"Little Laizi, try it. This braised pork is delicious."

Second Aunt had already placed a plate of meat in front of He Lai.

"Okay, Nannan, why don't you thank your second aunt?" He Lai said to Nannan, who had only flesh in her eyes.

"Thank you, Second Aunt." Nannan didn't even raise her head, but reached out to grab the plate of meat.

The second aunt said that she was so well behaved, and He Lai had no choice but to pick up two pieces and put them in her hand.

"By the way, Guangtian, how are your grades in high school? Do you need me to put some pressure on you, hehe."

He Lai thought that if Guangtian could get into university, it would definitely be a good career path for him.

"He ranks 15th in the class. It might be difficult for him to get into college."

Liu Haizhong tells the truth.

"I see." He Lai thought for a while and continued.

"Well, don't run around this summer. I'll get you some college entrance exam materials someday. If you do it every day, I don't believe your brain will be so useless."

He Lai thought that practicing questions was a good method, so he quickly let Liu Guangtian experience the future of exam-oriented education. He thought back to the time when he had to do a set of test papers every day and completed the entire senior year of high school.

There happened to be some college entrance examination questions in his space, which were prepared by his teacher for him to use for the university entrance examination. Now he assigned them all to Guangtian.

"Brother, I just finished my freshman year of high school. I can't do it either."

When Liu Guangtian heard that he had to do college entrance examination questions every day, his heart sank and he said with a bitter face.

"You bastard, do you think I'm going to be nice to you now that I'm not going to beat you? Xiao Laizi is helping you get the information, but you still dare to refuse."

When Liu Haizhong heard that Liu Guangtian didn't want to do it, he instantly became angry.

"Guang Tian, ​​let me tell you something. If you don't want to suffer in the future, you have to suffer more now.

I can only help you get your starting point closer to university, but the rest depends on your own hard work."

He Lai looked at Liu Guangtian with a smile and arranged some inspirational quotes.

"Look, what Xiao Laizi said is so good, the starting line has been given to you, why don't you run quickly.

So, you will write here every day from now on, and Guangfu will live in the front yard by himself. You don't have to go there, just live in your eldest brother's room. Anyway, your eldest brother won't come back."

Liu Haizhong heard the hope of going to university and quickly restrained Liu Guangtian.

Liu Guangtian didn't dare to refute and could only agree.

"Okay, Uncle Er, tomorrow I'll go find my former teacher to get some college entrance exam materials and try to get as much as possible. We'll definitely be able to get into college."

He Lai smiled and said, it has a bit of the flavor of later times.

Liu Haizhong also looked happy and kept nodding his head.

"Brother Lai, what should I do if I don't know how to do it?" Liu Guangtian said worriedly.

"I don't know how to do it. It's easy. Your high school teacher will definitely know how to do it. Go ask him."

He Lai said with a smile.

"But it's summer vacation now, and I don't know where the teacher lives!"

"That's easy. Go ask at school and you'll definitely get your teacher's address. If that doesn't work, you can ask me. I can handle this little thing easily."

He Lai seemed to have seen Liu Guangtian studying hard all day long.

Seeing that all the roads were blocked by He Lai, Liu Guangtian accepted his fate.