Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Luckily we have a little boy, Juan. You've taken good care of our son. The He family should really thank you."

Mr. He put down his teacup and sighed.

"Dad, we are a family, there is no need to thank me. Didn't you raise Xiao Laizi too?"

Wu Juan quickly took over the conversation.

"Yes, yes, a family, a family. Well, when people get old, they have a lot to think about. When I think about the possibility that I won't have to go hungry in the future, I feel much more comfortable."

Mr. He took a sip of tea and spoke in a low voice.

We chatted for a while and then took a break.

He Lai returned to the rainwater ear room, locked the door, and entered the space. He was happy looking at the flowering fruit trees.

Normally, it takes at least two to three years for an apple or pear tree to grow from a seedling into a mature tree that can bear fruit. Now it only takes less than three months, which is more than ten times shorter.

The sweet potatoes would bear fruit in more than half a month after being planted! If I wasn't afraid of not being able to explain their origins, I would have grown at least tens of thousands of pounds!

He Lai looked at his supplies again. The flour bags were placed in three or four rows, there were at least a hundred bags!

There were also more than a hundred bottles of cooking oil, as well as cloth, cigarettes, alcohol and other things.

There is also a row of boxes in the corner, containing many antiques from the Old Summer Palace.

He Lai looked at the pile of jade again and seemed to find that some were missing.

Looking closely, it seems that something is really missing, but the space has not expanded.

He Lai thought about it and guessed that it might be related to the growth of fruit trees! Now He Lai was more convinced that this space could digest jade and generate spiritual power, which accelerated the growth of fruit trees. It really was a cheating artifact!

But why couldn't I absorb this spiritual power? It was a bit strange.

Forget it, let me sleep first. This kind of divine power is not something that a mortal like me can comprehend. It’s okay as long as I can use it myself.

……

The next day, He Lai went to the vegetable market and bought thirty kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

He cut it a few times randomly with his mind and buried it in the soil in space, waiting to see if it would sprout tomorrow.

Sure enough, on the third day, the sweet potato seedlings and potato seedlings grew out, and He Lai was relieved.

The omnipotent space gave He Lai great confidence. He wondered how many potatoes and sweet potatoes he could harvest from these acres of land!

Technology Department

"He Lai, you've caused me so much trouble! This maintenance plan has kept me busy all day. What do you think we should do?"

As soon as Liu Mu came back, he sat down and started complaining to He Lai.

"Brother Liu, is it really that exaggerated? It's just a few more trips to the workshop, is it necessary to make such a fuss?"

He Lai tried hard to hold back his laughter and answered Yanagi.

"He Lai, you are taking it easy. We train the workers every day and face difficulties everywhere, and you sit in the office and say these sarcastic remarks!"

Shen Dandan also joined in.

"That's right. It was you who proposed the plan, but we are the ones who suffered. How dare you stay in the office?"

Liumu increased his firepower and continued to attack He Lai.

"Well, if you feel tired or don't have enough manpower, you can tell Chief Ge. I can't do anything about it. I still have to translate the manual."

He Lai smiled bitterly.

"I don't care. You have to accompany me to the workshop this afternoon and help me check the problems of those machines. Anyway, you can tell at a glance and save me a lot of trouble."

Liu Mu began to rely on He Lai. There was no other way. With He Lai around, he felt a lot more relaxed.

"Okay, I'll go with you in the afternoon." He Lai also agreed. Anyway, he was only responsible for checking out the problems, and they still had to fix them themselves.

"That's better." Seeing that He Lai agreed, Liu Mu let it go.

"He Lai, you have to attend the employee training tomorrow. It's unreasonable for you, a planner, not to come and promote the maintenance plan once."

Shen Dandan immediately allocated time for He Lai.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique someday, so you can bring my clones to help you."

He Lai smiled bitterly.

"What a mess. If there is such a technique of splitting one's body, I might as well learn it and let the splitter come to work."

Liu Mu said with a smile.

"What are you talking about? You look so happy?" Section Chief Ge came over with five people.

He Lai actually saw Zhang Zhiwen and waved quickly.

"Oh, He Lai, do you know him? Oh, yes, there is someone who graduated in the same class as you,"

Chief Ge laughed.

"Yes, Zhang Zhiwen is my classmate." He Lai said with a smile.

"Is that so? Fine then, Zhang Zhiwen, just follow He Lai. I believe you are well aware of his abilities."

When Section Chief Ge saw what was happening, he directly assigned Zhang Zhiwen to He Lai.

"Thank you, Chief." Zhang Zhiwen thanked Chief Ge and came to He Lai.

Section Chief Ge took the rest of the people to Engineer Chen and Engineer Yuan.

"Brother Zhiwen, why are you here at our steel mill?" He Lai smiled and pulled Zhang Zhiwen over.

"Come on, long time no see. Your section chief asked the Ministry of Industry for someone, so I volunteered to come here. How about that? We can play together again."

Zhang Zhiwen began to miss the old days.

“Let me introduce you, this is Liu Mu, Brother Liu, a level 12 technician.

This is my good friend from the same dormitory as mine, Zhang Zhiwen, he is a... good person. "

He Lai introduced the two of them.

Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Mu shook hands to show that they knew each other.

"What good man? Come here. I haven't seen you for a few days. Don't you take me seriously?"

Zhang Zhiwen turned around and put his arms around He Lai's neck and started playing around.

After playing around for a while, Zhang Zhiwen sat next to He Lai.

"Come on, what do you mainly do in this steel rolling mill?" Zhang Zhiwen came over and whispered.

"Well, you saw that I'm basically busy with this."

He Lai picked up the instruction manual and waved it in front of Zhang Zhiwen.

"What? Isn't this Russian? Are you translating this?"

Zhang Zhiwen said in surprise.

"Yeah, that's basically what I'm translating." He Lai picked up his pen and continued his translation.

"Damn, your steel rolling mill is really wasting talent. You are so talented, but you are working as a translator. Can't you ask someone else to translate?" Zhang Zhiwen felt sorry for He Lai.

"This brother is right, He Lai, you should go to the workshop. There are so many machines waiting for you to repair them!"

Liu Mu immediately finished off the opponent.

He Lai rolled his eyes at Yanagi.

"Yes, Lailai is born to be a machine repairman. Anything can be easily solved in his hands."

Zhang Zhiwen immediately responded.

"Okay, okay, since you just got here, I'll take you around the steel mill and have a quick meal."

He Lai felt that he couldn't let the two of them continue chatting, otherwise if Section Chief Ge or Engineers Chen and Yuan heard it, they would definitely ask him to leave the workshop.

"Okay, okay, we'll talk next time. I'll go around with Lai Lai first."

Zhang Zhiwen was directly pulled out of the technical department by He Lai.

The two were walking on the road of the steel mill.

"Brother Zhiwen, please don't find work for me. I'm fine now, I don't have to run around. This comfortable lifestyle is what I want."

He Lai smiled bitterly.

"Okay, okay, I get it. You're not like you in school at all. Back then you were so serious about everything you did. You were always ahead of us in everything."

Zhang Zhiwen understood He Lai's meaning and respected his choice.

"This is called sweetness after bitterness. I have endured all the bitterness! Now I have to enjoy the sweetness."

He Lai looked at the road ahead and thought about his past.

"Damn, is this how this idiom is used?"

"Okay, I'll take you to eat something delicious. Let me tell you, the chef of this steel mill is my brother!"

"Really? Let's go!"