Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai and his friends had not chatted for a while when they heard a burst of noise outside the yard.

"Xiao Laizi, go out and see what's going on?" Wu Juan called He Lai.

He Lai walked out upon hearing this and saw that it was Liu Haizhong's house and there were already a lot of people gathered there.

He Lai hurried over to see what was going on and came to Xu Damao's side.

Xu Damao whispered a few words in He Lai's ear, and then He Lai realized that Liu Guangqi had returned.

"Dad, are you sure you would rather rent the house to someone else than give it to me?"

Liu Guangqi shouted into the house.

"I'm going to beat you to death, you unfilial son." Liu Haizhong took a wooden stick and wanted to hit Liu Guangqi, but was held tightly by Liu Guangtian and the second aunt.

"Dad, can you please be reasonable? I'm about to get married, where will you let me live without a house?"

Liu Guangqi said helplessly, pretending to be weak in front of the people in the courtyard.

"Brother, I've given you the room in the front yard, why do you insist on having two rooms?"

Liu Guangtian didn't want the people in the compound to misinterpret his meaning. It was not that Liu Haizhong didn't want to give him the house, but that Liu Guangqi was greedy.

"Shut up, what's your business? I'm talking to Dad."

When Liu Guangqi saw that Liu Guangtian was about to ruin his plans, he quickly spoke up.

"Dad, you'd better think it through. I'm your eldest son. I'm going to get married and have children soon. How can one room be enough for me? It's better to give it to me instead of giving it to outsiders."

"Don't even think about it. If you have the ability, learn from Xiao Laizi and earn your own money. If you don't have the ability, just stay away. Anyway, you will only ask for money and you won't see anyone all year round.

Your father has only one room. If you want to come back and live here, then go ahead. If not, then go wherever you want!"

"Okay, I'm leaving now! Don't regret it."

"I regret nothing. Get out of here. I've been treated like a dog for so many years."

Liu Haizhong roared.

Liu Guangqi was at a loss when he saw that Liu Haizhong refused to agree. Plus, there were so many people surrounding him, so he could only leave in shame.

After everyone in the courtyard left, Aunt Sun stayed.

"Second Master, why don't you just give the house to Guangqi, and Chun'er and I can just go back to the middle courtyard."

"Hey, Aunt Sun, just stay here and relax. It's none of your business."

Liu Haizhong didn't want to say more, so he waved his hand and wanted to send Aunt Sun away.

Aunt Sun wanted to say something, but was pulled away by He Lai and Yu Shui.

Arrived at Hu Zi’s house in the middle courtyard.

"Xiao Laizi, I can't let others say that I ruined someone's wedding. I don't feel at ease living in this house."

Aunt Sun said distressedly.

"Oh, Auntie Sun, didn't I tell you that this house belongs to my brother, so you can just live here without worrying about it."

Yu Shui hurried to persuade him.

"But…"

"Auntie Sun, that house is indeed mine. When Second Uncle wanted to buy a house, I knew about it and wanted to buy one too, so I asked Second Uncle to help me buy it."

He Lai interrupted Aunt Sun and explained.

"Auntie Sun, now you believe it, right? Brother Lai has said it, even if you don't believe my words, you must believe Brother Lai's words, right?"

Rain said with a smile.

"But…"

"How about I bring the house transfer agreement over to you to have a look?"

Seeing that Aunt Sun was still hesitating, He Lai could only say that he had to get the agreement.

"No, no, I'm just worried that other people will gossip and affect the two children."

Aunt Sun touched Hu Zi and Chun Er's head and spoke slowly.

"Grandma." "Grandma." Hu Zi and Chun Er hugged their grandma tightly.

"Auntie Sun, why don't I ask Second Master to transfer the house to your name? No one else will say anything."

He Lai thought this was a good idea. He didn't need a house now anyway, and probably wouldn't need one in the future.

With your own mind, don't take it too easy to buy a house.

"No, no, it's fine like this. It's good to have a place to live. If people knew that I really took the house, I don't know what they would say."

Aunt Sun quickly waved her hand to refuse.

Actually, Auntie Sun was a little too worried. The people in the compound were not fools. Liu Haizhong's house was given to He Lai at one time and to Yu Shui and her friends at another. They should all know that the house belonged to He Lai.

"Okay then, I'll go see the Second Uncle, you two can chat."

He Lai didn't force it and turned to go to Liu Haizhong's house.

"Second uncle, are you okay?"

"Well, I'm sorry to make you laugh. This ungrateful bastard, I don't know what he's doing, he insists on having those two rooms!"

Liu Haizhong is still a little angry now.

"Second Uncle, do you know who Liu Guangqi's partner is?"

"Well, it seems that he is a logistics director of their machinery factory. How can I, a deputy workshop director, be so bad as to make him curry favor with others and go there. Xiao Laizi, analyze it for me."

Liu Haizhong was also distressed. He had already become an official and no longer beat his children, so why did he have to run to others to show his courtesy?

"Uh, what job does Brother Guangqi do in the machinery factory now?"

"He seemed to be an ordinary clerk who had just been converted to a regular employee." Liu Haizhong recalled Liu Guangqi's work.

He Lai knew as soon as he heard it that Liu Guangqi didn't want to go to the workshop. If he wanted to work in the steel rolling mill, Liu Haizhong would definitely want Liu Guangqi to join the technical department, but technical secondary school students generally have to work in the workshop.

It would be much easier to switch to a clerical job in a machinery factory, and you can develop in the administrative field in the future. Such a logistics director is definitely much better than Liu Haizhong, a deputy director of a workshop.

He must have been tired of this kind of work that was purely for gaining experience. No wonder he went to the Northwest. He must have found it too difficult to get promoted, so he wanted to increase his qualifications by participating in national construction in the Northwest.

However, it seems that in his previous life, Liu Haizhong's family fortune was emptied. Should I remind him?

"Xiao Laizi, Xiao Laizi, have you made up your mind?" Liu Haizhong couldn't help but speak when he saw He Lai standing there in a daze.

"Well, that's what I was thinking, Uncle Er. My guess is that Brother Guangqi may not want to leave the workshop. He thinks the logistics director can definitely give him more help than you."

He Lai told Liu Haizhong his idea.

"Just because of this, he abandoned his father?"

"Well, actually I can't figure out why." He Lai had no idea what to say.

"Xiao Laizi, could it be because of you?" Second Aunt interrupted.

"What?"

"Hey, you are so outstanding that you are already an engineer when you entered the factory. My Guangqi has just been promoted to a regular employee."

"That Second Auntie, I am one year behind Brother Guangqi. He probably didn't go to the machinery factory because of me."

"Xiao Laizi, you don't know how big of an influence you have. Ask the people in the compound, everyone is talking about you! When we aunties get together, you're the one we talk about the most."

The second aunt smiled bitterly.

“This…” He Lai was speechless for a moment. He really became someone else’s child!

How can you compare with me, a time traveler?

Liu Haizhong thought about it and it was true. He used to always say how great his eldest son was. After He Lai started going to school, people started saying how great He Lai was.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.