Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Xiao Laizi, tell me in detail the use of this greenhouse."

Mr. Xu was obviously very interested in this plastic greenhouse.

"You can try this yourself. You can plant any vegetables or fruits."

"You mean we can plant it now?"

"I haven't tried this, you can try it."

"You are not honest, so can you grow crops in this plastic greenhouse in winter?"

"It should be possible, the main thing is to keep the temperature good."

"Okay, I'll go first. I need someone to research it."

Mr. Xu took the blueprint and wanted to leave.

He Lai pulled Grandpa Zhou, and Grandpa Zhou saw He Lai's eyes asking for help and understood what He Lai meant.

"Old Xu, don't say it was Xiao Laizi's idea, or we will break off the relationship!"

"Okay, okay, okay."

After listening to this, Mr. Xu looked at He Lai, agreed, and left.

He Lai breathed a sigh of relief, he could still make it!

"Hey, you are the same, kid. It would be better if you told me directly if you had such a good thing. I blackmailed old man Xu for a lot of money, but now he took it away for nothing."

Mr. Zhou smiled helplessly.

"me…"

"Okay, you still have the nerve to say that in front of Xiao Laizi and the others. This must be He Yuzhu, right?"

"Yes, the leader's wife." Sha Zhu looked at it for a long time before replying. This is a big show to watch.

"I heard you're good at cooking. How about that? Can you teach me?"

"well."

"Then come with me."

Sha Zhu no longer wanted to stay here; the kitchen was his home.

"What's wrong with you, kid? Do you know how to play chess? Come play with me for a while."

"When the front gun is fired, the horse will jump."

"Okay, come on, play chess, play chess."

The two of them sat down at the chessboard.

……

"Little Laizi, do you know how to play chess? You are so slow. You can't do this. Let me tell you, if you lose a game of chess with an old man, you have to take something."

Mr. Zhou became even more proud when he found out that He Lai was a terrible chess player.

He Lai was thinking about what to do next, alas, he is not very good at playing chess.

"Hey, Grandpa Xu, why are you back?" He Lai suddenly looked towards the door and said.

When Mr. Zhou looked back, he found that no one looked back and He Lai had already left.

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong, it's your guard passing by. Okay, I'll go this way."

He Lai jumped the horse over the river.

"Hey, you dare to come over here, look at me...where is my car!"

Mr. Zhou was stunned for a moment and found that his car was gone.

"What car or no car? Hurry up, hurry up, you are going to win!"

He Lai was not embarrassed at all.

While Mr. Zhou was looking back, I stole one of his cars.

"You kid, you want to play a trick on me? Sure, sure. Let's continue."

Old Master Zhou smiled, didn't mind He Lai's behavior, and continued walking.

Damn it, I can’t win even if I stole one car. Damn it! I have to steal two next time.

"Are you coming yet, you naughty boy?" Old Master Zhou looked very proud.

"Grandpa Zhou, you are so much older than me, you should let me have the horses, chariots and cannons, otherwise it's not fair."

"Stealing secretly won't work, so you have to rob openly, right? Okay, okay, okay, come on, I'll let you have horses, carriages and artillery."

The two started another game.

……

"No, I saw it wrong. One step back, one step back." He Lai took back his cannon and moved to a new position.

"Do you still regret it?"

When He Lai heard this, he thought to himself that this was not good, so he took the cannon back and watched the situation.

"Hurry up, my hair has turned gray waiting for you."

"Grandpa Zhou, your hair is already white."

"hurry up!"

"Oh."

……

"Grandma Zhou is here. I won't play anymore. I won't play anymore. Just consider it as your winner."

He Lai saw Old Lady Zhou coming out, put the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, and left.

It’s a good idea to learn from Mr. Zhou’s trick.

Mr. Zhou laughed and took a sip of tea in silence.

"Grandma Zhou, Grandpa Zhou doesn't even know how to give way when playing chess. I won't dare to come next time."

"Okay, grandma will help you later. Let's eat first." Old Mrs. Zhou really enjoyed this atmosphere.

Soon the table was filled with food.

"Grandma Zhou, please try it. Brother Zhuzi's cooking skills are quite good."

"Okay, okay, Lao Zhou, eat it. Chef Xiao He made it very well."

Old Mrs. Zhou used chopsticks to signal Old Mr. Zhou to pick up some food.

"This dish is the pickled fish. It tastes very good."

"Yes, old man, this is Xiao Laizi's dish, it tastes very good."

Sha Zhu quickly took over the conversation.

"Grandpa Zhou, hurry up and eat. My brother Zhuzi is very good at chess. I will beat you and force you to surrender! Isn't that right, brother Zhuzi?"

He Lai remembered that Sha Zhu seemed to play chess with big leaders often, so he should have some chess skills.

"Well, a little bit, a little bit."

"Okay, continue eating. I'll let you two walk out naked today."

……

"Brother Zhuzi, he will be gone if he comes down. We can't go this way. Be on guard, be on guard."

He Lai took back Sha Zhu's chess piece and let Sha Zhu play again.

"Watching chess without saying a word, do you know?"

"I know, a true gentleman watches chess without saying a word. I am not a gentleman. It's okay, it's okay."

Mr. Zhou was so angry that he laughed at He Lai. He had a lot of weird ideas!

……

He Lai used all kinds of methods, and even pulled Old Lady Zhou over, and finally subdued Old Man Zhou.

"No, no, no, this is all about massaging, wiping my face, stealing pieces, and regretting my moves. It's boring, boring."

"If you lose, you lose. It's your own fault, so you blame this and that. Isn't that right, Grandma Zhou?"

"Yes, Xiao Laizi is right." Old Mrs. Zhou agreed with a smile.

Sha Zhu was also laughing secretly on the side. This way of getting along was completely different from when he was with the big boss.

Over there it was basically the big leaders who spoke and he listened, they were all principles of life, but here it was more of a family relationship.

"Grandpa Zhou, your level is still a little lacking. Do you want me to teach you a few tricks?" He Lai said with a smile.

"Hey, you little bastard, I don't need you to teach me, these are all leftovers from my past.

At that time, we fought in wars and played all kinds of games. Even our daily lives were played around by your Grandpa Zhou, let alone playing chess."

Mr. Zhou glared at He Lai.

"Grandpa Zhou, tell us how you make your living."

"Okay, let me tell you, it's actually easiest to be a kid. They like to take the high road, like to fight hard, and they charge at the slightest sign of trouble.

We are just not as good as they want. When they take a step forward, we take a step back, and slowly, slowly we will make them into dumplings."

"Is this guerrilla warfare? When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue!"

"Right. That's it. Let me tell you, back then, we didn't dare to leave the county. The only people who left were the Imperial Army and the traitors. But these people were cowards who surrendered at the slightest provocation."

"So did we shoot them?"

"How can that be possible? Only those who have done the worst are shot. The soldiers below are basically sent back for reform. Some are given some travel expenses to go home."

……

"Grandpa Zhou, tell us more about the grassland."

"Crossing the grassland is really going to cost us our lives.

It was so hot during the day that we wanted to take off all our clothes and go out; it was so cold at night that our teeth were chattering, and we always slept in each other's arms.

To use the words of our political commissar: During those days when we crossed the grassland, the weather was windy and rainy, our bodies were dry and wet, our stomachs were full and hungry at times, and we walked with one step deep and one step shallow.

But most of us made it through, like me, nothing happened! There was even beef to eat! Haha..."

Mr. Zhou recalled that those were truly difficult times.

"Where does the beef come from? Is it bison?"

"Little Laizi, don't listen to his boasting. That's a belt. There's no beef in it."

Old Mrs. Zhou interrupted.

"Grandpa Zhou, Grandma Zhou, don't worry, I will definitely let you eat bison meat once!"

"Okay, old man, wait! Do we have bison meat here? There is in Tibet!"

"Uh,……"