Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai felt that it was a bit redundant for him to stay in the ward, so he took Yu Shui to pay a visit to Mr. Zhou.

"Brother Lai, does Grandpa Zhou live here? This place is so big!"

Yu Shui looked at the courtyards here and saw that they were all independent houses, which were much better than the siheyuan.

"Yes, let's go. Grandpa Zhou's house is just ahead." He Lai said with a smile.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, Old Mrs. Zhou was already waiting at the door.

"Grandma Zhou, Xiao Laizi is here to see you." He Lai said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, who is this?" Old Mrs. Zhou asked when she saw a girl following He Lai.

"Yushui, say hello to Grandma Zhou."

"Hello, Grandma Zhou."

"Come in quickly, come in quickly. The little girl is so pretty, and she and Xiao Laizi are a perfect match. Come, hold grandma's hand."

Old Mrs. Zhou quickly took Yu Shui's hand and went in. He Lai looked embarrassed. What was going on? He had become an outsider!

The guard at the side suppressed his smile and turned his head away silently.

When He Lai entered the living room, he found that Mr. Zhou and Mr. Xu were playing chess again, and he immediately wanted to slip away.

"Why are you running, kid? I'm waiting for you. Come here quickly." Old Master Xu scolded with a smile when he saw He Lai's actions.

When Mr. Zhou saw Mr. Xu looking at He Lai, he decisively took away his two chess pieces.

"Old Xu, get off quickly, get off quickly. Xiao Laizi, find a stool and sit over here."

He Lai had no choice but to put down the fruit in his hand, picked up a stool and sat next to the two of them.

Mr. Xu was finally satisfied and continued playing chess, but when he looked at the chessboard, he immediately became angry.

"You old brat, you are so old and you are still cheating! Put it back quickly. I remember clearly what chess pieces I have."

"What chess is this? Just play. You can't afford to lose."

"You stole the chess pieces, so this game doesn't count!"

"Did you see it? Xiao Laizi, did you see it?" Old Master Zhou said with a smile.

"I didn't see it. Mr. Zhou was sitting there the whole time, very well behaved."

He Lai spoke hurriedly.

"Did you hear me? Come on, if you can't do it, just admit defeat and bring the bottle of Wuliangye from home."

When Mr. Zhou heard what He Lai said, he immediately felt confident.

"Okay, okay, since you didn't give me the Xifeng wine last time, I'll take it as compensation."

Seeing that the two men were in cahoots with each other, Mr. Xu had no choice but to throw down his chess piece and admit defeat.

"What? Last time, we settled the bill right on the spot. Go home and get some wine. Hey, go get your minister's Wuliangye liquor."

When Mr. Zhou heard this, he quickly asked Mr. Xu's guard to get some wine.

Upon hearing this, the guard came out from behind the door and looked at Mr. Xu.

"Go ahead, go ahead, remember to take the bottle on the left, got it?"

Mr. Xu didn't hesitate any longer and gave the order. After hearing the order, the guard went out to get the wine.

"Xiao Laizi, I lost a bottle of good wine, you have to compensate me with one."

Mr. Xu said with a smile.

"What compensation? Win it back if you can!" Mr. Zhou cursed immediately.

"Okay, today I'll show you my strength, chess set!"

Mr. Xu looked confident, as if he was sure of winning.

He Lai took a look and thought that Mr. Xu's chess skills were a little better than Mr. Zhou's, so he had to help him.

Soon the two began to fight again.

He Lai looked at the chessboard and didn't know who had the advantage. It was only after looking at the expressions of the two people that he realized it.

"There's a mosquito!" He Lai stretched out his hand and slapped Mr. Xu's hand, but Mr. Xu dodged it easily.

"Xiao Laizi, this trick is useless." Old Master Xu laughed faintly.

He Lai was stunned and withdrew his hand awkwardly, and could only continue to attack.

Things like there was a flying saucer outside, the guards were bringing wine, etc., could not take Mr. Xu's eyes away.

"Do you have any other tricks? If you wait, Grandpa Zhou will lose."

Mr. Xu said with a smile.

When He Lai heard this, he said, "Don't blame me for using my ultimate move!"

"Grandpa Xu, you've been sitting for so long, you must be tired, Xiao Laizi will give you a massage."

He Lai stood up, walked behind Mr. Xu, and gave Mr. Zhou a look.

"Oh, Xiao Laizi has this skill, not bad. Press it well, Grandpa Xu will give you something good later."

Mr. Xu began to enjoy himself.

"Yeah, I've been learning this for a long time, Grandpa Xu, just enjoy it slowly!"

He Lai increased his strength upon hearing this, and soon Mr. Xu couldn't bear it anymore and closed his eyes in pain.

"Little Lai, be gentle, this old man can't take it anymore."

"Oh, oh, okay." He came to see that Mr. Zhou was already well and had returned to his original techniques.

When Mr. Xu opened his eyes, he realized that he had fallen into a trap again!

There were two chess pieces missing from the chessboard, and the situation instantly became one-sided. Grandpa Zhou knocked the chess piece in his other hand with his chess piece and just smiled at Grandpa Xu.

"Okay, okay, you two win."

"Grandpa Xu, this is what they call a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, hehe." He Lai continued to massage Grandpa Xu's shoulders and comforted him.

"It's okay, it's okay. Over the years, your Grandpa Zhou has lost at least dozens of bottles of wine to the old man. It's okay to give him one more bottle."

"What?"

He Lai looked at Mr. Zhou to find out the truth.

"This intellectual is very shrewd! I can't beat him."

Mr. Zhou also admitted it openly.

He Lai was speechless. You can't win, but you still bet with others! You are asking for trouble!

After a while, the three of them stopped playing chess and sat on the sofa to chat.

Old Mrs. Wu also brought out candied pears and a plate of fruit with the rain.

"Xiao Laizi, is there anything you can use to replace your greenhouse support? It's hard to get steel bars now, so it's hard to make them on a large scale."

Mr. Xu began to ask questions.

As the mushroom-growing issue became more and more popular, the Ministry of Agriculture gradually began to pay attention to the research of plastic film, and now it can be mass-produced.

"Grandpa Xu, I heard that some bamboos in the south are long and elastic and very useful. You can ask someone to try it."

He Lai thought so too. It was the period of the Great Leap Forward and steel was basically used in the military. It was impossible to give you a large amount of steel bars for use in this regard. You could only rely on the Ministry of Agriculture to find something to replace it.

"Oh, you even know about things in the South? It seems like you know a lot."

When Mr. Xu heard this, he remembered that he had seen bamboo during the war before. It should be easy to use. It would definitely be easy to use if it was split into strips!

Now I became even more interested in He Lai.

"I read that book a lot, so I understand a little bit." He Lai explained awkwardly. There are very few bamboos in the north now, and the ones that exist are all ornamental bamboos, thin and small, but not the thick and long ones in the south.

"Okay, you old man, you can't solve it yourself, and you still ask Xiao Laizi. Those people in your department are just eating and drinking, they can't even think of this. Can't you find some sticks to replace it? If not, just drag them all to work in the fields."

Mr. Zhou quickly took over the conversation.

"Okay, what do you know? A wooden stick can be used, but I don't know how to use it! The plastic film will break if you poke it, you know that."

"Tsk, a bunch of trash."

"You sound so awesome. Is Xiao Laizi's maintenance plan useful? How come you guys in the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry are just sitting there doing nothing? Why haven't you figured it out after all these years?"

Old Master Xu did not show any weakness at all. He learned a little about He Lai's affairs and got a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"That Xiao Laizi is also from our Ministry of Industry. Why are you envious? Let me tell you, if you want to ask a question in the future, you have to come to me first. I will tell you after we have negotiated the terms!"

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"Alright, alright, what's wrong with you two? Stop arguing."

Old Mrs. Zhou quickly called for a stop. The two old men picked up their teacups and began to drink the rock sugar and snow pear.

"Sister-in-law, if you have time, teach my husband how to make this. It tastes really good."

Mr. Xu said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll teach you later." Old Mrs. Zhou agreed readily.

"It tastes good, right? After drinking this, my throat won't feel uncomfortable anymore."

Mr. Zhou said with a look of enjoyment.

"Xiao Laizi, where are my fruits? You always forget about me, don't you? I'll go to your steel mill to ask for them in a few days."

Old Master Xu fired at He Lai again.

"Uh, this, this."

He Lai had indeed forgotten about this matter and could only ask for help from Mr. Zhou.

"Don't be afraid, let him go and see what he can do!"

"Okay, let's go and see who of those brats at the Red Star Steel Mill dares to disrespect me."

He Lai was speechless. Why did a big shot from the Ministry of Agriculture go to the steel mill? Do you want steel? They can't give it to you!

Oh, I want to be a salted fish, it’s so difficult!