Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai shook his head and pulled up the remaining people lying on the ground.

"How about that for today?"

"Okay, what's your name and which compound are you from?" Li Chaoyuan asked.

I thought that if I practiced more, I would come back to avenge him.

"I'm not from the military compound. I live at No. 94 Nanluoguxiang. You're welcome to visit me when you're free. My name is He Lai."

He Lai was also happy to make friends with this group of second-generation military men, and there was no harm in that.

After all, 66 years later, the city would start to become chaotic, and a large number of unemployed young people would become hooligans. Those without ability would go to the countryside, while those with ability would stay and become gangsters. These second-generation military personnel were the most prominent group!

"Okay, we've got it. Let's go." Li Chaoyuan secretly wrote down the address and name, and would come back to get his revenge after he had practiced well.

He Lai returned to the rain and looked at the group of women looking at him.

I had no choice but to take out a bag of White Rabbit milk candy from my cloth bag and give it to Yushui.

"Rainwater, take it and share it with them."

"Okay, come here, brother." Yu Shui took it with a smile and walked into the circle of little girls with the candy.

He Lai waited for a long time before the rain stopped from crowding among the girls, and the two of them rode their bicycles back.

……

When He Lai returned to his room, he began to think about what to do next.

Mr. Xu will definitely encounter all kinds of troubles when he studies plastic greenhouses in the future, and he will definitely want to know how he did it.

No, I have to build a large plastic greenhouse before winter comes, while there are not many problems with greenhouses. Otherwise, I will stand out too much and others will not have it, but I will, which is not good.

I quickly wrote down the information about the large plastic greenhouse, worked with Director Wang to get some stuff done, and then planted some of the small fruit trees in the space.

After He Lai finished getting the information, he set off for Director Wang's house.

He Lai brought a grass carp to Director Wang's house and knocked on the door.

Soon a little boy of about twelve or thirteen opened the door.

"Are you here to look for my mother?" the little boy asked after looking at the fish in He Lai's hand.

"Well, is your mother here?"

When He Lai heard this, it seemed that many people came to Director Wang's house, bringing things to ask her to do things for them, and the children were used to it.

"Mom, someone is looking for you." The little boy shouted loudly and went back to the house.

"Coming, coming." Director Wang took off her apron and came over.

"Hey, little Laizi, you brought such a big fish, you don't want to ask aunt for something important, do you? Come in and sit down, come in and sit down."

When Director Wang saw that it was He Lai, he immediately welcomed him in and took the fish from He Lai's hand.

Normally, Director Wang would not accept gifts from people because she knew that they were asking her to do something that went against her principles.

"Auntie Wang, why don't you see uncle here?" He Lai asked. In all these years, he had never seen Director Wang's husband.

"He's at the police station and they're quite busy. Just tell me if you have any problem and I'll definitely help you if I can." Director Wang said nonchalantly.

When He Lai heard this, he realized that he was from the police station. He guessed that he must be the director or the deputy director. He might meet him when he has the chance in the future.

"Auntie Wang, I really have something important to say, but it's a good thing." He Lai said.

"Oh, what's the matter? Tell your aunt quickly." Director Wang got excited when he heard the good news. After all, all the good things that He Lai had done were good. He felt that he would soon be promoted because of his political achievements over the years!

"Director Wang, I want to help the street build a large greenhouse plastic shed! Please take a look at the information first."

He Lai took out what he had just written from the cloth bag.

Director Wang immediately took it and started reading it.

After a while, Director Wang finally understood what this thing was used for.

"That kid, this is a lot of stuff, right?"

"Well, let's just make one first. Aunt Wang can't possibly get something this small."

"Hey, you're trying to provoke your Aunt Wang, right? Aunt Wang is afraid of wasting it. This is three meters high, ten meters wide, and thirty-five meters long. It's almost half an acre of land."

"Auntie Wang, there are many benefits to building this greenhouse. For example, the yield of growing crops in spring and summer will be much better than growing crops outside.

In winter, we discovered how useful this thing is. We can grow fruits and vegetables in it, and we can also grow staple foods such as potatoes and sweet potatoes."

"Is that so? It can really be grown in winter?" Director Wang couldn't sit still when he heard this and asked quickly.

After all, food is in short supply now, and the residents’ rations are almost insufficient!

"As long as the temperature is controlled, there should be no problem. But it needs to be tested. I don't think the problem will be too big!"

"Okay, Auntie Wang will work with you, but Xiao Laizi, you have to help me keep an eye on it. I don't know much about this."

"No problem, I'll come and help you when I get off work." He Lai said with a smile.

"Okay, there happens to be a few acres of land next to where the mushrooms are grown. I'll have someone cultivate some of it first."

"Auntie Wang, don't rush to cultivate the land. We need to find someone to build the walls, dig the trenches, and build the basic shape first."

"Okay, okay, that's it. Auntie won't keep you for dinner. I have to go and ask someone to measure and build the wall. It will require a lot of copper pipes, so Auntie will have to use some connections to get it done."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he rushed out and ordered people to build the greenhouse.

He came to see that Director Wang had gone out, so he went back too.

……

There was also a festive atmosphere in the courtyard of No. 95. After all, Wu Juan gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. He Zhan also delivered eggs to every household. This was the second time this month.

Several close friends also sent many gifts. For example, Li Dawa's family had already made two baby rocking chairs and were waiting to send them over; Sha Zhu made a pair of jade longevity locks; Xu Damao sent a pair of peace locks, and so on and so forth.

Everyone wanted to share in the He family's good fortune. After all, the He family had a deputy chief of the security department and an engineer! Any word they said at the steel mill would be more effective than their own.

He Lai was lying in his room, thinking about something, when the three uncles from No. 94 came to his door again.

"Three uncles, please sit down. What's the matter?" He Lai looked at the three uncles coming together, and it must be something important.

The three uncles looked at each other, and it was Uncle Qian from the front yard who stood up.

He Lai could see that the other two uncles were not very talkative and it was basically Uncle Qian who communicated with them. It might be because he was a purchasing agent.

"He Lai, you may also know that our compound is not like the one next door. Almost every household has a good job."

Uncle Qian paused here and glanced at He Lai.

He Lai was startled. He thought that he was not going to come to ask him for a job.

"Some time ago, Director Sun gave the quota you gave to Lao Jiang's family. His family is indeed in a difficult situation. There are four people in the family. Lao Jiang was doing odd jobs a few years ago and accidentally injured his waist. Now he can't work. We came to tell you."

"Oh, I have no objection. It's up to the street office to decide." He Lai heard that this was the matter.

He Lai saw that Uncle Qian seemed to have something to say, so he spoke.

"Gentlemen, please tell me. I will definitely help you if I can. If I can't help you, don't blame me."

"Okay, then I'll tell you. Actually, we want you to take us fishing. At night, at night. Someone in our yard saw you taking people there before, and you got quite a lot."

Uncle Qian still told the purpose of this trip.

"I see. Actually, fishing at night is pretty easy. All you need is a flashlight and some dead batteries."

When He Lai heard that you wanted to go fishing, I was shocked.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as we can catch some fish. He Lai, you don't know how expensive food is now! White flour is already selling for 50 cents on the black market, and corn flour is also selling for 20 cents. Our hospital really has no other choice. Fish are good enough to be exchanged for a few pounds of food, right?"

Uncle Qian explained.

He Lai was shocked when he heard the price. He didn't go to the black market very often and didn't know much about the market.

I remember that flour was 1.8 cents per pound and cornmeal was 7 cents per pound. Now the price has tripled!