Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Three uncles, there is no problem with fishing, but I guess we can't go fishing in Shichahai. As you know, it is crowded with people fishing during the day. I guess there are no fish in this lake anymore."

He Lai explained.

"Then where are we going?"

"The Yongding River, it will probably take 50 minutes to walk. If we walk faster, we can probably get there in half an hour."

"Is that so? Okay, we're fine."

"And Uncle Qian, remember to report to the street office, otherwise it's not safe to go out of town to fish."

He Lai reminded.

"Okay, can we go today?" Uncle Niu interrupted.

"Of course, you just go." He Lai felt that night fishing was not difficult as long as he brought a flashlight.

"Hey He Lai, why don't you come with us? We'll feel more at ease with you around."

Uncle Niu spoke up. After all, everyone in Nanluoguxiang knew that He Lai had been a fishing expert since he was a child.

"Well, sure, but you'd better work in pairs, and bring flashlights and batteries, otherwise you won't be able to see the float at night. Also, you have to make a nest when fishing, and you can't be stingy with food, otherwise it will be hard to catch fish."

He Lai thought about it and realized that since everyone else had said so, it would be unreasonable for him not to go, so he agreed. He just happened to want to go to the black market and pick up some cigarettes and alcohol.

Fortunately, He Lai is in good health now, otherwise he really wouldn’t be able to bear it after such a busy day.

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. Let's go and notify them. Everyone in the hospital is waiting for the letter!"

Uncle Qian stood up and smiled, and the three uncles immediately went out to notify every household.

He Lai saw several people outside looking in at his house, probably waiting for the result of the discussion between the three uncles.

Seeing three old men coming out of He Lai's house, he immediately went to greet them.

"How is it? Did He Lai agree?" a resident said hurriedly.

"What are you talking about, kid? Stop shouting!" Uncle Niu cursed angrily.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, Uncle Niu, did he agree?"

"Agreed. We men will go to the middle courtyard for a small meeting later, and then we'll go fishing tonight!"

Uncle Niu said with a smile.

"Really? Okay, I'll go inform the people in the front yard right away." After saying that, he ran away.

When the few people heard this, they ran to notify them without any more instructions from the three uncles.

He Lai looked at the actions of several people outside the window, smiled, went to Yard 95, and found Sha Zhu and others to go fishing together.

Soon, the people from Yard 94 gathered together, and together with the group from Yard 95, there were nearly forty people on both sides.

In fact, many people in Yard 95 had already tried group night fishing on their own. After all, He Lai and his friends went night fishing every now and then, and they had learned it.

But I haven't been there recently, mainly because there are too few fish and it's not worth it. Night fishing is expensive, and if there are no fish, I feel a little sorry for the money.

Unlike Shazhu and the others, they have the loach plug-in provided by Helai, so they can bring back a few fish from time to time.

Soon everyone arrived at the bank of the Yongding River. Although it was pitch black with only a little light, the people in Yard 94, under the command of the three uncles, formed teams of two and started their fishing trip.

He Lai was in a group with Sha Zhu, and the two of them also started to build a nest slowly.

After setting the bait, He Lai also took a look around at everyone and taught them some fishing tips.

"Xiao Laizi, you are really good, bringing so many people out to fish."

Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"Hey, Brother Zhuzi, their hospital is indeed in a much more difficult situation than ours. Many people can't even get enough to eat. Any help is appreciated, isn't it?"

He Lai always felt uncomfortable when he saw others having a hard time. He had enough food and clothing, so he couldn't just watch the people around him starve.

"Okay, I'm just worried that you can't manage it. There are so many people here! Food is hard to buy right now. The grain station has very strict purchase restrictions. I guess there isn't much food left."

Sha Zhu reminded.

He Lai didn't pay much attention to it, because he ate at his parents' house most of the time and rarely bought staple food. He Lai would occasionally take out ten kilograms of white flour from the space.

Wu Juan and the others didn't ask too much about He Lai. After all, they all knew that He Lai had connections, so it was pointless to ask since it was all obtained in exchange for fish.

"Brother Zhuzi, do you want to go to the black market after fishing? I want to see the current black market."

"Okay, Xu Damao and I go there every now and then. There's no other way. Everything on the market requires a ticket and there are purchase limits. It's not as convenient as the black market."

"Brother Zhuzi, are you so close to Brother Damao?"

He Lai smiled and said that the two of them were enemies in their previous lives. They would not be happy together unless they had a quarrel.

"Well, we are brothers-in-law now. Besides, there are not many people in the compound who have enough money to go to the black market. He is the only one, so we have to make do with it."

He Lai thought about it and it made sense. Sha Zhu's family and Xu Damao's family were considered the richest in the upper house. They were no longer comparable to families like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong where only one person worked.

Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were brothers-in-law in the original novel. I didn't expect that they would become real brothers-in-law. Not bad.

"Yes, you are brothers-in-law. You quarrel every day when you see each other. I suspect that you must have been husband and wife in your previous life, so you always quarrel after reincarnation."

"Who made him show off in front of me every day? He shows off every time we meet. It was like this when we were in school. He showed off in front of me every day that his grades were better than mine. It's so annoying.

But I didn't suffer any loss. I beat him up several times, but this guy only remembered the food and didn't remember the beating. He was always looking for trouble."

Sha Zhu reminisced about his school days, which were pretty good. He could suppress the whole class with his force, and no one dared to provoke him.

"Brother Zhuzi, tell me how you studied when you were a kid. I want to hear it."

He Lai was also very curious about how Sha Zhu studied.

"What kind of books did I read at that time? The characters were really difficult to write. One character had so many strokes that I felt dizzy just by looking at them.

It’s great that we have simplified Chinese characters now. If it was the same in the past, I could have studied for a few more years and wouldn’t have ended up not even graduating from elementary school.”

Sha Zhu sighed for a while. In fact, he really wanted to study, but the traditional Chinese characters were too complicated and he felt sleepy when he saw them.

"Brother Zhuzi, you can study now. Can't you sign up for night school now?"

"I don't have the time now. Brother Zhuzi doesn't want any education. If you have the time, you might as well make more food for the children. When the time comes, you can help teach them, Xiaolaizi."

Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"Brother Zhuzi, I am too lazy to teach you, just let the rain go."

"Any one of you will do. The happiest thing in my life is to have you as my brother-in-law! Look at Yu Shui now. She is so happy. Seeing her happy makes me happy too."

He Lai looked at the smile on Sha Zhu's face and understood a little bit why Sha Zhu doted on Yu Shui so much.

Sha Zhu just wants Yu Shui to live happily. Although He Daqing abandoned Yu Shui, Sha Zhu still plays the role of a good brother.

Some people say that Sha Zhu doesn't let his sister wash clothes or do housework, and he has raised a young lady who just opens her mouth to eat and stretches out her hands to wear clothes.

My sister is meant to be pampered! Although I don’t know if my clothes are washed in rainwater now, it doesn’t stop me from pampering her.