Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Today, No. 94 Courtyard is destined to be restless. After all, every household has made a harvest. Even the two widows have caught more than kilograms of fish. Now everyone in the courtyard feels the benefits of having He Lai.

Now everyone in the yard started discussing night fishing in the future. After all, this was a real way to make money, and with money there was food.

Flashlights are still very cheap now, only 2.7 yuan, but the batteries are more expensive, 40 yuan for one battery, 80 yuan for a pair. It costs 2 or 3 yuan per person for one night.

He Lai returned to the house and found Yu Shui still lying on the sofa. He was probably waiting for him and fell asleep while waiting.

He Lai could only pick her up gently, go upstairs, put her on her bed and cover her with a quilt.

Looking at her sleeping soundly, He Lai couldn't help but scratch her nose, causing Yu Shui to frown.

He Lai quickly withdrew his hand. Fortunately, the baby didn’t wake up, otherwise he would have made trouble again at night.

He Lai went downstairs, took a shower, returned to his room, locked the door, and entered the space.

There are another 200,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes piled up. The output of these two things is really large.

The pigs next to them were eating so happily. They probably had never eaten so well in their lives. Although the pigs’ lifetime in this space was only a little over half a month, they were still happy. After all, all they did was eat and sleep.

There are 20 newly born piglets nearby, but they are almost weaned! Let's sterilize those boar piglets first!

I have to find a way out for them quickly, otherwise there will be no place to put them.

I should have raised wild boars earlier. It's really unsafe to raise too many pigs at home! After all, I can't say that these pigs are all raised in the countryside. Once others investigate, it will be exposed.

No, when the time comes, just kill all the pigs and keep only one male and one female.

Just put the pork together with sweet potatoes and potatoes and give it away.

Go into the mountains in a few days and catch a few wild boars to raise. This is safe. Others said, just say you hunted them in the mountains. If you have the ability, go and hunt them too!

……

"Come on, what are you drawing?" Zhang Zhiwen watched He Lai draw a circular device on the manuscript paper.

"Hey, you don't understand, this is a magical tool for catching wild boars, an iron fence! I plan to use this to see if I can catch wild boars."

He Lai said with a smile.

"What? Come on, are you crazy? The wild boars are deep in the mountains. You have to go into the mountains!"

Zhang Zhiwen became worried when he heard this.

"Yeah, if you want to eat meat, how can you not dare to go into the mountains? It's okay, I'll ask my dad to take people there when the time comes."

He Lai had already figured it out that this kind of work for the security department should be quite easy. After all, it was no big deal for a soldier to stay in the mountains for a few days. For those of them who had fought in wars, it was a piece of cake.

I must use all the wild boar catching tools on Douyin.

"Okay, it will be safer for the security department to bring guns in. If we catch the wild boar, we can give you some points for it, Brother Zhiwen."

When Zhang Zhiwen heard that they were going to the Security Department, he had nothing to say.

"He Lai, you can't forget me." When Liu Mu heard the word wild boar, he immediately came out of the newspaper.

"Okay, once I have designed the blueprints, I will discuss it with my leader."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, you draw, you draw. Brother Liu, let's go to the workshop and take a look around. Don't let us disturb Lai Lai from designing the iron fence here."

Zhang Zhiwen pulled Liu Mu, who wanted to talk, out of the technical department. He Lai smiled silently and continued to design with his head down.

Remote control is not possible in this era, so the security department can only climb up the tree and control it manually, which is nothing more than using some ropes.

……

Li Huaide's Office

"He Lai, can this thing really work?" Li Huaide looked at the drawing on the manuscript paper, still a little bit unconvinced. It is not so easy to catch wild boars in the mountains, and the security department has been there before.

"Let's try it. Let's make two first. What if they work? Wouldn't that be a great thing?"

He Lai said with a smile.

"Okay, I believe you. I'll go to discuss it with Director Yang now and try to have someone make it for you this afternoon. I think we can make two tomorrow. After all, they don't look complicated. Just a few iron doors."

Li Huaide still believed in He Lai. Although this thing was a little unreliable, what if it worked? That was wild boar meat.

"Okay, Uncle Li, I'll leave first. If it passes, please have someone let me know."

He Lai smiled and said goodbye.

……

In the afternoon, Secretary Liang came over and called He Lai out.

"He Lai, Director Yang thought this was a waste of national steel and rejected it directly. Director Li asked me to tell you that he had no choice. After all, Director Li had just been promoted to deputy director and could not manage the affairs of the workshop."

Secretary Liang returned the drawings to He Lai and said.

"Oh, is that so? It's okay, it's okay. I'll go back first then."

He Lai was a little embarrassed. It was just about a ton of iron. What was the big deal?

When we returned to the technical department, Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Mu surrounded us.

"How is it? Did the factory director agree to build it?" Liu Mu asked happily.

"You're stupid. Didn't you see Lai Lai's expression? He must have been rejected."

Zhang Zhiwen said speechlessly.

"What? What's going on in this factory? They don't even want the meat!"

Liu Mu was dumbfounded. She didn't expect to be rejected.

He Lai probably guessed what Director Yang was thinking. He Lai wondered if he should have looked for Director Yang right away. Forget it, there was more than one Red Star Steel Mill in the city.

One is: this was Li Huaide’s idea. He is his opposite and does not want Li Huaide to be the scapegoat. After all, even if this thing is useful, it is Li Huaide’s credit.

Second, what if it’s useless and the superiors find out that my steel mill is wasting steel on this kind of thing? I might be punished and then I’ll have a stain on my reputation.

In short, it is safer and more secure not to build this iron fence than to build it.

This is the reason why it is said that it is better to do nothing. I just need to stay steadily in the position of director of the steel rolling mill, and I will be promoted naturally when I have enough experience.

He Lai could only smile helplessly and prepare to go find Mr. Zhou after get off work. This was a very simple thing for the deputy minister.

As soon as he got off work, He Lai told his father that he would be back late today and went straight to Grandpa Zhou's house.

"Hey, why are you here today?" Old Master Zhou was also surprised to see He Lai, as he had just arrived home.

"Grandpa Zhou, I want to build something that might require some steel. Can you help me build it? Here are the blueprints."

He Lai didn't beat around the bush. He took out the blueprint and gave it to Mr. Zhou.

"Oh, let me see, what good stuff is it?" Mr. Zhou took the drawing and started to look at it.

"This thing isn't difficult, why doesn't your steel mill make it for you?"

After looking at the drawings, Mr. Zhou felt that although this thing was novel, it was still very simple.

"Director Yang was afraid of wasting steel and didn't agree, so I wanted Grandpa Zhou to ask the factory to help make two."

He Lai was pinching Mr. Zhou's shoulders from behind.

"Okay, but what is this thing used for?" Grandpa Zhou asked curiously.

"I want to use it to hunt wild boars!"

"What! Wild boar? Is this the thing? Will it work?" Old Master Zhou was very skeptical.

"Let's give it a try. I have confidence!" He Lai thought that when the time comes he would go there himself and get some food from the space, so he wouldn't be afraid of wild boars not coming to visit!

"Okay, as long as you have confidence, when you catch the wild boar, you can give half of it to your grandfather Zhou." Grandpa Zhou said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll give them all to Grandpa Zhou."

He Lai just wants to get some wild boar piglets, and anyone who wants the wild boar meat can take it.