Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Soon, the two came to a private courtyard.

"Little brother, come with me." The old man took He Lai into the house and to the backyard.

He Lai discovered that there was a different world here, it was like a big greenhouse. No wonder seedlings could be grown here, it was so professional.

"Little brother, look, this is orange, this is cherry, this is kiwi, and this is persimmon."

He Lai looked at the cherries and persimmons. He didn't know what the persimmons were, but they must be good things.

"I want all of these. How much?"

"I want both. Some of the seedlings here may be difficult to keep alive if they are removed from here."

The old man told the truth. He was afraid that He would die and come to settle the score with him.

"Don't worry, I also like to grow seedlings. My place is much better than your greenhouse. I just don't have the time to find and cultivate them bit by bit."

When the old man heard He Lai say this, he felt relieved.

"There's no need for money, just take it. You gave it to me last time."

"How about this, I'll give you ten dollars, plus ten kilograms of food coupons, you go ahead and do it, I'll come back and take a look when I have time."

After He finished speaking, he took out the money and ticket and handed them to the old man.

"Thank you, thank you." The old man took the money and thanked him quickly.

The old man quickly picked up the seedlings on the ground and handed them to He Lai.

He Lai looked around again and found a piece of land next to him. He squatted down and saw that it seemed to be ginseng!

"Old man, is this ginseng?"

“Yes, they are all newly cultivated small ginsengs.”

"Sell it or not, I want it!"

"This will take a long time, little brother, are you sure you want it?"

"Sure!" He Lai said that this was exactly what he wanted, and his space was a great place tailor-made for ginseng!

"The old man sold it to you for one dollar a plant, how much do you want?"

"I want them all. Please pack them up for me." He Lai looked at the field, which had only twenty plants.

"Okay, okay, I'll get it for you." The old man was so happy when he heard that he wanted all of them. He suddenly had a large sum of money. He quickly took a small shovel and packed it for He Lai.

After a while, all the ginseng was dug out, and the old man was still explaining to He Lai how to grow ginseng.

"Okay, I get it. Um, old man, do you have any Ganoderma lucidum? Can you give me some?"

He Lai didn't want to listen to his nagging anymore, so he asked directly about Ganoderma lucidum. After all, ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum are inseparable.

"Ganoderma lucidum, no, but if you want, this old man can get it for you."

"Then go ahead and get it. I want them all."

"Okay, okay, the old man knows."

"Then I'll withdraw."

"Walk slowly."

He Lai left the yard and headed home, putting the gun and seedlings into the space.

Plant the ginseng in a corner, away from the group of pigs, otherwise it will run out and be eaten by pigs, which will be very uncomfortable.

……

He Lai returned to the house. This time Yu Shui did not sleep but was reading a book on the sofa.

"Brother Lai, you're back." When Yu Shui saw He Lai coming back, she immediately got up from the sofa.

"Didn't I tell you to go to bed first? Why are you waiting here again?"

He Lai touched Yu Shui’s head.

"Oh, I can't sleep. I have to wait for my brother to come back before I can sleep well."

Yu Shui avoided He Lai's hand and said with a pout.

"Who was that person, sleeping soundly on the sofa that day?"

"Brother Lai, you are so bad, I hate you."

"Shh, grandma is sleeping. Okay, I'm back. You go to bed. It's time for me to go to bed too."

He Lai ordered.

"Good night then, bro."

"Uh, goodnight."

He Lai was surprised. Has Yu Shui learned how to say "good night" now? Maybe he learned it from some book.

……

The next day, He Lai was sitting at his seat slacking off and fiddling with things in the space.

The four little wild boars are too noisy and should not be kept with domestic pigs.

It took me a lot of trouble to deal with them. I just hung up a few little wild boars and beat them, then locked them up in another place.

"Come here, your father is back with the security department. They have a big harvest. I heard there are 700 to 800 kilograms of wild boar."

Zhang Zhiwen suddenly appeared and said to He Lai

"Really? That means we can have meat to eat too."

"It might be a little difficult. I heard that the iron fence was borrowed from the police station. Deputy Director Li is discussing it with your father and others."

He Lai laughed when he heard this. That might be a bit difficult. He wondered if his father could handle it.

After a heated discussion at the security department, Li Huaide finally took half of it. There was no other way. After all, the iron fence had been returned to the police station, and they would have to rely on the steel mill's tools to catch wild boars in the future.

"Old He, now the wild boar only weighs 400 kilograms. I feel so sad."

Section Chief Liu said helplessly.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. It's because we have nothing. Fortunately, there are more than 300 people in the security department, and each person can get more than a pound of meat."

He Zhan smiled bitterly.

"You are the best. You have a capable son. You are almost out of stock of meat at home. How about you carry on your style and give us the meat?"

"Good old Liu, you're thinking of this. No, no, you know I've only been back for less than a year and my status at home is very low. If my wife knew about this, she wouldn't let me sleep on the floor. No, no, absolutely not."

"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter soon came from the section chief's office.

……

He Lai and his friends were still chatting when Engineer Chen came over.

"Hey, we're chatting."

When He Lai and his companions saw Mr. Chen coming back, they stopped chatting and returned to their seats.

"Mr. Chen, is there anything wrong?" He Lai knew it must be about the drawings.

"He Lai, I do have something to talk to you about. This is the blueprint I just finished. Can you help me take a look at it and see if there is anything I can improve on it?"

Engineer Chen put the drawings on He Lai's desk and told him the reason.

He Lai picked up the drawing, took a look at it, and quickly put it down.

"Mr. Chen, most of them are fine.

This door needs to be modified and some pulleys added, otherwise it won't be closed fast enough and the wild boar will easily escape before the door is closed.

We also need to set latches on the doors to prevent wild boars from digging up the doors. You may not know that wild boars can dig up the soil. "

He Lai explained patiently.

"Yes, yes, yes. I was only thinking about how to make it firm and forgot about these. Okay, okay, I'll go and fix it. You said this matter has kept me busy all day and all night."

When Engineer Chen heard this, he thought it made sense, so he came over to ask He Lai. Otherwise, if he had used it for production directly, something serious would have happened. So he picked up the drawing and started to make changes.

Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Mu both laughed secretly when they saw Chen Gong's expression.

"Come here, look at Mr. Chen's eyes. He must have stayed up late yesterday." Zhang Zhiwen smiled secretly beside He Lai.

"Alright, alright, be careful not to be heard by Engineer Chen, let's go down to the workshop and take a look."

He Lai was speechless.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's go down to the workshop and take a walk. Brother Liu, stop looking at your newspaper. There are still patterns on your newspaper from yesterday!"

Zhang Zhiwen stood up and walked to Liu Mu and snatched the newspaper.

"Hey, this is what I call reviewing the old to learn the new, do you understand?"

"Okay, you understand, you understand, let's go."

The three of them left the workshop together.