Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Today was destined to be another good day when He Lai and the other two appeared in Yard 95.

The three bags of wild ducks shocked the whole compound. Everyone wanted to go to Wild Duck Lake to have a look. If they could just bring back a few, they would have something to eat.

Yan Fugui, in particular, took a look and went back to discuss going to Wild Duck Lake with his sons.

Soon He Lai and the other two divided the fish. He Lai took nine, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao each took four. After all, it was all thanks to He Lai's water beads, otherwise how could there be so many harvests? It was reasonable for him to get three more.

As for the bird eggs, He Lai didn't want them and let the two of them divide them among themselves.

He Lai returned to the backyard with rain.

"Xiao Laizi, when did you learn to use a gun? And where did you get your gun? Tell the truth!"

He Zhan started interrogating He directly.

"Mom, look at Dad. He's interrogating me again."

He Lai pretended to be aggrieved and asked Wu Juan for help.

"What? You are such a great section chief, you only know how to interrogate your son every day! Then I want to ask you, where is the wild boar meat you hunt every day? You, the security department, are so embarrassed to take it. This is not Xiao Laizi's credit!

You are the only one who still has the nerve to talk like that! You eat and drink for free every day, go back to your security department, I am annoyed just by seeing you!"

After hearing this, Wu Juan immediately expressed her support for He Lai. He Zhan immediately realized his attitude and stopped talking in embarrassment.

He Lai saw that Wu Juan had shocked his cheap father, so he immediately gave her a thumbs up and signaled Yu Shui to give half of the prey to Wu Juan.

"Mom, you and grandma should eat more of this. Don't give it to someone else. Let him eat his wild boar meat. Yu Shui and I will go back. I still have to take a shower. I am so tired."

He Lai said pretending to be tired.

"Okay, okay, Yushui, come with me and rest. Mom will bring you dinner later."

When Wu Juan saw that her son was tired, she quickly told him to go back and rest.

In this way, Yu Shui helped He Lai go back. When He Lai passed by He Zhan, he deliberately lifted the bag and snorted.

Wu Juan's lecturing to He Zhan could be heard from behind.

Wu Juan said, "How dare you, a father who has been away for more than ten years, talk to your son like this!" (The previous six years plus the eight years of the CX war)

After He Lai washed up and finished his meal, he entered the space and took a look at the things in the space.

Now only five or six acres of land are left for growing potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the rest are various fruits. The harvested items are classified and piled aside.

On the other side of the pond, there are now more than a hundred birds, many eggs and chicks.

He Lai would grind potatoes and sweet potatoes into powder and feed them to them every day. From time to time, he would also give them some watermelons and some pork cut into small pieces. After all, many birds also need to eat meat.

He Lai planned to control the number of birds to about 200. If there were more, he would slaughter them and keep them aside for storage.

In this way, three or four acres of land are enough for their activities, and the food consumption per day is about 200 kilograms, which they can afford.

As for the golden eagle, now it does nothing but eat and sleep. Whenever He Lai comes in, he stares at it curiously. No one knows when it will recognize its master. He Lai won't force it, but he will definitely not train an eagle anymore.

Not to mention that this little guy has a good appetite. He Lai is a little worried that it would be bad for it to eat pork all the time, so he put some fruits next to it from time to time. Unfortunately, it still doesn't like them. He didn't expect that this little guy has become accustomed to eating pork.

The other supplies are all fine, except that one third of the jade has been consumed. I have to go to the Old Summer Palace, or else go to the more distant Summer Palace.

There aren't many other things in Sijiu City, but there are a lot of these ruined forests and gardens! Go around and you'll find jade!

He Lai also discovered that there were many good things in the lakes in these gardens, definitely more than on the ground, and they were truly inexhaustible.

He Lai tidied himself up briefly and went to sleep in the space room.

Yan Family

Yan Fugui's family sat together and started a family meeting.

"Big brother, why don't you two go to Wild Duck Lake tomorrow? You won't make much money doing odd jobs anyway, so why not go over there and see if you can catch a few."

Yan Fugui spoke first.

"Okay, but that bird isn't that easy to catch. I see He Lai is carrying a gun, and we don't have any guns!"

Yan Jiecheng said, who doesn’t want to catch him? We don’t have guns now.

"We don't have guns, but I see that idiot Zhu has a slingshot in his hand. You can also take a few slingshots and try. When the time comes, we can sell the things we catch and exchange them for food. This way, our family will have a much better life."

Yan Fugui explained.

"Old man, you'd better stop calling others idiots. People are different now. Be careful if someone hears you."

The third aunt gave another reminder.

"Okay, okay, stop yelling. He Yuzhu is really lucky. With He Lai, the whole family has no worries about food and drink."

Yan Fugui began to sigh again.

"Mom and Dad, we've strayed off topic. Let's talk about Wild Duck Lake. The bus ticket to Wild Duck Lake is probably around 40 or 50 cents. Dad, give us two dollars first."

Seeing that the two elders had diverted the topic, Yan Jiecheng quickly brought it back to the matter of Wild Duck Lake.

"What do you mean it's only two dollars? Where's your usual money? Don't tell me you don't have any."

Yan Fugui didn't want to pay this money. It would be fine if he was caught, but it would be a big loss if he was not caught.

"Dad, this is a bit unreasonable. It doesn't make sense that we pay for it and you do nothing but wait for us to catch you."

"That's right, Dad, you should pay for the bus fare. Otherwise, my brother and I can just bring the things back and sell them outside!"

Yan Jiefang also echoed.

I guess the two of them are also worried that they won’t be able to catch birds at Wild Duck Lake. It wouldn’t be a big deal if they put in some effort at that time, but it would not be cost-effective if they lose money!

"I am the father of both of you! I am settling such a good account with your father! Do you want me to calculate with you how much you have spent on food and lodging since you were young? "

Yan Fugui looked at the two of them angrily.

"Dad, I'm just trying to make sense with you, why are you so anxious? We both do odd jobs now, and we have to hand over five or six dollars every month!

How much money do we have now? Let’s take the bus! The bus ticket from the city must be quite expensive, and we don’t have money.”

……

After a period of discussion, the Yan family finally reached an agreement. Yan Fugui contributed one dollar, and the rest of the money was paid by the two brothers Yan Jiecheng themselves. They had to take the caught items home and split the money from selling them equally with their family.

If He Lai knew this, he would definitely laugh out loud. They thought they could catch a bird with a broken slingshot. It was simply wishful thinking, unless they were all slingshot masters and could shoot whatever they pointed.

Think about it, others may not be able to hit the bird with a shotgun, let alone a slingshot. Even if they do hit the bird, it will only cause minor injuries, which is not enough for them to catch the bird.

Besides, all the migratory birds have flown away now, and most of the birds now stay close to the lake. Even if you hit them, there is no chance to get them back unless you dare to swim across to the lake.