Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai once again appeared in Hejia Village driving a truck and parked next to the cafeteria as usual.

As soon as the car door was opened, the children gathered around and chattered, which made He Laitou very excited.

"Stop, be quiet, help me watch the car. I'll give you the candy, Tiedan. One candy for each of you."

He looked at the number of children and took out a handful of fruit candies and gave them to the one who was leading the group.

"Yes, come here, uncle." The leading boy took the candy and took a group of children to the side to share the candy.

He Lai quickly entered the cafeteria and asked Old Lady He to call Daya over. The three of them went into a room and started talking.

"That elder sister, you should have found a job. Ask Grandpa to take you to see Uncle Gensheng and go to the commune to get a letter of introduction. Then you can go to the city with Grandma to see me tomorrow."

"So soon, Xiao Laizi, we are not ready yet!"

Old Mrs. He was amazed at the speed at which He Lai did things, while Daya was excited that she would be able to go into the city tomorrow.

"Grandma, please get ready soon. Let's get it done now while it's not too busy. Sister Daya, please sort out your clothes and other things. Try to pick out something nice and dress up."

He Lai instructed.

"I understand. Thank you, Xiao Laizi." Daya happily pulled He Lai's hand and started jumping and dancing.

"Okay, okay, how old are you now? What have you become?" Old Mrs. He quickly interrupted Daya's behavior.

Daya immediately withdrew her hand, lowered her head and blushed.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'll go first. Remember to get the certificate!"

He Lai was helpless to see that after Daya was happy, she returned to her original humble state.

In front of the elders, I guess only a time traveler like me can behave like this.

After He Lai finished explaining everything, he drove away. After all, he had to go back to deliver the pig!

This time, He Lai specially killed the wild boar in the space, divided the meat, and placed it neatly in the truck. He kept the offal for himself and asked Sha Zhu to braise it later.

We went all the way back to the transportation gate of the state-owned store warehouse and asked someone to notify Director Zhang.

Director Zhang came over soon and ordered people to unload all the wild boar meat from the truck.

He Lai and Director Zhang were watching with a smile. He Lai handed a Zhonghua cigarette to Director Zhang and said:

"Director Zhang, don't worry. This pork must be more than 800 kilograms. I am very confident about this."

"Okay, okay, you are a capable kid. Once this place is ready, I will give you a letter of employment."

Director Zhang was so happy when he saw the cut wild boar meat in the carriage.

It saves me from having to kill it myself. If the wild boar weighing more than 400 pounds was alive, it would probably be a hassle. Now I just have to take the meat.

After the workers unloaded and weighed the meat, Director Zhang also knew the weight of the wild boar meat: 820 kilograms. The two wild boars weighed at least 900 kilograms. He had made a fortune this time.

Director Zhang was now even more enthusiastic towards He Lai. He pulled He Lai into his office and handed He Lai the employment letter he had prepared in the drawer.

"Then I'd like to thank Director Zhang first. Is it okay for me to bring someone over tomorrow?"

"Call me Uncle Zhang from now on. Tomorrow is fine. Bring her over anytime. I will personally take her to work. Don't worry."

"Okay, Uncle Zhang, can you find a better master to take care of her? My cousin might be a little shy."

He Lai took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes and put them on the table, saying.

"No problem, leave it to uncle. I will definitely find a good one! But He Lai, if there are wild boars in the future, you have to think about your uncle Zhang, okay?"

Director Zhang readily agreed and mentioned that he wanted a wild boar in the future.

"Okay, if there is, I will definitely give you priority."

"Okay, that's settled then."

……

After He Lai reached an agreement, he rode his bike back to the steel mill.

He sat and lay in his seat and started to slack off. Since Li Huaide took over, several workshop directors have been focusing on production and not making any trouble. After all, these were all new machines and there was no need to trouble He Lai much.

Thanks to Liu Mu who was sent by Section Chief Ge, he brought a few reserve technicians with him and that was enough, so He Lai just had to come in to make some supporting contributions.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of get off work, He Lai and his friends gathered together and went home.

When he arrived at Wu Juan's place, He Lai told Wu Juan and Old Mrs. Wu that Daya was going to work in a state-owned store in the city.

Wu Juan was used to it. After all, her son was so capable that she wanted to get him involved.

"That little Laizi, when can the kid from grandma's family come to the city?"

Old Mrs. Wu asked, after all, two people from the He family had already come in, but there was still no news from her own family.

"Grandma, it should be soon. I need to ask her when exactly, or ask my dad. He might know."

He Lai explained that the expansion of the workshop was almost complete and two batches of people had already come in, and it would soon be their turn.

"Okay, then grandma will wait a few more days." When Grandma Wu heard that it would be soon, she felt much more at ease.

"Mom, when the head of the family comes back, I'll ask him to find out. He will definitely be able to find out the number!"

Wu Juan also knew that both of the He family's had been completed, but the one in her own family had not been completed yet, and her mother was worried.

The next day

Old Mrs. He took Daya into the city, and then Wu Juan took Daya to the Red Star Steel Mill to meet He Lai.

He Lai saw the two men at the gate of the steel rolling mill.

"Mom, how is it? How does it feel to be stopped outside the factory where you have worked for eight years?"

He Lai teased Wu Juan.

"Speak nicely. Was I stopped from entering? I'm just too lazy to go in. I have to go back to see the kids. You should take Daya with you."

Wu Juan gave He Lai a blank look and pulled Daya in front of him.

"Sister Daya, well, your Zhongshan suit is very nice, but it feels a little big."

He Lai looked at Daya's clothes and commented on them.

"Aunt San said my clothes don't look good and asked me to wear hers first."

As soon as Daya entered the courtyard, Wu Juan saw her and said that her clothes were inappropriate and too fancy, and asked her to wear her clothes first to leave a good impression on the leaders of the state-owned store.

"Oh, so that's it, Sister Daya, please get on first and we'll go over now."

He Lai asked Daya to sit on the back seat of the bicycle.

"Oh." Daya sat on it immediately after hearing He Lai's words.

"Then let's go, mom. You should walk slowly." He said and rode away on his bike.

When they arrived at the state-owned store, He Lai planned to take Daya to buy two sets of clothes first.

"Uncle, is your Director Zhang here today?" He Lai went to the message room to inquire as usual.

"Young man, it's you. Our director is here and hasn't left the house."

The old gatekeeper took the cigarette handed to him by He Lai and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go in first."

When He Lai heard that Director Zhang was there, he immediately took Daya to the store.

"Xiao Laizi, you don't have to buy anything. This is good enough." Daya saw He Lai taking her to the clothing store and bought her two Zhongshan suits.

"Sister Daya, you will also be selling things here in the future, how can you wear something that doesn't fit? Listen to me, change your clothes, and then we will go to see the leader. Go and try the size first."

He Lai stuffed two sets of clothes into Daya's arms and pointed to the fitting room behind.

Daya had no choice but to take the clothes and go inside to try it on.

……

Office of Director Zhang

"Uncle Zhang, this is my cousin, He Chun!" He Lai introduced.

(The He family has three granddaughters. The eldest is named He Chun, the second is named He Xia, and the third is named He Qiu. My sister is not named He Dong because of He Lai.)

"Well, you look pretty good, very suitable for a salesperson. Have you prepared the certificate and employment letter?"

Director Zhang glanced at Daya and then said.

"It's done. It's all here." Daya handed the commune introduction letter, the filled-in employment letter and other documents in her arms to Director Zhang.

"Okay, then come with me now, I'll take you to the job application process."

Director Zhang took a look and found no problem and said.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I'll leave first." He Lai saw that there would be no problem for Director Zhang to personally guide Daya to join the company, so he went back.

"Okay, go ahead, I'll make the arrangements." Director Zhang said and left with Daya.

He Lai saw that there was nothing for him to do, so he went back to work.