Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

When He Lai returned home, he found that Yu Shui did not go to play next door as usual, but sat at his desk to review his homework. He was a little surprised because this was not Yu Shui's usual style.

"Hey, Yushui, why are you so serious today? You know you have to study hard. Are you afraid that you won't be able to get into a good school?" He Lai teased with a smile.

He took out a bunch of grapes from his cloth bag and gently placed it on the rain-soaked desk.

"Hmph, come on, I'm going to take the high school entrance exam in four days, don't bother me." Yu Shui pouted and said unhappily, but her eyes were still on the book. She seemed to be full of nervousness and anticipation for the upcoming exam.

"Oh! Oh, so that's how it is. I won't bother you anymore. Just study slowly." When He Lai heard that Yu Shui was about to take the high school entrance exam, he immediately understood why she was so focused on studying. He quickly picked up the grapes and went into the kitchen to wash them.

Soon, He Lai came out with a plate of washed grapes and carefully placed them on the rain-soaked desk.

"Have you had dinner? Do you want me to ask your brother to make you something delicious?" He Lai asked with concern.

"No, I want to eat later."

"Okay, I'll go to your brother's place and ask him to make you something delicious."

After He finished speaking, he walked out. He didn’t notice that Yu Shui had a smug smile on his face.

He Lai was in the middle aisle, taking out two packed flying dragons and two pounds of pork from the space, intending to give Yu Shui some nourishment.

Silly House

"Brother Zhuzi, help Yushui make these two flying dragons." He Lai put the bag in Sha Zhu's hand and said.

"What, Feilong, did you go to Wild Duck Lake again? I heard that you weren't in the factory all day today."

Sha Zhu exclaimed, thinking that He Lai had gone to catch the flying dragon for Yu Shui.

"Don't ask, just do it. Your sister is about to take the high school entrance exam, and you, as a brother, don't even know it!"

After He finished speaking, he came and sat down next to Qin Huairu.

"What? The high school entrance exam is coming soon, why didn't I know? No one told me." When Sha Zhu heard about the high school entrance exam, he immediately realized that Yu Shui was already in the third year of junior high school.

"Brother Zhuzi, go and do it. Yu Shui is hungry. Sister-in-law, can I touch your belly?"

He Lai said while looking at Qin Huairu's belly.

"Xiao Laizi, you are grown up now, you can't touch me anymore. Come on, help me light the fire."

When Sha Zhu heard that He Lai wanted to touch his wife's belly, he immediately refused. It was okay to touch it when they were young, but he couldn't do it now.

"I'm not going to light the fire, Sister Jingru, I'll give you two pieces of candy, go ahead."

He Lai threw two candies to Qin Jingru and said.

Qin Jingru looked at the candy in her arms and immediately went to the kitchen to light the fire with a smile.

"Come on uncle, I want one too." "And me too."

Xier immediately threw herself into He Lai's arms and asked for candy, and Xiao Yangzi also joined in.

"No candy." Qin Huairu refused directly, and gave up the idea of ​​He Lai giving her candy.

He Lai looked at Xier's aggrieved expression in his arms and immediately had an idea.

"Xi'er, uncle will perform a magic trick for you, okay?"

When Xier heard there was a magic show, she immediately became excited, and Xiao Yangzi also ran over.

"Look, uncle has nothing in his hand, right?"

He Lai spread out his hands for the two little ones to examine. Xier touched He Lai's hands and nodded.

He Lai then raised his hands high and shook them, clenched his fists and placed them flat in front of him, and said to Xier, "Come on, blow into Uncle Lai's hands, and then say, 'Change.'"

"Huh...Change."

Xi'er did it immediately.

He Lai opened his right hand, and three dates appeared in his palm, which he gave to Xier.

"Eat it. You can't eat sugar. Let's eat dates, but you can't swallow the date pits. OK?"

"Thank you, Uncle Lai." Xier took the dates, lay in He Lai's arms and started eating.

Xiao Yangzi also opened He Lai's left hand, but there was nothing there, and said aggrievedly.

"Come here uncle, where are my dates?"

"You didn't blow any air, and you didn't say it would change, so where did the dates come from?"

He Lai responded to Xiao Yangzi with a smile.

"Then come on uncle, close it quickly and let me blow on it."

"Okay, wait, come on, uncle, let me get ready. Okay, blow it."

He Lai pretended to retract his fist, then clenched it and let Xiao Yangzi blow it.

Xiao Yangzi couldn't wait to finish blowing it, said the word "change", then opened He Lai's hand, and found that there was only one, and he immediately felt aggrieved.

"Don't cry, don't cry. I won't tease you anymore. I'll give you everything from your uncle's pocket."

When He Lai saw that Xiao Yangzi was about to cry, he quickly took out a handful of dates and gave them to Xiao Yangzi, then touched his head.

"Come on, uncle, I want one too." Xier became unhappy when she saw her brother got one.

"Xi'er, be good. Let's save our stomachs for the food your father cooks, okay?"

"it is good."

When Xier heard about the delicious food, she immediately became well behaved.

"Sister-in-law, your education is not good. If you don't give me something, I will cry. Where did you learn that?"

He Lai complained.

"You're the one who spoiled them. Now I can't take care of these two little guys. Fortunately, Meng'er is still young, otherwise he would have to ask you for food."

Qin Huairu gave a standard sidelong glance and said with a smile, Meng'er in her arms seemed to hear her mother's call and woke up.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

"You little greedy cat, your dad will be ready soon, just wait a little longer."

When Meng'er heard Qin Huairu say this, she turned around and looked around. She found that her brothers and sisters were eating. Then she saw He Lai and immediately opened her arms and spoke.

"Come here uncle, hug me!"

"Sister-in-law, your children are indeed your own, they are all of the same character."

He Lai had no choice but to put Xi'er aside, took Meng'er, and smiled bitterly, causing Qin Huairu to giggle.

"Come on uncle, Meng'er is hungry."

"See, I knew it! Okay, uncle will get you a date too." He Lai took out a date, broke it into two halves, took out the core, and then handed it to Meng'er to eat.

Qin Huairu smiled even more happily.

"Sister-in-law, don't laugh too happily. Be careful that the baby in your belly won't cry when it's born."

He Lai made a sarcastic remark, but Qin Huairu didn't care at all what He said, as long as she was happy.

After a while, Qin Jingru came out with the Feilong soup, and Sha Zhu behind her also brought a plate of braised lion head soup that Yu Shui loved to eat and a plate of fried meat with oyster mushrooms.

"Xier, take the food and follow uncle Lai." He Lai held Meng'er and took the braised lion head from Sha Zhu's hand and left.

Xier immediately took the other dish from Shazhu's hand and followed.

Qin Jingru thought that she must take the Feilong Soup, so she followed.

"Mom, I also want to go to my uncle's house for dinner." Xiao Yangzi sought Qin Huairu's consent.

"Why go? Let's eat by ourselves. Dad left some food for us."

Sha Zhu objected immediately, saying that there were already three people from his family who had gone there, so the three of them could just eat at home.

"Wife, I left you a bowl of Feilong soup. You can try it later. It is good for nourishing the blood."

"Okay, I'll drink it." Qin Huairu agreed with a smile.

"Dad, I also want to replenish myself. I also want to drink Feilong Soup." Xiao Yangzi spoke immediately.

"Don't make trouble. Dad left you a lion's head. It's enough for you to chew on."

After saying this, Sha Zhu went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

At the same time, He Lai's family had already prepared the dishes and gave some to Wu Juan and the others, but it was enough for them to eat.

"Brother Lai, when did you get this meat?" Yu Shui asked while eating the lion's head.

"Don't ask, just eat and that's it. I have plenty of ways to help you. Your task now is to study!"

He Lai picked up a lion's head and put it into Xier's bowl, then started to feed Menger. He filled a small bowl of Feilong soup, tore the steamed bun into small pieces, put small pieces in the soup, and slowly fed it to Menger.

Yu Shui looked at Qin Jingru and Xier beside her, and was too embarrassed to say that she just wanted to make He Lai nervous about her. She was not actually worried at all about not being able to get into the technical secondary school, so she could only lower her head and start eating.

After dinner, Qin Jingru and the other two were driven away by He Lai on the pretext that Yu Shui needed to study.

"Brother Lai, actually I...I...don't need to..." Yu Shui said embarrassedly while sitting on the sofa.

"Alright, Brother Lai knows. Just be happy and cheerful. You little girl, you're still playing tricks on me."

When He Lai saw Yu Shui hesitating and keeping silent at the dinner table, he knew that Yu Shui was pretending to study hard. After all, it wasn't the first day he found out that he would have the high school entrance exam.

"Thank you, Brother Lai. I knew Brother Lai wouldn't be angry. I'm going to go play with Chun'er."

Seeing that He Lai didn't care, Yu Shui happily suggested going out to play.

"Go, go, come back soon."

"I understand." Yu Shui said, and ran out with the bunch of grapes.

He Lai also returned to his room and began to organize today's Chlorella cultivation data, in order to come up with a better plan.