Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

After a while, Mr. He and Mr. Wu came over.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, why are you two together?" He Lai asked in surprise.

"Why is it that Old Man He is allowed to be lazy, but I can't be lazy?"

Mr. Wu scolded with a smile.

"Grandpa, that's not what I meant. It's mainly because I didn't see you the last few times I came here. Please sit down."

He Lai smiled and brought two stools for them to sit on.

"Xiao Laizi, don't go to the mountains anymore. Do you know that if you want to go, grandpa will ask someone to take you there. It's too unsafe to go alone."

Mr. He sat down and began to persuade He Lai.

"Grandpa, I understand." He Lai also admitted it. After all, it was impossible for him to say that he encountered wild boars outside every time.

"What are you doing here this time? Is my little brat going to the city as well?"

Old Master Wu knew that two people from the He family had already been imprisoned, and it was his own family's turn.

"Almost. This time there are two more spots. Grandpa and grandpa, you can each take one. You can decide who will go. Come to the city to find me the day after tomorrow."

He Lai said with a smile.

"What! Xiao Laizi, you are becoming more and more capable. Are you planning to bring all the kids from your grandparents' families into the city?"

Mr. He said in surprise that the speed of the work these days was too fast.

Old Master Wu was also stunned. It was not good for this grandson to be too capable. He only had two grandsons and one granddaughter. If these two went to the city, there would be no one left at home.

"Hehe, anyway, that's the matter, you guys handle it. Grandpa and grandma, I have to go back, otherwise it will be dark when I get to the city."

He Lai didn't want to decide which child should go, so he asked them themselves.

"Okay, you go back, we'll discuss it ourselves." Old Master He didn't want to keep He Lai. After all, both of their spouses were in the city, and there was nothing at home to entertain He Lai, so he didn't want to delay He Lai's return.

After He Lai left, the two old men started chatting.

"Old man Wu, who are you going to let in your family?" Old man He asked first.

"We had originally agreed to let Xiao Shengzi go, but now there's one more person. It's difficult! We can only draw lots."

Old Master Wu sighed and said that he was actually very conflicted. He wanted his grandchildren to stay, but he also wanted them to move to the city. After all, they couldn't get enough to eat in the countryside.

"Draw lots, I'll let them draw lots too." When Mr. He heard this idea, whoever draws the lot gets it! He still has four on his side, so it's really hard to give it to them.

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He Lai returned to the city and went to Feng's Clinic first. After all, he had to ask Old Man Feng for help with the tiger bone wine, and he must be an expert in this stuff.

When He Lai placed the two bones and two bottles of Dongjiu on the stone table, Old Master Feng was stunned.

"Is this a tiger bone? Where did it come from?" Old Master Feng asked immediately. He was obviously interested and picked up the tiger bone to look at it carefully.

"I went to the countryside today and collected it from hunters. How is it? Master, can you help me arrange some tiger bone wine?"

He Lai said with a smile.

"Okay, give me a hundred dollars and I'll reluctantly help you arrange it."

Old Master Feng smiled and continued looking at the tiger bones. He hadn't seen such a good thing for a long time.

"Okay, I'll give it to your master." He Lai immediately took out a hundred yuan and placed it on the stone table.

Tiger bone wine requires a large amount of high-concentration pure grain wine and many kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs. It is best to let Grandpa Feng make it, saving me the trouble of looking for wine and medicinal herbs myself.

"Okay, the old man is busy now. You can bring me some wine, but if you have any problems, just go and solve them yourself!"

Old Master Feng held the tiger bone in one hand and the Dongjiu in the other, said something and went into the house.

He Lai smiled helplessly. It seemed that Mr. Feng didn't like him anymore, so he decided to go see Mr. Zhou.

Mr. Zhou's House

"Grandpa Zhou, see that? It's authentic bison meat!" He Lai took out a piece of front loin meat and showed it to the old couple Zhou.

"Hey, you kid, you didn't get an old ox to cheat on the old man, did you?"

Mr. Zhou said as he looked at the beef on the table.

"Tsk, Grandma Zhou, if he doesn't believe it, don't give it to him. We can eat it ourselves."

He Lai was so angry that he laughed. How dare someone question his bison meat?

"Okay, grandma will make it for you now." Old Mrs. Zhou said with a smile.

"I'll go with you. I'm good at cooking this beef." He Lai picked up the bag and went to the kitchen with Old Mrs. Zhou.

I must prepare a piece of steak for myself today. After all, this is the best bison meat that you won’t be able to eat in later generations.

He Lai quickly cut out three pieces of steak, processed them briefly, coated them with some salt and pepper, and started frying them.

Since there is no butter, I have to use soybean oil instead. Anyway, the beef should be eaten in its original flavor, as long as you can chew it.

Soon the three steaks were ready.

"Let's go, Grandma Zhou, and eat beef!"

"It's ready now? Why not fry it a little longer?" Old Mrs. Zhou was a little skeptical. It was only fried for a few minutes.

"No need to stir-fry, just fry it. The beef is so tender that foreigners even eat it raw."

"Really? Okay, let's listen to Xiao Laizi."

On the table

There was a large steak in front of all three of them.

"Wow, they're serving Western food! It looks pretty good." Mr. Zhou had obviously eaten it before. After all, as such a high-ranking leader, he must have some knowledge about food.

Old Mrs. Zhou didn't know how to eat it. Such a big piece of meat should be cut with a knife.

"Grandpa Zhou, let's have a competition to see who eats faster." He Lai grabbed the steak and said with a smile.

"Okay, come on." Seeing He Lai grab the steak to provoke him, Mr. Zhou also picked up the steak.

"Began to eat!"

He Lai took a bite first. Hmm, not bad, very smooth and tender. It was delicious indeed.

"Well, this beef is good. It's much better than the ones I ate before."

Mr. Zhou also had his mouth full of food, but he also liked the feeling of eating meat with both hands.

"Is it delicious? It's much better than your old ox." He Lai joked.

"You kid, you're making fun of an old man." Old Master Zhou chewed with a smile.

"Grandma Zhou, just use chopsticks to pick up the food and eat it." He Lai suggested seeing that Grandma Zhou didn't eat, probably because she thought that the two of them were eating too rudely.

"Don't worry about me, just enjoy your meal." Old Mrs. Zhou said casually as she watched the two, one big and one small, stuffing beef into their mouths.

After a while, He Lai and Mr. Zhou finished their steaks one after another.

"Yeah, not bad, not bad. I haven't had such a good meal in a long time. It would be even better if I drink some wine now."

After licking his hands, Mr. Zhou sighed without any embarrassment.

"You old man, it's good to have some meat, drink less wine, and forget that you just got out of the hospital!"

When Old Mrs. Zhou heard that she still wanted to drink, she immediately objected.

He Lai also licked his hands like Mr. Zhou.

"That's right, what's so good about wine? It's spicy, choking, and hard to swallow. I don't like drinking. Don't worry, Grandma Zhou, I will never bring him wine!"

"Well, Xiao Lai is still sensible!" Old Mrs. Zhou felt more confident when she heard He Lai say that.

"Hey, you two are wearing the same pants. What's wrong with an old man wanting to drink some wine? What's the point of living if you can't drink or smoke!"

Mr. Zhou scolded with a smile.

"It's pretty exciting. I just want something delicious." He Lai thinks that in this era, anything delicious is enough! Forget about liquor, beer can still satisfy your cravings, but it will take a few more years for beer to become popular.