Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

In this way, an afternoon passed and the harvest was great. He Lai caught 22 fish, almost 30 jin. Sha Zhu caught two more grass carps. Unfortunately, the last fishing line broke, which was a pity. In this way, the three grass carps weighed 3 jin.

So the three of them decided to go to the market to sell fish. After all, fish could still be bought and sold in 1950. Yu Shui lay on Sha Zhu's back to show that she was tired and wanted to rest. It must be said that Sha Zhu was in good health. He held his sister and carried most of the fish in one hand without any effort. He could only carry a little bit himself.

Arriving at the market, they started bargaining like crazy with the aunties. It was so interesting. The aunties were all attracted by He Lai's calls of "sister" and paid money one after another. Sha Zhu handed over the fish like a mummy. There was nothing he could do. Sha Zhu was just like that. He was born to be unable to fight against women.

They left behind a 7-8 catties grass carp and 6 crucian carps, and asked Sha Zhu to use the money to buy 2 catties of meat, 4 pig's trotters, 2 pork elbows and some vegetables. The remaining 3 yuan was divided equally among the three of them.

Sha Zhu was unwilling to take advantage of He Lai and insisted on not accepting the money, but He Lai insisted and in the end the 2 yuan went into Yu Shui's pocket. Yu Shui was still confused, but did not struggle, after all, it was given to him by his brother He Lai.

The three of them returned to the courtyard, and Yan Fugui saw the fish in Shazhu's bucket and the vegetables in Helai's hand. He smiled and said hello, "Shazhu, Xiaolai, how many fish did you catch? That's amazing!"

"Isn't it awesome, Mr. Yan? Is this fishing skill much better than yours? Hehehe," Sha Zhu said proudly.

Yan Fugui was not angry. He was also trying hard to eat. "Great, great. I have a bottle of good wine. Let's drink some together then."

Sha Zhu rolled his eyes and said, "You... who do you think can drink more among the three of us?" He turned around and took the two children into the middle courtyard.

"Hey, even if you can't drink, you can at least chat. If that doesn't work, let my family clean the fish for you. Just give me some fish!" Sha Zhui didn't even respond, just waved his hand and ignored him.

There's no other way, this kind of thing has to be done by Shazhu, and sometimes being unscrupulous can be so useful.

The three of them came to Sha Zhu's house and began to discuss how to prepare delicious food in the afternoon.

"Brother Zhuzi, let's cook the dishes at your house. After all, you have everything in the kitchen. Yushui and I will help you, but there's no guarantee that we can help. Can you have it at my house when the time comes? After all, my father just passed away, and I want to make my mother happy." He Lai said embarrassedly.

After all, I really don't know how to do it. At most, I can just light a fire.

"No problem, leave it to me." It was a rare opportunity for Sha Zhu to handle food, so the job was naturally no problem for him. After all, he was also responsible for preparing food in Fengze Garden.

The three of them rested for a while and then started to get busy. The steel mill would be closed in more than an hour.

"Brother Zhuzi, we can't finish all these dishes. Why don't we invite the deaf old lady and Aunt Yi as well? After all, Yu Shui was taken care of by Aunt Yi before."

"Okay, no problem. You decide!" Sha Zhu was still heartless.

"Okay, then Yu Shui and I will go call some help. Yu Shui and I can't help here anyway, so I'll call the old lady and Aunt Yi to help you. Hehe." After saying that, he took Yu Shui and walked towards Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Auntie Yi, are you there?" He knocked on the door, but no one answered. She must be at the deaf old lady's. Then he ran to the backyard again.

"Old lady, Aunt Yi, are you there?" He Lai knocked.

"Yes, come in, Xiao Laizi, Xiao Yushui, what's the matter? Why did you think of coming to see grandma?" The deaf old lady looked kind and amiable.

"It's like this. Today, Zhuzi, Yushui and I went fishing. We also bought some meat and vegetables. We plan to invite Madam and Aunt Yi to our yard for dinner later. By the way, we want the old lady to taste Zhuzi's cooking, hehe." He Lai and Yushui came in and bowed.

"Little Laizi has grown up, not bad, not bad, he is really filial. When the time comes, I and your Aunt Yi will definitely go!"

"Okay, then Yu Shui and I will go first." After saying that, he went to move the table with a smile. Then he turned back and smiled at Aunt Yi, "Aunt Yi, can you help Brother Zhuzi? Yu Shui and I can't help."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Aunt Yi was also very happy after hearing that the two little ones also invited her. After all, she didn't have any children, so she was particularly concerned about them. She put down her needlework, said hello to the old lady, and went out to Sha Zhu's house.

The two little guys started moving the table and chairs, and wiped them. After all, inviting people to dinner should be done in a decent manner.

After finishing their work, the two men went to the deaf old lady's house and helped her sit down and wait for the meal to start.

The three of them chatted and laughed, listening to the old lady telling interesting stories from her youth. It was very lively.

The deaf old lady looked at He Lai and probably knew a little bit about why He Lai invited her to dinner today. After all, she had been through a lot and knew that He Lai's family might need her help. She also enjoyed it.

Soon the dishes were ready one after another, and the two little guys started working as waiters. They only heard scolding when they passed by Jia's house, but it didn't have much impact.

He Lai also asked Aunt Yi to save some food for Uncle Yi. After all, they didn't want to invite Yi Zhonghai today. This was the only way. After all, there were three women here, plus two children and Sha Zhu. I don't know if He Daqing will come back.

Soon the workers came back one after another. Wu Juan was eager to go home. When she saw her son had prepared a large table of food for her, she was about to cry. She kept praising He Lai. Everyone responded with a smile.

Later, Yi Zhonghai came back and found out that his wife went to He's house for dinner without inviting him, and he was a little unhappy. But later he said that Sha Zhu had specially saved some food for him and didn't say anything.

In this way, the four adults and two children began to eat. It must be said that Sha Zhu's cooking skills are still very good. The deaf old lady was very satisfied with the food and became more determined to tie Sha Zhu to her retirement boat. She kept praising Sha Zhu, and Sha Zhu also accepted it enthusiastically.

Just then, He Daqing came over from the central courtyard with a lunch box.

"Old lady, let me add two more dishes for you. Do you mind?"

"What are you talking about? Xiao Laizi and Sha Zhuzi invited me, an old woman, to dinner today. I didn't know if you would come back today, so I didn't wait for you."

After all, He Daqing often doesn't come back, so it's no one else's fault.

There were still a lot of dishes left to eat, so He Lai said, "Uncle He, I'll go get Uncle Yi and the others for you so you can have a drink together. Let's try Brother Zhuzi's cooking."

"Okay, Xiao Laizi, I won't be polite then!" He Daqing started to move the tables, after all, he needed more people.

In this way, He Lai invited Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Xu Fugui. Among these three, Yi Zhonghai has prestige, while Liu Haizhong and Xu Fugui are in the backyard and can take care of their own families.

The three grown men were not stingy people, they each brought some food and wine, and the four grown men plus Shazhu started drinking. Of course, Shazhu could only drink secretly, after all, he was not old enough, and chatted. Everyone knew that the three little ones had done so many things today, and they praised them again and again.

Wu Juan looked at He Lai with a serious face. After all, going to the river touched her bottom line. She hugged He Lai, who was gnawing on pig's trotters head to head with Yu Shui, and started to scold him.

Although she didn't want to scold her son in front of outsiders, she also wanted her son to know her attitude. Yu Shui looked at He Lai who was brought by Aunt He. Aunt Yi smiled and also hugged Yu Shui in her arms.