Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

The next day, Hu Xia got up early and helped the three aunts to make breakfast.

Seeing how diligent and sensible Hu Xia was, the third aunt was smiling so hard that she could hardly stop. This would save her a lot of effort in the future.

There's no way around it. This is how the Yan family is. The housework is basically done by the third aunt alone. Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang both have to go out to work, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi both have to go to school, and Yan Fugui is the head of the family.

Now that there is an extra person named Hu Xia who is capable of working, she is very unhappy. Last night she was still thinking about how to discipline Hu Xia. Now, without her saying anything, her daughter-in-law started doing it.

At the dinner table, as usual, each person had a sweet potato and a bowl of cornmeal porridge.

Yan Fugui was still counting the gains and losses last night and found that he had made a small profit. After all, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong still gave him two dollars, plus the money from the friends invited by Yan Jiecheng and his wife, he calculated that he still made a lot of money from this wedding banquet.

"Okay, from now on, the eldest and his wife will live in the front room, and you, the third brother, will move in with your second brother. Jie Di is a girl after all, and it will be inconvenient for her to grow up, so let her live in her own room."

Yan Fugui arranged two small rooms.

"I understand, Dad." Yan Jiekuang had no complaints. It was almost the same whether he lived with Yan Jiefang or Yan Jiedi.

Yan Jiedi was quite happy as she could live alone from now on.

"The eldest daughter-in-law, you should help run the household from now on, do more housework, and do some odd jobs at the street office when you have time."

Yan Fugui turned around and gave instructions to Hu Xia.

"I know, Dad. I will," said Hu Xia.

"That's good. Eat, eat, and after eating, go to work or school."

Seeing that Hu Xia was quite sensible, Yan Fugui didn't say anything and waved his hand to announce that the meal was ready.

……

He Lai was expecting something to happen at Yan Fugui's house yesterday, but unfortunately nothing happened, which made him a little disappointed. He spent the whole afternoon at Wu Juan's place for nothing. Instead, He Lai himself was almost driven crazy by the little girl Wu'er. Children are still difficult to raise! If I had known earlier, I would have gone back to sleep!

He Lai finally understood that there were not many intrigues in this Qingman Siheyuan. Ever since Jia Zhang disappeared, things had become too peaceful.

In the following days, He Lai started his own paddling journey again.

During this period, apart from providing pork to Li Huaide and Fengzeyuan once, nothing major bothered him.

It wasn't until April that the arrival of the Spring Canton Fair broke He Lai's boring life.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill held another meeting to discuss the list of participants for this spring Canton Fair.

I don’t know if Director Yang, Secretary Feng, and Li Huaide reached some agreement, but this Canton Fair is under the personal supervision of Director Yang, and the people who will accompany him are also decided by Director Yang himself.

The people selected by Director Yang were all model workers and relatives of some leaders. He Lai was naturally also on Director Yang's invitation list.

Just when He Lai was hesitating whether to go, Zhang Zhiwen came over.

"Come on, come with me to the Canton Fair this time."

"Brother Zhiwen, I've only been to the Canton Fair once. It's still the same thing if I go again. It's better to let others go."

He Lai has no interest in going to Hong Kong City, and there is nothing to do, so it is better to stay at home and enjoy the peace.

"No, just take me with you. Otherwise, it would be so boring if I go alone!"

Zhang Zhiwen said with a begging look on his face.

"Hey, you're going to have fun! It's not that I don't want to go, but we don't have any new products. If we go, we'll still have the same old things. Those foreign merchants already know about it. Hasn't your lighter factory been producing all the time? Why, too few orders?"

He Lai said speechlessly.

"Hi, I have a lot of orders. I just want to go to Guangcheng for a stroll. I don't have anyone to go with me, so I wanted to find you to go with me."

Zhang Zhiwen said honestly.

In fact, he wanted to go last time, but he had just married Song Xue and they were very affectionate with each other, so he didn't go. But it turned out to be a great success, which made him envy him to death.

"Who is on the list going this time?" He Lai asked.

"I don't know exactly who they are, but there are two people in the machine repair shop who you're definitely interested in, Liang Ladi and Ding Qiunan!"

Zhang Zhiwen smiled, after all, he knew that He Lai was familiar with them both!

"What? Why are there two of them?" He Lai asked in surprise.

"Why else? Because she's beautiful. Didn't you say you wanted to find some beautiful women to attract foreign businessmen? Everyone will remember them!"

Zhang Zhiwen laughed.

"Don't talk nonsense, I just said that foreign businessmen are more willing to buy when they see beautiful girls!"

He Lai quickly explained.

"Okay, I'm not talking nonsense. This time, eight girls will go. We only have a few pretty girls in our steel mill, Qin Huairu and Qin Yuru. They can't leave because their children are still young. Those who went last time can't go again, so they're going to other branches.

Liang Ladi is a model worker and she is beautiful, so she was naturally chosen. Not to mention Ding Qiunan, whose pretty face is unmatched in the entire steel mill."

Zhang Zhiwen laughed.

"Why go so far?" He Lai said speechlessly.

"That's nonsense. We received so many orders last time. This time our lighter factory is well prepared. We have prepared 200,000 lighters of various models, so naturally we have more people.

We are also planning to bring over a thousand of our grinding mills.”

Zhang Zhiwen explained.

When He Lai heard this, he realized that this was the case. No wonder Director Yang wanted to go in person and bring so many people with him!

"Are you going or not?"

"Ah? Then go ahead." He Lai spread his hands.

"I knew you would go when you heard there was a beautiful lady there! No wonder Song Xue and the others said you are a playboy!"

Zhang Zhiwen laughed.

"Don't talk nonsense, what do you mean by a playboy? Is that a word you can use? I'm a man with a fiancée!"

"Okay, okay, you have a fiancée and I have a wife! Okay, I'm leaving. You get ready. I'm leaving." Seeing that He Lai agreed, Zhang Zhiwen left.

He Lai began to think. Since he was going, he naturally had to go to the port city, otherwise it would be a wasted trip.

He Lai is now thinking that it has been almost half a year and he still doesn't know whether his little boy Zixuan has been taking good care of his purse for him.

After work, He Lai went to the machine repair shop.

Liang Ladi's Home

"I knew you were going to come. It's about the Canton Fair, right? If your boss tells you to go, then go. There are so many subsidies. I'd be a fool not to go. So are you going?"

Liang Ladi asked with a smile.

"As for me, I think I'll go too. Sister Liang, what about your child?"

He Lai asked.

"It's okay. Nan Yi, Da Wa, and Xiao Cao are all here. They'll help keep an eye on it. Nothing will happen. They probably wish their mother, me, wasn't here."

Liang Ladi said with a smile.

"Mom, I want to go too." Xiu'er said.

"Go away, you little girl. Do you think your mother is going to play? I'm going to work!" Liang Ladi pinched Xiu'er's nose and said with a smile.

"Uncle Lai, can I go?" Seeing that her mother did not agree, Xiu'er asked He Lai.

"Uh... I guess we can only go there when Xiu'er grows up!"

He Lai said.

"Ah, that will take a long, long time." Xiu'er said sadly.

"He Lai, why don't you talk to your leader and let me go too?" Nan Yi said from the side.

"Uh... Nan Yi, I guess you can't go."

"What?"

"Why do you say that?" He Lai just looked at Nan Yi with a smile.

"How should I know!" Nan Yi felt puzzled.

"You are stupid. He said it was about your composition problem. Did you forget why your work grade couldn't be promoted?"

Liang Ladi reminded.

Nan Yi understood immediately and was immediately deflated. It turned out to be a problem with his class background! He was a rich peasant, and he certainly couldn't change that. After all, his father was the descendant of the shopkeeper of Ya Ke Ju Nan Da.

Places like the Canton Fair have very strict political review of workers, and it is absolutely impossible for them to allow a rich peasant to participate.

"Okay, Nan Yi, just stay here and don't worry, Doctor Ding will take good care of you! Sister Liang, I'm leaving now."

After He finished speaking, he left with a smile.