Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

When they arrived at the courtyard, Xu Damao didn't even say hello to He Lai and ran straight back home.

He Lai walked slowly towards his home and found that Xu Damao had already taken the bowl and came over.

Xu Damao secretly handed over a box wrapped in cloth, and He Lai calmly put it into his schoolbag.

"Yushui, come here quickly. Master specially brought you pig's trotters today. Come and eat them."

Then he filled Xu Damao's bowl with the food from the other two lunch boxes, leaving more than half of the food in both lunch boxes.

Xu Damao took the bowl and left.

Wu Juan got out of bed with Xiao Yushui and came over. When she saw the pig's trotter, she wanted to eat it immediately. He Lai stopped her, "Sister Yushui, you have to wash your hands before eating!" Xiao Yushui pouted.

"Only you can do it! Only you can do it, right?" Wu Juan scolded with a smile, then took He Lai and Xiao Yushui to go wash their hands.

Soon, each of the three people had a pig's trotter, and the two little ones were very satisfied. As usual, Wu Juan finished her own and also cleaned up the two little ones'. Not to waste it!

"Yushui, come here, I'll take you to help you digest your food." Little Yushui didn't want to go. After all, her father was gone.

"It's okay, you're here, brother. I'll protect you."

"it is good!"

He Lai took Xiao Yushui's hand and walked out of the courtyard, came to Damao's house, and saw them eating. He knocked on the door.

"Xiao Yushui, Xiao Laizi, come in, come in. Have you eaten? Let's eat together." Aunt Xu greeted them warmly.

"No, thank you, Aunt Xu."

"Hurry up and sit down. Hurry up and sit down. What are you standing there for? Go get a bowl and chopsticks." Aunt Xu kicked Xu Damao.

"You two should behave yourself! Can you wipe the grease off your lips after telling lies?" Xu Damao sighed and stood up to get chopsticks and a bowl.

"Aunt Xu, where's Uncle Xu?"

"Your Uncle Xu is going to the countryside to show a movie."

"Oh, Sister Zhaodi, is the food delicious?" He stuffed two White Rabbit milk candies into Zhaodi's pocket.

"Meat, delicious! Thank you, Brother Lai." Zhaodi said happily. Since Xu Damao started fishing with He Lai, there has been a delicious dish every day.

"Eat, don't be polite, just like at home." Aunt Xu said.

"Yes, eat quickly, eat quickly, there are plenty of steamed buns at Brother Damao's house! Eat!" Xu Damao cheered.

Xiao Yushui secretly pulled He Lai's sleeve. He Lai gave him a reassuring look.

"Aunt Xu, actually it's my brother Zhuzi who is inviting my brother Damao to dinner. Brother Zhuzi asked me to treat him." He Lai said.

"Oh, so that's the case. Then let's go. Damao, don't eat anymore. Zhuzi has asked Xiaolaizi to treat you to a meal. What are you going to eat at home?" Aunt Xu took the chopsticks and steamed bun from Xu Damao's hand.

Xu Damao cried. He Yuzhu invited me to dinner. Mother, you believe this nonsense. Am I still your biological child?

He Lai signaled to Xiao Yushui, and the two of them took Xu Damao's hands and walked out.

The three of them came to Sha Zhu's house. Sha Zhu was already at home, but Qin Huairu was not there.

"Brother Zhuzi, where is your sister-in-law?" He Lai asked.

"I went to your house. I came over with a lunch box. Didn't you see it?" Sha Zhu said.

"I missed it. I just went to Damao's house." He Lai used sign language to make a cross with Xu Damao.

Xu Damao reacted and coughed twice.

"Um...Brother Zhuzi, do you have money on hand? Lend me 100,000 yuan, and I'll pay you back next week."

"What? What the hell? You want to borrow money from me? How can I have any money? My pockets are cleaner than my face. I don't have 10 yuan. Do you want 10 slaps?" Sha Zhu didn't give him any face at all.

"Brother Zhuzi, I actually wanted to borrow money, but I didn't feel comfortable borrowing from you. So I wanted to borrow from Brother Damao, but it turned out that Damao gave all the money to his mother."

"Hey, it's no big deal. I'll go ask your sister-in-law for it later. You know that your brother Zhuzi has no money on him, but don't worry, your sister-in-law will definitely give it to you." Sha Zhu promised.

Xu Damao was speechless. Was this a win or a loss?

"Come on, come on, come on, let's go to my house and talk."

"Hey, wait a minute, I've washed the vegetables and I'm just waiting to cook them!"

"It's okay, I have a fish waiting for you to cook at home!"

"Hey, okay, let's go." Sha Zhu picked up Xiao Yu Shui and left.

When I arrived at the He family, Qin Huairu was eating and chatting with Wu Juan.

"Hi, wife, why are you eating? I was waiting for you to cook together." Qin Huairu felt embarrassed instantly.

"Hey, Zhuzi, what are you talking about? Without Huairu, you can't cook? I asked Huairu to eat here, what do you think?" Wu Juan is now in a bad mood. Qin Huairu covered her mouth and laughed secretly after hearing this.

"I...how dare I!"

"Brother Zhuzi, stop talking and let's go. The fish will die soon."

He Lai took Sha Zhu to see the fish.

"Wow, such a big crab. That's amazing. Brother Zhuzi will make you a steamed crab. It will be delicious."

"I think it works!"

After saying that, He Lai took Xiao Yushui out.

"Xu Damao, where are you going? Light the fire. I'll clean it up quickly." Sha Zhu called Xu Damao while cleaning the fish.

Don't cry! You should be able to eat.

The three of them outside were listening to Xiao Yushui singing a nursery rhyme. It sounded really nice.

"A group of ducks swam under the bridge in front of the door..."

(Readers can listen to the nursery rhymes and feel them for themselves.)

Outside, they were laughing and joking, while inside, two grown men were cooking with empty stomachs. What a great man!

Soon, the steamed Chinese chili peppers were served on the table. The steamed Chinese chili peppers exuding an alluring aroma made people salivate.

"Everyone, come and try it!" Wu Juan said enthusiastically, and took the lead in picking up a piece of fresh and tender fish meat and feeding it to Xiao Yu Shui, who took it and started chewing.

"Hmm... so delicious!" Yu Shui smiled with satisfaction and praised the dish highly.

Seeing this, the others also picked up their chopsticks and reached for the plate of steamed crabs. For a moment, the dining table was filled with laughter and the aroma of delicious food.

Xiao Yushui and He Lai only ate some jiaozui, after all, they had already eaten. Xu Damao and Sha Zhu ate braised pork and fish-flavored pork shreds, after all, they knew that these were the dishes cooked by Master Hu. The two of them also fought fiercely. They almost fought with chopsticks. In the end, Wu Juan hit two chopsticks with one chopstick, and they calmed down.

"Yu Shui, don't learn from your brothers Zhuzi and Damao, it's embarrassing. Learn from your brother Lai, it's just some food, right?" He Lai taught little Yu Shui like an old man.

"Yeah, yeah." Xiao Yushui is always so cooperative.

Xu Damao looked at them with disdain, as the two well-fed guys were pretending to be so. "No, the last piece of meat is mine!" He and Sha Zhu started fighting over it again.

Finally, Wu Juan gave it to Qin Huairu.

Clean plate! These two shameless guys were not reserved at all and even wiped up the soup with steamed buns.

He Lai and Xiao Yushui are in the same bathtub again. There is no other way (saving water is everyone's responsibility!)

The two of them dipped their mouths into the water, blowing bubbles continuously, making popping sounds, and pushing the water at each other. It was really fun.

After the two little ones finished washing, they squeezed into Wu Juan's bed to wash away Xiao Yushui's longing for He Daqing.

He Lai was in the innermost, Yu Shui was in the middle, and Wu Juan was protecting the two little ones.

He Lai wrote something on the back of Xiao Yu Shui and asked Xiao Yu Shui to guess what it was. The two kids had a lot of fun playing.

Finally, we fell asleep together...