Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Mom, what's wrong? Isn't our son back?" He Lai saw that Wu Juan was a little unhappy, so he asked.

"Didn't mom ask you to come back earlier? Why is your dad the only one back? It shouldn't take so long to go to Grandpa Zhou's place! Mom cooked a table full of dishes, but no one is eating them!"

Wu Juan said angrily.

"Ah, I don't know. At that time, I gave the things to Dad, and then told him that I was going to Mr. Zhou's place, and then I left. Didn't I hear what Dad said to me?"

He Lai spread his hands and could only pretend that he didn't know and put all the blame on his father. Anyway, his father was on duty at the steel rolling mill, so he had to take the blame!

"Okay, he dared to lie to me! No wonder after dinner, he said he had to go to the steel mill to work. It turns out he was hiding from me. Let's see how I'll deal with him when he comes back!"

When Wu Juan heard what He Lai said, she believed it immediately and added another entry for He Zhan in her little notebook!

"Mom, what happened to my two eagles?" He Lai saw that Wu Juan was a little angry with her father, so he quickly changed the subject.

"What else can I do? I'm just staying in the kitchen! When Yu Shui comes back on weekends, I'll take him out for a spin."

Wu Juan replied, then turned around and thought of He Zhan's words, and asked again: "By the way, Xiao Laizi, didn't your father say that you brought back two children? Where are they? Why didn't you bring them back?"

"They were adopted by Mr. Zhou and his family and are staying there temporarily."

He Lai replied truthfully.

"That's fine. Are you still hungry? Do you want to eat more?"

Wu Juan nodded and said.

"Forget it. It's eight o'clock. It's time to go to bed. I'll take the two eagles back first."

He Lai thought about it and finally refused.

"Okay, then take a shower and go to bed early. Mom has already cleaned up the room for you."

"Thank you, mother!"

"Alright, alright, you're old enough, and you're still hugging mom!"

……

In this way, He Lai took the two golden eagles back to his house.

After entering the bedroom and locking the door, He Lai couldn't wait to enter the space.

As soon as the two golden eagles entered the space, they immediately became extremely excited! They had suffered a lot from Wu Juan these days, especially from Wu'er, the little ancestor, who always took advantage of Wu Juan's inattention to crawl over and bully them. They didn't dare to resist, and they didn't know how many of their eagle feathers had been plucked out!

He Lai also knew that they were suffering, so he specially prepared some venison for them to satisfy their cravings.

He Lai also lay in the small room in the space and had a sound sleep.

……

Early the next morning, Wu Juan brought Wu'er over.

"Mom, you don't want me to take Wu'er with you again, do you?" He Lai said with a wry smile.

"What's wrong? Are you wronged by having to take care of your own sister?" Wu Juan rolled her eyes at He Lai.

"Brother! Brother!" Wu'er was extremely happy when she saw He Lai, and she clapped her hands and shouted.

"Hey, look at you. I told you not to put two eagles in the bedroom, but you didn't listen! Isn't it dirty?"

As Wu Juan spoke, she put Wu'er on He Lai's bed, picked up the two golden eagles and walked towards the kitchen.

He Lai was stunned. This old lady is so fierce. She grabbed a golden eagle of this size with each hand and carried it away by the wings! It seems that she does this a lot.

"Hold me, hold me!" Wu'er shouted on He Lai's bed.

"Okay, my little ancestor, can't you just let me, your big brother, go?"

He Lai picked up Wu'er helplessly, walked out of the room, and returned to Yard 95 with Wu Juan.

After breakfast, the two little ones, Nannan and Xier, also came over!

He Lai feels that taking care of a baby is a bit hard! It would be better to go to work!

She lay on the swing in the yard, letting Nannan and Xier play with Wuer.

After lunch, He Lai took Golden Eagle out on a bicycle ride.

He Lai went straight to Hejia Village, where a large group of old men were still gathered at the entrance of the village.

"Grandpa, grandpa, are you waiting for the wild boar again?" He Lai joked.

"Little Lai, hurry up and let the eagle out to catch something. Grandpa is almost starving."

When Mr. He saw He Lai coming with the golden eagle, he quickly spoke.

"Uh... okay." He Lai had no choice but to throw the two golden eagles into the sky and let them hunt.

"Grandpa, why is there still a famine? Have you finished eating the sweet potatoes and potatoes?" He Lai came to Grandpa He and asked.

"Well, someone leaked the news that our village had a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes, so a bunch of people from the commune came and took away a small half of them!

Food is a bit tight now, and we haven’t hunted any wild boars recently, so we’re going to be hungry.”

Mr. He explained.

He Lai understood immediately after hearing this. Originally, they had meat and oil to eat, so they were naturally full. But now there was less food and less meat, so naturally there was not enough to eat.

"Grandpa, don't worry. My two golden eagles will definitely yield some rewards. Let's wait."

He Lai comforted.

"Okay, okay, we'll wait." Mr. He said with a smile.

"Hey, little Laizi, can you give us old guys a bite of the prey you caught?"

An old man spoke.

"Uh, you should ask my grandfather about that. I can't make the decision."

He Lai scratched his head and said awkwardly.

"Okay, okay, what do you old guys mean by asking about my grandson? Do you think I don't exist? If you want to eat meat, bring your good wine to my house and drink it!"

Mr. He said proudly.

"Okay, okay, when we catch something, we'll definitely bring some wine to your place to drink."

The old man immediately said happily, and the other old men nodded.

"Grandpa, why are you smoking again? Give it to me, I'll take it away! I'll give you some candy to sweeten your mouth."

He Lai came to Mr. Wu, snatched his pipe, and stuffed a handful of candy into his pocket.

"You kid, do you think I'm a three-year-old kid and you're still eating candy?" Old Master Wu glared at He Lai and scolded him with a smile.

"No, give it back to me."

"Bullshit!" Old Master Wu stuffed the candy directly into the inner pocket of his clothes. This milk candy is good stuff.

"Hey, little Laizi, can you help me get some snowflakes?"

An old man said a little embarrassedly.

"What is snowflake candy?" He Lai asked curiously.

"It's the deworming candy. It looks a bit like snowflakes. The doctor at the clinic said that if you eat this, it will help pull out the worms in your child's stomach and cure the disease."

The old man explained.

"Yes, yes, Xiao Laizi, please help me get some of this stuff over here. All the kids in our village want it."

Mr. He also echoed.

As soon as He Lai heard the word "worm candy", he knew what it was. It turned out to be pagoda candy!

As the name suggests, pagoda candy is shaped like a pagoda and its surface looks like snowflakes, so it is also called snowflake candy.

Of course, people in rural areas prefer to call it "worm-killing candy". After all, its function is to kill the worms in the stomach and expel them from the body.

He Lai often ate this candy when he was a child in his previous life. It tasted sweet and was quite good.

I heard that this thing was also introduced from the Russians. It is specially used to treat roundworms in the stomach. After eating the pagoda candy, the roundworms can be pulled out.

In those days, supplies were scarce, especially in rural areas. People ate everything and stuffed everything unclean into their mouths.

Children in particular, who play in the mud and drink dirty water every day and do not pay attention to hygiene, are easily invaded by roundworms.

This has led to most rural people suffering from ascariasis.

Ascaris parasitizes in the human intestines and competes with the body for nutrients.

A large number of roundworms gathered together can block the intestines and cause intestinal obstruction.

Some roundworms can burrow into the gallbladder, causing severe pain and jaundice in the right upper abdomen.

Some roundworms can drill into the pancreas and cause pancreatitis; some roundworms can drill into the appendix and cause appendicitis.

Therefore, adults and children infected with roundworms all have pale faces, thin bodies and are malnourished.

Children often also experience symptoms such as irritability, teeth grinding, and diarrhea.

If you have ascariasis, you will not grow even if you eat a lot, which will inevitably affect your development.

That’s why children in rural areas are much thinner than ordinary children, as all their nutrition is taken away by these things!

"Okay, I'll go to the state-owned store for you tomorrow and buy it for you if there's any."

He Lai said.

"Thank you, thank you. Now my grandchildren won't have stomachaches anymore."

The old man was grateful. The others were also very grateful. After all, it was a difficult time now. They, the rural people, didn't have the sugar coupons to buy this. Basically, they just had to endure it.