Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

My beloved, you finally betrayed me... I am going to find my Hua Pangpang, because she only has eyes for me.

He slept until dawn, and Yu Shui lay beside He Lai without disturbing him.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Yushui lying on his stomach reading a comic book. He deliberately turned over and wrapped Xiao Yushui in a blanket, and the two of them played together.

After washing up, he came over and drank the porridge.

"It's so late and you've just got up. If Huairu and Zhuzi weren't here, I would have given you a beating." Wu Juan glanced at He Lai and continued to mend cloth shoes.

He Lai is now thick-skinned and continues to play with Xiao Yushui.

"Brother Zhuzi, let's go fishing." He Lai encouraged Sha Zhuzi.

"Okay, let's walk."

...

"Brother Damao, let's go and celebrate our summer vacation."

After a while, Sha Zhu took Xiao Yushui, and Xu Damao took He Lai to Shichahai.

More and more people came. After searching for a long time but couldn't find a seat, the four of them went to the fisherman Old Man Zhang's house. After all, his thatched hut was right upstairs.

"Grandpa Zhang, Xiao Laizi is here." He Lai stepped forward and greeted him.

"Are you here to fish? Just fish here at this old man's place, no one else comes." Old man Zhang said to He while sorting out the hooks.

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhang." After expressing their gratitude, several people began their daily routine of making nests.

After a while, everyone sat down and started fishing.

"Brother Zhuzi, Brother Damao, there seem to be a lot more people in the courtyard recently." He Lai spoke first.

"Yes, I heard from my wife that two households have moved into the middle courtyard and three households have moved into the front courtyard. It's almost full, and the only house left is the back house." Sha Zhu continued.

"Do you know who they are?" He Lai continued to answer.

"They all fled from other places. I know them from the Intermediate Court. One family is an old man in his 50s with two children aged 6 or 7, a boy and a girl. The boy's name is Hu Zi and the girl's name is Chun Er. The other family is a young couple in their 20s with a 3-year-old baby." Sha Zhu finished speaking in one breath.

"Brother Damao, don't the people in the front yard know?"

"Hey, your brother Damao was too busy to notice!"

"What are you busy with? They are all excuses. You just keep looking around. If I catch you peeking at my wife again, I will twist your head off. Do you believe it?" Sha Zhu pretended to be angry.

He Lai said that Xu Damao can be blamed for that, I don't know how many times I have seen it. That is Teacher Hao Lei, that is Aunt Thirteen, and it is only because of me that they met, otherwise there would be no such thing as you, Shazhu.

"Look, look, Xiao Laizi, this is blatant slander! You do something about it." Xu Damao immediately became anxious.

"Okay, okay, Brother Damao, your fishing float has gone down." He Lai reminded.

Xu Damao quickly pulled the fish in, and it was okay, a carp weighing about 2 jin.

"See, He Yuzhu, this is what we call skill!" Xu Damao shouted, shaking the fish in his hand.

Sha Zhu could only curl his lips and hug Xiao Yu Shui to look at the water.

"Brother, let me hold it for you." Xiao Yushui felt her brother's unhappiness and put her hands on the fishing rod.

"Okay, then what about breaking gold?"

"When brothers and sisters work together, they can accomplish anything!" He Lai reminded.

"Yes, yes, that's it. What's the meaning of 'hate young man'?"

"When the book is used, it will be less regretful."

"Xiao Laizi, watch your own fishing float."

...

It's no wonder that with the help of the little rain, Sha Zhu took the bait again and again, and he made Xu Damao and He Lai do something really bad.

"Ah, it's because I'm alone. I can't compete with you!" He Lai pretended to sigh.

Xiao Yushui understood and immediately lay down behind He Lai. This is the effect I want, to let you, a fool, show off again.

As expected, with the help of the light rain, He Lai caught fish one after another.

"See, my brother Zhuzi, as a person, you have to be low-key. Don't show off. You have to know clearly who is the important person. Right, my sister Yushui?" He Lai laughed.

"Sister Yushui, why don't you come and help your brother Damao?" Xu Damao asked cautiously.

A single word of "don't" directly shattered the already slim hope.

The group spent their fishing time in laughter and joy, and Xu Damao still came out on top thanks to his koi fish.

The three of them packed up and asked Old Man Zhang to take the iron cage. Not to mention that they had been raising fish for a day and two nights, the catch was surprisingly large, two big black fish, three mandarin fish, and four crucian carps that had been bitten.

"Let's go to Fengze Garden."

……

After selling the fish,

"Is the master not here?"

"Junior brother, Master is taking a rest today."

"what happened?"

"It's okay, I'm just tired and need to rest."

"Oh, oh!"

"Then senior brother, please help me do these. Just watch and do it. Brother Zhuzi, go and help senior brother!" He Lai pushed Sha Zhu.

The eldest brother didn't act pretentiously. After all, he was already very familiar with He Lai. He just took the fish and left.

He Lai asked Xu Damao to take him to the supply and marketing cooperative, where he bought some cigarettes, alcohol, snacks, and some milk candy.

When I returned to the kitchen, the fish were all ready. I gave the food to the eldest brother and asked him to bring it to the chef, and then I went back with 8 lunch boxes.

Passing by the middle courtyard, He Lai asked Sha Zhu and Xu Damao to take the lunch boxes and fishing gear back to the backyard first. He himself brought Yu Shui and the fish bucket to a room in the middle courtyard and knocked on the door.

The person who opened the door was a young woman holding a three-year-old child.

"Hello, auntie. I'm He Lai from the backyard, and this is my sister He Yushui." He Lai bowed.

"Hello, hello, come in and sit down." the woman said repeatedly.

"No, I caught a few fish today. I'll give you two of them. But they've been bitten by other fish, so don't be disgusted." He Lai fished out two injured crucian carps, put them on the ground, and ran away in the rain.

The woman was still in a daze, not yet coming to her senses. There are still many good people in the capital.

He Lai brought Xiao Yushui to the other side and found two children playing on the ground. He immediately went over.

"Hello everyone, my name is He Lai, and this is my sister He Yushui." He Lai squatted down and spoke immediately.

"Hello, my name is Huzi, and this is my sister Chuner." The little boy replied timidly.

"Who is it?" The old woman came out.

"Hello, Auntie. We are from the backyard and we are sending you two fish."

"No, no." The old woman waved her hands quickly.

"It's okay. Our uncle always says that we should help each other, be united and friendly, respect the elderly and love the young!" He Lai brought out Yi Zhonghai's rhetoric.

Handing the fish to the little boy, the little boy looked at his grandmother, and the old woman nodded before taking it.

"Auntie, can I take Huzi and Chuner to play in the backyard too?"

"Go ahead and come back early."

The four of them started running towards the backyard, and He Lai passed by Liu's house. "Next, Guangtian." He threw a carp to Guangtian, then turned to Uncle Liu and said, "Uncle Liu, let Guangtian come to my house to play later."

After saying that, he took the three little ones to his home.