Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Back in the office, He Lai looked at Yu Shui, who was fidgeting and looked uneasy, and sighed softly: "Okay, stop being awkward. I know what you want to say, girl. I don't blame your brother."

When Yu Shui heard this, she immediately smiled and said, "Brother, you see, oh, it's not that I don't want to see my brother in trouble, I'm sorry!"

"Don't let it happen again. You'll develop bad habits in your brother. Don't you understand that taking something without permission is considered stealing?" He Lai added.

"Brother Lai, it's not that serious. My brothers and the others must be greedy." Yu Shui said.

"Oh? Are you greedy? That half goose has several pounds of meat. Did you guys eat it? Don't lie! I'll be angry if you lie again!" He Lai said with a stern face.

"I..." Yu Shui stammered and couldn't say anything.

"Okay, I don't care what you do, think it over before helping, but you can't encourage stealing, otherwise you will become a crooked person."

He Lai explained again.

"I understand." Yu Shui said with his head down.

"Okay, you guys go back. I'll lie down for a while. I'm tired after driving all morning."

He Lai ordered them to leave, so Yu Shui had no choice but to take Chun'er back to the broadcasting studio.

He Lai thought that Qin Huairu was a typical white lotus in the original novel. After all, this woman would rather save the money than give it to Sha Zhu to open a restaurant, and the money was all earned by Sha Zhu. With such a typical selfish character, nothing can catch her eye except her own children.

Although she has no worries about food and clothing now, she probably still has the habit of sucking other people's blood, and a big blood bag like me is just right for her to suck.

Oh, forget it, forget it, it’s just a little goose meat, maybe I’m just thinking too much.

……

In the afternoon, He Lai was invited over by Li Huaide.

"He Lai, this is the money for the pork. Give it to you." After Li Huaide said that, he pushed a black bag in front of He Lai.

"Uncle Li, you only know how to give me money every day. It would be great if you could get me some tickets! Otherwise, how can I spend this money? You don't want me to go to the black market, do you?"

He Lai took the money and smiled.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you whatever ticket you want." Li Huaide said directly.

"Any ticket will do, as long as it can be used in the countryside. My grandfather is short of a lot of it." He said.

"Okay, I'll let Xiao Liang deliver it to you tomorrow. I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Li Huaide agreed immediately.

"Then I'll leave." He Lai saw that it was almost time and prepared to leave.

"Wait." Li Huaide called him again.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" He Lai asked puzzledly.

"You are still playing dumb, aren't you? I won't ask for the oil, and I don't want the bullets. Where are the guns and the iron fences? He Lai, these are all the factory's stuff, you can't embezzle them!"

Li Huaide said with a smile.

"Well... okay, since Uncle Li doesn't want pork anymore, I will take down the iron fence for you tomorrow, and return the gun to you, along with the remaining bullets!" After He said that, he walked towards the door again.

He Lai had already put these things into the space. He still had some use for them, so he couldn't return them to the steel mill.

"No, no, no, please explain clearly! What pork? Do you still have pork?" Li Huaide quickly ran over and grabbed He Lai, asking.

"No, but my cousins ​​are trying to see if they can catch a wild boar. They are guarding the iron fence in the mountains with guns. Uncle Li, you know that the iron fence has to be guarded on the tree at night, otherwise if the wild boar comes over at night, it will run away."

He Lai explained.

When Li Huaide heard that the iron fence was still in use, he said, "Oh, so, okay, okay, if you don't want the things anymore, then you can ask those cousins ​​to continue guarding them and send them over when there are wild boars."

"That's impossible. How can we let rural people use things from the steel mill? If they break, my cousin can't afford to pay for it."

He Lai continued.

"No need to compensate, just treat it as normal loss."

"But my cousins ​​are not employees of the steel mill. Isn't this against the rules?"

"Okay, okay, I figured it out. So you're waiting for me here. Well, you just want a job, right? Here you go, two buyers! One for each of your cousins."

Li Huaide also knew why He Lai didn't bring anything back. It turned out that he was looking for jobs for his relatives.

"Hey, Uncle Li, my cousin has to stay in the village and can't go to the factory, you see..."

"Okay, but you have to report to the factory every month, and you have to send some pork every month! At least 2,000 kilograms!"

"Uncle Li, don't ask for too much! I know the monthly purchase task of the buyers. Believe it or not, I went to Uncle Han at the First Machinery Factory and got 500 kilograms of pork a month immediately!"

He Lai would not accept two thousand kilograms per month.

"Hey, I was just talking about this with Uncle Li. Okay, okay, five hundred is five hundred! But it has to be pork. Offal and the like don't count!"

Li Huaide felt that 500 kilograms per month would be good enough. After all, it was impossible for the current buyers to bring back 100 kilograms per month.

"Well, after the New Year, I'll ask my cousin to come over and start working."

"Okay, just find Secretary Liang when the time comes."

"gone."

……

Back at the courtyard, every household was preparing for the New Year. Although there were not many things, the aunts still brought their children in and out of the yard. After all, there were many things to buy.

Of course, our protagonist's mother, Wu Juan, is an exception. She just needs to take care of the children at home. If there is anything missing, just tell He Lai and He Lai will bring it back.

"Brother!" The one and a half year old Wu'er can already walk to He Lai's house by herself!

"Hey, why are you here, little girl? Where's your mother?" He Lai looked at Wu'er, who was swaying towards him, and quickly hugged her in his arms.

"Brother, eat dumplings, dumplings." Wu'er said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, let's go eat dumplings." He Lai scratched Wu'er's nose and went to the next room with her.

These dumplings were naturally made by Grandma He yesterday, and He Lai brought them to Wu Juan in the morning. After all, it was a big bag and He Lai had no place to put them.

"Mom, you are so great. Wu'er is so young, you can just let her come here by herself without worry!" He Lai said.

"What's there to worry about? This little girl is so capable! She follows Nannan around every day." Wu Juan said without raising her head as she fed Wen'er dumplings.

It seems that Wu Juan is not going to take care of Wu'er anymore. She favors boys over girls!

He Lai sighed and could only sit aside holding Wu'er and start feeding her.

"By the way, where is that girl Yu Shui?" Wu Juan asked.

"She should be at Chun'er's place. The two of them entered the courtyard together."

He Lai replied.

"These two girls, now they are sticking together every day again."

Wu Juan sighed.

He Lai looked at Wu Juan sighing and said with a smile, "What's wrong, mother? Do you want Yu Shui to take care of your child?"

"That's right. It's rare for you to be at home for a few days, but you don't come to accompany mother and go to the steel mill every day." Wu Juan complained.

"Mom, Brother Lai, what are you talking about me?" Yu Shui ran over at this time.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, come here and have some dumplings." Wu Juan immediately called Yu Shui.

"Mom asked you not to go to the steel mill every day and to spend more time with her at home." He Lai said it directly.

"Ah..." Yu Shui looked embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't listen to Xiao Laizi, Mom is fine, just go to work." Wu Juan immediately retorted.

Yu Shui immediately smiled and said, "Oh, thank you, mom. I will come to accompany you as soon as I get off work." After that, she went into the kitchen to get the dumplings.

"Hehe, Mom, you're just pretending to be polite, but now people are taking it seriously!" He Lai said with a smile.

Wu Juan glared at He Lai and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? You take care of Wu'er these few days. Don't talk. Eat!"

Uh... He Lai was stunned. It turned out that he was the one who was injured!