Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

When I got off work, the rain started to fall.

"Brother Lai, where did you go today? Why are the office doors locked? When I went to bring you food, you were nowhere to be found. I had to eat two bowls of rice!"

Yu Shui hurried up and asked.

"Can't you give your colleague some? You silly girl."

He Lai gave Yu Shui a cold look.

"Oh, my colleagues have already eaten, and we can't waste food, so I have to eat it myself."

Rain said with a smile.

"I don't believe it. You have so many good comrades in the Propaganda Department who can bear to watch you eat so much. Stop pretending and go home."

"Hehe, Brother Lai, you are really hard to fool!"

"I want to trick you into coming here, brother. You still need to learn for a few more years!"

……

While riding on the road in Nanluoguxiang, He Lai found a cart on the side of the road. On the cart was the amputee Jia Dongxu and some luggage. Zhang Guihua and Jia Zhang were guarding them.

He Lai counted the days and found that Jia Dongxu had been in the hospital for two or three months, so it was time for him to be discharged.

However, what He Lai didn't know was that Jia Dongxu and his mother were actually forcibly kicked out of the hospital.

Because for an operation like amputation, the patient can basically be discharged from the hospital one month later, but in order to stay in the hospital longer, Jia Dongxu teamed up with Jia Zhang to act like a rogue in the hospital. The hospital had no choice but to let Jia Dongxu stay for a while longer.

After all, the hospital's meals are provided by the steel rolling mill, and being discharged from the hospital means that the steel rolling mill will no longer be responsible for Jia Dongxu's meals and will only be responsible for his medical expenses.

But recently there have been a lot of sick people, and the hospital is in urgent need of beds. Some sick people can only sleep in the corridor. After the hospital leaders communicated with Jia Dongxu and others many times without success, they had no choice but to use force!

The person in charge of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and the security department of the hospital were invited to come and finally Jia Dongxu and his mother were asked to leave the hospital.

When Jia Zhang saw He Lai and the other man riding past her, she immediately muttered, "This brat has no sympathy at all. My Dongxu has lost his legs, but he didn't even bother to come down to ask a question or help me!"

"Mom, stop talking nonsense. People in the hospital said that Dongxu was able to save his life because of Section Chief He."

Zhang Guihua gave a reminder.

When Jia Zhang heard this, she remembered that this was the case, but she still didn't say anything good.

"Bah, you eat meat every day, but you don't even send some to my Jia family. You don't have a good conscience!"

After saying that, Jia Zhang sat on the cart.

"Hey, Auntie, why did you get on here without your help? It's hard for me to pull it, how can I pull it now that you're on top?"

The driver pulling the cart immediately became unhappy and complained.

"What's wrong with me sitting for a while? I'm an old man and I weigh a few pounds. I walked such a long way and I didn't even sit down! You're not happy when I sit down to rest for a while!

You are a cart driver, but you can't even pull hundreds of kilograms! Why are you here to do this job?"

When Jia Zhang saw a cart puller daring to challenge her, she immediately started biting like crazy!

"I say, ma'am, are you being unreasonable? We agreed before that I would pull the cart and you and your daughter-in-law would help push it, and I would only charge you 20 cents!

You never helped me along the way. If it weren't for your son's missing leg and your daughter-in-law helping to push the cart, I would have quit long ago!"

The rickshaw driver stopped the cart and started arguing with Jia Zhang.

It's not that the rickshaw puller couldn't pull the cart, it's just that in those days everyone was hungry and pulled the cart, so they really couldn't muster any strength.

When it came to quarreling, the rickshaw driver was no match for Jia Zhangshi. He was defeated in a few moves and could only sit down angrily, refusing to pull the rickshaw anymore.

Jia Dongxu also looked like he had lost all hope in life. His mother really didn't care about the occasion at all and started quarreling with others in the street.

Zhang Guihua was helpless, as she felt that her mother-in-law was really troublesome, so she had to persuade both sides. First, she and Jia Dongxu calmed down Jia Zhang, then she walked up to the rickshaw driver and gave him two cents for the fare before getting back on the road.

After many setbacks, Jia Dongxu was finally sent back to the courtyard.

As soon as Jia Dongxu got off the cart, the driver pulled the cart away without looking back.

Fortunately, with crutches and a wheelchair, Jia Dongxu returned home in no time.

Now Zhang Guihua felt relieved. She finally didn't have to run back and forth between the hospital, the street office, and the courtyard. She could just go to work peacefully.

"Dad! You're back!" When Banggeng saw Jia Dongxu coming back, he immediately rushed over. Because Jia Dongxu was injured these days, he had heard some rumors in the yard.

"Well, Banggeng, it's okay, it's okay. In a few months, when daddy gets the prosthetic limbs installed, you'll be able to stand up again." Jia Dongxu smiled and touched Banggeng's head.

"Yeah." Bang Geng smiled and nodded.

"Guihua, go and cook quickly. I'm a little hungry!" Jia Zhang had been gone for such a long time that she was a little hungry. She lay down on the kang as soon as she entered the door.

"Okay, Mom, I'll go now." Zhang Guihua responded after putting the clothes into the closet.

"Put more pickled meat." Jia Zhang reminded.

"it is good."

"Mom, I'll go help you light the fire!" Banggeng said hurriedly.

"Well, let's go. I'll light the fire for you first, and you just need to help me watch the fire!"

Zhang Guihua smiled.

Smoke soon rose from the Jia family's kitchen.

People in the Siheyuan also began to discuss the Jia family. They wanted to see if the family's life would get worse after Jia Dongxu broke his leg. After all, since Zhang Guihua and Jia Dongxu both worked, and the couple often went to Wild Duck Lake to get some food, their life was already one of the best in the Siheyuan.

Even Wu Juan mentioned it when she came to He Lai. There's nothing you can do about it; gossiping is something every woman likes to do.

"Mom, you should take Wu'er back home! She's here all day and it's disturbing my and Yu Shui's sleep!"

He Lai didn't respond to Wu Juan's words, but started talking about Wu'er instead.

"What impact will it have! You don't plan to have a child now anyway! Just treat Wu'er as your child and take good care of her!"

Wu Juan gave He Lai a cold look, not giving him any face at all.

Yu Shui blushed and dared not speak.

"Brother, don't you like me anymore?" Wu'er asked He Lai with tears in her eyes.

When He Lai saw this situation, he guessed that if he said something wrong, tears would start to fall.

"I like you, I like you. How can I not like Wu'er? It's not that you're not with me. I miss you too. You're my flesh and blood!"

He Lai quickly picked up Wu'er and explained.

"Fallen flesh?" Wu'er repeated this sentence, not quite understanding it. After thinking for a while, she continued, "Brother, mother said that I was picked up by her from the river. I am not her flesh!"

"Uh..." He Lai stopped talking immediately.

After hearing what He said, Wu Juan originally wanted to take Wu'er back to sleep, but now she had no idea at all and just let her continue to torment her older son.

Wu Juan patted her butt and left without any regrets.

He Lai really wanted to hit Wu'er's butt hard twice, but seeing that Wu'er was still smiling happily in He Lai's arms, he could only put his forehead against hers, trying to let her know how hard his head was!