Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai finds Hu Zi and Chun Er and tells them about the deaf old lady's house.

"It's okay, brother. We're not in a hurry." Hu Zi said with a smile.

"Why not? You'll be twenty soon. How can you get married without a house? If you don't get married, how can you have a great-grandson for Auntie Sun to hold? You're not filial at all! Auntie Sun has raised you in vain!"

He Lai said.

When Hu Zi heard this, his face turned red and he could only nod.

"And you, Chun'er, you are already nineteen years old. If you have someone you like, tell me and I will prepare a dowry for you!"

He Lai continued.

"No...no, I didn't." Chun'er ran back to the courtyard in shame.

"Uh...what's going on? Huzi, is your sister dating someone? How come she ran away as soon as I said a word?"

He Lai was stunned.

"Brother Lai, I feel like Chun'er is dating Brother Guangtian. I've noticed them secretly meeting behind my back several times."

Hu Zi acted like a little spy and revealed the information he knew to He Lai.

"Ah? That's great, great. Then you don't have to get married. Guangtian is a college student now, and he's worthy of Chun'er."

He Lai suddenly realized that since Chun'er was now working in a lighter factory, they seldom met each other. When they met, Chun'er was always with Yu Shui and rarely chatted with this girl. He Lai had neglected this.

"Well, my grandma is very happy too." Hu Zi said with a smile.

"Okay, since Chun'er has found a date, I won't care anymore. What about you? How about I let Brother Damao marry Sister Zhaodi to you?"

He Lai suggested.

"Brother Lai, stop talking nonsense! I'm not dating Sister Zhaodi! I'm going back!"

When Hu Zi heard what He Lai said, he left immediately.

He Lai is such a matchmaker that he wants to pair up everyone in the Siheyuan.

"Tsk, you don't want to, but Liu Guangfu won't agree!" He Lai muttered.

Because Xu Zhaodi and Liu Guangfu were of the same age and lived in the backyard, they met and chatted quite often, but they didn't know if it would work out.

When He Lai returned home, he saw Yu Shui reading a book, and Wu'er was also staring at the book beside him.

"Hey, Wu'er, you can read now?" He Lai said with a smile.

"I don't know him."

"So what are you looking at?"

"I see my sister-in-law is always watching, I want to watch it too!"

"Uh…"

He Lai was speechless for a moment. Wu'er's way of thinking was really different from others. Yu Shui also covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

"Brother, I want to eat lobster!"

"no!"

"Sister-in-law, I want to eat lobster!" Wu'er asked someone else for help.

Yu Shui heard this and looked at He Lai.

"Okay, okay, I'll go out for a while and bring you two back in the evening!"

That's all He Lai could say.

"Thank you, Brother Lai." Yu Shui said with a smile.

"Hehe, I knew that big brother wouldn't reject sister-in-law." Wu'er used this roundabout tactic quite well.

In fact, He Lai wanted to take advantage of the weekend to go out, and bringing lobsters was just an excuse. After all, he could take out lobsters anytime and anywhere.

He Lai first went to the orphanage, where he met Ran Qiuye again.

It turned out that the library gave some old books to the orphanage, and Ran Qiuye was sent to be in charge of this matter.

"Big brother!" One of the children shouted, and all the children in the orphanage noticed He Lai coming. They immediately abandoned Ran Qiuye and ran towards He Lai.

There was no way, because every time He Lai came, he would bring them lots of delicious food, and Dean Ruan would often speak well of He Lai to them, so the children had a very special feeling for He Lai.

He Lai was not surprised, after all, he was used to it, and immediately asked the children to line up one by one.

Then he distributed the things he brought to the children, which were apples and candies, one apple and two candies to each person.

Every child was very polite, bowing to greet the new year and saying auspicious words.

Ran Qiuye was watching He Lai interacting with the children. She felt deeply touched and wanted to know more about this man, but she didn't dare to go forward. After all, she also knew that He Lai was married.

After He Lai sent the children away, he came to Ran Qiuye and greeted him, "What's wrong? Are you surprised? Comrade Ran Qiuye!"

"Ah...I'm a little surprised. The kids seem to like you very much. Do you come here often?"

Ran Qiuye responded.

"Well, whenever I have time in the past few years, I will come over to take a look." He Lai nodded.

"Do you two know each other? Then you guys chat, I'll go see the children." Dean Ruan didn't know what was going on, so he left.

Ran Qiuye wanted to say something but stopped herself. It was obvious that Dean Ruan had misunderstood. After all, that was a very conservative era, and when young men and women talked like that, people would think they were dating.

He Lai and Ran Qiuye sat on the bench and watched the children in the yard eating apples, chatting and laughing. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

After a while, two golden eagles smelled He Lai's scent and hurried over, followed by their two children.

That's right, after two years, they finally gave birth to successor eagles. Now the two little eagles are half a year old, which means that it won't be long before they can return to He Lai.

"Don't be nervous, they won't bite." He Lai saw Ran Qiuye looking scared and spoke.

"You are so awesome. You even dare to touch such a big golden eagle!" Ran Qiuye was still a little scared. After all, the golden eagle is a bird of prey. Its sharp claws can easily tear its prey into pieces, and the same goes for humans.

"Haha, because I'm their owner. I've raised them for several years! Now I just put them in the orphanage to help the children improve their food."

He Lai touched the little heads of the two golden eagles and explained.

"Ah? Yours, no wonder they like you so much!" Ran Qiuye said in surprise.

"Remember when we first met in the library?"

He Lai asked with a smile.

Ran Qiuye thought about it and suddenly remembered: "Yes, you seemed to be reading the book Animal Atlas at that time. Could it be that you were..."

"Well, I caught a golden eagle at that time, and I wanted to know what species it was, so I went to the library."

He Lai nodded in response.

"That's what I told you, how could you read that kind of book?" Ran Qiuye said with sudden enlightenment.

"Well, later on, the golden eagle brought its wife here, so I started raising two golden eagles."

He Lai smiled.

"Oh, there is such a thing, but I read in a book that to tame a golden eagle, you have to train the eagle to survive. So how do you tame them?" Ran Qiuye asked curiously.

"As for me, I also tried to endure a whole day and night at the beginning, just staring at it, but I found that it was not that easy to endure. After a day, it was fine, but I was extremely sleepy. Later..."

He Lai then told about his experience of staying up all night to watch the eagle. Of course, most of it was made up by He Lai. After all, it was impossible for He Lai to say that he didn't know how it turned out like this.

Ran Qiuye found it quite interesting and laughed out loud frequently.

Many children saw He Lai telling a story and gathered around.

When He Lai saw this situation, he started telling the story of Dugu Qiubai and his eagle in The Return of the Condor Heroes.

The children came over to hug the golden eagles and said they wanted to be friends with them in the future.

Time passed quickly, and an afternoon was over. Before leaving, Ran Qiuye spoke again: "Comrade He Lai, you are really a good person."

“Uh…” He Lai was stunned. Why was he given a good guy card?

"Haha, I'm still very curious, why don't you want me to be a teacher?" Ran Qiuye continued.

"I'm sorry I can't tell you about this, but being a teacher is not a good profession in this era. If conditions permit, I hope your parents can give up being teachers! Even if possible, leave China."

He Lai said in a deep voice.

After all, 66 was about to come, and at that time teachers would be the first group to suffer. The middle school students who became Red Guards began to retaliate against teachers, and they would not care about the teachers' life or death. Although He Lai knew that Ran Qiuye's parents were not beaten to death in the original work, who could be sure?

"I need a reason. I can't change my parents' lives just because of your words, because they love the job of a teacher!"

Ran Qiuye whispered.

She has been thinking about He Lai's words over the years, and she doesn't know why He Lai is so disgusted with teachers.

"I can't give you an answer, but please believe me, my advice is absolutely good, and I hope you can listen to it. Whether it's to visit relatives or to travel, go abroad for a few years, and come back after a few years."

He Lai met Ran Qiuye's gaze and said.

"I'll think about it. Goodbye, Comrade He Lai!"

"goodbye!"