Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

After dinner, He Lai asked the children to go out and play, leaving Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru and the other adults to talk.

He Lai looked at Qin Jingru with her head down and a look of inferiority, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

I think I have heard a lot of gossip from people in the yard over the years. After all, those old ladies can say anything, especially Jia Zhang who lives across the street, who speaks very meanly.

"Sister Jingru, what are you looking for with your head down? Do you want me to help you find it?"

He Lai joked.

"Ah? I'm not looking for anything, I'm not looking for anything." Qin Jingru raised her head when she heard He Lai's words. She didn't expect He Lai to be the first one to talk to her, so she replied hurriedly.

Qin Huairu has now learned from Sha Zhu that He Lai has agreed to lend the house to her family, and she is extremely happy.

It’s not that she didn’t think about renting a house by herself, but the street office didn’t agree. The reason was very simple: her family didn’t need a house right now.

You have to know that the average population of the city of Sijiu only lives in an area of ​​2.5 square meters. The area of ​​Sha Zhu's main house plus an ear room far exceeds this condition. It is impossible for the street office to open this back door just because Sha Zhu has many children.

"You silly girl, come here and I'm just teasing you." Qin Huairu said with a smile.

"Brother Lai, don't tease Jingru anymore. Jingru has grown up now and is no longer a child." Yu Shui immediately hugged Qin Jingru and supported her waist.

"Okay, okay, sister Jingru has indeed grown up and can't be teased anymore!

Now it's time to go out and broaden your horizons. How about that? Where do you want to work? Come on, I'll help you find one, okay?"

He Lai could only speak directly.

"Ah, me? Going to work?" Qin Jingru was stunned and suddenly speechless.

"Since you don't want to say anything, I'll make the decision for you. I'll put you in the sand-casting workshop. I heard that it's a good place for young girls to train."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Brother Lai!" Yu Shui glared at He Lai angrily.

"Oh, okay, I'll go." Qin Jingru didn't know what a foundry workshop was, so she immediately nodded in agreement.

"Why are you going? The foundry is a physical job that only grown men can do. We girls can't do it."

Yu Shui explained immediately.

"Ah? Oh." Qin Jingru knew that He Lai was lying to her again and she stopped talking immediately.

He Lai smiled, and after having enough fun, he turned to Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu and said, "Brother Zhu, sister-in-law, Jingru has grown up, and it's time for her to go out to work. Do you think about going to the countryside to find a nanny?"

"Okay, in a few days, Zhuzi and I will go to the countryside and call another one over."

Qin Huairu also agreed directly, after all, she couldn't stop them. Besides, Qinjia Village had nothing else, and there weren't too many girls who wanted to go to the city.

"Then I have a deal. I won't care about anyone who calls me here from now on. Sister Jingru is the last one."

He Lai joked.

"Okay, whatever you say goes." Qin Huairu nodded.

"Jingru, why don't you come to our publicity department, then we can be together every day."

Yu Shui didn’t keep Chun’er last time, so this time he wanted to pull Qin Jingru in.

"Ah, I'll listen to you." Qin Jingru didn't know what she could do, so she could only say this.

"Okay, Yushui, I'll arrange Jingru's job. It's not easy for her to get into the Propaganda Department. After all, she doesn't have a high degree, so it's not acceptable to openly explain it."

He Lai explained.

For example, the minimum educational qualification for admission to the Propaganda Department is high school. If you don’t have any cultural foundation, how can you carry out propaganda activities?

In this life, Qin Jingru came to the Siheyuan very early and probably did not even finish elementary school. Although Yushui and Chuner often took her to learn cultural knowledge, in that era, only certificates were recognized.

"Jingru, how well do you recognize words now?" He Lai asked.

"Jingru knows a lot of words. Chun'er and I have taught Jingru before, right, Jingru?" Yushui answered first.

"Well, he can recognize words okay. I often help Xiaoyangzi and the others with their homework." Qin Jingru replied.

"That's good. Study hard after you start working. I'll arrange a job for you in a lighter factory as a quality inspector. It's an easy job and not tiring."

He Lai said.

"Brother Lai, why don't you let Jingru stay in the steel mill? I don't agree!"

Rain said with a pout.

"Don't make a fuss, Yushui. The steel mill is now fully staffed. If you want to get someone in, you either have to fill in as a replacement or work as a temporary worker. Do you want Jingru to work as a temporary worker?"

He Lai was speechless.

"Me! Humph! Then I want to go to the lighter factory too!" Yu Shui said angrily.

"Go ahead. I'll tell your section chief tomorrow and transfer you over to keep Chun'er company!" He Lai said with a smile.

"Hmph, I'm going to ignore you. I'm going to find my mother." Yu Shui stomped her feet, walked out of the house and went next door.

Without Yu Shui's pestering, Qin Jingru immediately agreed. After all, she knew that He Lai would not put her in a bad position, and she was already looking forward to the feeling of being a worker.

……

Things were done quickly. He Lai talked to Li Huaide and promised him to provide 5,000 kilograms of pork to the steel rolling mill, and successfully sent Qin Jingru to the lighter factory.

Qin Jingru also moved into the back room that was originally occupied by Yan Jiecheng.

Qin Huairu's side was also going smoothly. She and Sha Zhu brought back a little girl about thirteen or fourteen years old from the countryside with her big belly. Her name was Qin Xiangru.

I have to say that there are many beauties in Qinjia Village. Each of them is a beauty. Although this little girl is thin and small, you can tell at a glance that she will be a big beauty when she grows up.

Yard No. 95 is almost becoming a blessed land for Qinjia Village, with one girl after another settling down here.

At Sha Zhu's house, Qin Jingru told Qin Xiangru what she would do in Qin Huairu's house in the future. In fact, it was just simple washing clothes, cleaning, looking after the children, and occasionally helping with cooking.

Xiao Yangzi looked at Qin Xiangru, who was almost as tall as him, with curiosity on his face, not knowing whether to call her sister or aunt.

Instead, Xier kept calling her sister and took her to visit her home.

……

Because of Qin Jingru's going to the lighter factory, Yu Shui ignored He Lai for several days. He didn't even invite him to dinner and went to eat at He Daqing's place.

He Lai didn't care. After all, this girl couldn't ignore him every day. She could only last a week at most.

That day, He Lai came to the third canteen with some ingredients. He Daqing was not there and Monkey was nowhere to be found.

He Lai had no choice but to walk into the back kitchen, and as soon as he entered, he heard a conversation between several women.

"Sister Gu, is it true that Section Chief He and our director's daughter had a fight? I heard that they are sleeping separately now."

"Don't talk nonsense. You don't want to stay in the cafeteria? Let me tell you, those chefs are all apprentices of our director. If someone reports this to him, I can't help you!"

"Hey, we are the only ones washing vegetables. Besides, everyone in the kitchen knows about your relationship with the director, Sister Gu. I don't believe they dare to talk nonsense about this."

"You are getting bolder and bolder now. You dare to say anything. I remember how well behaved and sensible you were when you first came here!"

"Sister Gu, look at what you said, I learned everything from you!"

"Nonsense! I've never been as gossipy as you!"

"Really? Just now I wanted to tell you about that Feng Erlangzi and that widow Hu hanging out in the warehouse!

Since you don’t like gossip, Sister Gu, forget it.”

"No, no, no, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead."

"Sister Gu, you are saying one thing and thinking another, right? Let me tell you...

……

When Liu Lan and Gu Dongmei were talking excitedly, they didn't notice that there was a person standing behind them, listening quietly.

"Uncle He, why are you in the kitchen?"