Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, wait a minute."

Liu Haizhong turned around and saw Xu Damao and He Lai riding towards him on bicycles.

"Xiao Laizi, is there something wrong?" Liu Haizhong asked puzzledly.

"Uncle Liu, can you help me get some steel wire?"

"A few shouldn't be a problem."

"Thank you, Uncle Liu. Don't make it too thin. Just make it about the same size as the copper wire in the electrical wire."

"Okay, Uncle Liu got it. Anything else?"

"Uncle Liu, I think the leader needs a car! It might be useful! What do you think?" He Lai reminded Liu Haizhong.

"Hey, you youngsters are the only ones who have never experienced hard times. Uncle Liu is worried about you! Uncle Liu will consider it." Liu Haizhong scolded with a smile.

"Goodbye, Comrade Liu Haizhong!" Xu Damao rode away on his bike.

"It would be a good idea to buy a car. Guangqi is already in junior high school." Liu Haizhong thought.

……

"Student Liu Shiya"

"what?"

"I heard your father is the principal?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to borrow some Russian books."

"If you don't steal the table, I'll help you borrow it."

"After class, I need to read the morning reading. I'm borrowing from high school."

"Row."

"Thank you, Liu Shiya."

……

"Thank you, Uncle Liu, here are the fish for you." He Lai handed over two crucian carps, took the steel wire, folded it and it looked really good!

"Hey, this is a good fish. What is Xiao Laizi doing with the steel wire?" Liu Haizhong was also curious. He always felt that He Lai could always come up with some tricks.

"Keep it a secret, Uncle Liu. Just ask Liu Guangtian when the time comes, hehe." He Lai spoke in a riddle.

……

"Xiao Laizi, what's the use of grinding this steel wire?" Sha Zhu asked while grinding.

"Fishing for eels!" He Lai also hesitated and continued.

"Brother Damao, can you go get the hook yourself tomorrow?"

"Hey, no matter how big the deal is, there's not much stock right now."

The three of them worked on it for a while and finally finished it. He Lai asked Sha Zhu to use a clip to clamp the pointed end into a hook shape, and then bend the other end into a small circle and tie the ends with a rope, so that it would be convenient to pull it out.

In a short while, ten hooks will be ready.

He Lai went to mix the ingredients again, using a small fish, some pig liver, some earthworms and a little flour to mash into a paste. I remember it was about like this. Put it in the bottle and seal it first.

……

He Lai sent Xiao Yushui and Chun'er back to the courtyard.

"Guangtian, Xiaohu, I'll take you to the moat today. It's closer to us. After all, Shichahai is a bit far. It's not a good idea for us to go there by ourselves."

"well"

The three little ones set out for the moat and arrived there soon. He Lai took out the prepared fishing hook, put on a earthworm, and looked for an eel hole. Soon he found one.

He quickly pinched some ingredients and scattered them at the hole. Sure enough, the hole responded. He Lai quickly put the hook in the hole, and the eel bit it directly. He Lai was also confused. Is it that simple?

He Lai quickly exerted his strength and pulled out a fish. It was 4 taels in weight, not bad, and put it into the bag in Guangtian's hand.

"Have you two learned it?"

"Yes, I will."

"Then you try one by one. Let's not separate. It's not safe."

"Guangtian, you go first, hold it, okay?"

"Okay, come on, brother."

"Look for a hole, a hole that goes down. Let's look for it together, don't separate."

The three of them quickly found one. Liu Guangtian hurriedly tried it out. As soon as the bait was spread out, the eel hole responded. Liu Guangtian quickly put down the hook and caught the fish.

"Isn't it simple?" He Lai looked at Liu Guangtian with excitement.

Liu Guangtian nodded quickly.

"Okay, it's Little Tiger's turn. Let's go and find a cave."

Soon, Xiaohuzi also came in.

Seeing the two kids so excited, He Lai let them play for a while longer.

After half an hour, I had 15. Not bad.

"Let's go, let's go. Today we just came to test whether it works or not. Let's go back."

Liu Guangtian and Xiao Huzi were both very happy.

He Lai explained as he walked, "Don't let people see the bait, and it's best to hide the hook. I'd rather not fish when people come, because this thing is easy to learn. If too many people know how to do it, it will become like fishing, and in the end, no one will be able to do it."

"I understand." Liu Guangtian and Xiao Huzi said seriously.

"Winter is coming soon, and this method of fishing for eels will be useless then. Brother Lai wants to fish more this month when the weather is not too cold. During school hours, the three of us will go together. On weekends, Guangtian and Brother Damao will go together, and Xiaohu will follow me. Don't be too far apart. And be careful not to fall into the river! This is the most important thing."

"Of course, studying is also very important. You have to take care of yourself during the day. My brother's stick is always ready for you, hehe." He Lai made a gesture of swinging a stick.

Liu Guangtian was about to cry. You just rely on my father to treat me like this, don’t you feel any pain in your conscience?

"Okay, okay, I don't know you. You think about playing all day long. Don't say that your father looks down on you. I also despise you." He Lai looked at Liu Guangtian who still had a wronged look on his face, and immediately said with disdain.

Back in the backyard, Sha Zhu saw so many eels and his hands were itching to catch them, but in the end he gave up because he had to take care of his wife. This is how working people are.

He Lai told Xu Damao that he would not go to collect the hooks recently. I would keep the money. He Lai found that Xu Damao was losing control again.

After the discussion, everyone dispersed. He Lai was also exhausted and took a hot bath.

He Lai had just laid down when Wu Juan came in with a little rain...

"Little Laizi, are you asleep? Mother and Yushui will chat with you for a while."

"No, what happened to mom?"

"Little Laizi, mother doesn't know how to tell you.

I don't know what triggered your father's death to make you like this. But I don't want to see you so tired every day.

Mom didn’t think you were tired before. My little Laizi was always talking and laughing, helping everyone with this and that, which was pretty good.

But since I got the money, I found that my little Laizi has been busy for more than 7 months, and I, as a mother, don’t care at all. Recently, I found that my little Laizi seems to be tireless in doing one thing after another.

I'm so scared, I'm so scared

Xiao Laizi, can you please stop for your mother's sake? Xiao Laizi, just think of it as your mother's sake and study hard, okay?

You don't need to be so tired? Isn't it your mother who makes money? And you have already made so much money, don't always think about how to make more money! There is no end to making money, you are just a child.

I feel bad when I see you are busier than me every day. Can you promise me that you will stop doing it and just study hard? "Wu Juan said with a choked voice while hugging He Lai. Xiao Yushui also came in and hugged him.

Yes, what's wrong with me? Why am I always thinking about making money? This is not right for a time traveler!

Is it because I have too strong a sense of crisis? I always think about what this society will be like in the future. I completely forget that I am still a child and I only need to eat, drink and have fun.

What's wrong with me?

"Mom, I'm so sleepy. I want to sleep." He Lai's mind was in a mess.