Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

No. 95, Nanluoguxiang

The Helai family stood at the gate of the yard, with brand new cars behind them.

He Zhan and Wu Juan, He Lai and Yu Shui, He Wu and He Wen, He Tong and He Xin, and later He Lai's two children, He Jun and He Qing.

"Who are you?" a childish voice came over.

When they looked down, they saw a little boy in open-crotch pants looking up at them.

"Little kid, sister asks you, what is your name?"

He Wu walked over with a smile, took off her sunglasses and asked.

"My name is He Dawu! My father is He Yanyang, my grandfather is He Yuzhu, and my great-grandfather is He Daqing. My family is very powerful."

He Dawu's boy put his hands on his waist and muttered, as if this was his pride.

"Hey, you are Xiao Yangzi's son, but I am your aunt, hurry up and call someone! Otherwise I will spank you!"

He Wu grabbed He Dawu's collar and shouted.

"Let me go, let me go, you are not my aunt!"

Seeing this, He Dawu immediately struggled.

"Hey, you little bastard, you dare to resist? I'll let your dad spank you."

As He Wu spoke, she carried He Dawu into the courtyard gate.

He Zhan and Wu Juan didn't care. They were both in their fifties, and the excitement of stepping on this land again made them stunned.

As He Dawu's voice echoed throughout the courtyard, the adults came out of their homes one after another and saw He Lai and his group.

"Are you...are you Sister Juan?"

A woman with a weathered face and somewhat gray hair, her trembling hands tightly grasped the corner of her clothes, her eyes revealed a hint of timidity and uncertainty, and she asked cautiously.

"Oh, Aunt Zhang, long time no see! It's me, Wu Juan!"

When Wu Juan heard the voice, her attention was instantly attracted to it. When she saw the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar face, a smile of surprise immediately broke out on her face, and she walked briskly towards it.

"Oh my, I really can't recognize you! I haven't seen you for so many years. Sister Juan, how come you haven't changed at all? You are still so beautiful! Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

Aunt Zhang widened her eyes, looked up and down at Wu Juan in disbelief, and kept exclaiming in admiration.

At this moment, Wu Juan was wearing an exquisite and gorgeous outfit of a rich lady from Hong Kong. The fabric all over her body was made of the finest silk, and she was wearing jewelry around her neck and hands.

The whole person exudes a noble, elegant, and graceful temperament that makes people unable to take their eyes off.

"Haha, look at what you said, how can it remain unchanged? We are all the same, the same! By the way, how have you been these years? Is your health okay?"

Wu Juan enthusiastically took Aunt Zhang's hand and asked with concern.

"Yes, it's fine, it's fine! Thanks to you, everything is going well." Aunt Zhang replied with a smile, her eyes flashing with gratitude. After all, it was Wu Juan who helped her family the most back then. She often secretly gave her food coupons and pork.

As the two were talking happily, suddenly, they heard a loud noise coming from the yard, followed by a large group of people filing out.

"Xiao Laizi, Xiao Laizi!" Sha Zhu's loud and high-pitched voice suddenly sounded like thunder, deafening.

He rushed over in two steps, hugged He Lai in his arms, and then turned around excitedly.

This middle-aged man, who is already in his forties, looks like an innocent child at this moment, with a brilliant smile on his face.

In recent years, they said that we could meet during the Canton Fair, but Sha Zhu basically never came and only came once. Xu Damao also only came three times. Every time they met, they just had a hurried meal at Grandpa Zhou's house.

In recent years, with the resignation of Li Huaide, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were more or less implicated, and going to the Canton Fair became impossible. They haven't seen each other for five or six years.

"Brother Zhuzi, why are you still the same? You haven't changed at all." He said, putting the sunglasses in his hand on Sha Zhuzi.

"That is, how can I change? If I change, will I still be me?"

Shazhu said naively.

"Zhu Zi, stop making trouble. Why don't you invite Aunt He and the others into the yard? What does it look like to be standing at the door?" Qin Huairu spoke at this time.

"Oh, yes, yes, let's go into the yard and talk. Let's go into the yard and talk." Sha Zhu put his arm around He Lai's shoulders and walked in first.

The rest followed in.

When I arrived at the long-missed backyard, all the old and young people in the yard gathered together, some familiar and some unfamiliar.

He Lai greeted everyone one by one, and seeing that each of them had a happy family with many children and grandchildren, He Lai was sincerely happy for them.

"By the way, Brother Zhuzi, where is my brother Damao? Why can't I see him?"

He Lai asked doubtfully.

"He is quite a big shot now. He no longer lives here. He lives in a small western-style building. He is now in business with others. It is very big. I heard he has made a lot of money."

Sha Zhu curled his lips and said something.

"Haha, then Brother Zhuzi, why don't you do it?"

"I..." Sha Zhu was about to say something, but then he glanced at Qin Huairu and shut his mouth silently.

After a while, He Daqing also came over from next door. The house originally belonged to He Lai, but was transferred to He Lai's house by He Daqing through his connections, and now it belongs to the He family.

When He Daqing saw He Zhan, it was like seeing his old drinking buddy, and the two of them soon started chatting.

He Lai also learned a lot from Sha Zhu. In the past few years, their children did not go to the countryside, and many of them took over their parents' jobs.

For example, Yi Xiaobao took over Yi Zhonghai's job, Bang Geng took over Zhang Guihua's job, and then entered the steel rolling mill through Xu Damao's relationship; Liu Haizhong also retired early and is raising children at home.

Not many people are willing to live in a courtyard house now. For example, in the backyard, there are basically only Liu Haizhong's family, Hu Zi's family, and Li Dawa's family.

Wu Juan's home is basically occupied by several children from Sha Zhu's family, and the people in the courtyard have no objection, after all, Sha Zhu gives them some compensation every year.

Qin Huairu gave birth to a total of ten children for Sha Zhu, which was considered a perfect deed.

Hu Zi eventually married Qin Jingru and had three children, two boys and one girl.

He Lai sat on the armchair that he bought from the purchasing station when he was a child and distributed red envelopes to the children in the compound.

A big black ten for a child can be considered a hidden benefit. If they can hold on to it and not spend it, they may be able to sell it for a good price in the future.

Then He Wu also stood in the middle of the yard, took out a stack of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars and shouted, "Come here, come here, call me aunt and I'll give you a red envelope!"

Wu Juanmei's heart skipped a beat, but she still suppressed the urge to take action.

He Dawu was the first to jump out and called out "Auntie!" He Wu directly gave him a thousand Hong Kong dollars.

He Dawu immediately ran to Qin Huairu and said happily: "Grandma, look, it's a lot of money."

"Good boy, grandma will keep it for you. When Dajun grows up, I will marry you a wife, okay?"

Qin Huairu picked up He Dajun and said.

"it is good."

……

After a while, Qin Huairu had a thick stack of money in her hand. There was nothing she could do. Qin Huairu had ten children alone, and they all asked He Wu for money. Even He Yanyang went. The temptation was too great.

"Oh, sister-in-law, you are going to get rich!" He Lai teased.

Qin Huairu smiled awkwardly and did not answer.

"Xiao Laizi, is this Hong Kong dollar? Why are there thousand-dollar notes now? Is it about the same as our ten-dollar bill?"

Silly Zhu asked.

"Yes, yes, it's very cheap and not worth much." He Lai nodded repeatedly.

China doesn’t even have hundred-yuan bills yet, let alone thousand-yuan bills.

After chatting for a while, Xu Damao received the news that He Lai had returned, and he hurried back with his wife and children.