Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

As the days passed, He Lai also preferred to stay in Sijiu City. After all, life here was carefree and full of joy every day.

Unlike Hong Kong City, everyone was very respectful to him, which was very boring.

In the courtyard, many unfamiliar people sold their houses to He Lai. There was nothing they could do because He Lai offered too much.

Who would want to live in a courtyard house if they have money? After all, a house is only a dozen square meters, and if you fart your body the neighbors can hear it. Isn't it better to live in a Western-style building where everything is independent?

For example, the Jia family. When Jia Zhang heard that her house could be exchanged for a house of nearly 100 square meters, she immediately came to change it. Although she had lived in the courtyard house for most of her life, Old Jia died here and Jia Dongxu almost lost his life here. If she had not been unable to change the house before, she would have left the courtyard house long ago.

He Lai offered such good conditions this time, she naturally would not miss it. Besides, Bang Geng has grown up, and he needs a house to get married and have children.

As for the Yan family, Yan Fugui couldn't wait to come over, exchanged a few polite words, then picked up the contract and read it carefully. After making sure there was no problem, he signed and sealed it immediately and left this courtyard house that made him sad. He was now thinking about using this building to attract his children back to live with him in his old age.

The last two courtyards only had Sha Zhu's family, Xu Damao's family, Liu Haizhong's family, Yi Zhonghai's family, Sun Daniang's family, and He Lai's family.

He Lai never thought of taking over all the courtyards at No. 95. After all, he still had many courtyard houses, including the one given by Lou Bancheng. Moreover, he had so much money that he could not spend it in several lifetimes.

The speed of spending money cannot keep up with the speed of making money. Millions of dollars are literally earned in minutes!

He Lai just wanted to live in a more comfortable and spacious house. To put it bluntly, He Lai felt that if a family lived in a courtyard house, it would be quite comfortable.

Before they knew it, the He Lai family had stayed in the old city for several years. Occasionally, they would go to the port city in the winter to avoid the cold and take care of company matters.

When the children were in school, Wu Juan or Yu Shui would go to Gangcheng to take care of them for a few days.

That day, He Lai was playing chess with Liu Haizhong and others when Sha Zhu came over with a tray.

On the tray was a large plate of noodles with meat sauce, cucumbers, and bean sprouts.

"Oh, seeing this noodles with soybean paste makes me hungry. I won't eat any more."

He Lai smelled the fragrance, threw the chess pieces in his hand, and walked straight towards Sha Zhu.

"Hey, Xiao Laizi, you are playing tricks again. I won't play with you anymore. You are always in a dilemma. Don't you agree, Lao Yi?"

Liu Haizhong was scolding He Lai but there was a smile on his face.

"Just be content. Look around our yard. Xiao Laizi and I are the only ones who play chess with you. Look, Lao He and Lao Xu have followed Xiao Laizi's father to the restaurant downstairs of Juxian Building."

Yi Zhonghai smiled.

"That's right, Second Uncle, you should be content. Otherwise, I will also go to Sanya to escape the cold. When the time comes, I will definitely persuade Second Aunt to stay there for a few more days. Don't complain that no one is waiting on you."

He said this, then took the bowl and mixed himself a bowl of noodles with soybean paste.

"Hey, uncle, uncle, hurry up and do it yourself. Do you really want me, the chef, to serve you the food? I have really become your babysitter!"

Sha Zhu put the tray on the stone table and said.

"Haha, do it yourself, do it yourself. The country is different now. You can go on a trip whenever you want. It's been almost a week and you haven't come back yet. If it were in the past, you wouldn't even dare to think about it. If you go to the countryside, you have to report to the street office and get a note, otherwise people will arrest you."

Yi Zhonghai said with emotion. That's right, a lady naturally went along on this trip.

"That's right. Before, Xiao Laizi's mother asked my wife to go out and play, and I was worried that she would be scared. Look, it's been so many days, and she doesn't care about home at all."

Liu Haizhong mixed a bowl of noodles with soybean paste and continued.

"This is called being happy and not thinking of home, Second Master, you should find some fun on your own. If that doesn't work, I'll find you a nanny to take care of you. I promise to find you a young, beautiful nanny who knows how to take care of people!"

He Lai took a mouthful of noodles and joked.

"Go away, you naughty boy, you only know how to make fun of your uncle. I'm not paralyzed, why do I need a babysitter?"

After Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he lowered his head and started eating noodles.

"Xiao Laizi, I heard there is a thing out there called a mobile phone, which can be used to make calls anytime and anywhere, right?"

Sha Zhu came up to He Lai and asked.

"Yes, what's the matter, our Chef He wants one? Sure, 20,000 yuan, give me the money and I'll get one for you right away."

He Lai said.

"What? Twenty thousand yuan, so expensive!" Sha Zhu was dumbfounded. Even Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai looked at He Lai with incredible eyes.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not lying to you. The market price is 28,000. I only gave you a discount because it was Brother Zhuzi who wanted to buy it."

He Lai made a 28 gesture with his fingers and said.

"This is unbelievable! I have been a worker all my life and I can't even afford a phone! I am getting old, I am getting old."

Yi Zhonghai sighed and said.

"Who said it wasn't? Fortunately, we have Xiao Laizi, who let us take out the money to invest in that restaurant. Otherwise, I don't know how this money is worth so little in the eyes of others."

Liu Haizhong continued.

"Second uncle, didn't you ask your apprentice, Director Lan, to get dozens of tons of rebar? He must have made a lot of money. Why don't you buy one?"

Sha Zhu lied.

"Go away, don't mention this to me. I still haven't recovered from the shock. If I hadn't felt something was wrong and asked Xiao Laizi to check it out, I would have known that I was being fooled."

Liu Haizhong said directly.

In his previous life, Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao started a company together. They relied on this relationship to make a fortune by reselling rebar. Unfortunately, they still couldn't escape the fate of being reported by Xu Damao.

In this life, Liu Haizhong couldn't resist the temptation and spoke to Director Lan. Director Lan naturally couldn't refuse to support his teacher to go to college, so he directly gave the approval slip to Liu Haizhong.

Unfortunately, the person Liu Haizhong met was a middleman who had no money to give to Liu Haizhong. The other person picked up the goods and disappeared. It was He Lai who found this batch of goods through some connections and took possession of it.

From then on, Liu Haizhong never thought about doing any business again. He listened to He Lai's advice and invested all his money in He Lai's restaurant. He became a shareholder and waited for dividends every year.

The same goes for Yi Zhonghai. He invested all his savings in the restaurant, so he was completely confident in He Lai.

"Hey, Uncle Er, don't be such a stingy person. How about we buy it together and use it together? Just think about it. When you go out in the future, you will have a big mobile phone in your hand. It will be so impressive. There are not many of them in the whole city, don't you think?"

Sha Zhu continued to fool people.

"Okay, why would I buy that thing? I'm not going far away, and I don't run a business. I just have money to burn. You can find Xiao Laizi. Xiao Laizi must need it!"

After Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he continued eating noodles.

"Yes, Brother Zhuzi, I need one. How about we form a partnership and each use it for a day? You give me 10,000 and I'll have someone buy one for you tomorrow."

He Lai smiled.

The "Big Brother" cell phone was produced by Motorola, a US company. He Lai had shares in the company, so it was not easy to get a Big Brother.

"Okay, Xiao Laizi, you pay first, and I'll give you the money when your sister-in-law comes back."

Sha Zhu said excitedly.

"Hey, Brother Zhuzi, you are kidding me! You want me to ask my sister-in-law for money, can she give it to me? I am a capitalist! You are too naive to try to trick me!"

He Lai said speechlessly, put down the bowl, and prepared to go back and lie down for a while.

"Hey, don't go, Xiao Laizi, let's discuss it again. Can your brother Zhuzi lend it to you?

...very useful!"

"Brother Zhuzi, you should just cook. I'll give you ten yuan. I want to eat pork elbow tonight!"

He Lai threw a ten-yuan bill to Sha Zhu.