Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

In the end, He Lai bought a mobile phone for Sha Zhu. The reason was that he also wanted to experience the feeling of holding a mobile phone in his hand. He guessed that pagers would be available soon, and when the time came, he would wear one on his waist, which would be very cool.

Unfortunately, Sha Zhu's good days didn't last long. Qin Huairu came back from Sanya. Sha Zhu naturally didn't dare to mention anything about buying a mobile phone. He just said that it was He Lai and lent it to him for show.

He Lai used this as a threat and often ordered Sha Zhu to do all kinds of small things.

What, why isn't Sha Zhu in the restaurant? With so many apprentices, there's no need for Sha Zhu to cook. Of course, if a customer wants to order Sha Zhu's dishes, they can call him and he'll be in time.

As soon as the women and children came back, the courtyard became lively again.

"Nannan, why did you leave your daughter with me? When you come here, your brother will be responsible for taking care of your child?"

He Lai looked at the four-year-old girl in his arms and said speechlessly.

"Hehe, come on, brother, please help me take care of her for a few days. My daughter is so well-behaved." Nannan said with a smile.

"That's wild, don't blame your brother!"

"It's definitely not strange." Nannan said with a smile.

"Little girl, what's your name?" He Lai could only say to the girl.

The little girl looked at her mother, then at He Lai's face, and said timidly, "My name is Xuan Xuan."

"Your mother doesn't want you anymore and has sold you to me. From now on you have to call me godfather, understand?"

He Lai held up the little girl and joked.

Xuanxuan didn't quite understand what He Lai meant. She turned to look at her mother and saw Nannan nodding at her frantically.

"Godfather!"

"Well, my dear daughter! Come on, Godfather will take you out to play!"

Having said that, He Lai put Xuanxuan on his neck, walked out of the courtyard, and rode his modified three-wheeled motorcycle onto the road.

His three-wheeled motorcycle was more like the three-wheeled vans of later generations, except that it did not have air conditioning, everything else was similar.

"Nannan, you are so careless. My mother didn't dare to let Brother Lai take care of the child, but you sent her to him. It's your sister Yushui's fault for reminding you. By then, your daughter will be like Wu'er, traveling around the world all day long. Don't regret it."

Rain laughed aside.

"Oh, no, my daughter is just too well behaved. I just want her to have some fun with Brother Lai for a few days. Sister Yushui, you don't know that my husband works in the Industry and Commerce Bureau. There are so many rules at home. I regret marrying him."

Nannan said with a bitter face.

Officials today are still very wary of accepting bribes, especially the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, which has so many sugar-coated bullets.

"It's up to you. I've reminded you anyway." Yu Shui said helplessly.

Nannan didn't take it seriously. She had a meal at Yushui's place and then went back.

After that, Xuanxuan followed He Lai. There was one advantage of hanging out with He Lai, which was that He Lai could satisfy whatever she wanted to eat.

After playing in Sijiu City for a few days, Xuanxuan had completely fallen in love with sticking to He Lai. When He Lai saw that Nannan had not come to pick up the child, he took Xuanxuan directly to Gangcheng.

Nannan didn't care when she learned that He Lai had taken her daughter to Gangcheng. He Lai was relieved to take her with him.

It was not until half a month later that everyone was surprised when He Lai appeared in the courtyard with Xuanxuan, who was wearing a little dress, small sunglasses and a sun hat.

Especially Nannan couldn't recognize her daughter when she saw her daughter in this state.

"Mom!" Xuanxuan stretched out her little hands and ran towards Nannan.

Nannan picked up Xuanxuan and looked at her carefully. Apart from her little face becoming more delicate and her clothes becoming prettier, there was no other change.

"How is it? It's fun to follow godfather, right?" Nannan said with a smile.

"Well, godfather took me to many places. I rode a big airplane, a big ship, and a car. I also went to the amusement park and rode the carousel..." Xuanxuan chattered a lot.

Nannan was listening with a smile on her face until Xuanxuan mentioned going to the casino in Las Vegas, then her face suddenly turned bad.

Fortunately, He Lai's continuous coughing interrupted Xuanxuan's words.

It turned out that during his stay in Hong Kong, He Lai went to the casino and brought Xuanxuan there to play a few games. Xuanxuan won a lot of money.

"Brother Lai, why did you take Xuanxuan to the casino?" Nannan was unhappy.

"Uh..." He Lai was a little embarrassed and scratched Xuan Xuan's nose. "Didn't godfather tell you not to tell anyone? You little traitor."

Xuanxuan stuck out her tongue, hugged Nannan's neck, and didn't dare to look at He Lai.

"Nannan, don't be angry. I didn't gamble. I just went to the casino to discuss some business. I came back after a day of shopping."

He Lai could only explain.

"Brother Lai, you are lying. There was no gambling. How come Nannan has this in her pocket!" Nannan took out ten thousand yuan in chips from a casino and looked at He Lai.

"Uh... Brother Zhuzi seemed to have asked me to go to the restaurant just now. I guess he has something to do. I'll go in first."

When He Lai realized something was wrong, he rode the three-wheeled motorcycle next to him and fled the scene.

"Xuanxuan, where did this thing come from..."

What followed was Nannan’s severe torture.

Xuanxuan naturally would not hide it from her mother, and told Nannan everything that happened in the casino.

When he learned that his precious daughter was gambling in the casino, he couldn't close his mouth.

"Nannan, you must be regretting this now. Xuanxuan is going to become a little gambler from now on."

Rainwater laughed.

"Haha, sister Nannan, let's see if you will let your uncle come to take care of your children in the future."

Xier gloated on the side, and many young people in the yard laughed out loud.

"Oh, you guys better not go out and say nonsense. My husband really pays attention to this aspect. If he knew about this, I'm sure Xuanxuan would suffer."

Nannan said worriedly.

"Okay Xuanxuan, give this plastic cover to your brother, okay?" Xu Jiayin was standing nearby, his eyes already fixed on the chips.

Xuanxuan was about to give the chips to Xu Jiayin without thinking, but was unfortunately stopped by the rain.

"Jia Yin, don't try to fool Xuan Xuan. This chip is worth several thousand dollars. How can you take it for free?"

Xu Jiayin shrank his neck and ran back embarrassedly. He naturally knew what this thing was. Over the years, he followed Xu Damao around and went to many different places.

"What, this little thing is worth so much money?" Nannan was also shocked.

"Yes, Nannan, don't underestimate this piece of plastic. See, it says 10,000 on it. If you take it to a casino in Las Vegas, you can exchange it for 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is worth several thousand Chinese dollars."

Rainwater explained.

"Oh my god, this little thing is worth more than my annual salary!"

Nannan was shocked.

"Nannan, you don't know that the economic development in Hong Kong is much better than that in the mainland. The wages of ordinary workers there are thousands or even tens of thousands a month."

Rainwater explained.

"Oh, then Sister Yushui, please help me return this thing to Brother Lai. It's useless for us to keep it."

Nannan said.

"No, you should give it to him yourself. You don't know your brother yet. Now the whole city of Hong Kong is his property. He doesn't care about this thing. He gave it to Xuanxuan, so you should just keep it."

Yu Shui refused directly.

"Mom, I still have some in my bag, look." Xuanxuan didn't know what was going on and thought that there were not enough chips. A few people were being polite, so she took out a big handful from her bag, a dozen or so at most.

Looking at the chips in Xuanxuan's hand, Nannan was speechless and looked at the rain with a helpless expression.

Yu Shui could only cover her mouth and laugh, then pulled her daughter into the house.

Fortunately, Yu Shui was good at speaking and told Nannan not to worry about it and just keep the chips so that she could use them for emergency in the future if she needed money.

When He Lai returned to the courtyard, Nannan had already taken Xuanxuan back.

"Brother Lai, it's a good thing that mom is not at home today, otherwise you would be scolded again."

Rainwater laughed.

Wu Juan took He Tong and the others to Hejia Village to visit Grandpa He and the others.

"Hey, I didn't expect this to happen. I left for a while because of something, and asked someone else to play with her. Who knew that this little girl would win everything she bought? Someone even gave her the chips. Nannan didn't say anything, right?"

He Lai said awkwardly.

"What can Nannan say? She just took Xuanxuan away." Yu Shui gave He Lai a blank look.

Before the two of them said a few words, someone came in. It was Xu Jiaying, Xu Damao's sixth and youngest child, who was exactly ten years old this year.

"Come on uncle, Aunt Rainwater."

"Ying'er, why are you here? Your brother asked you to come here, right?"

Yu Shui pulled Xu Jiaying over and said with a smile.

"Well, my brother asked me to come over and play." Xu Jiaying was obviously not good at lying and admitted it directly.

"What's going on! What does your brother ask you to play?" He Lai felt confused.

The rain whispered something in He Lai's ear.

After hearing this, He Lai was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that Xu Jiayin's name was not given for nothing. This was definitely He Lai's fault.

"Ying'er, do you want to play with your uncle?" He Lai looked at Xu Jiaying and said with a smile.

Although it was a plot, He Lai didn't care at all. After all, it was quite interesting to have a girl around.

"Think about it, Uncle Lai, I often hear my father and mother praise you and ask us to take you as a role model."

Xu Jiaying looked at He Lai with admiration.

"Okay, then you should follow your uncle. If you are led astray, you are not allowed to secretly complain to your mother, understand?"

He Lai pinched her nose and said.

"Okay! Thank you Uncle Lai." Xu Jiaying bowed to He Lai.

"Okay, go back to sleep. Tomorrow your uncle will take you out to play."

"Ah."