Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

School days are like this, day after day.

He Lai lay down again. He was wearing thick clothes. He was not afraid of being hit. How dare he hit his head? He threatened to tell the principal.

"He Lai, can't you just sit up?"

"My family is poor..."

"I've learned that your family is not poor!"

He Lai felt a little guilty when looking at Liu Shiya's angry eyes. Damn it, who told the secret? It must be Liu Guangtian. Liu Haizhong must beat him up after school.

"Um, that's because... because... because you've finished reading the Russian book you borrowed from me! Our agreement is terminated. I'll return the book to you!" He Lai finally came up with an idea.

"Okay, I'll give you another one tomorrow. Don't lie down!" Liu Shiya took the book and continued.

"Uh, okay...alright." He Lai smacked his lips.

……

At lunch, He Lai asked Xiao Yushui about his last test results. After getting a satisfactory answer, he asked Xiao Huzi, Chuner, and Liu Guangtian one after another. After learning that Liu Guangtian had dropped 10 places, he was finally satisfied. Now it depends on whether you can survive or not!

Liu Guangtian was still eating the delicious food that He Lai brought from the restaurant yesterday. It was indeed a good thing to hang out with Brother Lai.

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After school, Liu Guangtian went to play in the front yard as soon as he put down his schoolbag. He Lai also shook his head and said, "You wait for Liu Haizhong to come back."

After a while, the workers from the steel mill came back, and Liu Haizhong followed He Lai's advice and gritted his teeth to buy a bicycle.

Liu Haizhong is now in high spirits. Everyone in the workshop respectfully calls him "Master Liu!" It's very satisfying to hear that.

After sitting for a while and taking a sip of tea, I saw He coming over and quickly invited him to sit down.

He Lai was not polite and sat next to Liu Haizhong.

"Uncle Liu, I heard that you became the deputy director of the workshop? Congratulations, Uncle Liu."

"Hey, it's just a small matter, a small matter. Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Liu Haizhong also laughed.

"But Uncle Liu, stop laughing. You have to keep Guangtian in check. You see, Brother Guangqi does his homework and reviews his lessons at home every day after school. As for Guangtian, I just heard from his classmates that his ranking in the last test was more than 10 points lower than that in the midterm exam! You have to keep him in check!" He Lai whispered.

Liu Haizhong's face suddenly darkened. Guang Tian's recent success in making money had indeed made Liu Haizhong relax his discipline.

"Okay, Uncle Liu got it. Uncle Liu, Xiaolaizi, thanks you on behalf of Guangtian. He cared about Guangtian's studies right after he recovered from his illness."

"Hey, I'm just afraid that they will play too much in broad daylight. It's normal for children to like playing, so just keep an eye on them. Uncle Liu, I'm leaving now. I think my mother is going to look for me." He Lai quickly evacuated the battlefield.

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He Lai had just finished his meal when Liu Guangtian's voice came from the courtyard.

"Well, this vermicelli is really good. Do you have more, Mom?"

"Yes, yes, plenty."

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New Year's Day is here, and there is another big dinner in the backyard. This time, Liu Haizhong takes the lead. Everyone pools money, and Sha Zhu, Xu Damao and Liu Guangqi go to buy ingredients.

Everyone gathered together and chatted lively.

In fact, Yi Zhonghai had done it before, but was messed up by Jia Zhangshi. Not only did he not pay, he also deliberately used chopsticks covered with saliva to rub hard into the dishes, making others so disgusted that they no longer wanted to eat with her.

Yi Zhonghai was also tired and wanted to get rid of her, but he couldn't find a good way. Since his daughter-in-law married, Jia Zhang has become more and more lazy. She basically never leaves the compound. Apart from making shoe soles, she also makes shoe soles. This also allows her to save a lot of money.

Because of his skills, Jia Dongxu became a formal employee with a salary of 30 yuan, and his family no longer had to worry about food and clothing.

At the dinner table, everyone was toasting and drinking. Uncle Li also brought He Lai a portable drying basket. He Lai put the charcoal in place under everyone's gaze. He put on the lid and gave it to Wu Juan. It was very useful. Everyone tried it and found it was really good. I heard that it cost 10,000 yuan, but it was not too expensive. At least my hands would not suffer in winter. Just like that, the Li family started to get busy again.

The deaf old lady also bought one. Aunt Yi also wanted to buy one, but she saw Xiao Yushui coming to her with a baking basket. Aunt Yi knew what Xiao Yushui was thinking instantly. She hugged Xiao Yushui and didn't say a word.

Aunt Yi had no choice but to be dragged out of the deaf old lady's house by He Lai and Xiao Yushui during the dinner.

Soon, the people who were having dinner dispersed, leaving the women comrades to clean up the battlefield, and it was clean in a short while.

He Lai pulled Sha Zhu and asked him to take him and Xiao Yu Shui to the supply and marketing cooperative, and to get the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that he had been longing for, which was the highlight of his evening.

Shazhu didn't hesitate to get on the bike and set off with the two kids. However, because the wooden board on the back seat blocked one side, He Lai said that he could only let Xiao Yushui sit on it, and he sat on the front bumper. Hey, silly, he should ride his mother's bike.

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, He Lai asked Sha Zhu to take Yu Shui to buy cigarettes and alcohol, while he stopped at the milk powder area.

I bought two cans of milk powder and put them in the cloth bag. After entering the public toilet, I looked around and immediately put the milk powder into the space. Good things must be saved. Then I bought a lot of bags of tea and put some of them into the space.

Finally, they went to the tobacco and alcohol section to find Sha Zhu and his sister, and asked Sha Zhu to buy milk powder, after all, the children and wife needed it. Sha Zhu did not hesitate to buy it with his own private money.

He Lai asked Sha Zhu to go to the Chinese medicine clinic and get thirty sets of plasters to treat all the patients equally, highlighting the equal treatment of the master chef.

When we arrived at the kitchen, we quickly got a set of tea and medicine plasters for Master Hu, and then left it to Xiao Yushui and Sha Zhu to deal with.

Then I went to Master Zheng to get another order, and by acting cute and coquettish, I got nine-turn large intestine and scallion-fried sea cucumber. I came to Master Liao with satisfaction, handed them over respectfully, without saying a word, and insisted that Master Liao must be reliable.

Sure enough, Master Liao couldn't stand He Lai's little gaze, so he called his apprentice over and gave He Lai the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that he had prepared long ago. He Lai felt that it was indeed reliable, and even the jar was replaced with a new one.

After taking four lunch boxes from Fengze Garden, the three of them went back happily with Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

After returning home, the five of them sat around the dinner table, looking at the legendary Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Sha Zhu introduced it excitedly.

Everyone smacked their lips when they heard this. Abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin and fish maw are things that ordinary people like us eat?

In front of him, the braised sea cucumber with scallions feels like a younger brother.

"Yushui, go see if Aunt Yi has come out, and ask her to come over and have a taste." He Lai could never let go of this good wife who gave everything for her husband, took care of the deaf old lady all her life, but died first.

Especially those who had taken care of Yu Shui when she was a baby, I always want to give some help. He Lai even wanted to take her to the hospital to check who was infertile. But what would it matter if he knew, divorce? It would only add to the sadness.

After a while, Xiao Yushui dragged Aunt Yi back.

Quickly give up her seat, Aunt Yi was embarrassed and tried to refuse. Wu Juan said, "Aunt Yi, don't give up your seat. We are not strangers. Xiao Laizi and Xiao Yushui brought some good things for you to try. So they pulled you over. Come and try it?"

"Okay, okay, you are all good children." Aunt Yi also sat down holding Xiao Yushui.

Sha Zhu began to serve soup to everyone, and everyone tasted this delicious food carefully.

The mellow taste, rich aroma and endless aftertaste are unforgettable. The abalone is tender, the chicken is smooth but not greasy, the mushrooms are plump and nutritious, and the layers are very strong, which makes people have endless aftertaste.

All He Lai could say was, "It's damn delicious!"