Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Mom, I'm hungry." Xiao Yushui rushed over immediately when he saw Wu Juan coming back.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

It seems that I can't be a chef anymore.

……

"Hey, your book." Liu Shiya threw a Russian book over.

"Thank you." He Lai took it and started reading it quickly.

"Can you really understand?"

"Sure, I've been watching it, haven't I?"

……

on Tuesday,

When the five children returned to the courtyard, He Lai saw this scene: a group of people from the Military Control Commission were checking the household registration problem, hoping that everyone could change their household registration to urban household registration to facilitate future management.

However, there were still a few households who were still hesitant about whether to change. After all, the rural household registration had land, which they gave to their brothers and sisters to plant, and they could also have some harvest. After constant persuasion, the others also agreed, after all, it was not a big deal.

Only Jia Zhang saw the advantage and was unwilling to change, and she would not let her daughter-in-law change. Misfortunes sent by heaven can be survived, but misfortunes brought upon oneself cannot be survived. The comrades of the Military Control Commission said a lot about the benefits of changing to urban household registration for work, children's schooling, etc., but Jia Zhang still could not be moved. In the end, she could only ask Yi Zhonghai to do ideological work for her.

He Lai also shook his head. It was true that one would suffer great losses if he tried to gain small gains.

He Lai doesn't bother to care. You are a weird family and you deserve to suffer.

He Lai and Xiao Yushui returned to the courtyard and hurried into the house to light the stove. It was too cold. It felt much colder than last year. They had to think of a way to overcome it. Fortunately, with Sha Zhu's help, there was plenty of firewood.

He Lai remembered that the tiger stove in his previous life was very good. He could ask the master to make the water storage bucket inside bigger. He did it right away.

He Lai took out a pen and paper and started to draw. It was finished in a short while.

"Yushui, I'm going to the Military Control Commission to look for Director Wang. Are you coming?"

"go with!"

The two quickly dressed, went out hand in hand, and headed straight for the Military Control Commission.

He Lai walked to Director Wang's office with ease and knocked.

"Please come in!"

"Auntie Wang, it's me, Xiao Laizi." He Lai came in pulling Xiao Yushui.

"Come and sit down. It's cold outside, right? Come and warm yourself by the fire. Are you feeling better? What do you want to talk to your Aunt Wang about?" Director Wang looked at the two little ones running over in the cold weather.

"Auntie Wang, I'm fine! I'm looking for someone to remodel the stove, and I want you to help find someone." He Lai stated his purpose directly.

"Why do we need to change it? Now we need to report any changes to our house."

"What, report? Where to report?"

"Auntie Wang, haha, I'm not kidding you. Why do you want to change it?" Director Wang asked immediately.

"The weather is too cold. I want to boil some water, so I thought of installing a water bucket and connecting it to an iron pipe in the stove. This way, I can heat the water while boiling." He said it very bluntly and took out the drawing paper.

"That's a good idea. I'll call a master to see if it works for you." Director Wang looked at the drawing paper, walked out the door and shouted.

"Xiao Hu, please ask Master Fu, who is building the house, to come over."

"Okay, go right away."

……

"Master Fu, look at this kid trying to build a stove like this? Do you think it's feasible?"

Master Fu also took a look. Although the picture was not very good, it was very straightforward. So he said

"Yes, this stove is good. It will be much more convenient to boil water if it can be used. But I can't say whether it is useful or not. I need to discuss with my old friend what materials to use for the pipe and bucket."

"Okay then, when can you go to Xiao Laizi's house?"

"Go now. I happened to have a ruler and everything with me. Just measure and start working." Master Fu answered directly.

"Okay, then Xiao Laizi, you take Master Fu with you. I won't go. If it works well, tell Aunt Wang and she will give you credit!"

"Okay, Aunt Wang, Master Fu, I'll lead the way for you."

……

"Well, I've measured it. When is it convenient for you?"

"Wait a minute, my mother will be back soon."

"Row!"

……

As soon as Wu Juan entered the house, she found a stranger in the house and then looked at He Lai.

"Mom, this Master Fu was introduced by Director Wang. I want to build a new stove so I can boil water. This master has said he can build it. I want to ask you when it is convenient for our family."

He Lai stated the result directly.

Wu Juan was speechless. Her son had just stopped for a few days, but how could he start again? She thought that she couldn't go against her son, and since Director Wang had called him, there shouldn't be any problem. She said, "It depends on when this master is convenient. We can do it anytime."

"Then let's do it tomorrow. Then we can dismantle the stove first, is that ok?"

"no problem."

"How much is that?"

"Is the meal included?"

"No, I usually have to go to work and there's no one to cook."

"Then let's say 60. What do you think?"

"Okay, how long will it take to be done?"

"If everything goes well, about four days."

"Then I'll trouble you, Master Fu."

"Okay, I'll go prepare the materials first. I'll be leaving now."

"Goodbye." Wu Juan saw Master Fu out the door.

"Are you happy that you took down the stove?"

"Hehehe." He Lai grinned foolishly.

"You!"

Wu Juan tapped He Lai's forehead with her finger, not wanting to scold him, and pulled him into her arms.

A little rain also came over.

……

He Lai didn't have to go to school, so he ran from his room to his mother's bed and stayed there with the rain, not wanting to be cold. Unless it snowed.

Two people were kidnapped in bed, no need to rescue!

The two were singing on the bed when suddenly there was a knock on the door. He Lai quickly got up, put on his shoes, wrapped himself in a cotton coat and opened the door. It turned out that Master Fu and others had arrived.

He Lai didn't hesitate and took them directly to the kitchen. Wu Juan had cleaned up the place very well yesterday.

In this way, Master Fu and a few others started the demolition work.

……

We dismantled everything in one day, got a lot of materials, and prepared to start work tomorrow.

People of this generation are really efficient at work and never drag their feet.

……

Sunday, noon

Wu Juan put it to use and cooked five dishes, three meat and two vegetable dishes. They were very good. She entertained Master Fu and his friends and paid the balance.

"Mom, can we take a bath? Look, this is such a big bucket, it's full of hot water." He Lai was excited. It was difficult to take a bath in winter.

"Okay, you wash with the rain."

"Ah, can we wash them separately?"

"No."

……

After taking a shower, the three people felt lighter. Although Wu Juan could take a shower at the factory, she could not take a shower many times a month as a kitchen helper. She usually went home to wash with hot water.

People in the backyard came over to see the stove, and Wu Juan showed it to them generously.

"Xiao Laizi is smart. Once we build this stove, we won't have to worry about hot water. We can just go to the well to fetch water every day."

"Yes, He's wife, how much does this cost?"

"60."

Everyone sighed, the He family was really rich.

However, Li Dawa's family and Xu Fugui's family have already decided to build it. What He Lai brings must be good stuff.

Liu Haizhong didn't want to make one. After all, he washed them every day in the factory and didn't need them for the time being. Moreover, he had just bought a bicycle and was the only one working to support a family of four, including three sons, so there wouldn't be much left in a month.