Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Stop touching Huairu's belly all the time. Aren't you ashamed?" When Wu Juan came in, she saw He Lai still touching Qin Huairu's belly, and slapped me on the back.

Even the rain made faces at him, obviously He Lai had encouraged her to touch him many times.

He Lai smacked his lips, indicating that it didn't matter. Beating is love and scolding is care. As long as they are not used too hard, He Lai can accept it.

Wu Juan pulled Qin Huairu to the inner room to avoid the two children disturbing her.

He Lai pulled Yu Shui to continue writing traditional Chinese characters. He had to admit defeat. It would be too uncomfortable if he didn't practice writing these characters. He had to keep up with the progress.

……

It was almost dark when Sha Zhu brought Qin's mother over.

"Mom!" Qin Huairu was overwhelmed with emotions when she saw her mother whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

The two hugged each other for a long time before they separated. Mother Qin was a little embarrassed. After all, it was her first time in the city and she felt a little restrained.

Wu Juan quickly pulled Qin's mother into the inner room, and Qin Huairu followed.

"Brother Zhuzi, what are you laughing at?" He Lai became jealous when he saw Sha Zhuzi was so happy.

"Nothing, nothing, well, I'll go cook." Sha Zhu took the dishes and went into the kitchen.

……

"Huairu, you are really enjoying yourself. There are so many dishes, all of them are meat, and there are also white flour buns. Mother can't bear to eat them." Qin's mother sat there and patted Qin Huairu.

"Mom, please try more. Zhuzi cooks very well." Qin Huairu picked up the dishes and put them into Qin's mother's bowl.

He Lai also learned to pick up food for his mother, "Mom, you eat too."

"You naughty monkey, you even learned how to pick up food." Wu Juan scolded with a smile.

"Mom, I'll clamp it for you too." Yu Shui was not to be outdone and quickly took over.

"Okay, okay. I haven't seen you guys being so active usually. Don't mind it, big sister. These two kids are used to being naughty." After Wu Juan finished teaching the children, she turned to Qin's mother and said.

"It's okay, it's okay. Be naughty. Look how cute these two children are. This is Yu Shui. Look at this little face, it's much prettier than Huai Ru when she was a child." Qin's mother was also looking at He Lai and Yu Shui.

He Lai now had time to look at Qin's mother. Although her face looked old, it was not difficult to tell that she was also very beautiful when she was young. No wonder she gave birth to Teacher Hao Lei.

"Brother Zhuzi, come and eat with us." He came to see Sha Zhu who was still not feeling well and said something.

Sha Zhu came over with the last dish, "Okay, I'll be right there."

The family sat together happily. He Lai looked at this warm scene and felt a warm current in his heart.

"By the way, Mom, how is Dad's health recently?" Qin Huairu asked.

"It's still the same, but don't worry, I'll take care of it." Qin's mother replied.

"That's good."

After dinner, everyone chatted for a while. Qin's mother went to rest early because she was tired from the journey. Sha Zhu helped to clean up the dishes, showing his good manliness.

……

"Huai Ru, is the relationship between our family and the He family so good?" After getting up, Qin's mother thought about what happened last night. Her family went to Wu Juan's house for dinner.

"Mom, yes, the He family has been very kind to Zhuzi and me. It is thanks to his son that Zhuzi and I are successful." Qin Huairu explained.

"What, that kid?" Mother Qin put down the rag and said in shock.

"Yes, don't underestimate Xiao Laizi. He is a god. I only realized this after I got married. Xiao Laizi is really extraordinary." Qin Huairu also sighed.

"Tell mother in detail." Qin's mother became interested.

"Then let me tell you..."

"That's really a great favor, we must treat them well in the future.

I didn't expect that my Huairu would become a worker. It's great. She earns more in a month than my mother does in half a year. "Mother Qin also lamented that the city is much better than the countryside.

"Mom, just tell me if you need money. Zhuzi and I don't have much to spend. Our combined salary is about 800,000 or 900,000 yuan. Zhuzi sometimes takes on banquets, which makes even more." Qin Huairu also took out 200,000 yuan and gave it to her mother.

"This, this, this is not good." Qin's mother was very embarrassed. After all, if she gave the betrothal gift, the girl would belong to someone else's family.

"It's okay. Zhuzi's money is all with me. The money is just sitting there anyway. My younger brother is getting married next year, and I, as his sister, have to help him out. Zhuzi won't mind." Qin Huairu continued while holding Qin's mother's hand.

"Mom, I have a job now, and my salary is hundreds of thousands!"

"Yes, yes, yes, my daughter, you are living a good life with your own money. Mother is really happy for you. You have been stubborn since you were a child and have always wanted to go to the city. Now I see that you are living well, and mother is happy." Mother Qin patted Qin Huairu's hand and shed tears.

Qin Huairu also lay in Qin's mother's arms with red eyes.

……

Mother Qin heard a knock on the door, opened it and saw a strange young man.

"Aunt, I'm here to bring food to my master's wife." The young man scratched his head.

"Huai Ru, come out for a moment."

"Here you are, it's Xiao Gu, thank you for your help." Qin Huairu took the lunch box when she saw that it was Sha Zhu's apprentice. Sha Zhu had asked him to deliver lunch boxes to the textile factory before.

"Then I'll leave first. Goodbye, Master's wife." Xiao Gu pushed his bicycle and ran away.

"Mom, it's okay. Zhuzi is the chef in the cafeteria. It's normal to send a lunch box. We can just steam some buns." Qin Huairu explained.

Mother Qin was also amazed. Someone even brought her meals. Isn't this like an official's wife?

Mother Qin had just looked at the things in the kitchen. There were two noodle jars, one containing white flour and the other containing corn flour. There were also various pickled vegetables in the jars next to them, and pickled meat hanging above her head. This life was really...

As for my own family, if Sha Zhu hadn’t brought some rabbit trapping equipment when he got married, I probably wouldn’t be able to eat meat very often in a year!

I heard that this set was also given by the kid from the He family. He is truly a rare talent.

……

Our Qilin is writing traditional Chinese characters there.

"Why don't you read Russian books anymore? You've changed the words." Liu Shiya was also surprised.

"Oh, doesn't it feel like my Chinese level has gotten weaker? I need to improve it." He Lai continued writing without even raising his head.

If I don't write traditional Chinese characters, it's really hard to remember the strokes. Although I know the characters, it's a bit difficult to write them.

Seeing He Lai writing so attentively, Liu Shiya sighed that he was indeed a freak. She decided to work harder as well. She silently took out her own book and started writing as well.

……

When the children returned to the courtyard, they found something interesting: the daughter-in-law of the Jia family was about to give birth. Someone in the courtyard sent someone to call Jia Dongxu, and Jia Zhang also hurried to invite a midwife.

But for some unknown reason, she just couldn't give birth. The midwife quickly asked to send the baby to the hospital, but Jia Zhang insisted on giving birth at home. This made everyone anxious, but fortunately Jia Dongxu came back in time.

After Jia Dongxu found out, he immediately pulled a cart over, and everyone took Jia's wife to the hospital. Fortunately, she was safe and gave birth to a son.

The doctor said that if they had come later, only one of the woman and the child would have been saved. Everyone was very lucky, as there were countless women who died during childbirth in this era.

Jia Zhang was still cursing and complaining about wasting money. Everyone was speechless about Jia Zhang. This old woman only cared about money.

The child was still called Jia Geng, and his nickname was Bang Geng!