Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

He Lai saw Xu Damao at home today and thought that he hadn't played with Xu Damao for a long time.

He Lai took Yu Shui to visit Xu Damao's house.

"Brother Damao, is it fun to follow your father to the countryside to show movies?"

"What's so fun about this? I'm so tired. It was pretty good at first, but it became just so-so after a while. Come in and sit down."

Xu Damao quickly sat up from the rocking chair.

"Where are Aunt Xu and Zhaodi?" He Lai sat on the bench in the rain.

"Sleeping in the house."

"Brother Damao, are you now considered a formal worker at the steel mill?"

"It's still early. I'm just an apprentice at best. I still have to work with my father for a few more years. What's the matter?"

"Brother Damao, do you still have those dried mushrooms? They're delicious."

"Yes, I'll get you some. They were all sent by my fellow villagers. You're so enthusiastic. Haha." After hearing this, Xu Damao quickly went to the kitchen to get some dried mushrooms.

He Lai took it quickly without any pretense.

"Brother Damao, can you help me get more? I'll pay! Any dry goods will do. I love to eat."

"Okay, there's nothing to do in the countryside anyway, so it shouldn't be a big deal for me to help you." Xu Damao agreed readily.

"Brother Damao, I think you and your father can do purchasing part-time. Otherwise it would be a waste of time to go to the countryside." He Lai suggested.

"Ah, is this okay? I'll ask my dad later."

"I don't think it's a big problem."

"I think so too. Xiao Laizi is really smart. If this works, wouldn't it be equivalent to two salaries?"

Xu Damao thought that in the future he could collect the things after the screening by himself, wouldn’t that be wonderful!

The smile is getting brighter and brighter.

"Brother Damao, my saliva is flowing."

When Xu Damao heard this, he quickly sucked his lips and wiped it with his sleeve.

"Don't laugh at your brother Damao, you don't know how welcoming the people in the countryside are. I eat and drink there with my dad every day."

"Brother Damao, this is a sugar-coated bullet, be careful not to drop it! Hehe."

"Don't make fun of your brother Damao."

"Brother Damao, are you just going to lie here?"

"Why else would you go? It's so cold, and it's almost Chinese New Year in a few days."

"How about we go fishing? I haven't fished in a while."

"Will it work? It should be frozen now." Xu Damao was a little skeptical.

"Why not just make a hole in the ice? You'll know after you try it."

"Come on, brother. I want to go too!" Yu Shui also interrupted when he heard about fishing.

"That's a bit cold, let the rain stay at home."

"No, I want to go."

"Okay, but you have to follow me and can't leave."

"it is good."

"Okay, I see Uncle Li has a pickaxe, so I'll take that too. Brother Damao, bring a shovel, and remember to bring a small stool."

"Row."

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He Lai put on his clothes and wrapped up the rain like a rice dumpling, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

"Yu Shui, are you still going like this? It's very cold." He Lai smiled as he looked at Yu Shui.

"Go!" The rain uttered a word.

"Okay, let's go then."

He Lai and Yu Shui took their things and went out to meet Xu Damao.

They ran into Liu Guangtian and Xiao Huzi playing in the snow. When they saw He Lai was going fishing, they took their fishing rods and followed him.

He Lai had no choice but to take it with him.

Chun'er was stopped by Aunt Sun and refused to go.

He Lai had been trying to persuade Yu Shui to stay at home with Chun Er, but Yu Shui just held on to He Lai and said nothing. Forget it, let's go.

In this way, the five of them slowly came to Shichahai. Several young people and children were skating on the ice.

He Lai took everyone to find a suitable fishing spot.

For ice fishing, one must find a sunny spot with bubbles on the ice surface. Finally, He Lai found a good place to settle down.

Everyone started to dig holes. This was not an easy job, but fortunately there were many people, and it took half a day to dig 4 holes.

Everyone started to set up bait and started fishing without waiting.

Soon, skaters gathered around and were surprised to see them fishing on the ice.

"Hey, isn't this Xu Damao?" One of the young men recognized Xu Damao.

"Hi Jianjun, you're ice skating." Xu Damao also recognized the person skating, it was his classmate.

"Da Mao, I haven't seen you for half a year. Are you working now?"

"That's right. I followed my father to work as a projectionist in the steel mill." Xu Damao also looked proud.

"Of course, you are doing well, unlike me who is still studying."

"Hey, same as before, it's even better to get a job after graduating from high school!"

"Da Mao, can you catch fish like this?"

“I don’t know. This is our first time too…” Before Xu Damao could finish his words, the fish took the bait.

Xu Damao quickly picked it up, a carp weighing more than 2 kilograms.

"Hey, what I said came true! Do you believe it?" Xu Damao said while holding up the fish.

"Okay, that's great. Damao, I'm going to go back and get the fishing rod. Don't leave and wait for me." When the young man saw that he really caught a fish, he stopped skating and went home to get the fishing rod.

When everyone saw that they could really catch fish, they all went home to get their fishing rods.

He, everyone who sees it wants to laugh, but never mind, it’s good to be able to inspire others.

Don’t say that fish are easy to catch in winter. It may be because of the lack of food, or it may be because you chose the right place. All you catch are crucian carp and carp.

After a while, some people came one after another. Some people may think it is too dangerous and their families do not allow them to come.

Xu Damao's classmates borrowed tools and started drilling a hole not far away.

Everyone came to borrow, and He Lai was not stingy. He told everyone not to drill too close, as it could easily cause an accident.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Yu Shui had been sitting with He Lai, they both held the fishing rods together. Not to mention that when they were fishing together, the fishing conditions were better.

After a while, He Lai saw that the fish bucket was almost full. He looked at his pocket watch and saw that it was almost 3 hours, so he quickly put away his fishing rod.

"Brother Damao, Guangtian, Xiaohuzi, it's almost time to go."

“Okay.” “Okay.” “Okay.”

The three of them picked up their fishing rods, packed up, and left.

The four fishing spots were quickly occupied. After all, many people watched them catch fish and knew it was a good spot.

The four of them carried the fish bucket, walked and stopped, talked and laughed as they went home.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw He Lai and his friends coming back from fishing.

"Hey, Xiao Laizi is back. Did he go fishing?" Aunt Zhang saw Xiao Laizi and his friends coming back. Because she is now in charge of the gate, she always keeps an eye out for people coming to the gate.

"Well, hello, Aunt Zhang, take two fish for my brother to eat. We caught too many and can't finish them." He Lai took two fish from the fish bucket and placed them at the door of Aunt Zhang's house.

“Xiao Laizi, I can’t take your fish for nothing, you take it back.” Aunt Zhang quickly picked it up and wanted to take it back.

"Then let's use it as the money for next month's gate, hehe!" After saying that, He pulled Yu Shui away.

Xu Damao and the others followed suit and took out fish to represent the gate money for next month.

Aunt Zhang had no choice but to accept it.

At Yan Fugui's home, Aunt Yan watched through the crack in the door as He Lai and his friends delivered fish to the Zhang family, and her heart ached.

These were originally his. But when my wife comes back, I will let her go fishing too.