Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"Auntie Li, here's my pickaxe back. I'll keep it here. I'll also give you a fish for Xiao Shitou to eat." He Lai put down the pickaxe and the fish and ran away.

"This kid, he ran so fast." Before Aunt Li could say anything, He Lai had already disappeared. She could only pick up the fish on the ground.

"Fish, fish, grandma eats fish." Little Stone can already speak simply.

"Okay, go cook fish for my eldest grandson." Aunt Li also took Xiao Shitou into the kitchen.

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Soon the workers got off work, and Wu Juan came back and saw the fish in the tank.

"Where do the fish in the tank come from?" Wu Juan asked.

"My brother Lai and I went fishing in Shichahai." Yu Shui answered first.

"What? Going fishing in the river in such a cold weather! Isn't it frozen?" Wu Juan scooped up the rain water, looking surprised.

"Brother Lai used a sharp pickaxe to knock a big hole on the river surface, and then used a fishing rod to fish." Yu Shui answered obediently.

He Lai smacked his lips and watched the two people talking.

"You, just go ahead and do what you want." Wu Juan pointed at He Lai.

After a while, Sha Zhu and his wife also arrived.

"Brother Zhuzi, help me process the fish." He Lai said quickly.

"I heard in the Central Courtyard that you guys caught some fish, Xiao Laizi. Xiao Laizi is really amazing. Let's take a day off tomorrow, so take Brother Zhuzi with you."

Sha Zhu was so excited that he didn't notice Wu Juan's expression at all.

"I...I..." He couldn't say anything and just pointed his mouth towards Wu Juan.

Sha Zhu then realized that Wu Juan was not happy. He was silent for a while.

Finally, Wu Juan sighed and said, "Go ahead, go ahead. Be careful and watch the ice."

He Lai immediately said he understood. Sha Zhu also repeatedly promised to take good care of He Lai.

Shazhu ran to clean up the fish.

Liu Family

When Liu Haizhong returned home, he saw the fish that Liu Guangtian had caught and was speechless for a moment.

That day my wife told me that I was too partial to the eldest child. I thought about it and it made sense. I saw the second child teasing the third child, while the eldest child was in the room and didn't even come out to say hello to me.

I thought that I, the second child, had changed a lot under He Lai, and now I had caught up in studies.

"Oh, thanks to my son." Liu Haizhong also hugged the third child.

"Second brother, sit down and wait for your mother to cook fish for us."

Guangfu was also surprised because his father never hugged him.

Liu Guangtian also looked at Liu Haizhong with a smile.

Xu family

Xu Fugui listened to his son talking about purchasing and thought he could give it a try and go to the factory to ask. If it worked, his family's life could be upgraded.

"Okay, I'll ask the higher-ups about this matter. If it's okay, we'll give it a try." Xu Fugui also answered Xu Damao directly.

"Okay, Xiao Laizi asked us to help him get some mountain products." Xu Damao continued.

"Okay, I'll get some when the time comes. The New Year is coming soon. You stay at home. I have to be at the factory. I probably won't go to the countryside."

Yan Family

"Old Yan, why are you back?" Aunt Yan saw that Yan Fugui came back without catching any fish.

"Hey, the ice is so thick, how can I fish? I have nothing to hit it with." Yan Fugui said dejectedly.

"How did Xiao Laizi and the others fish?"

"I guess something was used to break the ice. I saw someone fishing on the ice." Yan Fugui was thinking about how to break the ice.

The next day, Sha Zhu came over early in the morning.

"Brother Zhuzi, don't do this. It's too cold in the morning." He Lai didn't want to get up.

"Okay, okay, you continue sleeping, I'll go cook you something delicious." Sha Zhu didn't force it and went to the kitchen to get something to eat.

There are a lot of things in He Lai's house, and anything you take can be a dish.

He Lai was also embarrassed and had no choice but to get up. Wu Juan and the others also got up.

Yu Shui looked at Sha Zhu with a resentful look on her face. She was sleeping soundly with Wu Juan in her arms.

Sha Zhu also looked at everyone with embarrassment and quickly invited them to eat.

He Lai also asked Sha Zhu to call Xu Damao and others to ask if they wanted to go.

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He Lai also cleaned up after dinner, this time bringing a thermos and a cup.

Sha Zhu also came with Xu Damao and the others.

Wu Juan forced Yu Shui to stay at home. Wu Juan said that since her son couldn't keep her, her daughter-in-law must keep her.

He Lai and others went to Li Dawa's house as soon as they left the house.

"Uncle Li, do you want to go fishing?" He Lai asked as he came in.

"Okay, wait for me." Li Dawa also heard about He Lai's fishing yesterday and became interested.

Fortunately, Li Dawa's family had a lot of tools for chipping ice. I took some and started chipping.

Soon the group set off with their equipment. When the people in the compound saw He Lai and others going fishing, they also took action. After all, it would definitely be a good idea to follow He Lai to go fishing.

He Lai looked at the people in the courtyard behind him and said nothing. If you can bear it, just follow. Anyway, he was wearing very thick clothes.

On the way, He Lai secretly told Li Dawa that if someone from the compound came to borrow tools, he should ask for a pound of fish in exchange.

Li Dawa was still hesitating whether this was a bad idea. He asked what he would do if they came to borrow money every day in the future.

Li Dawa instantly understood what He Lai meant.

When we arrived at Shichahai, we found more than a dozen people already fishing. It seemed that the news had spread.

Seeing that there was no one at the original place, He Lai continued fishing at this place and asked Sha Zhu and the others to dig open the original hole first.

Soon everyone had finished digging their bait, set up their nests and started fishing.

As expected, everyone in the compound went to Uncle Li to borrow things. After hearing Li Dawa's request, they were stunned at first, but they agreed. After all, you can't fish without tools.

Soon everyone in the compound had dug their own holes and started fishing.

He Lai sat on a stool, drinking hot water and fishing, feeling so comfortable.

While fishing, they discovered a small incident. Because Yan Fugui was a little far away from He Lai and the others, he did not return the tools but gave them to someone else instead.

Li Dawa was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He quickly stood up, took back the tools, and glared at Yan Fugui.

Yan Fugui also felt guilty and did not dare to say anything.

Now everyone around him knew that the tools were not his, and they all looked at him with contempt.

He is really a person who plans to his death.

Fortunately, Yan Fugui was thick-skinned and started fishing on his own.

Soon, Sha Zhu and others saw He Lai drinking hot water and regretted not bringing a thermos, and asked for hot water.

He Lai directly offered a high price of one fish for one sip of hot water.

Sha Zhu and the others didn't care. They drank one mouthful after another, as if to say, "The fish is given to you. You can eat it all if you can."

He Lai was also speechless. He quickly held on to the last bit of hot water and refused to let anyone drink it.

Well, it should cost money. Shazhu definitely doesn’t have much money.

Hey, everyone else took the fish bucket, but Shazhu just took the bag, as if he knew he could catch fish.

I originally wanted to fish for a bit and then go back, but now it’s no longer possible, as I just took away all the fish from several people.

I guess Shazhu wants to take it to the steel mill or Fengzeyuan to sell it.

In this way, we fished from 9 o'clock in the morning to 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

The six of them together probably weigh more than 200 kilograms.

Sha Zhu took Xu Damao and carried the bag to Fengze Garden.

Everyone quickly packed up and went home.

Some people in the compound wanted to fish for a while, so they all came here to Helai. After all, the place for ice fishing is very important.

Some people were lucky enough to catch a lot of fish and also went back with them.

Yan Fugui also caught a lot of fish and was very happy.