Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 316 Education

In the cafeteria, He Lai and several leaders of Hejia Village began to discuss.

"Uncle Genshui, this is the storage method for sweet potatoes and potatoes that I wrote down. Try to follow it. This way, they can be preserved for at least half a year. Then you won't have to worry about food this winter."

He Lai took out his own storage method and gave it to He Genshui.

"Okay, okay, I will make them do it your way." He Genshui took the plan and said with a smile. He now obeys He Lai's every word. If it weren't for him, Hejia Village would inevitably starve.

"Also, you can't eat sweet potatoes all the time. You can only eat them once a day. You can mix a little of the chlorella powder I gave you with every meal. It's very nutritious. And you can eat more potatoes. They can be your staple food."

"Okay, uncle got it."

"You can put the corn and wheat aside first. After all, they can be stored for a long time. You can eat them after you finish eating the sweet potatoes and potatoes."

He Lai told all his plans to He Genshui, the production team leader. Only through him could he make the villagers really take it seriously.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Laizi, I'll thank you on behalf of the whole village. Without you, we wouldn't even be able to eat meat."

"Well, I told you, this is what I should do. But Uncle Genshui, you must not hand over the grain anymore. You have seen the weather this year. It has hardly rained. Famine is inevitable. You must keep the grain safe."

"Don't worry, I will definitely pay what I owe and will not take the remaining grain to the commune."

He Genshui assured.

"Then I'm relieved. I will deliver this chlorella powder to you when the time comes, and try to let everyone in the village eat it."

"Row."

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After He Lai finished explaining the affairs of Hejia Village, he went to the deep mountains again and threw tens of thousands of kilograms of grain into the mountains so that the hunters in the countryside would have prey to hunt.

At noon, He Lai threw some food in various places in the countryside, only four or five hundred kilograms in each place. He Lai didn't believe that all this food could enter the city.

After working for a whole afternoon, they finally threw away all 50,000 kilograms of grain. He Lai felt that this was the safest way to go, as it would prevent those rural leaders with ulterior motives from making use of this to make a fuss.

He Lai rode his bicycle to the machine repair shop again to check on Liang Ladi's family and bring them three wild rabbits.

As soon as we arrived near the machine repair shop, we saw Da Mao leading his younger brothers and sisters picking up trash there.

"What are you doing!" He Lai yelled.

"Come here, uncle!" Xiu'er immediately broke free from Ermao's hand and ran towards He Lai. Damao and the others also looked over.

He Lai carried Xiu'er to the front bar of the bicycle and came to Damao and the others.

"Come here, uncle." Da Mao lowered his head and called out, and Er Mao and San Mao immediately followed suit.

"Da Mao, come here, your uncle has something to ask you." He Lai called Damao over.

Damao walked up to He Lai carrying a big flour bag, and it was obvious that the bag was filled with a lot of waste.

"Da Mao, what grade are you in now?"

"Ah, I'll be in the second grade next semester." Damao was stunned for a moment and then answered.

"What's your ranking in the class?"

"Twenty-third."

"Then why don't you study hard? Do you want to make a living by picking up trash in the future? Don't you know that studying is your mission now? You even brought your brothers and sisters to pick up trash together. Don't you think you are great?"

He Lai educated.

Damao immediately lowered his head after hearing what He said. He didn't know whether to take the bag in his hand or not.

"Uncle, don't scold my brother. We wanted to follow him to pick it up, but he wouldn't let us."

Xiu'er pulled He Lai's arm and begged.

"Throw away your things and come home with me. You guys can help me carry the hare."

He Lai scratched Xiu'er's nose and said to the three of them, handing the hare on the handlebars to Ermao and the others.

When Damao heard what He Lai said, he reluctantly dumped all the waste in the bag and followed He Lai home.

When I arrived at Liang Ladi's house, I found Liang Ladi sewing clothes at the sewing machine.

"You're back. You must be tired. Go get a bowl and drink some water." Liang Ladi thought that Damao and the others had returned, so she said without turning her head.

He Lai coughed and spoke.

"Sister Liang, it's me, He Lai."

"Ah, He Lai, why are you here? Why didn't you guys make any noise? Hey, where did the hare come from?"

Liang Ladi was very happy to see He Lai, but she saw that Damao and the other two kept their heads down and said nothing, still holding the hare in their hands.

"Sister Liang, I am the one who brought up the wild rabbits, but you have to teach them well in the future. Don't let them pick up trash again."

He Lai said.

"Ah? Didn't that big hairy girl tell you not to pick them up? What's wrong with you? You don't even listen to your mother!"

When Liang Ladi heard this, she knew what was going on. She knew that He Lai must have seen them picking up trash and they were being taught a lesson by He Lai, so they all kept their heads down.

Damao also felt very aggrieved and just wanted to reduce the burden on his mother.

"Da Mao, since you won't listen to your mother, I'll teach you. Go get the final exam papers and summer homework!"

He Lai said to Damao while holding Xiu'er.

When Damao heard this, he had to go back to the house to get his schoolbag.

"Sanmao, take a wild rabbit to your uncle Nan's house and ask him to help cook a meal."

"Oh, okay." Sanmao took the rabbit and went to Nan Yi's house.

He Lai felt that Nan Yi would definitely not refuse to cook for Sanmao.

Soon, Damao reluctantly put the test paper and summer homework on the table.

He Lai first took the summer homework and looked at it. Sure enough, not a single word was written! Then he picked up the final exam paper and looked at it. He did not correct the mistakes.

"Look at how you act as a big brother. You don't do your summer homework, and you don't correct your wrong answers on the test! Is this the kind of example you want to set for your younger brothers and sisters?

Sit here now and correct your mistakes. Correct all the wrong questions on the test paper first. I will watch over them for you!"

He Lai put the final exam paper in front of Damao and asked him to correct it.

Upon hearing this, Damao immediately went to get a pencil.

"Ermao, go get your brother's first-grade books. You have to study next month too!"

"Oh." Ermao was feeling embarrassed, but when he heard the instruction, he immediately went into the house to get the textbooks for the first semester of the first grade.

Soon there were two children sitting at the dining table, studying seriously. He Lai found a piece of wood from somewhere and kept hitting Damao's back, teaching him to correct his mistakes.

Liang Ladi wanted to stop them but didn't know what to say, because she also knew that He Lai was right and that they must study hard. She could only hold Xiu'er in her arms and watch from the side.

More than half an hour later, Sanmao came back with a large plate of braised rabbit meat.

"Sanmao, did your uncle Nan keep a copy?"

"No, it's all here."

"Then go get a bowl and we'll give one to your Uncle Nan to thank him for helping us cook."

"Oh, okay." Sanmao ran into the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks.

He Lai filled a small bowl and asked Sanmao to take it to Nan Yi.

"You big hairy man, go back and do your homework. When you have corrected all the wrong questions on the test paper, come out again! If you don't understand, look it up in the book yourself. If you don't understand, I will teach you and I will beat you with a stick!"

He Lai said to Damao.

Upon hearing this, Damao did not dare to refute and went back to the house with the test paper and textbook.

Not long after, Sanmao came back with a bowl of chicken soup in her hand. He Lai knew that it was the chicken soup cooked by Nan Yi. After all, Nan Yi had no shortage of food.

"Okay, let's sit down and eat our meat."

"Uncle, can you leave some for my brother?" Xiu'er begged.

"Okay, leave some bone soup for him." He Lai scratched Xiu'er's nose again and said with a smile.