Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 129 Return to the hospital

When He Lai pushed the cart into the yard, he saw Guangtian and Guangfu playing in the front yard.

"Guangtian, your father gave you the house to live in?" He Lai asked in surprise.

When Liu Guangtian saw that it was He Lai, he quickly replied.

"Brother Lai, isn't this my eldest brother who is back? My father asked us to stay here first."

"Are you happy? Then, one piece each. I'd like to congratulate you on your new home."

He Lai threw two candies over. Liu Guangtian caught them immediately and gave Guangfu one.

"Thank you, Brother Lai."

"gone."

He Lai walked through the front yard and came to Sha Zhu's house. Today was the weekend, and Sha Zhu and his wife and Qin Yuru were all playing with their children.

"Brother Zhuzi. Sister-in-law, Sister Yuru."

"Hi, Xiao Laizi is back! Come and sit down." When Sha Zhu saw He Lai coming, he quickly gave Xiao Yangzi to Qin Huairu and walked up to talk to her.

"I won't sit down. Let's go to my mother's house in the backyard. I brought some mutton. Brother Zhuzi will help me cut it. Sister-in-law, can you get the hot pot from your house?"

He Lai greeted.

"Okay, wife, Yuru, take the things and the dishes from the kitchen. Xiao Laizi and I will go over first."

Sha Zhu also followed He Lai directly. Sister Qin Huairu also smiled and went to get her things.

"Sister Zhaodi, call your brother to my house to eat delicious food." He Lai said to Xu Zhaodi.

"I got it. Come here, brother." Xu Zhaodi ran back immediately after hearing this.

In the He family's house, Yushui, Chun'er and others were watching Wu Juan making clothes with a sewing machine.

"Mom, you are busy!" He Lai said.

"Brother, you're back!" Yu Shui rushed over first. Chun Er also looked at him happily.

"If you come back, then come back. What's the big deal?

Someone, when school started, told his mother that he would come back every week, but in the end, he didn’t see her once a month.

Wu Juan took a look and continued to make clothes, speaking in a sarcastic tone.

He Lai was also embarrassed, he was indeed a little addicted.

"Come on, brother, it's okay. Mom is making clothes for you. She's complaining because she's afraid they might be too small when you're not here."

The rain told the reason directly.

When He Lai heard this, he immediately stood in front of Wu Juan and raised his hands.

"Mom, measure it."

"What are you measuring? Go away." Wu Juan stopped doing it. She smiled and hit He Lai. She turned around and touched the rain with her finger, saying reluctantly.

"Aunt He, Xiao Laizi bought mutton. We're going to have hotpot in the afternoon." Sha Zhu took the meat to the kitchen.

"Where's the gift!" Yu Shui stretched out his hand.

"What gift?" He Lai was confused.

"Come on, brother, didn't you say you would bring me a gift when you come back from vacation?" Yu Shui became unhappy when she saw that there was no gift.

"Well, how about I take you clothes shopping tomorrow?" He Lai asked tentatively.

"You are not allowed to go. Cloth coupons are so tight now. You still want to buy clothes? Give me the cloth coupons!" Wu Juan stretched out her hand.

He Lai had no choice but to take out a few feet of cloth coupons from the space and give them to Wu Juan.

"Mom, I've taken it away. I still have some candy in my bag, how about I give it to you?"

"No more candies! Yu Shui has cavities in her teeth because you gave her so much candy! Give it to me so I can keep it."

Wu Juan spoke again. Yu Shui looked miserable and said nothing.

He Lai had no choice but to take out another bag of candy from his bag.

"Look at what you can do. You have meat and candy. Where did you get the tickets? Take out all the tickets."

Wu Juan simply searched the place herself. She found only a little money but no tickets, so she took all of them and went back into the house.

He Lai couldn't do anything about it.

"There are two candies left, one for each of you." He Lai took out two more and handed them to Yu Shui and Chun Er.

The rain immediately became happy. Spring also smiled.

After a while, Xu Damao and his sister also came, carrying things in their hands.

Sister Qin Huairu also came with her children.

Everyone started chatting.

Sha Zhu prepared the vegetables and mutton, and everyone sat together to eat! It's so comfortable to eat hot pot together in the winter!

"Xiao Laizi, this mutton of yours is from Donglaishun, right?" Xu Damao said.

"How did you know? My classmates and I went there for lunch at noon and came here by chance." He Lai was also surprised that Xu Damao could actually come out.

"I went there once, and it tasted really good. But it's a pity that the seasoning was not so good." Xu Damao looked at the mutton and sighed.

"It's almost there. Don't eat it then." Sha Zhu quickly snatched the meat from Xu Damao's chopsticks and ate it.

"He Yuzhu, you!" Xu Damao was confused by Shazhu's actions.

"Brother Damao, don't be angry, I'll give you mine." He Lai saw that they were about to quarrel again, so he quickly gave him the meat.

"For Xiao Laizi's sake, I won't bother with you this time." Xu Damao also picked up the meat and started eating.

"Brother Damao, is the work of the Propaganda Department going smoothly?" He Lai asked.

"It's not bad. Writing big-character posters and slogans every day and sitting in the office is pretty boring."

"Damn, Xu Damao, you're so idle. Eat less in the future. I'll ask the kitchen staff to shake the spoon for you."

"Go ahead. Anyway, I'm at Aunt He's place to get food. If you have the ability, make Aunt He listen to you."

Xu Damao looked very proud.

"Alright, alright, both of you should stop talking. You are all grown-ups. Especially you, Zhuzi. You are the father of two children, yet you are still making a fuss."

After Wu Juan spoke, the two of them fell silent and started eating. Everyone watched with a smile.

"Brother Lai, why don't you eat meat?" Yu Shui asked.

"I've already eaten lunch. I bought it specially for Yu Shui. I just want to eat the vegetables." He Lai answered directly.

"Every day, we have so many meat coupons, but we still eat out. Yu Shui and I only get two kilograms of meat a month. If it weren't for your brother Zhuzi, we would have almost forgotten what meat tastes like."

Wu Juan started again, bombarding her older son.

"Well, let's go fishing some fish tomorrow." He Lai said.

"Don't go. The river has just frozen. Don't fall in." Wu Juan also stopped her immediately.

"Okay, I won't go. Then I'll go to the clinic tomorrow." He Lai said.

"Okay, studying medicine is a good thing, but remember to come back in the afternoon." Wu Juan was also happy that her son knew some medical skills, so she agreed.

……

After eating, Wu Juan took Qin Huairu and her sister and Xier into the inner room, while Yu Shui and Chun'er took Xiao Yangzi out to play.

He Lai and the other two sat by the stove, warming themselves by the fire and chatting.

"Brother Zhuzi, Brother Damao, how about taking me to the black market tonight?"

He Lai had nothing to do, so he wanted to go to the legendary black market and replenish his supplies.

"That's fine, but what about Aunt He?" Sha Zhu whispered.

"I just said I was going to your house to play, Brother Zhuzi. We'll be back soon." He Lai replied.

"Okay, I'll call you when the time comes." Sha Zhu also agreed.

Just then, Yu Shui ran in with red eyes.

"Come on, brother, go and have a look. Aunt Sun's leg seems to be broken." Yu Shui cried.

"What! Go away, go away." He Lai stood up immediately when he heard it.

Several people quickly came to Hu Zi's house. Chun'er was hugging Aunt Sun and crying, and Hu Zi also had red eyes.

He Lai looked at Aunt Sun’s swollen ankle, which must have been sprained.

"Auntie Sun, let me take a look at you first." He Lai quickly squatted down to examine Auntie Sun.