Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 589: Borrowing a House

The next day, at the steel rolling mill, He Lai gave Li Huaide ten kilograms of deer antler wine.

"Haha, He Lai, I always thought you really didn't have it anymore! I didn't expect you still had it. To be honest, I've been craving for it for a long time."

Li Huaide looked at the deer antler wine in front of him, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"Uncle Li, we really didn't have any before. This is just brewed. This deer antler wine must be soaked for a sufficient amount of time to be effective, otherwise it will be wasted. This wine tastes okay now, you can drink it slowly."

He Lai also laughed.

"Okay, okay, Uncle Li can't take your things for free, so what do you want? Tell me, and I'll try my best to satisfy you."

Li Huaide said with satisfaction.

"Well, let me think about it."

He Lai thought Li Huaide would give him some receipts, but he didn't expect him to let He Lai speak for himself.

After thinking for a while, He Lai said, "Uncle Li, there is an orphanage in the western suburbs of the city. There are many animals there, and there is a small breeding farm. But wild boars can easily break through the wooden fences. Can you help them with some steel to build an iron fence? This can also be considered a good deed."

"Haha, you are really kind-hearted! I can't even count all the good deeds you have done. My ears are almost callused from hearing so much.

Okay, this can be done. It's just some steel. There will be no problem. I will discuss it with Director Yang and others and I will have someone follow up on this matter."

Li Huaide is very happy to use the factory's products to do good deeds. In his eyes, this is also his political achievement.

"Thank you, Uncle Li. I'll go to work first." He said.

"Okay, you go."

Li Huaide was obviously very satisfied with He Lai's behavior. He thought that He Lai was anxious to take sides and show off because Mr. Zhou had retired. He admired people like He Lai who were capable and had many connections with the upper echelons.

The key point is that He Lai seems to have no interest in power and politics. Otherwise, with his contributions over the years, it would have been impossible for him to stay in the position of head of the technical department for four or five years. He would have been promoted to deputy factory director or taken up a higher position in the lighter factory.

He Lai returned to the office and started to clean up the space. He Lai no longer grows crops. After all, the city is no longer short of food. It is not convenient for He Lai to go to other places. He has no choice.

He began to raise a large number of animals, such as wild boars, most of which were castrated. After all, castrated animals grow faster and bigger, weighing about 600 kilograms.

There are also sables, blind bears, deer, and cattle, which are all the focus of training.

Of course, there is also seafood! Lobsters, crabs, shrimps, and groupers are all bred in large quantities. If it weren't for the fact that yellow croaker is not valuable, He Lai would want to raise more.

The last is ginseng. The more you plant it, the more it will grow. After all, the older this kind of thing is, the higher its value will be, and it will be very valuable in later generations.

It took most of the morning to finish cleaning everything. Looking at the piles of things, He Lai was very satisfied.

At this time, someone knocked on the office door and opened it, letting in the rain.

"Brother Lai, why did you forget to come for dinner again? You even asked me, a pregnant woman, to bring it to you!"

As Yu Shui said this, she placed the lunch box on He Lai’s desk.

"I forgot about that because I was so busy. I forgot about that because I was so busy. Didn't I tell you that I could just let the monkey deliver it to me from now on? Why would you deliver it when you are so pregnant?"

He Lai responded with a smile.

"That won't be possible. I will be the one to deliver Brother Lai's meal. It's a good time to take a walk to digest the food." Yu Shui said proudly.

"Haha." He Lai could only smile, opened the lunch box and started eating.

It also helps digestion. If the workers below heard this, they would probably be furious. They would rather not move around so that the food could be digested more slowly in their stomachs. In the eyes of the common people, this sentence is a rebellion!

"Brother Lai, you really aren't going to the Canton Fair? Is everything okay over there?" Yu Shui suddenly asked.

Obviously what she meant was not going to Hong Kong City. Because of Yu Shui's pregnancy, He Lai had no plans to go to the Canton Fair in April.

"It's okay. It's not too late to go after you give birth. Zixuan and the others are there, so nothing will happen."

He Lai smiled.

"Oh." Yu Shui touched her belly. After more than three months, her belly had become slightly bulging.

"Okay, stop thinking about it, it's really okay! If there's any problem, I can solve it! Have you forgotten? I'm very powerful, you silly girl."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Yeah." Yu Shui said with a smile. Yes, his brother Lai is omnipotent and will definitely solve it.

The meal was quickly finished and He Lai sent Yu Shui back to the broadcasting room.

Yu Haitang, the factory beauty in the original drama, was here, but in this life, because of He Lai's relationship, and because Yang Weimin offended He Lai, he himself did not enter the steel rolling mill, so Yu Haitang naturally did not go to work in the steel rolling mill. Instead, under the introduction of Yu Li's husband, she entered the meat processing factory. He Lai never cared about what she did specifically.

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When I got back to the courtyard after get off work, Sha Zhu came over.

"Hey, Brother Zhuzi, why did you come here today without being called? You are really my good brother-in-law! The dishes are ready. I even saved a large yellow croaker for you. You can take it back and let your sister-in-law and the others taste it. It tastes really good!"

He Lai said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it right away." When Sha Zhu heard about yellow croaker, he also became interested. After all, the chef knew the value of yellow croaker and would not despise it just because it was cheap.

However, Sha Zhu stopped halfway through his walk, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he had something else to say.

"Brother Zhuzi, what's wrong with you? Do you want me to light a fire for you?" He Lai asked in confusion.

"No, no, that...that...Xiao Laizi, I want to ask you a favor."

Sha Zhu said hesitantly.

"Oh? Brother Zhuzi, what's the matter? We are a family, just tell me directly, and I will definitely do it if I can."

He Lai asked curiously.

Sha Zhu glanced at He Lai, exhaled a long breath, and slowly said, "Well, Chun'er and the others have moved to the backyard. You see, I have a lot of children at home now. Can you lend me the house in the front yard to live in for a while?"

"Oh, this one, fine. You can take it and live there, but you have to greet the second uncle openly and pretend to be nice, understand?"

He Lai understood all at once. If there were so many children, the house would not be big enough to accommodate them. Sha Zhu... It should be said that Qin Huairu didn't want the children to squeeze on one bed, so she asked Sha Zhu to say it.

He Lai only lived in the house in the front yard for a short period of time, and it seemed that he had nothing to do with it. However, he didn't care about it anymore. After all, he now had several houses in the entire courtyard, so why would he care about this one house!

"Okay, okay, I'll go talk to the second uncle after I finish cooking."

When Sha Zhu saw that He Lai agreed, he immediately rushed into the kitchen with a smile and started cooking.

"Brother Lai, I have something to ask too." Yu Shui pulled He Lai and said in a low voice.

"Oh? What's going on with you? Why do you need my help with so many things?"

He Lai asked curiously.

"Well...well, it's about Jingru. Although she didn't say it, I can see that she doesn't want to be a nanny in my brother's house anymore. She also wants to go out to work."

Rain said.

"Yeah, that's right. Okay then, go call my sister-in-law and Qin Jingru over now, and we'll talk about this together."

He Lai thought for a moment and spoke.

Yes, Qin Jingru is seventeen years old now, and it is not appropriate for her to continue working. Seeing that Yushui, Chuner and others are working, she naturally wants to go to work.

In the original drama, Qin Jingru found a job later with the introduction of Xu Damao, but that was many years later.