Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 511 New Year’s Money

He Lai ate the dumplings without any appetite and ignored Wu'er, letting her eat the dumplings by herself.

He Lai watched Wu Juan and Yu Shui feeding Wen'er, and suddenly felt that he and Wu'er seemed a little redundant.

With a sigh, he was about to carry Wu'er back to his room when He Zhan came back from outside.

"Hey, Xiao Laizi, are you going back now? Have you had your meal?" He Zhan asked with a smile.

"Well, we've eaten, Dad. Wu'er isn't full. You take her to eat some more. I'll go back first." He Lai saw a good opportunity, stuffed Wu'er into He Zhan's arms, and ran away without looking back.

Before He Zhan knew what was going on, he was already held by his daughter.

Wu Juan looked at He Zhan as he took Wu'er over and glared at him, but didn't say much. Although her son had run away, her daughter-in-law was still there, so it would be the same if she took her back.

Sun Wukong wants to escape but can’t!

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Sure enough, when He Lai woke up and opened the bedroom door, he saw Yu Shui holding Wu'er and drinking porridge, while Wu'er was pinching Zidane's neck while drinking and playing.

"Uh...Yushui, why did you bring Wu'er here!" He Lai said speechlessly.

Yu Shui smiled and said, "Mom asked me to help take care of her. Anyway, I only have half a day's work today, so it's okay to take care of Wu'er. Come on, brother, have some porridge."

He Lai agreed after hearing this. Today is New Year's Eve, so if Yu Shui is willing to bring it, let him bring it.

"Uh...Okay, then you take her with you." After saying that, he sat on the other side and started drinking porridge.

Zidiao couldn't stand this little girl anymore, so when she wasn't paying attention, she immediately broke free from Wu'er's hand and quickly ran into He Lai's sleeve.

Wu'er saw Zidiao running to He Lai and immediately shouted, "Brother, hug me! Hug me!"

He Lai looked at Wu'er's outstretched little hand and softened his heart, so he hugged her.

When the sable saw that the little devil had come back, he immediately ran to Yu Shui again.

He Lai saw that Wu'er wanted to speak again, so he quickly put a spoonful of porridge into her little mouth.

After breakfast, Wu'er started to deal with Zidane again. Finally, He Lai couldn't stand it anymore and got up to go to work.

New Year's Eve is relatively relaxing. Basically, all we have to do is check the machinery and equipment to make sure there are no accidents.

The workers began to wait for the factory to distribute the New Year benefits. Fortunately, He Lai brought some pork this year, and each worker received half a pound of meat and some other things.

He Lai asked Yu Shui to take the things back to Wu Juan, while he took some things from the space and ran to see Grandpa Zhou. After all, this was the first time for Ke'er and his sister to celebrate the New Year in Sijiu City.

"Come here, brother!" Ke'er called out immediately when she saw He coming.

"Happy New Year, Ke'er!" He Lai said, touching her head.

"Happy New Year, brother!" Ke'er said with a smile.

"Are you guys putting up couplets?"

"Well, grandma is teaching us how to paste spring couplets! Come here, brother, take a look."

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He Lai has been to Mr. Zhou's house for the past few years, but he seems to have never seen his adopted son. He heard that he is in the southern army, but he doesn't know what rank he is now.

"You little brat, why are you coming here instead of going home for the New Year? Do you want to take the two little guys away?" Old Master Zhou looked alert.

"Grandpa Zhou, look at what you said. I was thinking of wishing you a happy new year."

He Lai said.

"Come on, why didn't you think of wishing the old man a happy new year before? I have two little ones here, so you should go home and spend more time with your parents."

Mr. Zhou said with disdain.

He Lai was speechless, so he turned to Ke'er and said, "Ke'er, do you want to come to your brother's house to celebrate the New Year?"

"Ah?" Ke'er hesitated for a moment and said, "Come on, brother. I want to accompany grandpa and grandma. Grandma said she would take me to watch the fireworks."

"Haha, Ke'er is so sensible. Come to grandpa, I'll take you to set off firecrackers later!" Grandpa Zhou was very satisfied with Ke'er's answer.

Ke'er threw herself into Mr. Zhou's arms and was pampered by him for a long time.

"Tsk!" He Lai said indifferently: "Then I'm leaving. Grandpa Zhou, are you planning to return the gift or something?"

"Your grandma Zhou bought you a coat, so you can take it back. You don't need any food anyway, so I won't give it to you." Grandpa Zhou said.

Soon He Lai got the clothes from Old Lady Zhou. It was a military coat for officers. It covered his knees when he put it on. It looked very impressive. It was indeed a nice piece of clothes, so He Lai put it on directly.

"Grandpa Zhou, aren't you going to give me a red envelope as a New Year gift?"

"Fuck you, get out of here!"

"okay!"

He Lai left Mr. Zhou's house and went to Liang Ladi's place again.

Liang Ladi's family was the only one left in her yard. Da Wa and Xiao Cao had gone back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year. Ding Qiunan had also returned to his parents' home. Even Nan Yi had gone to his master's house to celebrate the New Year.

"Come here, uncle!" Xiu'er saw He coming and jumped up happily.

"Hey, Xiu'er, why are you at the door? Where is your mother?" He Lai asked when he saw that only Sanmao and Xiu'er were there.

"Mom, eldest brother and second brother went out to buy things, and third brother and I are staying at home!" Xiu'er replied.

"Come here, uncle." Sanmao also came out and shouted.

"Well, you two are really good. Come, help uncle hold things." He Lai handed the things in his hand to the two of them.

Liang Ladi had no choice. She had to go to work during the week and didn't have much chance to go out shopping. She could only go now and see what she could find.

Xiu'er and Sanmao took the bag with both hands and started walking into the house.

He Lai followed the two into the house and found that the house was tidy and tidy. Liang Ladi was indeed a housekeeping expert!

He sat down on the chair and looked at the two children busying around. He was very happy for them. Being away from the suburbs in this life, there shouldn't be any adverse effects.

He Lai waited for a while, but seeing that Liang Ladi still hadn't come back, he had to leave.

"Sanmao, Xiu'er, come here." He Lai waved his hands and said, "This is the New Year's money for you two, take it, these two are for your brother, Sanmao, you hold them for them."

"Thank you, Uncle Lai." Sanmao and Xiu'er took the red envelopes and said happily.

"Well, Uncle Lai is leaving. Remember to visit Uncle Lai when you have time, okay?" He Lai said, patting the two little ones' heads.

"Got it, come on, brother." The two little ones nodded sensibly. He Lin gave them a few boxes of snacks and a bag of milk candy before leaving.

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I just got home and there were already couplets pasted on the door. Even the doghouse was covered with red paper. Unfortunately, the dog was not there. It must have gone next door.

He Lai also went over and found He Zhan holding Wen'er at home, then stretched out his legs and let Wu'er sit on his lap, playing. He Zhan raised his legs and Wu'er screamed loudly, very happy.

"Dad, you can do it. Don't be afraid that Wu'er will fall and Mom will scold you!"

He Lai was speechless, Wu'er was only one and a half years old, and He Zhan dared to play like this.

"Hey, Dad has no other choice. Your mom and Yushui are out cooking. If Wu'er and Wen'er stay together, they'll definitely fight. Dad has no other choice but to do this! I'll leave Wu'er to you."

He Zhan simply picked up Wu'er by the back of her collar and put her in He Lai's arms.

"Brother, fly! Fly!" Wu'er said immediately in He Lai's arms.

"I won't fly anymore. I'll give you a pear. Take your time to chew it." When He Lai heard the word "fly", his heart skipped a beat. How could this little girl still remember flying in space? He quickly made a pear to fool her.

When Wu'er saw the pear, she no longer wanted to fly, so she grabbed it in her hand and started biting it.

"Xiao Laizi, where did you get the pears in this cold winter?" He Zhan asked curiously.

"Dad, don't ask, just eat it, it's not stolen anyway!"

He Lai replied to He Zhan.

"Then give one to dad too. You can eat good food every day, and your dad can enjoy it too." He Zhan said.

"Here." He said, then took out a pear from his arms and threw it to He Zhan.

He Zhan grabbed it with one hand, wiped it with his clothes, and took a bite.

"Well, it's good, very juicy and not cold." He Zhan said, and gave Wen'er a bite of the pear in his hand.

He Lai sat next to He Zhan and asked, "Dad, didn't you notice my clothes? Do they look good?"

"Well, it looks pretty cool. Who gave it to you? This is a general's uniform. Was it given to you by your old man Zhou?"

He Zhan asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm going to my grandfather Zhou's house this afternoon to give him my New Year's present. Dad, shouldn't you give me one too?"

He Lai smiled.

"Ah? You know your father's situation. The money is with your mother. Why don't you ask her? She will definitely make new clothes for you."

He Zhan said awkwardly, it was because when he came back, He Lai was already working and had much more money at his disposal than him as their father.

"Hey, Dad, take it. This is your gift to you. Remember to buy something for Mom during the Spring Festival."

He Lai took out a hundred yuan and a bunch of bills and gave them to He Zhan.

"Where did you get so many tickets?"

He Zhan looked at the money and tickets in his hand and asked.

He was not surprised that He Lai had money, but he had to ask where these bills came from.

"Didn't I get a truckload of wild boars for Director Li yesterday? He gave it to me. Also, I often took those people hunting before, so they had to give me some benefits. These tickets are nothing."

He Lai explained.

"Is that so? Then Dad won't be polite. In order to buy things for your mother, your father has owed a lot of foreign debts."

When He Zhan heard how the bill came about, he just put it into his pocket. Now he could buy things for Wu Juan again.