Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 320 The Yan Family Regrets

He Lai came to Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong and watched them play chess.

"Second uncle, your chess skills are not good enough! All the chess pieces have been eaten by first uncle!"

He Lai said with a smile.

"I was careless for a moment. I was careless for a moment. I just saw you playing games with the kids and got distracted. Lao Yi, come again, come again."

Liu Haizhong smiled, threw the chess piece on the board, and continued to play chess.

Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything. He returned the chess piece in his hand to Liu Haizhong and started to place the chess pieces.

He Lai watched them fighting and found that the chess skills of both of them were average, not as good as the old man in the park in later generations.

He gave orders here and made predictions there, making Yi Zhonghai and the other man not want to leave anymore.

If this man had not been He Lai, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong would have joined forces to suppress him long ago.

"Xiao Laizi, I saw Xiao Yangzi and the others went to the front yard. Can you go and see what's going on?"

Liu Haizhong suggested.

"Oh, they are just kids, let them go wherever they want. Who cares what they do? Let's just continue playing chess."

He Lai was in high spirits, so how could he leave just like that?

"That's all for today, Old Liu. I have to go back to see Xiulan. She's still pregnant, and I'm worried."

Seeing that He Lai was not leaving, Yi Zhonghai had to find an excuse to leave.

"Okay, I'll go back and see if the meal is ready. I'm a little hungry."

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong understood Yi Zhonghai's intention and left with the teacup.

Leaving behind He Lai and the chessboard in a daze.

He Lai was stunned. How dare these two old guys be more obvious? They didn't even take the chessboard away. Isn't it obvious that they don't like him?

Forget it, I’ll go to the front yard to see what’s going on and why all the kids are running over there.

In the front yard, it turned out that Sha Zhu and Xu Damao had returned. They had caught a very large fish, estimated to weigh about 40 kilograms.

The two were bragging in the front yard.

"Come here uncle, my dad caught a really big fish, it's almost as tall as me."

Xier ran to He Lai and introduced him happily.

"Xi'er, the fish is too big, the meat is not tasty because the fish is too old and hard to chew. Come on, I'll take you back to uncle's house to eat delicious food, okay?"

He Lai was too lazy to listen to Sha Zhu and Xu Damao's bragging, so he started talking about his crooked ideas directly.

"Okay, Uncle Lai and I will go."

Xier looked at the big fish in Shazhu's hand in the distance, thought about it, and agreed to He Lai.

"So good." He Lai picked up Xier and walked towards the backyard. Before he had taken a few steps, he was caught up by Nannan.

It is obvious that He Lai is more attractive than the big fish.

When He Lai returned home and saw the bag on the table, he realized that he had forgotten to take the mountain products. The Xu family must have brought them specially.

Hearing the noise, Yu Shui and the other man also came out of the room.

"Yushui, take them to cook. Fry some of these mountain products and let them try them. I'll go back to the house to rest for a while."

"Okay, come on brother, you two little guys come with me."

Yu Shui agreed and took the two kids and Yu Haitang into the kitchen to cook.

He Lai went into the room and lay on the bed thinking about what happened today, Hejia Village, the deep mountains, the grain donations, Liang Ladi, and the Third Uncle. Not bad, not bad, a perfect day!

After a while, Yu Shui came over to call for dinner. He Lai came out to see the standard three dishes and one soup.

The two little ones have now learned to pick up food by themselves.

He Lai looked at the two of them standing on the chairs picking up food and suddenly found it quite funny.

After all, their upper bodies were almost lying on the table, holding chopsticks in their hands and trying hard to pick up the food.

"Haitang, don't look at them, eat quickly, Yu Shui's cooking skills are good."

He Lai invited Yu Haitang to eat.

"Oh, okay." Yu Haitang was obviously also shocked by the way the two little ones were eating, and she came back to her senses after hearing He Lai's words.

After the meal, Yu Haitang finally felt the gap between people.

We eat potatoes and cabbage at home every day, and sometimes we don’t even add a drop of oil; here in Yu Shui’s house, we not only have oil, but also meat. We have even reached the point where we don’t like to eat fat. No wonder Yu Shui looks better than me, the food is so different!

In Yu Haitang's heart, she became more determined to find a good man. If He Lai hadn't ignored her from beginning to end, she would have wanted to compete with Yu Shui for him.

The Yan family started discussing right after dinner.

"Old Yan, look at how big the fish Xu Damao and He Yuzhu caught. Next time, why don't you go fishing in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace?"

The third aunt was obviously jealous. Yan Fugui hadn't caught a big fish for a long time. Most of the fish he caught were small fish weighing two or three taels.

"Okay, I don't have class tomorrow afternoon, so I'll go over there and take a look." Yan Fugui was of course also tempted.

"Dad, didn't we agree that you would let me ride the bike tomorrow? If you don't let me ride it, I won't go to Zuojiazhuang to exchange sweet potatoes."

Yan Jiefang immediately objected.

"Hey, kid, why are you so ignorant? Of course, exchanging sweet potatoes is very important. This pound of food coupons can be exchanged for three pounds of sweet potatoes. It's good to be frugal. Look at our big family. We have enough food and clothes. You never expected that we would be poor, right?

But, I said but, fishing is also very important!

Think about it, how far are we from Zuojiazhuang? If you walk there, it's only half an hour's walk. But I'm going to the Summer Palace, which is thirty or forty miles away. It will probably take me four or five hours to walk!

Think about it, who should ride this bicycle? "

Yan Fugui explained to Yan Jiefang with a smile.

"Dad, you can take the bus. Aren't you afraid of getting tired from riding such a long distance?"

Yan Jiefang curled his lips but still replied.

"You are stupid. A round trip on the bus costs at least a few cents. Your father is not that kind of pampered. Okay, there is no room for negotiation. If you don't want to go by foot, then wait a few more days."

When Yan Jiefang heard this, he knew that he had no chance of getting the bicycle, and his hopes of going out for a ride tomorrow were dashed. He could only sit there and keep silent.

"Okay, okay, don't be unhappy after liberation. We still have some sweet potatoes at home. Don't rush to exchange them. We can wait a couple of days. Your father is a big shot in fishing. Look at how much food he has brought back for our family through fishing over the years. You should be more sensible."

The third aunt saw that her second son was a little unhappy and immediately comforted him.

"Mom, I didn't say I disagree. Of course, Dad will be the one to arrange the bicycle."

"Okay, that's enough. Old Yan, I recently heard that the blind date that Jie Cheng had found a job. She works in a steel mill."

The three aunts dropped another bombshell.

"What! You have a job? This is bad, this is bad."

When Yan Fugui heard this, he immediately regretted it.

"Mom, is that Yu Li?"

Yan Jiecheng knew it was Yu Li as soon as he heard her. After all, he liked this girl very much at that time and she was very beautiful. Unfortunately, his father insisted that he had to wait for a while and would not let him contact her.

After all, blind dates these days are really just two people sitting down to look at each other, having a meal, and if they think the two are a good match, they can get a marriage certificate in a few days.

Originally, Yan Jie Chengdu was ready to go to propose marriage, but unfortunately Yan Fugui put on airs, thinking that the current situation was not good, there was a shortage of food everywhere, and having an unemployed woman in the family would be an extra burden. He refused to agree no matter what and wanted to delay it to see if the bride price could be reduced or something.

"Yes, it's this Yu Li."

"What should we do now? Mom, I have chosen this daughter-in-law."

Yan Jiecheng said anxiously.

"There's something wrong with this. I've investigated the Yu family. All of their relatives are from the countryside. They don't have anyone to help them. Their family conditions aren't very good. How can they get into a steel mill?"

Yan Fugui secretly regretted it. If he had married her, his family would have stood on its feet.

"Jie Cheng, after get off work tomorrow, buy some things and go to their house to see what their attitude is now."

"Okay." Yan Jiecheng agreed immediately and started thinking about how to meet Yu Li tomorrow.