Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 177 Start Buying Food

Soon, the little girl finished eating the meat. He Lai smacked his lips, glanced at Liu Haizhong, and felt relieved when he saw that she was not angry.

"That second uncle, I'm leaving first. Don't fight in broad daylight, we should be reasonable, and leaders should be reasonable."

"Okay, I will definitely reason with him." Liu Haizhong said with a smile.

He Lai carried Nannan away from Liu's house.

"Nannan, it's almost time. Your belly is swollen. Come down and take a walk."

He Lai put Nannan down with a smile, and the two of them walked towards the middle courtyard.

By the pool in the middle courtyard, Qin Huairu was washing clothes with Qin Jingru, while Sha Zhu was holding the child and talking to them.

"Brother Zhuzi, you look so leisurely." He Lai came up and joked.

"Little Laizi is here, have you eaten?"

When Sha Zhu saw He coming over, he quickly greeted him.

"No, didn't you see that I brought people here to eat for free?" He Lai raised the hand that was holding Nannan's.

"Are you sure she's not full?" Sha Zhu pointed at Nannan and asked.

He Lai looked at Nannan and found that she was rubbing her belly with her other hand, which was embarrassing.

He coughed and continued making up his story.

"She was full, but I didn't eat much."

Soon, Xiao Yangzi saw He coming and immediately brought Xier over.

He Lai quickly stopped Xiao Yangzi's hand from hugging his thigh.

"Xiao Yangzi, take Nannan out to play, and I'll give you a reward later."

"Okay, Nannan, come on, I'll take you to play." Xiao Yangzi came over, took Nannan's hand and left.

Xi'er stayed and grabbed the corner of He Lai's clothes. It's not good to have too many children. He glanced at Sha Zhu and asked, "What's the point of having so many children?"

I could only pick up Xier again and watch Qin Huairu and the others wash clothes.

Xier was touching He Lai here and there, and it was obvious that she was looking for food.

He Lai turned his back, gave her a candy, and whispered, "Keep your voice down."

Xier put the candy into her mouth, nodded, licked the candy gently, and hugged He Lai's neck.

"Jingru, you wash the clothes too vigorously. The clothes can't stand it. Learn from your sister and be gentle."

He Lai had nothing to do and could only tease Qin Jingru.

When Qin Jingru heard this, she slowed down the movements of rubbing the clothes.

"Hey, Xiao Laizi, you know how to wash clothes! Why have I never seen you wash clothes?" Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"Oh, yes, someone used to wash every day, but now he doesn't even lift his hands." He Lai said sarcastically.

"You already have a wife, so why does Xiao Laizi want to marry one too?"

"Don't worry, I'll let your sister wash my clothes every day from now on!"

Sha Zhu also smiled, knowing that it was basically Wu Juan who did the laundry in He Lai's family. Yu Ru also helped in the past, but Yu Shui rarely did any laundry.

"Okay, what are you two men talking about when it comes to doing laundry? It's so boring."

Qin Huairu couldn't do anything about these two people.

"Sister-in-law, you may not know this, but Brother Zhuzi used to be very good at washing clothes.

"I feel that using hands is too slow, so I just step into the wooden tray with my feet, stomp on it, and then rub it with my hands, and the clothes will be washed, right, Brother Zhuzi?"

He Lai exposed Sha Zhu's scandal.

"You are amazing. You are 7 years old and you wet your bed in the middle of winter. You asked Auntie He to wash your quilt for you by the well for the whole morning. You are really amazing."

Sha Zhu was not to be outdone and exposed He Lai's dark history.

"Then you stepped on dog shit before, and you didn't even know it. The whole yard could smell the stench, but you were the only one who didn't know it and kept running around in the yard."

"Hello then..."

……

"Stop! Stop! Don't say anymore, something doesn't feel right." He Lai felt that he had exposed too much. How could he do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit himself?

Hey, who hasn’t had a few ugly experiences as a child?

"Brother Zhuzi, I'm a little hungry. Can you help me steam a mandarin fish to try?"

"I don't have any fish either." Sha Zhu spread his hands and said helplessly.

"I have some at home, just go get it."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Sha Zhu ran to the backyard.

"What are you laughing at? If what you said today gets out, I will make you move out of the compound."

He Lai glared at Qin Jingru. I have to use Yi Zhonghai's method of moving the courtyard.

Qin Jingru stopped smiling and immediately ran behind Qin Huairu.

"Okay, stop scaring Jingru. This child has a hard time. She can't stand you teasing her all the time."

Qin Huairu pulled Qin Jingru over to dry clothes together.

After a while, Sha Zhu came back with a mandarin fish.

"Xiao Laizi, Aunt He's eyesight isn't very good. I was so scared that I almost didn't dare to take the fish."

Sha Zhu said in a low voice.

"It's okay, it's okay. Isn't there one more? My mother saved it for my father to eat."

He Lai waved his hand nonchalantly.

……

He Lai brought a plate of steamed mandarin fish, and the four children lined up, eating a bite each, and occasionally taking a bite themselves.

After the children have finished eating,

"By the way, Brother Zhuzi, is it easy to buy food now?" He Lai asked.

"It's OK. I bought ten kilograms of flour yesterday. What's wrong?"

Because Sha Zhu's family has many children, many of the coarse grains have been replaced with fine grains, but they are enough to eat anyway.

"Buy more coarse grains. I think we're running out of food." He Lai whispered.

"What! How come there is no food?" Sha Zhu stood up when he heard it, and his voice became much louder.

"Sit down, sit down, and keep your voice down." He Lai rolled his eyes at Sha Zhu.

"What's the matter, Xiao Laizi? Please tell me in detail." Qin Huairu felt that it was a big deal when she heard it, so she asked more questions.

"Anyway, just buy more on a regular basis. Food will probably run out soon, so fill up the jar."

He Lai didn't explain the reason in detail, he just asked them to buy grain.

"Okay, I got it." Sha Zhu listened to He Lai's words.

"What about Aunt He? Do you want me to help buy some?"

"I've got it all done. I hope my mother won't know." He Lai thought that as long as there was space, it would be enough for him.

"Xiao Laizi, is this true? Didn't the newspaper say that the grain was piled up so high that it couldn't fit in? It also said that the yield per mu was 10,000 catties."

Sha Zhu asked doubtfully.

"Brother Zhuzi, remember one thing, there must be something wrong if there is a reason! Remember, when you buy food, be secretive and don't leave it all in the courtyard."

"Okay, I see."

"Xiao Laizi, will something happen in the countryside? I'm worried about my parents." Qin Huairu said anxiously.

"The situation in the countryside will be very serious by then. You can ask your parents to hide outside for a while, but you can't let outsiders know. The countryside is under strict control now, so you must be careful."

He Lai said.

"Okay, I'll take a leave in the next two days and go to the countryside to talk to my parents. I'll also go and talk to you guys, Jingru. Thank you, Xiaolaizi."

Qin Huairu expressed her gratitude. She believed He Lai's words a hundred percent. After all, he had never made a mistake before.

"Brother Zhuzi, go talk to the master. I'm not as free as you when I'm at work."

"Okay, I got it. I'll find time to talk to you tomorrow."

In the next few days, several families in the courtyard who were close to He Lai knew the news and started to stockpile food bit by bit.