Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 179 Night Fishing

"Sister-in-law, everyone has their own destiny. If you are worried, ask Brother Zhuzi to find more space and store more food. We have already bought the monthly ration, and we also buy some on the black market occasionally. We can just rent a shabby warehouse to store more food."

He Lai came up with an idea.

"Okay, thank you, Xiao Laizi. They are my parents after all. I really don't want to see them starve."

Qin Huairu had experienced a great famine, and no one wanted to go through that kind of life of eating dirt again.

Yu Shui held He Lai's hand tightly. She believed in her brother He Lai. Although a famine was about to happen, brother He Lai would definitely not let her starve.

"Silly Rain, why are you holding my hand? My hand is not a pig's trotter, you can't chew it."

He Lai used his other hand to wipe his nose from the rain.

"What pig's trotter? I don't have any pig's trotters here. I only have stir-fried pork with bean sprouts and oyster mushrooms!"

Sha Zhu came over with two bowls of food. Qin Jingru, who was behind him, also brought a bowl of steamed mandarin fish and Chinese cabbage.

"Brother Zhuzi, do you care if your sister wants to bite me?" He Lai pointed at Yu Shui, and saw Yu Shui biting He Lai's arm and refusing to let go.

"I can't control her. Yu Shui hasn't called me brother for a long time. She's either at your house or Chun Er's house every day."

Sha Zhu whispered quietly.

"Brother, what are you talking about!" Yu Shui let go of He Lai's arm and glared at Sha Zhu.

"Look, there's no one here I can mess with. I'd better just eat my meal."

Sha Zhu started eating his food by himself.

"It's okay, Yushui, let's do it like when we were little and not let Brother Zhuzi have any food. Let's see if he still complains!"

He Lai said with a smile, and then surrounded Sha Zhu's chopsticks, and Yu Shui also happily joined in.

Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru were only concerned with feeding the children and didn't care about the three older children at all.

After dinner, everyone sat together and started chatting.

"Brother Zhuzi, I want to go fishing."

"What? It's already past six o'clock and it's going to be dark soon. How can we fish?"

Sha Zhu was confused by He's words. Go fishing after dark?

"Don't we have a flashlight? It's dark at night and there won't be many people here! Just tell us whether you want to go or not."

"Go, of course."

"Then you go inform Brother Damao, and I'll call Huzi and the others."

"Row."

In fact, He Lai wanted to go to the black market, but he couldn't find a suitable reason, so he could only go fishing to let Wu Juan relax her vigilance.

……

Soon everyone prepared the fishing gear. He Zhan wanted to go, but Wu Juan said, "Don't come back if you go." He was deterred.

"Then we should get closer. Although we can all swim now, it would be troublesome if we fall into the water."

He Lai instructed.

"Okay, I'll sit next to Xiao Laizi then." Xu Damao spoke immediately.

"You're everywhere, just stay away. I want to sit next to Xiao Laizi." Sha Zhu confronted him directly.

"Stop! Hey, I'll have one on each side, stop making noise. Do you have the flashlight? There are still batteries."

He Lai quickly continued to ask.

Everyone turned on their flashlights.

"Okay, let's go!"

……

"Aunt Zhang, go to bed later tonight and help me open the door." He Lai walked into Zhang's house and said to Aunt Zhang.

"Xiao Laizi, is it okay to go fishing at night?" Aunt Zhang asked curiously.

"It should be possible, let's try it."

"Well, Xiao Laizi, can you take your uncle with you?" Aunt Zhang said a little embarrassedly.

"Hey, Uncle Zhang, hurry up and get the fishing rod. Let's go. Use my bait."

When He Lai heard that Zhang Daming was going, he naturally did not object.

When Zhang Daming heard this, he immediately took his fishing rod and followed, because he knew He Lai's fishing skills.

Soon they arrived at Shichahai. It was already getting dark and not many people were fishing. After all, no one knew how to fish with a flashlight.

Soon everyone made their nest and sat by the river chatting.

"Uncle Zhang, your boy is going to school soon, right?" He Lai remembered that Zhang Daming's son seemed to be 7 years old.

"Yes, he will start first grade next month. I have to thank Xiao Yushui for the textbook." Zhang Daming said with a smile.

"Hey, what's the big deal? You took that desk too. It's not in use now. It's just sitting in the corner gathering dust."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Thank you, little one."

"Hey, Brother Zhang! This is the rain water from my family. You should thank me."

Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"Okay, thanks, thanks."

"Brother Zhuzi, why don't you send Xiao Yangzi to school? He's already six years old anyway."

He Lai remembered that there seemed to be no set age limit for going to school now.

"Is it okay? Will it be too small?" Sha Zhu was a little reluctant.

"Oh, when Yushui was studying with me, he was naughty every day. And look at Xiaoyangzi, he and Banggeng are naughty and playful. I don't know who he took after!"

He Lai started to act sarcastic.

"That's right. They run around here and there all day long. They are the only two who can play in the whole yard." Xu Damao spoke up.

"What can we do? Your sister-in-law and I are not well educated, so we can't teach you!"

Sha Zhu said awkwardly. He recalled that every time he went to the backyard, it was indeed He Lai and Yu Shui who were sitting on the chairs studying.

"Xiao Laizi, please talk to Yushui and Chun'er for me and ask them to take care of Xiaoyangzi and the others. She is an aunt after all."

"Look, Guangtian and Huzi are here, why are you still looking for rain? Huzi has been having too much fun recently, so he needs to study."

"Brother Lai, I'm not very good at studying, so let Chun'er teach me." Hu Zi said a little guilty.

"Humph, why don't you learn from him? Look at him sitting at home doing exams every day, and you just take advantage of your grandmother's ignorance.

Go study with Guangtian tomorrow, Guangtian, you supervise, if I find Huzi outside, I will make you another stack of test papers."

He Lai decided to punish Hu Zi.

"Okay, I promise to make him read next to me. If you dare to run away, don't blame your brother Guangtian for his dirty tricks, hehe."

Liu Guangtian was eager to have a companion and immediately threatened Hu Zi.

"Okay." Hu Zi's mood suddenly dropped a lot.

"You're already in the first grade of junior high school, but you still don't study hard! Look at your brother Lai, do you know how much he makes a month? 48.5!"

"What, isn't it 37? Why did it increase so much?" Sha Zhu didn't quite believe it for a moment.

"Xiao Laizi, yours is really 48 yuan, and mine is only 37.5 yuan."

"See? This is the benefit of learning. Don't learn from your brother Damao. Learn from your brother Lai. Do you understand?"

He Lai really enjoys this way of education. It feels good to educate people.

Xu Damao curled his lips, thinking that if he had not followed He Lai to fish, he might have been able to go to high school.

"Got it. I will definitely study hard."

"There is still Guang Tian. It's okay if you can't get into a technical secondary school, but you must get into university. You have to surpass your elder brother. I look down on him because he doesn't come home every day."

He Lai really looked down on Liu Guangqi. His own father was already a deputy director, but he still followed his cheap father-in-law to the First Machinery Factory.

"Okay, brother Lai, I will definitely get into university." Liu Guangtian perked up when he heard the name Liu Guangqi and quickly agreed.

"Okay, okay, the fish nest is almost there, let's cast the rod, let's cast the rod."

He Lai was the first to hang up the corn and started casting the rod.