Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 519 Giving birth

He Lai brought Yu Shui back to the courtyard, and Wu Juan immediately asked about the Jia family.

"Xiao Laizi, how is Jia Dongxu? I heard he has lost both legs. Is that true?"

"Well... the person is fine, and it's not both feet that are missing, just one leg." He Lai answered truthfully.

Gossip spreads very quickly in this courtyard. It’s estimated that in a short while, news about Jia Dongxu’s death will be fabricated.

"Ah! He's missing a leg! It's so serious! Will Jia Dongxu still be able to go to work in the future?" Wu Juan exclaimed.

"That shouldn't be a problem. You can still walk with a prosthetic limb," He Lai replied.

"Alas, I used to worry the most about your father getting injured on the battlefield. I was afraid he would come back with broken arms and legs." Wu Juan sighed and continued, "From now on, the Jia family will probably have a hard time again."

"Mom, how could his family have a hard time? Two of them have jobs. It's been several years, and they have to support four people. The family is well-off. Besides, Jia Dongxu was only injured, and the medical expenses will definitely be fully covered by the factory. The Jia family doesn't have to pay a penny, so don't worry."

He Lai explained.

"Yes, mother, the Jia family is doing well. They have wild duck eggs to eat every day!" Yu Shui added.

"Ah, that's right." Wu Juan suddenly realized and continued, "Mother is really getting old and confused. She forgot about the steel mill and thought that the Jia family would spend a lot of money on treatment this time!"

"Oh... Mom is getting old and confused, Mom is getting old and confused." Wu'er cheered from the side.

When Wu Juan heard this, she immediately stood up and wanted to grab Wu'er and give her a beating.

Wu'er quickly ran behind He Lai and Yu Shui, and stuck out her tongue at Wu Juan.

"You little girl, you dare to tease your mother. I'll beat your butt hard today!" Wu Juan rolled up her sleeves and prepared to give Wu'er a loving education!

When Wu'er saw that Wu Juan had rolled up her sleeves, she knew that her mother was really going to hit her, so she took advantage of He Lai standing in front of her and quickly ran away.

He Lai found it funny. He didn't expect that a three-year-old child had already started to talk nonsense with Wu Juan.

"You're still laughing. You've spoiled her. Look at what this little girl has become! She's simply a crazy girl! From now on, your mother will take care of your child. You are not allowed to interfere!"

Wu Juan said angrily.

"Okay, if you don't mind being tired, just let me take care of it." He Lai said.

"Why are you so tired? As long as you and Yu Shui don't bring two of them to me at once, I will take good care of you!" Wu Juan said with a smile.

He Lai was speechless. It was obvious that Wu Juan was troubled by the twins.

When Yu Shui heard this, her face immediately turned red.

"Yu Shui, how are you? Have you felt like vomiting recently?" Wu Juan pulled Yu Shui over and looked at her with concern.

Yu Shui blushed when asked and did not dare to answer Wu Juan.

"Mom, what are you talking about? Yu Shui and I just got married!" He Lai said speechlessly.

"Oh, I'm just asking casually." Wu Juan said with a smile.

"Mom, Yu Shui and I plan to have a child in two years. Let's wait until Yu Shui turns 20." He Lai said.

"What? What are you going to do? It's so good now, why wait for two years?" Wu Juan was immediately unhappy.

"Mom, Yu Shui is only eighteen years old, she is too young. It would be safer to have a baby when she is a little older." He Lai explained.

"You are the only one who is troublesome! I, your mother, was pregnant with you when I was only seventeen years old, and everything was fine." Wu Juan rolled her eyes at He Lai.

"Mom, you must have often heard that many teenage pregnant women have difficult labor. There is a reason for this! Because teenage women have not yet fully developed! This leads to difficult labor." He Lai explained patiently.

"Okay, okay, it's fine in two years, but when Yu Shui is twenty years old, she must give birth to a child, otherwise people in the courtyard will gossip about her! Do you understand?"

Wu Juan also agreed. After all, she had often heard about difficult births in the countryside, and she was even scared to death when she gave birth to He Lai.

"By the way, where is Wen'er? Why can't I see him?" He Lai suddenly realized that his second brother was missing.

"As for him, Xiao Yangzi took him out to play today. It's okay. Let him go out and play for a while. It's better to let him avoid following me, his mother, all the time."

Wu Juan replied.

Xiao Yangzi finishes school early now. Sometimes he finishes class at noon and goes straight to school in the afternoon.

After all, teachers teach on an empty stomach and don’t have much energy to take care of the children.

He Lai said, "Okay, then Yu Shui and I will go check it out. It's so cold, don't let Wen'er get cold."

"Okay, you go ahead and keep an eye on it. Yu Shui, don't go. Stay with me." Wu Juan agreed.

He Lai went out of the door and walked towards the middle courtyard. Most of the time, Xiao Yangzi and the others gathered in the middle courtyard to play.

Sure enough, there were several groups of children gathered in the central courtyard, including Wuer and Wener.

Shooting foreign pictures, these foreign pictures are the pieces of paper on the matchbox. Those who want to play put all the foreign pictures together. Whoever comes up with the biggest one gets to shoot it first, and the ones turned over belong to him. It is common to get your hands red and swollen from shooing.

There are also popsicle flipping, root pulling, spinning tops, rubber band skipping, etc.

This girl Wu'er has long forgotten about Wu Juan and is playing with the root!

Although she was young, she was very strong. She held tightly onto the root of an old tree leaf with both hands, and no one could resist her and she could break it.

He Lai was inspired on a whim, so he got an old leaf root from the space and walked over.

"Come on, let big brother compete with you!" He said, and passed his leaf root through her little hand.

Upon seeing this, Wu'er immediately started pulling with force, and as expected, her roots were severed.

"Brother, I want it!" When Wu'er saw that her root was broken, she threw it away immediately, then hung her hands on He Lai's hands, asking for He Lai's root.

"You! Can't you learn how to jump rubber rope from Nannan and the others?" He Lai gave her Gen'er and held her in his arms.

"The rubber band is not fun. It's too high and I can't reach it!" said Wu'er.

"Then you can't always play with boys! You are a girl." He Lai scratched her nose and said.

"Hmph, I play whatever I like." Wu'er said indifferently.

He Lai brought her to Wen'er, who was lying on the ground with Xiao Yangzi taking pictures!

He Lai also picked him up directly.

When Wen'er saw that it was He Lai, he immediately shouted happily, "Big Brother."

"Look how dirty your clothes are. Be careful or your mother will beat you." He Lai patted the dirt off Wen'er's body.

Wuer also took the opportunity to hit Wener several times, almost making Wener cry!

"You little girl, you are really rebellious! I'm going to spank you, spank you." He Lai quickly pulled Wu'er away and pretended to spank her a few times, making Wu'er laugh.

He Lai brought the two little ones to Sha Zhu's house.

When Qin Huairu saw He Lai and others coming, she immediately hugged Wu'er and asked about Jia Dongxu.

He Lai could only tell her the actual situation of Jia Dongxu.

"Hey, Xiao Laizi, you are kind-hearted. People in the factory now say that it was you who saved Jia Dongxu, otherwise he would have died." Sha Zhu said.

After all, such a big incident happened at the steel mill, and all the workers in the factory were talking about it. Many similar work-related accidents were dug up, and it was pointed out that similar accidents in other factories had resulted in the death of all the injured without exception.

"Hey, don't talk nonsense. I was just helping to stop the bleeding and prevent Jia Dongxu's injury from getting worse!" He said.

"Xiao Laizi, why are you being so modest? You are awesome, so be it. Look at what your sister-in-law has become now because of what you said!"

Shazhu said unhappily.

Sha Zhu didn't care what He Lai said. After all, he had suffered a lot because of He Lai's words. Now Qin Huairu no longer ate normally.

Every time when eating, Qin Huairu would look through the little notebook to see which foods were acidic and which were alkaline. She would give the sour ones to Sha Zhu and eat the alkaline ones herself.

Although He Lai asked her to eat it when she was preparing for pregnancy, she still wanted to develop this habit now.

After listening to Sha Zhu's words, He Lai looked at Qin Huairu and knew what was going on. She definitely didn't take him seriously and continued to do as he said.

He Lai didn't bother to care anymore. Let her eat whatever she wanted. Qin Huairu wouldn't let her starve anyway.