Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 322 Partnering up

A few days passed like this, and He Lai came to Liang Ladi's tube building with fifty kilograms of cotton and a large piece of wild boar meat he got from the space.

He Lai found Xiu'er and Sanmao playing in the mud on the ground and immediately shouted to them.

Xiu'er and Sanmao looked up and saw He Lai, and immediately ran over.

"Come on, uncle."

"Xiu'er, Sanmao, we have a deal that you can't touch your uncle's clothes with your hands. If they get dirty, you have to let your mother wash them."

He Lai held Xiu'er's hands and said with a smile.

"Okay, I promise not to touch my uncle's clothes." Xiu'er said with a smile, squinting her eyes.

"Then let's go. Uncle will take you to wash your hands. Look how dirty your hands are."

"it is good."

"Where are Da Mao and Er Mao? Why didn't I take you two out to play?"

"My brothers are studying in the room!"

"Oh."

He Lai picked up Xiu'er, with Sanmao following behind him, and walked towards Liang Ladi's house.

When I entered the tube building, I found Liang Ladi talking to Nan Yi.

"Sister Liang, Master Nan, what are you doing?" He Lai asked.

Liang Ladi turned around and saw that it was He Lai, so she explained with a smile.

"Hey, come on, Master Nan wants to make a piece of clothing, and I was just talking about the price!"

"Oh, I see. Sister Liang, I have some things I brought in my car. Can you go get them?"

"Oh, fine. I'll go right away, Master Nan. It's settled!"

When Liang Ladi heard this, she ran out to get something.

"Hello, Master Nan, I've long heard of you." He Lai greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Comrade He Lai, I have heard of your name for a long time."

Before Nan Yi had the chance to talk to Liang Ladi, he was interrupted by He Lai and had to shake hands with He Lai.

"Master Nan, I heard that your cooking skills are quite good. How about going to my sister Liang's house to help me cook a meal today? I brought some pork, let's eat together."

"Okay, then I'll go back and get some things and come over later." Nan Yi didn't act pretentiously. Knowing He Lai's strength, he agreed readily.

"Okay, then I'll take the two little ones to wash their hands first." He Lai came to the faucet and washed Xiu'er and Sanmao's hands.

Liang Ladi also came in with cotton and meat.

"He Lai, why did you take so much cotton? It won't fit. And this meat, it doesn't fit!"

Liang Ladi looked at the big bag of cotton and pork awkwardly.

"I didn't ask you to stuff it all in. The rest is your wages. There's nothing inappropriate about it. Sister Liang, hurry up and make my pillow. I'll take it away after I finish my meal."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Ah, I haven't cooked yet! I can't handle this by myself."

Liang Ladi said with embarrassment.

"I'll ask Chef Nan to come over and cook the meal. Just go put the cotton inside the pillow."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Oh, is that so! Okay then." When Liang Ladi heard that Nan Yi was coming over to cook, that was just perfect.

Soon, Nan Yi came over with some kitchen supplies.

Liang Ladi walked into the room and started making pillows, while He Lai, the children and Nan Yi were busy in the kitchen.

Nan Yi cut and cooked the vegetables skillfully, and soon, delicious dishes were served on the table.

"Master Nan, your cooking skills are great! Look how greedy these kids are."

"It's okay, it's okay, just a few home-cooked dishes." Nan Yi said perfunctorily.

"Don't be modest. I've eaten good food before. It's already pretty good that you can cook these home-cooked dishes like this. To be honest, your cooking skills are not worth it in a machine repair factory. Even in a steel mill, there are only two people who can cook at this level."

"Well, it doesn't matter whether I am talented or not. I feel that things are pretty good now. I don't have to worry about food or clothes."

Nan Yi knew that there was something wrong with his ingredients, and it was good enough that he could maintain the status quo. He couldn't even upgrade to a basic chef level.

"That's good! Master Nan, are you planning to find a partner?"

He Lai laughed.

In the original novel, Nan Yi said that he was only one year younger than Liang Ladi. Judging from the ages of Liang Ladi's four children now, even if she gave birth to Da Mao at the age of sixteen, he would be 24 years old now. Nan Yi would also be 23 years old. It would be time for him to consider getting married.

"Hey, there's nothing suitable here. If there is, I will definitely look for it!"

"So what do you think of my sister Liang?"

"Puff..." After hearing what He Lai said, Nan Yi spat out the tea he had just drunk. Fortunately, He Lai reacted quickly and dodged it, and the tea fell on Sanmao who was behind him.

"Uh, Sanmao, what are you doing hiding behind uncle? Go get a towel and wipe it yourself."

He Lai smiled and sent Sanmao, who was soaked by Nan Yi, to wipe his face.

"Master Nan, you're really overreacting!"

"Comrade He Lai, don't make such jokes! Sister Liang and I are not suitable!"

Nan Yi replied awkwardly.

"Okay, okay, if it's not suitable, then it's not suitable. My sister Liang doesn't care about it!"

After a while, the food was ready, and Ermao brought Dawa and Wu Cao over without anyone noticing.

"Brother Da Wa, Sister Xiao Cao, how are you? Are you used to working in the machine repair shop?"

He Lai asked.

"It's fine, Xiao...that master takes very good care of me." Big Brother subconsciously wanted to call Xiao Laizi, but after thinking about it, he held back.

"I'm fine too. Thank you, cousin He Lai." Wu Cao said with a smile. He is living a very comfortable life now.

"What are you thanking me for? Just be ok. Sit down and eat. Ermao, go get your mother. We're ready to eat."

"Okay." Ermao ran into the room.

Soon, everyone was at the table and started enjoying the food.

Everyone was eating and chatting, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

"Master Nan, I have an unreasonable request, I wonder if you can agree to it."

He Lai said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Nan Yi looked at He Lai warily, afraid that he would say something nonsense again.

"That's right. My cousin and his sister are all alone. It's not appropriate for them to cook alone. Plus, you're eating alone too. Do you think you can team up and cook at my sister Liang's place? Do you think it's okay?

Don't worry, I will not let you work in vain. I will provide you with meat once every two weeks. How about that?"

Kakui suggested with a smile.

"Okay, sure. Can you really provide meat?" Nan Yi is a cook after all, and he needs dishes to improve his cooking skills.

"Of course you can. You just saw how much meat Sister Liang has at home. What do you think? Do you agree?"

He Lai felt that Nan Yi was already moved.

"I agree. Don't worry, I won't eat your meat for nothing. I will definitely give you what I have."

Nan Yi became excited when he heard this. If there was meat every day, he wouldn't have to go out to restaurants secretly.

"Then it's settled. Let's high-five to swear!" He Lai stretched out his right hand and looked at Nan Yi.

"It's a deal." Nan Yi also stretched out his right hand and shook hands tightly with He Lai.

Liang Ladi was confused. What was going on? How come she, the host, didn't even know what was going on? So these people decided to cook at home.

Of course, Dawa and Wu Cao had no objections. This was fine. No matter what He Lai said, he would definitely not let them suffer any loss.

The next step was division of labor. Nan Yi strongly requested that Da Wa and himself cook in the kitchen, while Liang Ladi and Wu Cao were responsible for buying groceries and washing dishes.

It was not a big problem and everyone agreed happily. The happiest ones were the children because they had meat to eat and the dishes tasted delicious. It was simply wonderful.

After dinner, Liang Ladi took out six pillows and made two different styles of each, fearing that He Lai would not be satisfied!

She chose white cotton cloth to sew the little white rabbit pillow, pink and white cotton cloth to sew the Mei Yangyang pillow, and blue and gray cotton cloth for the puppy pillow.

Each pillow is different and looks great, He Lai is very satisfied.

Helai's cotton has been space-processed and is also very elastic, which makes each pillow very comfortable to hold.

He Lai asked Xiu'er to choose one. Xiu'er hesitated for a long time between Meiyangyang and Little White Rabbit, but finally chose Meiyangyang.

The remaining five were taken away by He Lai. Although Damao and the others also wanted them, He Lai did not give them to them. After all, he could let Liang Ladi continue to do it, and there were several girls waiting in his yard!