Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 116 Cold Bean Sprouts

He Lai opened his eyes again and found that the rain was no longer on the chair.

I quickly got up, rubbed my eyes, and went to wash my face. I saw Yu Shui squatting on the ground fiddling with something.

"Rainwater, what are you doing?"

"Come on, brother, you're awake! I'm picking bean sprouts. It's time to harvest them." Yu Shui said while picking bean sprouts.

"Oh, when was it done? Why didn't I know about it? Wasn't it Brother Zhuzi who did it?" He Lai asked puzzledly.

"Come on, brother, you haven't paid attention to the kitchen for a long time. My brother has some too, and bean sprouts are delicious, so mom started making them too." Yu Shui explained patiently.

"Hey, I'm preparing for the high school entrance exam. Come on, come on, I'll help you."

He Lai said embarrassedly that he had been focusing on eating recently and hadn't paid much attention to anything else.

Soon the two of them finished cleaning up, and Yu Shui put the soybeans soaked in the morning on top. The bean sprouts were left there until Wu Juan came back.

"Yu Shui, you are becoming more and more sensible now." He Lai watched Yu Shui busying around.

"Isn't it good to be sensible?" Yu Shui didn't understand why He Lai said that.

"Yushui, if you do this, it will make your brother look very immature, you know that?"

He Lai curled his lips.

Yu Shui was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to understand what He Lai meant, and he burst out laughing.

He Lai also laughed.

"Well, let me show you how I can make cold bean sprouts! How do you think?"

"Okay!"

He Lai got Yu Shui's answer and quickly started to work.

He looked at the things in the kitchen and felt that he could only handle the cucumber. It was not bad to have a cucumber, and it could be eaten cold! Of course, I didn't want to mix it, I just ate it directly.

Boil water, put in bean sprouts, take out and cool, all in one go.

Add salt, vinegar, sugar, minced garlic and sesame oil, stir, and you’re done!

"Yu Shui, come and try Brother Lai's cooking." He Lai quickly placed the cold bean sprouts in front of Yu Shui.

"It's delicious." Yu Shui picked it up and ate it, giving a good answer.

"Yeah, this is Brother Lai's specialty!" He Lai immediately boasted.

Yu Shui rolled her eyes and said, "Your specialty is so simple that I can cook it at a glance."

But I still ate it with dignity, after all, it’s really good to eat in summer!

After eating, Yushui ran to Chun'er to share the cold bean sprouts. Unfortunately, Chun'er's family didn't have much sesame oil, so the taste was half gone.

He Lai also walked out of the door and saw Aunt Li playing with Xiao Shitou at the door of her house with a 2-year-old girl in her arms.

Xiao Shitou is 6 years old now, and the little kid has grown up.

He Lai came behind Xiao Shitou and pulled down his pants.

Little Stone looked down, quickly pulled up his pants, turned around and saw that it was He Lai. He immediately raised his head, opened his mouth and started crying.

"Grandma, grandma, come here, brother, take off my pants." Little Stone cried and went to complain to his grandma.

"Don't cry, little stone. Don't cry. Come here, brother is playing with you."

Aunt Li quickly used one hand to hug the crying Xiao Shitou and comfort him. Seeing that Xiao Shitou was still crying, she changed her approach.

"Don't cry, don't cry, oh... Grandma will help Xiao Shitou beat him later. Your brother is so mean. Oh... My dear grandson, don't cry, don't cry."

He Lai was also annoyed, and on a whim he took off Xiao Shitou's pants.

He quickly took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket, unwrapped it, and stuffed it into Xiao Shitou's crying mouth.

"It's my fault, it's my fault, little stone, please stop crying, okay? I'm going to give you all the candy in my pocket."

After He finished speaking, he took out five candies from his pocket and gave them to Xiao Shitou.

Little Stone finally stopped crying. The little girl started crying too when she saw her brother had candy but she didn't.

"Grandma, I want candy too, I want candy too!"

"Nannan, don't cry, don't cry, grandma will get you some candy right away."

He Lai had no choice but to take out two more candies and give them to the little girl. After the little girl had the candies in her mouth, she stopped crying immediately.

He Lai scratched the little girl and said, "Brother Lai is so lucky to give you a name. You are such a heartless little thing."

The little girl is called Li Yuhan, also known as Nannan. The little stone is called Li Yutai.

Nannan didn't care about that, as long as there was candy, she thought He Lai wanted to play with her and stretched out her hands.

"Hold me, brother, hold me."

He Lai had no choice but to pick up Nannan and saw that Xiao Shitou was still smiling even with tears on his face.

He Lai also scratched his nose.

"You are also a little heartless."

Xiao Shitou didn't mind. After all, He Lai was very kind to him. He just felt wronged because his pants were taken off.

"Auntie Li, I'll take my daughter to the central courtyard to take a look." He Lai said.

"Go, go." Aunt Li was also very relieved.

He Lai carried Nannan to the middle courtyard, and Xiao Shitou followed behind.

Passing by Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were dealing with cicadas, while the second aunt was watching with a smile beside them.

"Guangtian, Guangfu, you two are great. Second Aunt, you can enjoy yourself."

He Lai came to stir things up again.

"Haha, Xiao Laizi will just make fun of your second aunt."

The second aunt laughed even more happily.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I really can't stand this smile, let's go, let's go."

The second aunt laughed even more happily and almost fell down. The two brothers Guangtian also smiled and continued to deal with the cicadas.

He Lai came to the central courtyard, to Sha Zhu's home, where there was a girl with two children.

"Little Laizi is here, come and sit down."

The girl's name is Qin Yuru, she is 16 years old this year, and she is Qin Huairu's cousin. She was brought here by Qin Huairu to take care of the child.

Qin Yuru was also very pretty, but because she had a rural household registration, no one was interested in her. After all, most people would not dare to marry her without a fixed quota.

He Lai secretly told her that he would arrange a job for her in a few years so that she could move to the city permanently.

"Sister Yuru, how are the two children? Are they okay?" He Lai asked.

"It's okay, I...I can handle it." Qin Yuru couldn't change the habit of using the word "I".

Sha Zhu's daughter was named He Yanxi. At that time, the character "Xi" was not this character, but "Xi". Sha Zhu was afraid that his daughter would blame him for giving her a character with so many strokes, so he asked He Lai to change it.

There was nothing much to talk about, so they could only take care of the two children. It was quite convenient to have a baby rocking chair.

"Xiao Yangzi, come here to your uncle." He Lai held his daughter in his arms and called Xiao Yangzi.

"Come here, uncle." Xiao Yangzi opened his arms and ran from Qin Yuru's arms and hugged He Lai's legs.

He Lai quickly took out a candy, not wanting to make the same mistake again. The two little guys were sucking on the candy with a very loud sound.

After a while, Yushui came over with Chun'er and a plate of cold bean sprouts.

"What's wrong? Is this for me to eat?" He Lai quickly reached out to take it.

"I'll go get some sesame oil from my brother. It won't taste good without oil. Chun'er's family doesn't have much oil."

Yu Shui avoided He Lai's hand and spoke directly without any politeness.

"Go ahead, go ahead. He's your brother after all. You'd better take everything to the backyard."

He Lai saw that it was not for him, so he put his hand down helplessly, curled his lips, and said half-jokingly.

"Okay, Chun'er, wait. I'll go to my brother's house and get you a bottle of sesame oil."

The rain playfully ran towards He Lai's house.

"What! I said take it to my house, not go to my house and get it, Yu Shui, hey, did you hear me wrong? I'm a little dizzy."

"You heard it right!" The rain was already rushing away.

He Lai was speechless because of the rain.

Qin Yuru and Chun'er also laughed out loud.

Soon Yushui took a bottle of oil and took Chun'er back.

"This, this, this, my house seems to have been robbed, Sister Yuru." He Lai watched the two people leave with a smile, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Qin Yuru also tried hard not to laugh.

"Xiao Yangzi, Xiao Shitou, you can't learn this. You know, this is wrong."

"Then why didn't you stop it, brother?" Little Stone asked a soul-searching question.

"Um, actually Brother Lai hasn't reacted yet. Come on, I'll take you to get it back."