Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

On this day, He Lai's translation work was finally completed.

"Little Lai, not bad, not bad, you are really a talented person!"

Section Chief Ge saw the lathe instruction manual translated by He Lai in his office.

With this thing, many things become much more convenient.

"Xiao Laizi, you have to keep working hard. There are still many machines left by SL in the factory."

Section Chief Ge said with a smile.

He Lai smacked his lips and knew that was the case.

"There's nothing we can do about it. There are people who know a little Russian, but there are very few who can translate mechanical Russian. You have to make more contributions to the factory.

You don't know that our relationship with SL is tense right now. Those Soviet experts are difficult to serve and are unwilling to teach us technology. We can only rely on ourselves to explore little by little."

Seeing that He Lai didn't say anything, Section Chief Ge could only persuade him again.

"I understand. I will try my best." He Lai said that he is a friendly youth of the 20th century. I can do such things as slacking off. I just need to translate it slowly.

"That way you can just translate one book a month. You also need to have a balance between work and rest. You can't be asked to translate all the time."

Section Chief Ge was also very happy when he saw that He Lai agreed.

"Thank you, Uncle Ge."

When He Lai heard Chief Ge say this, he thought that he was seen to be lazy and felt embarrassed.

"Okay, go back now. I'm going to Director Yang to ask for your commendation."

……

Soon, Section Chief Ge came to He Lai with Director Yang's reward: 20 yuan and two kilograms of pork, which he could collect in the finance office.

He Lai smacked his lips and said, "Okay, it's already very good that Director Yang can give so much."

"He Lai, you are really good. You can even translate pork."

Liu Mu was so envious and regretted not learning Russian well, otherwise he might have been able to eat meat.

The other four people in the group also looked at He Lai with envy.

"Hey, don't look at me like that. I haven't eaten meat in a long time. Come and smoke. Brother Liu, please give some to everyone."

He Lai could only take out a bag of Daqianmen for Liu Mu, but there was no way he could give her any meat.

Although He Lai doesn't smoke, he always has a pack of cigarettes in his pocket. These days, he has to offer a cigarette no matter what he does.

After receiving the cigarettes, everyone stopped staring at He.

"He Lai, we are three female comrades, you can't be partial to one of us."

Shen Dandan, a female technician, graduated from a technical secondary school and has been working in the steel rolling mill for two years. She is now in charge of statistical work and is the most active of the three women.

"Okay, I'll bring you some candy tomorrow, okay?"

"That's more like it. I'll spare you this time."

Shen Dandan left with satisfaction.

Shen Dandan also inquired about He Lai's past and found out that this guy was so successful in the steel rolling mill.

There is a brother in the kitchen, a brother in the publicity department, and even a deputy director in the forging workshop, not to mention the deputy section chief in the security department, who is actually his father.

With this background, he can basically do whatever he wants in the factory.

……

The first canteen

"Dad, are you still on duty today? Mom is a little upset with you, and I'm affected by it. Can't you be nicer to Mom? Now I don't even cook. I always go to Brother Zhuzi's house to eat."

He Lai sat opposite He Zhan and said.

"I, I miss you too. Your mother is a bit irritable right now, and I can't handle it. I'll just stay in the security department for two days to have some peace and quiet. Don't worry, I'll be back in two days."

He Zhan has been having a hard time these days. His legs become weak from being sucked by Wu Juan every night.

He volunteered to work the night shift, even though the deputy section chief is not supposed to work the night shift.

Now, Wu Juan can’t see anyone every day, so she takes out her anger on He Lai.

"Dad, you should go back today, otherwise I will probably have no place to live. I have a bottle of medicine here. Take one pill before going to bed every day. It's very effective. I'm a doctor, I understand. I'll give you some more supplements another day, I promise you will be fine!"

He Lai took out a small bottle and handed it to He Zhan.

"Is it possible?" He Zhan took the bottle and whispered.

He Lai nodded heavily.

"You are worthy of being my son. Okay, I will go back with you today."

He Zhan was very happy. Now he could finally go back and deal with this woman.

……

"Mom, I'm back." He Lai walked into the house with a smile.

"I'm back, so what are you yelling about? It's like you haven't been to work. If you have the guts, you can live in the factory and don't come back."

Wu Juan cursed as she lay in the rocking chair.

"Mom, look, I brought Dad back to you. Dad, come in quickly."

He Lai pulled He Zhan in.

"Juanzi, I'm sorry, this is a shift rotation at the factory, I won't do that anymore, I'll go home on time to be with you, okay?"

He Zhan said with a smile.

When Wu Juan heard this, she came back on time every day and finally had a smile on her face.

"Okay, boss, you must be tired. Lie down for a while and I'll cook for you."

"Mom, you can take this pound of meat and cook it." He Lai handed over a bag.

"Where did you get that from? Every day you eat either fish or meat. Do you want to go to heaven?"

Wu Juan still didn't look happy with He Lai, so she took the bag and asked.

"I worked on that translation a while ago, and the factory gave me two kilograms of meat as a reward."

"What about the other pound?"

"It's at Brother Zhuzi's house. I've been eating at his house these days, so I gave him a pound."

"You spendthrift, go eat with your brother Zhuzi. This is not your meal."

After saying this, Wu Juan went into the kitchen.

"Then Dad, I leave this to you. You have to help your son take good care of mom."

He Lai said with a smile.

"Hey, you dare to make fun of your father now, right? Little Lai, tell me the truth, is that medicine really effective?"

He Zhan was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, I'm leaving now."

……

"Xiao Laizi, is Aunt He still angry? Didn't Uncle go back?"

After Sha Zhu asked this question, everyone looked at He Lai, including Yu Shui.

"It should be fine in a few days. Brother Zhuzi, cook the meal quickly. I'm hungry."

He Lai said, lying in the rocking chair.

"Okay, wife, go and help me cook."

"I'm not going. Jingru, please help your brother-in-law." Qin Huairu said.

"Oh." Qin Jingru followed him out.

Qin Huairu saw that only Yu Shui and He were left, so she asked.

"Xiao Laizi, my brother came to the factory to see me today and said that things are good in the village and he doesn't want to hoard food anymore.

Now they eat well every day and work very hard. Jingru's parents want Jingru to go back."

"Sister-in-law, ask him to wait a little longer. Jingru can't go back. She should stay here until the end of the year."

He Lai sat up. It seemed that the Qin family no longer believed Qin Huairu.

"My brother said that hoarding grain is a serious crime and that if it is discovered, they will be dragged out for criticism. They are a little worried. So they dare not buy grain anymore."

"Sister-in-law, let's see what he wants to do. After all, I've said before that we can't make decisions for him on many matters. I can only say that I've said everything I should say, and there will be a result by the end of the year at the latest."

He Lai felt that this thing was indeed hard to accept for the time being. After all, He Lai's idea was contrary to the philosophy of the national government. Now in the countryside, everyone is equal, everyone is exactly the same, and no one can be special.

Qin Huairu was also very conflicted. She believed in Xiao Laizi, but since her parents didn't want to, there was nothing she could do.