Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

On the way back, Yu Shui hugged He Lai's waist and asked, "Brother Lai, what's the money? Did you buy anything for Sister Song Xue and the others?"

"Yeah, a camera costs several hundred dollars. Do you want one?"

"want!"

"Then you must serve me well when you return."

"Hate!"

……

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw the little girl Wu'er sitting on the doorstep, lowering her head and drawing circles on the ground with a branch in her hand.

He Lai immediately became interested, walked up to Wu'er and said, "Whose little girl is this? Why is she blocking the door?"

When Wuer heard this, she immediately raised her head, smiled, and shouted loudly: "Brother!"

After shouting, she threw herself into He Lai's arms.

"Hey, do you miss your brother?" He Lai picked her up.

"I miss you, every day! When you are not around, no one supports me." Wu'er said while leaning against He Lai's neck.

"Oh? Who bullied my Wu'er? I'll lend them the courage!"

"Mother bullies me every day. She is biased. She also won't let me go to the station to pick up my brother. Mother is so mean."

"Uh...brother brought you something delicious, look." He Lai took out a box of chicken biscuits from his pocket and gave it to Wu'er.

Chicken Biscuits are a specialty snack in Guangdong Province. They belong to the Cantonese cuisine and are one of the four famous biscuits in Guangdong Province. They are sweet, fragrant and crispy. The main ingredients are flour, peanuts, sesame, walnuts, etc. They were first created during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty and have a history of 170 years.

It is known for its sweet and salty taste. It is rich in protein, oil, minerals and vitamins, and has excellent effects on human growth and development, physical fitness and disease prevention.

"Thank you, big brother." Wu'er happily took it, opened the box, took out a chicken biscuit, and stuffed it into He Lai's mouth first, "Big brother, you eat first."

"it is good."

……

Afterwards, the three of them returned to their homes.

At this time, Wu Juan was already waiting for He to come home.

I saw Wu'er, who was held in He Lai's arms, wolfing down the chicken biscuits, with food crumbs all over her clothes.

"Put Wu'er down quickly. Look at you. You spoiled her right after you came back. She ate her clothes like this!"

Wu Juan came over and pulled Wu'er off He Lai, and brushed off the debris on her body.

"Hmph, my elder brother gave it to me, not for mom to eat." After saying this, Wu'er ran out with the box in her arms.

"Look, look, I'm so angry!" Wu Juan was immediately angered by Wu'er.

"Okay, okay, Mom, don't be angry. Here, this is the almond biscuits I brought specially for you. They are delicious."

He Lai opened his luggage and took out five boxes of almond cookies and gave them to Wu Juan.

"Spending money indiscriminately again." Wu Juan muttered and took the box.

"Hey, where's mine?"

"Well, it's wife cake. It's said that it's the cake that husbands in Guangcheng buy for their wives. I brought it specially for you."

"Thank you, Brother Lai."

"You're welcome."

……

After some more teasing, He Lai asked Wu Juan, "Mom, where is my noodles? Didn't you always make me a bowl of noodles in the past?"

"Let the rain do it for you. I'm not your wife." Wu Juan replied jealously.

"Mom, why do you even eat Yu Shui's vinegar? Yu Shui, why don't you give me a few boxes of wife cakes.

Otherwise, Brother Lai won’t have any noodles to eat.”

He Lai joked.

"Mom, here you go." Yu Shui said as he stuffed the wife cake into Wu Juan's hand.

"Okay, okay, I really owed you in my previous life. The noodles are already prepared. I'll cook them for you."

"Thank you, mother!"

……

At night, Yu Shui lay on He Lai and asked, "Brother Lai, didn't you say you had a camera? Why didn't I see it?"

"Camera? You haven't even taken good care of me, where did you get the camera?"

"Brother Lai, you lied to me again. I will ignore you."

"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you tomorrow when I go to work. Why are you in such a hurry? I can't owe you a camera if you come here."

"Brother Lai, you are so mean. Why do you always tease me?"

"If I don't tease you, who should I tease?"

"Humph!"

"Okay, okay, let's continue..."

"what……"

Another sleepless night.

……

The next day, Yu Shui got the camera he had been longing for.

Yu Shui couldn't put the camera down, taking pictures here and there, as excited as a child.

"Silly girl, you haven't even put the film in yet, what are you doing taking pictures?"

He Lai was speechless.

"Humph, of course I know there's no film. I'm not stupid. Film is so expensive. It would be such a waste to take pictures like this. I'm still learning."

Yu Shui replied, picked up the camera and put it to his right eye, then pressed the shutter button towards He Lai.

"Hurry up and learn. When you're done, go home and take some photos for mom and the others. I guarantee that mom will love you even more."

He Lai smiled.

"Even if I don't take pictures, my mother still loves me."

"That's enough. Can't you just take it to your own studio and play with it?"

"cannot!"

……

After get off work, in the courtyard

"Mom, look, here's the camera. Let's put on our new clothes and take a picture."

As soon as Yu Shui entered the house, he hugged Wu Juan and waved the camera in his hand.

"It was Xiao Laizi who brought it again. Let him do whatever he wants. If mommy doesn't want to take the photo, you can take it yourself, or you can take the photo for Wu'er, Wen'er and the others."

Wu Juan looked at the camera in Yu Shui's hand and said.

"Mom, take a picture! I promise it will be very pretty! Okay?"

The rain continued to act coquettishly.

He Lai saw that Wu Juan was still a little reluctant, so he continued, "Mom, I saw those couple photos in the photo studio, they are so beautiful, they are all color photos, not black and white.

Now the couple will take a photo and hang it on the head of the bed, which looks very nice.

When the time comes, let Dad change into new clothes, and take a photo of the two of you."

"Really? Fine then. I want color, not black and white."

When Wu Juan heard that it was a color photo, not black and white, her resistance was immediately relieved. In their opinion, black and white photos are only taken when people are about to die, and it is unlucky to take photos when people are alive.

"Mom, wear my clothes and we can take a photo together. It will look good that way. Come on, come on."

Yu Shui pulled Wu Juan into the bedroom, and Wu Juan couldn't refuse.

Wen'er pulled He Lai's sleeve and begged, "Brother, can you take a picture of me later?"

"Of course you can, but I have a task for you."

"What mission?"

"You, go to the next courtyard and tell the second uncle and his friends that your eldest brother can take photos for them for free today. Anyone who wants to take photos should go change into new clothes and gather in the middle courtyard. Then I will take photos for them."

"Okay!" Wen'er agreed and ran out immediately.

After a while, Wu'er came running over.

"Brother, brother, I want to take a picture too!" Wu'er said loudly.

"Okay, then go change into new clothes. When you look nice, I'll take pictures of you."

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Wu'er ran to her room next door to find clothes.