The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Yan Bugui was caught in a dilemma after hearing Yang Dalin's words.

She was afraid that since there was still a strong smell of dried seafood in the room, it would be awkward for her to keep asking for more, and she might anger Yang Dalin.

Secondly, I'm worried that if Yang Dalin doesn't give it to me tomorrow, I won't get it tonight, and I'll feel a bit resentful.

Old Yan was in a bit of a bind, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Dalinzi, you're teasing me again. You brought back two big sacks yesterday, how could you have used them up so quickly?"

The old man saw it all clearly yesterday.

Yang Dalin responded without hesitation: "There are two large sacks, that's right, but the other one isn't."

That bag contains other things. Believe it or not, either you wait at home tomorrow and I'll bring it to you, or you can take the money back and I won't lend it to you anymore.

Teacher Yan, I'll give you three numbers to think about.

3…2…1.

Old Yan didn't have time to think about that, and quickly said, "I'll go back and wait, I'll go back and wait."

"Dalinzi, don't act like a big shot."

Yang Dalin saw him to the door and said, "Don't worry, the people living across the hall are there. Why would they play a trick on you?"

Old Man Yan had already lifted the curtain, but then turned back and said, "Dalinzi, you have to keep this a secret from the other neighbors."

Yang Dalin nodded: "Okay, I understand. Teacher Yan, you can go back now."

Yang Dalin sent him away, locked the door, and then used a wooden stick to prop the door shut.

He counted the money, stuffed it into his pocket, or rather, put it into his spatial storage.

Aunt Qi didn't expect Yang Dalin to get rid of Yan Bugui so quickly.

She really hadn't slept. She put on her cotton-padded coat, shuffled over in her shoes, and asked him, "Dalinzi, did you send him away so quickly?"

"Yes, Auntie, I don't want to deal with people like that anyway."

"By the way, Auntie, did you see that bag he just opened? Goodness, it's only half the size of our sacks."

Aunt Qi said, "I just peeked through a crack in the door and saw it. Old Yan is really shameless."

It even has its own pocket, and it's such a big one.

"You're really trying to take advantage of me. I'll just give him that small bag of gifts tomorrow, Dalinzi, don't worry about it."

Yang Dalin stopped Aunt Qi, saying, "Auntie, you don't need to come. I can handle it. If we don't give it to him tonight, he won't be able to sleep well. Let him worry about it for another day tomorrow. I'll deliver it tonight."

Let him wait and agonize for a whole day and night.

Aunt Qi probably imagined how anxious and frustrated Old Yan would be, and chuckled, "Alright, you're so smart. Okay, you handle it tomorrow. Go wash your feet and go to bed."

Yang Dalin agreed, "Okay, Auntie, you should go and rest too."

Poor Yan family, when Old Man Yan went back home, Yang Ruihua saw that his husband, Old Man Yan, was carrying an empty bag.

She hurriedly asked him, "Old Yan, what happened? Why did you come back empty-handed? Isn't this bullying an honest person? I'll go and give them a piece of my mind!"

Yan Bugui quickly pulled Yang Ruihua back from her outburst and said, "No, no, Dalinzi said he doesn't have enough dried seafood at home, and he'll ask a colleague to exchange some for tomorrow and send some over."

Don't act impulsively, don't turn a good thing into a bad thing.

Yang Ruihua calmed down a bit, but she was still preoccupied with her own worries, just like Yan Bugui.

As the two were lying in bed asleep, Yang Ruihua suddenly asked, "Old Yan, that kid Yang Dalin isn't going to cheat us out of our money, is he?"

Yan Bugui couldn't get his gift right away, and now he's tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

My heart was itching with unease, and hearing Yang Ruihua say that made it even worse.

But he also comforted her, saying, "It shouldn't be possible. We live across the street from each other. Don't worry, Yang Dalin said he'll personally deliver it tomorrow night."

Get some rest, you have to go to work tomorrow.

After comforting Yang Ruihua, Yan Bugui still couldn't sleep; he kept having something on his mind.

My heart was itching with anxiety, and I didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.

That evening, when Yi Zhonghai brought back a small bag of dried seafood, Yi Wenshi happily said, "This is great! It's all good stuff. Looks like we made the right decision to borrow money, Lao Yi."

Old Yi also said with satisfaction, "Yes, this Da Linzi is young, but I didn't expect him to be so capable."

"Let's befriend him, and it would be even better if he could get closer to Dongxu in the future."

Yi Zhonghai was filled with hope for the future.

Thinking about how I'll be old and living at home, with my apprentice Jia Dongxu taking care of me and Dongxu's wife helping with the laundry and cleaning.

Later, Yang Dalin would bring them some good food from time to time as he traveled all over the country, so life was pretty good.

If Yang Dalin knew that Yi Zhonghai thought this way, he would be delusional.

Who do you think you are if you didn't offer to lend me money?

Back in the Liu family's backyard, Liu Wangshi was also happily looking at the dried goods, saying, "Old Liu, this Dalinzi is really generous. You helped him the most this time, so it seems this is his way of showing respect to you, his second uncle?"

Liu Haizhong coughed to interrupt his wife: "That's not true. Dalinzi is a generous person; he's lent money to many people."

Regardless of how much or how little is borrowed, it's always this small bag. I think Dalinzi did a good job in that respect.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for neighbors to borrow more money and give more gifts to each other.

This left other families who weren't well-off wondering how they could lend him money.

But he's very nice to me, and respectful. He's a capable guy, and as long as he supports me, I can have a bright future as a big shot in this courtyard.

Liu Haizhong was also having a sweet dream.

If Yang Dalin really knew, he would definitely flatter him, saying, "You'd better hurry up and kick Yi Zhonghai off the stage, or you two should fight tooth and nail over the title of some worthless old man."

Some people find it strange that he is so obsessed with officialdom.

It's so hard not to be an official. There really was a guy like Liu Haizhong in Yang Dalin's village in his previous life.

He racked his brains a lot to become a village chief.

Unfortunately, when he actually got the job, while others were making money off their families, he ended up losing a lot of money.

Having lofty ideals is easy, but achieving them is difficult.

Typical example of someone with lofty ambitions but a fragile life.

Yang Dalin didn't have time to think about that. He washed his feet and went to bed early.

The next day, after waking up, I first signed in, and then gave the tickets and money to Aunt Qi.

Tell her to bring Yan Hua and her sister when she has time, and ask Ma San to buy these things.

Buy a women's bicycle so that Aunt Qi and Sister Yanhua can both use it.

She naturally chose the sewing machine she liked, and bought a Huhai semi-steel watch. If Aunt Qi wanted to use it, she would give it to Aunt Qi; if Aunt Qi didn't want it, she would give it to Qi Yanhua.

Just buy any radio you like.

Shopping is what women love most, so I won't participate.

With Ma San going along, it will be easier to bring it back.

The Yanhua sisters were overjoyed to hear that they were to go and buy some big items.

After handing the money and tickets to his aunt, Yang Dalin rode his bicycle to work early in the morning with Ma San.