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

Yi Zhonghai said, "He doesn't have one at home, but he has a younger brother who is behind him."

There are no sick people in the family.

Yang Dalin nodded, then gave his younger brother another bowl and told them to take their time going back.

Stop spilling it.

Fortunately, his parents were standing right next to them and quickly helped take it. The two children were quite polite and not only thanked Yang Dalin, but their parents also thanked Yang Dalin.

Yang Dalin waved his hand, telling them to take the food back and eat it quickly.

Yang Dalin served quickly, one after another. If a family had elderly members over fifty who were too embarrassed to come, Yang Dalin would have the children take the food home and bring back an empty bowl. He would serve one family and then move on to the next.

Instead of one child finishing their share and then it being the next child's turn.

It's better to go through each family one by one.

The deaf old lady was too old to come, so Yang Dalin called to Yi Wenshi, who was watching the commotion nearby, and asked her to fetch a bowl. He filled a bowl for her and asked her to take it to the deaf old lady.

Yang Dalin knew Yi Zhonghai's age; he should be forty-nine.

He was not yet fifty, but he really didn't know how old Yi Wenshi was.

Yi Zhonghai told him that Aunt Yi was two years older than him, which meant she was over fifty.

I'll serve Wenxiumei a bowl later too.

In this situation, refusing to give it to his family would be purely offensive, especially since Yi Wenshi even supported Yi Zhonghai in lending him money.

Yang Dalin made a mental note of this.

Soon, the next two ingrates arrived at Qin Huairu's house.

Banggeng stood in front, holding a large basin. Yang Dalin looked at the basin in front of Banggeng and said, "Banggeng, is this your bowl?"

Yi Zhonghai looked a little embarrassed.

But it's hard to say anything.

This was his apprentice's son. Yang Dalin felt embarrassed when he saw Jia Dongxu and turned to go home.

Qin Huairu was still standing at the door, waiting.

Banggeng said, "Yes, Uncle Dalin, I eat with this at home. Just fill it up for me, that'll count as two bowls. There's also some for my grandma in here. My grandma is fifty-three this year."

Jia Zhangshi was 76 in 1984, which is indeed over 50.

This Jia Zhang family is a good option, but your pot is definitely too big.

Yang Dalin noticed that many of the onlookers looked unhappy, and some were even whispering among themselves.

This is mocking Qin Huairu.

Meanwhile, Jia Zhangshi had already gone home to comfort Jia Dongxu.

With Yi Zhonghai around, Yang Dalin didn't want to make things too difficult for a child.

Yang Dalin picked up the normal bowl that He Yushui had just prepared for him.

The bowl was filled to the brim, the stalks were poured into a basin, and then another bowl was filled and poured into the basin.

Then he told Banggeng, "Okay, go home, Banggeng. Here's your bowl and your grandma's bowl."

Then Yang Dalin saw Qin Huairu, whose face was even more pale, and Banggeng also looked at his mother.

It didn't move either.

Qin Huairu was the first to react, squeezing in to take the large basin from Banggeng, and then pulling Banggeng with one hand, saying, "You child, why are you so inconsiderate, bringing such a big bowl? Come home with me."

Well, the blame is still being placed on the stalk of the stick.

This caused the onlookers to chuckle, but no one said anything, and Yi Zhonghai blushed deeply.

Next up was Xiao Dang, and Yang Dalin poured the contents of Sha Zhu's bowl into the big bowl for him, just like he always did.

He filled the bowl halfway, and without saying anything else, Xiao Dang simply thanked Uncle Yang and left.

He Yushui then understood the meaning behind Yang Dalin asking her for the bowl.

Brother Dalin is smart; otherwise, it would have been inappropriate for some people to bring such large bowls.

The others were divided up quickly. Yang Dalin noticed whether he saw Zhang Meiyun's two children or Grandpa Zhao's grandchildren.

He asked He Yushui to call out to him, and a while later He Yushui came over and whispered to him, "The two families said they'd let you have the dried goods, so they won't let the kids come."

Yang Dalin told him to make another trip, saying, "Every household has one; just let them come as usual."

Don't be shy, you saw that Old Man Yan even sent two kids over, and I also gave them some dried goods.

When Yang Dalin was assigned to the Yan family, the Yan family indeed did things much like Qin Huairu.

Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi each carried a large basin.

Both of these 60-year periods are less than ten years old.

Yang Dalin poured a bowl of porridge for Yan Jiekuang; the bowl of porridge only filled the bottom of the pot.

This shows how big the basin in the Yan family's basin is; they must have brought over a basin for kneading dough.

If Yang Dalin hadn't stopped him, would Yan Laokou have allowed Yan Jiekuang to bring over the wooden bathtub from his house?

Seeing that there was only one basin left, Yan Jiekuang lingered and said, "Brother Dalin, my dad is also a patient. He had a fever a few days ago and isn't feeling well. Could you please give him more?"

Good heavens, just now everyone saw Yan Bugui taking several cigarettes from Qi's house and smoking them.

He had one tucked under each ear and another in his mouth, yet he claimed he was feeling unwell and had a sore throat.

However, it's true that Old Yan has some blisters on his lips.

Yan Bugui is nowhere to be seen either; he probably felt embarrassed when he saw Qin Huairu and went home as well.

Yang Dalin rubbed Yan Jiekuang's head. The boy had a lot of dandruff. As Yang Dalin rubbed his head, he added two ounces of meat to his bowl.

Tell him, "Jie Kuang, it's right that you care about your dad, but he can't drink seafood porridge when he has internal heat. He needs to drink more cold water to cool down, you know?"

"Go back quickly, your porridge will get cold soon. Make sure your dad drinks plenty of cold water; it's good for cooling him down in the dead of winter."

"Haha," everyone laughed again at Yang Dalin's antics, especially Sha Zhu, who laughed even harder.

"Cooling water can reduce internal heat"—only someone like you, Yang Dalin, would spout such nonsense.

In the dead of winter, let's not let Yan Bugui get sick from drinking too much.

When it came to Yan Jiedi, the child was somewhat sensible and shyly raised her large bowl. Yang Dalin then poured her a bowl of it using a normal bowl.

Without saying a word, Yan Jiedi said, "Thank you, Uncle Dalin," and ran off.

Yang Dalin thought to himself, "This kid is so well-behaved; he even knows to call me 'Uncle,' unlike Yan Jiekuang, who just stupidly calls me 'Brother Dalin.'"

Yang Dalin planned to personally bring a basin of cold water to check on Brother Yan later.

Add some brown sugar, and Yan Bugui will definitely not be willing to throw it away, believe it or not.

At most, Brother Yan would boil it and slowly have the whole family drink it for a week.

Yang Dalin found it amusing.

I'll try using this dishwater in a bit.

The first batch of dishwater still contained some seafood porridge, with a little brown sugar added. It was delivered to Brother Yan Laokou's house shortly, and it was up to Brother Yan Laokou to decide whether to throw it away or not.

Yang Dalin quickly distributed the food. Zhang Meiyun came with her two children, looking embarrassed. Without saying a word, Yang Dalin gave each child a bowl.

Grandpa Zhao's family had four bowls, because Grandpa Zhao was ill, and the couple were both over fifty years old.

There are 21 households in the courtyard. Apart from Grandpa Qi's family, which has received their share, there are still quite a few left, mainly because Sha Zhu's family has a really big pot.

He was worried there wouldn't be enough to go around, so he added a lot of water and some cabbage and other vegetables.

There were still quite a few left, so Yang Dalin relaxed the age restrictions a bit more, for example, those aged 10 to 15, and the elderly between 45 and 50.

In this way, Grandpa Qi, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong can also get a bowl.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife received two bowls of porridge. They kept only one bowl and sent the other one to Jia Dongxu's family.

It must be said that Yi Zhonghai praised his apprentice Jia Dongxu.