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

As Liu Haizhong ate his fried egg, he unexpectedly thought of Yan Bugui's scheming ways towards his entire family.

Cut the fried egg into four pieces, giving one piece to Wang Yuhuan and one to each of her two sons.

Liu Guangfu and Guangtian were acting strangely. Did their father have something happy to do today?

Otherwise, how could I possibly eat the fried eggs myself?

He would only do that if he was genuinely happy; it's practically impossible for him to do so under normal circumstances.

The two boys, without saying a word, started eating first.

Wang Yuhuan didn't move, but picked it up and put it in Liu Haizhong's bowl: "Honey, you eat it. Working in the factory is hard. I stay at home every day and don't have any heavy work, so it's fine."

Liu Haizhong knew that his wife was usually like this, feeling sorry for him working hard and always letting him eat the best food she could find.

Liu Haizhong picked up the piece from the plate again, put it in his wife's bowl, and said, "Just eat it, don't talk so much nonsense."

Seeing Liu Haizhong put more food in her bowl, Wang Yuhuan, unconcerned by his tone, felt a warmth in her heart and asked, "Honey, is something wrong today?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong stopped eating and said with emotion, "It's nothing, I just remembered how stingy Old Yan's family is. They even divide pickled vegetables according to the number of people, and they divide peanuts according to the number of people during the New Year. It's sad."

Our family won't follow his example. From now on, if these two boys are obedient, we'll give them more good food; if they're disobedient, we'll still use family rules.

Wang Yuhuan knew that her husband might have suffered some kind of shock today, so she decided to listen first.

Tomorrow, even if I make a fried egg, he might still have to eat it himself.

So she obediently said, "Okay, I understand."

Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian ate the fried eggs and were quite satisfied. They quickly said, "Dad, we promise to be good."

Seeing that the two boys knew to say nice things to him, Liu Haizhong quickly said, "Alright, let's eat."

It was a rare day of warmth for the Liu family.

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Meanwhile, Yi Zhonghai returned home and asked, "Xiumei, did you deliver the meal to the old lady?"

Wen Xiumei brought the food to the table and said, "Yes, it was also a complimentary seafood porridge. The old lady enjoyed it very much."

Looking at the porridge made with the seafood that Yang Dalin had given him, Yi Zhonghai said, "From now on, don't get too close to the Yan family. That old Yan is disgusting."

Wen Xiumei sat down and asked him, "What's wrong today? What happened?"

Yi Zhonghai then recounted what had just happened.

After listening, Wen Xiumei echoed Yi Zhonghai's words, saying, "Indeed, this old Yan is becoming more and more outrageous."

Dalinzi did the right thing. He just bought a three-wheeled vehicle and a radio. If he takes back the rewards from the street and his work unit, he should give some to the people who lent him money. With people like Lao Yan around, some people will feel comfortable.

That kid's really smart; he donated it directly, leaving it to someone like Lao Yan, who wouldn't even get a chance.

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said, "Yes, this kid really thinks three steps ahead before taking one step. He's smart and can see further than I can. That's why I said we should have less contact with the Yan family in the future and let Dongxu maintain a good relationship with them. We'll help keep things in check."

"Who knows, Dalinzi might amount to something great someday. We don't need to worry about benefiting from it, but we just hope Dongxu can benefit from it in the future."

Wen Xiumei added, "Yes, yes."

Originally, Wen Xiumei wanted to say what a wonderful child she was, and how wonderful it would be if he were one of our children. But when it came to her words, she changed them to avoid making Lao Yi feel uncomfortable.

Yan Bugui, on the other hand, was still resentful. Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong had left, and Yan Bugui was still indignant.

He muttered under his breath, "You two hypocrites, your family has plenty of food, but ours does."

What are you pretending to be, all high and mighty?

I don't believe that without a butcher, we can't eat a hairless pig.

Yang Ruihua asked Yan Bugui what he was muttering.

Yan Bugui waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, hurry up and serve the rice. I'll go to the backyard after I finish eating."

Yang Ruihua then asked, "Didn't Lao Liu just discuss it with you? Why are you going to find him again?"

Yan Bugui replied, "I'm not looking for him, don't worry about it, let's eat first."

Yan Bugui was preparing to go find Xu Damao. He knew that Xu Damao was a bad guy, petty, and a calculating person.

So when he saw that going through Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong's paths was not an option, he decided to try going to Xu Damao.

Even though Xu Damao had kicked him when he was down and ruined his reputation at the school last time.

However, Yan Bugui believed that there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

He also believed that his silver tongue could persuade Xu Damao.

I believe Xu Damao will stand by my side.

He had already seen it that night; Xu Damao had also gone to Yang Dalin's house and must have lent Yang Dalin money as well.

As for Sha Zhu, Yan Bugui felt it would be too much trouble to talk to a fool about this.

Fools can be stubborn and hard to reason with.

Smart people are easier to deal with.

This is Yan Bugui's perception. In his mind, Sha Zhu is a fool. When Sha Zhu asks him to introduce Ran Qiuye in the future, he also feels that Sha Zhu is not good enough for Teacher Ran.

If he accepts the gift but doesn't do anything about it, Sha Zhu won't dare to do anything about it.

Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu removed his car wheels.

Afterwards, Ran Qiuye learned of Yan Bugui's actions and complained to him, "Whether it succeeded or not, you should have told me before accepting the gifts. At the very least, I was one of the main parties involved. You didn't even say anything, just accepted the gifts. What kind of behavior is that?"

If Sha Zhu continues to fawn over the widow, he is indeed unworthy of a teacher who has returned from abroad. However, she also has the right to know.

Yan Bugui angrily added, "Just you wait and see."

If Qin Huairu hadn't been involved, Sha Zhu and Ran Qiuye might actually have gotten together.

Because the wind has picked up, Ran Qiuye's days are really hard. Maybe marrying Sha Zhu would be a good ending for him.

In the end, because of Qin Huairu's interference, Sha Zhu failed to get what he wanted.

Therefore, Yang Dalin believes that the biggest villain in this story is Qin Huairu. How many marriages has this woman ruined?

This is a classic case of repaying kindness with enmity.

Yan Bugui ate dinner quickly. After finishing, he put down his bowl and went to the backyard.

Yan Bugui also knew that, avoiding Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, he arrived at Xu Damao's doorstep like a thief.

Xu Damao, just like Shazhu, was drinking alone at home. He didn't even lock the door, and Yan Bugui didn't knock either; he just pushed the door open and came in.

Xu Damao was startled. When he saw that it was Yan Bugui, he felt a bit disgusted with him.

With a displeased expression, he asked, "Teacher Yan, what's the matter?"

Is he here to thank me?

I also helped carry that brown sugar water over there.

Yan Bugui's family is still drinking brown sugar dishwater tonight.

Today, I added some corn porridge to it, but I was preoccupied and couldn't tell if it was sweet or not.

Seeing Yan Bugui's preoccupied expression, Yan Jiekuang and the other children didn't dare to say anything.

The syrup is still not sweet.

There were also Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, and Yan Jiekuang. It was a bit strange that everyone was secretly smiling at them that day.

I don't know why, but I didn't say anything because I was going to talk about it that night, seeing Yan Bugui's expression.