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

During the journey, the convoy passed directly through the town where Xiao Cui and Xiao Yuan lived without stopping and continued on its way.

The team leader probably felt that the morning's delays had caused him to miss his stop and wanted to get back on track quickly.

Yang Dalin thought to himself, "It's too late today, but I can check on the two children on my way back tomorrow."

Let's skip it today.

Fortunately, I didn't encounter any more unreasonable people after that.

Occasionally, the convoy would encounter one or two people who looked like refugees on the road, but they did not stop.

They simply slowed down, tossed down some dry rations, and then the convoy quickly departed.

I dared not stop, otherwise I didn't know how many people would surround me.

They could only see single families or small groups of disaster victims, and they would throw some dry food to them.

I'll help if I can.

Because we didn't stop much along the way, we arrived in Tianjin very early in the afternoon.

Although the delivery wasn't made to the same factory as last time.

However, this place is not far from the beach.

After parking the car, it was the other party's workers who unloaded it. The team leader was in charge of the handover, Yang Dalin said to the team leader.

I want to go to the beach again and buy some more seafood for my family.

When the team leader heard that he was going to the beach again, he couldn't help but recall the danger he had faced last time.

"Hey kid, did you finish eating all the seafood at home?"

Didn't you bring quite a lot last time?

Yang Dalin replied, "Captain, last time I borrowed money to buy a radio, sewing machine, and a gadget, and I gave them all to the neighbor who lent me the money."

The convoy leader rubbed his forehead and said, "Alright, then be careful and take your pistol."

I'm worried you might encounter some danger again, even though we did a great job last time.

However, caution is still advised.

If you discover any danger again, please report it first. We're staying at the same hotel at the dock as last time, you know?

If you come back late, come look for me over there.

Be careful and report any incidents immediately.

Yang Dalin stood at attention and replied, "Yes."

Then Yang Dalin went out by himself, without going with anyone else.

Yang Dalin wandered around alone and came to the village where he had bought seafood before.

I changed my clothes on the way, and put on a hat and a mask.

After finding Wu Laoqi's house and entering, without taking off his mask, he changed his voice and said to Wu Laoqi, "I still want seafood, both dried and fresh."

It would be best to trade tonight, rather than waiting until tomorrow morning.

Wu Laoqi said, "Okay, I'll go and inform them right away."

The fresh cargo that went out to sea this afternoon will be back soon. I told them that we'd go to the same dock as last time to unload the cargo this evening.

How about we go to that place again this evening to trade the dried goods?

Yang Dalin nodded: "Okay, no problem, I'll wait for you over there in a bit."

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It was 7:30 pm, and it was already quite dark. Winters in the north get dark early anyway.

After completing the transaction, Yang Dalin carried the two bags of seafood back to the same hotel as before.

When the team leader saw that Yang Dalin had returned safely, he quickly stepped forward, took the bag of seafood from him, and put it down: "You kid, you've been keeping me on the edge of my seat for so long."

I've already sent someone to look for you.

Brother Tian, ​​acting as if nothing had happened, said from the side, "Captain, I told you long ago, don't worry about this kid. You know how skilled he is, and he even brought his weapons. He's back safe and sound."

The team leader ignored Tian Xueyi and asked Yang Dalin, "Why are you back so late?"

Yang Dalin explained, "The fishermen here also go out to sea in the afternoon. I waited for them to return to the dock and wanted to buy some fresh fish. But when it got light, no one dared to sell to me. I could only buy from them after everyone from the commune had left."

The team leader understood immediately: "Alright, next time you should go with two people. You went out alone and didn't come back so late without any news. I thought you had encountered some danger again."

How could Yang Dalin bring people along? How could he buy goods in large quantities if he did that?

However, the captain was still angry, so he could only say perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, I understand, Captain, I'll be more careful next time."

After dealing with the team leader, Yang Dalin went to the canteen and ate the food that Tian Xueyi had saved for him.

Fortunately, there were some cooks staying at the cafeteria who heated it up for me.

Otherwise, it would have been completely chilly by now.

After dinner, go home and rest early.

Yang Dalin won't have to get up early tomorrow morning.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, after breakfast, we went to another factory to load the goods on time before heading to Beijing.

When we arrived at Xiao Cui's town in the afternoon, the first car turned into Master Bai's restaurant.

Everyone knows that Yang Dalin is worried about those two children from last time.

Even without Yang Dalin saying anything, the team leader took the lead and stopped at the restaurant for a while.

Let everyone have some lunch and some boiled water.

Yang Dalin met Master Bai again, and Master Bai told him that Xiao Cui and Xiao Yuan were getting along well with their grandfather.

Yang Dalin quickly finished his meal, asked the team leader for half an hour's leave, and went to check on Xiao Cui and Xiao Yuan.

The two children's faces looked much better this time than last time.

Xiao Cui was very happy to see Yang Dalin.

She and her younger brother immediately pounced on him.

Yang Dalin carried one in each arm and sat at Xiao Cui's house for a while.

They left behind a few things before departing amidst the reluctant gazes of Xiao Cui and Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Cui just told Yang Dalin, "They would go there every day around lunchtime to wait and see if Brother Dalin would pass by."

However, they can only go for a short time each day because they also need to collect firewood and cannot stay for a long time.

I went there yesterday at noon, but I didn't run into Yang Dalin's convoy.

Yesterday, they hadn't arrived in this town yet, so of course they didn't run into Xiao Cui and Xiao Yuan.

Besides, they didn't stop yesterday; they just left.

Yang Dalin told her, "You don't need to wait for them every day anymore. I don't know when I'll come. If I do come, I'll come and see them."

It's too cold. Don't just stand there waiting; you'll catch a cold.

Xiao Cui happily agreed, but later Master Bai told Yang Dalin, "They will still come every day at noon."

Yang Dalin returned to the restaurant and left some things for Master Bai to pass on, as well as some gifts for him, telling him to take good care of his family.

Don't just think about others and neglect your own children.

Master Bai was naturally very grateful to Yang Dalin.

After resting, everyone continued their journey.

On the way back this time, nothing really happened, which Yang Dalin found strange.

Seeing his expression, Tian Xueyi said, "What's wrong? Do you hope something really happens?"

Isn't it better if we don't encounter any danger?

Yang Dalin thought to himself, "That's right, Brother Tian, ​​I've been getting a bit too attached to appearances."

Safety is the best policy.

We arrived in Beijing quite early in the afternoon, and everyone unloaded the goods immediately.

No need to wait until tomorrow.

However, before leaving get off work, Yang Dalin, along with the team leader and Tian Xueyi, went to Qi Desheng's office again.

Qi Desheng knew about the twelve robbers yesterday.

After listening to the detailed account from the team leader, and learning that Yang Dalin had arrested six people all by himself.

Qi Desheng then offered his praise.

I said I would report to my superiors tomorrow.

Yang Dalin is just waiting for the announcement of the reward.