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

The next day at work, Qi Desheng told Yang Dalin, somewhat embarrassed, "This time it's only recorded in the file."

The higher authorities have decided to nominate him as an outstanding individual this year.

The level definitely can't be raised any higher; it's already been exceptionally promoted to Level 5 driver after passing the driving test.

We can only offer some material rewards now; let's save the credit for later and reward it more thoroughly.

Upon hearing this, Yang Dalin told Qi Desheng without any displeasure, "It's alright, Brother Sheng. I've accomplished so much lately, it's good to keep a low profile."

Qi Desheng was surprised that Yang Dalin was so open-minded, so he asked him, "Aren't you angry?"

Yang Dalin said, "Why am I angry? No, Brother Tian told me on the way. I had already expected my superiors to act this way. It's simple: I'm too young and haven't been working long enough."

My superiors wanted me to take some time to reflect, which I easily understood!

Qi Desheng patted Yang Dalin on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I'm relieved that you really think that way."

I'm still thinking about how to tell you.

"But keep the credit for now. Next time, let's see who dares to stop me from rewarding you."

Yang Dalin flattered Qi Desheng for a while, thanked Brother Sheng, and then went to work.

Before you know it, it's the weekend.

Yan Bugui, who lives in the courtyard, has been pretending to be sick for the past two days, but no one visits him and no one from his workplace pays him any attention.

He took the initiative to get better and went to work.

Yang Dalin didn't take advantage of his misfortune to cause him any more trouble.

Yang Dalin hadn't forgotten the picnic he'd promised last weekend to Haiyan (Liu Haiyang) from the Navy compound and Yu'e (Zhao Yumin) from the Air Force compound.

He not only prepared half a bag of frozen fish, but also several wild rabbits and pheasants.

I also got some dried lotus leaves and soaked them in water.

I'm going to go play with them after I finish breakfast.

Yang Dalin had already told Ma San yesterday that he should accompany him tomorrow to meet some new friends.

When Ma San heard that it was a privileged family, he was reluctant to go.

He hesitated and said he still needed to earn money tomorrow.

Yang Dalin slapped him on the head: "You're obsessed with money. Losing a day's earnings won't stop you from getting rich."

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Come find me for breakfast tomorrow morning, ride your tricycle, and let's meet some new friends.

They are just ordinary people, nothing special.

It's good for you to know more people; you might be able to get a lot of work from them in the future.

Remember, we earn our living through hard work and skill; there's nothing shameful about it.

When Aunt Qi heard Yang Dalin say this, she also said to Ma San in a soft voice, "San'er, your brother Dalin is right."

We earn our money through our own abilities, we're no different from them, there's no need to feel inferior. Just come for breakfast tomorrow morning, and go out with your brother Lin.

Seeing that his aunt had said so, Ma San had no choice but to agree.

Qi Xiaoning asked with great interest, "Brother Dalin, can my sister and I go tomorrow?"

We want to go play too.

Yang Dalin glanced at Qi Yanhua and saw that she was also somewhat interested.

I was just about to agree.

Aunt Qi patted Qi Xiaoning's arm: "There's a whole bunch of boys there, what are you two girls doing getting involved?"

Yang Dalin didn't really care, but nowadays relationships between men and women aren't that open.

Yang Dalin wanted to persuade her, but felt that it would be disrespectful to Aunt Qi.

So we had no choice but to give up.

Qi Yanhua cleverly pulled Qi Xiaoning aside and said, "Mom, Dalinzi, we're going to learn how to make clothes tomorrow, so we won't go."

Seeing that his future daughter-in-law understood him so well, Yang Dalin changed his words and said, "Auntie, how about this, I'll go with them tomorrow, and we'll go as a family next weekend. Tomorrow we'll go find a suitable place first, and scout it out."

Seeing her two daughters looking at her expectantly, Aunt Qi agreed, "Okay, let's see what the weather is like next weekend. If it's nice, we'll go again."

I don't know what you guys were thinking, why go out for a picnic in this freezing weather?

"I'm not afraid of getting an upset stomach from eating cold air."

When Qi Xiaoning saw that her mother had agreed, she jumped up and down and clapped her hands happily.

So on the weekend, Yang Dalin only took a few things from home.

Yang Dalin had Ma San ride a tricycle behind his bicycle to carry the other things.

When they were almost at the place where they had arranged to meet Haiyan and the others, Yang Dalin and Ma San switched cars, and Yang Dalin asked Ma San to wait for him.

Then Yang Dalin rode his tricycle to a secluded, deserted place.

He stuffed half a bag of sea fish, five wild rabbits, five pheasants, and some other tools under the tricycle's deck.

Fishing gear also appeared in the space; Yang Dalin even prepared a handsaw, shovel, and the like.

The bag also contains oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, pots, pans, and other cooking utensils.

It can be said that it has all the necessary equipment.

Yang Dalin rode the tricycle back without switching back to the horse.

He pedaled the tricycle himself, while Ma San followed slowly behind.

Soon we arrived at the same alley as last time.

Yang Dalin could see from afar that the two groups of people from last time were waiting for him there.

As soon as Yang Dalin stopped the car, Haiyan and Yu'e surrounded him.

They all started greeting Yang Dalin, chattering away.

"Boss, you're here."

"Boss, we've been waiting for ages."

"Boss, have you had breakfast yet? Let us invite you to have breakfast first."

"Boss, look, I brought quite a lot of stuff with me."

Yang Dalin's head was throbbing from the noise, so he shouted, "Shut up, let me introduce you to a brother first."

Yang Dalin called Ma San over and introduced him to everyone: "This is my good brother Ma Qiang from the next courtyard. He's the third oldest in his family. You can call him Ma San'er from now on."

When Haiyan and the others saw the brothers Yang Dalin brought, none of them looked down on them; they all took the initiative to greet Ma San.

Ma San felt that these kids from the compound weren't so difficult to talk to.

I didn't feel superior to anyone.

Yang Dalin then pointed to Liu Haiyang and said, "This is Liu Haiyan, you can just call him Haiyan."

Liu Haiyang pitifully tugged at Yang Dalin's handlebars and said, "Boss, this isn't fair. Zhao Yumin doesn't call me that anymore, but you're still calling me Haiyan."

Yang Dalin clapped his hand and said, "Yes, yes, it was my fault. This is Liu Haiyang."

Then, pointing to Zhao Yumin, he said, "San'er, this is Zhao Yu'e."

Zhao Yumin also grabbed Yang Dalin's bicycle handle: "Brother, I am Zhao Yumin, not Zhao Yu'e. You don't let us call you by your nickname, but you call us by our nicknames yourself."

Zhao Yumin pretended to be completely innocent.

Yang Dalin laughed and said, "Yes, your name is Zhao Yumin. I had completely forgotten. I only remember names like Yulan, Yu'e, and Yumei."

Everyone burst into laughter.

After introducing everyone, Yang Dalin set off on his tricycle with his group of people.

This is Haidian District, and Liu Haiyang and Zhao Yumin are familiar with the area.

Yang Dalin asked them to take him to a place with water or a river.

Ideally, there should be a small hill nearby, and a stream would be even better.

The mound can block the wind, and the river can be used for fishing.

The stream is convenient for washing ingredients and providing drinking water.

There are several lakes here, and it's actually not far from the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace. It's quite a place to find such a spot.

Even with the drought of the past few years, many of these lakes have not dried up.

You can still find a good place.