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

Zhao Yumin's father, Uncle Zhao, readily agreed: "Okay, no problem. As long as it doesn't involve confidentiality, I'll contact their original unit later and also help you find their former comrades to get the details."

"I'll prepare everything for you and send it over then."

Liu Haiyang's father, Uncle Liu, also gave him a piece of advice: "Dalinzi, after you get the information, you must hide it well and make sure your aunt doesn't see it again, so she won't be sad again."

We will also keep an eye on things with the military, and will notify you as soon as there is any news.

Whether it's good news or bad news, try to keep it a secret. If it's not good news, don't let it affect your aunt's family's life.

After all, it hasn't been easy for her to raise two children alone for so many years.

Yang Dalin knew that Uncle Liu said this purely for the good of his aunt's family.

Because what if the bad news is that it proves Uncle Chu has been captured and taken to the island?

If this news gets out, my aunt's family's life will be in trouble.

Especially when the wind picks up.

Yang Dalin knew the implications and nodded solemnly.

After chatting with his two uncles for a while, Yang Dalin was finally sent back.

Uncle Liu invited him to visit his home next weekend, and Yang Dalin readily agreed.

Sitting in the jeep that picked him up, Yang Dalin thought to himself, "These two generals are not bad. They didn't look down on Aunt Qi's family because they said that if Uncle Chu were captured, they would be in trouble."

He also paid special attention to the situation of Aunt Qi's family.

Before they left, they gave us a lot of food and drinks.

Perhaps they also understood the difficult lives of some soldiers' families who were unfortunately captured.

Yang Dalin returned to the freight station in the afternoon. Since he had drunk some alcohol, he thought he should go home and rest after drinking and driving.

Seeing that he was alright, Qi Desheng didn't ask why a military leader had invited him to dinner, and simply told him to get back in the car and continue working.

They say it's almost the end of the year, there's too much work to handle, and you didn't go straight home, so since you're at the office, you should keep working.

Well, nobody talks about not drinking and driving at this time. Many truck drivers drink a few sips in winter to keep warm.

I just don't drink too much. As long as I don't get drunk or dizzy, my workplace turns a blind eye.

Yang Dalin had no choice but to drink a little over two ounces of water and some tea, and now he was indeed fine.

Then let's keep going.

I'll get full attendance today, which means I'll get an extra day's pay. Why wouldn't I do it?

When they found Tian Xueyi, Brother Tian asked him, "Did you have some drinks at noon?"

"You haven't had too much to drink, have you?"

Yang Dalin replied, "No, Brother Tian, ​​if I had drunk too much, Brother Sheng wouldn't have let me get in the car."

Seeing that he was walking steadily and driving quite smoothly, Tian Xueyi said, "Okay, it's good that you haven't had too much to drink. Let's get to work."

After working all afternoon, Yang Dalin went home with Ma Sancai in the evening.

Yang Dalin put the gifts from his two uncles back onto Ma Sanqi's tricycle.

These are all from the public eye.

Just take it back.

Moreover, the person who gave it to me is in a high position and has great power. I just dealt with Yan Laokou's family a few days ago, so I'm not afraid that some blind fool will try to take advantage of me.

When I got home, Aunt Qi was cooking as usual.

Yang Dalin remained calm, but did not mention Uncle Chu to his aunt.

When Qi Yulan saw that he had returned with a lot of things again, she asked him, "Dalinzi, who sent all this?"

Yang Dalin explained to his aunt, "Auntie, I went to a friend's house for lunch today. It's the same friend whose house we had a gathering with yesterday weekend. They treated me to lunch today as a return favor."

Aunt Qi saw that there were quite a few good things, so she took them and instructed Yang Dalin, "Dalinzi, we shouldn't always take advantage of others, or people will look down on us."

Yang Dalin explained with a smile, "It's alright, Auntie. I helped them out, so they insisted on giving it to me. I couldn't refuse. Don't worry, don't you know me?"

I'm definitely not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others.

Aunt Qi saw that Yang Dalin understood what she was saying, so that was enough; she stopped there.

I also know that Yang Dalin is sensible.

The Qi family had just finished dinner and Ma San had just left when He Yushui came to the door: "Brother Dalin, my brother needs to talk to you, so he asked me to come and get you."

Yang Dalin took out some snacks and handed them to her: "Okay, you can play here for a while and have some pastries. I'll go see what your brother wants to see me about."

Yang Dalin walked out of the house and went straight to the main room in the middle courtyard.

Yang Dalin knocked on the door, and Sha Zhu invited him in.

Having come several times before, Yang Dalin didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly, asking, "Brother Zhu, what's up?"

Sha Zhu seemed a little embarrassed. He pointed to some snacks on the table and said to Yang Dalin, "Dalinzi, I need your help."

Yang Dalin noticed that Sha Zhu was acting a bit strange today; was he preparing to give him a gift?

Yang Dalin glanced at the gifts and asked, "What's going on? You even prepared gifts for me. Surely we're not that close? Is it something really difficult?"

Sha Zhu looked genuinely embarrassed. After taking a small sip of wine, he finally made up his mind and said, "Da Linzi, this gift is for Auntie."

Didn't you say last time that you could ask my aunt to help me find a boyfriend?

I was thinking, "I'll see if I can get this done before the New Year, otherwise I'll be a year older after the New Year."

Yang Dalin found out that Sha Zhu was in a hurry to get married.

After the New Year, Sha Zhu will be twenty-six, which means he'll be a year older.

Yang Dalin chuckled: "Is that all? I thought it was something difficult."

I'll talk to my aunt later, but we don't need any gifts; our two families don't concern ourselves with that."

Sha Zhu hurriedly stopped Yang Dalin: "No, brother, to be honest, it's a matter of troubling your aunt, so I have to show proper courtesy, even though the things aren't worth much money."

But it was my good intention after all, and I couldn't let my aunt work for nothing.

"Take this home later and tell your aunt, so she can take care of it for me."

Yang Dalin looked at the embarrassed Sha Zhu and laughed again: "Brother Zhu, I suggest that if you really want to give it to someone, take it to my house and tell my aunt what you want and what you like."

That way, my aunt can do as you ask.

Don't waste your time looking for someone you don't like.

Sha Zhu didn't not want to go; he was afraid that if he went, Aunt Qi's two daughters would laugh at him again.

I'm almost twenty-six and still not married. I feel embarrassed in front of Qi Yanhua and Qi Xiaoning.

Sha Zhu grabbed Yang Dalin's clothes and said, "Brother, I was just a little embarrassed, so I thought I'd ask Yu Shui to call you over first."

"I'd like you to speak for me."

Yang Dalin pushed his hand away and said, "Forget it, this is a matter of your whole life. I suggest you go and talk to her yourself. Besides, if you want to find a wife, it will seem like you don't respect my aunt if you don't go."

So, you should bring a gift and go in person to prove that you know how to be polite.

"What kind of nonsense is it for me to go and talk for you?"