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

Although Yang Dalin did not mention his name.

But everyone knows that it refers to Qin Huairu.

A woman who's always scheming against others, wanting to eat even better when everyone else is starving—who wouldn't hate someone like that?

Everyone has their struggles; even the little bit of good food we have isn't enough for us to eat.

You're still scheming against someone, isn't that annoying?

Everyone headed home one after another, and many women were preparing to discipline the men in their families back home.

After all, quite a few men have been fooled by that slut Qin Huairu.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the departing crowd and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

He gave Yang Dalin a complicated look and then left.

Seeing that most of the people had left, Yang Dalin also returned home.

I told Aunt Qi about the good news.

"What? Dalinzi, your company might be allocating you an apartment?" Qi Yulan asked in surprise.

Yang Dalin said earnestly, "Yes, Auntie."

Once our work unit allocates us apartments, we'll move out of this courtyard house.

There's just too much trivial stuff going on in this courtyard.

Yang Dalin was not only annoyed by many people in the courtyard, but also worried about the safety of Aunt Qi's family.

Besides, he was used to the way families in later generations took care of each other.

Unfortunately, Aunt Qi was happy, but she didn't agree directly.

Qi Xiaoning, standing to the side, happily exclaimed, "Wow, we have a new home! We're moving to a new house!"

Qi Yanhua also showed a happy look in her eyes.

Qi Yulan interrupted Qi Xiaoning's cheers: "Keep your voice down, don't let others hear. Don't tell anyone in the courtyard before things are confirmed, and don't get excited."

Besides, you two aren't even going, so why are you getting so worked up?

Qi Xiaoning asked, "Why can't I go to Mom's?"

Aunt Qi explained, "Dalinzi, I'm happy that you can get a house."

But that's your own house, it's not appropriate for your aunt to move there.

And Yanhua, Xiaoning, you two both go to school nearby.

I also work in this neighborhood.

Moving to your newly allocated apartment means commuting to work and school will be much longer.

My neighbors have gotten used to it over the years, but they have to adapt to a new place.

Once the division is finalized, Dalinzi can move there if he wants.

We cannot go and live there.

This house can't be left idle either.

Yang Dalin didn't expect that Aunt Qi had several reasons for refusing.

And the reasons were so convincing.

Yes, it's true that it's farther for them to go to work and school after they moved there.

And your aunt might have fond memories of this house.

She might still be thinking about her missing Uncle Chu.

After all, the news about Uncle Chu was that he was missing, not that he had been killed.

Even though so much time has passed, Aunt Qi still holds onto a sliver of hope.

Yang Dalin understood and continued speaking to Aunt Qi.

"Auntie, we're family, we'll always live together, how could I move in by myself?"

Let's go together.

Indeed, I didn't consider your work and school arrangements.

Auntie, once the house is allocated, I'll tidy it up, and we can go stay there occasionally, okay?

I usually stay here.

If I have to work overtime or am busy in the future, I'll stay there occasionally.

Aunt Qi said again, "It's okay, Dalinzi, there's a new house, you can move in if you want."

After all, it was assigned to you by your employer.

I can come back to see my aunt whenever I want.

This will save you from having to commute so far to work every day.

Yang Dalin knew that Aunt Qi was doing this for his own good, but he also knew that Aunt Qi didn't want to lose him when she said those words.

I'll just have to work harder and run back and forth every day.

Don't let Aunt Qi lose Uncle Chu, and don't let her feel sad if you don't come back often.

Yang Dalin continued to explain, "That won't do, Auntie. I only stay there occasionally when I'm working overtime or when I'm really busy."

Otherwise, if I live there and no one cooks for me, I'd better come back to live here.

I still want to eat the food you and Sister Yan cook.

"If I move in by myself, there's no one to clean for me, so forget it."

Yang Dalin ended his moving plans with a joke.

She said she couldn't live without Aunt Qi's help with cooking and housework.

This made Aunt Qi very happy.

This proves that Yang Dalin still cannot live without her.

As parents, we say we want our children to live independently, but we really can't bear to part with them.

Yang Dalin knew what Aunt Qi was thinking, so he still planned to get the house and go there to stay occasionally.

Aunt Qi doesn't want to move, so we should understand her.

It's true that moving there would be a bit inconvenient for them to go to school and work.

The street where Aunt Qi works is less than a ten-minute walk away.

If I move there, it will take me more than an hour to commute to work by bike.

It's so inconvenient when there's an emergency or something.

After that topic was over, Aunt Qi asked when the house would be allocated so she could prepare some things in advance.

We'll put it in our new home later.

Yang Dalin said, "Auntie, don't prepare in advance, it's still early, and besides, I can prepare it myself."

You don't need to worry about it.

I can do it myself.

After Yang Dalin's repeated persuasion, Aunt Qi agreed, but Yang Dalin knew that she would still make preparations secretly.

Since that's the case, Yang Dalin plans to buy some furniture and kitchen utensils himself first.

At most, I can just have my aunt make two new quilts.

Otherwise, if I don't prepare, my aunt will definitely worry about it again.

After escorting Aunt Qi and the others to the toilet, everyone went back to sleep.

Lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), Yang Dalin thought to himself, "I still haven't settled on a new house, and I don't know anything about the surrounding neighbors. It's a bit premature to talk about it today."

"We should have tidied everything up first."

However, I was just trying to change the subject so that my aunt wouldn't keep thinking about Qin Huairu.

After hearing the news, Aunt Qi was only thinking about Yang Dalin's new house and completely forgot about Qin Huairu's unreasonable demands.

It seems that a new trending topic will suppress the old one, and then nobody will bother with the old one anymore.

Yang Dalin planned to talk to Qi Desheng properly later, and also inquire about the surrounding neighbors in advance.

I don't want to encounter a bunch of annoying neighbors anymore; it would be best to be assigned to a courtyard house.

This way, there are fewer neighbors and fewer annoying things.

It would be best if only a few families could stay there.

As for allocating a separate courtyard house to Yang Dalin, that's a bit impossible.

With an increase in the number of railway workers, housing was still in short supply.

As for buying a house privately, let's forget about it.

It's not the right time now; we should wait at least ten years until it's over.

At that time, I can slowly buy the No. 95 courtyard and renovate it properly.

You can take care of the front yard first, and then the middle yard and the back yard.

Now that we've got the whole courtyard house, it doesn't matter whether my aunt moves or not.

The place is big enough that if Yan and I have more children in the future, we'll have plenty of places to play.

Let my aunt enjoy the happiness of family life in the future.

Also good.

Yang Dalin was having a sweet dream and slowly fell asleep.

He appeared peaceful and serene, but the Jia family's situation was far from idyllic.