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

Tian Xueyi went home.

When Qi Desheng returned home, Gong Xuemei asked him, "What were you shouting just now?"

Although Qi Desheng had been drinking, he still knew to keep things confidential, so he pretended to be drunk and laughed it off: "It's nothing, honey, you must have misheard me."

I feel a little dizzy, I'm going to sleep now.

After saying that, she prepared to run to the bed, but as soon as she lay down, her ear was grabbed and she was told: "You're pretending again, aren't you?"

"Hurry up and tell me, or you'll be sleeping under the bed tonight!"

Qi Desheng covered his ears, not daring to struggle too hard, his dizzy mind frantically trying to come up with a reason.

I need to find a reason to keep this from my wife first.

Qi Desheng is always outwitting his wife, and he has plenty of ideas in his head to change the subject.

I drank today and couldn't think of a reason, so I just did the simplest thing: went to bed without taking off my shoes.

As a result, this diverted the other party's attention.

"Hey, hey, you're going to sleep without taking off your shoes or washing your feet again, aren't you?"

Unfortunately, no matter how much Gong Xuemei called out to Qi Desheng or twisted him, the big black bear remained silent.

The main character is someone who pretends to be drunk, a dead bear.

Gong Xuemei was so angry that she slapped the other person's thigh. Seeing that he didn't react and was sleeping like a dead pig, she had no choice but to get up and fetch him water to wash his feet.

As soon as Gong Xuemei left, Qi Desheng opened one eye and curled the corner of his mouth slightly.

Then she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

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Time flies, and it's the weekend again in the blink of an eye.

Yang Dalin went to meet with his cronies from the two compounds again.

However, this time it wasn't in the suburbs.

They all gathered at the home of Liu Haiyang's younger brother, Wang Xiaohai.

Wang Xiaohai's parents have been very busy lately, and they haven't had a break even on weekends.

Besides Wang Xiaohai's younger brother and sister, there was no one else in the family.

So today's gathering was held at Wang Xiaohai's house.

Recently, both Zhao Yumin's and Liu Haiyang's fathers have been extremely busy.

It wasn't until Yang Dalin proposed the concept of a rotorcraft that a physical prototype was built.

After all, it's technology from decades ago, and some real experts in China can still build it very quickly.

The two institutes, Air Force and Air Force, are working closely together this time. As key project leaders, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Liu have been extremely busy lately.

Wang Xiaohai's parents were among them.

This time, everyone brought a lot of things they had prepared at Wang Xiaohai's house for a family gathering.

For convenience, Yang Dalin simply prepared hot pot base and ate hot pot.

This is much easier than making a barbecue.

Add some noodles to the last of the soup, and you're all set.

It's simple, delicious, and quick.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the group of friends suggested finding something fun to do.

Yang Dalin counted the heads, excluding Wang Xiaohai's younger brother and sister-in-law.

With myself included, there were exactly twelve people.

That's easy! It's just enough for two tables of Gouji (a card game).

Ten people are enough for two tables of Baohuang (a card game).

Of course, calling it "Protect the Emperor" wouldn't be appropriate in this era, so Yang Dalin looked at the twelve people and didn't mention playing "Protect the Emperor."

Even if there aren't enough people to play "Protect the Emperor" next time, Yang Dalin is prepared to change the name.

Calling someone a "royalist" is extremely unfriendly in this era. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, who knows what trouble it might cause.

Yang Dalin immediately sent someone to buy eight decks of playing cards.

It's quite convenient for the children of residents in the compound to buy things, as there's a service center right inside the compound.

Yang Dalin first organized six people and taught them how to play.

Otherwise, none of the other eleven players would know how to play.

These days, I doubt anyone back home would even know how to play this game called "Gouji." Even Yang Dalin couldn't explain why it's called "Gouji."

Yang Dalin didn't know exactly when it appeared.

Anyway, all Yang Dalin knew was that the peak popularity of playing Gouji (a card game) in his hometown of western Shandong was at the beginning of the new century.

Yang Dalin's method of playing is to take out all the extra 4s and 3s from four decks of cards.

Only six 4s and six 3s remain. If you don't have any 4s or 3s, either the Federation will send them to you, or you can buy them for 2. If you don't have any 2s, use the King first. If you don't have the King, use the Queen. If you really don't have the Queen, use the Jack.

2 and the two Jokers can be paired with any other card except 3 and 4.

For example, if the player before you plays five fives, and you want to counter them but only have four sixes, you can play a two to make it appear as five sixes.

Of course, you can also play the Little King with four Sixes, or the Big King with four Sixes.

If Xiao Wang has four sixes, then the player to his left or the player opposite him needs to play the King with other cards to counter.

The starting point is 4, and the final result is 3.

Two Kings can beat one King, meaning that playing a King is also risky.

The order of tribute is Qing (Men) Shao Dian Luo (Tong La, which means the last one to finish playing their cards), and in some places it is Dian Shao Qing Luo.

This novel way of playing immediately attracted a group of friends.

The game requires both cooperation with the Federation and a strategy of not opening the door for the opposing team.

A well-coordinated team can win against the opponent for a long time.

It can make the opponent keep paying tribute.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yumin insisted on going head-to-head with Yang Dalin.

Then why should Yang Dalin be so polite?

Their own federation consists of Ma San and Liu Haiyang.

The key is that he still has the powerful weapon of spatial storage. If he's really unlucky, Yang Dalin can hide his cards.

You only need to hide six 2s at a time.

It is inappropriate to hide six kings.

It's too obvious.

Zhao Yumin, the top player, was on a winning streak, getting several Kings and a lot of 2s, and his level cards were also very strong.

This kid is incredibly arrogant, yelling, "Boss, I won't let you open a single shop this afternoon."

Yang Dalin looked at his cards and realized they were indeed terrible; his rank cards were no good.

Too many small cards.

There are also several single cards.

If no one cheats, and the game is purely based on luck, there's nothing Yang Dalin can do.

The first round didn't start, and a tourist left.

Tourists only need to contribute one point to the other party's card; they don't need to contribute anything else.

Yang Dalin replied with a smile, "Yumin, be careful."

The boss will teach you how to be a good person.

In the next round, that shameless Yang Dalin hid four 2s and two sharps.

Then, starting from the second round, Yang Dalin began to declare points.

If you declare your hand and open it, and your opponent doesn't open their hand, then your opponent needs to play their three highest-ranking cards.

In this round, Yang Dalin relied on cheating to win the first round.

Furthermore, by successfully declaring the point and burning down the other party's entire family, one can not only receive two tributes from the fallen family, one tribute from the burned family, but also three tributes from the point.

Eat six big cards at once.

The fight between Yang Dalin and his group was so lively that the second table couldn't be set up; everyone was gathered around watching them.

They're not very good at it, so we'll wait and see.

Yang Dalin was surrounded by the most people, and he was almost discovered to be hiding cards.

Fortunately, we wear thick clothes in winter.

Yang Dalin did not give himself away.

So starting from the second game, Zhao Yumin and his Federation began to have bad luck.

The fight went on until almost dark, and Zhao Yumin never managed to turn the tide.

It's like I'm paying tribute every single time, which is really frustrating.

On one occasion, Zhao Yumin made an excuse to switch people, saying he needed to go to the toilet.

Yang Dalin explained the rules: it doesn't matter if someone is replaced, tribute still needs to be paid.

They really messed with Zhao Yumin and his gang.

Although Zhao Yumin and his team suffered a crushing defeat.

However, this novel way of playing quickly became popular in Beijing.

When the news eventually reached courtyard number 95, Yang Dalin realized that he was the culprit.

Who knows, in the future, the city of Beijing might even host a Gouji tournament. As the culprit, could I be called the father of Gouji?