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

By evening, after driving for more than four hours, they had only covered less than 200 kilometers.

It gets dark early in winter, so you have to find a place to stay for the night in advance.

Unlike later generations, with highways, you can drive from Beijing to Jinan in an afternoon.

The car can't go fast enough, and the roads are bad too. If you can travel almost 200 kilometers in an afternoon, that's already pretty good.

We stayed overnight in a small county town.

Everyone ate quickly and then went to rest.

Yang Dalin glanced at the desolate small county town outside and gave up the idea of ​​going out for a stroll.

The main issue is that we still need to participate in group activities together, and the supplies in the vehicle are quite urgent, so it's best not to go out and cause trouble for the team leader.

On the way back, if you're not in a hurry, you can take a stroll around.

Yang Dalin filled two basins with water to wash his feet in the evening, but he couldn't fall asleep so early.

Yang Dalin went downstairs and bought a few decks of cards.

He started teaching Brother Tian and a few colleagues how to play Gouji (a card game).

It wasn't that Yang Dalin liked playing cards; he was just too bored.

Everyone was having so much fun that they attracted the attention of the team leader.

Everyone played together happily until 10 p.m., and the team leader saw that everyone wanted to continue playing.

He gave the order: "Dalin, after this round, put away the cards and everyone go to sleep."

I'll get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow and leave promptly at 6 a.m.

We can't afford to miss out on rest.

No one objected, since they had to get up early to drive the next day.

In the last round, everyone played like crazy. Anyway, there was no need to pay tribute in the last round, so if you had a big hand, just go all out against the opponent.

Yang Dalin was still the first to leave, much to his annoyance at beating his neighbor, Brother Tian.

He didn't open the firebox once all night. If he wasn't afraid that Brother Tian would get angry, he would have opened the firebox every time.

After the game was over, the onlookers left their room. They had watched for several hours that night and were planning to buy a few hands of cards to try their luck the next day.

Lying in bed that night, Brother Tian was still shouting, "I'll definitely beat Yang Dalin until he pays tribute every time."

"It can't be opened even once."

Yang Dalin also made a tough statement: "Fine, Brother Tian, ​​I'll be waiting."

That night at the hotel, Yang Dalin complained that the hotel blankets smelled of stinky feet.

He first took out two sheets and a pillowcase from his backpack. He put the pillowcase on the hotel pillow and the sheet under himself. Then he covered himself with the sheet. Yang Dalin then covered himself with the hotel blanket and then put his coat on top of the blanket.

Watching Yang Dalin's actions, Tian Xueyi slapped his forehead and said, "Damn, you little rascal, you're quite the clean freak. That's a good idea. I'll bring it next time too."

The blankets in this hotel definitely smelled strongly.

I wonder how many people have covered it up without washing it.

Yang Dalin appeared to take it out of his backpack, but he actually took it out of his spatial storage.

He had prepared many things he would need for going out in his space.

I learned this trick from some young women who travel online.

In later generations, when he went out to stay in hotels, he didn't need to do this.

Because the hotels in later generations were cleaned relatively promptly.

In this day and age, let's just forget about it.

Moreover, he had another set, but it wasn't appropriate to give it to Tian Xueyi again.

After all, large backpacks have limited space.

With two guns under his head, one short and one long, Yang Dalin answered Tian Xueyi with his eyes closed: "Brother Tian, ​​you can ask your wife to prepare a set of duvet cover, sheets and pillowcases for you later, that will be more convenient."

Brother Tian told him that he didn't like being clean before either, but on the battlefield, there was no time to care about cleanliness.

He only started to change after he got married and had a wife.

He hadn't been too particular about it when he went on business trips before, but seeing Yang Dalin do this made him think about it.

After a short while, the two chatted intermittently and soon fell asleep.

Yang Dalin was suddenly awakened in the middle of the night.

He listened carefully and realized there seemed to be some noise coming from the doorway.

There were two people outside the door, seemingly listening to the sounds coming from each driver's compartment.

Moreover, there were several people not far away, near his vehicle, hiding beside it.

Yang Dalin was startled. Oh no, there was a theft gang.

The two people in front were probably checking to see if everyone in the driver's cabin was fast asleep.

Then, keeping an eye on their movements, the others got into the car and stole things.

The truck was carrying machine parts, not food or supplies, so the convoy leader didn't arrange for anyone to be on duty tonight.

In addition, since it was the courtyard of a state-run hotel with a security guard, the convoy leader was careless.

Surprisingly, there really are people who aren't afraid of death.

Yang Dalin thought to himself that the night shift security guard was either asleep or a mole of the gang.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even know if eight people came in.

Yang Dalin listened carefully to the sounds of the two people outside; they must have gone to listen to what was happening at the door of the next room.

Yang Dalin quietly got up, not even having time to put on his clothes, and got out of bed, just about to wake Tian Xueyi.

Yang Dalin saw that Tian Xueyi had already opened his eyes. As expected of a veteran who had fought in many battles, his vigilance was indeed strong.

Tian Xueyi knew that Yang Dalin had good eyesight.

I can see a little bit at night; I don't have night blindness.

Yang Dalin leaned close to his ear and said, "Brother Tian, ​​a group of thieves has come outside. There are eight of them. Two of them are checking our room right now, and the other six are hiding near our vehicle."

Get up quietly, so you don't wake the other person.

Tian Xueyi said in a low voice, "Okay."

Then the two of them quietly began to get dressed.

The overcoat won't be convenient for a while, but I'll need to wear cotton trousers, cotton shoes, and a thin cotton-padded jacket.

Otherwise, it's so cold outside in the middle of the night.

Yang Dalin dressed very quietly, slung his rifle over his shoulder, and picked up a pistol.

At such a short distance, it's inconvenient to use a long spear.

Short guns are more effective, and besides, we can't leave long guns in the room.

It's better to carry it on your back. If you need to use it later, you can just swing the spear in front of you.

Yang Dalin turned around after getting dressed and saw that Brother Tian was also ready.

He looked at himself, carrying a long gun on his back and holding a pistol in his hand.

However, neither of them had loaded the gun yet, as Yang Dalin was afraid that the sound of loading would wake up the people outside.

It's not too late to come up later.

When Tian Xueyi saw Yang Dalin looking at him, he pointed his left index and middle fingers toward the doorway.

Yang Dalin understood what he meant and asked himself if there was anyone outside the door.

There were some tactical hand signals in that era, but they weren't very well developed.

In different units, comrades who frequently work together are likely to become more familiar with each other.

People from other armies might not understand it.

Each has its own characteristics, and they are not very standardized or uniform.

Yang Dalin shook his head, and fearing the other person couldn't see clearly, he walked to his ear and whispered, "There's no one outside our door for now."

These two people are at the door next to ours.

I think if we wake up our colleagues now, these people might run away, and we don't even know if they have any weapons.

How about we go out in a bit, you run to the main gate, grab a gun, and block a corner so they can't escape?

Oh, and we also need to be careful of that security guard. Is he one of their informants? He seems completely unsuspecting.

I'll go catch the other eight myself.