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

Tian Xueyi called Yang Dalin back and told him to go down and take a look later.

Stay in the car and be careful.

Observe the surroundings to see if anyone else is secretly approaching before making a move.

Don't rush down, it wouldn't be good if someone suddenly approached the convoy.

Yang Dalin thought about it and realized that Brother Tian was the most thoughtful.

So I waited in the car for a while, but the convoy still showed no sign of moving, and no one approached from either side or behind it.

Yang Dalin then got out of the car to check what was going on.

Brother Tian moved to the driver's seat and told him to be careful.

Yang Dalin got out of the car and slung the long spear over his back.

The gun was already fully loaded with bullets.

Being careful is never a bad thing.

If there's real danger, he can simply lower his shoulder and swing the gun in front of him, then fire directly.

Before they even reached the first car, Yang Dalin heard several sounds that resembled arguing.

Captain Wang, who was in the first car of the convoy, did not get out of the car.

Instead, they were separated by a small crack in the glass, talking incoherently with two people dressed as herdsmen.

The two sides cannot communicate in the same language.

The two sides were talking and gesturing, but it was impossible to understand what they were saying.

Yang Dalin stepped forward, and the herdsman rushed over and said a lot to Yang Dalin with words and gestures.

Unfortunately, Yang Dalin couldn't understand it either.

Yang Dalin made a gesture, first pointing to his ear, then to his mouth, and then shaking his head, indicating that he did not understand.

Then Yang Dalin asked, "Captain Wang, what's going on?"

Team leader Lao Wang: "Dalinzi, what brings you here? The car was running perfectly fine when suddenly two herdsmen rushed over and blocked our convoy. They were talking in a language I couldn't understand."

Go to the third car and call Old Xiao over; he might understand a little Mongolian.

Yang Dalin glanced at the two herdsmen. The two herdsmen did not make any other dangerous moves, and the guns on their backs did not move either.

Yang Dalin walked up to Captain Xiao's car and called Captain Xiao down.

The convoy has regulations stipulating that even if the vehicle is stopped during the journey, passengers are not allowed to get out of the vehicle at will.

The worst fear is encountering sudden danger, such as being suddenly attacked by a pack of wolves, and the person who got out of the car not having time to get back into their own car, resulting in danger, or not having enough time to protect their own vehicle.

Therefore, the other teammates did not easily get out of the car and come forward.

Strictly speaking, Yang Dalin did make a mistake.

However, he did observe his surroundings and only got out of the car when there was no danger.

Captain Xiao got out of the car and went to the front, where he saw two herdsmen.

They walked up to each other and started chattering away.

There was both verbal exchange and physical interaction between the two sides.

After a while, Captain Xiao finally understood and said, "Old Wang, what these two herders mean is that they've lost some of their sheep and asked if we've seen them. I said we haven't seen them along the way, so they asked if we could help them look for them."

Captain Wang understood what that meant, but he still had other tasks to complete.

He said, "Old Xiao, we still have a long way to go and our mission, but the herders' sheep are also important assets. What do you think?"

Old Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Old Wang, I think it's getting late. It'll be time to set up camp soon."

Why don't we help look for it? We'll search until dark.

They then made up for the lost time.

We've run into someone from our own ethnic minority group; it wouldn't be right not to help.

I could tell this herdsman was quite anxious; he had lost dozens of sheep, and we couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

What do you think?

After listening to Captain Xiao's words, Captain Wang said, "That's true. In that case, we didn't see any sheep on our way here, so they're probably not on our route. Send out two vehicles to the left and right, and two vehicles to the front, to help us search for them."

The remaining two vehicles were to be set up camp in advance in a suitable location nearby.

How about this?

If we still can't find it by nightfall, there's nothing we can do.

"Why don't you talk to the local Mongolians and see if this works?"

Captain Xiao then spoke a long string of words with the two Mongolian villagers who couldn't speak Chinese, using both words and gestures.

After a while, Captain Xiao said, "Okay, they thanked us and said we could set up camp near their yurt."

There's a convenient water source there, so we're welcome to visit.

Upon hearing this, Captain Wang waved his hand and said, "Tell them not to be so polite."

Okay, let's go with them to their yurt area to get a feel for the route.

Then, except for vehicle number one and vehicle number eight, all of them were sent out to help them find the sheep.

Otherwise, even if we find them, it might be difficult to locate their yurts and notify them.

After Captain Xiao finished translating, the convoy headed northwest, following the herdsmen.

After driving for half an hour and passing two mounds, they finally saw several yurts come into view.

Before the convoy even stopped near the yurts, several people came out of the yurts to greet them.

It was a Mongolian woman and three relatively young children.

As soon as the convoy stopped, Lao Xiao went up and talked to them, only to find out that it was a herding team composed of two families.

Another woman and two older children went in another direction to look for the sheep, but they didn't come back.

After Captain Xiao understood the situation, he and Captain Wang quickly discussed it.

Captain Wang had vehicle number one and vehicle number eight belonging to Yang Dalin and his team stay behind, unload some of their belongings, and start setting up tents, waiting to return for the night.

Make some preparations in advance for camping overnight.

However, Yang Dalin had to get into the second vehicle to replace one of the drivers and help find the sheep.

After all, he has good eyesight, so it would be best if he could help find the sheep and the people.

To facilitate communication, each of the three convoys brought along a Mongolian child.

Although they couldn't speak Mandarin, Captain Xiao had already communicated with their fathers and made sure they understood everything beforehand.

Moreover, once they get on the vehicle, their small size means they don't take up much space, and they can also provide directions. It's also relatively safe for them to be in the driver's seat.

So the six vehicles, arranged in a fan shape, started from the yurt and proceeded west, northwest, north, northeast, and east, searching for people and flocks of sheep.

Yang Dalin sat in car number two and went directly to the west.

There was a five- or six-year-old Mongolian boy on the bus.

The child was quite cute, but he was a bit restless after getting in the car, trying to touch this and that. At first, Yang Dalin didn't stop him, but when he tried to slam the gear shift, Yang Dalin stopped him.

You can't just touch that.

So Yang Dalin took out a piece of candy from his bag and gave it to him to eat.

I gave him three candies, and the kid behaved.

Her smiling eyes resembled crescent moons.

Yang Dalin would occasionally glance around. Sometimes the vehicle would even drive up some high slopes, where it would stop, and Yang Dalin would stand on the high ground and look around.

Finding nothing, they continued on their way.

Yang Dalin's vision extends further during the day, so their car quickly drove far away, out of the sight of the car to the northwest.