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

Yang Dalin sighed inwardly, thinking that if he hadn't transmigrated, he would never have had the chance to eat such good food. He wondered if he could exchange some of these delicacies for pears.

Then buy some more.

Buy as much as possible and store it in your storage space.

Making so much money at this point is pointless; it's better to treat yourself to some good food and satisfy your hunger.

There will be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future.

These wild game can only be eaten for another thirty years or so. After the gun ban in the 1990s, and with fewer and fewer wild animals available, we won't be able to eat them anymore.

Moreover, many of them will end up spending their lives in prison.

I must save more money in the future.

When I'm old in the future, I can slowly enjoy this meal with my family.

So Yang Dalin observed the restaurant staff while he ate.

Seeing that he didn't speak and kept looking behind him, Tian Xueyi asked him, "What's wrong? What kind of wicked idea do you have now?"

Yang Dalin whispered, "Brother Tian, ​​I'm thinking about how to buy some local delicacies here and bring some back with me on the way back."

When I get back, I must take care of my aunt, as well as Sister-in-law Meimei and Sister-in-law Xuemei.

Tian Xueyi's expression changed: "Good lad, you really know how to flatter people."

No wonder your sister-in-law treats you so well.

Don't worry, everyone tries to bring something home when they go on business trips.

After we finish delivering the goods tomorrow, we'll have plenty of time to rest for a few days, depending on the weather.

Our team had another mission: to get some mutton for our colleagues to take home for the Chinese New Year.

Besides, I have comrades here, I'll ask them for you later.

We can buy some ourselves without any problem; we have connections, so don't worry.

Even if his comrades couldn't help, he had acquaintances.

Alternatively, you could try asking the person in charge at the factory where we deliver the goods; that might help you find a way.

Everyone can take what they need; there's no rush.

Yang Dalin nodded.

These days, which driver doesn't take the opportunity to smuggle something? There are plenty of ways to do it.

Yang Dalin simply wanted to find someone with a large volume of business to trade with.

He knew what Brother Tian was talking about, and it would be fine for him to ask someone to buy a small amount.

Too much is not appropriate.

Yang Dalin plans to look for opportunities in the next few days.

It's best to find someone on the local black market.

Otherwise, a small family couldn't possibly eat so much fruit.

Yang Dalin also planned to spend most of the money in the space as needed.

At that time, money without coupons was of little use.

Keeping them in your possession will depreciate their value; it's better to exchange them for supplies.

As for collecting coins, I can just exchange them for new banknotes at the bank later.

For example, the infamous "Black Ten" (a period of high inflation), storing too much of it is useless.

I'll just deposit a hundred bills later.

It's still four years before it's discontinued.

Not in a hurry.

After dinner, everyone returned to the hotel one after another. Yang Dalin and Tian Xueyi also went back despite the heavy snow.

Just as Yang Dalin arrived at the convoy and was about to enter the house, he inadvertently discovered several strange footprints.

And there are some in the back of each truck bed.

The convoy of vehicles was parked in the courtyard of the hotel, with the front of the vehicles facing south and the back beds facing the door of the hotel.

Fortunately, the heavy snow was partially blocked by the tarpaulin on the truck bed.

Therefore, these footprints are still quite clear.

It's not unusual if someone happens to walk behind the truck bed occasionally.

But it's really strange that there are footprints behind all eight cars parked side by side.

The two people who were on duty just now have been relieved and gone to eat.

Because of the heavy snow, they must have been sitting in the driver's seat.

No one was found checking the cargo in the convoy.

Although Yang Dalin's convoy wasn't carrying any important machinery, it wasn't something anyone could just come and inspect at will.

Yang Dalin pointed to the footprints on the ground next to his car. If it were any later, the footprints would probably be covered by the snow and disappear.

Tian Xueyi quickly walked to the footprints and avoided them.

Then I looked at the canvas on the back of the bed.

Sure enough, someone had moved the ropes on the canvas.

Then Tian Xueyi said to Yang Dalin, "Go and call Lao Wang and Lao Xiao here quickly."

Yang Dalin hurriedly ran out of the hotel; Lao Wang and Lao Xiao were on their way back.

Yang Dalin had just stepped out of the hotel courtyard when he saw the two of them.

Old Wang asked Yang Dalin, "Dalinzi, what's the rush about?"

Yang Dalin told the two team leaders about his discovery.

The two team leaders quickly ran to the vehicle.

I quickly checked the footprints behind the vehicle.

The footprints behind each vehicle were identical, clearly belonging to one person; the footprints were wide, suggesting a tall and strong individual.

If they had arrived any later, their footprints would probably have been covered by the heavy snow and we wouldn't have been able to see them at all.

Old Wang asked Yang Dalin to open the canvas of their vehicle.

Yang Dalin went up to check it out.

After Yang Dalin came out, he shook his head: "Nothing is missing."

It means the things have been moved.

Old Wang then called over the drivers from the other vehicles and carefully inspected everything in each vehicle.

Everyone says nothing is missing, but there are definitely signs that someone has rummaged through it.

Each driver makes a unique mark on the cargo in their vehicle.

This person was very careful, but unfortunately, he still couldn't escape the watchful eyes of these drivers.

If anything has been moved, it will definitely be noticed.

Two security guards who had just been relieved of their shift to go to lunch were also called back.

In order not to alert the enemy, no one continued to talk outside.

It's so cold outside, everyone is in a big room with four beds.

It's called a bed, but it's actually a large kang (heated brick bed) that can sleep four people.

Sleeping in this place in winter would be freezing.

Most people still sleep on heated kang beds.

Old Wang asked the two people who were on duty earlier if they had noticed anything unusual.

When the two people are on duty, they sit in the driver's cab of the first vehicle and the driver's cab of the eighth vehicle, respectively.

They didn't find anyone suspicious ahead, so they guessed that this person might be staying at the hotel.

Regardless of whether this person is still alive or not?

Of course, it was certain that these two security guards would be criticized. They were tasked with guarding the vehicles, yet they didn't even notice that anyone had moved them.

But this is not the time to talk about that.

Yang Dalin had just scanned the hotel and didn't find anyone suspicious.

He believed that the person who left the traces had probably already left the hotel.

I just don't know if this is a clumsy thief or what.

He wasn't particularly impressive, since he didn't disturb the people sitting in the car in front.

While he's undeniably impressive, he also left behind clear footprints.

Did he do it on purpose, or did he forget, or did he think that the heavy snow would cover up the footprints and make them disappear?

I still thought they would go out for a proper meal, drink and eat meat, and spend a long time there, instead of just eating something and coming back?

There's a contradiction here.

Everyone gathered together for a short meeting.

Everyone should be vigilant until the goods are handed over.

At least six people are on duty at night.

The twenty people were divided into three shifts. The first shift had six people, and the other two shifts had seven people each. Captain Xiao was in the second shift, and Captain Wang was in the third shift.

Each shift is four hours long. Yang Dalin is on the second shift, which runs from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.