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

The villagers were terrified. If this were reported, what good would happen to the village?

If you offend your superiors, the grain station might obstruct your grain delivery process several times, making things incredibly difficult for you.

If you use the grain resale card for a short period of time, you can starve to death.

We dare not let these two bad elements make it even harder for the villagers to survive.

In fact, Yang Dalin and the major did not expect that they would take Huang Zhongjun's widow and orphan away today.

Although Liu Juhua was assigned work, she wouldn't be going for several days.

They came today to visit the martyr's family first, and will let Liu Juhua go back to work in a few days.

Unexpectedly, there were bad people in the village, and the martyr's family had no other direct relatives. They were all alone, and Huang Zhongjun was rarely at home.

This has led to many people openly and secretly bullying Liu Juhua and her son.

Huang Zhongshi, the squad leader of the first production team, was incompetent, and the brigade leader of the production team also failed in his duties.

Yang Dalin used a pretext to deal with the two men and then fired a shot, which indeed made it unsuitable for Liu Juhua and her son to stay in the village any longer.

Anyway, the martyrs were not buried in the village.

Let's just move to the city.

Moreover, Yang Dalin, his troops, and the armed forces department all brought a lot of food.

If we keep them here, there's no telling how many more people will come and take advantage of us.

That's why the major said to move directly into the city.

Huang Zhongjun's family received special treatment this time, and were given good jobs.

After all, the martyr was a deputy section chief before his death.

They suffered so much torture.

So my job was as a waiter at the city's military guesthouse.

This job isn't tiring; it's easy.

It's easy for Liu Juhua to get started quickly, and she can also take care of the children.

Liu Juhua was a refugee who came to Huangjia Village from the south. She was picked up by Huang Zhongjun, an orphan who was single, and became his wife.

Liu Juhua was bullied in the village because she had no family.

If Liu Juhua were a girl from a nearby village, with older or younger brothers, no one would have been able to bully her so easily.

The major ordered others to help pack up.

He coldly asked the village's production team leader, "Don't be in such a hurry?"

No rush, are you going to let your village bully the military families again?

"Will you continue to bully us, openly or secretly, after we leave?"

The production team leader grabbed the major's sleeve tightly and said, "Comrade PLA soldier, I really didn't know."

Our Huangjia Village is a large village with more than two thousand people.

They were divided into more than a dozen small production teams, each with more than a hundred people.

Zhongjun's family belongs to the first squad.

She lives at the westernmost end of the village, and I live at the easternmost end.

I rarely see her except when I'm at work. After all, Zhongjun isn't home and rarely comes back, so I don't want to bother him.

In the past two years, the village has not had enough to eat, and I worry about getting some food for the village every day.

I admit my dereliction of duty.

I don't deny that.

But because they received Zhongjun's salary, I always thought they were doing well.

Furthermore, Huang Zhongshi was their uncle, and no one in Zhongjun's family had ever mentioned Huang Zhongshi's problems to me.

I always thought Huang Zhongshi took good care of his family.

I really didn't know Huang Zhongshi was this kind of person.

He deceived his superiors and subordinates, and when he did something wrong, he deserved to be punished however he was supposed to be.

And then there's Huang Dafa, who was also close to Huang Zhongshi; the two of them were in cahoots.

The two were childhood friends who grew up together.

But those two don't represent everyone in our village.

Every village has its troublemakers; we hope the People's Liberation Army comrades will be more understanding.

Our village is already in dire straits. We hope the People's Liberation Army comrades will show mercy and leave us a way to survive.

After listening, the major remained silent in deep thought.

He called Yang Dalin over, and after listening to this explanation, Yang Dalin called Huang Weiguo over as well.

Yang Dalin asked him again if he had reported Huang Zhongshi to the production team leader.

Huang Weiguo said, "My mother doesn't want me to go. She's afraid that if I go, Huang Zhongshi will take revenge on our family, whether openly or secretly."

Please assign more work to our family.

There was another small group of people who came to borrow money, but only a few families were willing to lend it to them. The two of them were the worst offenders.

Upon hearing this, Yang Dalin couldn't help but want to teach those two bastards a lesson.

Yang Dalin couldn't actually kill anyone; he fired the gun to intimidate and scare people.

At this moment, the production team leader's wife helped Liu Juhua out.

I guess he went to plead for leniency.

Liu Juhua came out and called the major and Yang Dalin aside, saying, "Sir, and this young brother, let's just leave those two be dealt with."

I took the children to work in the city, and it's not like I'm never coming back. The children's grandparents are still buried here.

We will have to come back to burn paper money, offer incense, and pay respects at the grave in the future.

Some people in the village are really having a hard time. They can pay back the money they borrowed when the harvest is better.

Those two bastards will be dealt with.

Just make them return the money they borrowed and the things they took.

Let's not report this. Most people are good. We don't want to make it so we can't even go to our child's grandparents' graves when we come back.

Liu Juhua's words make sense.

The major glanced at Yang Dalin, and seeing Yang Dalin nod, he agreed.

Although the major was older, he didn't know as much about village affairs as Yang Dalin.

After all, you can't just kill everyone in the village with one blow.

The major relayed Liu Juhua's request.

The production team leader went to Huang Zhongshi and Huang Dafa to ask for money, grain, and compensation.

If these two families dare not give it to them, the production team leader has plenty of ways to deal with them.

Yang Dalin asked the major, "Is there a place to stay where Aunt Huang works? What if there's nowhere to stay when she gets there?"

The major told him, "Don't worry, the job is a guesthouse attendant; there's no shortage of places to stay there."

Even if you haven't been assigned a house, it's fine to stay in a guesthouse for a few days.

Besides, the houses had already been allocated. I had already coordinated everything before you arrived. I was originally planning to let my sister-in-law go back to work after the New Year.

Since they can't live here anymore, let them move there directly.

We were all here at the time, so we helped tidy up and buy some things.

Yang Dalin was relieved to see that the major had been taken care of.

Yang Dalin also helped pack up Aunt Huang's family's belongings.

Actually, there aren't many things to pack.

A little bit of food, a few thin blankets.

The two bundles contained some clothes.

They didn't even have iron pots for cooking; they used earthenware jars instead.

There aren't many decent pieces of furniture in the house.

So I stopped bringing it.

You can just go to Yang Dalin in the city to help you find and exchange it.

We'll keep this house in the village; we can stay here occasionally when we come back.

Therefore, there's no need to bring along any junk or broken items.

There were no production tools at home; they were all at the brigade headquarters.

So there really aren't many things.

After packing their things, Yang Dalin let Aunt Huang and the two younger children get on the bus first.

Huang Weiguo, the eldest son of the Huang family, was left to handle other matters.

For example, the production team leader would issue a letter of introduction, and he would also help collect debts.

The village also gave them some grain as compensation.

Yang Dalin accepted it on Huang Weiguo's behalf without any embarrassment.