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

Sha Zhu, who hadn't had a chance to speak until now, was the first to support Yang Dalin: "Dalinzi, I support you, you're right."

It was wrong of Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang to snatch snacks from Wang Cheng and Wang Cai, two children.

Yan Jiecheng's bullying of the younger generation is even more wrong.

They need an apology and compensation.

I didn't see it just now. If I had, I would have taken those few bites too.

What the hell is this?

After Sha Zhu finished speaking, Xu Damao also stood up in support: "Yes, I also support Da Linzi."

What kind of family tradition is the Yan family? They bully the weak and the women.

They deserved to be beaten for stealing food from other children. I'd teach them a lesson too if I saw them doing that.

People like Niu Dali and Uncle Qi, who were on good terms with Yang Dalin, were the first to support him.

The other families were quite frightened by the gun Yang Dalin had just brandished.

He also directly agreed with Yang Dalin's opinion.

Everyone knows that if someone has a gun, they'll become a big shot in the compound. Driver jobs are highly sought after, so everyone's eager to curry favor with them.

Only the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong remained silent on the field.

Yan Bugui and Yang Ruihua helped their two sons up and checked their injuries.

The deaf old lady did not show up.

She basically doesn't show her face when it comes to such trivial matters.

She's old, and if no one calls her, it doesn't matter if she doesn't come.

But since she actually came, her opinion is still very important.

Seeing that most people supported Yang Dalin, Jia Dongxu walked up to his master, Yi Zhonghai.

Approaching Yi Zhonghai, he said, "Master, the people's will is ours, so let's..."

Yi Zhonghai had regained his senses, nodded, and spoke first: "Dongxu and I also support Dalinzi's words."

Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to back down; didn't he see that everyone else in the courtyard was siding with Yang Dalin?

Moreover, this kid is already a certified pilot and he's armed.

In the future, it would be nice to ask him to help buy something, like some local specialties.

Who would be foolish enough to offend a promising driver like Yang Dalin and instead help the notoriously stingy Yan family?

Besides, the Yan family was in the wrong to begin with.

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai also agreed with Yang Dalin, Liu Haizhong raised his hand with a smile: "I also agree with Dalinzi's opinion."

Old Yan, come over here and have your three sons apologize.

Don't overthink it, your family is definitely in the wrong.

Yan Bugui had already spoken to Yi Zhonghai beforehand, asking him to just give a token gesture and that would be it.

He didn't intend to escalate the situation; he just wanted his family to apologize and resolve the matter.

Kids fight, every yard has them.

As long as we don't make a big deal out of it, it's fine.

After all, it also involves the reputation of her eldest son, who is currently preparing to find a matchmaker.

Besides, there's nothing wrong with the eldest son protecting his younger brother.

But to my surprise, Yang Dalin rushed over and started fighting. My attempt to downplay the incident was thwarted before I could even begin.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong both defected.

Yang Dalin still had a gun, had become a driver, and still owed him money.

I really can't afford to break up with him.

Thinking of this, Yan Bugui stood up and said, "It's all my fault. My family is too poor, and the children are not getting enough to eat."

The second and third children were also extremely hungry and did something wrong, which was indeed wrong, and they should apologize.

The eldest brother, Jie Cheng, was also standing up for his younger brother.

Although he was wrong to hit Ma San, he was also hit. He didn't steal the food; he was just standing up for his younger brothers.

I hope everyone can forgive them.

I apologize on their behalf.

Then Yan Bugui took the lead in bowing and apologizing.

Yang Dalin realized that Yan Bugui was quite capable.

They even know how to find an excuse for their eldest son to gain sympathy.

That sounds somewhat reasonable at first glance.

Now that many people see Yan Bugui bowing and apologizing, they feel a bit more sympathy for the Yan family, don't they?

Yang Dalin ignored his tactics and stopped Aunt Qi from speaking.

"Teacher Yan, you are you, and the child is the child. Don't try to morally blackmail them."

Your family is struggling, but Sister-in-law Meiyun's family is probably even more struggling than yours.

If things get tough, should we just let the kids steal food from others?

Your family is a scholarly family, is it right for your child to do this?

Who would do that? You can't even do that to your child. You're a teacher, and this is how teachers teach children?

Get up and make your child apologize. Learn from Grandpa Liu's family.

If the child is wrong, they should be disciplined.

If you need to fight, then fight. If you don't have experience, borrow a belt or a stick from Grandpa Liu.

Children who are not disciplined will not amount to anything; a child who steals a needle when young will steal gold when grown up.

I'm warning you all, if anyone tries to steal from others again, I'll not only beat them up, but I'll also call the police to arrest them.

I hope everyone will take good care of their own children.

"Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, you three come here. Don't let your father be the one in front. Come over here and apologize, and compensate Sister-in-law Meiyun's family one yuan. That will be the end of it."

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui realized that he had to pay compensation after being beaten, and a look of reluctance appeared on his face.

Yang Dalin glared at him: "What, you think one yuan is too much? That's beef jerky, I brought it from the grasslands. Three catties of fresh meat make one catty of beef jerky."

The piece your two boys were fighting over also weighed about an ounce. Fresh meat would cost three ounces. Is one yuan a lot?

Teacher Yan, it's already good enough that we didn't ask you to pay ten times the compensation.

Don't even mention that regular beef costs less than a dollar a pound; you can't even buy pig hair in the market, let alone beef.

Yan Bugui reluctantly took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Meiyun: "This is from Dashan's family, here, as compensation for you."

Yang Ruihua tried to grab Yan Bugui's arm, but Yan Bugui shook her off.

Yan Bugui just wanted to solve the problem as soon as possible and leave; he felt too ashamed.

Zhang Meiyun didn't want to accept the one yuan, since the beef jerky was given to her by Qi Xiaoning.

Yang Dalin said, "Sister-in-law, let's continue, otherwise Teacher Yan will feel bad."

Zhang Meiyun had no choice but to accept the one yuan.

Then the second and third sons of the Yan family came over one by one to apologize.

Yan Jiecheng was still a bit temperamental. Although he couldn't beat Yang Dalin, he wasn't willing to back down.

Yan Bugui whispered in his ear, "Go ahead, your allowance will increase to one yuan next month."

Yan Jiecheng awkwardly came over to apologize.

After apologizing, Yan Jie ran back to the front yard.

After all, he was an adult, twenty-one years old, and he felt too ashamed.

Being beaten up by someone several years younger than yourself, without being able to fight back at all, is too humiliating.

Moreover, he was already a driver, while I was just a temporary worker, which made me even more embarrassed.

Luckily, he doesn't have a partner yet. If his partner lived nearby and found out about his affair, he would probably crawl into a mouse hole.

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, everyone left one by one.

Near the octagonal table that was often used for meetings, Yi Zhonghai and his apprentice, Liu Haizhong, and Yang Dalin were standing.

Not far away, there were also Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, who wanted to hear what Yang Dalin had to say.

However, both of their wives turned around and went home.

Yang Dalin looked at Yi Zhonghai and took the initiative to speak: "Uncle Yi, Uncle Liu, please don't blame me for handling this matter for you today."

You two have been trying to smooth things over far too often, so I'm going to give you a stern talking-to today.

Believe it or not, there will be incidents of people stealing food from others' yards.

What if you try to smooth things over and things get really messy?

Sister-in-law Meiyun only earns a dozen yuan a month. She has two children and a lot of debt.

If you really drive someone to the point where they can't survive, that's a serious problem!

Yi Zhonghai felt a bit scared when he thought about Zhang Meiyun's family situation.

He nodded dejectedly: "Indeed, you're right. It's better for you to scare us today than for us to try and smooth things over."

We didn't want to cause too much trouble because we're all neighbors.

Yan Jiecheng is an adult now and should be looking for a wife. We thought we'd save face for him and have him apologize to Ma San privately afterwards. We didn't intend to cover for him, but we never expected... sigh..."