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

Yang Dalin pulled Aunt Qi down to sit and then called to Xiaoning, "Xiaoning, quickly pour me a glass of water."

Qi Xiaoning quickly poured Qi Yulan a glass of water and carefully placed it on the table.

Qi Xiaoning was genuinely afraid of upsetting her mother.

Otherwise, they will definitely be dealt with severely.

Yang Dalin handed the water glass to Aunt Qi and said, "Auntie, don't be angry, let me explain."

"I'm not here to explain."

Qi Yulan laughed again, blew on the hot water in her teacup, took a sip, and said, "Come on, let's hear how you try to justify yourself."

Yang Dalin said, "Auntie, I deliberately drew my gun today. I wasn't so desperate that I wanted to fire it directly. I just wanted to intimidate some of the scheming people in the yard."

Otherwise, our family will have more and more good things in the future, and this year of disaster is not over yet.

If our family has a nice meal, I don't know how many people are thinking about it.

So today I deliberately took out the gun to scare them.

Before we were armed, we were all trained on when we could fire and when we couldn't. Even after we fired, we had to come back and write a report explaining why we fired.

So Auntie, you don't need to worry.

When have I ever done anything unreliable?

Have I always been quite composed?

After hearing Yang Dalin's sophistry, Qi Yulan realized that Yang Dalin was being sensible.

Then she was relieved.

"Then don't take out the gun so casually in the future. Why don't you leave it at work instead of carrying it with you all the time?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Dalin casually offered another excuse: "Auntie, this is permitted by the company. It has happened before in other places where drivers have been robbed on their way to work."

They probably had ulterior motives, trying to find out from the driver whether there were any important items in the transported goods.

Fortunately, the driver was carrying a gun, so he managed to capture everyone without getting into any trouble.

Therefore, our unit and all drivers have stipulated that they are allowed to carry firearms on their way to and from get off work to protect their own safety.

Just like police officers in the public security department now, they are also allowed to carry firearms home; they just need to put them away properly when they get home or are resting.

Yang Dalin made up a reason out of nowhere.

Aunt Qi thought it made sense.

Just tell him to keep the gun safe and not to cause any trouble.

Yang Dalin nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I will always keep it with me."

After talking about Yang Dalin, Aunt Qi pulled Ma San over and took a closer look to see if Ma San's face had been badly slapped.

However, after checking, Ma San was indeed fine.

Aunt Qi was relieved, but then scolded Qi Xiaoning for being more discreet when feeding other people's children in the future, so that no one could see.

It would be best to bring it to your own home, and Aunt Qi didn't say anything about Qi Xiaoning giving the beef jerky to others.

I just want her to be more careful in the future.

After finishing his business, Yang Dalin told Ma San to go home and sleep.

The others should also wash their feet and get some rest.

The next day, Yang Dalin went to work as usual. As he left the company gate in the evening, he met Ma San, who was waiting for him to get off work.

Ma San said, "Brother, today Yi Zhonghai from your inner courtyard invited me to their house for dinner tonight, and he also asked me to invite you."

Upon hearing this, Yang Dalin wondered what Yi Zhonghai meant.

Should I try to win myself over, or try to rekindle the situation from yesterday?

If Yi Zhonghai really had a grudge yesterday, he should have gone to invite Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong himself.

Instead of them inviting two younger relatives to dinner.

Besides, Ma San was asked to inform them, and from Ma San's perspective, it seemed that they called him first before calling him.

Could it be that Yi Zhonghai felt he had wronged Ma San yesterday and wanted to treat him to a meal so Ma San wouldn't take it to heart? If so, that's possible.

Don't think that just because Ma San is young, Yi Zhonghai won't treat everyone to a meal.

According to the old society, Ma San was almost old enough to get married, start a family, and be considered an adult.

It's normal to pay more attention to it.

When Yang Dalin was less than twenty years old in his previous life, he once visited the home of a cousin from the same clan.

It just so happened that there was a heavy rain and strong wind the day before, which knocked down some trees belonging to my cousin.

Yang Dalin went out to play, so I helped him out for a while.

As a result, Yang Dalin went home when it was time to eat.

Unexpectedly, his cousin's mother, whom Yang Dalin now calls Third Aunt, personally came to his door to invite him over for drinks and a meal.

Yang Dalin was not yet twenty at the time, so he didn't think it was a big deal.

They've come to invite me, so I can't refuse.

Unexpectedly, they even ordered four dishes and a case of beer from the restaurant just to treat him.

This is my cousin's house.

Another time, Yang Dalin was finishing work in his orchard and was about to go home in the afternoon (in western Shandong, going home from the fields is called "xia xiang," and going to work in the fields is called "shang xiang") when he saw a family of his grandfather's generation sawing fruit tree branches and loading them onto a truck.

Yang Dalin didn't think much of it and helped load a few three-wheeled carts (farm diesel tricycles).

He went home first, but then the grandfather had to ask his son, Yang Dalin, to call him uncle, to invite him to his home for dinner.

It's the kind of situation where you can't not go.

From then on, Yang Dalin knew that people with good intentions wouldn't take advantage of others.

They won't ignore your efforts just because we're close.

Moreover, as you get older, people will start to treat you like an adult.

Instead of looking down on you.

Of course, those who are unintentional but like to take advantage of others are another matter.

Regardless of what Yi Zhonghai thought, Yang Dalin planned to take some things and go check on him that evening.

Let's see what Yi Zhonghai is really up to.

Yang Dalin said, "Okay, then I'll go with you. We'll get home first, and I'll bring you two bottles of wine and a piece of meat. When we go to visit guests, we shouldn't go empty-handed, so they don't know our manners."

Ma San said, "Brother, I still have some money. I'll buy two bottles of wine on the way."

Yang Dalin rode his bicycle alongside him, reached out and smacked him on the head, saying, "You should save your money properly. There's plenty at the restaurant, why are you wasting it?"

If you dare to waste money again, I'll tell my aunt and she'll deal with you.

Hearing this, Ma San felt a warmth in his heart, knowing that neither Aunt Qi nor Yang Dalin truly treated him like an outsider.

Unable to disobey Brother Da Lin, she could only say, "Okay, I understand, brother."

On the way, Yang Dalin asked, "San'er, how does it feel to be working by yourself?"

You're less than two years younger than me this year, right? When you turn sixteen, how about I get you into our racing team?

Otherwise, you're too young to get in, and these days factories and companies are extremely strict about hiring."

Hearing Yang Dalin's words, Ma San happily said, "Brother, I'm doing alright doing odd jobs on my own. Although I don't earn much, it's actually much better than someone who just started working."

I am indeed under fifteen, less than two years younger than you.

I'll train my strength for two years first, and when I'm sixteen, I'll try to join your team and work with you.

I'll be driving that big truck with you too, brother, you'll have to teach me a lot then."

Yang Dalin readily agreed: "Okay, no problem. When I have the chance, I'll find you some books on car repair to read in advance."

We started preparing two years in advance.

You'll definitely improve quickly then.