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

As dawn approached, Yang Dalin roasted pork near the cave entrance and also stewed a pot of cornmeal porridge in a pot he had brought from his large backpack.

Anyway, these educated youths didn't know what they had outside last night.

I took it out of my own backpack, so there was no need to explain.

The aroma of meat woke up the three educated youths.

Even though all three of them worked the night shift yesterday, they weren't scared anymore and got a decent rest.

I feel much better.

Yang Dalin saw Feng Xiaohong and Wang Qian approaching.

They were asked to fill several cans with snow, boil it, wash them, and use them as lunchboxes.

Yang Dalin gave each of the three people a piece of roasted wild boar meat.

To be honest, wild boar meat isn't very tasty.

Fortunately, this is wild boar meat with a lot of lean meat.

Yang Dalin prepared a piece of meat with mostly lean meat, which he could still eat.

The other three preferred meat with some fat. Although they worked on a farm and weren't short of food, they didn't have much oil or fat. With delicious wild boar meat, they wouldn't waste any food. Why complain when there was meat to eat?

Yang Dalin served everyone another bowl of porridge.

As for the other two prisoners who were still alive, Yang Dalin told Liu Yaohui to feed them later.

One small piece of pork is enough for each person.

As for cornmeal porridge, forget it. Drinking too much of it will just make you pee in the toilet. Forget about it.

They don't deserve to drink.

After the group finished their breakfast in a pleasant manner, two female educated youths came over and asked Yang Dalin, "Comrade, shall we set off back after breakfast?"

Yang Dalin did not tell the three educated youths his name and real identity because there were still two spies alive.

The two spies won't survive, but if more spies come and kidnap all three of them to investigate their identities, and if their identities are exposed later, they might be assassinated by the enemy, which would be quite troublesome.

The enemy is still very strong.

They still have many insiders and supporters in Beijing.

So Yang Dalin only allowed them to call him "comrade".

Yang Dalin is very concerned about protecting himself.

Yang Dalin pointed to the scene outside where it was still snowing heavily: "Gentlemen, look at the weather outside. It's snowing heavily, and you can't even see the road ahead more than ten meters away."

In this kind of weather, it's easy to lose your way while traveling in the mountains, and our own footprints will be covered by snow in no time.

We still have two prisoners to take back, and we also need to take the bodies of two spies with us. There are four of us, so we can't possibly take them all.

The best approach is to wait in comfort for reinforcements to arrive.

It's safer to go back together.

There are more than a dozen of your security personnel following me. They probably won't be able to find us easily in this snowy weather. Let's wait a bit.

If we miss them, it will be troublesome for them to look for us.

Besides, we don't lack meat for the time being, so staying here for a few days shouldn't be a problem.

If the snow stops and we still haven't received the meat, we'll set off again; that way it'll be safer.

Hearing that more people were coming and that there was no shortage of food, the educated youth were relieved.

After all, they knew the mountain roads were difficult to traverse, especially with two prisoners and two corpses in tow.

It must have been really tough on them.

The three educated youths agreed to Yang Dalin's arrangement.

Yang Dalin rinsed the pot with snow and then boiled snow water in it.

He had three educated youths stay at the cave entrance to warm themselves by the fire, and there was no shortage of firewood at the cave entrance.

It's still very safe.

Yang Dalin was just about to get up to check the drafty spot from yesterday.

Feng Xiaohong pulled Yang Dalin aside and said shyly in a low voice, "Comrade, could I trouble you with something?"

Yang Dalin asked, "What's the matter?"

Feng Xiaohong glanced shyly at her two colleagues, stamped her feet, and was too embarrassed to speak.

Upon seeing this, Yang Dalin seemed to understand.

He saw that Wang Qian, a female educated youth from the south, was also making similar moves, but she wasn't as bold as the girls from the north.

Both of them needed to use the restroom.

The cave is too small; it's not suitable.

The two people wanted to go to the restroom.

Alright, Yang Dalin understands.

He spoke up, saying, "I've been holding it in all night, I need to go to the restroom. Is anyone else there?"

Feng Xiaohong and Wang Qian immediately said in unison, "I want to go."

Liu Yaohui also raised his hand sheepishly: "I want to go too."

Yang Dalin almost laughed when he saw the three people who were about to burst from holding it in. It's just going to the toilet, why are people so embarrassed to say it these days?

He said, "Okay, I'll go out first and make a snow shelter to block the wind. I'll call out in a bit, and you two, Feng and Wang, put on your fur coats and come with me."

Then come back and replace Liu Zhiqing, okay? It's too cold outside, don't let him get cold.

Go quickly and come back soon.

The three of them nodded in unison.

Yang Dalin moved one of the stones at the cave entrance down, then crawled out of the cave and came to a depression in the mountainside to the west of the cave entrance.

There's a lot of snow piled up here.

Yang Dalin used a wooden stick to quickly and easily scoop out a snowdrift, just big enough for two people to squat down and use the toilet.

He also looked around and figured there was no danger.

I quickly took care of it myself.

It's really cold here, hurry up and find a place to eat, or you'll freeze to death.

Then he went back to the cave entrance and said, "Alright, there's a snow pit dug ten meters to the west. You two go quickly."

The two female educated youths wrapped themselves up like big rice dumplings and quickly climbed out of the cave entrance.

Then Yang Dalin crawled in himself.

It took a while for the two female educated youths to return, and Yang Dalin could still hear the rapid rinsing sound.

Goodness, they've been holding it in for quite a while.

There's plenty of water.

The two female educated youths returned shyly with their heads down.

Yang Dalin helped the two of them into the room, and then Liu Yaohui, the male educated youth, went in by himself.

After the three educated youths finished using the toilet, Yang Dalin blocked the hole with stones again.

Then, three educated youths were left to guard the entrance of the cave and warm themselves by the fire.

As for the two captured spies, they had already been fed a piece of meat and then knocked unconscious.

If they also want to go to the toilet, they'll just have to wet their pants, and Yang Dalin has no intention of helping them.

As for whether it will cause harm from holding it in, it's best if it does.

Yang Dalin went back to the innermost part of the cave, removed the tattered cloth that had blocked the wind the night before, and tapped the mountainside with a small stone.

The sound of "thump thump thump" came from inside. Yang Dalin knew very well that this was not a dull sound. The place was empty, and there should be a well-ventilated cave inside.

Yang Dalin prepared to smash it open and take a look.

Anyway, I'm just idling around.

It would be great if we found some treasure or something.

Yang Dalin's actions could not actually be seen from the cave entrance, because the passage had two bends, presumably to prevent cold air from blowing directly in.

The people at the cave entrance heard the sound Yang Dalin made.

Instead of coming right up to him and asking, "Comrade, do you need any help?"

Yang Dalin said, "It's alright. I'll study this cave. You guys just guard the entrance and don't worry about me. Don't come over if you hear any noise. Keep an eye on the entrance and see if the comrades who are supposed to come to meet you will brave the snow. Don't miss them."

Liu Yaohui, standing at the cave entrance, shouted, "Okay, we understand."

Yang Dalin took out a large axe from his spatial storage; this was what he had signed in.

The back of the axe can be used as a large hammer.

Yang Dalin swung his large axe and smashed it down on the drafty spot.

With a crash, a large chunk of rock was smashed off. The rocks inside had been heated with fire before, making them very brittle; otherwise, this large cave wouldn't have been so easily carved out by human hands.

Yang Dalin struck again, and with a crash, the stones fell to the ground, revealing a new hole.

A cool breeze blew in my face.