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

In the game of Gouji, "Xuan Dian" means declaring "Xuan" to the player opposite you but not opening the door.

That is, to beat the opponent's high-ranking cards every time.

In this case, the person opposite would need to contribute four points of their own merit.

As mentioned before, the minimum number of cards in a Gouji hand is five tens, four Jacks, three Queens, two Kings, and two Jacks. Of course, you can also have six tens and five Jacks.

Yang Dalin stole two twos, four sharps, and also won four kings.

Xuan's neighbor Yan Jiecheng said that was a little kiss.

Sure enough, when the third hand started, Yang Dalin saw that his hand was very strong, so he had to declare Yan Jiecheng.

The game of Gouji is strange. Once you win a few rounds at the beginning, it becomes very difficult for your opponent to turn the tide.

Because the other side keeps sending tribute, the more tribute they send, the weaker they become.

If he fails, he will drag the Federation down with him.

The federal government can only suffer along with them.

After Yang Dalin ate four tribute sticks, one roasted tribute stick, and two head tribute sticks in his third round, Xu Damao and Yan Jiefang, who were sitting next to Yang Dalin, hesitated, thinking it over.

They were afraid that Yang Dalin would burn them down.

Everyone knows Yang Dalin has a good hand.

Sitting next to him is bad luck.

They played until after 11 p.m., and Yan Jiecheng started to win every round from the second round onwards.

It has never turned its life around.

Fortunately, they didn't gamble with real money, otherwise Yan Jiecheng would have lost everything.

Even so, Yang Dalin still managed to put him under immense pressure.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Dalin suggested, "It's getting late, we should rest."

Let's go home and get some sleep. Brother Da Mao and Brother Zhu Zi have to work tomorrow.

Surprisingly, Yan Jiecheng was the first to agree, because he was frustrated with his loss that night and wanted to end it sooner.

Before leaving, Yan Jiecheng said, "Let's continue tomorrow. We must turn things around."

Yang Dalin smiled and said, "Okay, Brother Jiecheng will continue to ask me to play against you tomorrow."

I will definitely treat you well.

Do you think this bunch of people who just learned how to play Gouji can beat him, a master who has been playing for over 20 years and knows how to hide his cards?

You've gone completely mad with desire.

Everyone came out, but everyone in the courtyard was asleep. Afraid of waking up the neighbors and getting scolded, they all quietly went home.

Yang Dalin also quietly returned home.

I washed my feet and went to bed.

The next day, Yang Dalin woke up before dawn as usual, but since he wasn't going to work that day, he stayed in bed a little longer.

Yang Dalin lay in bed thinking about today's plans.

I was thinking of taking the wolf, bear, and tiger skins from my space to Uncle Pi's place today to have them tanned.

I'll also go and visit Grandpa Wang, the owner of my new house, and soak the prepared tiger bones, wolf bones, and tiger penis in it.

I also need to visit some friends who come to pay New Year's respects to Aunt Qi.

Although there are three days off, there's actually quite a lot to do.

As dawn broke, Yang Dalin and others found that some people in the courtyard had already gotten up and were washing up.

Yang Dalin then got up.

Just as Yang Dalin got up, Aunt Qi also got up.

Yang Dalin helped Aunt Qi prepare breakfast.

Ma San didn't ask anyone to deliver food today; he came over on his own.

The family hadn't finished breakfast yet.

Ma San's eldest brother, along with his second brother, came over to apologize.

It happened in front of many neighbors in courtyard number 95.

After the other party apologized, Yang Dalin kicked them out.

It looks disgusting, so it's best to get rid of it as soon as possible.

The province affects appetite.

Yi Zhonghai was getting ready to go to work when he met Yang Dalin.

I witnessed this scene as well.

They probably already know about yesterday's events.

Thinking to himself, among the younger generation in the courtyard, Da Linzi was the most capable.

They lead a group of people to cause trouble, and then the other party has to come and apologize.

Most people don't have this ability.

Yi Zhonghai thought he still needed to maintain a good relationship with Yang Dalin.

Then he took the initiative to bring Liu Haizhong over and said, "Dalinzi came back yesterday?"

Yang Dalin didn't really want to talk to him, but Ma San's older brother had caused trouble last time.

Yi Zhonghai hasn't made a name for himself yet.

But that matter was in the past, and Yi Zhonghai shamelessly greeted him.

He couldn't continue to give him the cold shoulder and become a laughingstock.

On the surface, there was no conflict between them, nor had they broken off relations.

Since she was often away from home, and things had fallen out, Aunt Qi found it difficult to get along with her old neighbors in the yard.

If the other party has no children and chooses to protect themselves, what can you do?

It's not worth falling out with someone just because they didn't help.

Just don't help your family if you need anything in the future.

It's good to know what's going on.

Yang Dalin figured it out, took out a cigarette, and offered one to the two men and the other neighbors, saying, "Well, you just got back yesterday. Are you going to work, Uncle Yi and Uncle Liu?"

Hurry up and go, don't be late.

I haven't finished my meal yet, I'm going back to eat first.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong exchanged a glance, clearly knowing that Yang Dalin still had some reservations about them.

The two exchanged a wry smile. The other person was still a child, and it was normal for them to throw a little tantrum. You can't expect an adult to imitate a child.

So the two of them could only shake their heads and go to work with everyone else.

Actually, Sha Zhu, Xu Damao, and others all mentioned this when they were playing cards last night.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Sha Zhu took his wife to pay New Year's respects to his senior brother and master.

Xu Damao went to his father-in-law's house to pay a New Year's visit and left early in the morning.

Niu Dali and the others in the backyard also went to visit relatives early in the morning after finishing their breakfast.

If they were there, they would definitely stand up for Aunt Qi.

With the current inconvenient transportation, relatives who live far away have to leave home early.

Unlike later generations, when every household had a car, people didn't visit relatives until almost 11 o'clock.

We went there, chatted for a while, and then had lunch.

Yang Dalin could understand; no one had expected this.

When Sha Zhu returned and heard about this, he immediately wanted to lead his men to attack their door.

But Aunt Qi stopped them.

The three-day holiday went by quickly, and we went back to work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. And that's how things turned out.

However, Xu Damao mentioned that at that time, Liu Haizhong's and Yi Zhonghai's families also had some coworkers visiting.

It wouldn't be fair to blame them entirely for this.

If it doesn't concern me, I'll stay out of it.

This is what daily life is like for ordinary people.

Who has nothing better to do than meddle in other people's family affairs every day?

I can't even get enough to eat myself.

After finishing his meal, Yang Dalin greeted Aunt Qi.

With some things prepared by Aunt Qi, we began to visit the homes of some friends who had come for the New Year.

He ran into the gatekeeper, Uncle Qi, as he was leaving, and Uncle Qi explained what had happened that day to him.

Grandpa Qi spent those few days celebrating the New Year with a few single old men, and he didn't go back to the courtyard much.

Once he finds out, it won't be appropriate for him to bring a few old men to their door.

They were thinking of waiting for Yang Dalin to come back so they could discuss what to do.

Upon hearing this, Yang Dalin quickly said, "Uncle Qi, you don't need to explain. I didn't mean to blame you."

"I'll come back and have a drink with you later, I'm glad you're thinking of it, we're just father and son."

After saying goodbye to Grandpa Qi, Yang Dalin went to Old Pi's house first and asked Old Pi to continue processing all the hides.

When Lao Pi saw the tiger and bear skins that Yang Dalin took out, his eyes lit up: "Good heavens, these are good stuff! Little Yang, you've got some amazing stuff."

"Are you alright? I'll have to stay away from these kinds of wild beasts in the future. It's very dangerous for ordinary people to fight them."

Yang Dalin put down the pastries he had brought for Uncle Pi's family and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Pi, I bought these on my way to work. I can't possibly handle them all by myself."

Old Pi was relieved after hearing Yang Dalin's explanation.