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

Yan Bugui, from the province, seized on his weakness, accusing him of promoting feudal superstition.

However, Yang Dalin was not afraid of him. At this time, there were still many families kowtowing to their ancestors, burning incense and paper money for the New Year.

It won't be more than a few years before everything is banned.

Even during the Spring Festival holiday, some people suggested that we shouldn't have a holiday anymore, which is utterly speechless.

Out of caution, Yang Dalin said it was a local custom to light a fire and roast something for breakfast on this morning.

Yang Dalin and Yan Bugui's voices quickly alerted many people.

Many people got up early in the morning and saw Yang Dalin warming himself by the fire in the yard, and there was no danger.

They all gathered around.

Yang Dalin explained the reason again, and a neighbor from Hebei Province said, "That's right, we have this custom in our hometown too. When we come to Beijing, we feel embarrassed if no one else is grilling."

I'll go get some things to grill too.

After saying that, the neighbor ran home.

It's human nature to join in the fun.

Soon, a lot of people surrounded Yang Dalin's bonfire.

Some people added firewood, while others followed Yang Dalin's example and brought out things to roast, just like their neighbor from Hebei Province.

Yang Dalin's family was well-off, so he brought out a lot of dumplings, buns, and steamed bread to bake.

Some children gathered around him.

After giving the pre-baked dumplings and buns with fillings to Sister Yan, Xiao Ning, and Ma San, he then distributed them to the children under ten years old in the yard.

Everyone saw that there was a bargain to be had, and the kids, being the type who love to join in the fun, were excited.

Soon all the children in the yard arrived.

Even Bang Geng and Xiao Dang are here.

Yang Dalin did not discriminate.

He did it on purpose. The family had eaten well during the Chinese New Year, and today he specially took some out to give the children in the yard something nice to eat.

This can be seen as another attempt to win back people's hearts.

More and more people gathered, and one bonfire was no longer enough to contain them all.

Then someone started a second fire, and then a third fire.

Yi Zhonghai came over and saw Yang Dalin distributing baked dumplings and buns to the children in the yard.

He even praised him, saying, "Dalinzi, you did a great job organizing this event."

I still have a few steamed buns at home, so I'll take them out and let the elderly and children in the yard have a good meal.

Liu Haizhong certainly can't let Yi Zhonghai steal the spotlight.

He also sent his third son home to get his things.

Yang Dalin set the tone from the very beginning.

He only gives good food to children under ten years old.

The adults weren't included. Otherwise, with dozens of people in the yard, even if Yang Dalin could manage them, he wouldn't have.

Fortunately, the neighbors in the courtyard all knew what was going on.

Most people would just take out their own cornbread or something, bake a few, and each person would eat one to join in the fun.

The children were all gathered around Yang Dalin.

Yang Dalin would bake dumplings with filling (cooked the day before) and feed them to the children lining up one by one.

After feeding Yang Dalin, he would ask, "Does it smell good?"

Some children exclaimed, "It smells so good! I've never eaten such delicious dumplings in my entire life!"

The adults were all smiles, even though they couldn't eat such delicious dumplings themselves.

Some children were so burned they couldn't speak, and they covered their mouths, afraid the oil would spill out.

Yang Dalin was unable to feed all the children.

There are quite a few children, after all.

Even if Yang Dalin had the ability, he wouldn't have done it.

However, it's still acceptable to give each child a few dumplings with meat filling.

Another person shared half of a steamed bun with cabbage and pork scraps.

This is already very good.

Yang Dalin only contributed seven or eight steamed buns and a few bowls of dumplings.

This showed his love and also united the people in the courtyard.

The children weren't quite full, so the older ones ate some steamed buns from wealthy families like Yang Dalin, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong.

After baking a steamed bun, Yi Zhonghai, in front of everyone, first had his wife deliver it to the deaf old lady in the backyard.

The remaining steamed buns were baked by Yang Dalin and distributed to the other children and elderly people in the yard who hadn't had enough to eat.

The couple ate mixed flour buns.

This scene certainly won Yi Zhonghai a lot of support.

Liu Haizhong followed his example, but instead of giving gifts to the deaf old lady, he gave gifts to several other elderly people.

The rest were given to the children in the yard.

It also won a round of applause.

While everyone was having a good time, some people in other courtyards heard the commotion and wanted to follow suit.

Yang Dalin also instructed them that they could learn, but they should be careful not to set the house on fire.

However, there are people in each courtyard, so it's not a big problem.

A short while later, Xu Damao also arrived. Seeing that everyone was having a good time, he quickly brought his wife, Wei Xiaona, along.

However, Yang Dalin could tell that Wei Xiaona didn't quite appreciate the spectacle.

He didn't say anything, but his smile was fake.

Unlike Sha Zhu's wife, Mi Ya, whose smile was genuine.

I can get along well with everyone.

Mili was overjoyed.

The little girl was quite adorable, so Yang Dalin hugged her and warmed her by the fire, and even fed her some food.

Everyone gathered around the fire, chatting and laughing about all sorts of interesting things while warming themselves.

Soon everyone finished breakfast, and Yang Dalin personally watched as the fires were extinguished.

I just got home.

Aunt Qi has no family members on her mother's side. She fled to the city from the suburbs back then, and there's no one left in her hometown.

I don't need to go back to my parents' home today.

Take a good rest for a day.

Yang Dalin didn't have much to do today, so he helped Aunt Qi clean the house.

That evening, Yang Dalin treated the doorman, Uncle Qi, Sha Zhu, Niu Dali, and Xu Damao to a meal together.

Yang Dalin wasn't home last Chinese New Year, so we didn't get to have a drink.

Consider this a make-up day.

No one drank too much; there were only two bottles of wine among the group.

After drinking tonight and having nothing else to do, of course we continued playing cards.

The next day, as soon as Yang Dalin arrived at work, he received a notification.

On the morning of the 18th day of the first lunar month, at 9:00 AM, the freight station, together with the nearby railway station and several other units in the same system, including the railway public security bureau, held a commendation meeting.

I heard that leaders from the ministry will also be coming.

Family members can also come on this day.

Yang Dalin asked Aunt Qi, as well as Qi Yanhua and Qi Xiaoning, who had already started school, to take leave and come to participate.

Anyway, the Qi sisters treat going to school like a game, so it's easy for them to ask for leave.

Moreover, Director Wang of Jiaodaokou Subdistrict also came on his own initiative after hearing the letter.

After all, Yang Dalin was from her neighborhood, so she felt proud of him.

As a result, on this very day, Yang Dalin became the center of attention.

At most, a member of the railway public security bureau can only earn a second-class merit.

Yang Dalin, a driver at a freight station, has three second-class merit awards and two third-class merit awards.

But it made a big splash.

Yang Dalin also received a lot of material rewards.

Yang Dalin took the speech draft written by Comrade Xiao Li, which he had revised several times, and went on stage.

At first, Yang Dalin thought Comrade Xiao Li had excellent writing skills.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that their level was even lower than that of future middle school students.

But we can't blame him.

Yang Dalin had seen many videos of JY's speech at the national conference in his previous life, and the speech wasn't very well written.

There isn't that much empty talk, platitudes, or boasting yet.

Comrade Yao Dongyao's video speech on the 10th anniversary of the military parade didn't have that much unnecessary talk.

This is normal.