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

As soon as he entered Sha Zhu's house, Yang Dalin opened the bag in his hand.

They pulled out two bottles of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).

There was also some mutton, some offal, twenty eggs, and some peanuts, etc.

When Sha Zhu saw Yang Dalin bring out so many things, he asked, "Dalinzi, you came to have a drink, why did you bring so many things?"

"These could make a whole table of dishes."

Yang Dalin hesitated for a moment and said, "Who said it was all for our drinking and eating? We just know that my sister-in-law is pregnant, so this extra is to help her recover."

Miya also saw the large pile of things and quickly said, "Dalinzi, thank you for your kindness, but this is too precious. I can't accept it."

Besides, Aunt Qi has already given our family some things, so you don't need to take another one.

Yang Dalin said, "It's okay, sister-in-law. My aunt took hers, and what I took is mine, Yan Jie's, and Xiao Ning's."

"Well, that's because you're their master."

Miya declined again: "Dalinzi, I just taught them some self-defense techniques, it didn't take much effort, really, it's not necessary."

"Alright, sister-in-law, these things look valuable, but most of them are actually what I hunted for."

It really didn't cost much.

Don't worry, I've taken it, I can't take it back.

"Keep it, that's enough, don't say anymore. Brother Zhu, hurry up and cook, we have a big meeting to attend later."

Seeing that Yang Dalin was genuinely willing to give it to him, Sha Zhu didn't refuse anymore and said, "Okay, brother, it'll be ready soon."

You and Uncle Qi can sit and wait.

My wife poured tea for Uncle Qi and my brother.

Here we have our tea.

Just a few minutes earlier, outside the gate of the courtyard, in a corner of the road.

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui stood together.

"What? You haven't seen Da Linzi all day? You just saw him, and he hasn't even acknowledged you yet?"

The bangs posed a profound question.

Yan Bugui nodded in shame: "He went out early this morning to take Qi Yulan's two daughters to school. I thought he would be back soon, but I've been waiting for him until now."

Yi Zhonghai sighed: "Hey, Lao Yan, what can I say about you? I gave you a whole day and you didn't even cherish it."

He hasn't come back, you can't go looking for him.

Are you just going to stay at home and wait?

"The big meeting is about to start, what are Lao Liu and I supposed to do?"

Liu Haizhong looked on with pity for Yan Bugui and said, "Yes, Lao Yi and I tried to get you a daytime break, Lao Yan, you really are..."

What should we do?

Yan Bugui looked at the two men pitifully and said, "Old Yi, Old Liu, there's a big meeting coming up later. Do you think I should pretend to be sick or something and not come today?"

Let's talk about this in a few days.

"Foolish old Yan, you can't hide this forever. It will have to be resolved sooner or later."

Do you think Dalinzi will forget about it in a few days if you don't resolve this today?

Isn't this just a matter of time?

Unless you don't want your family's money anymore.

"You don't want the money anymore? Old Liu and I will swallow our pride and go talk to Da Linzi for you."

Making Yan Bugui lose face is fine, but asking him to give up his money is absolutely out of the question.

Even if the Heavenly King himself came, it wouldn't make a difference.

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui immediately shook his head: "That won't do, the money is required."

That's a full three hundred yuan.

That's not a small amount.

Upon hearing that it was three hundred yuan, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong exchanged a glance. This bastard, always complaining about being poor, but knowing he has some savings, he can still lend out three hundred yuan so easily. It seems he's not much worse off than them.

If someone can lend out 300 so easily, they must have even more money hidden away.

Otherwise, who would lend out all their family's money?

At most, it's just lending out a small portion.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong each lent out only two hundred.

At this point, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were even less willing to help Yan Bugui.

Liu Haizhong spoke first: "Old Yan, you're really rich. Old Yi and I had to squeeze together to lend out a hundred. Your family is really wealthy."

Liu Haizhong had laid a trap, which he and Yi Zhonghai had discussed beforehand.

Otherwise, what if others find out that they've borrowed too much and come to them for loans?

Yan Bugui certainly didn't believe this, but this wasn't the time to dwell on how much money they had borrowed.

Yan Bugui quickly replied, "No way, this is all my family's savings. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in a hurry to get my money back if Jiecheng were to get married."

My wife and Jie Cheng were also worried that Yang Dalin wouldn't be able to repay the money, which would delay Jie Cheng's wedding.

That's when he panicked; he said he was talking nonsense yesterday.

I saved every penny of this money from the smallest of my pockets.

"Old Yi, Old Liu, you two absolutely have to help me!"

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong exchanged another glance. "We don't believe you for a second. Forget it, this isn't the time to worry about how much money Yan Bugui has."

Anyway, if Yan Bugui cries poverty again, we definitely won't believe him at all.

Yi Zhonghai said with difficulty, "Old Yan, things have come to this point, and we don't know what Da Linzi is thinking."

All we can say is we'll try our best to help later.

If your family is nicer later, just say they were confused in their haste.

If all else fails, try to shift the blame onto your wife.

No matter what, Da Linzi couldn't hit or scold her.

You still have to teach, so I'll have to give you some face.

Your son is getting married soon, and he'll want to save face, so your wife will have to make do.

Yan Bugui thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Alright, do your best. If it really doesn't work, that's all we can do."

Thank you for your help. I'll treat you to drinks later.

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong knew to take it with a grain of salt; his wine had been diluted with cold boiled water many times, how could it be edible?

Besides, when he invites people for drinks, he only brings watered-down wine, and the food has to be prepared by himself.

Forget it.

Liu Haizhong quickly waved his hand: "It's alright, no need for you to invite me. We're all old friends, it's only right that we help you out if we can, it's also a responsibility that the neighborhood committee has entrusted to us."

Okay, that's all for now. We just got back and are hungry. We'll have dinner when we get home and then have a big meeting.

Let's go home first.

After saying that, Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai walked ahead, neither of them wanting to continue entangled with Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui could only sigh and walk behind him.

As they walked out of the main hall and entered the central courtyard, Yi and Liu exchanged a glance and smiled.

It turns out that these two also had ulterior motives.

Did everyone think they genuinely wanted to help Yan Bugui?

But I just wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

The three brothers resembled the brotherhood of later generations.

He was both afraid his brother would suffer and afraid his brother would drive a Land Rover.

Of the three, Lao Yan was the most educated, and the other two didn't want him to climb back up.

Therefore, it's still necessary to embarrass Lao Yan from time to time.

But we can't just say we won't help at all. We will help, but we won't go to such great lengths.

Yi Zhonghai chuckled for a moment and then said in a low voice, "Alright, go home and eat first. After dinner, start the meeting early, and then get some rest."

Liu Haizhong replied, "Yeah, that's right. I'm exhausted from work every day, and then I still have to deal with this mess."

This is really annoying.

"I'll go home for dinner now, and we'll start in an hour?"

"Okay, then let's do it in an hour. By then, everyone will be pretty much full."

Everyone's come out to the courtyard to cool off.

"Okay, I'll be going now."