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

"However, last night, my family and I just visited a friend's house."

Because of the distance, our family didn't go back home and stayed at someone else's house instead.

This morning, as soon as I got home, I heard something that made me furious.

You all probably heard what Old Yan's family and his eldest son, Yan Jiecheng, said last night, right?

They said my family went to hide from debt collectors, that the whole family might have run away and were too afraid to come back, because they didn't want to pay them back.

Is this something a good neighbor across the hall would say?

Three hundred yuan seems like a lot, but our family hasn't spent much of it. We'll pay it back even if we have to sell everything we own.

Why are they spreading rumors that our family ran away to avoid paying back money and to evade our debts?

I also know that Teacher Yan was sitting at his doorstep enjoying the cool air, and he didn't stop Old Yan's wife and Yan Jiecheng from spreading this rumor, did he?

How can a teacher tolerate his family members defaming their neighbor across the street?

Teacher Yan, is this your professional ethics?

Yan Bugui almost buried his head in his crotch at that moment.

Many people were looking at him with disdain.

Now everyone realized why Yang Ruihua and Yan Jiecheng hadn't come.

This is probably intentional, done to avoid embarrassment.

Yan Bugui even said he beat up Yang Ruihua and taught him a lesson, but who believes that now?

Yan Bugui, who is like a little chick, could possibly defeat Yang Ruihua, who is short and strong?

This excuse was probably made on purpose.

Yan Bugui pretended to be dead and didn't speak. Yang Dalin then spoke up: "I also heard that there were two people last night who agreed with what the Yan family said."

"Is that right, Sister-in-law Dongxu and Sister-in-law Damao?"

Qin Huairu suddenly heard Yang Dalin call her name.

He stammered, "I, I, I don't know, I just blurted it out."

Wei Xiaona wisely kept quiet this time.

Yang Dalin sneered: "Just something I said offhand?"

Qin Huairu, you know how I treated your family after I came to this courtyard. You also know how I treated Dongxu when he was here.

They even suggested that Dongxu change jobs.

It made him earn more money.

Is this how you repay the people who helped your family?

Don't say that Dongxu's accident was because of me.

If you still firmly believe this, then you deliberately cooperated with the Yan family to spread rumors about me.

Then tomorrow I will have our railway public security bureau and your factory's security department jointly investigate the cause of Dongxu's death.

"If this has nothing to do with me, then I'll sue you for defamation."

Madam Jia pushed forward and stood out: "Dalinzi, it's all my fault. Huairu made a foolish mistake. You've been to many places and have broad knowledge, so don't take it to heart."

It's really all my fault; I didn't teach my daughter-in-law well.

Forgive her this time.

"Please, ma'am."

Yang Dalin got off the chair and helped Jia Zhangshi up.

Jia Zhangshi was very shrewd.

She knew Yang Dalin was someone she couldn't afford to offend, and that many families in the neighborhood had good relationships with him.

How could she have incurred public wrath?

Yang Dalin is not that idiot, Sha Zhu.

I heard that Yang Dalin has killed many bad people.

She wouldn't easily provoke such a formidable person.

Yang Dalin helped Jia Zhangshi, who was about to bow, to her feet.

"Aunt Jia, I'm not trying to be mean to you, but you're the one who understands things."

For your sake, I'll let it slide this time.

But let me be clear from the start.

If Sister-in-law Dongxu dares to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for not showing any consideration for my neighbor.

Don't blame me for not giving Dongxu face.

"Yes, yes, yes, I understand. I'll send Huai Ru home right away."

After saying that, Jia Zhangshi helped Qin Huairu back into the house.

Qin Huairu felt wronged and wanted to cry.

But there was more resentment than anything else, though nobody would believe her now.

I didn't see that Sha Zhu didn't pity her either.

If Sha Zhu hadn't rashly helped her, Yi Zhonghai would have wanted to sever ties with her family.

She's disfigured again, and even if she tries to act all innocent and cry, no one will sympathize with her anymore.

Yang Dalin then looked at Wei Xiaona, who was much smarter than Qin Huairu.

She concealed her hatred and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Dalinzi, I've only been here for a few months, and there are many things I don't know."

They readily believed what Aunt Yan said.

Your sister-in-law apologizes to you.

"Da Mao is coming back tomorrow. I'll cook for you myself, and he can have a couple of drinks with you. Consider it an apology dinner from your sister-in-law."

Seeing that the other party was being pretentious, Yang Dalin politely replied, "Okay, then I'll be waiting for you tomorrow, Sister-in-law Da Mao."

That's all in the past; I hope it won't happen again.

Wei Xiaona quickly stated, "There will absolutely be no next time."

This earned Wei Xiaona a lot of goodwill from her neighbors.

My impression of her has improved considerably; after all, someone who can admit their mistakes and correct them is a good person.

However, Yang Dalin didn't really believe her.

Did you think you didn't see her fleeting hatred?

If you want to play, I'll play with you.

Anyone can act; I'm not really a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.

Your mental age is old enough to be your father, but you're putting on an act in front of me. Do you think I can't see through you?

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Yang Dalin turned around: "Alright, that's the whole story."

My aunt and I scraped together some money, barely managing to scrape together two hundred, but we're still short. Can anyone lend me some?

I'll pay back the money owed to the Yan family first.

Sha Zhu was the first to step forward: "Brother, I have fifty here."

"No rush to pay it back, you can use it for now."

After saying that, Sha Zhu was the first to put the money in Yang Dalin's hand.

Grandpa Qi followed behind, saying, "Dalinzi, I have thirty here too. You can use it first."

These two people were shills arranged by Yang Dalin when he was drinking at Sha Zhu's house.

He did it on purpose; the money was actually his own.

The main purpose was to let everyone know that he was still poor and couldn't come up with a lot of money all at once.

Even if they could repay Yan Bugui, they would still have borrowed a considerable amount more.

Niu Dali from the backyard, Zhang Meiyun from the front yard, and Grandpa Zhao from the main hall all took out their money.

Some even said they would take it home.

None of these three families were wealthy, but Yang Dalin had helped them before, so they were the first to step forward and offer their assistance.

This time, Yang Dalin did not refuse immediately.

You can keep it for now and return it later.

Aunt Qi knew he was acting.

She knew that Yang Dalin had far more than three hundred.

Yang Dalin saw Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and many other people and wanted to go home to get money.

Yang Dalin stopped them.

These people all wanted to maintain a good relationship with Yang Dalin.

It's because Yang Dalin is now a licensed driver.

They can bring back good things from other places.

Everyone should hurry up and curry favor with him.

They're not stupid.

Yang Dalin stopped the others who wanted to take the money, saying, "Everyone, you don't need to go back. This is enough, there's even more."

No need for everyone to go and get it.

Let me count: ten, twenty, thirty...

There are over 350 in total, which is already more than the limit.

I'll return the extra to everyone proportionally in a bit.

I'll borrow a smaller amount from each of you.

Teacher Yan, the current bank interest rate is 6.5%.

That means a fixed deposit of 100 yuan for one year will yield 6.5 yuan.

The interest on 300 yuan per year is 19.5 yuan.

Teacher Yan, I'll lend you 300 yuan for less than a year, and I'll pay you back with one year's interest.

I'll give you 320.

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It's because of the favor you did for me.

You can keep it.

When Yan Bugui heard that there was interest involved, he was surprised to learn that there had been no interest at the time.

Now that he had the money, Yan Bugui happily accepted it.