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

The news Aunt Qi mentioned was that Xu Damao's wife hadn't come back for a long time.

Nobody knows why, all they know is that Xu Damao and she divorced.

Xu Damao has been quite depressed lately, and has been on leave for several days without going to work.

In a little while, have him take some fruit and deliver it to both the central courtyard and the backyard.

To avoid others saying that Yang Dalin disregarded the neighbors in the middle courtyard and the backyard.

Another thing is to go and have a good talk with Xu Damao and comfort him.

After all, Yang Dalin and Xu Damao had a fairly good relationship in the courtyard.

When Yang Dalin was not at home, Xu Damao would bring the Qi family some local specialties whenever he returned from his trips to the countryside.

Yang Dalin nodded in agreement, saying he would go after finishing his meal.

Another shocking piece of news is that Qin Huairu's formal salary has been reduced to that of a temporary worker.

It used to cost 27.5 yuan a month, now it costs 18 yuan.

However, the subsidies for children remain unchanged.

This made things even worse for Qin Huairu's already impoverished family.

I heard that Qin Huairu would have been fired if it weren't for Yi Zhonghai and the deceased Jia Dongxu.

Nobody knows why.

Recently, Qin Huairu has been crying frequently at home.

Qin Huairu also became much more obedient.

Everyone's saying that Qin Huairu is promiscuous at the factory.

No one in the compound knew why her salary was suddenly reduced, and there were all sorts of rumors circulating.

Yang Dalin snorted inwardly. Others might not know, but he knew the truth.

Wei Xiaona has probably been sentenced, probably to several years.

Xu Damao divorced to distance himself from the situation.

Or perhaps Xu Damao was genuinely unaware of the situation and was implicated, which naturally led to him being ostracized at the factory and likely being reprimanded.

Qin Huairu deserved it; she must have said a lot of nice things about herself to Wei Xiaona and slandered her quite a bit.

If it weren't for the sake of his deceased husband...

It's estimated that Qin Huairu might be fired, and her family might be sent back to the countryside.

Yang Dalin is currently unaware of whether Yi Zhonghai played a role in this matter.

However, Qin Huairu was much more obedient this time; otherwise, she would definitely be sent back to her hometown.

I just don't know if she knew all this because she slandered Yang Dalin.

After finishing his meal, Yang Dalin and Ma San, carrying fruit, walked from house to house in the central courtyard.

They didn't chat much at Yi Zhonghai's house; after delivering the fruit, they went to Sha Zhu's house.

Sha Zhu was as enthusiastic as ever.

He even wanted to drag me out for a drink.

However, he later said, "I don't know what happened to Xu Damao this time. I asked him to drink, but he didn't come. He thought I wanted to see him make a fool of himself."

Am I that kind of person?

Brother, you should find him and have a good talk with him later.

You're more eloquent than I am; I can't reason with him.

Although Sha Zhu likes to bicker and fight with Xu Damao, he really wouldn't want to kill Xu Damao.

Sha Zhu may be reckless, but he's not ruthless at heart.

For example, once Xu Damao lost his underwear, and at the meeting everyone was going to send him to the authorities for prosecution, but Sha Zhu still revealed it himself.

This saved Xu Damao's life once.

The later official document didn't say anything about thoroughly destroying Xu Damao.

In the end, Xu Damao was homeless, and it was Sha Zhu who took him in.

Regardless of how you look at it, Yang Dalin prefers Sha Zhu to Xu Damao.

At least you're with Sha Zhu, so you don't have to worry about him cheating or harming you.

Many people say that Xu Damao is more like a modern person from later generations.

Live life with clarity and understanding.

But Xu Damao is selfish and sometimes he really cheats people, that's true.

For example, showing movies at the home of a high-ranking official.

Is it a good quality to talk badly about your colleagues?

We can't say that modern people consider this a good virtue.

When it comes to treating friends, Sha Zhu is naturally much better than Xu Damao.

Yang Dalin replied, "Don't worry, Brother Zhu, I'll be there in a bit."

Let's talk another day. I'll deliver the fruit today and then have a proper chat with him.

After bidding farewell to Sha Zhu, Yang Dalin arrived at the Jia family's door.

Yang Dalin couldn't simply cut ties with the Jia family without having told them he would never have anything to do with them again.

It was Jia Zhangshi who opened the door.

Jia Zhangshi was quite pleased to receive some rare fruit from Yang Dalin.

Yang Dalin then told her how to eat, but Qin Huairu never showed up at the door.

In addition, since both of them were widows and widows, Yang Dalin naturally wouldn't go into their house for a visit.

After quickly delivering the packages to the other families in the backyard, Yang Dalin and Ma San finally arrived at Xu Damao's house.

At this point, Yang Dalin told Ma San to go back first.

Yang Dalin was preparing to have a good talk with Xu Damao.

Yang Dalin wanted to find out if he knew why Wei Xiaona was arrested, and if Xu Damao would hate him if he knew it was because of him. He wanted to sound out these things.

As far as Yang Dalin knew, Xu Damao had not done anything to wrong him, so Yang Dalin was willing to continue to have normal contact with him.

Otherwise, if Xu Damao were to have any bad intentions, Yang Dalin would have killed him beforehand.

Yang Dalin's current thought is to continue making friends as much as possible. If one day a friend changes their mind and tries to take advantage of him, Yang Dalin doesn't mind sending that friend away.

He doesn't like being morally blackmailed.

Xu Damao heard the knocking and opened the door after a while.

Messy hair, bloodshot eyes, and a lot of eye discharge.

He was clearly in very poor condition.

Yang Dalin held up the net bag in his hand: "What's wrong, Brother Da Mao? Aren't you going to invite me in for a seat?"

Xu Damao then came to his senses and stepped aside: "When did you get back, Dalinzi? Come in quickly, come in quickly, the house is a bit messy."

Please don't find it offensive.

As soon as Yang Dalin entered the house, he glanced at the messy wine bottles and leftover plates on the dining table, and the unswept peanut shells on the floor.

"Damn, it's really messy, but we're brothers, who's going to give it to whom?"

Single men, isn't this normal?

Xu Damao quickly tidied up the table. He didn't sweep the floor; there were peanut shells, so he figured he might as well leave them. Otherwise, sweeping the floor would feel like chasing someone away.

It also generates dust.

After Xu Damao finished clearing the table, he poured Yang Dalin a bowl of water and sat down, saying, "Don't mind, brother. There's no tea at home, so please make do with this."

Yang Dalin politely replied, "It's alright, this is fine."

"You found out too?"

"Yeah, I just got home and heard about it, so I came to see you right after dinner. I even sent Ma San back home and didn't let him stay with me."

Don't let him hear it.

What exactly happened?

Do you know?

Xu Damao lit a cigarette in frustration, got up and closed the door again before whispering, "Hey, nobody in the yard knows about this. I haven't told anyone. I trust you, so I'll just tell you, brother."

Your former sister-in-law, I don't know what's going on, has recently become very close to one of her former high school classmates.

They weren't very close when they were in school, but recently they've been getting along really well for some reason.

As it turned out, her classmate was found to be a spy. Your former sister-in-law, it seems, didn't know, but she was also implicated.

It is said that she leaked some information to her classmate.

I'm often not home, so I have no idea what secrets she's leaking.

Then he was arrested and sentenced to three years.

Yang Dalin feigned surprise, saying, "Oh, he was sentenced to three years?"

"Yes, the police officer told me that if she knew her classmate was a spy and was close to him, she would have been sentenced as an accomplice. She really didn't know, but she accidentally revealed some information, which is why she was sentenced to three years. Otherwise, it would have been much more serious."