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

Aunt Qi can ask Sister Yanhua to invite Sister Gong Xuemei and Sister Liu Meimei to go there to grow vegetables and raise chickens.

A vegetable garden of more than one acre.

Summer really brings a lot of food; the whole family can't possibly finish it all.

It would be good to find a few restaurants with whom we have a good relationship and share the food.

Aunt Qi was still in shock.

A vegetable garden of more than one acre is too big.

How many vegetables must they grow here?

Qi Xiaoning was the first to react and asked, "Brother, is there any space left? I want to plant fruit trees, apples, bananas, and oranges."

Yang Dalin patted her little head: "The vegetable garden in the west courtyard is over an acre long, and the fruit trees are in the east courtyard. But can we grow oranges and bananas here? Those are southern fruits. Even if we could grow orange trees successfully, they wouldn't bear fruit."

And silly girl, the apple tree has already been planted.

"Anything else? Pinggu peaches, Beijing white pears, apricots, mulberries, figs, pomegranates, dates, crabapples, plums, grapes, would those be okay?"

Yang Dalin nodded: "We already have everything. If you want to plant anything else, just go to Captain Li over there who's building houses and ask him to help you buy fruit trees."

However, mulberry trees are not suitable for planting in the yard, while pear trees are not a big deal, but there are some rules to follow.

If you want to eat mulberries, I'll buy them for you later.

Forget about the tree.

Yang Dalin doesn't mind planting pear trees in the yard.

Let's forget about mulberry trees. The older folks say it's bad luck to plant mulberry or cypress trees in the yard.

Yang Dalin remembered that in his previous life, there was a mulberry tree with mulberries growing in the yard of his neighbor across the street.

However, the tree is too tall; you need to climb a ladder to pick a mulberry.

Later, for some unknown reason, they cut down the tree and dug up the roots.

What a waste of such a good fruit tree.

It's not suitable to plant it in the yard, you can transplant it to the ground.

What a pity, that tree must be at least several decades old.

As for the pear tree, it's just a homonym for the word "separation" and has no other meaning.

Two trees were transplanted; two trees are enough to eat.

Pear trees can also be grafted, and he plans to have many varieties of pears hanging on one tree in the future.

Upon hearing this, Qi Xiaoning clapped her hands happily: "Great! Now we can eat fruit whenever we want!"

Yang Dalin didn't discourage her; some newly transplanted fruit trees might not bear much fruit in their first year.

However, there is no shortage of fruit at home.

So they didn't continue to discourage the little girl.

Aunt Qi finally realized what was happening.

"Dalinzi, how big is your yard? It must take up four or five acres!"

"About right, Auntie, it's a total of over 3,500 square meters."

We can't accommodate so many houses all at once, so I had the craftsmen build a front yard and a middle yard first. We can build more as needed later.

"How much will that cost? Do you have enough money? I'll give you the money."

"Auntie doesn't need any money, everything is taken care of by the higher-ups, don't worry."

I unintentionally performed a great service, and since my superiors didn't know how to reward me, I said I wanted a yard where my aunt and Sister Yan could grow vegetables.

After considering it, the higher-ups gave me this big courtyard.

I didn't tell you before, but the entire house inside collapsed.

We just finished tidying up some vegetable gardens, and the house foundation has been raised again. Construction will start soon. Auntie and Sister Yan, if you have any requests, you can tell the construction team leader, Captain Li. I want to remind everyone to keep this a secret and not let anyone know.

Otherwise, some people will be envious and jealous.

"If I'm not careful, they might report me and cause trouble."

Aunt Qi nodded repeatedly: "Okay, we won't say anything."

But what about the houses you got in exchange?

"The house over there wasn't taken back, was it?"

"No, Auntie, that side is still mine."

"Keep it for now, in case it gets too difficult for Ma San'er to get a wife later."

Upon hearing this, Ma San'er blushed and waved his hands repeatedly in refusal: "I don't want to, Brother Dalin, I have a place to stay."

"Just your little room?"

"You can live here by yourself, but what about after you get married and have children? Will you still have room to live here then?"

As he spoke, Yang Dalin glanced at his sister-in-law, Qi Xiaoning.

Well, this girl is acting like nothing happened.

I guess he hasn't figured it out yet.

Whether Ma San and Xiao Ning will end up together in the future depends on fate.

He won't force it.

Anyway, he initially liked Yan Jie's looks, but later he liked her personality.

Sister Yan also likes him.

They could be said to be kindred spirits.

Ma San'er's situation depends on his own actions.

Ma San thought for a moment and then said, "Then I can apply for housing from my work unit in the future."

Brother Dalin, I really don't need it.

Yang Dalin slapped his forehead: "Oh right, I forgot about that. You can still get housing from your work unit in the future. Okay, we'll talk about it later."

Anyway, I'll cover for you.

If you feel really embarrassed later, you can convert the house on that side into cash and pay it off in installments for your brother.

You'll be earning a lot in the future, so let's put this aside for now.

Yang Dalin always thinks he needs to buy his own apartment when he gets married in the future.

He forgot that at that time, many work units would provide housing.

It's hard to say that every employee in other state-owned enterprises and factories can be allocated housing.

However, for formal employees of the Ministry of Railways and even relatively high-income truck drivers, getting an apartment in the future is a piece of cake.

This is a large part of the future trillion-dollar asset club.

The company is profitable and offers good benefits.

Aside from tobacco and electricity, the railway sector is probably the best state-owned enterprise.

Thinking of this, Yang Dalin said, "Auntie, Sister Yan, San'er, Xiaoning, let's leave early tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to get acquainted with the place."

The vegetable garden has been tidied up. Aunt and Sister Yan, you can go and check on it morning and evening whenever you have free time.

You can grow whatever vegetables you want. It would be best to raise a few chickens there as well. Later, I'll bring a puppy over; the yard there is too big, so I'll keep a puppy to guard the house.

You can just go and feed the chickens and dogs once in the morning and once in the evening from now on.

Okay, that's all the good news. I'm going to go have a drink with Brother Da Mao now.

Qi Xiaoning was so happy at the thought of raising a puppy that she almost cheered.

Aunt Qi's eyes reddened at this moment. She grabbed Yang Dalin's hand and said, "Dalin, the higher-ups rewarded you with such a big courtyard. Did you suffer a lot and endure a lot of hardship?"

Were you in any danger? Were you injured?

Yang Dalin comforted Aunt Qi, saying, "Auntie, it's really nothing. It was just a great achievement that happened by chance."

It was also my luck that turned around.

It couldn't be blocked.

"Really, do I look injured?"

After saying that, Yang Dalin spun around and jumped around.

"Really not?" Aunt Qi asked, still a little worried.

Yang Dalin pulled Ma San'er aside and said, "It's true, Auntie, ask San'er. Ask San'er if he saw any wounds or scars on my body when we went to the bathhouse together."

Ma San really didn't lie much to Aunt Qi.

Aunt Qi trusted him a lot.

When Ma San'er saw Aunt Qi looking at him, he quickly said, "No, Auntie, I saw Brother Da Lin all over his body when he was taking a bath, and I really didn't see any scars on Brother Da Lin's body."

Only after Ma San'er's assurance did Qi Yulan believe Yang Dalin's words.