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

Yang Dalin watched as the two men happily went to curry favor with the people he had invited.

I'm very unhappy.

Because the leader being toasted didn't know what was going on.

I thought these two were also Yang Dalin's guests.

When people politely offer a toast, they can't very well be rude and refuse.

In particular, Minister Teng and Minister Duan, among others.

I politely drank a glass with him.

Yang Dalin also overheard Factory Director Yang telling Minister Teng that he would visit his home when he had time.

If you really follow the pole, you'll climb up.

However, Minister Teng, Minister Duan, and others are all seasoned veterans.

You're just a steel rolling mill, it's not under our jurisdiction, we have no connection whatsoever.

They didn't agree rashly.

I'll ask Yang Dalin again later what's going on with those two shameless bastards.

When Yang Dalin saw these two shameless people and their behavior, he was no longer happy.

Otherwise, Minister Teng and the others would have thought that Yang Dalin had misjudged people.

Yang Dalin was not about to let those two get away with it.

The full moon celebration is over.

When Minister Teng and Minister Duan left, they asked Yang Dalin a question.

Yang Dalin said he didn't know the two people and that they came by themselves.

Upon hearing this, Minister Teng and Minister Duan understood.

There are indeed such people within the organization who always like to use connections to get into all sorts of high-level gatherings.

I want to get to know him for a while so I can use that to my advantage when I try to get an official position.

They all understood, but since it wasn't their responsibility, Minister Teng couldn't directly reprimand them.

Before leaving, he patted Yang Dalin on the shoulder and told him, "Stay away from people like that in the future."

Yang Dalin nodded and said, "Understood, Uncle Teng, Uncle Duan. Think about it carefully. When have you ever seen me introduce you to any shady people? When has anyone who introduced you ever asked you for a favor?"

The two ministers were astonished to hear this, and it was indeed true.

Apart from Yang Dalin occasionally "robbing" them of some hard-to-get tickets.

Yang Dalin would then offer tiger bone wine as a gift, as if they were exchanged together.

He never introduced anyone to them, nor did he ever speak up for anyone or ask them to do anything for anyone.

Yang Dalin did this very well.

Otherwise, the two ministers wouldn't have liked him so much and made him call him "uncle."

Who can blame them? This kid is capable and knows how to get along with people. He treats them like a junior and an elder in the family.

They didn't show any of the fear or nervousness that people from the lower classes have when they meet them.

They felt close to Yang Dalin as soon as he arrived.

Later, they made Yang Dalin call them uncles.

They all treated Yang Dalin like their own nephew.

Thinking of this, Minister Teng and Minister Duan smiled and said, "Alright, we misunderstood you. Okay, you go ahead with your work, we'll be going now."

Yang Dalin saw the two men and a rather unremarkable Director Hou off together.

Before leaving, Director Hou gave him a wink.

That clearly meant to make fun of Yang Dalin.

So that night, Yang Dalin went out in the middle of the night.

The next day, the Discipline Inspection Commission office of the metallurgical industry department, which was in charge of the steel rolling mill, and the front of the metallurgical industry department building received several letters of complaint addressed to the minister and deputy minister.

Both families had received a considerable amount of unexpected wealth.

Every report is accurate.

Factory Director Yang never expected to be so unlucky.

He's been vaguely sensing something's not quite right lately.

His former superior had also warned him.

He remembered drinking with Xu Damao, a long-time employee who worked at the movie theater, one summer and hearing him boast about the wedding of one of his good friends in the neighborhood.

Many leaders came.

There are several small cars alone.

There are also secretaries, security personnel, etc.

Those with official cars and bodyguards must be high-ranking officials or leaders.

Director Yang kept it in mind.

This time at the factory, I heard Xu Damao say that he needed to take a two-day leave.

I'm going to attend my good friend's baby's one-month celebration.

Factory Director Yang thought he should go over there too.

You might get to know some high-ranking officials.

Can't I have more options?

If all else fails, you can always switch to another organization or change jobs.

Unexpectedly, on his way here today, he ran into his factory's arch-rival, Director Li from logistics.

He shared the same idea as Director Yang.

The two cars met at the alley entrance.

We had no choice but to tacitly agree to come together.

But I didn't expect that I would only attend a full moon celebration.

He was arrested today.

A lot of evidence was also found in his home.

Although Director Yang didn't embezzle a large sum of money, he did accept a considerable amount of gifts in order to get his family members and confidants into the factory.

This is no secret.

Some of these were gifts from former subordinates; I wouldn't feel right refusing them.

It wouldn't be right to refuse local specialties given by relatives.

Otherwise, one would say he doesn't like the people.

When his nephew Yang Weimin joined the factory, he didn't accept any gifts.

However, it was ultimately an arrangement that violated regulations.

There's no way to hide this anymore.

Furthermore, when he arranged for his nephew to get a job at the factory, he also treated several deputy factory directors to a meal.

When people arrange for their family members to stay together, they will treat each other to a meal, which is a way of letting everyone know that they are looking out for each other.

Of course, the number of people assigned to different positions cannot be the same.

As the factory manager, he naturally has the most people he can appoint.

Secondly, there's the factory's Party Secretary.

Investigators found out by asking other factory leaders that the matter couldn't be kept secret.

Director Li felt even more unlucky.

His faction is currently at its zenith.

It is said that he is expected to succeed the leader, and that he himself will become a senior colonel in the future.

But you found so many goldfish in your house.

This is irrefutable evidence.

No matter which faction you belong to, with so much corruption and bribery, no one's word matters.

He also used his power to force several female logistics staff to maintain improper relationships with him, and this cannot be kept secret.

Director Li was also arrested.

He might be in an even worse situation than Director Yang.

Because he might get a five-cent copper peanut.

Factory Director Yang will have to serve at least a decade in prison.

He couldn't understand it.

There hasn't been any news lately.

It's just that I went out for drinks with Lao Yang yesterday.

How did I get suddenly reported?

He was also hoping his father-in-law would save him.

Unfortunately, his father-in-law was also in dire straits.

A few days later, the father-in-law and son-in-law met in prison.

During one of our outings together...

Director Li's father-in-law went up and gave Director Li a good beating.

Damn it, this is so unlucky.

This son-in-law is a real jerk.

He worked hard all his life, only to end up being expelled from the Party and sentenced to five years in prison.

Damn it, just thinking about it makes me furious.

I won't be satisfied until I give him a good beating.

My daughter is truly blind.

She married such a hypocrite.

What kind of future can someone who can't control their hands and their lower body have?

How could I have been so blind as to agree to let my daughter marry such a pretty boy?

Oh well, never mind.

Yang Dalin learned the result a few days later.

He didn't need to ask around; Sha Zhu and Xu Damao told him in a rather secretive manner.

Yang Dalin was overjoyed when he found out.

Let you guys show off.

Should.