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

Could it be that young man who just joined the Qi family?

But does he have the guts?

Is it really necessary to beat someone up over two steamed buns?

The young man from the Qi family, how old is he? Sixteen years old, right? How could he hit someone for no reason?

Qin Huairu has woken up in the hospital. The doctor has examined her and said there's nothing seriously wrong.

My face is swollen, and a few teeth are a little loose.

Qin Huairu's mouth hurt every time she spoke. This time, she didn't have to pretend to cry; she was genuinely in pain and tears were streaming down her face.

Especially when I have a toothache, it hurts even more when my tongue touches it.

The police officers questioned her, but couldn't get any information about the rat or ox.

The police officer told her to think it over carefully, and that besides today, she could also think about things from the past.

I thought about who would hit me, but I couldn't figure it out.

Could it be that he's been flirting with her too much lately, and that's why her wife beat him up?

But some people have already made veiled attacks!

Qin Huairu carefully recalled what had happened today.

Aside from getting two steamed buns from Qi's family, what else is there?

It's not like it's their first time there; they can't afford to get beaten up. Besides, who in their family has that much strength and guts?

Qin Huairu suddenly remembered Yang Dalin, who had just arrived at the Qi family.

Could it be him?

Qin Huairu is close to the truth.

When the police officer saw that she was staring blankly, he assumed she had remembered something and asked her a question.

As a result, Qin Huairu didn't voice her suspicions about Yang Dalin.

Because she was afraid that if she told the truth, she would lose face.

Yesterday, Dongxu specifically told her not to go, but she went anyway. A young man who hadn't been assigned to their house yet had just arrived.

You even went to their door and took their steamed buns. Even if the police found out, they might still say, "Good riddance!"

Do they know that there have been quite a few cases recently, with fights and even deaths over a single steamed bun?

Nowadays, every grain of food is incredibly precious. Your whole family is on a ration, yet you go to someone else's house and cheat a young man out of his family's food supply.

You really deserve to die, Qin Huairu was too embarrassed to say it.

Yang Dalin, fleeing famine on the road, witnessed firsthand how people died over half a cornbread, let alone two.

If Qin Huairu borrows money openly and repays it, then it's fine.

Even if he can't pay it back right now, it's okay. The key thing is that he heard from Qi Xiaoning that Qin Huairu has visited their home many times in the past two years.

That's disgusting. They're not your relatives, nor your parents. Xiaoning is a child too. Does that mean only Banggeng is a child, and other people's children aren't?

If Yang Dalin hadn't traveled through time and been able to earn money and food through the "power pills," the Qi family might have faced immense difficulties.

The few dozen kilograms of grain you swindled might have been life-saving.

Since Qin Huairu was indirectly murdering him for money, how could Yang Dalin not intervene?

The hospital police officers knew nothing about it, so Qin Huairu had no choice but to take some medicine to reduce the swelling and go home.

Yi Zhonghai originally wanted to hold a large meeting to give everyone some instructions, but when he got home everyone was asleep, so he didn't bother with anything else.

Jia Zhangshi is still waiting for her son and daughter-in-law to return.

However, Madam Jia did not ask her son any questions in front of him, but only inquired about his illness.

Let Qin Huairu take her medicine and rest as soon as possible.

In the south wing of the Qi family home, the mother and her two children slept in one room, but Qi Yanhua couldn't fall asleep.

She kept thinking about how her sister and Yang Dalin had told her the truth in the afternoon, and then Qin Huairu got into trouble that night.

She had wanted to slap Qin Huairu for a long time, but she never expected that she would actually get slapped before she even did it.

Although Qi Yanhua didn't get a clear look at how swollen Qin Huairu's face was outside, she was certain that Yang Dalin was responsible.

She knew she couldn't tell her sister or her mother, and she didn't think that Qin Huairu was a woman who shouldn't be beaten. On the contrary, she felt that she deserved to be beaten.

She was prepared to keep it to herself, not to anyone else.

Silent all night.

Early in the morning, Yang Dalin woke up as usual, lifted the stove door, and went out to run the water.

Yang Dalin went to the Intermediate People's Court to wash up and happened to run into Qin Huairu coming out of her room to use the restroom.

Qin Huairu was startled when she saw Yang Dalin brushing his teeth normally with an innocent look on his face.

Good morning, Sister-in-law Dongxu.

Yang Dalin showed no signs of anything unusual, brushing his teeth and washing his face.

Qin Huairu quickened her pace, and when she reached the front of the main hall, she turned back to look at Yang Dalin.

I still can't figure out what's wrong. I had an IV drip last night and almost peed my pants, so I had to go to the toilet.

Otherwise, I'll wet my pants.

After Yang Dalin finished packing, under the occasional gaze of Qi Xiaoninghua, he calmly drank a bowl of porridge, grabbed his bag, and went out.

Today's job is to go to the Dongcheng Grain Bureau, but I still have to take a detour to the train station to eat.

There was no other way; Yang Dalin didn't have any grain coupons, and today he could work loading grain onto trains at the train station and then unloading it at the grain bureau.

It's better to travel a little further, otherwise it's really troublesome to buy food elsewhere.

Today, it's still the same ten people forming a team.

The other nine people can earn more money by following along, and they are all very tight-lipped.

After having breakfast near the train station, you can continue working.

If it doesn't work at noon, we'll come to the train station again to load another load of goods.

After eating their fill, they followed the truck to the grain bureau to unload the goods.

Actually, there was a reason why the state-run restaurants near the train station took special care of these stevedores. One reason was to let them eat more so they could work more. After all, most of the stevedores were big eaters and didn't even have enough food coupons at home. If they didn't eat more, who would do the work?

Secondly, many of the supplies were obtained outside of the railway department's plan, so no tickets were needed and they could be legally exchanged for money.

Thirdly, many people bring back something when they go on business trips. They can't all sell it on the black market, so the most common thing people bring back is food.

So, it's not bad that you stevedores earn more money and then spend it on me, and you can get more work done.

That's killing several birds with one stone.

Of course, the items are limited in quantity and only available to certain special groups of people.

While Yang Dalin was working as usual, Jia Zhangshi waited until Jia Dongxu had left for work. She then pulled Qin Huairu aside and quietly asked, "You didn't do anything to betray Dongxu, did you?"

"How could that be, Mom? I'm under your nose every day." Qin Huairu's face stung as she said these words.

Madam Jia, her face dark, pondered for a moment: "Have you figured out who hit you?"

Qin Huairu avoided Jia Zhangshi's gaze: "No, nothing."

"Really, no. Think about it carefully. Let's see if you'll know how to be honest from now on!"

Neither the mother-in-law nor the daughter-in-law voiced their suspicions.

Because if the truth were revealed, the Jia family would lose even more face.

Although Jia Zhangshi was also a young widow, she had lived in Beijing for so many years and still had her pride.

Her daughter-in-law was beautiful, but Jia Zhangshi always looked down on her flirtatious and tearful way of handling grain.

Because she wanted to save face for her son. Otherwise, even if Yang Dalin really did hit him, how would her son face others if the reason reached Dongxu's ears?

In the past, Qin Huairu would get some food by playing the victim. As long as her family ate it, that was fine, and no one would cause trouble for her.

Unfortunately, now that someone dares to directly retaliate, you have no way to complain.

She's a hypocrite too. If nothing goes wrong, all is well, but once something does happen, Jia Zhangshi blames Qin Huairu.

Many people are like that.

I should have known better than to do that.

They're all wise after the event.