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

Yang Dalin found it strange; while everyone else was pushing their way forward to see the excitement, this person was deliberately walking away.

It's completely different from what others are doing.

Yang Dalin glanced at him again.

This is an old man who looks to be in his sixties or seventies.

He walked with his head down, as if afraid that others would see his face clearly.

The key point is that he and Yang Dalin were coming head-on, and he obviously couldn't dodge in time, so he bumped into Yang Dalin.

Yang Dalin could clearly feel something very hard inside his thick clothes.

He clearly hit me, but he didn't say a word. Just because you're older, does that mean you can hit someone and not apologize?

Yang Dalin squinted at his back; something was off about this guy.

They're just like those characters in TV dramas from my past life—people who, after committing crimes, or members of criminal gangs, like to come back to the crime scene to take another look.

And why is the front of his chest so hard after he bumped into someone?

People in their sixties or seventies, how come their muscles are still so firm?

When Yang Dalin saw the police officers with pistol holsters coming out of the courtyard where he had just been hiding, Yang Dalin suddenly had an idea.

That guy clearly had a gun in his arms, not some muscle.

Yang Dalin didn't have time to explain. He ran over in a few steps, and just as the other person was about to turn around, Yang Dalin slammed his brass knuckles down on him.

Some of the onlookers who were walking by recognized him. They wondered why this man had tackled Old Wang in front of the police officers.

After Yang Dalin tackled the other man, a gunshot suddenly rang out, startling the onlookers who quickly retreated.

Meanwhile, the team led by Deputy Captain Wu also raised their guns and charged forward.

The gunshot came from the old man beneath Yang Dalin.

Deputy Captain Wu quickly stepped forward, helping to hold the old man down while asking, "Comrade Yang, what's going on?"

Yang Dalin replied hastily, "Deputy Captain Wu, this person is suspicious, and he has a gun. A shot was fired."

Yang Dalin was clearly terrified. Luckily, he was strong enough to knock the other man down and prevent him from escaping. However, the gun was already loaded. The moment he tackled the old man, the old man had reached into his pocket to pull out the loaded gun.

Unfortunately, he pulled the trigger during the struggle.

Instead, he hit his own arm.

Two police officers quickly came over and took the man away, while the other officer searched him thoroughly.

They also pulled out quite a few small items from the old man.

The old man was gagged and forced to leave with them.

The old man's house was also searched.

Yang Dalin was unaware that a considerable amount of money, food, and raw materials for making sleeping pills had been found in the old man's house.

Half an hour later, the group returned to the police station. After questioning, they learned that the old man was actually the leader of the group.

He was directing the man deepest in the alley to collude with people outside to abduct children.

After finding out what was going on outside the city, Deputy Captain Wu sent men to raid the human trafficking den outside the city.

By noon, all six children had been safely rescued, and the traffickers had not escaped.

However, the children abducted by this group still need to be interrogated before that.

After finishing his work, Deputy Captain Wu tightly grasped Yang Dalin's hand: "Comrade Yang, thank you so much. If it weren't for your alertness, the boss behind us might have run away. Who would have thought that this old man was their boss, and that he didn't even live with us, but just lived nearby."

I'll apply for an award certificate and bonus for you later.

Of course, Uncle Qi will also receive a reward.

"If you encounter any problems while working around the train station, just come to me, or any of the officers in our branch office."

In fact, Deputy Captain Wu really admired Yang Dalin. If this kid were a bit older and had a proper Beijing residency permit, he would have wanted to bring him to his unit.

He is brave and resourceful, a promising talent, but unfortunately he is still a refugee and does not have a registered residence.

New recruits at the station must either have completed police academy or be retired veterans with Beijing residency.

Although Deputy Captain Wu is capable of recruiting someone, he won't easily go to great lengths to help Yang Dalin complete all the procedures if it doesn't meet his principles or if they don't have a good relationship.

Yang Dalin could certainly see the appreciation in Director Wu's eyes.

Since the other party didn't say it explicitly, Yang Dalin wouldn't rush to ask for it.

Besides, if he really came here to work and earned a fixed salary, Yang Dalin was afraid he wouldn't have enough to eat.

If they didn't say anything, let's just pretend we didn't see it.

Besides, working here is too dangerous. In this day and age, enemy agents all have guns. If you don't have a system, and the situation gets heated, someone surnamed Xie might come to power and you could become an accomplice.

So it's not a good idea to actually join the public security department at this point, even though the railway authorities might not listen to what people there say.

Let's just forget about it and make a good connection.

From now on, I'll have some connections and influence around the train station area, so I doubt anyone will dare to bully me. That would be great.

During this period, Yang Dalin also met Xing Zhiguo, the political commissar of the branch bureau, and Yang Dalin gave him a suggestion.

This involved uniting the public security departments of various railway stations under the Ministry of Railways to form multiple plainclothes squads.

There are too many mixed people in this place, so the plainclothes police can better catch thieves, human traffickers, and all sorts of swindlers and criminals.

Alternatively, a professional anti-pickpocketing team could be established, treating the thieves or criminals caught as "teachers" and learning from them to better combat crime.

Political Commissar Xing Zhiguo and Deputy Captain Wu Tiejun treated Yang Dalin and Grandpa Qi to a proper meal in the canteen.

After the two leaders expressed their gratitude repeatedly, Yang Dalin and Grandpa Qi finally left.

After riding his flatbed cart out of the police station, Grandpa Qi recalled the scene of the child's mother expressing her gratitude. Overwhelmed with emotion, he said to Yang Dalin, "Dalin, if it weren't for you today, I really wouldn't have thought I could do something so important."

Before, I lived a muddled life, afraid to step forward when things happened, just barely surviving. Today, I feel so good to have saved so many children.

Want to have a drink with the old man tonight?

Yang Dalin nodded and readily agreed: "Okay, Uncle Qi, I'll buy the groceries tonight, and you buy the wine. We'll have a drink at your place."

"Haha, no need, I'll buy the food and drinks."

In the afternoon, Yang Dalin and Grandpa Qi went to work at the freight yard again.

Working until evening, Yang Dalin would first take the money to a nearby restaurant to fill his stomach, because he was afraid he wouldn't have enough to eat when he got home if he didn't eat near the train station.

Yang Dalin is severely lacking in oil and fat in his stomach. Although he doesn't have a huge appetite anymore, he still eats about ten or eight steamed buns per meal. If he doesn't eat at home, forget about it. A meal he makes at home is enough to feed his mother and daughter for a whole day.

Then I went to a public bathhouse, took a bath, and bought some side dishes to take home.

Of course, Grandpa Qi didn't let Yang Dalin pay for the dishes to go with the drinks today.

That evening, Yang Dalin still brought steamed buns home.

Unfortunately, Yang Dalin couldn't buy any meat, so he could only buy some refined grains for his family.

As soon as Yang Dalin returned to the courtyard house, he entered through the hanging flower gate and saw Yan Bugui looking dejected and listless.

The other party tried to avoid Yang Dalin when they saw him.

Yang Dalin, on the contrary, acted as if nothing had happened: "Oh, Teacher Yan."

Yan Bugui blushed with embarrassment. He wanted to speak, but he didn't know whether he wanted to apologize or felt that his family had given too much money, two hundred yuan.

I was so heartbroken I couldn't speak.

Yang Dalin was unaware that Yan Bugui's actions had already spread throughout the surrounding area throughout the day.

It immediately became the top news story in the area, overshadowing the earlier news of Qin Huairu being beaten.

This morning, Yan Bugui left the police station and went home to find out that he had spent two hundred yuan to plead for leniency. He didn't know if he had caught a cold from being in the station all night or if he was heartbroken.

Yan Bugui had been lying in bed all day, but as soon as he stepped out, he ran into Yang Dalin.

The other party cheated me out of 200 yuan, yet showed no remorse whatsoever, and even greeted me warmly.

Yan Bugui seemed to see the other person's mockery and disdain in that smiling face.

Yan Bugui snorted in frustration, clutched his chest, and turned to go home.