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

Besides, the things mentioned in Yang Dalin's note were all ill-gotten gains from the black market, actually taken from the Russians.

These are all part of our debt repayment.

Yang Dalin simply brought it over again.

He did not use the rice he had stolen from India.

Otherwise, you might easily expose yourself.

These rice and wheat flour are all domestically produced.

The black market was not looted.

As long as Lao Zhang and the others don't tell anyone.

The police won't know either.

Old Zhang and his gang can just quietly make their fortune.

Yang Dalin waited a while longer and saw that the teachers all agreed with Lao Zhang's opinion and started transporting supplies to the warehouse.

He had just left.

Yang Dalin rode his bicycle quickly, visiting all the orphanages and rescue stations in the other districts.

Today, Beijing consists of eight districts and nine counties.

It was almost dawn when Yang Dalin had finished running through all eight districts.

There's simply no time to visit all nine counties.

However, visiting only eight districts is fine. If the orphanages in these districts see that the orphanages in the counties are in poor condition, they certainly won't stand by and watch them die.

The directors of orphanages in other districts were similar to Lao Zhang.

None of them chose to call the police.

They all chose to get their hands on the items first and take a look before making any decisions.

Having finally obtained such a large quantity of supplies, and with all the children in the orphanage suffering from malnutrition and the teachers living in dire poverty, why bother reporting it to the police when it's ill-gotten gains?

The fact that these people were able to transport so much stuff so quietly must mean that it was brought here through infighting among a group of people in the black market.

If you call the police, won't they sell you out?

So don't call the police yet, just pretend you don't know anything.

Once it gets light, we'll inquire about the situation and see if any supplies have been lost.

As long as no supplies are lost elsewhere and the black market doesn't dare to make a fuss, then everything will be fine.

Yang Dalin saw that it was almost dawn when he finished working in the eight districts, so he hurried back.

As soon as Yang Dalin returned to the vicinity of the courtyard, he noticed that some of the older people, who slept less, had already woken up and started getting up.

Yang Dalin hid from them for a while before quietly returning home.

Yang Dalin crawled back into bed.

I took another nap.

After Ma San woke him up, they ate dinner at home before going to work together.

Once outside, Yang Dalin rode his bicycle with Yan Jie on the back, while Ma San continued to pedal his tricycle.

The three of them arrived at the freight station quickly.

Ma San and Yang Dalin went to the repair shop together again.

He continued to assist the car mechanic.

Yang Dalin and Ma San stayed until almost time for work, then went to the team's office.

We then warmly offered each other cigarettes and chatted.

Yang Dalin was waiting to go out in the car with Brother Tian later.

As a result, Yang Dalin was summoned to Qi Desheng's office again.

After Qi Desheng waited for him to come in, he said, "Regarding the donation you promised last time, Minister Teng called me personally yesterday. A few leaders from the city's Civil Affairs Bureau and our ministry's trade union will be coming over in a bit."

Originally, leaders from the Propaganda Department were also supposed to come, but the minister stopped them, saying that it was enough for just a few people to know about it.

It must not be publicized widely; you must keep it a secret.

So you'll be coming with me to meet some leaders in a bit.

Then you can just donate it secretly.

We'll hold a simple ceremony for you.

Yang Dalin was delighted to hear this.

It's better if the propaganda department doesn't send people.

He never intended for this matter to become public knowledge.

"Okay, no problem, I'll listen to you, Sheng-ge."

"Yes, also, Director Hou called you back yesterday. When he heard you weren't there, he said he would call back around 10 a.m. today."

I'll leave you here to wait.

After you finish the formalities, you don't need to go to work. Just stay in my office for the morning.

I told your mentor not to wait for you this morning.

You probably won't be able to drive this morning.

"Okay, I understand, Brother Sheng."

Before the leader arrived, Yang Dalin picked up a newspaper from Qi Desheng's room and started reading it.

He drank tea while reading the newspaper.

That posture is comfortable.

Qi Desheng looked left and right and still didn't like it, saying, "Damn it, I think you're more suited to sitting in an office than I am."

"And you say he's suited to be a leader?"

"Hey, Sheng-ge, let me sit for a while, even half a day is fine, but as for sitting for a long time, forget it."

I can't sit here.

I still prefer driving outside.

The two chatted frivolously for a while.

Qi Desheng's phone suddenly rang.

Qi Desheng picked up the receiver: "Okay, sure, got it."

Then he hung up the phone and said, "Let's go downstairs to meet them, the leaders are here."

After saying that, Qi Desheng was the first to leave the office.

Yang Dalin put down his newspaper and followed behind Qi Desheng.

Qi Desheng knocked on the door of the large office next door again.

Soon, several people followed and went downstairs.

Not long after I went downstairs, two jeeps arrived in front of the office building, one after the other.

Qi Desheng stepped forward, opened the door, and welcomed the leaders out of the car.

Two middle-aged men got out of each jeep.

Hearing Qi Desheng's shout, Yang Dalin understood that the two middle-aged men who got out of the first car were two leaders from the city's Civil Affairs Bureau.

The leaders of the ministry's labor union got out of the jeep behind them.

The group went upstairs and into Qi Desheng's office.

Qi Desheng instructed his secretary, Xiao Li, to make tea for everyone.

Xiao Li then wisely left.

After Qi Desheng waited for Xiao Li to go out and close the door, he did so.

Yang Dalin was introduced to several leaders.

And explained the situation.

Yang Dalin, an employee of this station, accidentally obtained 37,251 yuan.

He kept 1,251 yuan for himself to pay off his personal loans and improve his family's life.

The remaining 36,000 yuan will be donated in half to the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, so that the bureau can help orphanages, shelters, families of military personnel in need, children of martyrs, and elderly people living alone in the streets.

Half of the donation was given to the Ministry of Railways' trade union organization, which was also used to help the families of colleagues in need in Beijing, as well as the children of martyrs.

The leaders were wise enough not to inquire about where the money came from.

They're just here to collect the money, take it back, and make good use of it.

They were just going through the motions.

However, the leaders still thanked him and praised Yang Dalin.

The leaders of the Civil Affairs Bureau were not familiar with Yang Dalin.

The leaders of the trade union organization in the ministry still knew a little about Yang Dalin.

This is a typical example of someone who has been commended multiple times within the ministry.

He had heard about it to some extent.

But I gave Yang Dalin a good compliment.

After Qi Desheng finished explaining the situation, he asked Xiao Li to call the people from the finance department.

This colleague from the finance department came in carrying a large bag.

This person must have been instructed by Station Chief Qi beforehand.

After he came in, he first greeted several leaders.

He took out dozens of bundles of money from that big bag.

Unfortunately, the largest denomination now is the "Big Black Ten," which is the largest denomination of ten yuan.

One thousand is one stack, so more than thirty thousand would be more than thirty stacks.

The money must first be given to Yang Dalin, who will then count it and sign it.

This proves that he received the money.

Then they had to count out two more 18,000s and give them to the two leaders respectively.

Both leaders counted the money in person and gave him receipts.

They promised to send a detailed explanation of how the money was used and where it went.

Yang Dalin donated money and has the right to know where that money went.

Several leaders counted all the money, and then asked him to count his own change of over a thousand.

Several people then signed another donation certificate as a witness.

The leaders put the money into their bags and left first.

Qi Desheng wanted to invite a few leaders to stay for a meal, but unfortunately, they were all too busy.

Especially towards the end of the year.