The life of a villain in a courtyard

"Old man, have you heard that the three masters in our hospital are going to be re-elected?"

"Of course I know. The street office sent someone to inform us a few days ago."

Liu Hai took a sip of wine happily. The uncle he had been eyeing for so many years was waving at him. He had asked the eldest brother to find his two younger brothers. He wanted to run for the title of uncle and let them help him.

At the home of the third uncle in the front yard, the third uncle specially asked the third aunt to make a few more steamed buns. In the past, everyone could only get two steamed buns, a bowl of clear porridge with the bottom visible, plus a few homemade pickled radishes, and a few dried fish during festivals. Today, everyone got three steamed buns. The children of the Yan family felt flattered. They didn't know what stimulated the third uncle.

"I have an announcement."

After everyone finished their meal, Yan Fugui called everyone over.

"I plan to run for the new Siheyuan Manager."

"Old man, you have been a steward before, but it's a thankless job. In my opinion, our family should not get involved."

"The reason why you think being a master in the courtyard is a thankless job is because I am not a master! We all know what kind of situation Old Yi is in our courtyard, and what he says is final! If I can become a master, then our family can take advantage of it legitimately in the future, and no one dares to refuse me.

Besides, as an uncle, I can get 12 yuan salary from the street office every year, which means an extra yuan income per month on average! One yuan is enough for my family to have a meat meal.

Every year during the Chinese New Year, I write the couplets and the word "Fu" for every household in our courtyard. If I weren't an uncle, why do you think they would come to me to buy them?

Several of my children still don’t have jobs. They can only do odd jobs at the gate of the street office to earn some money. Even so, they often can’t get jobs. If I could become an uncle and go to the street office to use my connections, it would be easier for my children to get jobs.”

The third aunt nodded: "Old man, you are right, I support you."

Yan Jiefang's eyes lit up as he listened to the various benefits.

"Dad, if you become a great master, can you buy two pounds of meat and bring it back for us to have a good meal?"

"Go, go, go buy some meat. I think I should buy some cloth. I've been wearing this set of clothes for five or six years. Now they're too short to wear anymore."

Yan Jiedi is fourteen years old this year and is at the age when she loves beauty.

"Why do you want new clothes? Just ask mom to find you a piece of cloth of similar color and sew it. I think we should buy some meat. We haven't eaten meat in a long time. I don't even have the energy to work now."

"Alright, alright, we haven't even started talking yet and you guys are already arguing."

The same thing happened in the second uncle's house. Liu Haizhong asked his sons to go to the yard and find those families who they played well with, and wait for the election to cast all their votes for him.

"Dad, who would vote for you if you don't have any real money?"

"what do you mean?"

"Dad, give me some money. I'll treat them to a good meal outside. People will be grateful if you give them something good. Only if you give them something good will they be willing to choose you."

Liu Haizhong thought about it and felt that it made sense. He couldn't go to someone for help empty-handed, so he gave Liu Guangqi five dollars and asked him to treat his friends to a meal.

Seeing this, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian looked at Liu Haizhong.

"What are you looking at? You two should go out and canvass for votes for me! If I don't get elected, I'll skin you both alive!"

Then several families began to lobby around the compound, hoping that they could cast this vote for their family.

The second aunt and the third aunt went to find those people they usually chatted with and started to persuade them to vote for their old man.

The third aunt's main activity area is in the front yard, which is the old power base of the third uncle. In the past, if there was any problem in the front yard, they would first ask the third uncle to solve it. If the third uncle couldn't solve it, they would then ask the first uncle.

In order to win over these people, Uncle San spent a lot of money. Ninety-nine percent of the children in the compound who are currently attending school go to the Red Star Primary School, which is the closest to the courtyard, and Uncle San happens to be a Chinese teacher at the Red Star Primary School. Uncle San said that as long as they are willing to vote for him, he would be willing to take out an hour after get off work every day to tutor these students in Chinese.

Most of the parents in the compound have not been to school much. Although they attach importance to their children's studies, they don't know where to start. Now with the third uncle, they can send their children to his house and ask him to help take care of them, so these people happily promised to cast all their votes for the third uncle.

It is unclear how much of these words are true, but the smiles on the faces of the three aunts are genuine.

The second aunt promised those people that as long as they were willing to cast their votes for the second uncle, she would accept their children as apprentices when they entered the factory!

There is a big difference between having a good master and not having a good master in a factory. If the master is serious and responsible, the apprentice can be promoted to the next level in one year. If the master is not good, the apprentice can only be promoted to the next level in three or four years.

Almost all the workers in the yard who worked in the steel rolling mill had been to Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong's homes, hoping that they would accept them as apprentices, but the two had never agreed. Now that the second uncle was willing to accept an apprentice, everyone naturally had their plans and were just waiting for Yi Zhonghai to present his conditions.

"Brother Su."

Xu Damao came to Su Yun's house with a few strings of mushrooms in his hand. There were four families in the backyard, namely the deaf old lady, Liu Haizhong's family, Xu Damao's family and Su Yun. The deaf old lady was in the hospital, and even if she was not in the hospital, she would only vote for her "godson" Yi Zhonghai. As for not being scolded out when he came to their house, he considered himself lucky.

"Brother Damao? Why are you here?"

"Aren't we going to re-elect the master in our compound? Brother Su also has a vote. I hope you can vote for me."

"Brother Damao, you are joking. A few days ago, Master said that I am not considered a member of the compound. Will I not participate in the affairs of the compound in the future?"

"Brother, you are joking. Yi Zhonghai may not be well-informed, but I know that you have already been the second-level purchaser of our factory."

Even though he has been lying at home for more than a month, he is well-informed.

"It's useless even if I'm a second-level purchaser. I've already said in front of everyone in the hospital that I won't be involved in the hospital's affairs in the future. You should find someone else."

"You don't know what's good for you. I came to you and you looked up to me!"

After coming out, Xu Damao spat at Su Yun's family and turned to canvass for votes at other families.

Yi Zhonghai was originally sitting back at home, but as several families went around, he became more and more guilty, so he simply went out to canvass for votes.

"Huairu."

"Uncle, you don't have to tell me. I understand everything. I will definitely vote for you."

Although she was tempted by the promises of the other families, she would definitely choose Yi Zhonghai, because only Yi Zhonghai would help their family again and again, and she could still distinguish between a full meal and every meal.