Siheyuan: Pioneer in anti-corruption, fighting against evil!

Mei Ting was in a dilemma. She could let Li Ming cook, but she couldn't find a suitable person. Although she wanted to teach the director a lesson, it would be worse to cause trouble in front of the director. Not letting Li Ming cook meant that he couldn't bring leftovers home, affecting his family's diet. After thinking it over, Mei Ting decided to let go of this idea for the time being. The most important thing now was to get back the salary that was deducted.

"Okay, Li Ming, thank you for listening to me. I feel much better now. I'm going back to the workshop to work. You can go back and continue cooking!"

Although Li Ming listened to Mei Ting's words, he still felt resentful. He thought Mei Ting was trying to maintain the relationship between colleagues and didn't want to make things awkward. But it didn't matter. He would not let go of the people who bullied Mei Ting. Not a single one of them would be spared.

### Crisis Reappears ###

At noon, Li Ming, according to his previous records, beat the spoons for all those who had bullied Mei Ting. As long as Mei Ting mentioned a name, Li Ming did not let it go.

Zhang Wei knew that Li Ming was deliberately targeting him, so he simply decided not to go to the cafeteria to eat to avoid trouble.

Mei Ting looked around outside the cafeteria line, but couldn't find a single target. "Damn Zhang Wei, where on earth did he go?"

Helpless, Mei Ting had to reluctantly join the team and queue up.

"Li Ming, give me a dish and two steamed buns." Mei Ting said.

Li Ming recognized Mei Ting at a glance and immediately responded, "Sister Mei, you're here." As he spoke, he quickly filled Mei Ting's lunch box with vegetables, twice as much as others. He wanted to add a few more steamed buns, but was stopped by Liu Lan.

"Li Ming, do you have any money or meal tickets on you? If not, you can't just give steamed buns to Mei Ting." Liu Lan reminded.

Li Ming understood the reason, and although he was reluctant, he did not dare to violate the rules. Finally, Mei Ting reluctantly took out the money, handed it to Liu Lan, and left.

Seeing Mei Ting finished cooking, Li Ming lost interest and handed the work to Fatty, and went back to the kitchen. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he even started to get angry with Liu Lan.

Wang Kun arrived late and didn't see this scene. He was waiting in line for Liu Lan's meal. "One dish and two steamed buns."

Liu Lan recognized Wang Kun at a glance and said with a smile: "Hello, Chief Wang, I am Liu Lan from the cafeteria."

"Liu Lan, hello." Wang Kun was a little confused as to why Liu Lan was so friendly to him. It turned out that Deputy Director Li gave a piece of meat to Liu Lan, and Liu Lan wanted to please Wang Kun.

Wang Kun felt lucky that he had not met Li Ming. He was not sure whether Li Ming would flip the spoon for him, and he doubted whether he could endure it. He did not want to frequently get involved with people like Li Ming. Rather than constantly clashing with them, it was better to avoid them as much as possible. If it really got out of hand, he would not be able to clear it up.

On the other side, Zhou Yan slept until eleven o'clock before slowly getting up. When she went out, she saw several aunts chatting at the door. They were all surprised to see her coming out of Wang Kun's house.

"Zhou Yan, why are you at Wang Kun's house?"

Zhou Yan had anticipated this situation and was not worried. "Yesterday, Zhang Wei and Wang Kun discussed that the two families would have dinner together. I had dinner at Wang Kun's house in the morning, and then I slept in his bed because I was a little tired."

"Why does your family eat with them?" the aunts asked curiously.

"Because Zhang Wei was afraid of Li Ming, he decided to have dinner at Wang Kun's house," Zhou Yan explained.

Everyone understood what Zhang Wei meant. It turned out that Zhang Wei wanted to find Wang Kun as a backer. Since Zhang Wei knew about it and there was no one at Wang Kun's house, everyone had nothing to doubt.

At this moment, Yang Donghai suddenly appeared at the gate of the courtyard, and everyone was scared.

"Brother Yang, why are you back?"

Yang Donghai responded with a dark face, and walked into the yard with his hands behind his back. He wanted to go in quietly, but found that the front yard had already started preparing to cook, and many people were still chatting. In order to avoid more people's eyes, he had to bite the bullet and go in.

Lou Xiao'e returned to the house and was delighted to see the dishes on the table. The eggs Wang Kun had left behind were fried deliciously, and she steamed a few buns to easily solve her lunch.

Lou Xiao'e also knew that she shouldn't stay at Wang Kun's house all the time, so she took some of her belongings and left. When she got home, she sat on the sofa, enjoying the quiet time and eating the fruit she bought.

On the other side, Yi Zhonghan walked into the central courtyard and looked in the direction of Qin Huairu's home. Remembering that she might still be at work, he had to return to his home.

The deaf grandmother was also waiting for Lou Xiao'e, but she never came. She was very anxious. She had no choice but to go to Yi Zhonghan's house, hoping to get some news. After waiting for a whole morning at Yi's house, she finally saw Yi Zhonghan coming back, and she felt relieved.

"Zhonghan, you have suffered." The deaf grandmother said with concern.

"Grandma, I..." Yi Zhonghan looked aggrieved and helpless.

"Forget it, forget it. I know you feel wronged. This is a lesson for you. Don't provoke Wang Kun easily again. Cuiyun, go make something delicious for Zhonghan. I see he hasn't been doing well these days." The deaf old lady sighed and continued.

The aunt responded and began to prepare the meal quickly: "I'll start cooking right away. Lao Yi, you sit down and rest for a while."

The deaf grandmother pointed to the chair next to her and said, "Come over here, sit next to me. Let me take a good look at you."

Yi Zhonghan obediently sat beside the deaf grandmother, leaned on her shoulder, and told her about his experience. The deaf grandmother also confided her recent situation. After listening, Yi Zhonghan felt even more depressed. It turned out that the development of the matter was much more serious than he had imagined. Even the oldest deaf grandmother in the courtyard was not respected, which showed that the atmosphere in the courtyard was very unhealthy.

### Are there more meetings to be held?

Yi Zhonghan is not a particularly enthusiastic person. He has two main motivations for everything he does: fame and old-age care, of which he attaches particular importance to. In order to ensure that old-age care is guaranteed, he has resorted to various means to control the courtyard and persuade everyone to live like a family.

After more than ten years of hard work, his goal was basically achieved. The uncooperative elements in the hospital had long been squeezed out. The only regret was that Qin Huairu did not marry Shada. After she got married, his retirement plan would be more perfect.

However, what Yi Zhonghan never expected was that Wang Kun suddenly appeared and ruined his overall plan. He thought that as long as there were three days, and the deaf grandmother was in charge in the yard, everything would be fine. Who knew that something went wrong, and it was the deaf grandmother's fault.

"Old lady, I went to Director Yang's office before." Yi Zhonghan said.

Hearing this, the deaf grandmother immediately became excited. She felt that Yi Zhonghan was a senior employee in the factory, an eighth-level worker, and Yang Wanqing should not treat him like this anyway.

"What did Director Yang say?" she asked anxiously.

Yi Zhonghan said with resentment: "He told me not to provoke Wang Kun again."

The deaf grandmother showed a look of disappointment on her face. It was obvious that the factory did not support Yi Zhonghan's approach. If the people in the courtyard knew about this, the consequences would be disastrous.

"How can this be? You have worked in the steel mill for so many years. Even if you have not won any merit, you have worked hard. If Director Yang treats you like this, how will other people in the factory view him?"

No one answered the deaf grandmother's question. In fact, ordinary people are rarely willing to confront their leaders. No one can help with the factory's affairs. The most important thing now is the situation in the yard. We can't let this unfilial behavior continue.

"Zhonghan, let's hold a meeting of the entire institute tonight and talk it over with everyone. We can't let this situation continue to be chaotic."

Yi Zhonghan was somewhat reluctant, thinking it was embarrassing. He was no longer the dean, and if he held a meeting of the entire academy in his current capacity, not many people would buy in.

"Old lady, I'm not the dean anymore, who will listen to me?"

The deaf grandmother gritted her teeth and said firmly: "It's in my name. If anyone dares not to come, I will not be polite and will smash all his windows."

Yi Zhonghan thought about it, and although he was reluctant, he still agreed to the deaf grandmother's suggestion. But he still had a concern, which was how to prevent Wang Kun from making trouble.

"Madam, will Wang Kun be allowed to participate?"

The deaf grandmother thought for a moment and said, "Isn't he against holding a meeting of the whole hospital? Then don't invite him. Without him, the atmosphere in our hospital will be better. Zhonghan, he doesn't want to be friends with us, and we won't force him. When he gets into trouble, we'll see what he does."

This is their common method of dealing with people they don't like, and it has always been effective. Even a senior figure like Xu Damao had to compromise with Director Liu in the end to solve the problem.

"Okay, old lady, I'll do as you say. I'll discuss it with Uncle Liu and Uncle Yan after they get off work."

The deaf grandmother sat in the hall of Yi Zhonghan's home

### Different style adaptation

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Seeing Jiang Hai remain silent, the old hard-of-hearing lady showed a hint of joy in her eyes and eyebrows: "Xiaojuan, if you have nowhere to go for lunch in the future, just come to me and ask Auntie to give you an extra spoonful of rice."

Aunt Jiang's eyes darkened when she heard this, but she didn't respond. The impatience in her eyes could no longer be concealed. Taking care of Jiang Hai and the old hard-of-hearing wife every day was already a hassle for her, and now she was asked to take care of Liu Xiaojuan. How could she do this?

You know, Liu Xiaojuan is Lao Xu's woman, why should she take care of Lao Xu?

Liu Xiaojuan quickly declined, "Madam, it's really not necessary. I have discussed with Lao Wang that from now on, our two families will eat together. I will go to his house for lunch and eat leftovers. It's not easy for Aunt Jiang to take care of you, how can I trouble her more?"

The news that the Wang family was moving in together was no longer a secret in the courtyard. In order to avoid further harassment from the old hard-of-hearing lady, she simply told them the truth.

However, Liu Xiaojuan seemed to underestimate the old lady's persistence.

"Xiaojuan, why don't you believe me? Wang Kun and Lao Xu are not good people. They will suffer sooner or later!" She said anxiously, as if she firmly believed that what she said was true.

Jiang Hai frowned when he heard the news that Lao Xu and Lao Wang were colluding. Dealing with one person alone was already a headache, and now the two of them were forming a gang, which made him even more helpless.

"Liu Xiaojuan, you and your wife often dine with Lao Wang. Aren't you afraid of being plotted against? Lao Wang is not reliable. He hangs out with Lao Xu all day long. His methods are very vicious. When Lao Xu returns to the factory, you can persuade him not to be harmed by Lao Wang."

Liu Xiaojuan said innocently, "I can't influence this matter. Lao Xu never asked for my opinion. When he got off work, he went straight to Lao Wang's house to drink and have fun. I had no choice but to follow him to avoid being hungry."