Siheyuan, my new life

After hearing Fang Dahu's words, the neighbors in the meeting hall of the Central Court thought carefully about what Yi Zhonghai had done over the years. Apart from helping the Jia family and saying some specious-sounding principles all day long, he really didn't make any contribution to everyone. Many people looked at He Daqing standing on the steps, only to see He Daqing slowly raise his right hand, and everyone at the scene immediately raised their hands.

The young man in charge of counting the votes announced directly after the experience just now: "Among all the residents of Courtyard No. 95, only Yi Zhonghai's family, Jia Dongxu's family, and Yan Bugui's family did not raise their hands. More than half of the people are in favor of removing Yi Zhonghai as the steward. The proposal is passed."

Yi Zhonghai's face was distorted and he was gasping for breath. Everything in front of him was completely beyond his imagination. Although he knew before that there would be people in Courtyard No. 95 who would have opinions and views on him, he still felt that with his prestige, most people would respect him as the manager. But tonight, when he witnessed those raised arms with his own eyes, Yi Zhonghai realized that all those things before were just his illusions. He was dizzy from being called "big boss".

Yi Zhonghai, who was unwilling to give up, had eyes that seemed to spit out flames. He glared at He Daqing who was standing on the steps fiercely and roared: "You are a bunch of ungrateful things. You will regret it later." After roaring, he picked up the big teapot and wanted to leave this sad place that made him lose face.

He Daqing sneered and said, "Yi Zhonghai, don't be in a hurry to leave. I am officially informing you now that from today onwards the old lady in the backyard no longer needs you and your wife to take care of her. Please take out the old lady's food book, food coupons, food and other bills now."

Yi Zhonghai stared at He Daqing with a fierce look on his face and sneered, "Don't think that you are the deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill canteen, but the agreement between my husband and me to take care of the old lady was signed under the witness of the street office. What qualifications do you have to terminate the agreement on behalf of the old lady?"

He Daqing said disdainfully: "In order to avoid being cheated by you in the future, the old lady has just entrusted me to formally inform you that you two should not go to the backyard to disturb the old lady in the future. In addition, since you are uneducated, you can ask Yan Bugui, who is in cahoots with you, to look at the agreement. It only proves that the old lady gave her grain book and receipts to you and your wife, and you will take care of the old lady's food, clothing and daily life. The old lady will give your wife five yuan a month as a reward." He Daqing took out a piece of paper from his clothes pocket and waved to the young man who was counting the number of people just now: "Guoqing, Jianjun, you are both high school students, come and take a look at this agreement and read it to everyone, so that no one will say anything behind your back."

The young man named Guoqing ran over cheerfully and took the paper from He Daqing's hand. He was very excited to be able to stand out at the whole hospital meeting tonight. He first took a general look under the light, and then said loudly: "What Director He said just now is right. This is a care agreement signed by Yi Zhonghai and his wife and the deaf old lady. There is also an official seal of the street office and the signature of the witness on the back. The content is that Yi Zhonghai and his wife will take care of the food and clothing of the deaf old lady. The deaf old lady will give her grain book receipts to Yi Zhonghai and his wife, and they will buy grain, vegetables and meat on her behalf. The expenses will be paid by the old lady. In addition, the old lady will give Yi Zhonghai five yuan as a reward every month. The staff of the street office will check from time to time. At the same time, it is clearly written that the old lady has the right to terminate the agreement at any time."

After Guoqing finished reading it, he handed the agreement to Jianjun who was standing next to him. Jianjun took it, looked at it and said loudly: "The content of this agreement is exactly the same as what Guoqing just read. Anyone who doesn't believe it can come and take a look for themselves."

After hearing what the two young men said, Yi Zhonghai turned around and walked towards the door without saying a word, while other neighbors started to talk about it. A middle-aged woman cursed: "Yi Zhonghai and his wife are so shameless. They always say that they pay for and take care of the deaf old lady in the backyard, but it turns out that the old lady pays for it herself, and they just help with cooking and pay five yuan a month. The couple is so heartless. If the old lady hadn't taken them in out of kindness, they would have starved to death. Now they are charging money for taking care of the old lady."

Others also criticized him one after another. The reputation of Yi Zhonghai and his wife was completely ruined. It was all his fault. Usually, everyone in the neighborhood knew about the couple's financial and physical efforts in taking care of the elderly. Now that everyone knew the truth, it further confirmed that Yi Zhonghai was a hypocrite.

He Daqing saw Liu Haizhong's wife and children standing alone in the corner with a lonely look on their faces, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, so he said: "Liu Haizhong's family, I'd like to take this opportunity to say a few more words today. In fact, you should calm down and think carefully. When did Lao Liu become like this? Ever since he became the second uncle in charge, especially after Yi Zhonghai proposed that the courtyard's affairs be resolved in the courtyard, the three uncles in charge thought they had control over the discourse power of Courtyard No. 95, and they began to speak and act recklessly, completely forgetting their true identities, forgetting that this is a society ruled by law, a new society led by the Party and the country, and always thinking about having the final say in the courtyard, but never thought that they have violated national laws. Even if there were no incidents a few days ago, other things would have happened in the future." At this point, He Daqing looked at the people in the meeting room of the Intermediate Courtyard and said loudly: " Everyone must remember that this is a new society, a new Dragon Country where we are the masters of our own home. Don’t listen to some fallacies and heresies. If you have any problems, go directly to the street office and the police station. These government departments are places to serve us ordinary people. If you find petty thefts again, just send them to the police station for processing. Let me tell you, according to the current legal provisions, as long as the cumulative amount exceeds a certain amount, even the usual petty thefts will be severely punished. There was a street thief in Tianshui Hutong who was sentenced to two years of labor reform by the court for stealing an old hen that laid eggs from his neighbor’s house. Some people in our No. 95 courtyard used to rely on someone to support them behind the scenes and acted recklessly in the courtyard. If you find her stealing things in the future, everyone will report it to the public security directly. At that time, let the public security personnel count what she has stolen over the years. It is estimated that she will be in prison for ten or eight years.”

After hearing what He Daqing said, Jia Zhang, who was standing at the door of her house watching the fun, immediately ran back home as fast as a frightened rabbit and slammed the door shut. The residents of the courtyard who saw this scene all burst into laughter.