The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"I'll pay you two hundred dollars."

The voice resounded through the central courtyard like thunder, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound, eager to know who had made the bid.

Everyone was surprised when they saw him. They didn't expect it to be Old Chen. The Chen family had little presence in the courtyard. If the Chen family hadn't come out for a stroll during the last donation meeting, perhaps few people in the middle and back yards would have recognized him.

"This is the Chen family's, right?"

Some people were confused and couldn't help asking the people around them.

"Yes, it's Lao Chen, but how could his family have so much money?"

The person who answered was puzzled.

"Chen family, don't shout and disrupt the order."

Liu Haizhong stood up and looked at Lao Chen and said seriously.

"That's right, Lao Chen, you must have drunk too much. If you are tired, go back and rest first."

Yan Bugui, who lived in the front yard, was relatively familiar with the Chen family. He immediately thought that Old Chen had drunk too much and kindly asked him to go and rest first.

After hearing this, Lao Chen shook his head and walked to the center of the crowd and said.

"I am serious."

Looking at the three old men with a spirited gaze, Lao Chen's tone was unusually calm, so calm that everyone felt like he was a different person.

"No, where did you get the money? We even needed donations before."

Before everyone could react, Aunt Li got furious. She rushed to Lao Chen, grabbed his collar and yelled at him.

Yes, everyone has realized this, especially those who had donated money to Lao Chen before, their eyes were full of strangeness. Of course, Yi Zhonghai and his companions were no exception. Everyone knew that the person was chosen by the three of them, and now that something like this has been revealed, it would be difficult for the three of them to prove themselves.

"No, look at what I do."

Before Liu Haizhong could react, he suddenly noticed that everyone was looking at him strangely, so he asked back.

The smile on Yi Zhonghai's face next to him also disappeared. He didn't expect something like this to happen today, and his face immediately turned dark.

"Old Chen, where did you get the money? You have to explain this matter clearly."

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he also said to everyone.

"Everyone, trust me. There was no problem with the previous donations. You are all familiar with the circumstances of these households. No one cheated."

"Yes, yes, yes. Everyone should trust their own eyes. You can't deceive people by whether it's true or not."

Yan Bugui also hurried to explain.

"Three uncles, this is hard for us to believe."

Aunt Li, who was pulling Old Chen's collar, sneered. She didn't trust those people from the bottom of her heart, especially the elderly people living in the courtyard, who basically didn't trust Yi Zhonghai.

Except for Liu Minghui and his wife, all the neighbors in the yard had an understanding expression, as if they had discovered their secret.

Even the second aunt stood away from the bangs to show that she was unaware of it.

All I can say is that except Liu Haizhong who hadn't yet realized what was going on, everyone else at the scene understood what was going on.

"I said, can you let me go?"

Old Chen was caught so hard that he couldn't breathe, but because Aunt Li was a woman, he was too embarrassed to fight back and could only warn her out loud.

After hearing this, Aunt Li loosened her grip on the collar.

"Hmph, I'd like to see you say that."

Everyone was waiting for Lao Chen's answer, wanting to see if it was due to Yi Zhonghai and the others.

"I don't have any money right now."

Before Old Chen could finish his words, Aunt Li spoke up immediately.

"What, you have no money, then why did you speak up?"

Aunt Li said this with a gloomy look on her face, and even Yi Zhonghai and the others breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this must be a misunderstanding.

"Old Chen, are you having so much fun? What do you think of us?"

Immediately, Yi Zhonghai slammed the table and yelled at Lao Chen angrily, as if he wanted to vent all the anger in his heart on him.

"You are just trying to attract attention. What can I say to you, Old Chen?"

Yan Bugui also shook his head and sighed, as if he was very disappointed in him.

"I don't have money now, but that doesn't mean I won't have it later. Section Chief Liu has already promised me that he can lend me the money first and I can just pay it back later."

Lao Chen said helplessly that just because he spoke a little slower, he was almost torn apart by life, and he was also very helpless.

"Ah, really."

Everyone's eyes were focused on Liu Minghui. When they saw him nod, they all showed envious expressions. Old Chen had finally found a powerful figure. Everyone in the compound knew that Liu Minghui's family was wealthy. There were three of them in the family, and two of them had jobs. How could he not have money?

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath. The final result was still good. At least no one looked at him strangely anymore.

"Now that the matter has been brought to light, let's proceed. The Chen family will offer 200 yuan. Is there anyone who can offer more?"

After the words fell, no one responded. Even Aunt Li, who was determined to win at the beginning, fell silent. Two hundred yuan was the limit of everyone's bid. No more could be offered, so Aunt Li had to give up.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai knew that the matter was settled, so he announced directly: "Well, then this job will belong to the Chen family, and the two hundred yuan will be divided equally among everyone, of course, except for the Chen family."

Everyone nodded and had no objection to what Yi Zhonghai said, including Old Chen. After all, he was happy to have bought a job at a low price.

Afterwards, Liu Minghui took out two hundred yuan and gave it to Lao Chen. He also promptly wrote an IOU, signed it, put his fingerprints on it, and gave it to Liu Minghui.

"Thank you, Chief Liu."

Putting away the IOU, Liu Minghui waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. Just remember to pay it back on time."

Afterwards Yan Bugui distributed the money to everyone. Each family received 11.11 yuan, and the remaining 2 cents went to Yan Bugui. No one cared. After all, they got 11 yuan for free, and everyone was happy, except Aunt Li's family.

The next day, Yi Zhonghai took Lao Chen to the street office and went to the steel rolling mill to start work with a letter of introduction. It was not clear what specific job he would do.

"Why, my second brother is in the hospital."

At this time, Liu Minghui, who was at work, suddenly received a call from the hospital.

"Yes, come and have a look."

There was a boy on the other end of the phone, probably a doctor from the hospital.

"Okay, I'll go over now."

I hung up the phone, picked up my car keys and went out.

"Wang Wen, I'm going to the hospital. Please take care of the work."

In the large office, Wang Wen was looking at documents when he was suddenly startled by Liu Minghui.

"Chief, what happened? Do you need my help?"

Wang Wen saw that he was very anxious, so he asked.

"I don't know. Something happened to my second brother. The hospital just called me and I have to go check it out."

After a brief talk, Liu Minghui rushed out of the purchasing department.

"Second brother, isn't that Da Zhuang? I have to go over and take a look later."

Wang Wen thought about it carefully and said to himself, if the purchasing department could not be empty, he would have wanted to go there now. After all, he had a good relationship with Liu Dazhuang.