Siheyuan Shangpeng

"Third, it is forbidden for the compound to donate money and grain privately. If a family can't make ends meet and the compound wants to help, they have to apply to the street office, and this can only be done under the supervision of the street office staff.

Why do we emphasize these three points? Because we found that the system of uncles in the courtyards of the old city is a bit distorted. The street office assigns mediators to each courtyard, and I don't know when they started to call them uncles and aunts.

But everyone has accepted this name after so long, so our street office will not correct it.

But just two days before I took office, the manager of a courtyard house in the north of the city used the excuse of a poor household to force everyone in the courtyard to donate money and grain. They said, "You should give the money back to the family after you donate." But the three uncles didn't do that. Instead, they divided the donations from the entire courtyard among them. Finally, when the poor household ran out of food, no one in the courtyard believed that the three uncles didn't give them anything, and no one lent them grain. As a result, the poor household starved to death at home, and their bodies were discovered only after they had rotted. But the three uncles didn't allow them to report the case, and they exploited the family to the point of making it extinct.

If the family's youngest son, who was a soldier, had not come back and discovered the matter, the three uncles would have been able to get away with it. This morning, a document was issued from above, requiring all street offices to thoroughly investigate whether the uncles in charge had covered up any issues, made private donations, etc.

I would like to tell everyone in our hospital that what happened in the past is in the past. If similar incidents occur in the future, please notify me in time.

Oh, there is one last thing. Tomorrow morning there will be the sound of cannon fire. Don't panic. The army is testing the cannon. Okay, that's all. Director Wu, do you have anything else to add?"

Director Wang looked in the direction of Wu Li, only to see Wu Li shaking his head. Director Wang then said to everyone: "Okay, I'll take my leave now. I have to go to the next yard. Everyone must remember what I said just now." After that, he left with the two street office officials and Wu Li.

Director Wang also knew about the intrigues in this yard. She had originally come to this yard to talk about it. Other yards were relatively better, but she had to come to this yard in person. It was because the previous director Wang of the street office failed in this yard, and his whole family went to reclaim the black soil. As the successor, Director Wang, she had to keep this yard under control.

After Director Wang left, Shang Peng looked jokingly at the three uncles sitting behind the table. Yan Fugui had an indifferent expression. Now Yan Fugui has let it go. He just needs to take care of his own family. The rest is to unite the front yard. With the merchants around, he doesn't have to worry about anything.

Liu Haizhong still didn't understand what was going on. He was still confused. He was probably thinking about what to say to show off his power. Liu Haizhong didn't know that he almost followed the previous director of the subdistrict office, Wang, to open up the black soil. In the end, they found that he was just an ignorant person, so they let him go. However, he will never be an official in his life. It is estimated that his rank will be set at level six, um! The same as Yi Zhonghai.

As for Yi Zhonghai, his complexion looked better. Director Wang said earlier that his complexion kept changing, sometimes white, sometimes blue, and sometimes black. It was much more beautiful than the face-changing in Sichuan Opera. In the end, he found that the new Director Wang did not mention his name, and he was relieved.

Liu Haizhong just realized what was happening when Director Wang walked out of the yard. He stood up and was about to see Director Wang off, still thinking about whether he could get a promotion by building a relationship with him. But he found that Director Wang had already left. He turned around and wanted to show off his authority and talk to everyone.

At this time Yi Zhonghai stood up and said to everyone: "Okay, Director Wang has finished the notification. Everyone go back and understand Director Wang's speech. The meeting is adjourned!" After that, he took his big teacup and went home.

When everyone saw that Yi Zhonghai had left, they went home in twos and threes, leaving Liu Haizhong standing there, "No... everyone... I..."

Yan Fugui came over and patted Liu Haizhong on the shoulder and whispered something in Liu Haizhong's ear. Liu Haizhong then reacted, looked at Yan Fugui, turned around and looked at Yi Zhonghai's house, patted his head, and went home with the big teapot.

After Yan Fugui finished talking to Liu Haizhong, he turned around and saw Shang Qi and He Yuzhu talking about something. He also walked over and sat down next to Shang Qi and said to a few people: "Do you think Director Wang is talking about our courtyard?"

Shang Peng smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Uncle? You don't care about those things anyway, so why bother about them? Just take care of your own family and manage the front yard well, and everything will be fine. Hehe... Someone can't sleep! Forget it! It's getting late, and I have to go to work tomorrow, so I'm going home!" After that, he got up and left with Shang Qi.

Shang Qi and Yan Fugui gave each other a signal and left, leaving He Yuzhu looking at Yan Fugui and saying, "Third Master, please go back too, so I can take the stool back to the house. How about you help me?"

Yan Fugui glanced at He Yuzhu and said, "Sure, will you buy me a drink?"

He Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, and after a long time he said, "Uncle, you are right? I give in. I'm going back and I have to go pick up Liu Lan. You take your time to think about it. When you've made up your mind, just help me put the stool at the door." As he spoke, he gave Yan Fugui a thumbs up, took the stool under his butt, put it back into the house, and went to pick up Liu Lan.

He Yuzhu knew that Yan Fugui was joking with him. Now Yan Fugui only dared to make such jokes with his business brothers and He Yuzhu. As for the rest of the people in the courtyard, Yan Fugui had begun to show the character of a scholar. In Yan Fugui's words, after pretending for so many years, I finally straightened my spine.

Seeing that He Yuzhu was really about to leave, Yan Fugui quickly stood up and helped He Yuzhu take the stool back to the house, then walked towards his own home, still talking to He Yuzhu on the way.

Yi Zhonghai was sulking in his room, his hands were shaking. Aunt Yi came over and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi, I think we should adopt a child."

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "Let's wait and see. I'm not willing to give up after Jia Dongxu has trained me for so long."

Aunt Yi looked at Yi Zhonghai and gritted her teeth and said, "Old Yi, what are you afraid of? The old lady in the backyard had her spine broken by the merchant. She is dying. Are we afraid of her getting involved? She didn't let us adopt before. What are you afraid of now? The streets are full of people fleeing famine. It's easy to find a healthy child. If you are afraid of raising an ungrateful person, then we can adopt two or three. It's not like we can't afford to raise them. Are you afraid that no one will take care of us in our old age?"

Yi Zhonghai seemed to wake up from his shock. He looked at Aunt Yi and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that? Then let's go to the Street Office tomorrow and give it a try? We can also establish a good relationship with the new Director Wang. Right! That's it. Let's go tomorrow."