Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Yi Zhonghai was stunned by Lin Geng's scolding. His face turned ashen, his eyes were blazing, and his vision went dark. However, he was very panicked in his heart because what Lin Geng said was true. Over the years, since he accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, he has taken good care of the Jia family.

How could he not know who Jia Zhang was? This old woman had been relying on Yi Zhonghai's protection in the courtyard for the past few years. She was arrogant and domineering, and she played her tricks to the fullest. Moreover, she was not clean. She took advantage of people's unpreparedness in the courtyard all day long, touching the heads of the east family and taking bowls from the west family.

Whenever she smelled something good in someone's house, she would go to the door and ask for some, using the excuse that her family was poor and that her baby was young and needed nutrition to grow. If the baby didn't give any, she would block the door and curse at him, making him feel uneasy.

If someone cursed at her, she would lie on the ground in front of the person's door and act like a scoundrel, cursing as harshly as she could until the person gave in.

If anyone couldn't stand it and dared to attack her, she would roll on the ground and use her magic to summon souls, crying and calling for Lao Jia, asking him to come up and take the family away. She would also file a complaint first and ask Yi Zhonghai to judge the case.

To be honest, Yi Zhonghai didn't like Jia Zhang, but he was a childless person with no children. He had to make plans for his retirement, so he chose Jia Dongxu as his future elderly care provider. Of course, he could only hold his nose and take care of Jia Zhang.

Many times he used moral kidnapping, saying that they were all neighbors in the courtyard and should unite and take care of each other, so that the victim could keep quiet and tolerate Jia Zhang's unreasonable behavior. If anyone quarreled with Jia Zhang or even hit her, he would protect Jia Zhang as a big shot and force others to compensate Jia Zhang with money or food.

All this further encouraged Jia Zhang's arrogance. With Yi Zhonghai's protection and cover-up, they became more rampant and wanton in the courtyard. Not only did they steal petty things, but they even went to other people's homes and demanded for their belongings or delicious food in the name of borrowing it if they took a fancy to it, and they would not refuse to give it to them.

So it can be said that Yi Zhonghai was in the wrong position, and Lin did not wrongly accuse Yi Zhonghai at all.

Originally, Yi Zhonghai had already aroused public outrage among the residents of the courtyard because Lin Geng had exposed his plan to morally blackmail the residents of the courtyard and make them provide him with money and effort to help take care of the deaf old lady and the Jia family. Now Lin Geng had dealt her another blow, leaving Yi Zhonghai at a loss for explanation.

Just when Yi Zhonghai was trying to save his reputation and continue to use the moral stick to blackmail the neighbors in the courtyard, Liu Haizhong suddenly coughed again, walked out with his hands behind his back and his big belly protruding, imitated the leader's posture, and said to Yi Zhonghai with a serious face:

"Ahem... Old Yi, Lin Geng is right! I have to criticize you! What you have done in the yard over the years is indeed flawed... flawed... flawed..." Liu Haizhong originally wanted to say something literary, but when he got to this point, he couldn't remember how to say it. He was suddenly stuck and turned to look at Yan Bugui, hoping that Yan Bugui would help him.

Yan Bugui showed a trace of contempt in his eyes. He looked down on Liu Haizhong, a bureaucrat-obsessed idiot. However, Liu Haizhong needed to jump out at this moment to take the opportunity to undermine Yi Zhonghai's prestige, so he did not ignore Liu Haizhong and told him, "You are biased!"

"Uh...right! It is biased!" Liu Haizhong nodded quickly upon hearing this, and continued to pretend to be a big shot and said: "Old Yi, I'm not saying anything bad about you! Your thinking is wrong! It should be criticized! Even if you are the eldest uncle in the yard, but as the second uncle in the yard, I still have to supervise you!

You are so partial to Jia Zhang, tell me yourself, what is your relationship with Jia Zhang?"

This Liu Haizhong is really a fool. He couldn't grasp the crux of the problem at all. Instead, he focused on the fact that Lin Geng said Yi Zhonghai always favored Jia Zhang and whether he had an affair with Jia Zhang.

After hearing what Liu Haizhong said, Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He thought to himself, you fat guy is having an affair with that old hag Jia Zhang, your whole family is having an affair with that old hag! How could I, Yi Zhonghai, look down on that fat pig-like old hag Jia Zhang? If it was Qin Huairu, that would be about the same!

He didn't expect that Lin Geng was such a mean-spirited person. He actually took his constant protection of Jia Zhang and even dragged it into the story that he and Jia Zhang were having an affair. This was clearly intended to completely destroy the enthusiastic and fair image that he had worked so hard to create!

Now he really had yellow mud falling into his pants, it was shit if not shit! After being scolded by Lin Geng and the stupid Liu Haizhong's finishing blow, he thought that few people would believe him even if he wanted to say that he had nothing to do with Jia Zhangshi.

And now he really felt a little regretful. He never expected that this kid Lin Geng would have such a drastic change in his temperament. He suddenly became eloquent and his mouth was so poisonous. What's more, Lin Geng was so good at fighting that even Sha Zhu, who was once the ceiling of martial arts in Siheyuan, was no match for him.

If he had known earlier, he would not have offended this kid to death after Lin Geng's mother passed away. It was all the fault of Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu, mother and son. They thought Lin was easier to bully, so after his mother passed away, they set their eyes on the two houses of the Lin family, wanting to wipe out the entire family. They took advantage of Lin Geng's helplessness to rob him of the two houses.

Jia Dongxu was his designated candidate for old-age care. It just so happened that he had watched Lin Geng grow up over the years and felt that Lin Geng was a cowardly boy who would never amount to anything. For the sake of his old-age care, he helped the Jia family bully Lin Geng to death.

Now, they have forced Lin Geng into a desperate situation with no way out. Who would have thought that Lin Geng's temperament would change drastically and he would suddenly explode, catching them all off guard. Not only did they fail to gain any advantage, but they were beaten to a pulp. Even his reputation was about to be completely ruined by Lin Geng.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Haizhong, who was putting on airs and standing in front of him, talking non-stop and pretending to be something more. He kept asking him to explain why he had always sided with the Jia family and favored Jia Zhang for such a long time, and whether he was really having an affair with Jia Zhang as Lin Geng said.

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that his eyes turned black. Suddenly, he felt a tightness in his chest. His eyes turned black and he passed out with his face up. He fell to the ground with a thud.

The deaf old lady finally recovered from her shock. Seeing that Yi Zhonghai, who was like her godson, fainted because of Lin Geng and Liu Haizhong, she was so angry that she pointed at Liu Haizhong and cursed: "Liu Haizhong! Who are you? Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking! You just want to make fun of Zhonghai and ruin his reputation. Do you want to be the boss?

Bah! You are not worthy! You are an illiterate idiot who can't even speak coherently, and you want to be a boss? Why don't you take a piss and reflect on your behavior?

Don't think I don't know your little tricks. Do you think you are a good person? You have been paying attention to the workstation left by Lin Geng's mother for Lin Geng during this period of time, right? You actually want to give Lin Geng 100 yuan and take the workstation left by his mother for him in the steel mill and give it to your son!

You have the nerve to speak ill of Zhong Hai here! I think you are the worst person in this courtyard!"

Liu Haizhong was scolded by the deaf old lady, and his fat face turned red and blue. This old deaf woman was really shrewd. Although she rarely appeared in the yard, she knew everything that happened in the yard and could even see his little thoughts so clearly.

And he had indeed been planning to take away the job at the steel mill that Lin Geng's mother had left for him during this period. He had blocked Lin Geng's home many times and spoke in an official tone, saying that Lin Geng was in poor health and the work at the steel mill was too tiring. Even if he inherited the job, he would not be able to adapt to the heavy work at the steel mill.

So instead of inheriting the work position, being unable to do the work and finally being fired by the steel mill, it would be better to give him a hundred yuan and let Lin Geng give his work position to himself, and let his son Liu Guangtian replace Lin Geng to work in the steel mill.

Lin Geng had always refused to agree. More than a month ago, he asked the three brothers Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangtian and Li Guangfu to find an excuse to beat Lin Geng up, and threatened Lin Geng that if he did not give up his workstation, they would beat him often in the future.

So when the deaf old lady revealed the dirty thing he had done, Liu Haizhong was immediately blushing and opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond.

At this moment, several police officers and street office personnel who were in charge of managing this courtyard finally arrived and stepped into the central courtyard.