Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu then began to force an explanation: "Comrade Gong'an, comrade Gong'an, I just helped Qin Huairu persuade Xiao Lin, but I didn't force him to lend money to Qin Huairu. You see, Qin Huairu has also paid back the money, so I should have nothing to do with it!"

But before Deputy Director Li could speak, Lin Geng's eyes turned cold, staring at Yi Zhonghai, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth again, and he snorted and said, "Uncle Li, Aunt Liu, I have another thing to report Yi Zhonghai!"

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his heart started pounding and his face turned green. He didn't know what Lin Geng was going to report him for. His legs were shaking like a sieve and he couldn't even stand steadily. If it weren't for the two police officers holding him, he would have probably collapsed on the ground by now.

"Go ahead, kid!" Deputy Director Li and Aunt Liu nodded at the same time.

"I want to report Yi Zhonghai for embezzling the condolence money that the steel mill gave to my mother! As far as I know, after my mother passed away, the factory considered that my mother was a martyr's relative and that she had worked diligently for the steel mill over the years. This time she fell ill due to overwork. After discussion, the leaders of the steel mill decided to give me 200 yuan in condolence money.

However, the 200 yuan consolation money was collected by Yi Zhonghai. He has not told me or given me the money until now!

If I hadn't gone out a few days ago and met a colleague of my mother at the steel mill, and he had asked me, I wouldn't have known that the leaders of the steel mill had given me this 200 yuan consolation money.

So I want to report Yi Zhonghai for embezzling my 200 yuan consolation money. Please help me get justice!"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's eyes went dark, his legs went limp, and he collapsed instantly. He almost fainted on the spot, but he still peed his pants out of fright. His crotch was instantly wet, and the urine flowed down his legs to his feet.

Yi Zhonghai secretly cried out, "It's over, completely over. This time he was completely finished."

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, you can't say that! Yes, I did collect the two hundred dollars in consolation money on your behalf, but you should also know that I wanted to save this money for you. I was afraid that you would spend it recklessly and then you would have no money when you get married. I want to give you the money then!

Please don't misunderstand me! I didn't intend to embezzle the 200 yuan consolation money given to you by the factory. This matter couldn't be concealed. Many people in the factory knew about it. You would find out sooner or later. I didn't expect to swallow the money without telling you!

Also, when your mother passed away, I thought about the fact that many people in the yard helped. Not only did I spend some money, but I also had to entertain the neighbors in the yard afterwards.

I just decided for you and set up a few tables in the yard, spending more than a hundred yuan. Everyone knows about this! Every family had a feast! How can this money be considered as embezzlement? "Yi Zhonghai was completely furious and quickly started to defend himself.

Lin Geng sneered: "Bah! Yi Zhonghai, you are so shameless! My mother's funeral was organized by the factory labor union, the Women's Federation and Aunt Liu from the street office. How much did you spend? What help did you give me?

Who are you to me, Yi Zhonghai? Why did you decide to host a banquet for my neighbors in the courtyard? And you spent more than a hundred yuan? You are just a courtyard manager appointed by the street office leader. Why do you dispose of the condolence money given to me by the factory?

I have been ill for a while and I am almost dying. I have no money to see a doctor, but you hid the 200 yuan condolence money from me? You even said you would keep the money for me! I am almost dying, but you are not willing to give me the money for medical treatment. Are you going to burn it for me after I die?"

"This... I... This... This is because, am I not an uncle? I am also your elder. You were sick at that time, and I didn't want you to worry, so I made the decision for you!

As for not telling you about the 200 yuan consolation money, I thought of saving it for you first and giving it to you when you need it! I really didn't know you were so seriously ill, and I really didn't think of giving you this consolation money to embezzle!

Xiaolin, please don't misunderstand me! Don't say such things carelessly!"

Yi Zhonghai was so frightened at this moment, his legs were shaking, his face was panic-stricken, his lips were trembling, and he stammered while trying to explain himself.

As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Liu couldn't help herself this time. She rushed over and slapped Yi Zhonghai hard in the face again.

"I'm going to beat you to death, you bastard! How dare you embezzle the small amount of money given to the children by the factory! You old bastard! Fortunately, our street office thought you were a fair person and appointed you as the boss of this yard. How could you, a villain, do such a cruel thing! I'm going to beat you to death today!"

Aunt Liu was so angry that she started to cry. She slapped Yi Zhonghai's face with both hands, making him scream in pain. While being beaten, she tried to explain: "Oh... Aunt Liu... don't hit me... Oh... this is really a misunderstanding... Oh... a misunderstanding... Oh... I really didn't... Oh..."

Later, the two police officers couldn't stand it anymore. After all, Aunt Liu was a public servant and a clerk in the street office. It was really not appropriate for her to beat Yi Zhonghai like that. So they stepped in to stop Aunt Liu, who was about to go crazy. After a while of comforting her, they managed to calm her down temporarily.

But looking at Yi Zhonghai's face again, he had been beaten into a pig's head by Aunt Liu. His face was red and blue, and there was bleeding at the corners of his mouth. He was almost unrecognizable as Yi Zhonghai.

The neighbors in the yard were all surprised after hearing this. When Yi Zhonghai set up the table in the yard, he was quite generous. He said that Yu Xiuying's funeral was over and Lin Geng was sick again, but the neighbors in the yard also helped. The boy from the Lin family should not treat the neighbors unfairly.

So he made the decision for Lin Geng. He would pay for a few tables in the yard. Each household didn't have to pay anything. He would just treat everyone to a meal in the yard on behalf of Lin Geng.

But Yi Zhonghai never said that he collected the 200 yuan consolation money given by the factory to Lin Geng on behalf of Lin Geng, nor did he tell Lin Geng that he used the money on his own initiative to treat the neighbors in the yard to a banquet.

At that time, the neighbors in the yard were quite grateful to Yi Zhonghai and felt that Yi Zhonghai was really capable. Seeing that Lin Geng was sick, he paid for a banquet on behalf of Lin Geng to thank the neighbors. Now, after listening to what Lin Geng and Yi Zhonghai said, they realized that Yi Zhonghai had acted on his own initiative and took the condolence money given to Lin Geng by the factory and privately spent it on Lin Geng, giving him a reputation as a good man.

At this time, the third uncle Yan Bugui could no longer sit still. You have to know that Yi Zhonghai took out the money to host the banquet, but asked him to take care of it, saying that he was the best at keeping accounts and doing the math, so he was put in charge of hosting the banquet.

He was so happy at the time, thinking he had gotten a great bargain that he even embezzled some money when buying groceries and fiddled with the accounts. He later collected some leftovers and the whole family ate them for several days.

But now he realized that the money was the consolation money from the factory to Lin Geng, which Yi Zhonghai had collected privately on behalf of Lin Geng. He had not yet told Lin Geng that the money for the private banquet was not paid by Yi Zhonghai at all, but was directly spent from the consolation money from the factory to Lin Geng.

After knowing this, Yan Bugui was also shocked. He thought that he couldn't be implicated in this matter, otherwise he would be in trouble as well.

Yan Bugui's eyes rolled, and he immediately stood up and said to Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi! I have something to say to you! You said that you were hosting a banquet for Lin Geng in the yard, but you said that the money was paid by you on behalf of Xiao Lin, but you never said that the money was a condolence money given to Xiao Lin by the steel rolling mill. You also didn't say that you didn't tell Lin Geng, and you privately withheld the condolence money given to Lin Geng by the steel rolling mill and used the money to host the banquet!

Besides, you only gave me 70 yuan for the banquet, not the more than 100 yuan you said. I must testify to this. The residents in our yard did not force Lin Geng to hold the banquet. This was all your idea! How could you harm Xiao Lin like this? It is really unkind of you to do this!"

After hearing this, the residents in the courtyard were a little panicked, fearing that this matter would implicate them. After all, each family sent two people to attend the banquet, and there was a lot of meat at the banquet that day. They all ate to their heart's content. If this matter involved them, they would also be in trouble.

So when Yan Bugui stood up and said this, they all immediately echoed him, saying that they could prove that Yi Zhonghai had never told anyone and that the money he used was the consolation money that the factory was giving to Lin Geng.