Xu Damao thinks that his conditions are not bad. He is a projectionist in a steel rolling mill and is more knowledgeable and educated than ordinary workers.
Moreover, over the years, he and Shazhu have been influential figures in the courtyard, like Liu Guangfu, Liu Guangtian, and several children of the Yan family. They cannot be compared with the two of them at all. Now Shazhu squats on the fence, He was the only one left in the courtyard who could carry the banner.
The old men in charge are all old, so it's time for a young man like him to take the lead.
However, Xu Damao is not the kind of person who can't hold his temper. He knows very well that as long as he expresses such thoughts, he will definitely be suppressed by the joint efforts of the three stewards.
These three old guys usually have conflicts with each other and want to bring each other down. However, when they encounter foreign enemies, they will unite and form a team to deal with them together.
Xu Damao decided that he must carefully conceal his thoughts before provoking an internal fight between the three.
He smiled and said: "How is that possible! I am a junior, and I still have a lot to learn! Come on, drink some tea in the house, I got some pecans for you to keep!"
The two residents were officially here for this purpose. Although Xu Damao was sinister and vicious, he would not hesitate to throw things away as long as you praised him.
Xu Damao was busy winning people's hearts and did not bother to invite Wang Weidong. He could only ask Qin Jingru to go in his place.
Qin Jingru had long wished for it, and after looking in the mirror for a while and smearing cream on her face, she arrived outside Wang Weidong's campus.
At this time, Wang Weidong had finished his meal. He learned that Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong were going to attack Yi Zhonghai, and said that he would attend the meeting on time.
Qin Jingru should have turned around and left at this time, but she felt a little reluctant and just stood there twisting and turning.
Wang Weidong was an experienced driver and knew Qin Jingru's thoughts. On the pretext of wanting to know the situation of the courtyard in advance, he followed Qin Jingru to the small woods next to the courtyard.
Guan Tingting was also here. From the first time she saw Qin Jingru, she knew what this coquettish and charming woman was thinking, but she was not angry. After all, a man like Wang Weidong could not be the only woman in his life. As long as Wang Weidong had something in his heart She is enough.
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In the grove, Wang Weidong and Qin Jingru discussed the issue of the courtyard house in simple terms. It was not until the sun was setting that the two got dressed and came out of the woods.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he met Xu Damao who came out to look for Qin Jingru.
When Xu Damao saw Qin Jingru, his face suddenly dropped and he yelled angrily: "Qin Jingru, I asked you to invite Factory Director Liu, why did it take you so long! Are you too lazy to cook now? What use do I need from you? !”
Qin Jingru's face suddenly turned red with shame when Xu Damao scolded her in front of Wang Weidong. A married daughter-in-law is most afraid of being called lazy.
She originally felt a little sorry for Xu Damao for what happened in the grove, but now that guilt disappeared with Xu Damao's scolding.
Wang Weidong benefited from Qin Jingru, so of course he couldn't watch Qin Jingru being bullied. He waved his hand at Xu Damao: "Da Mao, you misunderstood. Just now Jingru was wasted a little time because she told me the specific situation of the courtyard. If you haven’t eaten, I’ll treat you to Donglaishun later.”
Xu Damao was a little surprised by Wang Weidong's generosity. He hurriedly bent down and said: "Director Liu, what you said is that Jingru explained the situation of the courtyard to you. That is what she should do. How can I ask you to treat me to dinner? !
Now the courtyard meeting is about to be held. Let's go to the meeting first. When the meeting is over, I will cook myself and we will have a drink. "
While the two were talking, the sound of gongs "duang, duang, duang" came from the courtyard.
In order to deal with Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong took the broken gong and started knocking it. While knocking, he shouted: "Everyone has come to the middle courtyard for a meeting. There is something big going on in our courtyard!"
The residents were preparing to cook at home and were stunned when they heard the sound of the gong.
There are frequent meetings in the courtyard these days, and nine times out of ten they are to raise funds for the Jia family. Although they only donate one or two yuan each time, the salary of the big guys is not high these days, and they all rely on that salary to support their families. In this way How about going down!
Initially, everyone was not prepared to attend the meeting when they heard the sound of the gong, but after hearing Liu Haizhong's voice, they changed their minds.
In the courtyard, although Liu Haizhong likes to walk around the courtyard with his hands behind his back, he is like a steward. Every time there is a meeting, he will be the first to speak.
In fact, everyone knows that Liu Haizhong is the kind of person who has no ability. It is okay to follow Yi Zhonghai and help him out, but if he is really allowed to do things independently, he will not be able to hold up the wall.
Liu Haizhong is also self-aware and never holds meetings alone. What happened today? Abnormality means there is a demon. Everyone couldn't help but become curious. They put down the pots and pans and walked out of the house and walked to the central courtyard.
Yi Zhonghai's family.
Ever since Yi Zhonghai adopted Qin Huairu as his daughter, he has been living happily. Qin Huairu is lazy and doesn't work, but he also has an advantage, that is, he has a clever mouth.
Every day Qin Huairu would go to Yi Zhonghai's house early in the morning to visit the old couple, calling "godfather" and "godfather", which made Yi Zhonghai, who had been childless all his life, smile from ear to ear.
Moreover, when he has free time, he will drag the aunt to gossip. Where has the aunt seen this before? She quickly raised her hands and surrendered. The aunt originally had no good impression of Qin Huairu, but now she couldn't help but give a thumbs up when she mentioned Qin Huairu.
No, Yi Zhonghai and Auntie were preparing to prepare a meal and asked Qin Huairu to come over to eat together. As soon as Auntie finished washing the dishes, she heard the sound of a broken gong outside.
She wiped the water on her hands, entered the room, and pushed Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi, did you hear it? Someone is beating the gong. Is there a courtyard meeting going on?"
Yi Zhonghai had fallen asleep listening to the radio. After being pushed awake, he said in a confused tone: "No way, in this compound now, who else can hold a meeting except me? Liu Haizhong is a coward. Yan Bugui only cares about making money...Eh...it sounds like Liu Haizhong's voice! Is this old boy trying to cause trouble?"
Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai could no longer lie down. He had long regarded the courtyard as his own territory, and convening a conference was his privilege. Now Liu Haizhong dared to convene a conference privately. It was not obvious that he would not He, a great man, takes it seriously!
In the courtyard, if anyone dares not to look down on him as a big man, he will let anyone know what it means to be powerful!
Yi Zhonghai sat up, put on a piece of clothing, put on his shoes and walked out: "Old lady, something might happen in the bangs, let me go and take a look!"
The eldest mother-in-law was angry behind him: "Lao Yi, Liu Haizhong has become more and more outrageous recently. During the last meeting, he didn't even applaud. I think he has long had a problem with you. How can you do this this time?" You have to teach him a lesson!"
Yi Zhonghai waved his hand: "I know, don't worry, I will let him know how many eyes Lord Ma has this time."
Yi Zhonghai left the house and went straight to the middle courtyard. When he arrived at the middle courtyard, he saw that the yard was already surrounded by residents who came for a meeting.
And Liu Haizhong was sitting in front of the square table, with his left leg crossed on his right leg, cracking melon seeds and humming a tune triumphantly. Behind Liu Haizhong, Xu Damao had his hands behind his back, looking very powerful. His eyes scanned the crowd from time to time, as if he wanted to dominate the whole place.
Seeing Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao hanging around, Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat.
Over the years, through Yi Zhonghai's unremitting efforts, most of the thorns in the courtyard have been suppressed by Yi Zhonghai with iron and blood, leaving only Xu Damao.
Regarding Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai had some headaches. This guy was too cunning. Every time he did bad things, he took it easy. He never did big things but kept doing small things. He also liked to stand on the high moral ground like Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai tried to trick him several times. They tried to drive Xu Damao out of the courtyard but failed.
Now that Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong are getting together again, the two of them are definitely going to deal with me!
Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath to cheer up, walked over slowly, looked at Liu Haizhong and asked: "Haizhong, what kind of meeting is being held today? As the master of the courtyard, how come I don't know? Everyone is tired. After a long day, I wanted to take a rest when I got home. Isn't it not good for you to disturb other people?
If the residents don’t have a good rest, how can they work tomorrow?
To put it lightly, you have no expression. To put it seriously, it would not be an exaggeration to say that you are sabotaging production! "
His bangs were trembling, this was the most glorious day in his life. In the past, he could only watch Yi Zhonghai hold a meeting and yell at the residents. Today, he finally stood in front of people with his bangs.
but.
When he saw Yi Zhonghai walking over with a dark face, Liu Hai felt a little scared. He was like a child who had done something bad and was caught by his parents. He didn't have the courage to resist at all and just wanted to run away. .
If Xu Damao hadn't coughed slightly from behind, pulling him out of his panic, he would have left the residents of the compound behind and ran away.
Liu Haizhong suppressed the panic in his heart and calmed down. He originally wanted to have a showdown with Yi Zhonghai, but was knocked off guard by Yi Zhonghai's words.
I have to admire Yi Zhonghai for being able to become the master of the Siheyuan, and having controlled the Siheyuan for so many years, he has perfected his ability of moral kidnapping.
He did not ask Liu Haizhong why he convened the Siheyuan Conference, but directly pointed out the possible serious consequences of Liu Haizhong's convening of the Siheyuan Conference.
And Liu Haizhong himself is a person without responsibilities. In rural terms, he is a man without a seed. When he heard that he had destroyed production, he suddenly panicked. The calmness that he had barely maintained in his heart had disappeared at this time. Without a trace.
He stood up and licked his face and wanted to apologize to Yi Zhonghai. His cowardly look fell into Xu Damao's eyes, making Xu Damao feel contempt in his heart. Liu Haizhong really couldn't hold up the wall with mud. No wonder that as a seventh-level blacksmith master, he still The second uncle of the Siheyuan, after so many years, has no status at all in the Siheyuan.
I can only beat my children at home to vent my anger. A while ago, a little Qin Huairu was played with, and even one of his sons was taken away from him. It was really embarrassing!
Seeing Liu Haizhong shaking like a quail, Xu Damao sighed in his heart. He knew that if he didn't come forward, today's courtyard meeting would be broken up before it even started.
Xu Damao bent down and looked at Liu Haizhong and said, "Second uncle, shall I come?"
Liu Haizhong has been forced into a corner by Yi Zhonghai, and he is just hoping that someone can help him. When he heard Xu Damao's words, he felt as if he had met a savior. He quickly stood up and hid behind Xu Damao: "Da Mao, it seems that Yi Zhonghai You are really angry, you have to deal with it carefully."
"Don't worry, don't worry!"
Xu Damao ran his hand through his hair, straightened his collar, walked up to Yi Zhonghai with eight-character steps, and said with a smile: "Master, what you said, Comrade Liu Haizhong is also the steward of the compound. According to the According to the original agreement with the sub-district office, he also had the authority to convene a courtyard meeting!
Besides, you hold quadrangle meetings every three days, and everyone has never criticized you for disturbing the people. Liu Haizhong has only held one meeting for so many years, but you say he is disturbing the people and hold him responsible for destroying production.
It seems to me that you are destroying the unity of our compound and don't care about the neighbors in the compound at all. "
After saying that, Xu Damao turned around to face the crowd, raised his hands high, and asked loudly: "You guys think so, don't you?"
The residents just watch the excitement and don't mind the big deal. They know that these stewards are not good people. They make the compound unpeaceful all day long for trivial matters. They have long been dissatisfied with these stewards.
Now that Liu Haizhong Xu Damao and Yi Zhonghai are fighting, they naturally want to add fuel to the fire.
"That's right, I just counted it. This month alone, I have held ten meetings, and this month is only half over."
"When it comes to nuisance to the people, I think the big brother is the nuisance to the people!"
"Yes, yes, we can't even correct our children's homework every day."
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Yi Zhonghai's face darkened a bit when he heard the crowd's discussion. He understood that these residents had always had objections to him. Normally, they were just afraid of him, so they could only suppress these dissatisfaction in their hearts. Now that they have someone to stand up for them, of course they have to express all their dissatisfaction.
Yi Zhonghai knew that he could not let the masses continue to talk. A single spark could start a prairie fire. If all these people worked together, he would be doomed.
The only way to stop the masses from talking is to reconcile with Liu Haizhong and no longer pursue Liu Haizhong's unauthorized convening of the meeting.
In order to prevent his prestige from continuing to decline, Yi Zhonghai could only hold his nose and admit it.
He laughed twice awkwardly, looked at Liu Haizhong and said: "Haizhong, I'm not criticizing you for holding a meeting, but I'm angry at you for holding a meeting without authorization. We are all in charge. If you have anything to do, you can Just tell me directly. Can I still prevent you from holding today's meeting? Okay, okay, we are all old friends, just clear up the misunderstanding."
Liu Haizhong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yi Zhonghai no longer held him responsible. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave Xu Damao an appreciative look.
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