On this cold winter night, the residents of the courtyard witnessed the funniest thing in the history of the courtyard.
After dinner, the residents wandered towards the central courtyard in twos and threes as before. They were going to attend the courtyard meeting tonight.
Because everyone knew the purpose of the evening gathering in the courtyard, they seemed even more excited and chatted while walking.
"How do you think the third uncle will deal with Yu Qiuhua tonight?"
"It's really hard to tell. Yu Qiuhua is not an ordinary person. Xu Damao also dealt with her before, but nothing happened."
"That's not necessarily the case this time. Everyone saw Yu Qiuhua causing trouble in front of He Wenhui."
"That girl He Wenhui is considered a good person in our courtyard."
"Yes, the little girl is very polite. Every time she meets me, she takes the initiative to say hello."
"Last time, the coal briquettes at my house went out. After He Wenhui learned about it, he took the initiative to run to my house and help me start the coal fire."
"Also, my mother accidentally fell down in the backyard last time. Thanks to He Wenhui, she took the risk of being late and sent my mother to the hospital, and also paid the medical expenses in advance."
....
It must be said that He Wenhui's reputation in the courtyard was very good. Everyone wanted to see Yu Qiuhua defeated, so within thirty minutes, all the residents in the courtyard gathered.
At this moment, Yan Bugui came out from behind with his hands behind his back.
When everyone saw Yan Bugui, they all frowned.
Because the Siheyuan Conference is a sacred event in the Siheyuan, a big family event, and a majestic event. The specific manifestation is that every time a conference is held, the steward will bring a square table.
It is said that without the square table, there would be no quadrangle conference.
At this time, Yan Bugui did not move the table. At the beginning, the residents of the courtyard thought that Yan Bugui, as the steward, did not bother to do such a thing, and that Yan Jiecheng or the third aunt would carry the table. However, they stood on tiptoe and looked behind Yan Bugui, but there was no I saw the figures of the third aunt and Yan Jiecheng.
Mrs. Jia Zhang was still waiting for a good show. When she saw this situation, she twisted her butt and leaned forward and said coldly: "Third uncle, everyone says you are stingy, but today is a courtyard meeting, you can't not bring a table with you. Bar?"
Yan Bugui was thinking about how to explain to the residents, but when he heard Jia Zhang's words, he almost fainted.
He rolled his eyes angrily: "Jia Zhang, go back quickly, this matter has nothing to do with you."
"Hey, third uncle, I'm also a resident of the courtyard. How can this matter have nothing to do with me?"
"you....."
Jia Zhang saw Yan Bugui being speechless. This was the first time she had won a battle with Yan Bugui. She smiled proudly, turned around and stood aside.
Qin Huairu quietly gave a thumbs up to Jia Zhang: "Mom, you are really amazing!"
"Of course, the old woman has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice!" Jia Zhang said here, paused for a moment, and looked at Yan Bugui: "There will be a good show to watch later!"
"What a show? Mom, what are you talking about?"
"Just wait." Jia Zhang raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
….
At this time, Yan Bugui had already walked to the center of the crowd, looked at the guys and said, "Everyone, I, Yan Bugui, am here to thank you guys and give up."
Came here during my break to attend the Siheyuan Conference.
I am moved by your spirit of unity.
But here, I want to announce a regrettable decision. Due to some unexpected events, today's conference has been cancelled. "
As soon as these words came out.
There was a gasp from the scene.
The air in the courtyard instantly rose several degrees.
In the history of the Siheyuan, there has never been an incident where an upcoming general meeting has been cancelled.
Soon, the confused courtyard residents gathered around and asked loudly.
"Third uncle, why do you want to cancel the conference?"
"Third uncle, what is this sudden situation?"
"I came to the conference without even having a full meal. You can't fool us like this!"
....
During the discussion, Jia Zhang looked at Qin Huairu proudly: "Did you see it? This is the so-called good show."
Qin Huairu has never admired Jia Zhang as much as she does today: "Mom, you won't just stand here and watch the show, right?"
"Of course not!" Mrs. Jia Zhang straightened her collar and smoothed her gray hair to make herself look neat, and then walked up with square steps.
She squeezed into the crowd, approached Yan Bugui, and sneered: "Third uncle, you said you wanted to hold the meeting, and now you have decided not to hold the meeting. What's the matter? Who do you think we are? Just puppets at your mercy." ?"
Jia Zhang's voice was loud and sharp, instantly overwhelming other voices.
When Yan Bugui saw Jia Zhang coming up, he felt something was wrong and was speechless for a moment.
He could only say hesitantly: "Because something unexpected happened."
"whats the matter?"
"I....
"
Jia Zhang had the upper hand and said coldly: "If you don't come out today, you are deliberately deceiving us! As the third master of the courtyard, how dare you do this!"
When Yan Bugui heard this, dense sweat broke out on his forehead, and he kept raising his arms to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Jia Zhang continued: "When the street office elected you to be the stewards of the courtyard, it was to serve the people of the courtyard, not to deceive us."
"If you continue to hide it, we can go to the subdistrict office to find Director Wang now."
Yan Bugui became even more panicked.
He felt a little regretful about the decision he made in the afternoon.
Originally, according to Yan Jiecheng's approach, he had successfully caught Liu Haizhong. He only had to sit at home and wait for Yu Qiuhua to retrieve the report letter.
but.
It was because he didn't trust Yan Jiecheng that he decided to take action himself and convened a courtyard meeting to deal with Yu Qiuhua.
This superfluous approach not only failed to solve Yu Qiuhua's problem, but instead put herself in an embarrassing situation.
At this moment, a voice came from afar.
"I know this!"
Everyone turned their heads and saw Liu Haizhong walking slowly from a distance with his hands behind his back.
Seeing bangs appear, Yan Bugui finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The residents were a little confused.
In the courtyard, Liu Haizhong, the second uncle, and Yan Bugui have always been at odds with each other. Why did he stand up for Liu Haizhong today?
….
Jia Zhang, who has been eating salt for decades, is also a little confused.
However, she still followed her instinct and walked up quickly and stopped in front of Liu Haizhong: "Liu Haizhong, what is going on? If you dare to talk nonsense, you are trying to protect Yan Bugui."
"Jia Zhang
Shit, haven't you been punished for a while now? "Liu Haizhong is not as gentle as Yan Bugui, and he always scolds Jia Zhang.
Although Jia and Zhang dared to show their teeth in Yanbu, they did not dare to offend Liu Haizhong.
The reason is very simple. Yan Bugui is an old teacher and a cultured person. He has a certain bottom line in doing things, but Liu Haizhong is different too.
This blacksmith from the countryside had always been unreasonable and liked to drink. Every time he got drunk, he would pick up his belt and beat Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian.
Other residents thought that he liked to beat children, but Jia Zhang knew that Liu Haizhong was beating children to show his brutality to the residents in the courtyard.
So that the residents in the courtyard do not dare to provoke him easily.
This seemed like a clumsy approach, but it was very effective. After hearing the screams of Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, the residents in the courtyard rarely provoked Liu Haizhong.
After all, people may not be afraid of the preaching of old teachers, but afraid of brass buckle belts.
After Jia Zhang was frightened by Liu Haizhong, she could only stand aside in silence.
Liu Haizhong walked to the crowd with his hands behind his back and said loudly: "I just talked to Yu Qiuhua. She realized her mistake and said she would not harass He Wenhui again in the future. In addition, about Yu Qiuhua The white noodles of the Hua family were indeed given to them by me. The reason is very simple, because the Yu Qiuhua family is really too poor. They don’t have enough to eat every day. As the second uncle of the courtyard, I help the residents. Wrong?"
It has to be said that Liu Haizhong is still somewhat capable. Just a few words left the residents in the courtyard speechless.
Of course the residents in the courtyard will not
He was naive enough to believe that Liu Haizhong was willing to help the residents in the courtyard, not to mention giving Yu Qiuhua dozens of kilograms of white noodles.
but.
But they couldn't ask any questions.
Because it is the duty of the stewards to help poor residents, even if Liu Haizhong gave his entire family to Yu Qiuhua, they would not be able to blame him.
Seeing that the residents were silent, Liu Haizhong continued: "Okay, it's already late. You all have to go to work tomorrow, so go back first!"
The residents shook their heads helplessly, sighed and left.
Yan Bugui breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and cold sweat broke out on his spine.
Liu Haizhong walked over and sneered: "Old Yan, is this all you have?"
Yan Bugui snorted coldly and said, "Liu Haizhong, if you hadn't caused all these troubles, would I have needed to be in such a situation? By the way, what's going on with Yu Qiuhua? Have you dealt with her?"
When Yu Qiuhua was mentioned, Liu Haizhong remembered that he had to go back to collect money for Yu Qiuhua.
Ignoring Yan Bugui's question at all, he turned around and hurried back to the house.
At this time, the second aunt already knew what happened in the courtyard. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Old Liu, why is the courtyard so messy today?"
"I don't care about you!" Liu Haizhong said, turned around and entered the back room, and began to rummage through the boxes.
….
The second aunt stood at the door, looking at Liu Haizhong like this, and asked doubtfully: "Liu Haizhong, what are you doing?"
"Where is the pension I prepared for the two of us?" Liu Haizhong said impatiently.
Liu Haizhong has three sons, and he is also a seventh-level forger in the steel rolling mill. Even if he retires, he can still get his retirement salary.
So it’s not like Yi Zhong
Like Hai, he has no son and needs to prepare a large pension.
but.
Liu Haizhong's eldest son Liu Guangqi became a son-in-law in Baoding.
Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian became supercilious under Liu Haizhong's beating and made it clear that they would no longer support Liu Haizhong and his wife in their old age.
Under this circumstance, Liu Haizhong takes out five yuan from his salary of more than 70 yuan every month and saves it as a pension.
After so many years of accumulating likes, there are already quite a few.
"You are really drunk and confused. The pension is in the box that my mother-in-law married me." The second aunt walked to the bed, reached inside and pulled out a wooden box.
The box is made of rosewood with beautiful patterns and curves. Judging from the color of the paste, it must be quite old.
This was the only dowry that Second Aunt received when she married Liu Haizhong. According to Second Aunt’s mother, this box was passed down from Second Aunt’s great-grandfather.
Although the second aunt's grandfather was not a high-ranking official, he served as a jailer in the county and earned a lot of money and things by guarding the prison.
This box is one of them.
Liu Haizhong was in a hurry now and didn't care about cherishing the box. He opened the box, took out a handful of money and started counting it.
The total was two hundred and thirty yuan. Liu Haizhong gritted his teeth and took out two hundred yuan from it and put it in his pocket.
When the second aunt saw this, she panicked a little and took Liu Haizhong's arm: "Liu Haizhong, what are you doing with so much money this late at night!"
"Don't worry, I have an urgent need." Liu Haizhong wanted to shake it off
Second aunt.
The second aunt did not let go: "Urgent need? This is the pension money saved by the two of us. Now our sons can't count on it. You have spent all the money. So what should we do when we get old?!"
"Are you old? If you don't take out this money now, I will be squatting in the fence soon."
"You, what did you do!"
"Don't worry about it."
Liu Haizhong shook off the second aunt's arm and walked into the darkness.
The next day.
The sun rises as usual, and its golden radiance dispels the darkness of the cold night.
After having breakfast, Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office rode his bicycle to the Subdistrict Office early in the morning.
As soon as he reached the door of the street office, a figure jumped out from the side.
The speed was so fast that if Director Wang from the sub-district office had not reacted quickly, the bicycle would have hit the man.
Director Wang was startled and almost fell to the ground. She braced her legs on the ground and turned to look.
"Yu Qiuhua, why are you hiding here so early in the morning?"
Yes, the person blocking the road was Yu Qiuhua.
She received the money from bangs last night and was so excited that she almost jumped.
But Liu Haizhong warned her that if she didn't take back the report letter as soon as possible, not only would she get the money back, but it would also make her look good.
Although Yu Qiuhua was not afraid of Liu Haizhong, he was a little scared when he saw Liu Haizhong's red eyes. He didn't sleep well all night. He got up from the bed at around three o'clock in the morning, put on his clothes and risked his life. The cold wind came to the street office.
Of course, there is someone on duty at the sub-district office in the middle of the night, and that is the man guarding the gate.
Yu Qiuhua wanted to go into the guard room to take shelter from the wind, but she gave up after just two knocks because she
Through the glass window, I saw the doorman take out a pistol from the drawer.
Yu Qiuhua had no choice but to sit on the steps outside the gate until morning.
Yu Qiuhua was almost frozen at this time. She jumped on the spot several times before she regained consciousness. She took Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office by the arm and said hastily: "Director Wang, I want to withdraw that report letter!"
"Report letter?" Director Wang of the sub-district office did not react for a while.
"It's the one that reported Yan Bugui, the Third Master of the Siheyuan!" Yu Qiuhua said impatiently.
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