Get something in the courtyard

When Jia Zhang heard that Lan Zhengwu was unwilling to help, she hated Yi Zhonghai for coming up with this idea. She ran directly to Yi Zhonghai's house and started making a scene.

Qin Huairu also resented Yi Zhonghai for giving blind advice, so she did not stop Jia Zhang. She waited for Jia Zhang to make a fuss for a while before she stepped forward to stop her.

"Mom, can you please stop scolding me? The uncle had good intentions and thought Director Lan could help, but who knew he was so useless.

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu had been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for decades, and they had perfect cooperation. As soon as she heard what Qin Huairu said, she stopped cursing.

"How dare you say that? We only had so much food at home, and we used it all to treat our guests. If you had done something for Banggeng, I wouldn't have said anything. But in the end, you guys are eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks, while Banggeng and I haven't eaten yet.

No, this matter cannot be let go like this. Liu Haizhong either needs to find a job for our Bang Geng or give me back what he ate. "

Jia Zhang pretended to go find Liu Haizhong, and Qin Huairu pretended to hold her back: "Mom, what are you doing? If you go find Second Uncle, how will our family live in the courtyard in the future? How will others look at Bang Geng. First Uncle, please help me persuade my mother-in-law."

How could Yi Zhonghai dare to provoke Jia Zhangshi? When the deaf old lady was alive, she could use her status as an ancestor to suppress Jia Zhangshi. Without the deaf old lady, he found that he was just a grandson when facing Jia Zhangshi.

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai didn't react, Jia Zhang raised her hand and hit Qin Huairu, and then was about to hit her a second time.

Yi Zhonghai was so distressed that he immediately forgot his fear of Jia Zhangshi and shouted, "Stop it. Sister-in-law, stop hitting Huairu. This meal is on me. I'll give you the money in a minute!"

Having achieved the first goal, Jia Zhang restrained herself for a moment and continued, "This is not enough. What about Bang Geng's job? You promised to let Bang Geng be a leader in Wang Kun's factory."

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he dared not admit it. If he agreed to it and failed to do it in the end, it would be troublesome.

"Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense. When did I agree to Bang Geng going to Wang Kun's factory to be a leader? If you say that, I will not be responsible for Bang Geng's affairs."

Jia Zhang knew that Yi Zhonghai didn't have the ability to do that. There is a saying that goes "ask for a high price, pay low." This is the high price she asked for Yi Zhonghai.

The next step was for Qin Huairu to pay back the money.

Yi Zhonghai rejected her exorbitant price, but he couldn't continue to refuse Qin Huairu's request to pay back the money.

Qin Huairu walked to Yi Zhonghai, patted his back, and said gently: "Mom, please don't make things difficult for the uncle. Wang Kun is so stingy and never lets people in our courtyard take advantage. He will definitely not agree to give Banggeng a leadership position.

Uncle, I don’t ask Banggeng to be my leader. My biggest hope now is that Banggeng can find a stable job.”

Yi Zhonghai was in a dilemma, unwilling to agree but also daring not to refuse.

In the backyard, Xu Damao asked Liu Haizhong curiously, "Second Uncle, who is here today?"

Liu Haizhong said proudly: "My apprentice Lan Zhengwu. I sponsored him to go to college, and now he has become the director of a ribbed steel factory."

When Xu Damao heard this, he thought that this was a task that would give him real power and might be used at any time, so he kept it in mind.

"Among the three uncles in our hospital, the one I admire most is the second uncle. The second uncle is very good at teaching his apprentices. He was even able to train a factory director. He is amazing."

Xu Damao directly attributed the credit for Lan Zhengwu's leadership to Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong was sold on this and thought that he had made the greatest contribution to Lan Zhengwu's becoming the factory director. He laughed and said, "Back then, I could tell at first glance that Lan Zhengwu was not an ordinary guy, so I encouraged him to go to college. Facts have proved that I had a very good eye."

"That's right. You and Uncle One both supported college students. Uncle One was cunning, saying nice things but never taking any real action. Uncle Two was different, he really gave. I regret not learning from you. Uncle Two, I'll prepare some good food and wine some other day, you can tell me about it."

After Sha Zhu, his mortal enemy, left, Xu Damao's biggest enemy in the courtyard became Yi Zhonghai. Whenever he had the chance, he would not let go of the opportunity to belittle Yi Zhonghai. Liu Haizhong's biggest dream was to become an official, and his second biggest dream was to suppress Yi Zhonghai. Xu Damao's words touched his heart, and with the addition of alcohol, Liu Haizhong became very talkative, and he pulled Xu Damao to chat in the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai stood in the corner, listening to the two people's disparagement of him, and was very angry.

It was not surprising that Xu Damao belittled him. After all, he and Xu Damao had never gotten along. Ever since Wang Kun came to the courtyard, Xu Damao had a backer and he would always make trouble for him.

But he didn't expect that Liu Haizhong would join Xu Damao in disparaging him. He worked hard to raise the elderly in the courtyard, not for himself. Wouldn't Liu Haizhong benefit from it?
Don't think that you can rest easy just because you have many sons.

The more sons you have, the more money you have to spend to support them. If your sons are not filial, all your efforts will be in vain.

This is really a loss to my grandma.

It's not like he didn't hint to Liu Haizhong that he should consider retirement, but it's a pity that Liu Haizhong's brain is not good enough to figure it out.

Thinking back to those days, with just a slight hint from the deaf old lady, he understood the importance of elderly care, changed his ways, and planned a great elderly care business with the deaf old lady.

Liu Haizhong can't even figure this out, and yet he has the nerve to look down on him, bah.

Although he was angry, Yi Zhonghai knew that he could not quarrel with Liu Haizhong. Although there were some unexpected problems in the retirement plan, he could not lose Liu Haizhong as a partner.

If one wants to morally blackmail others, he must do it with great force; he cannot do it alone.

Yi Zhonghai pretended not to hear the conversation between Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao, and called out from a distance: "Old Liu."

Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao stopped their conversation immediately when they heard Yi Zhonghai's voice.

Xu Damao turned around and saw Yi Zhonghai, so he said, "Second Uncle, we have a deal. In two days, I will prepare something delicious so that we can have a good drink together."

"Okay, I'll be waiting for your wine." Liu Haizhong responded with a smile.

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he turned around, said hello to Yi Zhonghai, and went home, without any intention of inviting him to drink.

Yi Zhonghai stared at Xu Damao's back with a dark face, thinking hatefully in his heart, "Xu Damao, don't show off to me. When there is no one to take care of you in your old age, you will know the pain."

Liu Haizhong thought of what Lan Zhengwu said before he left, and was very dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai, so he asked him: "Old Yi, what do you want to do? Don't you feel ashamed?"

Yi Zhonghai's face turned even darker, but he couldn't argue with Liu Haizhong in the yard, so he said, "What shame or not? I don't understand what you mean. Lao Liu, I want to talk to you about something important. Let's go to your house and talk."

Liu Haizhong didn't want to lose face. If people knew that his apprentice came to see him and was seduced by his neighbor, he would never be able to see anyone again.

"I want to see if you have anything important to say."

After saying that, Liu Haizhong went home first.

Yi Zhonghai glared at the people who came out to watch the fun, and then followed them into Liu Haizhong's house.

The people in the backyard felt uncomfortable with Yi Zhonghai's glare, but they didn't dare to provoke him, so they could only curse him in their hearts. (End of this chapter)