Get something in the courtyard

The call went through, and when they heard that we had to go back to the Siheyuan, everyone agreed verbally, but no one took it seriously.

Liu Yuhua called Ran Qiuye and said, "This is calling everyone back to be the scapegoat."

Guo Xianghong was also unhappy, so she went to the private restaurant and gave Sha Zhu a good lesson, telling him not to go back.

Sha Zhu felt a little wronged, but no one answered him. Everyone with a discerning eye knew that the purpose of this meeting was him.

Widow Li was very tactful and quickly said, "Lao He and I won't go back either. We'll just stay in the dormitory of the private restaurant for two days."

Private restaurants have dormitories, but they are not many, and are used for workers on duty at night to rest. Now the He family is not short of money, so they will never agree to this request.

Originally, they wanted to let them stay in a hotel, but Widow Li said she was not used to it, so they went to the nursing home run by Wang Kun.

The nursing home is not big, but the conditions are very good. Wang Kun has invested a lot in it. Now that he has the ability, he also wants to do something beneficial to society.

Widow Li had seen nursing homes before, and the conditions were very good, which was why she had mentioned many times that she wanted to live in one. To the He brothers and sisters, she was an outsider. She wanted to fight for benefits for her son, but she couldn't fight for herself.

He Daqing was more than ten years older than Widow Li. If nothing unexpected happened, He Daqing would die before Widow Li. When He Daqing passed away, the future of Widow Li and He Yuliang would basically be in the hands of Sha Zhu and his sister. If she kept planning to fight for the family property for He Yuliang, she would probably get nothing in the end.

Wang Kun privately told Lou Xiao'e and Ran Qiuye that Widow Li was a truly smart person.

Back at the courtyard, the time for the meeting had arrived and the venue had been set up.

The table placed at the door of Qin Huairu's house was carried to the door of Shazhu's house. The three uncles sat in their original positions with their backs against Shazhu's house, but their eyes were fixed on the direction of the door.

There were about twenty people in the courtyard, most of them were old men and women. Although they were all acquaintances, no one spoke. Everyone was secretly looking at the three uncles.

As time passed, the three old men's faces became more and more ugly.

Qin Huairu was anxiously turning around, running to the door from time to time and looking outside. She was the only one who was not afraid of the three uncles.

By eight o'clock, the people in the courtyard could no longer hold back and began to grumble. They gave the three old men face, but that didn't mean they would stay with them.

Soon, everyone's eyes turned to Xu Damao, hoping that Xu Damao would stand up and make trouble for the three old men.

Xu Damao's face was full of disdain, and he had no intention of standing up. The three old men were almost going crazy for their comfortable lives in the future, so why should he stand up and attract fire? If he was blamed by the three of them, it would be too unlucky.

Yi Zhonghai and the other two, of course, saw everyone's little thoughts, but none of them said anything. They still had to rely on everyone to morally blackmail Sha Zhu, and they couldn't offend these people.

Finally, the troublemaker Jia Zhang stood up and said, "Damn you stupid Zhu, you knew we were going to have a meeting for the whole hospital, but you didn't come back earlier."

With the first person speaking, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

The murmurs below gradually became louder, and were filled with dissatisfaction.

Yi Zhonghai and the other two looked at each other and motioned for the other party to stand up. After a stalemate for a while, none of the three stood up.

There was no other way, Yi Zhonghai had to come forward. Compared with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, he was indeed the weaker party. Who made him have no son? No matter how unfilial the sons of the other two were, they still had children as a backup.

"Everyone, be quiet. Let me say a few words before the meeting. What's wrong with you? The three of us have already notified everyone to attend. Why aren't you coming back?"

He straightened his back and glared at the people below him fiercely as he did before. He had used this trick to control the courtyard before, and it worked very well. However, the effect this time was very poor.

No one present gave him face.

"Uncle, why didn't we attend? Everyone in the courtyard was present. If you say someone didn't come, then only Qin Huairu's son Banggeng didn't come."

"That's right. We sat with you in the yard for several hours. We gave you enough face."

"Who said it wasn't? I wanted to go home and watch TV. Now I've missed two episodes."

"I wouldn't have remembered it if you hadn't told me. I'm watching an exciting part right now. I wonder if there's a rerun tomorrow. If I don't, I won't be able to eat for three days."

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. Knowing that the three of them were hospitalized because of the TV, these people still mentioned the TV in front of him, which was simply rubbing salt into his wounds.

"That's enough. Do you still have any compassion? Ah. As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We have lived in the same courtyard for decades. When others encounter difficulties, it's fine if you don't help them, but how can you add insult to injury?"

At this time, how could Xu Damao, a villain, be missing? "Uncle, you are wrong to say that. You stole my business, and I put aside the past grudges and sent you to the hospital. How can you say that you are adding insult to injury?"

Others followed suit and said, “If I had known you would say that, I would not have helped send you to the hospital.”

Something was not right, Yan Bugui quickly stepped forward and calmed everyone down: "Everyone, please be quiet. Don't get me wrong, Lao Yi didn't mean that. He was anxious and said the wrong thing. Don't take it personally."

Yan Bugui winked at Yi Zhonghai, asking him to come out and apologize quickly.

Yi Zhonghai was unwilling, but he had no choice but to suppress his anger and apologize to everyone. He thought to himself, wait until I have fooled Sha Zhu, and then I will see how I will deal with you.

Everyone was worried that Yi Zhonghai would blackmail them, so they didn't want to provoke him and let him go.

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath and said, "The tradition of our courtyard is that when one side is in trouble, all sides will support it. In the past, the three of us have made a lot of contributions to the courtyard. Apart from anything else, our courtyard has been named a civilized courtyard for more than ten years, which is our contribution.

Now, we are having difficulties in doing business. I hope everyone can show their style and help us through this difficult time.”

"Uncle, we want to help, but we are powerless."

"Yeah, our family can't afford much money..."

In the end, it all comes down to one sentence: you don't have money and you can't take it out.

Fortunately, Yi Zhonghai didn't expect these people to take money, otherwise he would be very angry: "I know that everyone has difficulties. I hope that those who have money can give money, and those who have strength can give strength."

When everyone heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. With this, they knew it had nothing to do with them because they had no money. Then everyone turned their eyes to Xu Damao. Among the people present, Xu Damao had the best conditions.

Xu Damao said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you looking at me? Didn't I send them to the hospital? I have already done my part, you can't ask me to pay for it. There is no such thing in the world. Why should I pay for them?"

Qin Huairu had a bad feeling in his heart, thinking that holding this whole hospital meeting would not solve the problem. Up to now, not only Sha Zhu had not come, but even He Daqing and Widow Li had not returned. If no one came back, their plan would not be able to be implemented.

If Sha Zhu doesn't show up, the only one we can count on is Xu Damao.

"Da Mao, don't be angry, I didn't mean that." (End of this chapter)