Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 49 Rampant
At this time, the system of stewards could basically be abolished. However, due to the shortage of street staff in the early days of the People's Republic of China, it was decided that the original stewards would be responsible for mediating trivial matters in the courtyard. In this way, the system of stewards in courtyard houses was preserved.

In order to provide for the elderly, Yi Zhonghai, at the instruction of the deaf old lady, began to spread their ideas and encourage filial piety in the courtyard.

This is obviously a substitution of concepts. There are people who are filial to their parents, but I have never heard of anyone who is filial to the elderly. Who would be willing to do this if they have no relatives or friends?

Many people understand what is going on, but they just don't want to point it out.

However, the two were still not satisfied. In order to prevent themselves from being taken advantage of by others, they began to find ways to establish their authority.

Yi Zhonghai spread rumors in the alley that the deaf old lady was a military martyr's relative and had made straw sandals for our army in order to raise the deaf old lady's status.

After the deaf old lady's status was improved, she began to speak in favor of Yi Zhonghai, but the effect was limited after all, as there were always some people who were unwilling to believe their rhetoric.

At this time, the simple-minded Sha Zhu came into the sight of the two men. After finding a way to force He Daqing away, the two men trained Sha Zhu to be their thug.

In this way, a situation was formed where anyone who opposed Yi Zhonghai would be beaten by Sha Zhu at his explicit or implicit instructions, thus creating Yi Zhonghai's unique position.

Some people couldn't accept it and moved away slowly. Those who stayed behind were either in particularly difficult circumstances or were not afraid of them.

Because the second and third uncles had many children, the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai began to spread rumors out of jealousy.

Yi Zhonghai kept telling Liu Haizhong that there are no parents who are not wrong, which made Liu Haizhong firmly believe in corporal punishment.

The deaf old lady began to say that the parents were unkind and the children were unfilial, obviously referring to Liu Haizhong beating his son and Yan Bugui being stingy.

The purpose is to make the children of the two families have problems with their values, fail to provide for their parents in their old age, and eventually end up like her and Yi Zhonghai.

From then on, no matter what happened in the courtyard, the deaf old lady and the old man Yi Zhonghai would help Sha Zhu to deal with it.

At the factory, Sha Zhu was needed for entertainment because of his craftsmanship, which made him even more arrogant. He refused to give face to anyone except Yang Guofeng.

He even ignored Deputy Factory Director Li Yumin, who was in charge of the canteen, which shows how rampant he was.

In this way, under the instigation and protection of the two people, Sha Zhu became the bully of the courtyard and the steel mill.

This morning, Shazhu instigated Banggeng to sing Suolaibao to disgust Xu Damao, but he did not expect to be accused by Shen Zhiyu of harming Banggeng.

Later, Xu Damao used words to bully Sha Zhu's deaf grandmother and uncle.

Yi Zhonghai also wanted to use Sha Zhu to regain his authority. At that time, he told Sha Zhu that Shen Zhiyu was a military martyr's relative and could not be touched. It was obvious that he was telling Sha Zhu that Xu Damao could be touched.

So what happened was that Sha Zhu suddenly attacked Xu Damao.

But this time it was unlike usual. Xu Damao fell unconscious on the spot, which scared everyone.

If Xu Damao died at the scene, no one in the hospital would be able to stay out of it.

So there was a scene where Shen Zhiyu directed everyone to call the police and call family members, and Sha Zhu was taken back to the police station.

At this time, the police station supervision room.

Sha Zhu didn't know the specific situation of Xu Damao, and was afraid that he would not wake up. He would be labeled a murderer and might have to eat peanuts. Therefore, when the police interrogated him, he insisted that he did not mean it.

Through investigation, the police found out that Sha Zhu did it on purpose and had a criminal record of frequently beating others. Seeing that he was not honest, they threw him into a confinement room, asking him to reflect on his mistakes and confess the problem honestly.

The Spring Festival in the north is as cold as winter, and the unheated confinement room is even colder. Sha Zhu was locked in such a confinement room. At this moment, Sha Zhu's face was pale, and he was frozen and shivered in the corner.

He is very scared now, and his mind is full of the scene of himself being shot.

After investigating, it was impossible to convict Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, so the police could only hand them over to the neighborhood office for criticism and education.

It is completely understandable that Yi Zhonghai asked the younger generation to kowtow to the deaf old lady. The Flower-Growing Family has always had a tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young.

He said that the Spring Festival is a traditional festival, and it is not excessive to ask all the younger generations in the hospital to kowtow to the elderly and wish them a happy new year, as it is a celebration.

The problems of both of them were solved, but the problem of Sha Zhu could not be solved. He could not get away with it by saying it was unintentional. The severity of the trial would be determined based on the severity of Xu Damao's injuries.

Although Yi Zhonghai felt sorry for the loss, he did not care too much about it. His first choice for retirement support was always Jia Dongxu, and Sha Zhu was at most a spare tire, so Yi Zhonghai was not too anxious.

The deaf old lady was very anxious. When she first came into contact with Sha Zhu, she also had a utilitarian mentality.

First, she wanted Sha Zhu to take care of her in her old age and see her to the end of her life. Second, Sha Zhu’s cooking was delicious and she was old and just craved a bite of food.

I don't know what's wrong with this big bastard Sha Zhu. He treats his sister like a nobody, but is very sincere to these insignificant people. After living together for a long time, the deaf old lady also developed feelings for Sha Zhu and really treated him as her own grandson.

In the deaf old lady's opinion, Sha Zhu got into trouble this time just to vent her anger, and she couldn't let him be locked up.

Yi Zhonghai carried the deaf old lady on his back back to the courtyard, and the two chatted casually.

"Zhonghai, go see Xu Damao tomorrow and confirm his condition." The deaf old lady still wanted to save people.

Yi Zhonghai nodded and agreed. Although Sha Zhu was just a spare tire, Yi Zhonghai really didn't want anything to happen to Sha Zhu as long as there was a way to do it.

……

Xu Damao woke up completely at around 9 o'clock in the evening.

"Da Mao, are you awake?" Lou Xiao'e said happily as she looked at Xu Damao who had woken up.

As he spoke, he hurriedly woke up his father-in-law and mother-in-law who were dozing off next to him. When Xu Fugui and his wife saw Xu Damao wake up, they were overjoyed.

"Xiao'e, you and your mother take care of Damao. I'll go call a doctor." Xu Fugui said.

The doctor came quickly. He opened Xu Damao's eyes, looked at the whites of his eyes, checked with a stethoscope, and asked Xu Damao a few questions.

"The patient is in good condition. It's not as serious as we thought. It should be a moderate concussion. He will be almost recovered after two weeks of good rest. The patient can now eat some liquid food." The doctor said with a smile.

After hearing the doctor's reply, everyone was obviously relieved. Xu Damao had survived.

However, Xu Fugui obviously would not think so. He wanted Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu and others to pay the price.

After seeing Xu Damao fall asleep again, Xu Fugui asked his wife to take good care of their son, while he rode his bike home to get some dry goods.

As a projectionist at a cinema, he had been to the countryside more often than Xu Damao, so he naturally had a lot of useful information in his hands. After getting the useful information, Xu Fugui returned to the hospital and went to the doctor's duty room.

Xu Fugui brought mushrooms, vermicelli, dried meat and other items and knocked on the door of the doctor's duty room.

(End of this chapter)