Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

There are more than twenty or almost thirty households in the four courtyards.

If we want to continue holding the whole hospital meeting, we must gain the support of more than half of the residents.

Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong will definitely support me.

They are also the bosses in the yard. If no one attends the general meeting in the future, their status as bosses will be in name only.

The deaf old lady is on my side and will definitely vote for me.

Sha Zhu is his godson, he will definitely vote for him.

The Jia family didn't dare to offend me, and since I was Qin Huairu's master, they would also vote for me, which added up to six votes.

As long as I can get ten more votes, I will definitely be the final winner.

There are more than twenty young people in the steel rolling mill working as fitters and forgers in the workshop. As a senior fitter in the factory, I participate in various technician assessments every year.

In order to prevent me from cheating them in the assessment, these people will definitely stand on my side.

In this way, the number of residents in the yard who support him will definitely exceed that of Wang Dong.

Moreover.

Even if he was not sure of winning, facing Wang Dong who was eyeing him covetously, he had no way of refusing this opportunity.

Wang Dong tied this vote to the label of local emperor, so he had to nod even though he disagreed in his heart.

I can only answer with a vicious expression: "Then vote..."

"I agree with Wang Dong's opinion. From now on, you can choose whether to participate in the whole hospital meeting or not."

"Agree with my opinion and continue to participate in the general meeting in the future."

The voting went very smoothly. In less than five minutes, more than 20 slips of paper were collected together, and no one knew which slip belonged to whom.

The moment that made Yi Zhonghai extremely nervous had arrived.

Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong also looked at the note in the bowl with nervousness, fearing that Wang Dong's proposal would be passed by everyone.

When the result came out, Yi Zhonghai's eyes widened as if he was frightened. He asked in disbelief, "How is it possible?"

"Who on earth voted against it? Why did so many people…"

After saying that, he wanted to grab more than 20 notes to see who was supporting Wang Dong.

There were a total of twenty-nine votes, of which nineteen supported Wang Dong, and only a handful of ten votes supported Yi Zhonghai, which far underestimated Yi Zhonghai's expectations.

He decided to find out those residents who did not support him and take revenge on them in the future to let them know the huge price of confronting him.

How could Wang Dong let him get his wish?

He took two steps at a time and got all the notes first, holding them tightly in his arms: "Uncle, what do you want to do..."

"This is an anonymous vote. Now that the results are out, these notes are useless. Are you trying to find out those residents who don't support you so you can take revenge on them in the future?"

"What's the point of anonymous voting in this case?"

Yi Zhonghai waited with a pair of red eyes and asked back: "Then what are you doing with these ballots?"

Wang Dong smiled and replied: "Of course it was burned..."

After saying that, he turned to Xu Damao and said, "Da Mao..."

"Do you have any burning coal briquettes at home? Take one out. I want to burn these notes in front of all the residents to prevent some petty people in our yard from taking revenge on everyone."

Xu Damao was willing to do anything that was disadvantageous to Yi Zhonghai, and he quickly took out a red-hot coal ball.

More than twenty pieces of paper were thrown on it and turned into ashes.

Seeing that all the residents in the yard were relieved and heaved a long sigh of relief, Wang Dong continued: "Uncle..."

"The voting results show..." "Everyone agrees: From now on, residents in the yard can decide for themselves whether to attend the general meeting. You have nothing to say now..."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's gloomy face and silence, Wang Dong continued: "Uncle, I don't have anything else to do..."

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to say anything extra now, he clenched his fist and said: "The meeting is adjourned..."

After saying that, he walked home without looking back.

At today's meeting of the whole institute, he not only slapped himself in the face, but also lost all his face, and all his efforts over the past year were in vain.

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The front yard of the quadrangle.

Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan followed closely behind Wang Dong, and said excitedly: "Master..."

"You are so amazing..."

"A few words made an old man speechless..."

"If you hadn't helped, the leftovers that Dashan and I bring back every day would have been lost!"

"We are from the kitchen. No matter how powerful Yi Zhonghai is, he can't control us. From now on, if there is a general meeting in the courtyard, I will attend if you, Master, attend. If you don't attend, I won't attend!" Huang Longfei patted his chest and promised solemnly.

Tang Dashan followed up: "I will follow you, Master. I will do whatever you say!"

"Every time the courtyard holds a general meeting, nothing good happens. They are always scheming about this or that. It's so annoying..."

"If you don't attend the general assembly in the future, you won't have to deal with these troubles!"

Wang Dong smiled and continued, "Without the whole hospital meeting, Yi Zhonghai and his men will definitely be quiet for a while. We can finally work well without worrying about being plotted against in the hospital."

"But the whole college meeting just now also reminded me of something!"

"The price of grain in Pigeon City is getting higher and higher, and the grain supply on the grain book is getting less and less. Do you two have enough food in your families?"

"You are my disciples. If you run out of food at home, don't hold on. You must tell me immediately."

"After all, your master's salary is more than 40 yuan, and I know many factory leaders. I can still buy a few dozen kilograms of food for you."

At this point, Tang Dashan was the first to show an embarrassed expression on his face: "Master..."

"My family consists of children and elderly people, and the food supply listed in the food supply book is less than that of others..."

"If I hadn't eaten dinner in the kitchen, the family would have run out of food long ago!"

"But the food supply listed in the food list is just enough to fill our stomachs..."

"Grandma and Xiaoshan can't eat coarse grains every day. They have to exchange them for some white flour."

"If the food supply listed in the ration book continues to decrease, we will definitely go hungry!"

Huang Longfei followed up: "Master..."

"My family is in a similar situation?"

"We can barely get enough to eat now, but if the food supply on the ration book continues to decrease, we will definitely run out of food!"

"But now I have a fixed salary. I can go to the Pigeon Market to buy some expensive food. I won't starve!"

Wang Dong didn't expect that the situation at his two apprentices' families had deteriorated to this extent.

You have to know that this is only the first year of food shortage, and this situation will continue for two full years. The price of food in Pigeon City will skyrocket to a level that no one can imagine.

If we can only ensure that we don't go hungry now, we will definitely be hungry one day and full the next, or even deteriorate to the point where we have to go outside the city to dig wild vegetables and eat wild vegetable steamed buns.

(End of this chapter)