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Yan Bugui returned home somewhat worried. When his third aunt saw him, she thought the family had suffered a great loss and hurriedly asked what was wrong.

"What's wrong? Our family didn't suffer any losses, did we?"

Yan Bugui said, "How could our family possibly suffer a loss? There is no one who could scheme against me."

"Then why are you looking so gloomy?" the third aunt said irritably.

Yan Bugui sighed: "I was just worried that we wouldn't be able to buy treasury bonds cheaply in the future."

After understanding the reason, the three aunties also became worried.

In order to keep prices down, the couple didn't actually buy much these past few days.

"It's all Lao Liu's fault. He should have known, but why made such a big fuss?"

They don't reflect on whether they did the right thing or not; they only blame others for delaying their ability to make money.

Outside the gate of courtyard number 95, all those who had heard the news came to find Yan Bugui.

They believed that Yan Bugui had deceived them and wanted to get the treasury bonds back.

"Let's go, we must make Yan Bugui give us an explanation."

A group of people broke into No. 95 courtyard, scaring everyone in the courtyard into hiding in their homes.

"Yan Bugui, come out."

Because they resented Yan Bugui for deceiving them, they called Yan Bugui by his full name.

Hearing the familiar voice outside, Yan Bugui's heart skipped a beat.

"Oh no, they're definitely here to ask for treasury bonds."

The three women also realized this and said with heartache, "Why should we? We paid for it."

"Old man, we can't give them to them; if we do, we'll suffer a huge loss."

Yan Bugui didn't want to give it either, but he wasn't sure he could stop those people.

"Yang Ruihua, I'll go out and stop them. You go find Lao Yi. Only Lao Yi can save our money."

"Okay, I'll go find Lao Yi right now."

The couple went out together, and Yan Bugui stepped forward to stop those people: "What do you want?"

"What are you doing? Give us back our treasury bonds."

Yan Bugui stubbornly insisted, "You sold it to me willingly, and I paid for it at the time."

We'll exchange money for goods.

"You can't get something back once it's been sold."

"We were cheated by you. Yan Bugui, pay us back."

"It's not about repaying money, it's about repaying our treasury bonds."

So many people came looking for Yan Bugui that it became impossible to tell who had said it.

The scene was chaotic, and Yan Bugui didn't know how to deal with it.

Three middle-aged women ran into the courtyard from the crowd, shouting, "Old Yi, something bad has happened!"

Yi Zhonghai had just fallen asleep in bed when he was startled awake by the three old women.

"What's wrong with me? I'm perfectly fine."

The three women cried and said, "Please go and save Old Yan!"

Yi Zhonghai was startled, worried that something might have happened to Yan Bugui. His retirement plan hadn't been completed yet.

Yan Bugui absolutely cannot have any accidents happen to him.

"What's wrong with Lao Yan?"

The three women tearfully recounted what had happened, which gave Yi Zhonghai a headache.

Let him deal with the people in Courtyard No. 95, that's no problem at all.

But those people weren't from compound number 95.

Yan Bugui has offended too many people.

There's a saying that goes, "Cutting someone's money is like killing their parents."

Yi Zhonghai was afraid that those people would actually take action for money.

At his age, even a slight blow could take half his life.

"Make Old Yan return the treasury bonds to them..."

"No way." The third aunt refused before Yi Zhonghai could finish speaking: "We earned those through our own abilities, why should we give them back?"

Yi Zhonghai remained silent.

What kind of time is this? People still value money more than their lives.

But he also knew that the Yan couple were people who valued money more than their lives.

Didn't you see? The couple stopped contacting their son because of money.

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai didn't move, the third aunt continued to plead: "Old Yi, you can't just abandon Old Yan."

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to get involved, but he really couldn't ignore it.

Having no other choice, he got up and followed the third aunt to check out the front yard.

The front yard was already packed with people, all there to ask Yan Bugui for treasury bonds. Seeing so many people, Yi Zhonghai felt uneasy.

There were so many people, and I knew almost everyone, including a few with bad tempers.

He was somewhat apprehensive, but he couldn't just stand by and watch someone die, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and walk over.

What are you all doing gathered around like that?

If this happened inside a traditional courtyard house, the people inside would obediently make way for Yi Zhonghai upon hearing his voice.

However, those were people outside the courtyard house, and they didn't buy into Yi Zhonghai's ideas.

Yi Zhonghai's prestige outside is far less than it was back then, compared to when Sha Zhu was.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai also got angry.

He, as an elder, had already spoken up, yet these people didn't even know to make way.

That's incredibly unfilial.

Enraged, Yi Zhonghai forgot his fear and forced his way in.

Those people were there to collect treasury bonds, not to kill anyone, so they let Yi Zhonghai in.

When Yan Bugui saw Yi Zhonghai, it was as if he had seen a savior: "Old Yi, you've finally come."

You be the judge.

They voluntarily sold their treasury bonds to our country, and I paid them for it.

"You can't just buy something and then take it back."

Yi Zhonghai glared at Yan Bugui with disdain, then turned to face the people demanding payment.

"What exactly happened? Who gave you permission to cause trouble in our compound?"

“We are not causing trouble; we are here to get our treasury bonds back.”

"Yes, we're here to get our treasury bonds back."

When one person speaks, dozens of others echo him, creating a powerful momentum.

Coincidentally, all of these people who were speaking were young people.

Yi Zhonghai naturally disliked these people and labeled them as unfilial.

"Shut up, all of you. I know everything. You sold the treasury bonds voluntarily; it wasn't Old Yan who forced you."

There's no such thing as getting something back once it's been sold.

"When you go to the market to buy vegetables, after you've paid, can you ask the vendor for your money back?"

“That’s different. Yan Bugui tricked us into selling it.”

"Yes, we were scammed."

There are too many people demanding payment; they're not afraid of just one old man like Yi Zhonghai.

The more this happened, the angrier Yi Zhonghai became: "Shut up, all of you."

There are no elders who are always wrong.

Old Yan is so old, shouldn't you all call him uncle or grandpa when you see him?

Don't you have any filial piety at all?

"What a load of rubbish about filial piety! I knew it all along. He took advantage of my absence to swindle our family's treasury bonds from my mother."

He's a fraud.

"Yes, he's a fraud."

Several consecutive echoes of agreement made Yi Zhonghai extremely envious.

He longed for the day when he could command a large following, but it was all He Yuzhu's fault for disobeying him and ruining his plans.

At this moment, he still didn't forget to throw the blame on He Yuzhu.

Yi Zhonghai turned his head and stared at the front yard, wanting to pull the people of No. 95 courtyard together to fight against the debt collectors.

He looked around but couldn't find a single familiar face.

The people in the compound aren't stupid; this has nothing to do with them, so they won't get involved.

Left with no other option, Yi Zhonghai had to step in himself: "Don't talk nonsense. Don't you know what kind of person Lao Yan is?"

"We know what kind of person he is, of course. He even tastes the manure cart to check its saltiness when it passes by."

"Ha ha……"

The audience burst into laughter.

Faced with so many people, Yi Zhonghai was somewhat at a loss. His strengths were no longer effective at this moment.

He won't have to worry about it for a while.

With so many people gathered together, all looking angry, someone had already reported the incident to the police station.

After learning about the situation, the police station, fearing something might go wrong, reported it to the bureau.

Hundreds of police officers were mobilized and surrounded the No. 95 compound.

"Listen up, you inside, you are surrounded..." (End of Chapter)