Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

After Liu Haizhong instructed Liu Guangtian and his brother to set up the Eight Immortals Table, everyone in the courtyard arrived at the scene.

Xu Damao and Li Sumei also arrived. Just like before, they brought a stool and sat next to Wang Feng.

The plenary session followed the same old routine, resembling a joint trial, with Yi Zhonghai sitting in the middle and Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui on either side.

Xu Damao handed Wang Feng a cigarette and said, "Brother Wang Feng, this whole-school meeting must be because of what happened with Sha Zhu. You have to be my witness later."

Wang Feng smiled and nodded: "No problem."

Sha Zhu was also helped by an old lady to the meeting place. However, Sha Zhu walked with a split, which was quite comical, causing everyone in the courtyard to burst into laughter again.

Once everyone had arrived, Yi Zhonghai said loudly, "Xu Damao, Wang Feng, you two stand in front first."

Qin Jingru and Xu Damao looked at Wang Feng, both of them very puzzled, especially Qin Jingru, who didn't know what Brother Wang Feng had been doing in the yard these past few days.

When Wang Feng heard Yi Zhonghai call his name, he was a little stunned. Was Yi Zhonghai getting bolder and bolder? It seemed that after not dealing with him for a while, he thought he was invincible again?

Wang Feng pointed to himself and asked uncertainly, "Yi Zhonghai, you want me to stand at the front?"

Yi Zhonghai said in a deep voice, "Wang Feng, the theme of this college-wide meeting is you and Xu Damao. You and Xu Damao, please stand at the front."

Xu Damao retorted, "I'm sitting right in front. If you want to say something, just say it. I can hear you."

Wang Feng said with a gloomy face, "Yi Zhonghai, just tell me what you have to say about me. I'm sitting here listening. If you can't come up with something convincing, see how I deal with you."

"Smack."

Yi Zhonghai slammed his hand on the table: "Xu Damao, Wang Feng, what kind of attitude is this? Do you even respect us three old men?"

Liu Haizhong's face also turned cold: "Wang Feng, Xu Damao, how dare you disrespect senior leaders? Do you believe I'll kick you out of the compound?"

"I don't believe it!" Xu Damao shouted.

Wang Feng looked at Liu Haizhong with a playful expression.

"You fatso, you say you're high-ranking leaders? I wonder what your administrative level is? Can't answer that, can't you?"

"You fat bastard, how dare you impersonate a cadre? You're clearly trying to rebel! I'm going to report you to the police right now. Let's see if you don't die this time."

"you……"

Liu Haizhong's face flushed red after Wang Feng's words. He was about to speak when Yi Zhonghai raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Wang Feng, Lao Liu didn't read many books, that's not what he meant. Don't dwell on that. We're discussing your issue with Xu Damao now."

Yan Fugui hurriedly added, "Yes, Wang Feng, don't listen to Lao Liu's nonsense. I've never said I was a leader."

Wang Feng scoffed, "You fatso, you call yourself a high-ranking leader? You're just a liaison officer, you don't even have an administrative rank or a salary, what kind of leader are you? Let me tell you, I'm the only leader in our institute, the deputy head of the procurement department, administrative rank 18."

"Hahaha, Brother Wang Feng is right. You three old men have met the leader and you dare to let him stand in front of you and listen to your lecture? I think you're just trying to rebel." Xu Damao laughed loudly.

"You...you all."

Liu Haizhong wanted to say something, but his second aunt quickly walked up to him and winked at him. Seeing that Liu Haizhong didn't understand her meaning, his second aunt pulled Liu Haizhong away.

"My husband has been having some mental issues lately. I'll take him home to take his medication now. You guys continue."

"Hahaha, Second Uncle, will you dare call yourself a leader next time?"

"That's right, Second Uncle, you're a high-ranking leader, why are you leaving? If you leave, how are we supposed to hold the meeting?"

"Second Uncle, with your high-ranking leader absent, there's no one to preside over this meeting."

Qin Jingru curled her lip in disdain: "Tch, who does he think he is? My brother Wang Feng, a proper leader, doesn't always talk about being a leader in the courtyard. But he acts like he's a leader all the time, a high-ranking leader, huh?"

When everyone in the courtyard saw Liu Haizhong being dragged away, they all burst into laughter.

Yi Zhonghai gestured for everyone to quiet down before speaking loudly:

"As I just explained, Old Liu hasn't read many books, so his words are a bit unclear. He didn't mean that the three of us are leaders. Now that Old Liu is gone, let's talk about the issue between Wang Feng and Xu Damao."

Yan Fugui quickly said, "Yes, yes, Wang Feng, stop holding a grudge against Lao Liu. Even if you report it to the police, they won't care about Lao Liu's unintentional slip of the tongue. At most, they'll just give him a verbal warning."

Wang Feng scoffed, "Fine, Yi Zhonghai, then tell me, what exactly is wrong with my real leader?"

Yi Zhonghai spoke in a deep voice: "Wang Feng, yesterday afternoon, Jia Zhangshi only said two words to you at your doorstep. Did you beat her up?"

"That's right." Wang Feng nodded; he didn't need to deny it.

"Wang Feng, you have to pay up! You have to pay up, or I'll never forgive you!" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

"Master, Wang Feng beat my mother for no reason. You must stand up for my mother!"

Yi Zhonghai gestured for him to speak: "Wang Feng, since you've admitted it, then tell me what we should do about this. As a cadre, it's unacceptable for you to beat an elderly person without cause. Our institution has always upheld the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young. As a cadre, you don't respect the elderly or care for the young, and you even beat an elderly person. Is this the kind of thing a cadre should do?"

"Hahaha."

Wang Feng laughed loudly, his tone laced with sarcasm.

"Yi Juehu, are you deaf or blind? Jia Zhangshi came to my door and cursed at me, so what if I hit her? Don't give me any talk about respecting the elderly and caring for the young. Jia Zhangshi isn't even fifty years old yet, and you're calling her an old woman?"

"Let me tell you, let alone someone like Jia Zhangshi who isn't even an old person, even if someone in their seventies or eighties provokes me, I'll still beat them up. If you have the ability, come and beat me up; if you don't, go to the police. I only believe in the law. If the police think I'm wrong to hit someone, they will naturally arrest me."

"Yi Juehu, do you really like respecting the elderly and caring for the young? Tomorrow I'm going to the countryside and finding a dozen or so elderly people in their seventies and eighties. You have to take care of them, otherwise you're not respecting the elderly. Don't worry, they'll only eat cornbread every day. With your salary of 99 yuan, you can still afford to support them."

"That's right, Uncle. I know a lot of old men and women in the countryside. Since you like respecting the elderly and caring for the young so much, I'll find you a few too, so you can be a good son and grandson." Xu Damao chimed in.

Wang Feng smiled knowingly and said, "Yi Zhonghai, what do you think? Do you still care about respecting the elderly and caring for the young? If you were to take care of so many people in their old age, I guarantee your reputation as a great philanthropist would spread throughout the entire city of Beijing."