Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

The residents of No. 95 compound have so much that it makes all the other residents of Nanluoguxiang envious.

For a normal family, owning even one of the three essential items (sewing machine, watch, radio, and bicycle) is considered a sign of good financial standing.

Turns out, your No. 95 courtyard is amazing! Every household there has all three essential appliances: a turntable, a sewing machine, a radio, and a smart speaker. They even built stoves and kang beds.

Actually, it's nothing, there are also people with good conditions in other courtyards in Nanluoguxiang.

When I saw people in the No. 95 compound buying bicycles in droves, buying three-wheeled bicycles and a car, I couldn't help but smile.

They also want to have it, but not now, believing that money is only real when it's in their hands, and that spending it is a loss.

They were waiting to see No. 95 Courtyard make a fool of itself.

However, instead of the expected joke, he became the joke himself.

Because nowadays, besides the stove, you can also build a kang (heated brick bed) and play the three-wheeled spinning top and the jingle, which are things that money can't buy.

Besides money, you also need a ticket, and a bicycle ticket is something that ordinary people can hardly obtain in their lifetime.

The other major items are similar.

This leads to an unbalanced mindset among them, and they are ridiculed by their wives and children at home.

I told you to buy it a long time ago, but you wouldn't. I said the price would drop, but now it's so expensive I can barely afford it in my lifetime.

Workers can still obtain large-item vouchers, either through factory rewards or by collecting industrial vouchers, but both are very difficult to obtain.

Moreover, since tickets were required to purchase the "three turns and one sound" (a set of three-turned-transfer-one-rings), these items have become increasingly valuable.

The residents in the courtyard didn't really care; everyone had one, and they'd gotten used to it after so many years.

Because from some unknown day onwards, Yan Bugui started washing and wiping the bicycles every day, and everyone began to treat their bicycles like treasures.

Even several liaison officers from No. 98 courtyard personally came to communicate and ask if they could buy two second-hand bicycles, since their courtyard didn't have a single bicycle.

Of course I won't sell it. Everyone knows cars are expensive these days. Besides, you're being incredibly polite.

They even quoted 120 yuan per vehicle, trying to fool the foreigners.

A used bicycle that's about 80% new outside will cost at least 180 yuan without a receipt.

Remember, this is free.

The three liaison officers of No. 98 courtyard were almost beaten out by the angry Yi Zhonghai.

This is outrageous!

So Yi Zhonghai and the other two liaison officers held a meeting and decided that they would not lend bicycles to other colleges from now on.

It's none of my business if you lend it to me, but I, Yi Zhonghai, am not lending it.

As a result, many neighbors chose not to lend their properties anymore, not afraid of offending anyone, they just made up an excuse.

You won't die if you don't ride a bike, but getting used to borrowing one becomes an addiction.

Li Jiuzhou's family has three bicycles, but Bingbing rarely rides them now, since her commute to work is short, and she only rides them occasionally.

Actually, there was one family in the courtyard who didn't own a bicycle, and that was Yi Jia.

Of course, no neighbor would think that Yi Zhonghai couldn't afford it; he did buy a car for Jia Dongxu back then.

The two families live like one big family. They don't need to care about these things anymore.

Currently, No. 95 Courtyard is somewhat isolated from the surrounding courtyards.

Yi Zhonghai said, "You can isolate yourself all you want. If you can make me angry, then I'm not worthy of being on the same level."

The other neighbors are the same; who is isolating whom?

Our lives are going incredibly well, so who would dare to isolate us? We've isolated ourselves.

Of course, all of these things were spearheaded by Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and Liu Haizhong.

As liaisons, they have this responsibility; they'll get straight to the point and won't be afraid of you.

Yi Zhonghai further demonstrated his skills as an eighth-level fitter, and if any other institute had workers from the steel rolling mill, he would find someone to make things difficult for him.

Liu Haizhong also used his level seven fitter skills to pull as much as possible. Yes, he was promoted to a higher level, but under Yi Zhonghai's halo, he was nothing.

Yan Bugui also made his move, giving the neighborhood kids a hard time. Although his methods were disgusting, he did it with a perfectly legitimate reason: "So what if I keep you after school to recite? The teacher is doing it for your own good. Go back and tell your parents you have to stay tomorrow too..."

At this point, Yi Zhonghai and his two companions no longer cared about decorum; since they had already made their move, they were determined to see it through to the end.

The matter is not over until the other party gives in.

Zhonghai felt that the crackdown was not strong enough, so when he returned that night, he specifically sought out Li Jiuzhou, hoping that he could take some action.

Since it was all for the good of the hospital, Yi Zhonghai felt that Li Jiuzhou had no reason to refuse.

After explaining the situation to Li Jiuzhou, Yi Zhonghai asked for his opinion, essentially asking him to take action.

"Jiuzhou, that's the situation. What do you think?"

Li Jiuzhou nodded very seriously: "These people are too ignorant. Don't worry, Uncle Yi, leave it to me."

"The results will be available by the day after tomorrow at the latest. You can rest assured that I can handle things well."

Yi Zhonghai's face lit up with a smile when he heard Li Jiuzhou say that; he felt extremely proud.

"Jiuzhou, you're the only leader in our department. If I don't trust you, who can I trust? But... I still want to ask what your plans are?"

Li Jiuzhou smiled, not intending to cause trouble for Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle Yi, this is simple. Just make an example of him and fire him."

"Write me a list tonight, and I'll have someone deal with them one by one."

Yi Zhonghai was stunned upon hearing this, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He thought to himself, "Li Jiuzhou, you're ruthless enough," and then said with a wry smile:

"That... Jiuzhou, just pretend I was never here today." She glanced at the newly opened pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

"This cigarette... Jiuzhou, take this cigarette and smoke it..."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

Li Jiuzhou watched Yi Zhonghai's departing figure and smiled mysteriously. He picked up a cigarette from the table, lit it, and leisurely smoked it.

Is Yi Zhonghai trying to drag me down with him?

It's not that I can't step down, but once I do, it will be a devastating blow that the neighbors in the nearby courtyards can't afford, and neither can Yi Zhonghai.

How could Li Jiuzhou, as a leader, possibly get involved in these neighborhood conflicts? He was just saying that to scare Yi Zhonghai.

To make him back down, or even to say that on purpose.

On his way home, Yi Zhonghai cursed under his breath, not daring to gamble on whether Li Jiuzhou's words were true or false.

If Li Jiuzhou really does that, it will be a huge mess.

He was certain that Li Jiuzhou would be fine, while Yi Zhonghai would be secretly killed.

Just as Li Jiuzhou said, directly firing someone, let alone whether it's even possible, what if Li Jiuzhou actually manages to make it happen?

After that, the blame will most likely fall on Yi Zhonghai. How many lives does he have to carry that burden?

That was something they really couldn't handle.

In fact, Yi Zhonghai's idea was very simple: to use Li Jiuzhou's leadership position to suppress others and make the neighbors in the nearby courtyards submit.

You can't do anything that would ruin someone's livelihood; it could cost you your life.

If anyone tries to cut off Yi Zhonghai's livelihood right now, without hesitation, we'll fight them, even if it costs us our lives!

Seeing blood is the easiest thing to do; without a few lives to quell the anger, it won't be extinguished.