Siheyuan: Security Chief, suppressing the whole courtyard

"Well, then he also scolded my wife..."

"What's wrong with scolding your wife? Isn't it common for neighbors to have a quarrel? Your mother scolds other residents every day. Can you make her pay money or apologize?"

"Let him apologize! It's wrong for a man like him to scold a woman!"

"Take a rest!" Yi Zhonghai glared at Jia Dongxu and said, "This is not the way to solve this problem. Go to your house first and wait for Chunmei to come home. I will go with you to her house to deal with this matter."

Chapter 10 I am a person who will not respond to any soft or hard words!

"Hey? Wife, you're back?"

As the door opened, Zhang Chunmei walked in.

"Yeah, boss, you've prepared the meal again, haven't you? Didn't I tell you that I can do this job?"

"Haha, I'm a married woman, and I feel embarrassed to be supported by you, my wife. So I have to work hard to perform well, so that you won't be unhappy one day and kick me out, right?"

"You're talking nonsense."

Zhang Chunmei touched his forehead with her finger and said with a smile: "How was your rest at home today?"

"I'm not resting, look, wife."

Li Meng took out a dollar and said, "I went to the grain store to carry rice today. A bag was 2 cents, so I made exactly one dollar."

"Oh, you made so much money!" Zhang Chunmei was delighted, but then she said distressedly, "You have to carry 50 bags. You must be exhausted, boss?"

Her grandparents, grandparents, and even her parents have all passed away, and she doesn't have much contact with them, not to mention relatives beyond the fifth degree of mourning.

It can be said that Li Meng is her only and closest relative now. How can she not care about him?

Li Meng hugged her and kissed her, then said with a wicked smile: "Don't you know my strength and endurance? I am very capable."

Zhang Chunmei hastily pushed him away and said shyly, "Boss, someone in my class said that I just...can't come here again yesterday. You have to let me rest for a few days."

"Haha, I know, I'm just teasing you. Have dinner, wife. Oh, there's some good news."

"What good news?"

"look."

Li Meng took the household registration booklet and said, "I'm going to the street office today to get the matter of converting from rural to non-rural."

"what?!"

Zhang Chunmei took the household registration book and looked at it. She was overjoyed and said, "Oh, that's great. From now on, our family's ration will be more adequate. You are really capable as the head of the household. How did you manage to do this? I heard that it is very difficult to transfer from farmers to non-farmers now."

"That's what happened, wife. Didn't I tell you that I know some medical skills? The leader of the street office doesn't do anything..."

Li Meng explained the whole cause and effect. Of course, when it came to the medicinal powder, he had to say that he made it according to the ancient recipe. He couldn't say it was a reward from the system.

Zhang Chunmei suddenly realized: "No wonder, no wonder no one in the class believes you are so powerful, it turns out that you, the boss, are taking medicine."

Li Meng:? ? ?

"What are you talking about! I was born strong, I didn't take any medicine, my wife, I didn't take any!"

"Hey, I don't believe it."

Li Meng covered his forehead and thought, this is ruined.

When his wife told her classmates about this, they realized that Li Meng's strength was all due to drugs. His reputation was completely ruined!

"Haha, I believe you. I believe you are the boss."

Zhang Chunmei found Li Meng's expression amusing, but she stopped teasing him: "Eat, it will be cold soon."

Just about to pick up my chopsticks.

There was a knock on the door.

"Chunmei, are you at home?"

"Uncle? I'm at home."

Zhang Chunmei stood up and opened the door. Yi Zhonghai walked in with a smile, followed by Jia Dongxu who looked as if his mother had died.

"Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Haha, nothing serious, eating?"

"Yes, I'm eating now. Uncle, have you eaten yet? Let's have some together?"

"No need, your aunt has already made it at home."

After Yi Zhonghai and Zhang Chunmei exchanged a few pleasantries, he got down to business: "Chunmei, I've heard that your man is very capable. He earned 1 yuan for carrying a large bag today. He must have earned 30 yuan this month. And your household registration has been changed from rural to non-rural. Your family will live a better and better life in the future. If you have another fat boy, that will be amazing. The whole hospital will be envious."

Zhang Chunmei was very happy to hear him speak well of her husband and praise his abilities, and she couldn't stop smiling.

But Yi Zhonghai changed the subject and said, "By the way, Dongmei, it's almost time. You usually give the Jia family five dollars at this time every month. So, I'll bring Dongxu here so he can thank you in person."

Turning his head, Yi Zhonghai said to Jia Dongxu, "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you thank Chunmei?"

Jia Dongxu looked at Li Meng with anger in his eyes, and bowed to Zhang Chunmei reluctantly: "Thank you, Chunmei. Without your help, my family would not be able to survive."

Most people really can't handle Yi Zhonghai's series of moves.

They first compliment you and point out that your family is becoming more and more well-off and you should help the residents in need.

She then asked Jia Dongxu to thank her in person, and said that he could not survive without her support, which directly shut Zhang Chunmei up.

This is equivalent to saying "thank you" in advance. The person has said thank you and bowed to you. Do you have the nerve not to lend it to you?

Zhang Chunmei looked at her man, feeling somewhat troubled and with an unnatural expression on her face.

She really didn't want to borrow it, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu are singing the same tune, who would dare to say no?

Li Meng is so nice.

"Jia Dongxu, you should thank my wife, but your family can't make ends meet anymore, so you have to figure out a way out. Haven't you heard that if you lean on a mountain, the mountain will fall, and if you lean on a tree, the tree will wither?"

"Let me think of a way for you. Let your lazy mother go out and find a part-time job, and your wife can go with her. There will be no one to take care of the child, so leave her at your aunt's house. Isn't she your master's wife?"

"The rations are not enough to eat, but with two more people earning money, we can buy food at a negotiated price. Slowly, our lives are getting better. We all rely on my wife for support. If you don't know, you would think my wife is your mother's biological mother."

Li Meng's tone was slow, but it sounded like thunder to Jia Dongxu's ears.

Jia Dongxu's face turned red, and he pointed at Li Meng angrily: "You..."

"Dongxu!" Yi Zhonghai frowned and shouted, then looked at Li Meng: "Li Meng, some things are easier said than done. You also went to look for odd jobs today, you should know that odd jobs are not easy to find, not to mention your Aunt Zhang and Huairu, two women, what suitable work can you find?"

"I didn't find it hard to find." Li Meng said, "I found it when I went there."

"That's because you are lucky!" Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth.

"Oh, so your whole family is unlucky? Everyone else has good luck, but you have bad luck?"

"You fucking..."

Jia Dongxu was about to lose his temper again, but was stopped by Yi Zhonghai.

"Li Meng, I know you're a new married woman and you're worried about the money, but it's not like you're borrowing money and won't pay it back. Your family is less burdened now. Neighbors should help each other and not destroy unity or hurt the harmony. If one day someone in your family falls into trouble, we, the neighbors, won't just ignore you."

"Master Yi, don't bother to reason with me or accuse me of anything. Let me be clear, my name is Li Meng, I am a straightforward person, I won't take any soft or hard words. Even if you speak eloquently today, I will never lend money to his Jia family again, and the money his Jia family owes my family must be paid back in full."

Chapter 11 Master Yi, you don’t want to have a meeting either, right?

Li Meng refused to budge, and Yi Zhonghai was in a dilemma.

The residents of the compound were all under his control, and there was no one who did not respect him. However, the arrival of such a new heretic made Yi Zhonghai very unhappy.

"Li Meng, you can't be so selfish. Your family is doing well, but you can't help but watch your neighbors starve to death. Can you really swallow the meat in your mouth with a clear conscience?"

Li Meng chuckled: "Master Yi, you are right. We should not be selfish. Unfortunately, I don't see the power of role models. I don't know how to learn to be a good person. How about this, Master Yi, you take out 50 yuan every month and distribute it to all the needy residents in the hospital. Set an example for me. You can't spend all your monthly salary, right?"

Seeing Li Meng pressing his acupoints, Yi Zhonghai's face changed: "My wife takes medicine every day, which costs a lot every month. How can I have so much spare money..."

"Taking into account your length of service and your level, and rounding off your salary, you only make a hundred dollars a month. Even if your wife takes medicine as food, she will die of starvation! How come you don't have any spare money?"

"I!"

"What about me?" Li Meng sneered, "Don't be so righteous when you are generous to others. Isn't Jia Dongxu your apprentice? I won't say much, but you can easily give his family 20 yuan every month, right? Are you willing to do that? Well, let's not talk about 20, just say he owes my family money, and you can take out 5 yuan every month to help your apprentice pay it back. There will be absolutely no pressure on this, right?"

Yi Zhonghai was choked and didn't think of how to refute Li Meng for a moment. Instead, Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up after hearing what Li Meng said.

"Yes, Master. How about you help me pay back his family's money first? I will pay you back when I am well off."

"Bullshit!" Yi Zhonghai glared at him and pulled his arm: "Let's go!"

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai wanted to leave, Li Meng refused to do it.

Damn, you tried to show off, but now that you failed, you want to run away?

Li Meng stopped in front of Yi Zhonghai and said with a smile: "Master Yi, you haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave? I always think that what you said is right. This person should not be too selfish. The residents in the courtyard are all pale. You earn so much every month, and you hold it all in your hands. Isn't it hot?"

"You have only one daughter-in-law in your family. You are an old, childless person. Your parents and grandparents must have died, right? You don't have a heavy burden now. Neighbors should help each other and not destroy unity or hurt harmony. If someone in your family gets into trouble someday, we, the neighbors, won't just ignore you, right?"

"Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about the near future first. Your apprentice Jia Dongxu owes my family... well, round off the amount, even if it's 140 yuan, help your apprentice pay the money back first."

Li Meng hugged his shoulders and said calmly: "This is your closest apprentice in the courtyard. If you don't help your apprentice, how can you talk about helping other neighbors? Then I have to talk to everyone in the courtyard. Yes, let's hold a meeting for the whole courtyard, talk about helping each other, talk about who earns the most and who has the lightest burden, and then based on the income, take out a fixed amount of money every month to help the residents in need. It's no problem for my family to take out 5 yuan a month, but I think Master Yi is highly respected and earns a lot, so it should be no problem for him to take 50 yuan a month. I believe everyone, especially those residents in need, will be very happy..."

Yi Zhonghai:? ? ?

What he said were all my words!

Yi Zhonghai stared at Li Meng.

Li Meng was not willing to be outdone and just looked at him quietly.

The two looked at each other for about half a minute.

Yi Zhonghai then gritted his teeth and said, "Dongxu is my apprentice. An apprentice is half a son. His affairs are my affairs. I will help him pay back the money. You wait."

Yi Zhonghai could still tell the difference between taking 140 yuan in one go to shut Li Meng up and doing his apprentice a favor, or having to spend dozens of yuan every month to help outsiders. Which was more cost-effective?

If a whole-house meeting is held as Li Meng suggested, the residents will definitely agree with Li Meng once everything is discussed.

Because Li Meng kept saying, "My family gets 5 yuan, your family gets 50 yuan!" These are all about interests. The residents are not on Li Meng's side, but will definitely stand on the side of interests!

Yi Zhonghai went home to get the money. Jia Dongxu glared at Li Meng angrily and said, "Just wait!"

After saying something harsh, Jia Dongxu also left.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai came back again, threw down 140 yuan, and left without saying anything.

Holding the 140 yuan in her hand, Zhang Chunmei felt like she was dreaming.

This money...is it that easy to get it back?

"Boss, you are really capable!" Zhang Chunmei swallowed her saliva and sighed, "This is the first time I have seen Master Yi being persuaded by others. In the past, he was the only one who talked about others..."

"He's just an old hand who wants to use moral blackmail on me. He doesn't know what fancy bondage is! By the way, wife, speaking of fancy bondage, we can discuss this topic together when we have time."

"Okay!" Zhang Chunmei giggled. She didn't understand the meaning of these fierce words.

She was happy to receive the money. 140 was not a small amount.

But besides being happy, there was also a trace of worry: "Boss, we have made a feud with the old man. He is a senior worker in the factory. If he takes the opportunity to make things difficult for me in the future..."

"Don't worry, wife." Li Meng said with a smile, "This is what his apprentice owed us. It is only natural to pay back a debt. We are not wrong. If he dares to trip me up behind my back, you will see how I will deal with him."

"Don't worry, just eat. After dinner, I'll give you acupuncture."

......

Middle courtyard, Jia's house.

After hearing what Jia Dongxu said, Jia Zhang couldn't even believe her ears.

An old man actually lost the battle?

"Mom, you didn't see that Li Meng has a lot to say. He threatened my master that if he didn't pay back the money, he would hold a meeting of the whole hospital, and proposed that my master take out 50 yuan every month to help the needy residents!"

Qin Huairu was incredulous: "Li Meng is so bold, 50 yuan? Does he think other people's money comes from the wind? By the way, Dongxu, didn't you use this sentence to confront him?"

"How can I say that?" Jia Dongxu rolled his eyes helplessly: "If I say that, then he can also say that his family's money didn't come from the wind, so he should let us pay back the money!"

Spitting and taking a puff of cigarette, Jia Dongxu smacked his lips and said, "My master has fallen into his hands this time, but this matter is not over yet. If I don't punish Li Meng properly later, he won't know who has the final say in this compound!"