Siheyuan starts to activate the task system

"Comrades! I believe everyone has already understood that today's meeting will mainly discuss two things. The first thing is to re-elect the manager of our yard. This matter has its reasons. Recently, some residents have reported to me that since the original manager was removed, many disputes in the yard have not been handled in time, and some management problems have become more and more serious. Therefore, I think it is necessary to re-elect a suitable person to take up this position. So, I came here specially to preside over this election meeting! After the manager is elected, we will deal with the second issue."

"Great!" Sha Zhu was the first to lead the applause, and then followed others to make a noise.

"Okay! Then let's elect a new manager through democratic voting. The top three residents with the most votes will become the new managers." As soon as Director Wang finished speaking, he asked the clerk next to him to help distribute paper and pens to everyone.

At this time, the deaf old lady also showed up at the meeting! Her arrival was undoubtedly to support Yi Zhonghai. Now the other residents knew how to vote.

"Director Wang, since it's a voting election, how about we just do a secret ballot? This way, the residents will have no psychological pressure and can express their wishes more freely." Zhang Yuan said as he raised his hand.

"Hmm... this is a good idea!" Director Wang thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Let's do it! However, I may have to trouble Teacher Yan to help with the registration."

After hearing what Director Wang said, Teacher Yan smiled and nodded, indicating that she was willing to take on the task.

As the secret ballot decision was finalized, the tense atmosphere eased instantly. Many residents finally felt relieved: on the one hand, they no longer had to worry about being retaliated for expressing their true thoughts; on the other hand, they could vote according to their own wishes without any scruples and without having to compromise against their conscience.

However, at the same time, Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady's faces became extremely ugly. They obviously did not expect this situation to happen, and their eyes revealed a trace of uneasiness and worry.

When everyone finished voting and handed in their ballots, the scene fell into silence. Everyone looked up and stared at the next vote counting session, looking forward to the announcement of the results.

"Yi Zhonghai." The teller read out the first name loudly.

"Yi Zhonghai." The second name is still Yi Zhonghai.

Then, "Liu Haizhong." "Yan Bugui." "He Daqing." "Xu Damao." Names kept coming out from the mouth of the vote counter, and the atmosphere on the scene became increasingly tense.

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As the clerk read out the names, Yi Zhonghai's name was called out one after another at first, which made Yi Zhonghai very excited, thinking that these residents still supported him very much! However, when the names became more and more outrageous, even Xu Damao's name was called out, not to mention He Daqing.

"Okay, the results are out." Director Wang finished reading the last piece of paper and glanced at Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui understood and handed his record to Director Wang.

"First place: Yi Zhonghai, 17 votes; second place: Liu Haizhong, 13 votes; third place: He Daqing, 12 votes; fourth place: Yan Bugui, 8 votes..."

As soon as the results came out, Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief, and won the first place as he wished. Although Liu Haizhong ranked second, he did not feel the slightest bit of joy. The next one was Yan Bugui. He lost the election, which meant that he could no longer use the name of the third uncle to ask for benefits from the residents in the future. At this moment, Yan Bugui felt extremely heavy, as if the whole world had become dim and dark. He looked at the records in his hand silently, his heart full of loss and helplessness. All those little calculations and cleverness in the past have now become a thing of the past, and he realized that he had lost his former status and power.

At the same time, Yi Zhonghai was immersed in the joy of victory. His face was filled with a proud smile and his eyes were shining with confidence. This result was of great significance to him. It not only proved his status in everyone's mind, but also made him feel everyone's recognition and support for him.

"Next, let's continue with our afternoon topic, which is still about the Jia family." Director Wang cleared his throat and then continued with the next task.

However, this time, Director Wang decided not to drag things out. She wanted to cut the Gordian knot and not let anyone divert the topic again.

Director Wang simply told the truth directly, and as Zhang Yuan said, the most crucial point was that Qin Huairu must give Zhang Yuan an explanation.

At this moment, everyone was very sober. Since even Director Wang, a big shot, said so, it must be right! After all, Zhang Yuan had finally helped Qin Huairu change her job, but in the end, he was not only wronged, but also almost lost his job and faced more serious consequences.

"Bah! If I had known she was this kind of person, I shouldn't have said good things for her and even pitied her!"

"I've always said that people of the same family are not the same. The Jia family is rotten to the core. How can we expect any good people to come out of them?"

"Look at Qin Huairu's face. She is just like a pitiful little white flower! Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Only you stupid men would be fooled by her pretended pitiful appearance, right?" someone said disdainfully.

Qin Huairu's face turned extremely pale when she heard these people's sarcasm and ridicule, as if all the strength in her body had been drained away. She wanted to refute, but she felt that she had no way to defend herself. At this moment, the only thing she could do was to continue to lower her head and silently endure the accusations and abuses of the crowd like a turtle.

"Just shut up! Who allowed you to talk nonsense here and slander Sister Qin's reputation?" Sha Zhu couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to speak up for Qin Huairu.

"Hey, Sha Zhu, are you trying to be a hero and save the damsel in distress? Let me tell you, you have nothing to do here. If you know what's good for you, go home immediately or I'll be rude to you!" Upon seeing this, He Daqing slapped Sha Zhu on the back of the head without saying a word and threatened him viciously.

Sha Zhu touched his head which was hurt by the beating. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he didn't dare to talk back to He Daqing. After all, he knew that if he continued to pester him, he would probably get beaten. So, he had no choice but to turn around and leave the scene, leaving Qin Huairu alone to face those rumors.