Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

Turning around, I saw Qin Huairu supporting the deaf old lady walking out from the backyard, followed by He Yushui, Liu Haizhong, Liu Guangqi and others. This meant that everyone from the backyard had arrived.

However, Xu Wude didn't take these fence-sitters seriously at all. What he was thinking about now was how to deal with this old lady.

"Deaf old lady, I'm not here to cause trouble today. Sha Zhu beat my son into the hospital, so there should be an explanation, right? I heard from my daughter-in-law that Yi Zhonghai only asked Sha Zhu to pay five dollars. This is too biased, otherwise I wouldn't have beaten him first."

Xu Wood should first make his point clear, put himself on the right side, and then talk about other things.

The deaf old lady looked at Sha Zhu who was pinned to the ground, then looked at the old man with a bleeding head, and couldn't help but frowned and said to Xu Wude.

"Xu Wude, it was wrong for Shazhu to hit Xu Damao. I can ask him to pay you more money and pay for your medical expenses. As for Lao Yi, you beat him up, so let's end this matter here. How do you think?"

The old lady knew that although she had a backer, favors were becoming less and less as she used them. It was not worth using them to deal with Xu Wude and the people he brought with him. Besides, Xu Wude dared to bring people into the yard. It must have been his relative Lou Bancheng who gave the order. Otherwise, Xu Wude would not dare to do so even if he had the courage.

After hearing what the old lady said, Xu Wude was considering whether he should take advantage of the situation and blackmail Sha Zhu for a large sum of money. However, he was really unwilling to give up. Last time he was forced out of the courtyard, and this time his son was beaten again. If he continued to tolerate it like this, who knows what would happen in the future.

While he was hesitating, two public security comrades came in from the Chuihua Gate. When they saw so many people surrounding the Central Courtyard, some of whom were holding weapons, they immediately shouted.

"What are you all doing here? Put down the weapons over there and stand against the wall."

One of the two policemen looked to be in his 40s and should be a leader, followed by a young man. Each of them was wearing a Type 58 winter police uniform and had a gun on their belt.

The police officers in the 1950s and 1960s were all retired soldiers. They looked so murderous just standing there that it was scary. Several of Xu Wood's friends immediately threw the sticks and hammers in their hands to the ground and stood against the corridor. No one else in the yard, including the deaf old lady, dared to say anything.

The two policemen saw that Yi Zhonghai was the only injured person at the scene, so they walked over and asked.

"What happened in your yard? Why did the person who reported the crime say that bandits came in? Who beat them?"

After saying this, Xu Wude was shocked. Who called the police? It was too harsh to throw mud at him. However, he knew that he had to explain clearly now, otherwise he would be labeled a bandit and might even be taken to the shooting range.

He trotted up to the police officer, stood at attention and replied.

"Comrade Public Security, the matter is not that serious. I was the one who beat the old man..."

He told the whole story from beginning to end, and the public security department was also in a difficult position. If it was about catching enemy spies or something, every one of them would dare to sacrifice their lives, but when it came to such a trivial civil dispute, they were not very good at it. This was not taught on the battlefield.

While the two were talking, Director Wang arrived with a street clerk. She was supposed to rest at home today. When Peng Aiguo went to the street office, he only saw two people on duty. In the end, the person on duty took him to Director Wang's house and then called Director Wang over.

The two police officers repeated the cause, process, and result of the incident to Director Wang, who was furious. Couldn't this courtyard No. 95 be quiet? Why did this courtyard always have accidents?

But seeing Lao Yi's miserable appearance, she had no way to pursue the matter, so she spoke to Yan Bugui.

"Old Yan, check on Lao Yi's injury. If it's serious, go to the hospital immediately to prevent the wound from getting infected.

The rest of us, let's hold a meeting of the entire institute to discuss how to resolve today's incident."

When Yi Zhonghai heard that there was going to be a general meeting of all staff, how could he dare to go to the hospital? Don't come back from the hospital. Director Wang has taken away your position as an uncle again.

"Director Wang, this is just a skin injury. I have some red medicine at home. I can just apply it. There's no need to go to the hospital."

Director Wang gave Yi Zhonghai a death stare and said nothing more. She also guessed that the old guy was afraid that she would jerk off his uncle while he was away. She sneered in her heart and thought, "It's good that you're afraid. Let's see if you can still act recklessly in the future."

After everyone had prepared the tables, chairs and benches, Zhao Shanhe also came back. Seeing this scene, he hurriedly asked Hou Kui and Chen Xueru to go into the house to get stools, while he ran to Yan Jiecheng, who had just returned, to inquire about what had happened.

It turned out that Jie Cheng knew nothing about anything. Jiefang went to the police again, not knowing how things had developed to this point. The third uncle was sitting at the eight-immortals table, so he really didn't know who to ask.

In the end, after Chen Xueru and Hou Kui brought stools and sat down, Jie Di explained their doubts to them.

When Zhao Shanhe heard that there was so much excitement in the yard today and he missed it, he wanted to beat his chest and stamp his feet on the spot. He said that he could go to show off to Lao Niu anytime, and the furniture and antiques in Pian Ye's yard would not grow wings and fly away. This kind of show doesn't happen every day.

When Director Wang saw that everyone was seated, he stood up beside the round table and spoke.

“I have called everyone here for this meeting today because everyone already knows what is going on and I will not repeat it here.

Yi Zhonghai, as the uncle in the courtyard, why didn't you stop He Yuzhu from beating Xu Damao? Liu Haizhong, don't laugh either. I heard that you were just watching from the sidelines, and only Yan Bugui came out to stop He Yuzhu from beating people. Don't you two uncles want to do it anymore?

If you don't want to do it, just say so. There are plenty of people in this yard who want to do it and can do it, and they can do it better than the two of you."

After saying these words, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong broke out in sweat. Yi Zhonghai had spent a lot of money to gather most of the people in the yard. If he lost his position as the boss, who would listen to him?

Liu Haizhong is even more obsessed with power. If his second uncle is arrested, it would be better to let him die.

The two of them quickly stood up and spoke to Director Wang.

"Director Wang, I admit that I made a mistake today. I didn't expect Sha Zhu to hit me so hard. I just wanted to step forward to stop him but he hit me in a few strokes. In the future, I will pay attention to this aspect and resolutely prevent any more beatings from happening in the yard."

"Director Wang, I was wrong. It took me only a moment to light a cigarette when Sha Zhu beat Xu Damao so hard that he couldn't get up. Like Lao Yi, I will deal with such things seriously in the future and will never just stand by and watch."

Director Wang had seen a lot of fights like this, and seeing that their attitude of admitting their mistakes was okay, he spoke up.

"Liu Haizhong, please sit down first. I hope you can remember what happened today and don't let something like this happen again."

When Liu Haizhong saw Director Wang asking him to sit down, he knew that today's matter was over and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As for Lao Yi who was standing next to him, he was in no mood to help speak. It is better for me to let my friend die than for me to die. Lao Yi, you have to bear the rest of the blame.