Siheyuan: Learning to be the sixth

Director Wang pressed his hand and said, "Today, the staff of the subdistrict office reported something to me that I find incredible. Comrade Yi Zhonghai, please help me solve this puzzle."

When Uncle Yi Zhonghai heard this, he knew that Director Wang from the street and Chief Zhou from the police station had come with bad intentions today.

So he smiled and said, "Director Wang, please ask me anything."

Director Wang asked seriously: "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, as a senior official elected by the hospital and appointed by the street office, please tell me why you initiated the donation to Jia Dongxu last night."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people subconsciously turned to look at He Yuzhu, only to see him sitting there with a blank expression. Everyone wondered in their hearts, "Could it be that it was Zhuzi who reported it?"

At this moment, when the uncle Yi Zhonghaimian heard this, he immediately broke out in sweat, thinking that this was a life-threatening question. He had no time to think about it and could only bite the bullet and say, "Director Wang, the Jia family has had some problems recently, and Jia Dongxu is short of money for his wedding, so I want to mobilize everyone to help."

At this time, Director Zhou said: "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, we visited your steel mill today. Jia Dongxu from your institute was arrested not long ago for organizing gambling. Now he is damaging public finances and beating up colleagues at the steel mill. You organized donations to this comrade who made mistakes repeatedly. There is something wrong with your thinking."

Uncle Yi Zhonghai broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. How did this involve ideological issues? He hurried to defend himself.

At this time, the second uncle Liu Haizhong in the crowd saw that there was a chance to bring down Lao Yi today.

He walked out of the crowd and said loudly: "Director Wang, the whole hospital meeting last night was organized by Lao Yi alone, and he didn't inform me and Comrade Yan Fugui at all."

Upon hearing this, Director Wang looked at the third uncle Yan Fugui and said, "Comrade Yan Fugui, is what Comrade Liu Haizhong said true?"

When Yan Fugui heard this, although he didn't want to offend anyone, he thought of the ideological issues that Director Zhou had just mentioned, so he could only tell the truth: "Director Wang, what Comrade Liu Haizhong said is true."

Uncle Yi Zhonghai quickly argued: "Director Wang, when Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu came to me to talk about their difficulties, I was in a hurry to solve the problems of the needy people in the hospital as soon as possible, so I didn't have time to discuss it with Comrade Liu Haizhong and Comrade Yan Fugui."

After listening, Director Wang asked expressionlessly: "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, please tell me how the Jia family got into trouble, and how you helped the other poor people in the hospital."

When the uncle Yi Zhonghai heard this, he said anxiously: "I..." But he couldn't explain it for a long time.

Director Wang looked at Uncle Yi Zhonghai seriously, then clapped his hands and said, "Since Comrade Yi Zhonghai can't give an explanation, I will announce the decision of the Subdistrict Office."

"First, in view of the fact that Comrade Yi Zhonghai cannot handle the affairs of the Siheyuan fairly, it is decided to remove him from his position as the Siheyuan's manager."

"Second, nominate Comrade Liu Haizhong as the first uncle who manages the courtyard, and Comrade Yan Fugui as the second uncle who manages the courtyard."

"Third, elect two young cadres as supervisors. The supervisors must not have any family relationship with the elders in the hospital, must be politically clean, and have not been punished by the street, police station, or work unit."

After Director Wang made his announcement, he paused for a moment to give everyone in the hospital time to digest and understand what he had said.

The second uncle Liu Haizhong was very nervous at the moment. He didn't know whether he could be voted through, and he was worried and anxious.

The third uncle Yan Fugui glanced at the first uncle Yi Zhonghai and felt sad about the result. After looking at the second uncle Liu Haizhong, he felt that he still hoped to be a partner with Lao Yi. Alas...

Only He Yuzhu frowned, thinking that this supervisor seemed to be tailor-made for him. He thought he would not dig a hole and bury himself in it.

Seeing that everyone had almost digested the idea, Director Wang clapped his hands and said, "Let's start voting. Those who agree that Comrade Liu Haizhong should be the chief officer, raise your hands."

The street official who came with the two leaders counted carefully and found that the number of people who raised their hands was just over 50%.

When Director Wang saw the number of votes, he thought that Comrade Liu Haizhong was not very popular. For the sake of stability and unity in the hospital, he could only reluctantly say: "Comrade Liu Haizhong just got more than half of the votes and was barely approved as the manager. I hope he will continue to make more contributions to the hospital in the future."

When Liu Haizhong, the new uncle, heard that he was elected, he suppressed his excitement, took a step forward and bowed to Director Wang and others, then turned around and clasped his fists and said: "My neighbors, please watch my performance in the future. Thank you for your support."

Director Wang continued, "Now let's start voting on the matter of Comrade Yan Fugui being the second uncle who manages the courtyard."

After the street official carefully counted the votes, he found that Comrade Yan Fugui had received more than 60% of the votes.

Then Director Wang said, "Comrade Yan Fugui received more than 60% of the votes. He is appointed as the second uncle in charge of the courtyard."

The new second uncle Yan Fugui also thanked the street office and the neighbors in the courtyard.

Director Wang said: "Then we will ask Comrade Liu Haizhong and Comrade Yan Fugui to nominate two young cadres as supervisors."

The newly appointed eldest uncle Liu Haizhong wants to win over Xu Damao to his own use, while the second uncle Yan Fugui wants to strengthen the relationship between his family and He Yuzhu.

So they both said in unison: "I nominate Xu Damao, and I nominate He Yuzhu."

As soon as the names of these two people came out, everyone in the courtyard began to whisper and discuss heatedly.

Looking at the noisy crowd in the hospital, Director Zhou, who received a hint from Director Wang, said: "Comrade Liu Haizhong and Comrade Yan Fugui made a very good suggestion. Comrade Xu Damao and Comrade He Yuzhu are both excellent comrades."

As Director Zhou finished speaking, the discussion in the hospital became much quieter.

Director Wang then said, "Please raise your hands if you agree that Comrade Xu Damao and Comrade He Yuzhu should be the internal supervisors of the hospital."

Looking at the hesitant people in the courtyard, Yan Jiecheng was the first to raise his hand high and said loudly: "I agree."

Brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu also raised their hands and said loudly: "We agree too."

With the leadership of these three people, more and more people raised their hands.

An old man with bangs looked at his two sons who raised their hands in a funny way and thought that they could be spared the beating tonight, but they were still not allowed to eat eggs.

After the street official counted, the votes were almost 70% to 80%.

When Director Wang heard the number of votes, he said happily: "Congratulations to Xu Damao and He Yuzhu for being elected as the supervisors of the Siheyuan with high votes."

At this moment, Xu Damao and He Yuzhu were both quite confused. Influenced by He Yuzhu, Xu Damao became more and more lazy and too lazy to meddle in other people's business.

Being suddenly appointed as supervisors, the two of them were very reluctant, but seeing Director Wang's sharp eyes, they could only passively walk out of the crowd and said with a fake smile: "We will definitely work hard to be good supervisors in the future, and please supervise us."

Director Wang felt helpless as he looked at these two unwilling guys, and thought that he would make some more threats when he had time.

Everyone in the hospital thought that today's meeting was almost over, and they all looked at Director Wang, waiting for her to announce the adjournment of the meeting.

Director Wang looked at the time and thought it was getting late, so he jokingly said, "I know everyone doesn't want to hear me talk any more, so I'll quickly finish talking about the last important thing."

Everyone was laughing and talking at the same time: "Director Wang, please excuse me for being so long-winded. What's the important matter? Please tell me now."

Director Wang said: "After a meeting in our street, we decided to clarify the duties of the managers of each hospital. The contents are as follows:"

"First, the heads of each courtyard are elected by democratic vote and appointed by the street."

"Second, the uncles in each courtyard are responsible for conveying the government's policies and regulations, and at the same time reporting to the streets and police stations the enemies hidden among the masses and various illegal and criminal activities."

"Third, from now on, the heads of each hospital are not allowed to hold a general meeting of the hospital without reason. If a general meeting is held, no actions that are not conducive to unity, such as setting up exclusive seats, must be taken. Finally, the reasons for holding the general meeting, the final results and opinions must be put into a written report and submitted to the street office for filing."

"Fourth, all public welfare activities organized by the children's homes such as fundraising must be approved by the street before they can be carried out."

"Fifth, the principle is that the people in each courtyard have the right to refuse to participate in the courtyard meetings that have nothing to do with them."

Director Wang finally said: "The street office has completed the notice, and it will be posted in written form in each courtyard tomorrow."

Before everyone could react, Director Zhou continued, "In order not to waste your time, I will make it short and hereby announce the following announcement from the police station:"

"Masters of each courtyard have no authority to deal with theft, trespassing and other illegal and criminal acts in the courtyard. If you deal with them privately, you will be punished for dereliction of duty. This notice will also be posted in written form in each courtyard tomorrow."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he thought that Aunt Wang and Uncle Zhou were simply defining the manager as a messenger, which would save them from trouble in the future.

He Yuzhu looked at the old man Liu Haizhong who had experienced ups and downs in a short period of time, and felt that he was very pitiful. He finally caught the tail of his dream, but found that it was just a tail.

Director Wang was about to adjourn the meeting when Second Uncle Yan Fugui suddenly spoke up: "Director Wang, since it was against the rules to donate to the Jia family last night, shouldn't the Jia family return our donation?"

Upon hearing this, Director Wang said loudly: "Mr. Jia Zhang, please return the donation immediately. If you don't return it in time, it will be considered fraud and will be directly handed over to Director Zhou for handling."

Jia Zhang, who had been hiding in the back tonight and was rarely obedient, could only stand up and say with pain: "Director Wang, my family is really in financial difficulty, can you pay back a little less?"

Director Wang looked at Jia Zhang coldly and said, "I'm not discussing this with you. I'm telling you that it's getting late. You have five minutes to return it. Otherwise, don't blame me and Director Zhou for being rude."

Jia Zhang had no choice but to reluctantly take out the seventy-three yuan from her pocket.

The second uncle Yan Fugui quickly took it and took back his three pieces, and returned the rest to the previous uncle Yi Zhonghai and the current uncle Liu Haizhong.

Seeing his father so anxious, Yan Jiecheng covered his face and didn't want to look. His father was too anxious, it was so embarrassing.

Director Wang finally asked if anyone had anything else to say. Seeing that everyone shook their heads and no one spoke, he adjourned the meeting.

Then he walked up to He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, I came here today just to tell you something. Your father wrote to me, asking me to take good care of you and to save the money he sent to you and your brother and sister. If you have any problems, come to Aunt Wang."

He Yuzhu said gratefully: "Okay, Aunt Wang, I will come to you to discuss anything I can't solve in the future."

Watching Aunt Wang and the others leave, He Yuzhu knew that Aunt Wang was trying to exonerate him in disguise, and at the same time was also trying to convey the message that his stepfather still cared about him and his sister.

Everyone in the courtyard was discussing what happened tonight and then slowly left.

Only the old man in front, Yi Zhonghai, stood there, staring at He Yuzhu, wondering what he was thinking.

He Yuzhu looked at Yi Zhonghai's decadent look and thought that maybe only by keeping Yi Zhonghai away from the gossip in the courtyard would his heart be truly calm.

He Yuzhu returned to the room and lay on the bed, carefully recalling the complicated look the old man gave him after the end, and suddenly remembered that I didn’t receive the money sent by my cheap father.

Suddenly, He Yuzhu sat up and said, "The plot in the play won't happen again, right? It seems I have to have a good talk with Yi Zhonghai."

In order to calm his irritable mood, He Yuzhu said: "Sixth brother, come and sign in and have some fun."

System Lao Liu said: "Okay, I'll prepare it for you right away."

"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. You will be rewarded with a box of Durex."

"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for signing in successfully and receiving a high-end lifelike inflatable doll."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Lao Liu, wait a minute, what did you get for me?"

System Lao Liu also said aggrievedly: "Zhu Zi, you don't want to have some fun, isn't this exciting and fun?"

He Yuzhu said angrily: "Old Six, I think you are deliberately messing with my mentality. I want to complain to you."

System Lao Liu said calmly: "Zhu Zi, you can file a complaint. I will receive the complaint on the left side of the space and handle the complaint on the right side of the space."

He Yuzhu said speechlessly: "Well, what you did is even more hateful than putting a shredder in the suggestion box."

System Lao Liu said: "Zhu Zi, just accept the reality. I can see what I want to see, and what I don't want to see, sorry, I'm blind."

Seeing He Yuzhu angrily going to read a book, Lao Liu said proudly: "Little guy, you are making fun of me, I will disgust you to death, hehe."

Although, he was teased by the system's No. 6 last night, but after waking up, He Yuzhu regained his domineering attitude of "Sixth Brother is Number One and I am Number Two".

A beautiful day was spent slacking off in the cafeteria. He Yuzhu felt that he was a bit too lazy, but there was nothing he could do because he was just that capable.

After returning home, he went to the backyard and told the old lady that he was going to visit Uncle Yi Zhonghai for a drink tonight. The old lady was very happy and told He Yuzhu to have a good chat with Yi Zhonghai.

He Yuzhu returned to the house, took out two bottles of Moutai from the space, and without fear of being seen, walked towards Uncle Yi Zhonghai's house in a swagger.

When they arrived at the door, they knocked. It was Uncle Yi Zhonghai who opened the door. He was also surprised to see He Yuzhu standing outside the door.

Seeing Uncle Yi Zhonghai's incredible expression, He Yuzhu said, "Uncle Yi, how about we have a drink and a good chat tonight?"

Uncle Yi Zhonghai also blushed and said, "Okay, Zhuzi, it's been a while since we two have had a meal together."

Seeing He Yuzhu coming to visit, the aunt was very happy and said quickly: "Zhuzi, please sit down. I will go and cook some side dishes. You and your uncle can have a good drink."

The two sat at the table in silence for a while, and He Yuzhu took the initiative to say: "Uncle Yi, do you hate me?"

Uncle Yi Zhonghai nodded and then shook his head and said: "I hated it last night, but when I woke up I found that I didn't hate it anymore, and I felt a lot more relaxed."

He Yuzhu asked again: "Uncle Yi, you took my father's letter, right?"

He Yuzhu thought Yi Zhonghai would deny it, but unexpectedly Yi Zhonghai agreed readily.

This made He Yuzhu think highly of Yi Zhonghai.

After a while, an old lady brought over two side dishes. He Yuzhu also opened a bottle of Moutai and poured a glass for Uncle Yi and himself.

Uncle Yi took a gulp of his wine and said, "Zhu Zi, do you think I am a mean person?"