Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Xu Damao looked at He Yuzhu. He had heard this before. When his father got drunk, he would tell him that Yi Zhonghai was too cunning. Old Lady Long was not as kind as she looked. At first, Xu Damao thought his father was just talking nonsense. He didn't expect He Yuzhu to have the same idea.

Although he thought so in his heart, he still asked curiously, "Zhu Zi, why do you think so about them?" He Yuzhu naturally would not tell the truth. He smiled awkwardly and said, "It's just the feeling in my heart. I always feel that Yi Zhonghai and Old Lady Long have too many things in their hearts. I don't think what I see on the surface is their true character."

Xu Damao nodded, thought for a moment and said, "As for Yi Zhonghai, I've also heard from my father that he did a lot of bad things before liberation. He's not a good person. I'm particularly annoyed by the fact that he talks about moral principles every day, and he has the nerve to teach us when his own apprentice is like that."

He Yuzhu also felt that Xu Damao was right. After pouring Xu Damao a cup of tea, he said, "I also find it very annoying. He uses moral principles to pressure me every day. Some time ago, he wanted to give our house to Jia Dongxu. I was so angry that I almost wanted to fight with him. Yi Zhonghai is really good at disguising himself. If other people are bad, they are obviously bad. In a word, Yi Zhonghai is a person who is hard to describe in a few words."

Just as the two were continuing to chat, a shout was heard in the yard, "Everyone, come out for a yard-wide meeting. Gather in the middle yard." Xu Damao frowned and said, "It's almost time to go to bed. Why hold a yard-wide meeting?" He Yuzhu thought for a while and said, "Who cares? Let's go and take a look and we'll know!" Xu Damao, He Yuzhu, Qin Huairu and He Yushui all left the house. Many people had already gathered in the middle yard.

Wang Chunhua, the street office director in her 40s with a mushroom-like hairstyle, stood in the middle of the courtyard. Xu Damao saw his father coming back. He smiled and came over and said, "Dad, when did you come back?" Xu Lide yawned. He went to the countryside to show a movie yesterday, which really exhausted him. He glanced at Xu Damao and said, "I just came back not long ago. Have you eaten?"

Xu Damao nodded and said, "I had dinner at He Yuzhu's house." Xu Lide asked in surprise, "Silly Zhu's family, their family conditions are not good, and you still go there to eat for free?" Xu Damao quickly whispered, "Dad, what you said is old news. Zhu is already a level 4 chef, and he got married today, so I went to congratulate him."

Xu Lide was stunned at first, then he looked at He Yuzhu and asked, "Zhuzi, you are married? Is that great?" He Yuzhu smiled awkwardly and said, "I found one in the countryside today. I will invite Uncle Xu and your family to a banquet later." Xu Lide nodded with a smile and said, "Then I'll be waiting for you, Uncle Xu." He Yuzhu said, "Okay, you can't run away when the time comes."

He Yuzhu has no discrimination against Xu Lide. It is true that this person is bad, but he is clearly bad. People like this should not be offended. Once they stab you in the back, they will catch you off guard. He Yuzhu asked Xu Lide, "Uncle Xu, I heard that the street is going to elect a manager. Do you want to get involved?"

Xu Lide shook his head, he didn't want to take care of such trivial matters. Xu Damao asked in confusion, "Dad, why are you doing this? You are the one who manages things, it will be so impressive if you tell others about it." Xu Lide smiled awkwardly and said, "What's so impressive? I don't have the mood to care about these trivial matters every day."

Director Wang waved his hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet. He held a loud speaker and said loudly, "Neighbors, please be quiet. I am Wang Chunhua from the Street Office. I have something to announce in our Red Star Courtyard today. The first thing is that each courtyard must elect three managers. They will be responsible for cooperating with our Street Office to manage the neighbors in the courtyard."

"Anyone who wants to nominate themselves can come and sign up with me. We'll count the numbers and start the election later. Now if anyone has any questions, we can answer them all at once."

When they heard that Director Wang was going to elect a steward, everyone in the courtyard became excited. Liu Haizhong was the most active. He was the first to raise his hand and said, "Director Wang, I, I, I want to run for the steward position." Several people who thought they were not bad went to Director Wang to sign up. After all, the steward position was a small official and had a little power.

He Yuzhu raised his hand and asked loudly, "Director Wang, I have something to ask you." Director Wang looked at He Yuzhu, he naturally knew He Yuzhu. He smiled and nodded and said, "Zhuzi, just ask whatever you want to ask." He Yuzhu said, "Excuse me, Director Wang, what is the responsibility of this steward? If our lives and property are damaged, should we call the police or ask the steward to make the decision for us?"

Yi Zhonghai secretly hated this silly Zhuzi in his heart. What kind of questions are he asking? If the residents in the courtyard call the police for any problem, then wouldn't this manager be useless? Yi Zhonghai glared at He Yuzhu fiercely, and He Yuzhu naturally felt it. He didn't care much? Jia Zhang in this courtyard was an old thief. If it was really like in the original book that he didn't let the police call even if his own things were stolen, then He Yuzhu would be so frustrated.

He Yuzhu's question made sense to the other people in the courtyard, and they looked at Director Wang quietly. Director Wang nodded and said, "Comrade He Yuzhu asked a good question. The responsibility of the courtyard manager is to mediate conflicts between neighbors. If one of the two parties disagrees, you can also come to the street office for mediation."

"Also, we help the street office implement the above policies. For example, counting people, distributing supplies and so on. The manager also cooperates with the public security comrades to prevent enemy spy activities. If the lives and property of our people are damaged, then this is not within the scope of the manager's handling. We must call the police to obtain our legal rights."

Everyone nodded. They all understood that if it was a major issue, they would go to the public security government. If it was a minor issue that could be solved in the courtyard, there was no need to bother the government. Many people breathed a sigh of relief. They thought that this manager was another sword hanging over their heads, but it turned out to be a sinecure with little power.

Although they don't have much power, they still have some power. Liu Haizhong, Yi Zhonghai, Yan Fugui and several others have signed up, and they all want to become the manager. Director Wang got a blackboard and wrote the names of the candidates on it. There are a total of six people in this election, in addition to Yi Zhonghai and the other two, there are three passers-by.