Siheyuan: A Family of Loyal and Brave People

"Zhu Zi, don't talk nonsense.

A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. When you encounter any problems or difficulties in your daily life, don’t you need your neighbors to help you?

Based on this friendship, we are almost like relatives.

The deaf old lady is the oldest and most senior person in our hospital. Shouldn't we, the younger generation, show some respect to her?"

Yi Zhonghai was very angry because He Yuzhu did not give him face.

What do you mean it doesn’t matter? If being neighbors for more than ten years cannot be considered a relationship, who will be willing to support Yi Zhonghai in his old age?

If this continues, when Yi Zhonghai can no longer walk, he will have to lie in bed and wait for death.

Even if it's not for the deaf old lady, but just for himself, Yi Zhonghai has to establish this truth.

"Well, what the uncle said makes sense.

Our compound is a united collective. We should help each other, love each other, and not engage in division or special treatment.

Silly Zhu, you should go to the deaf old lady's house."

Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses and said seriously.

After taking a walk around the yard tonight, Yan Bugui was extremely tired, so he hoped to get some benefits when the food was delivered to him by each family later.

If the event is cancelled, Yan Bugui’s suffering will be in vain.

“Help each other and love each other.

The deaf old lady never helped me on weekdays and was not kind to me at all.

Now he comes to my house during the Chinese New Year and asks me to send him nice gifts to show my filial piety. That’s not possible.

This is not mutual help, this is oppression and exploitation.

Just like the landlords in the old days, they would ask their tenant farmers to offer tribute during holidays.

Now is a new era, and we are the workers of the new era. We will not be bound by the old ways.

If you want to go, go by yourselves. I won’t go anyway.

You are out of your mind to go outside to enjoy the fresh air instead of staying at home on New Year's Eve."

He Yuzhu is a soft-hearted person and does not respond to tough measures. The more the three managers tried to force him to surrender, the more he disobeyed and the more he resisted.

"Oh, disperse, disperse, disperse.

Go back and rest early, as we still have to stay up to celebrate the New Year."

He Yuzhu waved his hand, and without waiting for Yi Zhonghai to refute, he turned back to the house and closed the door heavily.

Accompanied by a loud "clang!", a gust of cold wind blew, making the neighbors outside shiver.

Seeing He Yuzhu walk away in style, the neighbors who had been waiting for a long time could no longer bear it and rose up one after another, accusing the manager of his inhuman behavior.

"Shazhu is right. We have no relationship with the deaf old lady. Why should we rush over to show our filial piety to her?"

"Let the steward be filial to us. We have never received any favor from the deaf old lady."

The voices of dissatisfaction were like sparks, quickly spreading in the yard.

Looking at the angry neighbors, the three uncles in charge all had gloomy expressions, while the deaf old lady standing in the front tightly grasped her cane and looked hatefully in the direction of He Yuzhu's house.

The whole hospital was just one step away from a happy reunion, but the cooked duck flew away. The deaf old lady was really unwilling to accept this.

"Quiet down, everyone, be quiet for a moment."

The three uncles in charge had no time to pay attention to the deaf old lady's sadness and began to hurriedly control the situation.

However, the three of them had their own thoughts and could not work together to appease the restless neighbors.

Soon Liu Haizhong was the first to betray, pointing at Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui and saying loudly: "Listen to me, everyone, what happened tonight was all planned by Yi Zhonghai and his men, and I had no idea about it.

Everyone has seen it just now. I added it later.

This is none of my business.”

Suddenly being stabbed in the back, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were stunned and at a loss as to what to do.

In the end, it was Yan Bugui who reacted first. He immediately distanced himself from Yi Zhonghai and joined Liu Haizhong's camp.

“This was all planned by Yi Zhonghai.

My family was preparing to have the New Year’s Eve dinner tonight when Yi Zhonghai suddenly broke into my house with a deaf old lady and forced me to go out and call for help.

I was forced to do this, you can’t blame me.”

The neighbors all looked at Yi Zhonghai. Such a big commotion tonight had caused a lot of trouble to everyone, so an explanation must be given.

Yi Zhonghai, who was sold out by his teammates in an instant, looked at the deaf old lady standing in the front with a bitter face, feeling extremely regretful.

At this point, he couldn't put the blame on the deaf old lady and could only bear the consequences himself.

“Don’t be angry, everyone. A deaf old lady came to our house on New Year’s Eve.

Then I thought of how she was childless, lonely, helpless and very pitiful.

So I thought about keeping her company for a bit, but I didn’t expect things to get to this point…”

Yi Zhonghai first took advantage of the deaf old lady to play a victim in order to win the sympathy of the neighbors, and then explained that he had good intentions but accidentally did something bad. One thing after another was linked together, and he tried to clear himself of responsibility to the greatest extent possible.

"Tsk, then you can just accompany her by yourself, why bother us?

My family was having dinner at the time, and our mood was ruined.”

The neighbors didn't buy Yi Zhonghai's account.

Since they are so upset, you can't just try to fool them with a few words.

The neighbors were busy pursuing responsibility and Yi Zhonghai was busy making excuses, and they didn't notice that the deaf old lady's expression was gradually breaking down.

"enough!"

The deaf old lady threw her cane to the ground, turned around and yelled at everyone, "If you don't want to spend the holiday with an old lady like me, then forget it, but why are you talking so much nonsense?

Didn’t you just agree to this?

I didn’t force you!”

The deaf old lady suddenly had an attack, and her powerful aura startled everyone for a moment. Everyone silently stared at the ignored person.

However, this situation did not last long. When the neighbors realized that the person standing in front of them was just an old and frail lady, their faces immediately changed and they started making noise again.

"I have something else to do at home, so I can't keep you company."

"My food is getting cold, so I'm leaving now."

The neighbors ignored the deaf old lady and the three managers and scattered like birds and beasts.

Soon, the only people left in the empty courtyard were the gray-haired deaf old lady and three embarrassed-looking managers.

This failed operation was undoubtedly a huge blow to the prestige of the three managers.

However, they cannot run away like other neighbors. Instead, they must be more respectful to the elderly and loving the young and demonstrate moral cultivation. Otherwise, they will be unpopular everywhere.

"Old lady, it's okay. The three of us will spend the New Year with you tonight."

Yi Zhonghai managed to squeeze out a sentence.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui looked at each other and expressed their agreement.

Things have come to this point, they can't deny the connection and can only accompany Yi Zhonghai to continue playing this drama.

"Humph!"

The deaf old woman snorted coldly, bent down to pick up the crutch on the ground, and walked unsteadily to the backyard.

Although the whole hospital cannot have a reunion, it is not bad to have three managers to show respect to us.

The deaf old lady could barely accept this result.

Soon, three stewards came to the deaf old lady's house with food.

The deaf old lady took a glance and felt her vision go dark, and she almost fainted.

What the three stewards brought were actually some vegetarian steamed buns without even a piece of meat in them. It was obvious that they were trying to fool people.