Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

At this time, Yan Bugui returned to the west wing, took out yesterday's written pledge, and handed it to Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai read the letter of pledge carefully, nodded slightly, and handed it to Liu Haizhong.

The three of them looked at each other and felt confident.

Yi Zhonghai asked Chen Datou: "Datou, what did you discuss with the Third Uncle yesterday? You didn't forget it today, did you?"

Hu Meihua glared at Chen Datou.

Chen Datou said nonchalantly, "That can't be done. Yan Laokou was playing dirty yesterday and refused to take responsibility. If I hadn't told him to call the police, he wouldn't have admitted it."

Hu Meihua said: "If Yan Bugui had no problem, why didn't he dare to let my Datou call the police? Now that my Zhaodi has woken up, he doesn't want to take responsibility. What kind of teacher is he?"

Yan Bugui argued, "Yesterday in the hospital, the doctor said that Zhaodi had no injuries other than a small wound on her philtrum. Whether she was dizzy or not had nothing to do with Ruihua. It was you, Chen Datou, who insisted that Zhaodi would never wake up and was a burden. We were afraid that if your family ignored her, how could the child survive? That's why we felt sorry for her and gave her 200 yuan, asking you to at least give her food for the sake of the money so that she wouldn't starve to death."

Yi Zhonghai added: "Teacher Yan is a teacher. She felt pity for Zhaodi and was afraid that Zhaodi would starve to death if she didn't wake up. That's why someone took advantage of her pity."

Liu Haizhong also said: "That's right. When we see this kind of child abuse, of course we have to intervene. Otherwise, what will happen if parents in the compound starve their children to death?"

Yi Zhonghai quickly replied, "Everyone knows how you two treat Zhaodi. Look at how hungry she is now. She is two years older than Guangzong, but how come she is so much shorter than him? How can Teacher Yan not feel pity and worry about you two? In the end, his kindness was misguided."

Yan Bugui followed up by saying, “My good intentions were not rewarded. Chen Datou even asked the police to sue us. We did good things but ended up being the bad guys. Tell me, who will dare to do good things in the future?”

"Moreover, the public security department must now concentrate its efforts on combating the enemy spies. We should resolve the minor quarrels in our yard by ourselves if we can, and should not cause trouble to the public security comrades and hinder their efforts to combat the enemy spies."

Yi Zhonghai took the opportunity to add his own personal items.

"The reason why the subdistrict office nominated a senior official from each compound is to allow us to assist the public security comrades in handling trivial matters in the compound. Otherwise, with so many compounds and so few people from the subdistrict office and the public security, they all come to judge cases for us, so how can they have time to handle major matters?"

"Yes, yes, yes, we can't disturb the public security comrades who are doing their important work." Liu Haizhong nodded in agreement.

Yi Zhonghai concluded: "Chen Datou, I have to criticize you here. When something happened in the compound, why didn't you come to me and the second uncle to solve it, but instead wanted to cause trouble for the public security comrades?"

"If everyone is like you, how can the public security comrades catch enemy spies?"

People around him thought it made sense.

"Didn't we hear last week that an enemy spy was captured at Daqianmen? It seemed like they had been lurking there for a long time before they caught him."

"If the police only have to deal with trivial matters for us every day, they really won't have time to catch enemy spies."

"The enemy spies are so damned bad. Didn't they bomb that factory last year? Many people died."

"That's right, Big Head, this is really wrong. We can't delay catching the enemy spies, otherwise people will die."

Yi Zhonghai added fuel to the fire: "Normally, the police only deal with major events. If the police come to a courtyard, does that mean something major has happened in that courtyard?"

"This courtyard, where things always go wrong, definitely won't be rated as advanced."

As soon as this was said, everyone became excited. Yes, can a courtyard where accidents always happen be a good courtyard? Of course, it can't be an advanced courtyard.

Therefore, Datou reported to the police because he did not want the compound to become the advanced courtyard.

Hu Meihua was furious. This Yi Zhonghai was a piece of shit. Were they discussing whether to report to the police and delay the arrest of enemy spies? His family's eldest son didn't report to the police either. How could it be that the eldest son didn't allow the courtyard to be an advanced courtyard?

Chen Datou jumped up and down: "Nonsense, when did I report it to the police?"

Yi Zhonghai said comfortingly, "We know you didn't report it to the police, but you did threaten Uncle San, right? Uncle San discussed with you and gave you 200 yuan to ensure Zhaodi's future life after she became paralyzed in bed, for the sake of everyone's safety, to ensure that Zhaodi would not get into trouble in the future, for the honor of the compound, and out of pity for the child. That's right, right?"

Chen Datou felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what it was.

Hu Meihua angrily rebuked: "Yi Zhonghai, what nonsense are you talking about? Where is the threat? Besides, our family has always hoped that our courtyard can become an advanced courtyard."

"Besides, my Zhaodi fainted after being beaten by Yang Ruihua. She didn't wake up after the doctor diagnosed and treated her in the hospital, right? What's the matter? Are you hoping that my Zhaodi will never wake up?"

Yan Bugui raised the written pledge in his hand and insisted: "We agreed to sponsor 200 yuan because we felt sorry for Zhaodi who would not wake up in the future. Now that Zhaodi has woken up, this condition is no longer valid."

Chen Datou was furious: "What sponsorship? It's obviously you who are compensating our family, so we won't sue you."

Hu Meihua snatched the affidavit and read it over and over again. It indeed stated on it that Yang Ruihua accidentally pushed Chen Zhaodi, and was immediately sent to the hospital for treatment and paid a certain amount of medical expenses. Later, Chen Zhaodi suddenly fell ill with an unknown illness and fell into a coma. As a neighbor and the third uncle in the compound, he was worried about Chen Zhaodi's life after she fell into a coma. After discussing with Chen Datou, he sponsored 200 yuan and issued this certificate to avoid disputes.

There are also Chen Datou's fingerprints on it.

After reading the affidavit, veins popped out on Hu Meihua's forehead. What kind of person is this Chen Datou? How could he sign such a affidavit that was completely inconsistent with the facts?

Yi Zhonghai comforted him: "You and the third uncle discussed this matter and then dealt with it. The second uncle and I only learned about this matter after we came back. You two know the details best."

"Now, we have all read the pledge, and the sponsorship conditions are clearly written. Now that the conditions are no longer met, shouldn't you return the money?"

Yan Bugui's mouth curled up. Fortunately, when he wrote the letter of pledge yesterday, he took advantage of the fact that Chen Datou was illiterate and deliberately wrote it like this. Otherwise, it would be difficult to talk today.

Chen Datou jumped up and said, "Nonsense! What kind of conditions are these? She, Yang Ruihua, beat Zhaodi into the hospital and she thinks she has the right to do so. She even wants to get the money back. She's dreaming!"

Hu Meihua raised the written pledge with a sneer: "You are bullying Datou because he can't read, right? We don't recognize this pledge. Let's go, Datou, let's go to the police to seek justice!"

Yi Zhonghai sighed, "There are only a little over three months until the end of the year. We have persisted for more than half a year and finally maintained the reputation of the courtyard. Now you go to the police. Hey, our courtyard is in danger this year. I heard that the rewards for advanced courtyards this year are very generous, and every household will receive a reward."

Since everyone's interests are involved, no one can remain calm.

Especially after seeing Chen Datou showing off his tricycle, I finally had a place to vent my jealousy.

"Oh, Big Head, you can't go. If you go, our advanced courtyard will be gone."

"That's right. You can't let everyone in the compound suffer losses just for your own sake."

"My son will be looking for a job next year, and I can't lose this advanced reputation."

"Don't be too selfish. This is the honor of the entire compound. There are so many kids who need to go to school, work, and date. You can't just ignore other people's lives just because you and your wife have jobs and your children are still young."

For a time, Chen Datou and his wife became the target of public criticism. They were surrounded by their neighbors in the yard, who gave them heartfelt advice.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Zhaodi simply went back into the farm and let her body fall to the ground.

Didn't you, Yan Bugui, say that you sponsored me 200 yuan out of pity for my coma? I'm going to pretend to be comatose and see what you say.

And Yi Zhonghai is really able to manipulate public opinion. With the title of advanced courtyard house, which is still uncertain whether he can obtain, and the benefit of priority in hiring, which may not be effective, he has won over the people in this courtyard. His ability is really remarkable.