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Chapter 106 Yi Zhonghai Discusses Strategy

After two days of persuasion, Yi Zhonghai still failed to get Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui to give in, so he had to ask the deaf old lady for help.

The deaf old lady knew about Yi Zhonghai's predicament a long time ago and had no intention of helping him. The greater the difficulties Yi Zhonghai encountered, the greater her role.

She had been waiting for Yi Zhonghai to come for help.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai bringing the food over, the deaf old lady knew that her waiting was paying off.

"Zhong Hai, why are you the one serving the dishes? Where's Cui Lan?"

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he didn't play tricks on the deaf old lady and just told her the difficulties directly.

"I can understand that Lao Yan is reluctant to pay, but why did Lao Liu suddenly change his mind? Please help me analyze how to make Lao Liu and Lao Yan give in."

The deaf old lady glanced towards the Xu family and said: "Liu Haizhong changed his mind because of Xu Fugui."

"Him?" Yi Zhonghai was puzzled: "This is impossible! How could Lao Liu listen to Lao Xu? Isn't he afraid that Lao Xu will take away the liaison position?"

This is also what the deaf old lady doesn't understand.

In fact, according to the original script, Xu Fugui would indeed compete with Liu Haizhong for the position of backyard liaison officer. He could not compete for the positions of front and middle yards.

But this time He Yuzhu was there. He Yuzhu and Xu Fugui had analyzed that the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui had formed an alliance and would not give up their positions to others.

Xu Fugui knew that no matter how hard he tried, he would not be able to get the liaison officer, so he simply gave up.

Since he no longer competed with Liu Haizhong, the conflict between the two naturally ceased to exist.

The deaf old lady secretly observed for several days and finally confirmed this fact: "You have been concentrating on persuading Yan Bugui and taking care of Dongxu recently, and you haven't come to the backyard."

Yi Zhonghai blushed a little.

The deaf old lady didn't care and continued, "I have been keeping an eye on Liu Haizhong for you. After the meeting that day, he broke up with Xu Fugui and didn't let his family care about the Xu family.

Recently, somehow, the relationship between the two families has been restored. Liu Guangqi went to school with Xu Damao again.

Yi Zhonghai believed that the deaf old lady would not lie to him, and he immediately became a little worried: "It would be very disadvantageous for us if the two of them were in collusion with each other. Do you have a way to separate them?"

The deaf old lady shook her head: "I am not a god. I don't know why they reconciled, so how can I separate them?"

Yi Zhonghai was a little frustrated: "This is really one problem after another. I haven't dealt with Sha Zhu's problem yet, and Lao Liu has another problem.

There were other people who were also not easy to deal with. I used my prestige as a master chef to help them and teach them the skills.

Instead of supporting me, they believed the rumors. It really pissed me off."

Originally, Yi Zhonghai wanted to use Jia Dongxu to sow discord between He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, but his attempt failed and people in the hospital began to say that Jia Dongxu was a villain.

This is complete nonsense.

Jia Dongxu's filial piety was something he had personally tested. In the entire courtyard and the entire steel mill, there was no one better than Jia Dongxu.

The deaf old lady was also a little worried. The Jia Dongxu they needed was a warm, kind, and filial person, not a villain as others said.

She wanted to defend Jia Dongxu, but no one believed her. People in the hospital respected her, but they treated her as an old lady, not an elder.

In fact, this was He Yuzhu's fault. He kept saying in the courtyard that people without relatives or friends were not considered elders, which led everyone in the courtyard astray.

Yi Zhonghai raised his head and asked, "What should we do?"

The deaf old lady thought for a moment and said, "To cure an illness, we must treat the root cause. The people in the hospital are not on our side. First, there are two bad guys, Shazhu and Xu Fugui, who are causing trouble. Second, it is because of your prestige.

The time was too tight this time, and some things were not done properly regarding the merger of the courtyards." Yi Zhonghai said helplessly, "I know that, but there was nothing I could do at the time. He Daqing did not leave with the White Widow, and this also ruined my reputation. Those people didn't say it, but they all thought that I was scheming against He Daqing.

There is also the issue of Shazhu's house. I clearly did not rob the He family's house, but he threw out a cellar and made me take the blame.

I was wrongly accused to death.”

The deaf old lady sighed, "It's not your fault, it's my fault for misjudging. I didn't expect that silly guy Sha Zhu was actually a wolf cub. When He Daqing was around, he was very obedient. As soon as He Daqing left, he started biting people."

Yi Zhonghai said with deep agreement: "You are right. We are all confused by his nickname of Shazhu. Apart from other things, I can't even send the cellar out.

Because of this move, Old Yan now avoids him when he sees him, fearing that Sha Zhu will mention the cellar.

Because of this, Old Yan blames me for not agreeing to do anything that would benefit everyone."

The deaf old lady felt very upset. In her calculations, this shouldn't be the case. The correct way should be that she threw a steamed bun to Sha Zhu, and Sha Zhu would come over to please her with a licking face.

"Forget it, let's not talk about the problem of Shazhu for now. The first thing to do now is to establish your prestige."

Yi Zhonghai heard this and looked at her seriously: "What should I do?"

The deaf old lady smiled and said, "I heard a message from the Military Control Commission that they are recruiting some people to go to the countryside to help build water conservancy projects and tools."

Yi Zhonghai was puzzled and couldn't understand what this had to do with him.

The deaf old lady explained, "What I mean is that you go to the factory and ask for leave, and go to the countryside with the military control committee. When you get to the countryside, work hard and strive for a commendation. With this commendation, your reputation in our neighborhood will be restored immediately."

Once your reputation is restored, everything becomes easy.

Yi Zhonghai knew the importance of reputation, so he agreed after a moment's thought. However, he was worried that the time spent in the countryside would be too long.

"how much time is required?"

"Not much, just over 20 days, less than a month. After a while, the weather will get cold, the ground will freeze, and we won't be able to work."

Yi Zhonghai silently calculated that this month was equivalent to not having any salary, which was really painful.

The deaf old lady saw the pain on his face and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? You don't want to go? Zhong Hai, let me tell you, if you want to manage the Siheyuan well, you must gain favor with the Military Control Committee."

Yi Zhonghai shook his head with a bitter face: "I don't want to go. It's just that I'll be in the countryside for a month. How will I get paid by the factory?"

The deaf old lady comforted Yi Zhonghai: "It's hard to have the best of both worlds. If you want to win the favor of the Military Control Commission leaders, you must give up some of your salary. Besides, it's just one month's salary, there's no need to worry too much. If you perform well and get commendation from the Military Control Commission, your factory will not only not deduct your salary, but will also reward you."

Yi Zhonghai was a decisive man. Knowing that the deaf old lady's idea was good, he agreed immediately.

"I'll sign up tomorrow."

The deaf old lady smiled and praised Yi Zhonghai, and at the same time taught him some tips on how to gain a good reputation.

For example, when you arrive in the countryside, you can’t just work silently. You must be good at expressing yourself and let your leaders know you.

Yi Zhonghai absorbed these knowledge points carefully and his abilities were strengthened once again.

While the two were chatting, Liu Haizhong had been staring at this side by the window. Seeing that Yi Zhonghai stayed in the deaf old lady's room for such a long time without coming out, he became very unhappy.

"This old lady is really biased. She always sides with Yi Zhonghai in everything. From now on, when our family makes something delicious, we don't have to send it to her."

Fan Dongni was not happy to deliver food to the deaf old lady. Every time she sent her delicious food, she never said a good word and even used Miao Cuilan to belittle her.

"I shouldn't have given it to her a long time ago."

(End of this chapter)