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Only three old men remained in Yi Zhonghai's house, and Qin Huairu took the opportunity to slip away.

They are the ones who benefit the most, and they are afraid that others will come after them, so they wish they could stay far away.

When Jia Zhangshi saw her return, she was about to start scolding her. There were only three men in Yi Zhonghai's room, yet Qin Huairu still went inside and stayed for so long.

Qin Huairu, anticipating Jia Zhangshi's reaction, quickly interjected, "Geng Guangjian and his two companions are demanding that Master fulfill his promise from back then?"

"What promise?"

"It was when the courtyards were merged back then that the three old men promised them. They said they would give each family a job at the steel rolling mill."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi said disdainfully, "That's just a hoax. They actually believed it. Aren't they stupid?"

Qin Huairu also thought they were foolish, but they weren't foolish, so how could the Jia family gain any advantage?

The best way to handle this is to hide and avoid being held accountable later.

If Qin Huai can escape, then Yi Zhonghai and the other three cannot.

At this moment, the three of them were at Yi Zhonghai's house trying to come up with a solution.

Yan Bugui asked anxiously, "Old Yi, you have many ideas, please tell me what to do quickly."

When Liu Haizhong saw that his words had scared away Geng Guangjian and the other two, he thought his method was effective.

He said, "What's there to think about? Old Yan, call all your sons over, and I'll call all my sons over too."

"The three of us, plus the Jia family, make quite a few people. If they want trouble, we'll teach them a lesson."

Yan Bugui thought to himself, "This is too barbaric. My family is a scholarly family; we would never do such a thing."

The main problem is that he's not sure if his children will help him.

Even if we were to help him, it would cost a lot of money.

Who will pay for this?

"Old Liu, can you call your Guangqi over here?"

Liu Haizhong said with a dark face, "There's no need to call on him for this kind of thing. My Guangqi is a cadre, how can he meddle in these kinds of things?"

Yan Bugui snorted: "You're not even willing to call your son here. Do you think we can solve this with just this few people?"
Don't forget, those three families alone had more than a dozen people.

Several other businesses haven't arrived yet.

Liu Haizhong said angrily, "This won't work, that won't work. What do you suggest we do?"

There is, of course, no solution.

The main problem is that this time the trouble is too great and there's simply no way to solve it.

"Old Yi, what do you suggest we do? They've merged with you and are helping you take care of the Jia family every day. You've always said we should help each other."

Yi Zhonghai said with dissatisfaction, "What do you mean by taking care of the Jia family for me every day?"

The Jia family is in the worst financial situation and can't make ends meet. Shouldn't we help them?
If we don't help the Jia family now, how can we expect them to support us in our old age?

"No. I have a son, I don't need the Jia family to support me in my old age."

“I also have a son.”

Yi Zhonghai looked at the two of them with a cold smile. Once these two are abandoned by their son, they'll realize how good Qin Huairu is.

"The promise we made back then was a joint effort. I can't be solely responsible for it."

Liu Haizhong's patience ran out, and he said directly, "At worst, I'll just renege on the debt."

"I'm not helping them, what can they do to me?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui immediately decided to follow Liu Haizhong.

Yi Zhonghai, however, was unwilling. If he offended the people in the facility, what would become of his retirement?
There's no filial piety when someone is chronically ill, especially since the person he found to care for him wasn't his father.

He needs the help of his neighbors in the nursing home to enjoy a peaceful retirement.

He just didn't want to, and there was nothing he could do about it.

He simply doesn't have enough job openings to solve this problem.

In the end, the three old men parted on bad terms.

Then, Geng Guangjian led those people to look for Yi Zhonghai and his two companions.

Yi Zhonghai and his two companions kept making excuses to avoid the issue.

When Geng Guangjian and his group were pushed to the limit, they decided to hold a general meeting of the entire institute.

"Zhu Zi, we want an explanation, so we plan to hold a general meeting of the entire college."

Upon hearing that he wanted to cause trouble for Yi Zhonghai and the other two, He Yuzhu naturally agreed.

Geng Guangjian then led his men to find Xu Damao.

Xu Damao did the same, agreeing immediately.

For the first time, the entire courtyard held a general meeting that wasn't decided by the three old men. He Yuzhu grabbed a stool, a plate of melon seeds, and sat at the entrance to watch the spectacle.

Xu Damao came over, grabbed some sunflower seeds, and started cracking them open.

When Yi Zhonghai and the other two came out of the house, their faces were completely dark.

This meeting was not approved by them, nor were they notified in advance.

"Geng Guangjian, what are you doing? Who gave you permission to hold this hospital-wide meeting?"

A general meeting of the entire college—that was the power of the three old men. It was also their way of demonstrating their status.

The three men were absolutely determined not to allow anyone to sabotage them. Upon seeing Geng Guangjian and the others on the platform, the three men were immediately enraged.

Geng Guangjian said, "This time, we started with the consent of Deputy Director Xu and Zhu Zi."

You have objections.

Seeing Xu Damao sitting there, the three of them naturally dared not voice any objections.

Geng Guangjian and the others ignored them and spoke directly.

"As everyone knows, we were initially unwilling to merge the courtyards."

However, Yi Zhonghai and his two companions had promised us that they would give each of our families a job opportunity.

At the time, we didn't have a suitable person in our family, so we didn't fulfill our promise for the time being.

Now, when we look for them, they deny it.

The purpose of today's meeting is to let the residents, young and old, settle this matter.

They stopped calling him "Grandpa" and started calling him by the names of Yi Zhonghai and the other two men.

Clearly, they were filled with anger.

Of course, this also shows that they are no good. They clearly had the guts to resist Yi Zhonghai and his two companions, yet they were unwilling to stand up for them. In fact, they even aided and abetted evil.

"Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, what do you say? What should we do about this?"

Yi Zhonghai and the other two did not speak.

This is because they were frightened.

Geng Guangjian and his family joined together, and there were about thirty people in total.

That's quite a lot; they've almost made up half the population of the courtyard house.

Moreover, men make up more than half of these people.

Even if the three old men joined forces, they were no match for them.

"talk."

"Speak quickly."

Those people all glared at Yi Zhonghai and his group.

The others who were not involved stood aside without saying a word.

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi sat at their own door, wishing that no one could see them.

After a long while, Yi Zhonghai finally stood up amidst the crowd's condemnation.

"Listen to me, everyone. We never intended to break our promise."

But no one could have imagined what would happen more than a decade later.

Back then, the steel rolling mill was privately owned. If a few of us said a few words, we could definitely get everyone a job there.

Things are different now. The steel rolling mill is a state-owned enterprise, and the recruitment is the responsibility of the factory's leaders.

We are truly powerless to help.

It's impossible to let this matter pass with just a few words.

However, just as Liu Haizhong said, if the three of them didn't agree, the people in the courtyard couldn't do anything about them.

They argued for a long time, but couldn't reach a conclusion.

Geng Guangjian and the others exchanged glances: "If you can't even keep your own promises, then don't blame us."

I hereby declare that from now on, their affairs are none of my concern.

"I also hereby announce..."

The others weren't stupid; they immediately followed suit and made the announcement.

Qin Huairu was dumbfounded. If she did that, who would help her in the future?

Tears welled in her eyes as she looked at Yi Zhonghai, but received no response. (End of Chapter)