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As it turns out, slogans can only fool two types of people: uninformed bystanders and those who lack common sense.

Clearly, Yan Bugui does not belong to either of these two types of people.

No matter how loudly Yi Zhonghai shouted his slogans, Yan Bugui would not take them seriously, much less step forward.

"Old Yi, don't shout at me."

If you can get the leaders of the neighborhood committee to divide up Sha Zhu's assets, I certainly won't object.

But can you guarantee that?

Yi Zhonghai can't guarantee anything.

If he were confident, he wouldn't have come to Yan Bugui.

"Old Yan, don't try to argue. I'm not a leader of the neighborhood committee, so why should I make a guarantee?"

Yan Bugui said, "Since you can't guarantee it, then stop making trouble."

Sha Zhu moved out of our compound a long time ago; he's not one of us anymore.

If you make a scene, the neighborhood committee will eventually take the money from the settlement with Lao Liu and divide it up to appease you.

You're clearly trying to sabotage our own people.

What you're doing is clearly causing pain to your loved ones and joy to your enemies.

Liu Haizhong added, "That's right. In the end, we won't be able to get rid of Sha Zhu, but we'll end up getting ourselves into trouble first."

What are you trying to achieve by doing this?

These two people, knowing perfectly well what Yi Zhonghai lacked, still asked him what he was after.

Therefore, Yi Zhonghai was very dissatisfied with the two.

What angered Yi Zhonghai even more was that he did this not for himself, but for the three of them.

Yi Zhonghai firmly believes that the three of them will grow old together as companions.

While he was working hard to secure his retirement, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui not only didn't help him, but also caused him trouble.

If it weren't for these two interfering, Yi Zhonghai would have felt that his retirement plan would have been a success long ago.

Looking at the two men's aggressive gazes, Yi Zhonghai felt extremely wronged.

He has endured this grievance alone for more than 30 years, and he is unwilling to continue to wrong himself.

Yi Zhonghai made a decision: to confront Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.

Although he had already revealed some of it to Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, he had never officially said it.

This time, he was going to formally discuss the elderly deaf woman's retirement plan with the two of them.

"Old Liu, Old Yan, I'm going to tell you something from the bottom of my heart today."

When Yi Zhonghai speaks, there is always a sense of undeniable authority.

This posture is very uncomfortable and gives people a feeling of being superior.

This is one of the reasons why Liu Haizhong has always wanted to compete with Yi Zhonghai.

In terms of age, the two are about the same age, and in terms of status, they are also about the same.

Liu Haizhong has three sons, which is much better than Yi Zhonghai, who has no descendants.

What gives Yi Zhonghai the right to act so superior in front of him?

Yan Bugui was timid, and because Yi Zhonghai could offer him benefits, he didn't go against Yi Zhonghai.

Although he didn't openly oppose Yi Zhonghai, he would occasionally trip up Yi Zhonghai and deliberately cause him trouble.

The two had never seen Yi Zhonghai speak so kindly before.

The two exchanged a glance but neither spoke.

Yi Zhonghai remained silent for a while, his expression showing some struggle, but eventually it turned into relaxation.

"My wife and I don't have any children, so we are particularly concerned about who will take care of us in our old age and see us off when we die."

With me here, there's basically no need to worry about the old lady.

But what about me?

When I get old, who will take care of me?
At the time, I didn't care, thinking that the country wouldn't abandon me.

The old lady told me, "He who does not plan for the present will not be able to plan for the future."

No one can predict what will happen decades from now.

I was deeply moved by the old lady's words, so I chose Dongxu.

Everyone knows this story.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were also aware of this.

When Yi Zhonghai took Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, everyone had already guessed that.

Unfortunately, Jia Dongxu died young.

Both of them knew that Yi Zhonghai's words would not be so simple, so they did not interrupt him.

A hint of nostalgia flickered in Yi Zhonghai's eyes. That nostalgia was entirely for Jia Dongxu. He firmly believed that if Jia Dongxu were alive, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

Of course, there's also a hint of regret in this nostalgia.

If he had known that Jia Dongxu would die so young, he should have taught Jia Dongxu his skills more seriously back then.

If Jia Dongxu had laid a solid foundation, perhaps this accident wouldn't have happened.

After a moment, Yi Zhonghai continued to speak.

"The old lady talked to me about retirement, and she also mentioned the two of you."

Liu Haizhong, with his quick temper, immediately asked, "What did she say about us?"

Liu Haizhong didn't have a good impression of the deaf old lady.

Back then, he lived in the backyard with the deaf old lady, but he suffered a lot of grievances from her.

He's a blacksmith, so he needs a strong body. To have a strong body, he must eat well.

His family originally planned to buy meat to help him recover.

It's because the deaf old lady has a sweet tooth; whenever she smells the stewed meat at his house, she insists on having a meal there.

Later, when he was forced to eat eggs instead, he had no choice but to switch to them.

You should know that eggs taste far worse than meat, and buying eggs is no easier than buying meat.

He put a lot of thought and effort into buying eggs.

Yi Zhonghai didn't rush to answer, but instead glanced at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui was smarter than Liu Haizhong and preferred to figure things out on his own.

He was currently pondering what Yi Zhonghai really meant.

Yan Bugui actually had a guess that he himself couldn't believe.

Yi Zhonghai stopped waiting before Yan Bugui could speak.

"The old lady analyzed the two of you for me. Do you know what she said?"

Yan Bugui's face darkened, because his guess was about to come true.

There was still a hint of confusion in his bangs.

A hint of smugness appeared on Yi Zhonghai's face. This smugness was where he was more astute than Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.

Those two people spent most of their lives raising their child, but in the end, the child was unfilial.

But he didn't have that worry.

"The old lady once told me that you two don't know how to raise children, and that in the end, none of your children will take care of you in your old age."

"Nonsense!" Liu Haizhong said angrily.

It's no wonder Liu Haizhong was angry.

At this time, the Liu family could be described as having a loving father and a filial son.

Although Liu Guangqi doesn't usually come back, he still occasionally cares about his father.

As for Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, they were typical filial sons and virtuous grandsons.

She doesn't go out to work anymore; she just spends all her time around him, her father.

He said he wanted to eat mutton, and his two sons would travel all the way to Inner Mongolia to pick out the tenderest lamb for him.

To say that his son is unfilial is a huge joke.

Yan Bugui didn't speak, his expression somewhat complicated.

Yan Jiecheng lived in the same courtyard as him, but he didn't care about him at all. He would cook meat at home, but he didn't even think to send it to him.

The other children have rarely come back since they got married.

Every time she comes back, she comes empty-handed; it's obvious she's there to take advantage of him.

Throughout his life, Yan Bugui was the only one who took advantage of others, while no one else could ever take advantage of him.

Even one's own son is not acceptable.

In the past, he would have thought the child was clever and that he had failed to outsmart him.

But after talking to Yi Zhonghai, his opinion on the matter changed somewhat.

His thinking was distorted by Yi Zhonghai.

They often associate their children's behavior with filial piety.

Yi Zhonghai did not rush to refute Liu Haizhong, but instead observed the reactions of the two men.

After seeing the two men's reactions, Yi Zhonghai was not surprised at all.

When the deaf old lady brought it up with him, he was even angrier than the two of them.

No matter who it is, they'll feel uncomfortable if someone says you have no one to show you filial piety. (End of Chapter)