The conspiracy of the courtyard

He Yushui, who was reading in Lu Zixuan's cubicle, heard the whole conversation and asked Chen Ping with some concern:

"Sister, will he be a threat to you? Do you want me to notify Aunt Wang?"

Chen Ping smiled and replied:

"No need. Xuanxuan has already said that Director Liu is a very cautious person. He has no background and is a cadre who climbed up from the bottom. Didn't you see that even the way he threatens people is to tell tales?

In fact, that letter of commitment is useless. Yi Zhonghai and I are not related, have no connections, and even if I provide a guarantee, the police will not recognize it.

I just wanted to take the opportunity to tell him about the two families and ask him to urge them to get the job done. If I go to him specifically, it would be like going to complain. If I go to the street office again, I will inevitably be harassed."

He Yushui said in a quirky way:

"Does that mean Yi Zhonghai can't be assigned to our hospital? That would be great. I feel irritated when I see him. Even the pimples on his face are red from anger."

Chen Ping explained with some laughter and tears:

"You got a sore throat from eating the chili sauce your brother made every day. It's a foregone conclusion that he'll come to our hospital. I just want to make things difficult for him and try to get him to register his household registration at the deaf woman's house. That's my fundamental purpose."

Director Liu returned to the street office angrily and asked about the conditions for settling in. It was indeed the same process as Chen Ping said. The factory should write a work certificate, submit it to the street office for stamping and review, and then the police station should apply for a household registration certificate. The street office will then allocate housing based on the available housing, and finally one can actually settle in the collective household registration.

Those two households were stuck in housing allocation. The housing allocated due to work is at a uniform rate of 1 yuan per room per month, and the price of individual rental varies from 2 to 5 yuan depending on the living environment. In order to increase office funds or other expenses, the street office will postpone the allocation of housing, issue temporary food books, and charge individual rental fees. This is not considered a violation, but it is not very ethical.

Individuals who own a house, regardless of whether they have a job or not, can have an individual household registration. For example, He Yuzhu and his sister, and Cheng Xiaoman, who settled directly in the He family by living with their relatives.

But Yi Zhonghai's situation was different, because he was a labor reform inmate and had no relatives to guarantee him. Even if he had been allocated housing, he would need the consent of all residents before he could settle down. The difficulties were extremely great, and too many people did not want him to live in the courtyard house.

After studying the specific details, Director Liu went to the steel rolling mill in person to find Director Yang to explain the situation. He also informed him that the only family who owned personal property in the courtyard were the He family and the deaf woman.

Director Yang called Yi Zhonghai and after discussion, they decided to register the household registration in the deaf woman's home by living with her relatives.

But the deaf woman refused, and her reason was very good. Once she agreed, it would be tantamount to accepting Yi Zhonghai as a relative. She was the only one in her family, and she would not hand over her property to an outsider who had no blood relationship with her, no matter how good their relationship was.

No matter how Yi Zhonghai begged, promising to provide for the deaf woman in her old age and not coveting any of her property, she was not moved.

At the end of the discussion, it was the deaf woman who came up with an idea. She asked Yi Zhonghai to spend 500 yuan to buy her half of the kitchen, which was almost worthless. This would count as personal property and he could settle down directly.

Yi Zhonghai had no money at the moment, so he could only write an IOU to Director Yang, and the steel rolling mill would advance the payment and deduct 55 yuan from his future wages every month, with 5 yuan as interest.

Since the sale and purchase of real estate is not allowed at present, the deaf old woman signed a gift contract dated before the liberation and asked Director Liu to take it to the street office for filing. Even if it was discovered, no one would pursue it. Who would care about the ownership of an item of no value?

It seems that everyone has benefited from this incident, but in fact no one has benefited.

Although the deaf woman received 500 yuan, she wasted a favor from Director Yang;

Director Yang seemed to have returned the favor, but he handed the evidence of the secret operation to Director Liu;

Director Liu seemed to be trying to curry favor with Director Yang, but he exposed his weakness of having no backing to Yi Zhonghai;

It seemed that Yi Zhonghai had entered the Siheyuan as he wished, but he spent a lot of money for a simple thing.

When Director Liu came to the Siheyuan to hold a meeting for all the families and announced that all three families would settle in the Siheyuan, Chen Ping felt happy but also a little disappointed.

"That's enough about the household registration. I came here today to talk about another matter.

Chen Ping, I heard that because two chickens were lost in your courtyard, you asked all residents to lock their doors, is that right?

Too arbitrary. Just because of a small matter, you asked the masses to obey unconditionally. This is not management, but arbitrary. I have repeatedly proposed democracy and listening to the opinions of the masses, but you turned a deaf ear to it? How can you make such a low-level mistake after working for so many years?

What are you talking about chopping off your hands? What qualifications do you have to abuse lynching? Even if there is a mistake, it should be handed over to the judicial authorities for handling. I hope you can reflect deeply. "

Director Liu did not give Chen Ping a chance to refute and started criticizing her immediately.

Chen Ping didn't wait for Director Liu to say anything more unpleasant, and immediately bowed her head and admitted her mistake:

“Yes, yes, you are right in criticizing me. I am a dictator and I have betrayed the trust of my leaders. I accept all the blame from my leaders and make severe self-criticism.

After self-examination, I found that I was not worthy of the support of the masses, so I decided to turn down this management position and look for someone else.

By the way, I want to inform you that the canteen will stop operating from tomorrow. You can use your meal ticket to get the same amount of food…”

When Director Liu first saw Chen Ping's self-blaming attitude, he nodded secretly and was quite satisfied in his heart. But the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong, especially when he heard that the big pot meal had to be cancelled, he could no longer remain calm.

You should know that Chen Ping's small canteen was highly praised by the district, and even her position as director was maintained by this measure. Otherwise, she would have been removed as early as when the Great Steelmaking Movement was over and the selection was carried out.

He hurriedly stopped her and said:

"Wait a minute, your attitude is still very sincere, and the matter is not that serious. It is human nature to speak harshly. Everyone will lose their temper when encountering such a situation. It's just that we can't leave the impression of being domineering to the masses. Just be careful next time.

As for any talk of refusing to take charge, you can't say that anymore. After all, your achievements are obvious to everyone.

You were nominated by our courtyard, which is in line with the wishes of the vast majority of people. I'm sure everyone will accept your management style..."

Jia Zhang was afraid that Chen Ping would go back on her word, so she interrupted her, regardless of whether she was a leader or not:

"Director Liu, let me interject a few words. Since Chen Ping doesn't want to be the manager, then she can just not do it. But we still have Old Yi, right?

Although he has been in jail, it is not a big deal. He made the mistake out of kindness to help us find a solution. He has been in charge of the Siheyuan for so many years, isn't he better than anyone else? "

No one agreed, but Director Liu frowned and thought about it. After a while, he coughed and said:

"Since it has been recommended by the public, let's listen to everyone's opinions. I am a person who advocates democracy, so let's all express our views."

The scene returned to silence again. Seeing that no one was talking, I could only speak again:

"So, is there anyone in our yard who wants to be the manager? If so, let's run for election together, and the one with the most votes will win."

Yan Jiecheng raised his right hand and asked:

"Am I qualified?"

Seeing Director Liu nod, Liu Guangqi also stood up and walked to the middle, followed by Zhao Ermeng, Old Man Sun’s son Xiao Sun, and even Zhao San went up with a red face, as well as a young man named Duan who had recently settled there.

Several people stood in a row with Yi Zhonghai. Director Liu changed his previous listlessness and spoke excitedly:

“Well, young people should have the spirit of forging ahead courageously. Regardless of whether they can be elected or not, at least they have the heart to serve everyone.

Come, let's all give a thumbs up to those who dare to challenge us, and boost the morale of our hospital."

There was a burst of warm applause, of course, mainly from the candidates' families.

"What's so exciting?"