The conspiracy of the courtyard

"Everyone, please be quiet. The canteen staff replacement has been decided. I have a request."

As soon as Chen Ping finished speaking, everyone immediately shut up and stopped making sarcastic remarks.

“Manager Yi, when our courtyard first established the small canteen, you were still working hard to contribute in the northwest, so you were not clear about some things.

Director Liu promised that if someone doesn't want to continue eating in the canteen, they can use the meal ticket to exchange for the food and vegetables they paid. There are few people in my family now, and we basically eat at work, so I want to exchange for the food."

Yi Zhonghai was completely enraged by Chen Ping's hint that he had been in prison. He didn't listen to what was said afterwards. His eyes were bloodshot, he clenched his fists, leaned forward, and was about to gather strength to pounce on Chen Ping.

"Xiao Yi, calm down, what do you want to do?"

The deaf woman's loud questioning was like a dose of sedative, which instantly sobered up the furious Yi Zhonghai and also disappointed the secretly delighted Chen Ping.

"Director Liu did promise this before. Look at your murderous eyes. What do you want to do? Even if you become the manager, don't forget that you are a newcomer who has just settled in our courtyard. If you want to bully the people in our courtyard, you have to step over an old lonely woman like me first!"

The deaf woman's cane banged loudly on the ground, and her sharp accusations made Yi Zhonghai's face turn red.

"Old lady, I don't mean to bully you, really."

Yi Zhonghai explained to the deaf woman and apologized sincerely to Chen Ping:

"Chen Ping, I'm sorry! It's my bad attitude. Please forgive me. I thought you were picking on me on purpose, so I got impulsive and wanted to argue with you. I'm sorry!"

Chen Ping was stunned by Yi Zhonghai's rapid change of expression, and felt a little uneasy.

His son's analysis was indeed correct. It seemed that Yi Zhonghai not only mastered the locksmith skills in the Northwest, but also learned how to be tactful in dealing with people. This time, I failed to provoke him to make a mistake, but I don't know when the next time will be.

Even though he was unwilling in his heart, he had to hold it in. The old woman was experienced and the deaf woman could see through his intentions on the spot. She was indeed not a simple person. Every word she said was blaming Yi Zhonghai, but it was more like a reminder that he could not blame them for covering for each other.

Putting aside the myriad thoughts in her mind, Chen Ping no longer made any metaphorical sarcasm and replied calmly:

"It's okay. I'm not a petty person. If Manager Yi has no questions, please exchange my meal ticket. We still have to go home and cook."

Yi Zhonghai was also shocked by Chen Ping's calm response. He was stunned for a moment, and then instructed Jia Zhang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, to exchange the grain according to the tickets.

As soon as Chen Ping finished redeeming his money, Wu Guihua rushed home to get out the meal ticket to redeem it. Yi Zhonghai needed to win people's hearts at this moment, so he redeemed his money without saying a word.

But he didn't expect that the next ones to come were Xiaohua, Lou Xiaoe, Xiaosun, Zhao Ermeng... until the small canteen warehouse was basically empty.

Qin Huairu looked at the half-empty warehouse, suddenly let out a strange cry, and asked his doubts.

"No, it seems we miscalculated. Chen Ping gave out a lot of meal tickets as rewards in the past. They are using the meal tickets they gave out as rewards to redeem them. What should we do? Let's take a look at the previous account books."

Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family members turned pale suddenly. Jia Dongxu flipped through the account book and complained:

"I told you that we can't beat her as a professional accountant, but you didn't listen and insisted on taking over this mess and taking advantage of it. I think you've suffered a great loss..."

"Eh? No wonder Chen Ping can maintain it. Master, look, so many factories have donated things to us, but they have donated less in the past two months. We can also go and ask them if they will donate again."

"There are also rewards from the district government. Who is this Mi woman? Why is she so generous? She also donated meat and oil. Why haven't I seen it before?"

Yi Zhonghai was also curious about the people who donated, so he leaned over to check the account book.

"You know nothing. If there were no benefits, why would Chen Ping be so active? I came to the canteen to eat because I heard that the food here is oily, but I haven't seen meat for such a long time. She must be greedy.

Lao Yi, can we use this account book to sue her for corruption and have her spend the rest of her life in jail?"

Yi Zhonghai did not answer, but Qin Huairu shook his head and replied:

"Mom, don't be fooled. If she can give us the account book without any scruples, she must have made all the necessary preparations. Don't shoot yourself in the foot.

But I always feel something is wrong. Look, the leftovers are only enough for two days at most. We don’t know how to keep accounts, so who knows how many meal tickets they have left? What should we do?”

"Do you think I don't know there's something fishy going on? Chen Ping thought I came here just to get some food, but she never imagined I came here for this chicken that lays eggs."

Jia Zhang said this proudly, and seeing that everyone looked confused, she started to show off again:

"You guys are really stupid at work. Do you know where I got my meal tickets? Humph! How many times can I eat with the meal tickets that Qin Huairu gave me?

I bought them at a high price from others. What does it mean to be able to sell meal tickets? It means that we can make money by doing business in the small canteen, which is equivalent to opening a private restaurant. It is also allowed by the district and the street office. Do you think this is a chicken that can lay eggs?

They all thought I was stupid, preferring to buy expensive tickets from outside the hospital rather than from them. In fact, I was looking at the price difference, you know? Tickets outside the hospital are much more expensive than those in our hospital. As long as the famine lasts for another two years, we can trample all these snobs in the hospital under our feet. Humph! "

Several people sincerely praised Jia Zhangshi and began to plan a way to make money.

Yi Zhonghai was in charge of public relations and dealing with inspections from the district and street offices; Jia Dongxu was in charge of purchasing ingredients on the black market, and of course, the money was paid by Yi Zhonghai; Qin Huairu was in charge of collecting ingredients from the people in the courtyard, and was also the chef; Jia Zhangshi was in charge of selling tickets outside the courtyard and recruiting people.

Chen Ping's home.

He Yushui finished her meal absentmindedly, pouted and said indignantly:

"Sister, you spent so much effort to build that small canteen bit by bit. Why do I feel so uncomfortable if you just give it up like this? Let's tell Aunt Wang and get it back."

Chen Ping stared at the empty dishes on the table in a daze. He Yushui pushed her and then spoke slowly:

"What's so uncomfortable about this? Those things didn't cost me a penny. Do you really want me to be the housekeeper for everyone in the hospital and treat them as masters?

Over the years, I have been afraid that my family consists of women and children, and that they will be easily bullied. Whether in the courtyard or at work, I always choose to take on everyone. I know that I don't have any skills and have almost no capital except this worthless life.

Even though Xuanxuan counseled me every day and told me that the connections and relationships he had accumulated were enough to allow me to live a good life in this city, I was still afraid in my heart. I was afraid of losing you, losing this family, and losing everything.

So when everyone asked me to be the manager, I didn't even refuse but agreed right away. I just wanted someone to help our family when they encountered difficulties.

After managing the courtyard house for such a long time, I finally understand the advice Xuanxuan gave me five years ago.

In this world, the people who want to see you suffer and be unhappy are your neighbors, friends, and relatives. "