When Lao Liu heard Lin Lin say this, he smiled mysteriously and discussed with us in a sneaky manner: "As long as we cooperate, won't the residents of this entire building be at our disposal? Just tell us how much you want."

This old guy, what he said about thinking about the residents is bullshit! He just wants to make some money from this. I immediately got angry. If he wanted to fish in troubled waters, why would the three of us bring you along?

I told him that he just needs to give me the money for the car and that’s it. I won’t be responsible for anything else. I don’t want to deal with this mess.

When I got home, I suddenly saw a scratch on our security door caused by an iron tool. I thought something was wrong and quickly opened the door to ask my grandfather. Sure enough, my grandfather told me helplessly that your cousin Wang Linbai came again today. He kept knocking on the door, but I didn't hear him and didn't open the door. He then got a hammer from somewhere and started smashing the door. I couldn't stand it anymore and opened the door.

This sentence made me so angry that I almost died. What kind of bastard could do such a thing?

My grandfather stopped me when I was about to settle the score with them and continued: Your brother said that your grandmother and others really had no money and could not afford to eat, so I gave him 5,000 yuan and sent him away.

I was furious and shouted that this was not right. I had just given them a bag of rice yesterday, so how could they say they had nothing to eat?

Grandpa advised me to forget it, saying that we still have money and she is indeed your grandmother, so just help her if you can.

I say that they are a group of locusts who are greedy. Yesterday they wanted rice, today they want money, and tomorrow they can't stop asking that kid for something. Besides, that kid shouldn't have smashed our door with a hammer. Is that something a human would do?

As we were talking, Feicui came back from school. She saw the marks on the door that had been smashed, and then she came into the house and heard the conversation between my grandfather and me. She immediately became furious and yelled: Damn it, if I don’t teach them a lesson, do you think our family is afraid of them?

My grandfather and I were stunned. We looked at Feicui, who dropped the backpack in his hand and turned to walk out. We looked at each other and thought, oh no, something is going to happen!

Sure enough, Feicui ran very fast and her figure completely disappeared as soon as we went out. I shouted: Feicui, be gentle!

According to the story told by my little sister who passed by later, Feicui beat the two Wang brothers so hard that they couldn't get out of bed for several days. Our grandmother could only scold them from the sidelines and didn't dare to step forward...

I said you were too harsh in criticizing Feicui, but I was secretly very happy!

At night, Lao Liu came knocking on the door. I opened the door and didn't let him in. It's better to treat people like him with caution and not let him see what we have in our house.

Lin Lin and Xiao Bai heard the sound and followed him out to see what he was going to do.

As a result, Lao Liu politely took out 50,000 yuan and put it in my hand. He still looked worried about the country and the people and told us about the gossip in the whole building. He found out that I had opened a supermarket before, and I guess I still have some goods in my hands. He hoped that I could solve the difficulties: including getting some purified water. Zhang Hua's mother on the 13th floor really needs it. There are also the old couple on the 7th floor. They are over 70 years old and have no children around. They can't get water and are sick. We can't watch them die, right? Old lady Li on the 6th floor brought two little granddaughters, one five years old and the other seven years old. The old lady's son went out to do business, and I don't know if he is dead or alive now. There are also the old couple opposite my house. Although there is a live-in nanny, the nanny is also over 50...

I looked at Old Liu's endless chatter and quickly frowned to stop him: Come on, stop talking. First tell me where the 50,000 yuan came from?

Old Liu quickly changed the subject and told me solemnly that this was the public fund that was collected from every household, including the car that you worked so hard to get. The money for helping everyone fetch water in the future will all be here!

I immediately felt overwhelmed. I counted out the remaining 20,000 yuan and stuffed it back into his hand, telling him that we don't care about fetching water! Whoever wants to care can care, you are not old or eighty years old, and you have hands. You are the building manager, and you just talk and do the hard labor with Old Sun on the 15th floor, don't blackmail me morally!

Seeing my tough attitude, he wanted to continue persuading me. I pushed him out of the door, closed it, and went back to the kitchen to cook dinner for my sister, grandfather, and the two big kids next door.

Everyone wants to eat hot pot tonight! We took out everything in the refrigerator that can be used for hot pot. Xiaobai bought a lot of delicious beef and mutton slices a few days ago. Grandpa's space also has fresh beef and mutton that can be cut, smooth tripe, chewy shrimp balls and fish balls, thin meat slices, washed mushrooms of different sizes, tender yellow corn, cabbage and potato chips... neatly arranged on the table, the soup base and dipping sauce bought from the seasoning store were prepared, everyone picked up their bowls, and asked me for the iced drinks and beer they wanted to drink. I took out the iced drinks and beer to satisfy everyone. The atmosphere was lively and harmonious, and everyone gathered together to enjoy the refreshing mood brought to us by the food.

The next day I went out for a run and a walk with the dog as usual. I was still a little annoyed that I didn't lose any weight after eating hotpot last night.

When I came back, I saw Grandma Li from the sixth floor seemed to be waiting for me in the lobby on the first floor. When she saw me come back, she told me, "Xiao Huo, please get some water for grandma first, because there is no water at home."

I thought to myself, even though you are an old man, you can't order people around so confidently, right?

While I was in a daze, two elderly people came down from upstairs. I saw that they were the old couple on the seventh floor. They also said to me: Xiao Huo, after you finish pumping water for the sixth floor, you have to fetch water for us, because our water tank is empty.

I suddenly reacted and asked: Did you give the money to Lao Liu? Was it him who told you that I was responsible for fetching water for you?

Three or two old men answered seriously: Yes, Lao Liu said that you can’t be asked to fetch water for us every day for nothing, he asked us to pay, and we paid.

I cursed this bastard inwardly, he really knows how to order people around. After chatting with them for a while, I learned that this sly Lao Liu collected 30,000 yuan from each household except me and Xiaobai's housekeeper when we went there to get the car yesterday. Including those who didn't pay and didn't come, he probably took away more than 300,000 yuan. He said that the money was for buying a car and for buying things from me and for fetching water for them. He would give each household 10,000 yuan a month for fetching water.

I have to say that most of the people living in this building are really rich.

I said you were cheated by Lao Liu. I only cared about him asking for 20,000 yuan for two electric tricycles, and I didn't care about the water fetching matter.

When the elders understood, they immediately got angry and blamed him: Since all the money was given to him, why doesn't he work?

When we went to find Lao Liu angrily, we found that his house was empty. I thought it was impossible. How could someone who lived in such a nice house run away for just 300,000 yuan?

We went to the property management again. There was only one woman there. After listening to our story, she checked the information. There was no internet so she could only look through paper folders. After searching for a long time, she told us that the house in your building had indeed been sold, but the registered owner's surname was not Liu at all.

I was so shocked that I took the elderly to the neighborhood committee to ask if the appointment of building managers was true. Only two staff members of the neighborhood committee shook their heads and said there was no such thing.

It's over, it's over, we've been cheated, all the residents in the entire building have been cheated. This Old Liu might have wandered here and somehow discovered that there were no residents on the second floor. Now all the information has to be searched and no one knows his exact identity. He took advantage of the opportunity and pretended to be a resident here, lying dormant for a long time and cheated everyone's money!

The residents of our entire building gathered in the lobby on the first floor. Grandma Li angrily cursed that the world is so bad that there are all kinds of bad people...

Grandma Li is in her sixties and still in good health, but after the disaster she was worried about her son taking care of two such young granddaughters, and she suffered both mentally and physically. Now she has a head full of white hair and looks very haggard and pitiful.

Upon hearing this, the man on the 13th floor said in a stern voice: I felt he was unreliable at the first day of the meeting, but luckily he didn't cheat me too much and I only gave him 5,000 yuan to buy a car.

Zhong Meiyi and Song Xun were not deceived. They were sure that if anyone asked for money, they would say they had none. In the past, they relied on their beauty and only had men pay for them, so how could they pay any money?

Speaking of this, I remembered that Xiaobai, the bootlicker, sent a box of instant noodles to the two of them that day.

The live-in nanny of the old couple on the second floor said with a sigh: "I just find it strange, how come he knows how to collect money as soon as he becomes the building manager? I think we should ask the people on the 15th floor if they are also in the same group?"

Everyone looked at Lao Sun. Lao Sun complained bitterly to everyone about how Lao Liu had taken 100,000 yuan from him by promising him a huge profit by selling supplies to residents at low prices. He just found out that he was a liar, so all his money was wasted!

When everyone heard that this damn old Sun was actually thinking of cheating the neighbors in the same building out of their money during a time of disaster, they realized that he deserved to be cheated!

At this time, Brother Liao Hannan on the fourth floor suddenly suggested: I think that although everyone has been deceived, the building manager is reliable, but the person is not reliable. If the person is reliable, I think we should elect a building manager. I think Xiao Huo and others are suitable. Xiao Huo, do you agree?

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