Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

"Oh, uncle, if Jiang Fan has this ability, he should serve everyone. Besides, if the people in the courtyard have bicycles, it will be more convenient for their work and life in the future.

When the time comes, maybe the people from the street office will ask us to borrow a car. If we tell others about this, we will be proud of it."

Yi Zhonghai hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, then let's hold a general meeting tonight. I'll try to persuade Jiang Fan to get everyone a bicycle."

"A great uncle! Gao!"

"A big uncle! Hard!"

"A big uncle! So tall and hard!"

Everyone immediately started praising Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand. "Since everyone elected me as the Big Boss, I must work for the welfare of the vast majority of people in our hospital. As the Big Boss, I, Yi Zhonghai, only do three things: fairness! Fairness! And damn, fairness!"

"Okay!"

……

In the evening, as soon as Jiang Fan and his family entered the gate of the courtyard, the third uncle stopped them.

Yan Bugui grabbed the newly refurbished bicycle that Jiang Fan was pushing and said to Jiang Daniu, "Daniu, after dinner tonight, the uncle is going to hold a general meeting in the hospital. I came to tell you."

"Got it. Thank you, Uncle San."

"You're welcome. Go home and pack up and get ready. By the way, Daniu, Fanzi, I scolded that kid Jie Cheng. Don't bother with him. I apologize to you on his behalf."

Yan Bugui said with a smile.

"What are you talking about, Uncle San? Jie Cheng is just young. Young people always make mistakes. This isn't a big deal."

Jiang Daniu's attitude was also very good. Jiang Fan also said that he didn't take it to heart.

After receiving the promise, Yan Bugui left happily.

After returning home, the family sat at the table and Shen Yue went to wash vegetables and cook.

"Dad, I'm afraid Yi Zhonghai is here to bring this all-staff meeting to me."

"There's no doubt about it. It's been a long time since they had a meeting, and he held one just after you finished assembling the bicycle today. I guess he probably wants you to assemble a bicycle for the hospital!

Or the kind that requires you to collect the car from the scrap yard, buy parts, and assemble it, and they may not even pay you.

In the end, when others say thank you, the one they are thanking in their hearts is Yi Zhonghai. He is taking advantage of our family again, what a jerk.

Father Jiang's eyes were full of disdain. He saw through Yi Zhonghai and the people in this yard.

"Dad, I'm wondering what Yi Zhonghai wants to do. Our family only has a grudge against him over that old deaf man and my hunting. Why would he target our family so much?"

Jiang Fan pretended to be confused, wanting to hear his father's thoughts. Jiang Ping'an also showed a curious look. Although he never liked to use his brain, he could see clearly that his father and brother were very dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai.

"Who made Yi Zhonghai have no son?"

"No son? Dad, that's not the case. Even if Yi Zhonghai doesn't have a son, it has nothing to do with our family."

Jiang Ping'an couldn't quite understand.

"Boss, you don't need to understand too much. Just remember one thing: do whatever Second Boss tells you to do. Now, let me analyze Yi Zhonghai with you.

Yi Zhonghai is already 46 or 47 years old this year, and his lack of children is a source of worry for him. Although he has always claimed that his wife is infertile, he has no evidence to prove this.

The older you get, the more you fear death. Even scarier than death is being left unaware. We all lived through that era, when so many people died without anyone noticing.

Sometimes the bodies were discovered only after they were already covered in maggots. Without anyone to take care of them, not even a coffin was provided, so they were simply wrapped in a worn straw mat and thrown into a mass grave, to be gnawed by wild dogs.

Yi Zhonghai was afraid that no one would take care of him when he got old, and no one would bury him when he died. Wild dogs would eat his body, and he wouldn't be able to rest in peace even in the underworld.

Jiang Daniu sighed after he finished speaking, "If Yi Zhonghai had a child, no matter if it was a boy or a girl, there wouldn't be so many troubles in the courtyard."

"Then can't Yi Zhonghai adopt a child? Not to mention his own sons and nephews, even during times of war, there are plenty of boys. Adopting a child, educating him from childhood, and raising him to adulthood is no different from having your own child."

This is something Jiang Fan has never understood. Logically speaking, with Yi Zhonghai's financial strength, there is no problem in adopting one or two children and changing their surname to Yi. As long as they are raised well, not to mention taking care of them in their old age, even putting Yi Zhonghai on the first page of the family tree can be no problem.

"Yi Zhonghai is sick, suspicious. His suspicion is too severe. He doesn't trust the adopted child and is afraid that one day the father and son will turn against each other.

Besides, Yi Zhonghai was already over 40. How many more years could he live? Ten years? Twenty years? How long would it take to raise a child? How much energy would it take? It would be fine if he was filial, but if he was truly unfilial, haha, what good would happen to Yi Zhonghai?

He had experienced so much when he was young that it was hard for him to trust others, especially something as big as this. So he was unwilling to gamble, and he didn't dare to.

Jiang Fan suddenly realized. No wonder Yi Zhonghai had no children and was unwilling to adopt one. He always wanted others to take care of him in his old age.

It turns out that they are afraid that the adopted children will have bad behavior, and their father will die and their children will laugh at them in the future. Relatively speaking, Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu are much better. They were raised by Yi Zhonghai, so at least their behavior is acceptable.

Another point is that raising a child is too expensive. Raising a child to adulthood is not just about feeding the child enough to keep him from starving.

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to spend money, so he thought of getting free money from Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu. What a calculation! With a little money, he could let the two neighbors' sons take care of him in his old age.

In this comparison, he would definitely not choose to adopt a child because the cost is too high and the risk is too great.

"Dad, so Yi Zhonghai chose Jia Dongxu to take care of him in his old age?"

Jiang Ping'an suddenly had an idea and thought of how Yi Zhonghai was busy running around when Jia Dongxu got married.

"Not stupid. Yi Zhonghai now has two candidates for retirement support, one of which is Jia Dongxu. As the saying goes, a master and apprentice are like father and son. Yi Zhonghai has done his best for Jia Dongxu.

If Jia Dongxu does not provide for his retirement in the future, Jia Dongxu will definitely be criticized, his reputation will be ruined, and even the Jia family will be finished.

The second one is Sha Zhu. This guy is also a fool. Yi Zhonghai plotted against him, but he had to regard Yi Zhonghai as his godfather. However, Sha Zhu has an advantage: he repays kindness with kindness and revenges with revenge.

If Yi Zhonghai had told Sha Zhu right now that he wanted him to take care of him in his old age, and if he had been sincere to Sha Zhu and left his inheritance to him after his death, Sha Zhu would definitely have treated him as his own father. But Yi Zhonghai wouldn't do that.

"Not only Sha Zhu would regard Yi Zhonghai as his biological father, even the third son of the Yan family would rush to be Yi Zhonghai's son."

At this time, Jiang Yu suddenly said this.

It made the whole family laugh.

You know what, it's really possible. As for whether Yan Bugui is willing or not, it's hard to say.

Jiang Fan touched Jiang Yu's head and said, "You always come up with something new."

Jiang Pingan looked at his father and said, "Dad, after talking for so long, you still haven't explained why Yi Zhonghai is targeting my second brother and our family."

"This is another point about Yi Zhonghai: his desire for control. He has a strong desire for control. He wants to control the entire courtyard and have absolute power in the courtyard.

Boss, let me ask you, is there a life-and-death feud between Sha Zhu and Xu Damao?"

"No, they've been at odds since they were little, but it all comes down to mutual dissatisfaction. Uncle He and Uncle Xu don't get along, but they've been fighting since they were little, and they just don't want to lose to each other."

Jiang Pingan thought carefully about the fight between Sha Zhu and Xu Damao. It seemed that there was no real grudge between the two. Jiang Fan was a little surprised that his father, who seemed not very bright, could see it so clearly.

"That's right, but ever since He Daqing left, every time they clashed, Xu Damao always suffered, while Sha Zhu rarely did.

But it was not like this when He Daqing was around. No matter how much Sha Zhu and Xu Damao talked about it, it was just children fighting.

As long as the injury wasn't too serious, He Daqing and Xu Wude wouldn't care. If you're not as skilled as the other person, just practice again after losing. If adults interfere, it's against the rules.

After He Daqing left, Sha Zhu didn't suffer much. What was wrong with Xu Damao scolding him? Xu Damao even got beaten up. But Xu Wude couldn't intervene. After all, Sha Zhu had no father, so he could only suffer in silence.

This also sends a signal: if you follow Yi Zhonghai, you won’t suffer any loss.”

Father Jiang took a sip of tea, glanced at Shen Yue who was cooking, and said, "Do you remember the story about the old deaf man?"

"Remember, she pretended to be a martyr's relative and came to our house to trick us into having a meal of braised pork. I exposed her."

Jiang Fan nodded. This was one of the major events in the courtyard that he had participated in in the three years since he came here.

"Well, this is Yi Zhonghai's first step to take control of the Siheyuan. Find a backer, and the old deaf man, who is the oldest and most senior person, becomes the best choice.

First, they forged an identity as a martyr's relative for her, and took advantage of the opportunity when the street office staff visited the five-guarantee households to say some half-truths to everyone.

There was no need to say it explicitly; everyone had already figured it out. If he just came out and publicized it, it would become a done deal, and the old deaf man would become the ancestor of the courtyard, the old Buddha.

Yi Zhonghai brought the old deaf man to beg for money just to test our bottom line. The filial old deaf man stayed, while the troublemaker tried to drive him out of the courtyard.

At that time, it would be Yi Zhonghai who had the final say, but he didn't expect that the matter would be exposed by the second brother before it was finalized.

This way, the second child will become a thorn in the side, and Yi Zhonghai will naturally not look favorably upon our family."

"boom"

Jiang Pingan slapped the table and said, "This old man is really calculating. He really treats us like fools."

Father Jiang gave him a displeased look and said, "Be careful, this table is quite expensive."

"Hey, Dad, I'm just too angry. Keep going, Dad. Since the truth behind the old deaf man's incident is like this, what about Fanzi being forced to share his prey when he was hunting? This must also be Yi Zhonghai's plan, right?"

"Of course. That time, that bastard Yi Zhonghai learned his lesson and knew how to take advantage of the situation. He used the people in the courtyard to force Fanzi. This was an open conspiracy."

The person who spoke was Shen Yue. She was always gentle, but at this moment her words were full of resentment.

"Mom, how did you know?"

Jiang Ping'an looked confused, and Jiang Fan was also stunned for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, he understood that the smart person was his mother. It made sense.

"My silly son, you don't really think your foolish father can see so clearly."

Shen Yue looked at Jiang Ping'an with a helpless expression. He only grew muscles but no brains. He hadn't inherited any of her intelligence. But fortunately, the second child was smart and could understand it with a little guidance.

"Yi Zhonghai wants to use the power of the big guys to force Lao Er. He will benefit whether this succeeds or not. If it succeeds, Lao Er will become free labor, and he will have no place to complain if he dies in the mountains one day.

If that doesn't work, then the second brother will be isolated from the courtyard and will be ostracized. After a while, he will find it hard to bear this atmosphere and will naturally find a way to move out of the courtyard. Yi Zhonghai doesn't need to do anything.

Fortunately, you two worked well together, one civil and one military, and you knew to go to the neighborhood committee office to have this matter resolved, so your father and I didn't have to intervene."

"Mom, what will you do if you and my dad take action?"

Jiang Yu's eyes lit up, as if he had just met his parents today.

"Me and your father? Of course it was your father who stopped them. I went to the neighborhood committee office. What else can we do? We are right in this matter. Even if we make a big fuss about it, we are not wrong."

That day, when your elder brother beat up Sha Zhu, there were so many people around. Why didn't anyone dare to go to the police? They knew they were in the wrong.

If this really gets to the police, everyone who comes to our house to cause trouble will have to stay in jail for two days."

"Ah? Still going to the neighborhood committee? I thought..."

Jiang Yu looked disappointed. It turned out that he still had to go to the street office.

"What for? Letting your father beat them all up by himself, or putting a sack on their backs and hitting them with a club, what were you thinking?

No, don't read those comic books anymore. What's going on in your head?

Jiang Fan nodded. If there was no system, contacting the street office would indeed be the best way.

Fortunately, I was not alone at that time, and my elder brother's fighting power was still guaranteed.

Otherwise, if everyone in the yard rushed over to stop my brother, I might not be able to handle it.

"Mom, what do you think we should do tonight?"

Jiang Fan looked up and asked.

"Regulations? What regulations do you need? Didn't you handle it well last time? Just do it this way. Besides, you have external help today."

"Foreign aid? You mean Third Uncle? Can he help me? Just giving our family a heads-up would be enough."

"If those three guys from the Yan family don't help, it doesn't count as helping. Don't treat bean buns as dry food. They want to sell us a good deal, so why not take them? Mom promises you, you will definitely not see Yan Jiecheng tonight, and Yan Bugui won't say a word."

Jiang Fan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. It was consistent with Yan Bugui's personality, because he knew very well that even if the whole hospital forced him to do so, he would not bow his head.

Since you can't get any benefits from yourself, you might as well make friends with yourself for the future.

"Okay. Big Brother, eat more and get ready for the fight tonight. Leave the rest to me. I want to see what tricks these disgusting people can come up with."

"Okay, let's go after dinner?"

"No. Let them wait for half an hour."

Chapter 13 Plenary Session

Middle Court.

Each household in the courtyard sent one or two people to gather together.

Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui sat at a table, each with an enamel cup.

Yi Zhonghai smiled and took a sip of tea, as if everything was under control.

Liu Haizhong looked unhappy, because when they held a general meeting today, it was the people in the courtyard who took the initiative to find Yi Zhonghai instead of inviting him, the second uncle.

He was Liu Haizhong, a fifth-level forger at the steel mill and the second-in-command of the courtyard. He was the last few to know about the meeting of the entire courtyard. How could this be justified?

This group of people didn't even take him, the second-in-command of the courtyard, seriously! This was simply outrageous!