Chapter 166

Jia Zhangshi didn't have the good temper of Yan Bugui. When she heard Liu Haizhong scolding him, she rolled her eyes and said,

"I say, Lao Liu, which ear of yours heard me meet him? Did I ever say such a thing?"

Liu Haizhong argued:

"You haven't seen him, so how do you know he's a rag collector?"

"Haha, I told you that you have no vision, but you still don't believe it. Yi Zhonghai is holding a torn sack in his hand. Isn't this what it is for?"

"You didn't see how much he treasured that sack. I've seen a lot of people like him out there, because that sack contains his food. Except for a rag picker, who would value a sack so much?"

Jia Zhangshi hadn't said anything more.

She saw that although Yi Zhonghai's sack was bulging, it was obvious that there was not much in it.

If it was his luggage, bedding and other things, even if it couldn't fill a whole sack, it would at least fill half a sack.

The sack in Yi Zhonghai's house was less than one-fifth full, so it obviously couldn't be his luggage.

Then the result is obvious.

Yi Zhonghai must have been picking up scraps all the time. The things in his sack are what he picked up. Since he has to rely on selling these things to make money, of course he attaches great importance to them.

It has to be said that Jia Zhang had some vision and guessed Yi Zhonghai's identity at once.

At this time, Han Chunming suddenly said:...

"Auntie, what does this Yi Zhonghai you are talking about look like? Maybe he is a member of our gang. If he is really from our Rags Gang, maybe I can go and say a few words to him."

Han Chunming said with some curiosity.

There is also a difference between rag pickers and rag collectors.

Although ordinary ragpickers value sacks, they are not so valuable that they can be seen at a glance.
Only those from the Rag Gang paid special attention to the sacks because they thought they might contain antiques.

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Han Chunming felt that Yi Zhonghai might be a member of his own Rags Gang. Although all the people in the gang were recommended by acquaintances, there were too many people and there were some whose names Han Chunming could not remember.

However, because these people have to give Han Chunming a look at the things they received, and they also want to get money from Han Chunming.

So Han Chunming could remember the appearance of these people.

"Xiao Han, let me describe it to you."

Yan Bugui volunteered, "Yi Zhonghai is now over 50 years old. His left arm was amputated due to a work-related injury. He is about 1 meters tall, half of his hair is white, and his legs are not very agile. When he walks, his knees are slightly bent, and he looks like he has arthritis."

Yan Bugui was also trying every possible means to find a cure for his illness. When he heard that Han Chunming might know Yi Zhonghai, he described Yi Zhonghai's image.

When Han Chunming heard that the other person was a cripple with only one arm, he immediately remembered the old man who came to him yesterday on New Year's Day with an antique vase and wanted to join the gang. The two men looked almost exactly the same.

So, he said, "Uncle San, I may have seen the person you are talking about, but he is not from our gang."

After Han Chunming finished speaking, he looked at Li Jiandong and said, "Master, the Yi Zhonghai that the Third Uncle mentioned is just like our Junk Gang. They both search for antiques under the guise of collecting junk."

"Yesterday, I met him again. He wanted to join our gang with an antique vase. Unfortunately, the antique vase he brought was a fake, so I rejected him."

"If I had known that he had such a connection with our hospital, I would have accepted him at that time. Now I can have a say in his words."

Han Chunming felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was impossible for him to spend several thousand dollars to buy a fake from the other party.

Li Jiandong waved his hands when he heard this.

"It doesn't matter. You should just confiscate him. This old guy is not a simple person. If you accept him, there will be a lot of trouble in the gang in the future."

Li Jiandong knew Yi Zhonghai too well. This old man was a troublemaker.

Although I don't know why he joined the Rags and Blasted Gang, it's definitely not a good thing.

Liu Haizhong also sighed beside him:

"Yes, Yi Zhonghai is an old bastard. When he was in our hospital, he loved to stir up trouble all the time. In all these years, there have only been two bastards in our hospital. One is the deaf old lady, and the other is this Yi Zhonghai."

"These two guys never do anything right. If we let them come back to our hospital this time, who knows what kind of trouble they will cause in the future."

Hu Haodang also said:

"Don't even mention the future. He has just come back and he has already caused us trouble. The old leader lives well in our courtyard. We have to vacate a house for him as soon as he comes back. There is no place to live on the entire street now. If the house is given to him, where will the old leader live?"

What Hu Haodang said didn't make sense. After all, this house did belong to someone else, and they had been living there for free for such a long time. Now that the owner was back, shouldn't they move out of the way?
But no one in Yard 40 thought there was anything wrong with this.

The reason is that what Yi Zhonghai did before was so unpopular that everyone subconsciously wanted to take his side.

But the fact is, while others may take sides, Director Yang is too embarrassed to do so.

He was a man of honor, and suddenly he sighed and said,
"Jiandong, why don't I move out? The house originally belonged to someone else, and now that they're back, I should give it back to them."

"If you give the house back to him, where will you live?"

Jia Zhang asked from the side.

After all, they are all neighbors. For the Jia Zhang family, having a neighbor like Director Yang is certainly much better than having a neighbor like Yi Zhonghai.

First of all, Director Yang is more polite than Yi Zhonghai and does not like to stir up trouble like Yi Zhonghai. The most important thing is that he was a factory director before. Although he has been laid off because of the trouble, no one can guarantee that he will not make a comeback.

What if he gets back on his feet one day, as his neighbor, wouldn't I be able to benefit from it?

Compared to that, who is Yi Zhonghai?
He's just a ragpicker, and his life is over. If you can't rely on him, why do you want him as a neighbor?

For Jia Zhang, whoever gives her milk is her mother, and she has no idea what face is.

Director Yang sighed and said,

"We'll have to return the house to the owner no matter what. As for the two of us, we can live with Xiaoxue first and then find a place to live later."

Yang Xue has now returned from abroad and is living in the dormitory building of the tavern. She also came here today to wish Li Jiandong a happy new year.

She heard this and said,

"Master, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and Director Hu, my parents can live with me for now. If it doesn't work out, I will live in the dormitory after work starts."

They are all reasonable people. Since the house belongs to Yi Zhonghai, they should return it to him.

Yang Xue has a dormitory in the steel factory, and as a scientific researcher, her dormitory is relatively large. It is quite acceptable for her to vacate the room in the tavern and let her parents live there.

Hearing that Director Yang and his family all had the same opinion, everyone else fell silent.

At this time, Li Jiandong shook his head and said:
"No need to go through so much trouble, Xiaoxue. Just continue to live in your tavern dormitory. The dormitory in the factory is crowded and messy. It is very inconvenient for you as a scientific researcher to live there. It will affect your thinking and research and development."

"Old leader, you don't have to move out, you can continue to live there. As for Yi Zhonghai? We won't pursue his previous instigation and false accusations. He trades antiques, right? We'll use this as a reason to arrest him. In this way, he won't be able to use liberation to threaten us."

If the rules cannot punish bad people, then at least they cannot restrict good people.

It is true that the house belongs to Yi Zhonghai, and he has the title deed so no one can evict him.

But this is not a reason for Yi Zhonghai to disgust everyone in the hospital.

He repeatedly destroyed the relationships in the compound, instigated the deaf old lady to go against the people in the compound, and finally killed the old lady in prison. Later, he instigated Yan Bugui's son Yan Jiefang, causing Yan Jiefang to be expelled from the compound.

We can't do anything to such a troublemaker just because he owns the house deed.

Li Jiandong is not an indecisive person, nor is he a person who follows the rules and is rigid in doing everything.

Since Yi Zhonghai is not suitable for this compound and no one in the compound wants him to stay in the compound, then no matter what method is used, it is worth doing as long as it can drive him out.

The residents in the courtyard were very excited when they heard Li Jiandong's words.

After all, they all wanted to drive Yi Zhonghai out and didn't want him to return to his own yard. Liu Haizhong asked in confusion:

"But, Director Li, wouldn't Chunming be in danger if this happens? Yi Zhonghai knows what Chunming does."

Han Chunming also deals in antiques, and everyone in the courtyard knows it.

He is Li Jiandong's apprentice, so he would not hide anything he does from the people in the courtyard.

Since Yi Zhonghai can use Yan Jiefang to threaten everyone, won’t he use Han Chunming to kidnap everyone?
Li Jiandong laughed:
"Old Liu, if you want to catch a thief, you must seize the stolen goods. It's not what Yi Zhonghai says. The antique vase is in his sack. If he says Chunming does the same, then ask him to find the antiques in Chunming's house."

All the antiques collected by Han Chunming are in Li Jiandong's portable farm.
Only occasionally, when he wanted to appreciate it, Li Jiandong would take it out for him, put it in the villa and put it away after he had finished looking at it.

Even if others knew what they were doing, if they couldn't find the antiques, then everything would be in vain.
Han Chunming also said:

"Second uncle, don't worry. Since I dare to do this job, I must be sure of it. The only thing I am not sure about now is whether the Yi Zhonghai you are talking about is the person I saw yesterday?"

"I'll go back with you guys later to take a look? If so, you can just arrest him directly."

When everyone else heard Li Jiandong's method, their eyes lit up.

The reason why they were afraid to arrest Yi Zhonghai was mainly because Yi Zhonghai had Yan Jiefang and him tied together.

If Yi Zhonghai is arrested, it will be tantamount to confirming Yan Jiefang's crime of falsely accusing and arresting a good person, and he will definitely not be able to escape then.

But now, they were not arresting Yi Zhonghai because of Yan Jiefang’s false accusation and arrest, but because he collected antiques.

Then, wouldn’t Yan Jiefang be removed?
As long as the matter does not involve other people, what else can Yi Zhonghai say?
Even if he wanted to sue Yan Jiefang, the people in Courtyard 40 would not pursue the matter, and no one would testify for him.

"Old Li, it really depends on you. Yi Zhonghai is doomed this time."

Yan Bugui smiled happily. He didn't expect that the matter could be solved so easily.

Liu Haizhong also nodded and said:

"I knew Director Li had a way. Yi Zhonghai, that old bastard, has caused so much trouble in our hospital. If we really let him stay here, it would be a dereliction of duty for us uncles."

Hu Haodang sneered.
"Now it's good. It's New Year's Day and I was in a good mood, but now I'm so angry because of that old guy Yi Zhonghai. I'll wait until I catch him and see how I deal with him."

Han Chunming said beside him,

"Uncle Three, Uncle Two, Director Hu, we are still not sure if this person is the one I saw yesterday. Why don't we go back and take a look first? What if we recognize the wrong person again?"

Jia Dongxu nodded.
"Yes, let's go back and let Chunming recognize him first. If it turns out that he is not Yi Zhonghai, we still have to think of another way."

"It doesn't matter. If the man Chunming saw yesterday was not Yi Zhonghai, we can return the house to him temporarily. It's also okay for the old leader and his wife to live in my house first. We'll have plenty of time to deal with him later."

Li Jiandong gave everyone a reassurance.

His house has two courtyards, and there is an empty room in the front yard.

If it really doesn't work, we can just leave these rooms for Director Yang to live in.

As for Yi Zhonghai, he must not be allowed to stay in the courtyard. Even if we can't deal with him this time, we must get him out when we have the chance in the future.

A dog will always eat shit, and Li Jiandong doesn't believe that Yi Zhonghai can turn over a new leaf.

"Come on, let's go back first. It would be best if we can resolve the matter today, otherwise we won't be able to spend the New Year peacefully."

Hu Haodang greeted everyone, and Han Chunming also rode his bicycle and returned to the courtyard with the people in the courtyard.

Han Chunming recognized the man in front of him at a glance. He was the one who applied to join the Rag Gang yesterday.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that it was him, he was also stunned for a moment.

Although he had known the Rags Gang for a long time and had some interactions with this gang, and even saw their helper Han Chunming, Yi Zhonghai never knew that Han Chunming was Li Jiandong's apprentice.

After all, not many people knew about this matter, only those from Yard 40 and several surrounding yards.

Yi Zhonghai has been in other streets recently and hasn't returned to Nanluoguxiang for a long time, so it is normal that he doesn't know about this matter.

Seeing Han Chunming at this moment, Yi Zhonghai's mind was working fast.

This person wouldn't appear here for no reason, so what was he trying to do here? Collecting antiques?

What good things are there in your yard?

How could Yi Zhonghai not know that there might be some old items like pots and pans, but they were worthless, so how could the leader of the Rag Gang come to collect them in person?

If his target is not antiques, then there is only one result: the other party is here for him?
If Han Chunming came here alone, then he might have come to find me because he felt he had made a mistake with the vase yesterday.

But he walked in surrounded by Hu Haodang and others, which was a bit bad.

What made Yi Zhonghai feel that something was wrong was that after Han Chunming saw that it was him, he said to Hu Haodang next to him,
"Director Hu is this guy. He was the one who brought an antique vase and wanted to join our Rag Gang yesterday."

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

Although we still don’t know what Han Chunming means by saying this to them?
But he always felt that there was an ominous premonition that something bad was about to happen.

The next second, he knew why he had this premonition.

Hu Haodang sneered and said,

"Yi Zhonghai, what else do you have to say now? Antiques are things left behind by people in the past, and they are illegal items.

You encountered these things, but instead of handing them over, you resold them to make money. Now I am arresting you for reselling antiques. You have nothing to say, right?"

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his heart suddenly tightened.

He knew that what he had done was shameful, but he did not expect that even though he hid it so well, he was still discovered by Hu Haodang and others.

How did they know Han Chunming?

How did he know that Han Chunming had had contact with him?

I went to see Han Chunming with the antique vase just yesterday. The two of us had never met before. Besides, I have been away from Nanluoguxiang for so long that it is impossible for people in the courtyard to know what I am doing.

Is it because I met Han Chunming yesterday that they are targeting me?

Isn't this too much of a coincidence?
Now is not the time to think about it. Yi Zhonghai knows that if today's matter is not resolved, he will most likely be imprisoned.

So he pretended to be calm and said:

"Director Hu, I don't know what you are talking about. I do have a porcelain vase in my bag, but it is a fake, a replica of an ancient item, so it is not an antique at all."

"Of course, you can also insist that he is an antique. Anyway, I know how good your management committee is. Don't forget that as long as I go in, Yan Jiefang will definitely be reported. Don't accuse me of being ruthless then."

Yi Zhonghai knew that it was useless to explain to the management committee, so he started with threats.

Liu Haizhong angrily scolded Yi Zhonghai,
"Yi Zhonghai, don't think you can use this matter to blackmail us. I tell you that this is wishful thinking. We have decided not to pursue the matter of Jiefang last time. Even if you report it, you can't do anything to him with us as witnesses for Yan Jiefang.

Today we are talking about your reselling of antiques. If you continue to be dishonest, we will deal with you severely."

In order to prevent his son from suffering, Yan Bugui tried to speak in a gentle manner.
"Old Yi, you should just confess. You know that there is no place for you in this hospital anymore. Why do you insist on staying here?
You haven't been back for more than a year. Since you can live outside forever, why not continue to live there? Why come back and provoke us?"

What Yan Bugui said were all from the bottom of his heart, and Yi Zhonghai had the same idea at the moment.

You are living well outside, why do you have to come back?
Because of this house, this house is only worth 500 or 600 yuan at most.

Yi Zhonghai has made at least 5 to yuan from reselling antiques over the years. Even if he doesn't want this house anymore, he can afford the loss.

But if you are caught by the management committee, not only will you lose your freedom, you will probably also suffer physical torture.

(End of this chapter)