Chapter 58 Frustrated
Sure enough, Liu Haizhong heard that he was supposed to be the uncle.

Now I can only come in second, and I suddenly feel unbalanced.

He sneered and said:
"That's not necessarily true. Under normal circumstances, I might not be able to get this old man back. But now Li Jiandong is busy repairing the hydropower station and hasn't been back for more than half a month."

"I also heard that this hydroelectric power station may not be completed before the end of the year. But we still have to compete for the advanced courtyard this year. Do you think it will be okay without an old man in charge?"

Yi Zhonghai gave him a thumbs up.

He continued to flatter him, "Old Liu, you are absolutely right. A country cannot be without a king for a day, and our compound cannot be without a master for a day.

There will definitely be an election for the advanced courtyard before the New Year. Li Jiandong has been focusing on other things. Why should he be the boss of our courtyard? You should be the boss."

"How about this, Old Liu, you hold a meeting and say that in order to run for the advanced courtyard, you temporarily appoint me as the temporary boss of the Intermediate Court.

When the time comes, we will work together to push Yan Bugui down, and then the master will be yours, right?"

…………

The middle of the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

The temperature is already very low.

The evening wind blowing on people's faces feels like being swept by a broom.

"Master, the main part of the dam is finally completed. It's almost snowing. If we work faster, we can use the electricity we generate before the New Year."

Liu Guangqi looked excited as he and Li Jiandong stood on the dam to report.

He participated in the entire manufacturing process of such a large project.

Although it was mainly his master's leadership, Liu Guangqi also played a significant role in it.

Li Jiandong was very excited.

Although it is just a small hydroelectric power station, it is still a big project compared to building a house.

It was actually built under my own command. This sense of accomplishment is truly incomparable.

"We can't let our guard down either. After the welding of the generator set is completed, we still need to store water for debugging. It's still a long way from completion."

Li Jiandong let out a long sigh. He had been very busy during this period.

I hardly went home in the past two months.

Even when eating, I arrange my work while grabbing a few bites in a hurry.

It is conceivable how he has been able to survive these past two months.
The reason why we are in such a hurry is to complete the project before the New Year so that everyone can go home for the New Year and the people in Nanluoguxiang will not have power outages at home during the New Year.

"Let's go back first. I'll take you to the bathhouse later so you can take a good bath. Then we can go home and have a good sleep tonight. We'll continue to work hard tomorrow."

Li Jiandong patted Liu Guangqi on the shoulder.

Thinking of going home, Liu Guangqi was a little reluctant: "But what about my dad?"

Li Jiandong said: "Of course we should talk it out. Do you still want your father?"

Liu Guangqi opened his mouth. He had really thought about not having this father during this period.

When he was obedient, Liu Haizhong did pamper him, but once he did something that did not suit his wishes, he would curse at him.

Rather than calling him his son, it would be more appropriate to say that he is a pet, because only pets do not need to have their own thoughts.

However, since Li Jiandong said so, Liu Guangqi was willing to give Liu Haizhong a chance.

As long as he stops caring about her relationship with Zhou Rong.

Even if everything else goes according to Liu Haizhong's wishes, he is willing to endure it for love.

After returning to the board room to get out the toiletries, Li Jiandong prepared to take Liu Guangqi to the bathhouse for a bath.

As soon as I got on the horse, I saw someone walking towards me with his back to me to avoid the wind.

"Why does this person look so much like Old Yan?"

Li Jiandong stopped for a moment, and when the patient came closer, he saw that it was Yan Bugui.

At this time Yan Bugui also saw him and immediately shouted,
"Old Li, something has happened. Something terrible has happened. Someone is trying to usurp the throne."

Li Jiandong was completely confused and asked, "Old Yan, what nonsense are you talking about? It's a different era now, and you're still trying to usurp the throne?"

Yan Bugui stamped his feet anxiously: "Why can't you understand? Someone wants to usurp your throne and snatch your great uncle. Come back with me quickly. If you are late, our compound will have to change its surname to Liu."

After listening to Yan Bugui's words, Li Jiandong guessed what had happened.

He told Yan Bugui not to worry, and sat behind him as they walked toward the courtyard, listening to Yan Bugui complain to him.

It turned out that he had been away from the compound for the past two months, and everything was fine at the beginning.

Suddenly one day, Liu Haizhong convened a meeting of the whole courtyard and promoted Yi Zhonghai as the temporary boss of the Intermediate Court on the grounds of running for the advanced courtyard.

When Yi Zhonghai first became a temporary uncle, he worked diligently, helped neighbors clean, cared about their lives, and bought candy for children, winning the favor of many people.

However, as his popularity in the hospital gradually increased, he began to confront Yan Bugui on various occasions.

However, Liu Haizhong always stood on Yi Zhonghai's side, causing Yan Bugui to be gradually isolated in the courtyard.

"I just went to the street office to do some work, and I happened to run into Lao Liu and Lao Yi coming back from get off work. They were walking on the road, talking about holding a meeting to promote Lao Liu as the boss."

"I figured out that these two old bastards have been colluding with each other for a long time. No wonder Yi Zhonghai has been causing trouble for me all the time. He is deliberately helping Old Liu to establish his power."

There was one more thing Yan Bugui didn't say. What he heard was not only that Liu Haizhong wanted to be the boss.

He also wanted to remove his position as the third uncle and replace him with Zhao Quezi, who was more honest and easier to control.

"Cough cough."

Li Jiandong coughed twice.

Liu Guangqi was sitting next to them.

Old Yan scolded the father in front of his son, not giving him any face at all.

Liu Guangqi understood and smiled at Li Jiandong: "Master, you don't have to worry about me. Just like you are willing to believe in me and stand by me, I will always support you, even if your opponent is my father."

Li Jiandong also laughed: "Kid, you're talking like you're going to fight. Don't worry, your father is no match for your master."

Li Jiandong is very confident that the people in the hospital are not fools.

The gap between Liu Haizhong and Li Jiandong can be said to be a world of difference.

The reason why No. 40 Courtyard is what it is today is all thanks to the efforts of Mr. Li Jiandong.

Protecting Li Jiandong is equivalent to protecting the interests of all of them.

The reason why Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai were jumping around so happily was simply because Li Jiandong had not been home for two months.

As long as Li Jiandong shows up, he doesn't need to say anything. Just by standing there, he is still the boss.

At this moment, everyone in the courtyard had just gathered.

Yi Zhonghai sat in the seat that originally belonged to Liu Haizhong, the second uncle, and said to everyone,
"Everyone please be quiet for a moment. We have gathered everyone here today to ask you to vote together and make an important decision."

"This decision will affect our hospital's selection of advanced hospitals. Now, please let our most respected uncle Liu Haizhong speak for us."
When announcing the show before, Yi Zhonghai always called Liu Haizhong Erda.

However, today the two of them are ready to usurp the throne.

The title of "Second Uncle" will soon become a thing of the past, and now that people haven't voted yet, it's not appropriate to just call him "First Uncle".

So Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and directly called Liu Haizhong the most respected uncle.

I have to say that Yi Zhonghai does have something in the art of speaking.

"Cough cough."

Liu Haizhong coughed twice, stood up and said, "Good evening, neighbors. Today we are holding this meeting mainly for one thing, this..."

At this point, Liu Haizhong suddenly forgot the lyrics, and quickly took out a piece of draft paper from his pocket, opened it and started reading.

The residents sitting below burst out laughing when they saw that draft paper was needed for a meeting.

Xu Fugui couldn't help but tease: "Old Liu, you are not that old, why do you have a bad memory so quickly?"

Yi Zhonghai glared at Xu Fugui like a watchdog.

"Xu Fugui, be serious. We are in a meeting now. The master is giving a speech. Why are you talking here?"

"Okay, since you're not allowed to talk, can I just shut up?"

Xu Fugui is a cunning man, although he has a hundred words to say to criticize Yi Zhonghai.

But he is a person who likes to play dirty. It is not his style to confront people openly.

Seeing that Xu Fugui stopped talking, Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly and let him go.

At this time, Liu Haizhong also took out the draft and finished reading it, and continued: "The main content of today's meeting is to work together to build the glory of our No. 40 courtyard, that is, to select this year's advanced courtyard."

After saying this, Liu Haizhong took another look at the draft.

Just read it directly:

"Everyone wants to be recognized as an advanced worker, but now there is a problem. As the saying goes, the speed of a train depends on the locomotive.

Li Jiandong, an old man in our hospital, has not returned to our hospital for two consecutive months.

During this period, Lao Yi, Lao Yan and I have been jointly in charge of the work of the compound.

It makes no difference whether Li Jiandong is here or not."

"Second Master, what on earth do you want to say? Why does it make no difference whether my master is here or not?"

Jia Dongxu suddenly couldn't help but say.

Liu Haizhong's words made him feel uncomfortable.

Yi Zhonghai angrily scolded: "Jia Dongxu, do you have the right to interfere when I am talking? Besides, you are still a junior, do you know the rules?"

Before Jia Dongxu could say anything, Jia Zhang suddenly started cursing.

"Yi Zhonghai is nothing, what right do you have to say that about my Dongxu? Even if Dongxu is a junior, he is still a junior of our Jia family.

What does a person named Yi have to do with this? Don't forget, this is a general meeting of the whole institute.

As long as you are in the courtyard, anyone can speak. You are just a temporary uncle who is just making up the numbers. You really think you are the emperor. Bah."

"you……"

Yi Zhonghai was very angry.

I thought there was nothing wrong in scolding Jia Dongxu from the perspective of an elder.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zhang didn't buy his trick at all and started scolding him directly.

If Yi Zhonghai cursed back, he would lose his status as a master, but if he didn't curse back, he would lose face, which really made him in a dilemma. "Okay, okay, Jia Zhang, please keep your voice down. This is a meeting of the whole hospital, don't curse."

As the official uncle, Liu Haizhong's words still carry some weight.

Jia Zhang snorted and stopped talking.

Liu Haizhong continued to read from the draft,

“Just now I said that it would be the same whether Li Jiandong was there or not, but actually there is a little difference.

That is, he was clearly not here, but he was still standing in this position of a big boss. This made it a bit difficult for me and Lao Yi to carry out our work.

When I went to the street meeting, everyone was the eldest uncle, and I was the second uncle, which would not sound good if I told others about it. "

"So for the common progress of our institute, and to better strive for this year's advanced institute, I suggest that Li Jiandong's position as the "Uncle" be cancelled, and I be the "Uncle" in his place."

"Of course, I have been doing the work of a big boss for the past two months, but today I just want to be justified."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, the residents below started talking.

They didn't expect that today's meeting was to remove Li Jiandong's uncle.

Although Li Jiandong has not returned for a long time, the topic about Li Jiandong has never stopped.

When the residents walked outside, they could hear people talking about Li Jiandong everywhere. They envied that their No. 40 courtyard had a great man.

They never thought about replacing Li Jiandong.

"Second Uncle, isn't it a bad idea for you to do this? Isn't it more appropriate to wait for Brother Jiandong to come back and hold this kind of meeting?"

Qin Huairu was also attending the meeting while holding her child. When she heard that someone wanted to remove Li Jiandong, of course she stood up and said something.

Yi Zhonghai knew that with his current reputation in the hospital, it was impossible for him to compete with Li Jiandong.

Therefore, Liu Haizhong must be pushed out first and let him deal with Li Jiandong.

The role he has defined for himself now is Liu Haizhong's dog. As long as someone opposes Liu Haizhong, he will stand up and bark.

At this moment, Qin Huairu objected, and of course he couldn't just stand there and questioned Qin Huairu loudly,
"Qin Huairu, are you from our compound? Your household registration is not even in our street. How can you have any say in our compound's affairs?"

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai used this as an excuse to stop her from speaking, and it was difficult for her to refute.

"Yi Zhonghai, you are talking nonsense. How come my master's wife is not from our courtyard?"

Jia Dongxu suddenly stood up. As a disciple, if he watched his master's wife being bullied and did not dare to fight back, was he still worthy of being someone else's disciple?
Yan Jiecheng also stood up and protected his master's wife, saying, "My senior brother is right. If my master's wife's rural household registration does not count as part of our courtyard, then wouldn't several families in our courtyard with rural household registration be excluded? Yi Zhonghai, this is a divisive act."

"Yes, we are all from the same courtyard, how can we be divided into different levels?"

"Yi Zhonghai is going too far. He is simply looking down on people."

The residents all felt uncomfortable, especially those with rural household registration, who felt discriminated against.

"Quiet, all quiet."

There was some commotion in the middle of the scene with Liu Hai, and he slammed the table twice, which quieted down everyone's discussions a little.

Yi Zhonghai continued to pour dirty water on the side.

"Old Liu, look at what our hospital has become now. It's simply Li Jiandong's one-man show."

"His disciples blindly defended him without considering right or wrong. I would say that he is the one who is engaging in divisive behavior. This compound is about to become a compound for Li Jiandong alone."

Liu Haizhong didn't realize what was happening, but when he heard Yi Zhonghai's explanation, his face suddenly changed.

If you think about it carefully, isn't this the case? Everyone in this compound protects Li Jiandong, and the compound is almost becoming Li Jiandong's compound alone.

No, we must not let this happen.

I am the boss of this hospital.

Liu Haizhong was just about to lose his temper and show his dominance to the residents of the compound.

Suddenly a man walked into the front yard.

He Daqing walked into the middle courtyard and said, "Yi Zhonghai, you are really good at talking nonsense. When did the courtyard become Li Jiandong's courtyard alone? It is obviously the courtyard for everyone except you."

Although He Daqing has a simple mind, it is precisely because of this simplicity that he is not easily fooled.

Ever since Li Jiandong became the head of the compound, the residents' lives have been getting better and better.

Everyone was polite and helped each other, and the entire hospital was truly like one family. Except for Yi Zhonghai, everyone was very united.

Such a harmonious compound.

In Yi Zhonghai's words, it turned out to be Li Jiandong's compound alone.

This ability to confuse right and wrong fooled many people, but it did not fool He Daqing.

"Yes, what Lao He said is right. It's you, Yi Zhonghai, who doesn't fit in. We don't think so. This is Li Jiandong's compound alone."

"Besides, the eldest uncle takes such good care of us that even if he is the only one in the compound, we will support him."

"All quiet."

Liu Haizhong slammed the table and shouted, then looked at He Daqing and asked,

"He Daqing, aren't you having a banquet tonight? Why are you back so soon?"

He Daqing chuckled: "The reception dinner is cancelled. You guys are not waiting for me to work overtime to hold this meeting?"

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were speechless when asked this question, because that was exactly what they thought.

In this courtyard, in addition to Li Jiandong's disciples, there are also several of Li Jiandong's die-hard supporters.

Those disciples were all juniors, and their words carried little weight. Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were confident that they could control them.

However, his few die-hard supporters are of the same generation as them and are not so easy to suppress.

Among these die-hard supporters, He Daqing is the most difficult one to deal with.

This old guy speaks rudely and dares to hit people. It can be said that it is difficult to defeat him no matter whether he is a civil or a military man.

So the two of them waited until He Daqing was on duty to convene this meeting, hoping that by the time the matter was done, it would be useless for him to object.

Who knew that the banquet would be cancelled? This is simply God's will for them.

"He Daqing, please don't blame us for nothing. Lao Liu is the boss as expected by everyone. Why do we need to avoid you and attend this meeting?"

Yi Zhonghai reacted first and tried to reverse the situation.

He continued, "Li Jiandong has not returned to the compound for two consecutive months. Everyone in the compound has seen this."

"As a senior, it's OK that we don't see him on a regular basis, but now that he's about to enter the compound at the end of the year, he's still busy with his own business. What use is there for such an irresponsible senior?"

"I bother!"

As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, He Daqing almost spit in his face.

Pointing at Yi Zhonghai's nose, he questioned: "You said Lao Li was irresponsible, so how did the tavern come out? Where did the dormitory building come from?"

After saying this, He Daqing simply walked to the Eight Immortals Table, turned around and said to the residents present:

"My dear neighbors, although Lao Li is no longer here, the benefits he brought to our compound are always there. How much money does the tavern give us every month? The public funds alone amount to 20 to 30 yuan a month. In addition, the dormitory building has solved the housing problems of many families in our compound."

“Look at how crowded other courtyards are, with seven or eight people living in one room.

When they turn over in bed at night, they can wake up the people next to them. If Li Jiandong hadn't existed, many of our families would be in the same situation as them?"

Jia Dongxu also stood up and agreed:

“Uncle He is absolutely right, and the reason why my master hasn’t come back recently is not because he is busy with his own affairs.

It is for the electricity problem of everyone in our street. How can a short-sighted and selfish person like you, Yi Zhonghai, understand my master's vision?"

Yan Jiecheng also loudly supported:

"Brother, you are a selfish villain, Yi Zhonghai. You have done nothing for the compound, and you have the nerve to say that my master is irresponsible? You don't even carry my master's shoes. My master's name sounds dirty when it comes out of your mouth."

Xu Damao and Sha Zhu were not there, otherwise these two would definitely stand up and scold Yi Zhonghai.

The other residents, who were already enjoying the benefits brought to them by Li Jiandong, immediately supported Li Jiandong after being reminded by He Daqing and did not allow Liu Haizhong's proposal to remove him.

How could Liu Haizhong be willing to give up such a good opportunity after all the hard work?

He slammed the table and stood up and shouted, "Everyone be quiet. The three of us have already made a decision on today's matter. You ordinary residents have no right to object and can only carry out the decision."

"Who said I agreed?"

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he heard Yan Bugui's voice coming from the front yard, and soon three figures came to the middle yard.

As soon as Liu Haizhong saw Li Jiandong, his momentum weakened by three points.

But when he looked at Liu Guangqi next to him, he straightened his back again with a feeling of anger.

"Master."

"Master, you are finally back."

When Jia Dongxu and Yan Jiecheng saw Li Jiandong, they shouted excitedly.

Qin Huairu also looked at him with deep affection.

He Daqing laughed and said to Li Jiandong, "Old Li, you haven't been back for two months. In our hospital, if there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will be king. If you come back for a while, someone will want to depose you as an uncle."

Li Jiandong smiled slightly: "You are holding a meeting tonight just for this matter?"

"Yes, that's all."

"Then don't waste time, let's adjourn the meeting. By the way, Lao Liu, please stay for a while."

Li Jiandong waved his hand and directly announced the adjournment of the meeting.

The residents were also very considerate. When they heard Li Jiandong say the meeting was over, they simply picked up their stools and went back to their homes.

"Go home."

He Daqing also walked home with his hands behind his back, and said to Liu Haizhong in a nasty tone,
"Look, Lao Liu is not here. Lao Li is the boss. He commands hundreds of people to follow him. Can you compare to him? Do you still want to usurp the throne? Haha."

The residents started to go home one by one, and this scene made Liu Haizhong completely confused.

I'm holding a whole-school meeting right now?
I, the host, haven't even said to adjourn the meeting yet, and you've dismissed everyone with just one sentence?
"Stop, everyone stop."

Liu Haizhong shouted, but no one listened to him.

Yi Zhonghai had long known that Li Jiandong's reputation in the compound was unrivaled.

But he never expected that Li Jiandong had such a high reputation among all the residents in the hospital.

He hadn't been back for two months. The first minute he came back and the first words he said, no one in the hospital questioned him except him and Liu Haizhong. They all obeyed his orders.

(End of this chapter)