Chapter 70 Meeting

Li Jiandong, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui sat in Li Jiandong's house and had a brief communication before the meeting.

Yan Jiecheng walked in and said, "Dad, Master, Uncle Liu, everyone is here."

Yan Bugui asked, "Has the old lady arrived?"

"coming."

Several people looked at Li Jiandong, who stood up and said, "Let's go to the meeting."

The group walked out of the room one after another and sat down at the round table.

This time Liu Haizhong did not stand up to announce the show as usual, but Li Jiandong said directly,

"Everyone is here. I called you all here today for one reason: the old lady in our hospital has been released from prison and is back."

Li Jiandong glanced at the deaf old lady and continued:
"Originally it was a good thing that the old lady came out, but I guess everyone knows it. The first thing the old lady did when she came back was to beat someone for no reason, and the person she beat was a pregnant woman."

"Respecting the elderly is a virtue, but first you have to be a human being to be respected. I want to ask the old lady, after two years in prison, you have become such a domineering person?"

"If you can't give me an explanation today, can't give Li Huilan an explanation, can't give our entire hospital an explanation, then get out of our hospital."

The more Li Jiandong spoke, the harsher his voice became.

By the time he said the last sentence, he had already shouted it out.

Even the deaf old lady was frightened by his yelling.

But the deaf old lady soon came to her senses. Instead of being scared, she challenged him and said:
"Li Jiandong, you little brat, do you really think you are everyone's uncle? I am over 70 years old and have walked more bridges than you have walked roads. Why are you acting so big in front of me? And you asked me to explain to you, my explanation is that she deserves to be beaten, and it would be better to beat her to death."

It’s just beating someone up. At my age, what’s wrong with me educating the young people?
What's more, it was Li Huilan who was unfaithful to her husband first. No matter how powerful you, Li Jiandong, are, what can you do to me with this matter?

The deaf old lady's attitude was very arrogant. She believed that as long as she didn't make a big mistake, Li Jiandong could not punish her.

Little did she know that Li Jiandong had already thought of a way to deal with her.

Li Jiandong slowly stood up from his seat and said with a serious expression,

"Dear neighbors, the deaf old lady has bad character, completely disobeys management, and maliciously beats people."

"As the head of our courtyard, I suggest that everyone vote. Should we kick her out of our courtyard?"

As soon as Li Jiandong finished speaking, Liu Haizhong, who had known about this decision for a long time, echoed loudly:
"I agree with the arrangement of the eldest uncle. This deaf old lady has very bad morals. She is so old, but she is not kind at all. She caused trouble right after being released from prison. We don't need such people in our hospital."

Yan Bugui also said:

"Well, I also think that the master is right. We have no choice but to get to this point. We can't let a single person ruin our compound. So asking her to leave the compound is the best and only way."

After hearing the three uncles’ statements, the residents all breathed a sigh of relief.

They didn't want to live in the same courtyard with someone like the deaf old lady.

Before the deaf old lady went to prison, she often went to other people's homes to eat, and her attitude was very tough. If she was not given a meal, she would beat and scold people. After beating and scolding, she would not leave until she was full and had enough water.

At that time, there was someone who was secretly eating meat and was discovered by her afterwards. In the middle of the night, the glass of the house was smashed while the person was still sleeping. Some people speculated that she was the one who did it.

Now that the deaf old lady has returned from two years of labor reform, we thought she would be more restrained. If she behaved honestly, everyone would accept her. But who would have thought that she would beat someone as soon as she came back, and the one she beat was Li Huilan, the most honest pregnant woman in the hospital.

If we continue to allow people like this to stay in the compound, will they still be able to live a good life in the future?
"Since the three uncles have said so, we will definitely support them."

"Other compounds have voted to drive out unharmonious residents, so what we are doing is in line with the rules."

The residents whispered to each other.

The deaf old lady didn't react at first. She thought Li Jiandong couldn't do anything to her and at most would just scold her a few words. She didn't expect that Li Jiandong actually wanted to drive her away.

This made the deaf old lady furious.

"Li Jiandong, you are such a heartless little bastard. You actually want to kick me out of this courtyard. Do you have the ability to do so? I was arranged by the street office. What qualifications do you, a mere manager, have to ask me to move out?"

Yi Zhonghai also cooperated and said:

"What the old lady said makes sense. After all, the manager is only there to mediate neighborhood conflicts and has no right to evict residents. Even if the old lady is really at fault, it's the neighborhood committee or the police station that should handle it."

Originally, Yi Zhonghai had not planned to stand up so quickly, but Li Jiandong did not play by the rules.

Surprisingly, he just wanted to kick the old lady out.

Yi Zhonghai finally got a helper, how could he give up so easily?

Liu Haizhong raised his head, looked at Yi Zhonghai with his nose and scolded:

"Yi Zhonghai, please clarify this matter for me first. Do we three uncles want to drive the old lady away? The first uncle just said it clearly. We only suggest voting to drive the old lady away. Whether it will be implemented depends on everyone's vote. If no one wants the old lady to leave, can we drive her away?"

Yan Bugui also said:

"If everyone agrees, then it is a collective decision. If the collective cannot decide, and we have to rely on the street to make the decision for us, is this still what our new society advocates, that the people are the masters of the country?"

The other residents also started chattering.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Let's raise our hands and vote. Do you agree to drive away the deaf old lady?"

Li Jiandong suddenly spoke.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, followed by Jia Dongxu and Yan Jiecheng, and then He Daqing, Xu Fugui, and other people in the courtyard also raised their hands to vote one after another.

At a quick glance, everyone raised their hands except Yi Zhonghai.

It can be seen how unpopular the deaf old lady is.

"Put it down, you little bastards. Who dares to raise your hands so I can see? Bullying the elderly, right? I will never let you go."

The deaf old lady roared in a stern voice, but everyone raised their hands. With so many like-minded people together, no one was afraid of her now.

Li Jiandong ignored her tantrum and announced directly,

"Since everyone agrees to kick the old lady out, from now on, the deaf old lady is no longer a member of our No. 40 Courtyard."

After that, he looked at the deaf old lady for the first time and said, "Old lady, you should go back and pack your things now and leave our courtyard tonight. If you are physically inconvenient, I can find someone to help you move out, but we can only help you move your luggage to the entrance of the alley. You can choose."

The deaf old lady glared at Li Jiandong fiercely and shouted:
"Li Jiandong, you have no right to chase me away. I was arranged by the street committee. If you want me to leave, let the street committee come and talk to me first."

Li Jiandong sneered disdainfully: "Old lady, it seems that you don't want to accept the toast, but want to drink the penalty wine. If the street committee arranges something for you, then go to the street committee and see if they can control our No. 40 courtyard."

After that, he said loudly to everyone:
"The old lady is leaving our courtyard today. After all, we have been neighbors for such a long time. If anyone goes to the old lady's house in the backyard to get something, please help her see her off."

Li Jiandong's words made everyone excited. They were eager to drive the old lady out.

But without a leader, no one dared to move.

Now Li Jiandong has given them a good start, and asked everyone to help "move" the old lady together.

In this way, even if the old lady wanted to hold a grudge, she wouldn't know who to find because everyone has taken action.

"We're moving. Let's give the old lady a ride."

He Daqing was the first to stand up and prepared to walk to the backyard. Seeing someone setting an example, the others also stood up one after another.

Yi Zhonghai saw that things were going badly and realized that Li Jiandong was serious.

If I let him drive the old lady away today, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay tomorrow.

Thinking of this, she quickly stood up and shouted, "Everyone wait a moment and listen to me."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he had no choice but to look at Li Jiandong and said, "Li Jiandong, is it necessary to be so decisive? The deaf old lady is so old, where would you let her live if she moved out?"

"Although the old lady may have gone too far today, she just came out of prison and was a little excited, which is understandable. We should forgive her and give her a chance to start a new life."

Li Jiandong had heard enough of this and pointed at Yi Zhonghai and shouted, "Yi Zhonghai, you have no right to speak here, shut up."

Yi Zhonghai became even more excited when he heard this.

He shouted loudly: "Li Jiandong, you are so arrogant. This is a meeting of the whole institute, and everyone can speak. Why do you want me to shut up?"

"Because this is a meeting of the whole hospital, not your family's meeting."

Li Jiandong said in a cold voice: "It was the decision of the whole hospital to let the deaf old lady leave, and you are the only one here who is singing a different tune from everyone else. If you are not convinced, you can move out with the old lady, or we can all vote again."

Yan Bugui advised, "Okay, Lao Yi, you don't know what's going on, so don't speak up. Look at the old lady, does she seem to have any remorse? If she doesn't admit her fault, how can we forgive her?"

The deaf old lady cursed: "Bah, you want me to admit my mistake, but you are blind."

"Then what else is there to say? Get her out." Liu Haizhong was also annoyed, so he stood up and walked towards the deaf old lady's house.

He wanted to take the lead in supporting Li Jiandong and throw away all the deaf old lady's things.

All the residents followed Liu Haizhong and He Daqing and went to the deaf old lady's house in the backyard. Each person did not need to take more than one thing. Dozens of people each took one thing and emptied her house.

When the deaf old lady saw that these people dared to touch her things, she became a little scared and stood between the archway between the backyard and the middle yard, refusing to let anyone leave.

However, He Daqing picked her up by the collar like a chicken, and lifted her up to the side and held her in the air.

The deaf old lady screamed and struggled desperately, but she could only watch her things being carried out one by one.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai suddenly thought of a clever idea and shouted:

"Stop it, I let the old lady live in my house. I bought my house with my own money. I have the property certificate. It is not a collective house. The reason you drove the old lady away is because you saw that her house was rented. I let her live in my house, and you can't control it, right?"

After being frightened by Yi Zhonghai's shout, Liu Haizhong and the others stood still and looked at Li Jiandong.
Li Jiandong also frowned slightly.

The reason why he didn't use voting to drive Yi Zhonghai out earlier was because Yi Zhonghai's house was his own.

Collective voting can only decide things that belong to the collective. The deaf old lady’s house is rented, and belongs to the street and even more to the compound.

Therefore, Li Jiandong could forcibly organize a vote and drive her away, but if Yi Zhonghai let the old lady live in his house, that would be difficult to deal with.

Seeing that Li Jiandong didn't say anything, Yi Zhonghai thought that Li Jiandong couldn't do anything to him.

I couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"Li Jiandong, what else can you be so arrogant about now? If you can drive the deaf old lady away through collective voting, I can use my private property to let her live back. If you don't allow her to live in the compound, it's okay for me to let her live in my house, right? Hahahaha..."

Yi Zhonghai was so happy that he finally defeated Li Jiandong.

The residents didn’t know what to do. If they couldn’t drive the deaf old lady away, would they be able to live a good life in the future?

If you don't chase her away today, she will definitely become even more aggressive tomorrow.

Everyone looked at Li Jiandong, and Li Jiandong finally spoke up: "Yi Zhonghai, I really don't have the right to dispose of your personal property, but your current behavior is against everyone in the hospital."

"As long as you are not afraid of someone breaking your glass in the middle of the night, cutting up your freshly washed clothes, or falling into the pit when you go to the toilet, you can let the old lady continue to live in your room. I won't stop you."

Yi Zhonghai laughed and said, "Li Huaimin, are you threatening me?"

"I'm just reminding you."

After Li Jiandong finished speaking, he said to the others: "Since Yi Zhonghai is willing to take in the old lady, then everyone should leave the old lady's things first. Lao Liu, Lao Yan, Da Qing, and Lao Sister-in-law, you all come to my house, and the rest of you can disperse."

Li Jiandong waved his hand and went back into the house first.

Soon others came in one after another.

Before the door was closed, He Daqing said angrily, "Old Li, are we just going to let this go? If we don't kick the old lady out today, who in our courtyard will have a good life in the future? I'm afraid even you can't cure her."

Liu Haizhong also said: "Before, the old lady has been living in our backyard, causing so much trouble. In my opinion, we should not listen to Yi Zhonghai and force her out."

Although the others didn't say anything, it was clear from their expressions that they thought the same thing.

Li Jiandong said: "Daqing, Lao Liu, don't worry. I have plenty of ways to deal with Yi Zhonghai and the old lady. There is no need for us to break the law."

Yan Bugui agreed with Li Jiandong's statement.

"Old Li is right. Yi Zhonghai's house is his private property. If someone were to drive him out of his own house, wouldn't society be in chaos?"

After listening to what Li Jiandong and Yan Bugui said, everyone put themselves in their shoes and felt that this was indeed the case.

But if they don't drive them away, how can they live in peace?
"Old Li, you said there are ways, do you want us to come here to explain something?"

He Daqing asked, and everyone else reacted and looked at Li Jiandong.

Li Jiandong nodded: "I have already said the means. Since the old lady can beat people, we don't need to be too polite. We can smash glass, cut clothes, throw stones into the toilet, whatever means are dirty, we will do it. Rules can't only restrict honest people. If reason doesn't make sense, we will fight violence with violence."

Li Jiandong has always been a rule-abiding person, but he is not the kind of rule-abiding person who is stubborn.

Yi Zhonghai's house is private, and it is impossible to drive him away because of the title deed. But if they can't drive him away, they can torture him.

Every day, my windows are smashed as soon as I fall asleep, my washed clothes are cut into pieces as soon as they are hung out to dry, and I am terrified even when I go to the toilet.

This kind of life won't last too long. I think he won't be able to bear it after just a few days.

The whole hospital was on Li Jiandong's side. It was impossible for Yi Zhonghai to refuse to leave the deaf old lady with just a house deed.
Yi Zhonghai's family.

Just now, Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady picked up all the luggage from the ground and took it back home. Many of the beddings were covered with dust. The deaf old lady angrily cursed:

"Li Jiandong, this little bastard with no parents, has no respect for the elderly. He actually kicked me out first. This is simply unreasonable."

Although the deaf old lady was saved by Yi Zhonghai and was not driven out of the compound, her house could no longer be lived in.

You know, because she is a five-guarantee household, the street also waived her housing rent, so such a big house with a backyard was equivalent to giving her free living.

Now that she has been kicked out, the house in the backyard will definitely be rented to someone else.

She and Yi Zhonghai could only squeeze into this room in the middle courtyard. Although it was big enough, how could it compare to the room they each had before?
The deaf old lady was so angry that her whole body was shaking, and the walking stick in her hand was crackling as she squeezed it.

Yi Zhonghai comforted her, "Old lady, please don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt. I didn't expect Li Jiandong to be so cruel and hold a meeting to drive you away. Fortunately, I bought the house myself, otherwise, we would both have to sleep on the street today."

"I bother!"

The deaf old lady was so angry that she cursed: "I will not sleep on the street. Even if Li Jiandong sleeps on the street, I will not sleep on the street. I will go to the street to make trouble tomorrow and make them give me an explanation."

"I want the street to force Li Jiandong to apologize to me, and have them carry me back to the backyard in a sedan chair."

Yi Zhonghai thought to himself, you old lady are too ignorant. Do you really think that the street is opened by your family and you can ask them to do whatever you want?
Before, people were afraid of you making trouble because they didn’t know your background and were afraid that you were really a martyr.

Now, everyone knows that your name is Na Xiaohua and you are a descendant of the Bannermen.
If you dare to go to the streets to make trouble, you will be arrested by the police station.

Although Yi Zhonghai felt that the old lady had many problems, she was his only ally now and he could not watch her die no matter what.

So he said kindly, "Old lady, you should take a rest first. I will go to the street to look for someone tomorrow. Maybe I can make Li Jiandong behave himself."

The deaf old lady snorted. She knew that she didn't have the capital to make a scene now. She was just talking just now. She soon climbed onto the bed and fell asleep.

Yi Zhonghai sighed, took a shower, and lay down on the bed, keeping some distance between him and the deaf old lady.

Just when I was about to fall asleep.
Suddenly, with a "pop", the window glass was broken, and a stone the size of an egg flew in, rolled for a distance, and almost fell on Yi Zhonghai's bed.

"Who?"

Yi Zhonghai sat up suddenly.

The deaf old lady next to her was also gasping for breath, with a terrified expression, and she almost had a heart attack.

By the time Yi Zhonghai opened the door and went out to check, the people outside had already run away.

"Li Jiandong, this beast, must have had someone do this. This despicable man actually resorted to such despicable means. He is worse than a beast."

The deaf old lady finally caught her breath and roared at the top of her lungs in anger.

Yi Zhonghai also knew that it must be Li Jiandong who hired someone to do it.

The deaf old lady was so angry that she picked up a stone on the ground and was ready to give Li Jiandong a taste of his own medicine.

Yi Zhonghai quickly hugged her and said, "Old lady, forget it, forget it. Li Jiandong has too many shady tricks. He may have arranged people to guard outside. If you throw stones to smash his glass and get caught, the police station will come to arrest you. Even if I have a house, I can't protect you."

"So you're just going to let him go?"

The deaf old lady was so angry. She had never suffered such injustice in her life.

Yi Zhonghai sighed:

"What else can we do? We haven't caught anyone yet, so we can only let it go for now."

The deaf old lady was really unwilling, but she really didn't dare to break the glass of Li Jiandong's house. If she was really caught, she would have to be imprisoned for at least a few months.

The deaf old lady is not afraid of being sent to labor camp.

At her age, the guards would not assign her too much work, and she could usually pretend to be sick to escape.

What she feared most was that there would be no meat inside.

(End of this chapter)