No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 776 Where the Deaf Old Lady Went

Ou Mengmeng continued to live her life, but the deaf old lady was not doing so well. Before, every morning, Banggeng would deliver a bowl of goat milk and a handful of fresh vegetables. As long as they had the supplies, they would always deliver them.

The deaf old lady has lost her aunt to work for her, so she has to cook for herself. Other things are fine, but when it comes to buying groceries, she has difficulty walking and relies on a pound of eggs from Sha Zhu every month, plus fresh vegetables sent by the Qin family every day, and a bowl of goat's milk. Although she is old, she is in good health.

As a result, no one knocked on the door in the morning. When she came out, the Qin family's door was already closed, and it was obvious that she had left. So she knew that the Qin family would no longer care about her in the future, so she could go there by herself.

The deaf old lady was shaking all over, not knowing whether she was angry or scared. She stood at the fence of the Qin family's yard, staring at their empty home.

"Old lady, why are you out?" Second Auntie was getting ready to go out to work. She washed dishes at a state-owned restaurant. She would go there before noon and come back after dinner. But the advantage of working at a restaurant was that it provided two meals. If she didn't eat dinner, she would bring it home and cook some more, just right for the whole family to eat together.

"Are you going to work?" The deaf old lady was talking at cross purposes.

"Of course, you are here to bask in the sun." The second aunt didn't want to waste time talking to her, she just casually said hello. Fearing that she would stop her, she left in a hurry without waiting for her reply.

Of course, she didn't walk far before she heard the sound of glass breaking. She hurried back, fearing that the old lady had smashed the glass in her house. At the entrance to the backyard, she saw the deaf old lady still standing there, and the large piece of glass facing the kang in Qin's house was broken.

The Qin family didn't build a wall around the compound, just a half-height iron fence. Before, the Lou family's steel mill brought back some scraps and welded a fence for them, which was not a big deal. They just used it as a boundary and didn't think about it. So, from outside the fence, everyone can see the windows and corridors inside. Throwing a brick in and smashing someone's window is not a big deal. But this old lady, who bullied someone yesterday, is now smashing someone's window. It's really unkind.

"Oh my, old lady, what happened to you? Why did you smash Xiao Qin's window for no reason?" The second aunt shouted. She had to catch the culprit, otherwise, she would not be able to find him when she turned around.

The elderly people who had not gone out also came out, and saw the old lady standing at the door and the second aunt standing at the entrance of the backyard.

"Old lady, what's the matter?" someone asked hurriedly.

"I'd love to." The deaf old lady snorted and went back to the house on her crutches.

"This old lady is so unreasonable." Everyone was whispering, but there was nothing they could do.

The second aunt said hurriedly, "I'm going to work. Who of you can go and tell Xiao Qin that even though the weather is getting warmer, there are still children at home who need to sleep at night."

When everyone heard this, they agreed and hurriedly sent a relatively young old lady with bound feet to the street to find Lou Xiao'e, who was closer.

The subdistrict office was not big, and Lou Xiao'e's office was right next to Director Wang. The old lady was shouting in the yard, and Lou Xiao'e and Director Wang came out together. The more Director Wang listened, the more confused he became. What happened to the deaf old lady? Why did she go to smash the glass of Qin's house for no reason?
"Director, I'll go back first. Huaihua is still young, and the window is right on the kang. It's too dangerous if the glass breaks." Lou Xiao'e didn't want to say anything, and hurried to get the key. "Change the glass. It's so cold at night, and the child is so young." The old lady didn't understand what Lou Xiao'e said, thinking that she was reluctant to change the glass, and hurriedly said.

"I know. I'll change it." Lou Xiao'e was speechless and rode back quickly. She had learned a lot from Ou Mengmeng. If you talk too much, you will make mistakes. Who would want to talk to you like Xianglin Sao? So she didn't need to explain. She was busy dealing with the follow-up. Not at all. She should go to Ou Mengmeng first.

Director Wang naturally wanted to ask the old lady, and she wanted to start from the Republic of China, but Director Wang didn't listen. When asked why, the old lady didn't know. The Qin family left early in the morning and didn't send any food to the deaf old lady, so no one knew!

So the old lady got tired of being asked and said directly, "Who knows, this deaf old lady is the worst. Xiao Qin provided her with good food and drink, but she just didn't agree to let her live with him. She tried to trip her up when she saw nothing to do. Now she's trying to ruin her reputation. When she failed to do so, she smashed the glass! Director Wang, this needs to be criticized. You can't just say that she is right because she is old."

Director Wang listened to the last sentence. They were a little annoyed by this deaf old lady before. She took advantage of the New Era, but she was still slamming the New Era. She really didn't make any contribution to the New Era! After all, Jia Zhang was still working in the fertilizer factory, supporting herself, and she didn't take advantage of the society.

I think we should call everyone together for a meeting. We can't leave this kind of person to harm a good teacher, right? Besides, he has done nothing wrong to her.

"Can we move to another courtyard and separate Yi Zhonghai and this deaf old lady? Everyone has talked about Yi Zhonghai's situation this morning. The whole courtyard is against him. It is said that this deaf old lady is Yi Zhonghai's behind-the-scenes strategist and is full of bad intentions." The people on the street are quite good at fighting strategies.

The petition for the dismissal of Yi Zhonghai from the No. 5 Courtyard has been submitted to their case, and it has not been discussed yet. However, everyone actually has a consensus that Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level worker, and he is also an industrial worker. He should not be allowed to be a master, and then communicate with the steel mill and transfer the responsibility to the steel mill. But the deaf old lady is different. The deaf old lady is completely under the jurisdiction of the street. Good or bad, the street cannot get rid of it. Of course, they don’t have any pressure to deal with the old lady.

"Let's talk about what can be done first! If we ask her to move, will she agree? We checked the files and found that she was the original owner of Courtyard No. 5. She has been living in those two rooms, and it was also written in the agreement with the Lou family that she could live in the house for free until she died. Mr. Lou also specifically mentioned this when the public-private partnership was established, and there are meeting minutes, so it is impossible for her to move; as for her qualification as a five-guarantee household, it cannot be revoked because she is really helpless..." Director Wang said first that she had thought about it at the beginning, but after checking, these two options were definitely not possible.

"Well, the city has built a nursing home, and a group of lonely elderly people after the war have moved in. I think the conditions are pretty good. What do you think..." A deputy director said hesitantly after thinking for a while.

"She did bad things and she is credited for it. How can she live there? They are all meritorious mothers. They have made sacrifices for the founding of the country." Another person objected immediately.

"You really are, I mean the one that was changed from the reformatory, there's food and drink, people to chat with, and you can even make a living when you're free, and contribute to society." The deputy director rolled his eyes at him. He's not a fool!
The reason for the establishment of reformatory schools was that people in the city, such as those from the Eight Great Hutongs, as well as beggars and the unemployed, were taken in from all walks of life, reformed, educated, and taught them a skill, and then arranged for jobs so that they could start a new life.

After the reform was completed in 58, there was still a group of people in the institution, namely widows, widowers and orphans. These people were old and had no ability to support themselves, and most importantly, they had nowhere to go. So the reformatory became a nursing home, which also reflected the superiority of the new era.

However, the conditions here are worse than those of the preferential care mothers. It is a rough style, with work-for-care. Even if you cannot do heavy physical labor, you will be organized to do some work within your ability. Although you are not allowed to eat if you don’t finish the work, in principle, the elderly here are more conscious. The main reason is that the elderly who come to the hospital are urban vagrants with no place to go and no hometown to return to. With nowhere to go and no relatives to find, they must be honest there.

Yesterday I turned off the lights and prepared to go to bed at nine o'clock, and then I kept my eyes open until I went to work this morning.