The train driver in the courtyard

The sound of slaughtering a pig was like a hammer, shattering the tranquility in the courtyard.

When Li Aiguo and He Yushui came out of the house, there were already quite a few people gathered in the yard.

Jia Zhang was seen standing at the door of Nan Yi's house holding a wooden board, jumping and cursing.

Everyone was wondering why Jia Zhang was holding the wooden board?

Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes. He felt that the wooden board looked familiar.

Nan Yi and Liang Ladi heard the noise and came out of the house.

Jia Zhang's face turned purple, like a ripe berry about to rot.

Anger made the wrinkles on her face crisscross like ravines, and each wrinkle seemed to contain endless resentment.

"Old woman of the Jia family, if you dare to make trouble, I will tear your mouth apart."

When Liang Ladi saw Jia Zhang making trouble, she rolled up her sleeves and rushed forward to fight with Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang, who was jumping up and down like a fat pig, was startled and quickly hid behind Jia Dongxu.

"Liang Ladi, you are a heartless little bitch. You bully me, an old woman. You are a jinx. You killed your husband. Nan Yi will die soon too."

Her eyes were wide open, spit was flying everywhere, and every word she said was filled with malice and anger.

Liu Lan covered her mouth in shock.

The young widow was most afraid of being called a "husband-killer" by others, and Jia Zhang was trying to annoy Liang Ladi.

really.

Upon hearing this, Liang Ladi's face turned pale and she raised her hand to slap Jia Zhang.

Just as the slap was about to fall, Liang Ladi suddenly burst into laughter.

She pointed at Jia Zhang and said, "Jia Zhang, I remember your husband is dead too, right? You are also a widow, and you are also destined to be a husband-killer."

"Burp" Jia Zhang was about to continue scolding, but this time she couldn't utter a word.

Liang Ladi pointed at Jia Dongxu and said, "Not only are you unlucky for your husband, you are also a jinx. It won't be long before your son will be killed by you."

Jia Dongxu's face turned gray and he quietly took two steps, trying to stay away from Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang didn't expect that she would be at a disadvantage in the verbal battle.

She raised the wooden board in her hand and said, "I am a civilized woman and I won't argue with you. Tell me what to do with this board."

Everyone then realized that Jia Zhang's hands were firmly glued to the wooden board.

Liang Ladi frowned: "Jia Zhang, did you steal my mousetrap?"

"Steal? No, no, no, I picked it up." Jia Zhang's eyes flashed with a trace of panic, and she said with her neck stiff.

Liang Ladi said: "I threw the mousetrap on the big tree next to the public toilet, and you climbed up the tree and picked up the mousetrap. Who would believe it?!"

Jia Zhang was unable to explain for a moment.

After all, she almost fell off the tree in order to get the mousetrap.

Yi Zhonghai watched from the side for a long time.

I didn't want to help Jia Zhang, but it was obvious that this mousetrap was made by Li Aiguo.

He naturally couldn't just sit back and do nothing.

"Cough cough" Yi Zhonghai coughed twice.

He waited for the residents to make way for him and then walked into the crowd with his hands behind his back.

He looked at Jia Zhang and asked in a pretentious manner, "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, what's going on? Everyone is getting ready to eat, and you are making a scene here."

"Master, you have to help me make the decision. Nan Yi and Liang Ladi are trying to kill me with this wooden board."

Yi Zhonghai turned his head and looked at Liang Ladi and Nan Yi.

"No matter whether this board was picked up by Jia Zhang or not, it is now stuck on Jia Zhang's hand. You have to find a way to remove it and apologize to Jia Zhang."

Liang Ladi and Nan Yi didn't expect Yi Zhonghai's butt to be so crooked, and for a moment they didn't know how to explain it.

Jia Zhang raised her head with a somewhat smug look on her face, thinking that she could extort money again.

Boy, this is ignoring the facts.

"Master Yi, this is not right. Jia Zhang's hands were stuck by the stolen wooden board, and she is looking for trouble with the owner of the board."

Li Aiguo walked forward and said with a smile: "If someone ran into your house, stole a kitchen knife and killed someone, would you also be shot?"

Yi Zhonghai said with a cold face, impatiently: "Li Aiguo, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Li Aiguo said: "I am the captain of the neighborhood patrol team, responsible for maintaining the stability of the neighborhood. Now there is a quarrel in the compound, which affects the stability of the neighborhood."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale in an instant, like an autumn leaf attacked by frost.

At this time, Zhang Gangzhu and several young men from the neighborhood patrol team strode out from the crowd.

They were all sturdy, like guards made of steel. The wooden sticks they held tightly in their hands were solid and powerful, a symbol of strength.

The situation on the scene has changed fundamentally.

Yi Zhonghai said quickly: "Li Aiguo, your neighborhood patrol team is a volunteer team, not a regular team, and you have no right to manage the affairs of the compound."

Xu Damao's voice came from the crowd: "Uncle, you are the manager, but this is not an official position.

The neighborhood patrol team at least gets a subsidy from the neighborhood office every month, and they are linked to the police station. How about you?"

After these words were spoken, Yi Zhonghai was speechless.

After all, the manager of the Siheyuan is just a makeshift team.

It was just a position established in the neighborhood to enable residents to guard against Dieter more effectively and to facilitate the management of residents in the compound.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai felt as if he had fallen into a trap.

Damn Li Aiguo, I knew you had no good intentions when you took the trouble to set up this neighborhood patrol team.

It turns out that they came here to seize power.

The residents in the compound also woke up.

Yes, the neighborhood patrol team can also take care of neighborhood affairs. If there are any problems in the future, you can ask the neighborhood patrol team to solve them. There is no need to report to the person in charge.

The residents in the compound were all feeling uneasy.

Yi Zhonghai was very keenly aware of this and regretted in his heart that he should not have come forward to help Jia Zhang.

Now even his power is about to be taken away by Li Aiguo.

The residents seemed to have sensed this as well, and their expressions became serious.

Liu Lan gently twisted Xu Damao's waist.

"This matter has become a big deal. You better not jump out like a tiger later."

"I know. I, Xu Damao, am also going to be a leader. How can you not see that?" Xu Damao sucked in pain.

His eyes were fixed on Li Aiguo.

Just one sentence, and he took away Yi Zhonghai's power! Patriotic brothers are not simple.

Yi Zhonghai knew that he should take back power as soon as possible.

It's just that it's not appropriate for him to be involved in this matter.

If we compete for power with the neighborhood patrol now, it will easily arouse resentment among the residents.

Yi Zhonghai saw Liu Haizhong standing in the crowd, his eyes turned and he waved at Liu Haizhong.

"Old Liu, you are the second uncle, and also the uncle in charge of the compound. You have to take care of this matter."

At this moment, Liu Haizhong had already cursed Yi Zhonghai in his heart.

If you hadn't blindly favored the Jia family, would Li Aiguo have come forward?
If Li Aiguo did not show up, the neighborhood patrol would not confront the old man in charge.

Now that you're in trouble, you're asking others for help. How dare you?

But as the second uncle, Liu Haizhong couldn't really watch his power being taken away by the neighborhood patrol.

Don't treat the person in charge as a cadre.

She smoothed her hair and walked into the crowd with her big belly.

He acted like a second uncle, coughed twice, and said with his fat head and big ears raised: "Everyone, our compound is a compound of unity and friendship. Now the street office has entrusted the compound to us."

Before he finished speaking, Li Aiguo suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Gangzhu and asked, "Team Leader Gangzhu, what did you find during your last patrol?"

The tone was contemptuous and the voice was calm, but these words were like a thunderclap exploding in Liu Hai's ears, and the rest of his words were choked in his throat.

The residents who were watching pricked up their ears.

If we were to ask who knows the situation in the compound best, it would be the patrol members.

They patrol the compound all day long, and if residents find anything suspicious, they will report it to the patrol team immediately.

Zhang Gangzhu nodded in understanding, puffed out his chest and said, "It happened last month, around midnight, I was patrolling in the backyard and found someone lying on the chicken coop of Xu Damao's house.

I thought it was a thief, so I tiptoed over, only to see Liu Haizhong hugging the old hen from Xu Damao's house and calling for his mother.

Liu Haizhong called me so affectionately that when I think about it now, I still get goose bumps all over my body. "

As soon as these words came out.

There was an explosion at the scene.

The residents all gasped and stared at Liu Haizhong with strange eyes.

This drunkard recognized an old hen as his mother? !

Xu Damao had not intended to interrupt, but now he couldn't hold it in any longer.

He jumped out of the crowd, pointed at the nose in his bangs and said, "Okay, I was wondering why my old hen didn't lay eggs this month, it turns out it was because you harassed her.

With a big boy like you, the old hen has no mood to lay eggs."

The residents burst into laughter.

Liu Haizhong often made jokes when he was drunk, but because he was the second uncle and Yi Zhonghai was protecting him, the residents could only pretend not to see anything.

Now that there are neighborhood patrols to support justice, residents are no longer worried.

Amid the overwhelming laughter, Liu Haizhong's face turned red, and he stammered, "Don't listen to Zhang Gangzhu. How could I do such a dirty thing?"

He said something tough, but felt a little timid inside.

Liu Haizhong is the kind of person who has a strong addiction to alcohol but a low tolerance for drinking. After drinking two ounces of horse urine, he lost his sense of direction.

Especially when he was drunk, he liked to call for his mother, and Second Aunt suffered greatly from it.

Now seeing Liu Haizhong being embarrassed in the courtyard, Second Aunt could no longer stand it and walked up to him and twisted Liu Haizhong's ear.

"Old Liu, this matter has nothing to do with you. If you have the time, you should think about how to bring Liu Guangqi back from Baoding.

If he stays there any longer, he will become a live-in son-in-law. Come on, come on, come home with me."

Liu Haizhong usually relied on his strong physique and status as a senior worker and never listened to Second Aunt.

Now his 200-plus pounds seemed to have turned into cotton, and he was taken away by Second Aunt so lightly, twisting his ears.

If he stayed here any longer, all the ugly things he had done would be exposed by Zhang Gangzhu, and he would be too ashamed to face anyone in the compound.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that he had just recruited a helper, but was driven away by Li Aiguo with just one word. He could only turn his attention to the third uncle.

"Old Yan, you are also the head of the compound, what do you think about this matter?"

The third uncle had no intention of intervening, but after his name was called, he had no choice but to step forward.

The third uncle adjusted the frame of his glasses, put his hands behind his back, shook his head and said: "Our compound is a compound of unity and friendship. We should carry forward the spirit of unity and friendship.

Now that we are in trouble, the most urgent task is to find the key problem, and the key problem is to find the key to the problem."

Residents: “.”

Li Aiguo: "."

Yi Zhonghai: "."

Seeing that the third uncle had started talking nonsense, Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Old Yan, this matter is related to the power structure in our compound. Now is not the time to be careless. You have to think it through." Yi Zhonghai wanted to remind the third uncle that he was also the uncle in charge and he should stand with him.

But I didn't expect that the third uncle smiled awkwardly and said, "Old Yi, since you said so, I will speak openly too.

In my opinion, there is no conflict of power between the neighborhood patrol and our manager.

The compound belongs to the masses, and everyone can manage it.

Now the authorities advocate democratic centralism and do not advocate one-man rule.

As the people in charge, we should accept the neighborhood patrol team's approach to managing the compound."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the third uncle with some disbelief.

As for the fact that the Third Uncle is not greedy for power, Yi Zhonghai believes that this old guy is only focused on making money.

However, only with the position of steward can the third uncle collect waste from the residents. How could he be willing to give up the power of steward?

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai slapped his forehead.

How could he forget that the third uncle is now an accountant at the Poverty Alleviation Foundation?

With the poverty alleviation foundation, the residents in the compound also have to give some face to the third uncle.

At the beginning, Yi Zhonghai was surprised that Li Aiguo handed over the poverty alleviation fund to the third uncle to operate.

After all, the third uncle is the one in charge, and he is from a different class from ordinary residents like Li Aiguo.

It now seems that Li Aiguo had long thought of the day when he would seize power, so he won over the third uncle.

But that was last year. Li Aiguo had been planning for so long and forbearing for so long before he actually took action!
This kid is so patient.

Yi Zhonghai had long been aware of the threat posed by Li Aiguo.

He originally thought that Li Aiguo would use the street office to snatch his position as the eldest uncle.

Who knew that Li Aiguo was actually planning to replace the courtyard manager with the neighborhood patrol team.

This is going to dig up Yi Zhonghai's roots.

This kid is so hateful!

The key is that the neighborhood patrol team has now been recognized by the street office and has gained the trust of residents.

Liu Haizhong's weak spot was caught and Yan Bugui was lured over.

Yi Zhonghai is now alone and has no ability to fight back.

Yi Zhonghai felt like a prey caught in a trap. He could only watch helplessly as the hunter raised the spear and stabbed it into his body.

The more Yi Zhonghai thought about it, the more panicked he became, as if his entire body was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand of fear.

His body began to tremble involuntarily, like a fallen leaf shivering in the autumn wind.

My breathing became rapid and disordered, every breath seemed like a hard struggle, and my chest heaved violently.

An old lady was right next to him and thought that Yi Zhonghai was pretending to be sick like he did in the past. She was waiting for Yi Zhonghai to call her out and take Yi Zhonghai back.

So the aunt didn't come forward.

The residents in the compound also knew that Yi Zhonghai had a habit of pretending to be sick, so they didn't take it seriously at this time.

Xu Damao even muttered quietly: "The performance level of the eldest uncle is getting higher and higher."

When Yi Zhonghai saw that the residents were not helping, he realized the seriousness of the problem.

He stretched out his hand and wanted to call for help, but no sound came out of his throat.

Yi Zhonghai's body shook slightly a few times, as if he was making his last struggle, and then fell straight backwards.

The moment his body touched the ground, there was a dull sound and a cloud of dust was stirred up.

Xu Damao gave a thumbs up and said, "This uncle has great acting skills. I think he can go and make a movie."

The residents in the compound also nodded in agreement.

"Practice makes perfect. The level of an old man's acting in illness is comparable to that of old professors in film schools."

After a while, everyone realized something was wrong when they saw Yi Zhonghai lying on the ground motionless with white foam coming out of the corners of his mouth.

"Is he really fainted?"

An old lady rushed forward, squatted down and shouted a few times.

"Old Yi, please don't scare me."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai unconscious, an old lady shouted in panic: "Everyone, please help me, my old man has fainted."

When the third uncle saw that something really happened, he rushed forward in a hurry. He pressed Yi Zhonghai's philtrum and pinched his forehead, but nothing worked.

There was no other choice, the third uncle could only ask someone to send Yi Zhonghai to the hospital.

The third uncle, Yan Jiecheng, Zhang Gangzhu, Xu Damao and four or five other young men found a donkey, put Yi Zhonghai in it, and pushed it towards the hospital.

Before leaving, the third uncle also told the first aunt to bring more money home.

The courtyard suddenly became a mess.

Li Aiguo also had to mix the glue formula for the fly trap, so he didn't join in the fun.

He turned and walked towards the house. After taking two steps, he suddenly remembered something and asked Nan Yi, "Nan Yi, what exactly is the bait you use to attract flies? Can it suck out all the flies in the public toilet?"

Nan Yi was also shocked by Yi Zhonghai's sudden fainting. He stood in the courtyard in a daze and only woke up now.

He came over and whispered, "You know, my master works in the imperial kitchen, and there are flies in the imperial kitchen too.

If a fly landed on a dish and then made its way to the dining table, everyone in the imperial kitchen would be beheaded.

In order to prevent flies from landing in the dishes, the imperial kitchen collected fly-attracting recipes from the public.

You won’t believe it, but they actually found it. The bait made with that ancient recipe is especially attractive to flies.”

"An ancient recipe?"

Li Aiguo perked up, took Nan Yi's arm and walked towards home.

"Nan Yi, come here, I have brown sugar water at home."

The working people are very wise, and many ancient prescriptions can still produce miraculous effects in modern times.

Otherwise, after liberation, the authorities would not have launched a large-scale nationwide prescription donation campaign.

This year, Dacong Province carefully compiled and selected more than 10 secret recipes, single recipes and proven recipes collected from all over the province, and printed them in 15 volumes (the first 2 volumes were printed in lead, and the last 13 volumes were mimeographed).

Distributed to libraries of domestic medical schools for collection.

Its content is plain and simple, but contains hidden treasures.

These booklets are the famous "Ten Thousand Gold Prescriptions" in later generations.

Many of the prescriptions in it are local remedies that are on the verge of being lost, making a great contribution to later generations of Chinese medicine hospitals.

Yi Zhonghai was sent to the hospital and Nan Yi was also taken away by Li Aiguo.

When the residents in the compound saw that there was nothing exciting to watch, they quickly left.

After a while.

Jia Zhang looked at the empty courtyard in a daze for a long time, then raised her hand and said, "What about me? I don't want the money anymore, you guys have to find a way to help me take down the wooden board."

Jia Zhang felt as aggrieved as an abandoned child.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to move forward and whisper, "Mom, why don't we go home and try it with some water?"

Jia Dongxu agreed: "I've heard that this kind of glue is most afraid of water."

After Jia Zhang was stuck by the wooden board, she tried to remove it with her hands but failed. In order to blackmail Nan Yi and fearing that the wooden board could really be removed, she did not use other means.

Now Yi Zhonghai has been sent to the hospital and no one is helping her to extort money.

Jia Zhang had no hope left and could only find a way to take the wooden board down.

After returning home, Jia Dongxu brought a basin of water and threw Jia Zhang's hand and the wooden board into the basin.

Jia Dongxu did it himself, just like washing pig's trotters, washing it.

After a full ten minutes, Jia Zhang reached out to pry the wooden board apart, but it was still tightly stuck to her hand.

"Dongxu, come here."

"Mom, I'm very strong, please be serious."

Jia Dongxu held Jia Zhang's hand with one hand and grabbed the wooden board with the other hand, pulling it hard and forcefully.

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, you want to break my hand, don't you?"

Jia Zhang felt a heart-wrenching pain and pushed Jia Dongxu away.

"Mom, I don't want to either, but I don't have enough strength to pull it down." Jia Dongxu was pushed to the ground, feeling aggrieved.

Jia Zhang thought that Jia Dongxu was doing this on purpose, so she stopped asking him for help and started to break the wooden board herself.

As a result, after trying for half an hour and almost tearing off the skin, Jia Zhang still couldn't break it off.

"What on earth is this thing glued on with? Why is it so strong?"

Jia Zhang looked at her red right hand and felt that the problem was serious.

If the wooden board can't be broken off, won't she have to live with it in her arms for the rest of her life? !
Qin Huairu felt a little excited as she watched Jia Zhang pacing around the room anxiously.

This old woman always bullied her, and this time she finally got her comeuppance.

Jia Dongxu made another suggestion: "Mom, I heard that if there is glue stuck, it can be cleaned off with oil."

"Why don't you hurry up and get the oil bottle out?" Jia Zhang said loudly.

Jia Dongxu ran into the kitchen and brought out a can of sanitary oil. Without caring about the oil, he picked up the spoon and poured some on Jia Zhang's hand.

But it doesn't matter.

The wooden board was still firmly attached to Jia Zhang's hand.

Jia Zhang stared at the wooden board in amazement, beating her chest and stamping her feet, crying loudly: "Oh, I don't want to live any longer. Even a wooden board is bullying an old woman like me. Old man, please take me away."

The wooden board was originally used to catch flies and mice, but now it has caught a woman named Jia Zhang.

Although the residents in the compound disliked Jia Zhang, they could not just watch a wooden man appear in the compound.

So everyone started to think of ways to help Jia Zhang.

Even Liang Ladi, who had just had a quarrel with Jia Zhang, rushed to the Jia family.

She brought a half-jar of gasoline: "This glue seems to be removable with gasoline, old lady of the Jia family, you try it."

Jia Zhang no longer dared to show her teeth to Liang Ladi. She said a word of thanks and took the oil bottle.

He poured two liters of gasoline in one go.

It still didn't work.

Someone else suggested that hot water could soften the glue.

Qin Huairu picked up the thermos, poured half a basin of hot water, and brought it to Jia Zhang.

Looking at the basin of steaming hot water, Jia Zhang subconsciously stepped back.

"Mom, please bear with it!"

Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu each held Jia Zhang's waist, while the other grabbed Jia Zhang's arm and stuffed it into the enamel basin.

"Ow!"

The shrill screams echoed throughout the compound.

"Why is it so noisy?"

Inside the Li family house.

Li Aiguo stood up and closed the window, then sat back in his chair, holding the notebook and looking at Nan Yi: "Nan Yi, tell me the ancient recipe again."

(End of this chapter)