Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 237: General Assembly (Part )

As the neighbors of the courtyard arrived one after another, He Yuzhu enthusiastically lit up the lights, making the courtyard brightly lit.

The neighbors in the courtyard haven't held a meeting for a long time. Once they got together, they started chatting about family matters, and some of them even asked what was going on.

Director Yan saw that everything was almost done, so he coughed a few times and said, "Residents of Courtyard 95, please be quiet. Let's not waste time. Let's start the meeting now."

The neighbors in the courtyard gradually quieted down. Director Yan looked around and saw that the main people were there, so he said, "First, let Director Wang talk about the case of Zhang Erzhu and the fake Hong Kong businessman."

Director Wang stood up, cleared his throat, and said, "Some people know about this matter, but some don't. So, there is a lot of discussion in Nanluoguxiang now. Today, I will report the matter to all the neighbors, and please don't believe some rumors."

The people below suddenly became completely quiet. Yan Jiekuang glanced at Yi Zhonghai stealthily. Yi Zhonghai's face suddenly turned red and he became a little restless. Yi Zhonghai then realized why this meeting was held. He wanted to stand up, but Director Yan spoke up, "Old Yi, sit down and stay quiet. You have the most to do in this matter. Let's talk about it after the meeting."

Director Wang also turned his head to look at Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai had to sit down. Director Wang continued: "This is an organized and premeditated fraud case. The main culprits are Zhang Erzhu and Huang Bingtai. Everyone knows Zhang Erzhu, and Huang Bingtai is a scoundrel from Shenzhen who pretends to be a Hong Kong businessman."

Director Wang paused, glanced at Xu Damao, and said, "Xu Damao from your hospital is also a victim, but his reselling behavior is also illegal. However, since he is a victim, he will be given a punishment of returning all illegal gains and fines."

Director Wang said with a serious expression: "Although all the people involved in your hospital are victims, this kind of reselling behavior is not advisable. Even if you are really doing business, you are violating relevant regulations. This time, you will all be fined, especially those who actively participated, such as Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Xu Delin and Liu Haizhong."

Liu Haizhong stood up suddenly and said with a red face: "Director Wang, let me interrupt you. I know I was wrong, but it was Yi Zhonghai who had been stopping us. How come he is not in any trouble at all?" As soon as he finished speaking, the whole compound exploded with discussions.

Director Wang looked at the agitated Liu Haizhong and shouted, "Calm down and listen to me. Comrade Liu Haizhong, don't get excited. Sit down. I'm going to talk about another thing next."

Liu Haizhong sat down, and Director Wang continued, "We are also very surprised by this matter. Yi Zhonghai was involved in this matter, but according to Zhang Erzhu's account, Yi Zhonghai did not take a penny from beginning to end. In other words, he was not involved in this matter, so we cannot deal with him. But I will leave the next matter to Director Yan. The subsequent report that Comrade Yan Bugui reported the neighbor did not exist, but you all spread it with details. The matter was investigated by Director Yan."

Director Yan stood up at this time and said solemnly: "This matter was also instigated by someone. Come on, Xu Damao, stand up and you speak first."

Xu Damao is single now. Anyway, it was not his idea. He just took the money and spread the rumor. Then he stood up and said, "Director Yan, Director Wang, I am wrong. I am sorry to everyone. First of all, I am sorry to Teacher Yan. I spread the rumor, but I said it in the yard, not outside. My father didn't come today. He took the money from Comrade Yi Zhonghai. I used the money to pay the fine, and Yi Zhonghai asked me to spread this rumor. I was wrong, and I will definitely correct it."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he walked up to Yan Bugui and bowed. Yan Bugui ignored him and snorted.

Director Yan nodded and said, "Okay, you can go back now. I've already lectured you all afternoon today. I see that you have a good attitude in admitting your mistakes. This time, let it go. If you do it again, you will be punished together."

Xu Damao said quickly: "I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore."

Director Yan looked at Yi Zhonghai at this time, and everyone in the yard also looked at Yi Zhonghai. Li Cuilan was a little at a loss, as she didn't believe that her husband could do such a thing.

Yi Zhonghai's face flushed, he stood up and said, "Yes, I asked Xu Damao to say it, but I didn't ask him to keep an eye on Comrade Yan Bugui every day. I just didn't want the neighbors to be suspicious of each other and make people panic, so I wanted to divert everyone's attention." Yan Bugui stood up at once, pointed at Yi Zhonghai's nose and shouted, "Old Yi, I didn't offend you, what's your excuse? Why divert attention to me? Who did I offend?"

Yi Zhonghai knew he was in the wrong and did not look at Yan Bugui. At this time, Director Yan also looked at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai, you spent a lot of money just to spread rumors about Yan Bugui. What are you trying to achieve? You still haven't realized your mistake. Director Wang, bring the outside people in."

Yi Zhonghai was shocked, and his hope was gone in an instant. He stood there stupidly. After a while, Secretary Wang brought five aunties from outside. They were all gossipers in the neighborhood and could talk about all sorts of things. They lowered their heads and walked into the yard. They saw Yi Zhonghai and immediately started chattering at Yi Zhonghai, saying that he gave each of them 2 yuan to spread rumors.

Director Yan looked at these people and said, "You guys, be quiet. Yi Zhonghai, do you have anything else to say? I don't understand what you are trying to do."

Yi Zhonghai just stood there without saying a word. He knew that he had messed up this time. The more he explained, the less clear it became. So he just stood there without saying a word.

Director Yan looked at Yi Zhonghai without saying a word. Just as he was about to speak, a woman's voice came from the crowd, "He is afraid that his cheating of his neighbor will be exposed, so he is trying to divert attention. He is a swindler."

When Yan Jiekuang heard it, he turned around to look. In fact, he didn't need to turn his head because he could recognize it as Jia Zhang's voice.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar, especially Xu Delin and Liu Haizhong. They were all very angry. When they thought about it carefully, it was true. He asked everyone to invest money, but he didn't invest a penny. Isn't this a clear-cut way of cheating his neighbors?

The neighbors' voices had turned from gossip to abuse. Yi Zhonghai was a little overwhelmed and fainted. Director Yan and Director Wang quickly ran to Yi Zhonghai to check on him. It turned out that Yi Zhonghai had really fainted. Director Wang immediately pressed on Yi Zhonghai's philtrum, but Yi Zhonghai still did not wake up. Li Cuilan was so anxious that she shed tears beside him.

Director Wang arranged for the people he brought to send Yi Zhonghai to the hospital. Director Yan saw that the whole hospital meeting had to end here, so he turned around and shouted, "Alright, stop talking. Yi Zhonghai is old, everyone should calm down first, and today's meeting will end here."

Director Yan also left with his people, but turned back at the door and greeted Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang ran over. Director Yan told Yan Jiekuang to make sure to go to the street office tomorrow, and then left in a hurry.

A hospital-wide meeting ended with Yi Zhonghai fainting and being hospitalized. Fortunately, the rumors about Yan Bugui were clarified. Yan Jiekuang was still thinking, "Run quickly, otherwise he will be surrounded by his eldest brother and father soon." He quickly walked to his second brother's house because the children were there. He said hello to his mother and said he was going home.

Yang Ruiping was very puzzled and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? You are in such a hurry."

Yan Jiekuang whispered, "I'm afraid my father and elder brother won't let me go."

When Yang Ruiping heard this, he knew it was still about the West Wing, so he nodded and said, "Go back quickly. By the way, prepare some food these days. Your second brother will leave the day after tomorrow. Let's have a reunion dinner tomorrow night."

Yan Jiekuang readily agreed, and when he left, he told Yang Ruiping to let his second brother spend more time with his second sister-in-law and the children. Yang Ruiping rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you need me to tell you that?"

Yan Jiekuang took the four children back to Yuer Hutong. As the four children walked, Shi Lei asked why the middle courtyard was so lively. Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "Lively, right? It's just a farce."

(End of this chapter)