Siheyuan: Master of the Fire, Eating Watermelons Online

Chapter 78: Repeatedly jumping on the thunder point, ancestor?
Yi Zhonghai, who was criticized, felt very disappointed.

I felt something was wrong!
I thought saying that might fool people a little, but I didn't expect it to become my own problem.

Wang Weiguo smiled secretly when he saw this. Director Wang was not like the residents in the courtyard who could do whatever he wanted.

That's right!

If the deaf old lady's situation is true, then her behavior is indeed admirable and noble.

But Yi Zhonghai is not a deaf old lady.

Even though they clearly knew the "truth", they never revealed it and even the streets were kept in the dark. This is clearly a case of knowing the truth but not reporting it.

As the head of the institute, it is his duty to report this. If he conceals it without authorization, it would be dereliction of duty.

"Director Wang, I tried to persuade the old lady at first, but she disagreed, saying that she didn't want to cause trouble or burden the country."

After repeating his previous explanation with some depression and defending himself, Yi Zhonghai continued, "But don't worry, Director Wang, everyone in the hospital knows this, so they have been very respectful and caring to the old lady over the years.

Whenever someone makes something delicious, they will give the old lady a portion. They also treat her with respect and never let her suffer any injustice..."

"Nonsense!"

After listening to Yi Zhonghai's speech which seemed to be seeking credit, Director Wang's face turned completely dark.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai seeming somewhat complacent, Director Wang sneered, "Do you still think you've done a good job?"

"Director Wang, did we do anything wrong? The neighbors in the courtyard get along well and respect the elderly. This..."

Yi Zhonghai was completely confused this time.

I totally don't understand why Director Wang is angry.

Under his "management", the residents in the courtyard all respect the elderly and care for the families of martyrs. Shouldn't this be a model for the new society and a good example for other courtyards?
"I didn't say there's anything wrong with being harmonious with neighbors and respecting the elderly."

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was still stubborn, Director Wang took a deep breath, calmed down his anger, and asked calmly: "Yi Zhonghai, it is a good thing that the residents in your courtyard care for and respect the elderly, and the street also advocates doing so.

But what does it mean that you show respect and care for others but hide it from the streets?
Everyone in your courtyard knew about the old lady's situation, but our street was kept in the dark and has not given the old lady the status and treatment she deserves over the years.

Have you ever thought about what this means for our streets?"

Originally, he thought that only a few people knew about the deaf old lady's situation, but after listening to Yi Zhonghai himself, Director Wang found that things were not that simple.

Some things cannot be replaced.

Yi Zhonghai and the people in their hospital can show respect and care for the deaf old lady, but if the other party is indeed a martyr's relative, then they must also receive the proper treatment.

As a result, Yi Zhonghai concealed the matter and did what they should have done for them. Doesn't this clearly show that their street was seriously derelict in its duty and inaction?

If the higher-ups get to know about this, how will they view their street and her as the director of the street office?
Strictly speaking, Yi Zhonghai is just a management officer. Even if he is recognized and appointed by their street, he has no power to make any decisions on behalf of their street.

The early establishment of the system of "Uncle Managers" was only to assist in public security control, especially in supervising spies. However, with the elimination and hiding of spies, it is now more of a help for the streets to convey some things, and at most to help neighbors mediate some trivial matters.

It is not their turn to intervene in matters like those involving martyrs' families, so they can only report them to the street level.

If it was someone else it would be fine, but as the boss of the management institute, Yi Zhonghai obviously has poor thinking and awareness.

Yi Zhonghai, who had not thought so deeply about it at first, completely realized his problem after hearing what Director Wang said, and immediately became silent.

Overstepping the boundaries.

This is obviously a taboo.

But what really worries Yi Zhonghai is far more than that.

Because underneath these things, there are bigger problems that cannot be dug too deeply.

There's a mine hidden underneath!
Once the street gets involved and finds out something, not only the deaf old lady, the so-called ancestor, but also himself will be the one to suffer.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have tried so hard to stop Wang Weiguo from looking for the street.

Even in recent years, after establishing the deaf old lady's status as the ancestor of the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai mentioned her less and less, and deliberately downplayed the stories about the deaf old lady's son and husband joining the army to serve the country and the deaf old lady sending straw sandals to our army.

If Wang Weiguo hadn't caused trouble today, no one would have mentioned these things.

"Okay, Yi Zhonghai, tell me in detail about the old lady's situation and what happened back then."

After venting his anger, Director Wang's anger dissipated a lot. He also knew that now was not the time to hold anyone accountable. He wanted to get more information and details about the matter.

Realizing that Director Wang was completely concerned about this matter, Yi Zhonghai hesitated for a moment, knowing that he could not escape, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Director Wang, in fact, I also heard about this..."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Director Wang, who had just pushed his bicycle and was about to walk with Yi Zhonghai to understand the situation, immediately looked at Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Heard? Who said it?"

Yi Zhonghai replied with a headache: "Some of the old lady's old neighbors, but most of them are gone now."

"Okay, then tell me everything you have heard and understood." Director Wang frowned slightly, obviously realizing that the next investigation might not go so smoothly.

As Yi Zhonghai just mentioned, this deaf old lady is obviously not young, which is considered a long life in this era. Many of her peers are no longer around.

But as long as something really happened, there will always be traces.

Even if people of the same generation are gone, there are still the younger generation.

After just talking with Yi Zhonghai, Director Wang’s brows furrowed even deeper.

Because Yi Zhonghai seemed to have said a lot, but most of it was useless information, and most of it was specious, and it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate and verify.

For example, who are the deaf old lady’s neighbors and where are they now.

What were the names of the deaf old lady's husband and son, in which year did she join the army, which unit of our party did she join, what was the unit number... Yi Zhonghai had only a vague understanding of many questions, and he couldn't even tell the answer.

Wang Weiguo, who was standing by, naturally listened with great interest to Yi Zhonghai's lies, but he did not question or expose them, because Wang Weiguo had no evidence to prove that what he said was lies.

Director Wang did not come to a conclusion, but felt that the matter was tricky.

After all, it has been almost ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and what Yi Zhonghai said were all things that happened before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Moreover, due to constant wars in the past, a lot of information was not preserved and was severely interrupted. Not to mention that the city of Beijing was occupied by the enemy at that time, so some things are relatively difficult to investigate now.

However, these did not diminish Director Wang's determination to make this matter come true.

If the deaf old lady's husband and son have really shed blood and worked hard for our party, and even sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, then the country should give her the care she deserves and let her enjoy her old age comfortably.

After all, it was for the sake of building a new country that made her the lonely old woman she is today.

After a while.

As the three of them arrived outside the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai, who had been on edge, fearing that he might make some mistake and answer the question incorrectly, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This journey was really tormenting for him.

soon.

Wang Weiguo and Yi Zhonghai led Director Wang in and quickly attracted the attention of the residents in the courtyard.

"Hey, Director Wang?"

"Director Wang, why did you come here in person?"

"Are you asking for the old lady's family?"

"It's so late at night, and you're still bothering me to come all the way here. Wang Weiguo is really ignorant."

"I'll show you the way..."

"If you ask me, you should have come earlier. This time you have to help the old lady get the status of a martyr's relative."

"You may not know that we neighbors always honor our ancestors! Which of us usually cooks delicious food..."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Director Wang is always very busy..."

"..."

Everyone cheered and welcomed Director Wang.

The most active among them, apart from the third uncle Yan Bugui, was Liu Haizhong who had been waiting in the front yard.

However, Director Wang’s face did not look good.

It seems that the deaf old lady's status as a martyr's relative was not arranged, and it is her and the street's responsibility.

The fact is that it was indeed their "dereliction of duty".

But no matter what, Director Wang felt more aggrieved than self-blame.

If the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai hadn't kept it a secret, she wouldn't have known about it only now.

People from the street had come to her house more than once before, including the deaf old lady herself, but no one revealed anything.

Noticing the change in Director Wang's expression, Yi Zhonghai, who had been cautious all the time, also became grim and cursed inwardly those stupid teammates in the hospital for bringing up things that were not relevant.

He had made this mistake once before on the road.

however.

Gradually, Director Wang, who was originally feeling guilty and aggrieved for his dereliction of duty, listened to everyone in the hospital talking about their "contributions" and keenly caught a special title.

Ancestor?
Could this old ancestor be referring to the old lady whose husband and son died for the country and who also donated straw sandals to our army?
(End of this chapter)