Chapter 2201
Xu Damao's Mischief
Without Yan Bugui holding the line, Yi Zhonghai couldn't withstand Qin Huairu's persistent entanglement.
Left with no other choice, he took out two small yellow croakers and had Qin Huairu exchange them for money to maintain their livelihood in the courtyard house.
Whether Qin Huairu exchanged the small yellow croaker for money is hard to say.
Anyway, the food quality for Yi Zhonghai and the others hasn't changed much.
After some time, Xu Damao, feeling bored, came to the courtyard house.
It was noon, and Yi Zhonghai and several others were eating in the courtyard.
There were four dishes on the table: potatoes, cabbage, eggplant, and green beans; there was no meat at all.
"Hey, what's going on here? It's all vegetarian. Why don't you eat some meat?"
The three women had just undergone surgery and needed nutrition at that time.
"Can eating only this make me healthy?"
Yi Zhonghai put down his chopsticks in dissatisfaction: "Xu Damao, what are you doing here?"
Xu Damao held up a bag of apples in his hand: "Come back and visit."
"A weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken is up to no good." Yi Zhonghai didn't believe a word of it.
In his mind, Xu Damao was the epitome of a villain.
No matter what Xu Damao does, in his mind, it's all bad.
Xu Damao said to Xiao Huaihua, "Huaihua, I've been standing here for so long, don't you know how to give me some space?"
Xiao Huaihua pouted, but still got up and made room for Xu Damao.
Xu Damao sat down happily and placed the apple on the table.
"Say whatever you want, I have a clear conscience."
Yi Zhonghai was enraged by Yi Zhonghai's statement that he had a clear conscience.
Yi Zhonghai has been feeling particularly depressed lately.
For so many years, he has been trying to find someone to take care of him in his old age, so that he can live comfortably in his old age.
He searched his whole life, but in the end, he was the one supporting others.
Looking at the daily expenses, Yi Zhonghai couldn't sleep at all.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find anyone to vent his frustrations on.
Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were his partners in retirement, and he couldn't afford to fall out with them.
Qin Huairu is his main source of support in his old age, so he cannot afford to offend him.
No matter how much resentment he had, he could only keep it to himself.
Xu Damao became the perfect punching bag.
Even if Xu Damao hadn't come to visit sincerely, he still couldn't stand Xu Damao.
After Xu Damao said he had a clear conscience, Yi Zhonghai's voice became louder.
Do you even know how to write the word "shame"?
Are you clear in your conscience?
If you have a clear conscience, then there are no bad people in this world.
Xu Damao said, "Yi Zhonghai, are you looking for trouble?"
His first words are nothing but farts.
What bad thing did I do?
Yi Zhonghai stared coldly at Xu Damao: "You dare to say that the smuggling has nothing to do with you?"
As soon as he said that, everyone in the courtyard looked at Xu Damao.
This smuggling operation really screwed them over.
To this day, they still don't know what went wrong.
Among them, Yi Zhonghai firmly believed that Xu Damao had done something wrong.
At first, others didn't quite believe it. But he kept talking about it every day, and people had no choice but to believe him.
In the end, everyone began to suspect Xu Damao.
Of course, Yi Zhonghai's accusations are just an excuse for everyone.
In reality, everyone wants to find a scapegoat to take the blame and make up for their losses.
Xu Damao felt quite guilty facing so many eyes.
Others may not know, but he knows very well that it was his tip-off that allowed the industry and commerce bureau to intervene in time and seize the smuggled goods in one fell swoop.
However, he had seen a lot, and this little scene couldn't scare him.
In just a moment, Xu Damao recovered: "Yi Zhonghai, I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense."
I don't know when you're making the deal, so what does your business have to do with me?
"If it weren't for you, how would the Industry and Commerce Bureau know?" Yi Zhonghai naturally had no reason to say so.
But this didn't stump him; his specialty was fabricating stories. Xu Damao spat, "How did the Industry and Commerce Bureau know?"
Li Huaide's business is so big, he smuggles several times a year. Do you really think the customs and industry and commerce departments are blind?
Let me tell you, they've had their eyes on Li Huaide for a long time.
Why is smuggling profitable?
That's because the risk is high, but the profit is high.
If you lose money, you can only blame your bad luck.
Don't try to shift the blame onto me.
People like you deserve to be unlucky.
"I was just bored, I shouldn't have come back to see you old bastards."
"Xu Damao, how can you talk like that?" Liu Haizhong said with displeasure.
"That's what I said, so what? You three bastards have done all sorts of terrible things."
Taking advantage of his age, he acted like a tyrant in the courtyard, causing immense suffering to his neighbors.
"You're talking nonsense!" Yi Zhonghai stood up angrily.
He wouldn't allow anyone to say that about him. Everything he did was for the good of the people in the hospital.
His long-standing goal has been to transform the courtyard into a model of selflessness and mutual assistance among its inhabitants.
"I'm talking nonsense?" Xu Damao chuckled. "Ask the people in the courtyard. What kind of life did everyone lead when you were the managers?"
After a year of hard work, I finally saved up some money and wanted to buy some meat to nourish my child.
Goodness, the meat's here, but once we get inside, we have to pay an entrance fee.
Once it's cooked, before we even eat it, we have to offer it to the deaf old lady and help the Jia family, who are in need.
If you can even taste a pound of meat at the end, that's considered incredibly merciful.
"Perfect timing, everyone in the courtyard is here. You can ask them if what I said is correct."
Yi Zhonghai certainly knew that Xu Damao was right. But his intentions were good.
His aim was to cultivate in everyone the habit of respecting the elderly and helping neighbors.
He didn't dare let others speak, so he spoke first.
"You're selfish, don't drag everyone else down with you. Do you think everyone is like you and Sha Zhu, only thinking of themselves when they do things?"
Let me tell you, the bad atmosphere in the courtyard was caused by you and Sha Zhu.
"You two have never been respectful to your elders since you were little; the other children in the neighborhood learned this from you."
Xu Damao stood up without fear: "In my whole life, I admire your mouth that can turn black into white the most."
You can make even the dead seem alive.
I won't argue with you; it's pointless.
No matter how eloquently you speak, it's useless.
Everyone has their own internal scale; it's not that whatever you say is necessarily true.
I didn't need to come all this way.
As Xu Damao spoke, he started to walk outside.
As he approached the door, he stopped and said to the others in the yard, "Don't blame me for not warning you."
You all know what these people are like.
They are now...
The children from the Liu and Yan families definitely won't care about them.
You should know in your hearts what they are going to do.
Don't blame me if you get ripped off later.
This time, did Xu Damao really leave, or did he leave laughing?
The people in the courtyard seemed thoughtful after hearing his words. In fact, they all guessed what he meant without him even having to remind them.
Recently, everyone has been avoiding Yi Zhonghai to avoid trouble.
They assumed that since Yi Zhonghai and his two companions had pensions, they wouldn't cause them any trouble.
Xu Damao's words shattered their wishful thinking.
There are so many elderly people, no family can afford to support them all.
The Jia family is even less likely to be involved.
It's already quite good that the Jia family doesn't rely on others for support.
The people in the courtyard began to look at Yi Zhonghai with wariness.
Seeing that things were going badly, Yi Zhonghai quickly explained, "Everyone, don't listen to Xu Damao."
He was a bad seed from childhood.
Everyone in the courtyard said no, but only they themselves knew what they were really thinking. (End of Chapter)