Chapter 434 Cancellation of the Steward
"Yi Zhonghai, you and Liu Haizhong are really wicked.
That's not just a few cents, that's several thousand dollars. If you spread it out evenly, every household will have to pay 100 or 200 dollars.

How dare you to show your teeth?

It seems that you two have high salaries and don’t care, so you don’t consider our situation.”

Amid the outrage, Damao, who was sitting next to He Yuzhu, made a request.
"The position of Siheyuan Manager has long been abolished. We only retained it because we trust Uncle He.

I propose that
Our Siheyuan must also keep up with the development of the times and abolish this manager.
So that some people don't betray our trust, take advantage of others' power, and make some messy things, what do you think?"

"Yes, yes, Xu Damao is right. This manager should have cancelled it long ago.

We kept this position for ourselves because of the diligence of Lao Yi and Lao He. That was to help everyone solve problems and make contributions.
But now, when it comes to his apprentice, Yi Zhonghai has changed.
I think, just like what Xu Damao said, we should just cancel it, so that no one can use chicken feathers as a token of authority to stir up trouble here."

Seeing that Yan Bugui and Xu Damao were working together to coerce the neighbors to abolish the position of the manager,

Liu Haizhong, who was obsessed with power, was numb, and then he pointed at Yan Bugui and scolded him.

"Old Yan,

When did Lao Yi and I ever tell everyone to spend several thousand dollars to hold Jia Dongxu's funeral?

Is this how you calculate the account?

What is your identity? What is our identity? Where can we buy more than 2000 kilograms of food? You can't be a joint defense team or a street police station for show.
I think you are exaggerating on purpose and have bad intentions.

And Xu Damao, you want to abolish the position of our manager, have you got Zhuzi’s consent?
During the Great Leap Forward in 58, we lived in a collective and the higher authorities abolished the management. Why are you begging for the pillars to be retained? Aren’t you just trying to make us free laborers to solve your problems?
What, now you regret it and start making trouble to cancel our registration?

Have you asked Zhuzi for his opinion?"

What Liu Haizhong said was true. At the end of 58, the authorities announced the formal abolition of the "Special Population Management Measures" that had been promulgated for eight years, and abolished the position of the manager.

Although Liu Haizhong was a little reluctant,

But Yi Zhonghai and He Daqing knew that they could not defeat the powerful, so they were ready to follow the trend.

As a result, the guys in Siheyuan have become accustomed to looking for Yi Zhonghai, He Daqing and other managers whenever they have problems. They think it is quite convenient, so they held a meeting to let them continue to be in charge.
They also asked He Yuzhu to testify for them.

As for He Yuzhu, not to mention the big guys like Yi Zhonghai, even Director Zhang of Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office was just a decoration.
So I don’t care whether it is kept or not.

Since the neighbors were willing to do so, he simply agreed.

After hearing Xu Damao's proposal, the neighbors all had the same idea. Even though Liu Haizhong was not happy about it, He Yuzhu did not indulge him.
"Second Master, since your position as the manager was retained at the unanimous request of everyone,

Now that everyone is unanimously demanding the cancellation, you should still follow the will of the people.
Good to cancel.

Besides, my dad is 48 this year. Compared with 10 years ago, his energy is not as good as before, and it is not suitable for him to worry so much about the neighbors. "

Hearing that He Yuzhu directly agreed to the neighbors to cancel the manager and even talked about filial piety,
Liu Haizhong, who had been so confident just now, was dumbfounded.

He originally thought that He Daqing was also the manager of the courtyard house, and He Yuzhu, as his son, would be somewhat considerate of him. Who knew that this would be the result.

But if you ask him to say something against it, he can't say anything.
Not to mention that He Yuzhu was the only senior official in the courtyard, he couldn't even open his mouth when it came to filial piety. But Yi Zhonghai next to him reacted faster.
He knew that he was able to gather all the neighbors together because of his title as the manager.
Jia Dongxu's funeral has not been arranged yet. If the uncle in charge cancels it, the neighbors will probably not bother to listen to him.

But he is not stupid enough to stand up and challenge his neighbors.
Come to think of it, we can only place our hopes on He Daqing.

So he looked at He Daqing and said, "Old He, what do you think about canceling the steward's job?"

I have known Yi Zhonghai since I was in my 20s, and it has been nearly 30 years now.

How could He Daqing not know who he was?

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's hesitant look, He Daqing smiled and shattered his hopes.

"Zhu Zi is right, Lao Yi.

In two years, I will be at the age of knowing my destiny.

Instead of wasting energy on these trivial matters in the yard, it is better to spend more time with our He Ying and Yue Jin and enjoy the happiness of family.

Since everyone wants to cancel the position of the steward, then let's cancel it.
We can take some time off.”

Hearing what He Daqing said, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, and Liu Haizhong was even more angry.
However, the neighbors of the Siheyuan represented by Yan Bugui and Xu Damao didn't care what they thought. When they saw that He Yuzhu and his son agreed, they immediately started to make a fuss and abolished the job of the manager.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong obediently followed He Daqing down from the table.

Just as the neighbors were about to leave, Jia Zhang appeared.
"No, isn't the meeting tonight to discuss arranging funeral arrangements for our Dongxu?
Why did you guys adjourn the meeting before we even discussed the matter?"

After Jia Zhang's reminder, the neighbors remembered that they still had important things to do today. Xu Damao slapped his forehead and said something that touched their hearts:

"Hey, it's all because of Second Uncle asking everyone to contribute several thousand dollars to Jia Dongxu's funeral.

I was so angry that I lost my mind.
Aunt Zhang, when I came back, I heard from Aunt Yan and the others that Deputy Director Li gave you 90 yuan for funeral expenses today.

Are you going to spend all the 90 yuan or something?
Just tell me the number first, and we can arrange it later."

When Liu Haizhong heard Xu Damao bring up the old matter again, and mentioned the several thousand yuan that Yan Bugui had just framed him for, he was furious.

"Xu Damao, what do you mean, you little bastard? When did I ever say anything like that?"

When Liu Haizhong yelled angrily,
Jia Zhang also looked at Xu Damao in disbelief and shouted,

"Xu Damao, what do you mean? The 90 yuan given by the steel mill is the capital for our Jia family to make a living. If we use it to hold Dongxu's funeral, how will our family eat?

Lao Yi, that's not what you said this afternoon. You said that the expenses for Dongxu's funeral would be borne by the neighbors.
How did it become like this now? "

Seeing that Jia Zhang had unintentionally sold him out, Yi Zhonghai knew that now was not the time to argue, so he rolled his eyes and fainted.

(End of this chapter)