Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 888 The Courtyard House: It Starts with Taking Down an Old Man!
It should be noted that the original duty of the courtyard house elders was to defend against enemy agents, but as the social environment changed, their duties gradually shifted to handling neighborhood matters. However, due to the lack of clear management standards, their duties became ambiguous and management became chaotic.

Of course, the most important issue is that the "grandpa" system lacks effective oversight. These people, who came from the chaotic old society, have no awareness whatsoever. They treat the courtyard as a place where one person has absolute power, abusing their authority and letting personal relationships influence decision-making, leading to unfair management and results that contradict the original intention.

Gao Dongxu knew better than anyone that if he wanted to keep things stable in the compound, he had to make proper arrangements for the three troublemakers and the scoundrel Xu Damao, and stop them from causing trouble in the compound.

Gao Dongxu sat on the stool Qin Huairu had brought him, leaning back slightly against her lap, coldly watching his second uncle, Liu Haizhong. His third uncle, Yan Bugui, was actively inciting trouble, while Xu Damao and the other onlookers egged him on.

He decided to give it a try and see if he could take down all three old men in the courtyard.

Just then, the tightly closed wooden door of Yi Zhonghai's house finally creaked open amidst shouts of "Open the door! Give us an explanation!"

Yi Zhonghai stood at the door, his face ashen. His once straight back was now hunched, and his eyes darted around, avoiding eye contact with anyone. He tried to maintain the last shred of dignity, his voice hoarse as he spoke, "Zhu...Zhuzi, can't we just talk things out..."

"Speak properly?!" Sha Zhu, like a lit firecracker, leaped in front of him, almost nose to nose, spitting onto Yi Zhonghai's face.

"When I tried to talk to you nicely, you fucking treated me like an idiot! Now that things have come to light, you want to talk nicely? Let me tell you, Yi Zhonghai, it's too late!"

He turned around abruptly, waving his arms at everyone in the courtyard, his voice even louder with excitement: "Ladies and gentlemen, aunties and grandmas! Today, I, Shazhu, will strip away this hypocrite's mask layer by layer right in front of you all!"

"Money! The money He Daqing sent—He Daqing said he kept track of the exact amount! Fifteen yuan a month! He sent it for over five years! Until Yushui was almost in middle school! All this money adds up to nearly a thousand yuan! Yi Zhonghai, do you dare to take out your family's savings book and let everyone see it? Do you dare?!"

Nearly a thousand yuan! This is absolutely a huge sum of money! The crowd erupted in uproar again.

"My God, so much money!"

"That's enough to feed Sha Zhu and his sister for many years!"

"Yi Zhonghai, you're so heartless!" Jia Zhangshi shouted, jumping up and down with envy upon hearing about the large sum of money.

"Mom—" Gao Dongxu kept blocking Jia Zhangshi from getting closer. At this time, kicking someone when they're down is the most hateful thing. Since Sha Zhu had charged into battle and was able to bring Yi Zhonghai down, there was no need for them to kick him while he was down.

He, Jia Dongxu, will become a true gentleman and good man in the courtyard.

"Hey, don't pull me, let me have some fun—" Madam Jia turned around and looked at her son who was tugging at her clothes, and said irritably.

"Mom, that's enough, don't add fuel to the fire." Gao Dongxu gestured with his eyes and advised with a wry smile.

Madam Jia was taken aback at first. She knew that it was her son who had instigated Sha Zhu to go to Baoding, so his current obstruction must be due to some considerations she was unaware of.

"Fine, I won't say anything more." Jia Zhangshi nodded somewhat dejectedly, then quickly looked at the utterly disheveled Yi Zhonghai with schadenfreude.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai's lips trembled as he tried to explain, but he found that any words he uttered were pale and powerless in the face of the irrefutable facts and Sha Zhu's raging anger. He could only murmur, "I...I didn't...I have my reasons..."

"Difficulties? What difficulties do you have!" Sha Zhu didn't give him a chance to speak, pressing him relentlessly.

"Your so-called grievance is watching us siblings starve to the bone while you secretly hide the money you embezzled? Your so-called grievance is enjoying the respect of everyone in the compound while doing this despicable thing that will bring ruin upon your family? Let me tell you, Yi Zhonghai, you're just scheming! You schemed against us siblings being destitute and helpless, and you schemed against He Daqing not being able to come back so there would be no one to testify! You want to use this little bit of money to control me and make me take care of you in your old age! Isn't that right?!"

The final phrase, "retirement," was like a precise stab, directly piercing through Yi Zhonghai's deepest calculations.

He trembled, abruptly looking up, a flash of horror and despair in his eyes. Sha Zhu's words were utterly scathing! Seeing the moment was right, Second Uncle Liu Haizhong immediately stepped forward, his tone authoritative: "Old Yi! The facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive! Your actions have severely damaged the harmony of our compound and tarnished the title of 'Second Uncle'! What else do you have to say?"

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, also shook his head and said, "Cultivate oneself and manage one's family. If one is not upright, how can one correct others? Old Yi, you have disappointed us all too much."

Xu Damao said sarcastically in the crowd, "Uncle, your awareness is lacking. Doesn't this amount to embezzling other people's property? Shouldn't you report this to the neighborhood committee or the police station?"

"Yes! Call the police!"

"A hospital-wide meeting is necessary!"

"Make him write a self-criticism! A profound self-criticism!"

"Return the money you've saved, with interest, to Sha Zhu!"

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; when a drum breaks, everyone beats it. The neighbors, who might have held some respect for Yi Zhonghai in the past, now, faced with Sha Zhu's tearful accusations and irrefutable "evidence," completely sided with the victim.

Moreover, the secret thrill of seeing this usually aloof "old man" in such a sorry state fueled the cheers of many.

Yi Zhonghai stood helplessly at his own doorstep, facing countless contemptuous, angry, and gloating gazes, with deafening condemnations all around him.

He felt dizzy; the mask of "moral exemplar" that he had cultivated for half his life had been forcibly torn off, trampled on, and stomped on. He opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing, only dejectedly lowering his head, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

Seeing his expression, Sha Zhu's anger hadn't completely subsided, but a sense of exhilaration at having his injustice redressed welled up within him. He took a deep breath and said decisively, "Yi Zhonghai, did you hear what everyone said? I demand a hospital-wide meeting. You have to hold it, whether you like it or not!"

Tonight, right here in this courtyard, you must explain everything to me in front of everyone! Not a penny less! Not a single apology less! Otherwise, I, Sha Zhu, will never forgive you!

After saying that, Sha Zhu stopped looking at Yi Zhonghai, whose face was ashen. He took his sister Yu Shui's hand and, amidst the sympathetic and supportive gazes of the crowd, straightened his back and strode towards his home.

He knew he had only just won the first round of this battle. He and the rainwater would have to get back the justice they deserved, with interest!
Amidst the pointing fingers and whispers of the crowd, Yi Zhonghai hastily retreated back into the house, tightly closing the door to temporarily shut out the noise and criticism from outside.

But he knew he could only dodge the first day of the month, not the fifteenth. Tonight's meeting would be the most agonizing trial of his life. From this day forward, the world in the courtyard would be completely changed.

"Alright, the excitement's over, let's go back inside—" Gao Dongxu stood up, picked up a stool, and pushed Qin Huairu into the house.

"You all go back inside first, I'll go see Sha Zhu—" Jia Zhangshi, who hadn't had a chance to speak, seemed really frustrated. She took Bang Geng and Xiao Dang's hands and walked towards Sha Zhu's house, saying, "Come on, let's wish Sha Zhu a Happy New Year and ask for lucky money..."

Gao Dongxu watched the three figures disappear into the distance, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, shaking his head with a wry smile.

Well, even though she improved her family's life to this extent, she couldn't change Jia Zhangshi's inherent bad habit of thinking that she would lose out if she didn't take advantage of others.

"Don't worry about it, you know Mom's temper." Qin Huairu smiled and took Gao Dongxu's arm, speaking softly as she pushed open the door and led Gao Dongxu into the warm home.

Looking at Qin Huairu, who was becoming increasingly plump and rounded, with her smiling eyes curved like crescent moons and her rosy, full lips slightly upturned, Gao Dongxu immediately closed the door, put down the stool, and pulled her tightly into his arms. Under Qin Huairu's shy and coquettish reproach, he covered her lips with his big mouth and greedily took hers.

It must be said that Qin Huairu's sexiness is the most primal, stemming from the voluptuous curves and texture of a mature woman.

A little chubby?
What a joke! That's not fat, it's an explosive mature beauty!
(End of this chapter)