Courtyard House: She got anxious when He Yushui wasn't licked.

Fang Yue watched Qin Huairu's somewhat anxious figure and asked in bewilderment, "What's wrong with that widow? She came and went in such a hurry?"

Wang Lin said mysteriously, "She probably had an epiphany after listening to what I said."

Fang Yue tilted her head, looking completely bewildered.

After returning to the front yard, Qin Huairu began washing clothes with her back to He Yuzhu, in a place where He Yuzhu often appeared.

He Yuzhu, who was leaving get off work late, stepped in carrying a net bag, and the first person he saw was naturally Qin Huairu.

At this moment, Qin Huairu shone with radiant light.

He Yuzhu stood there for a full minute before he came to his senses. He picked up the net bag and deliberately walked towards Qin Huairu, saying, "Oh, Sister Qin, you're still washing clothes in this cold weather."

Qin Huairu was either doing laundry or on her way to do laundry.

"Stupid column!"

Qin Huairu turned around with a beautiful smile, and immediately stepped forward to snatch the net from He Yuzhu's hand.

The net bag has weight, which means there is food inside the lunchbox.

He Yuzhu's mouth was practically crooked from smiling as he teased Qin Huairu, "Sister Qin, you look different today than usual. You look even more beautiful and pretty."

"Get lost, you're so unreliable."

Qin Huairu gave He Yuzhu a shy, glaring look. Only a big, goofy guy like He Yuzhu could utter such corny love words.

Under the watchful eyes of a pair of triangular-eyed men, Jia Zhangshi's squinty eyes were completely fixed on Qin Huairu as the two flirted and teased each other.

He Yuzhu had wanted to reach out and grab Qin Huairu several times, but Qin Huairu always managed to dodge him without batting an eye, and her reason for staying was always the same: "The children are hungry, I need to go back and cook for them."

Every time He Yuzhu heard this, he would tell Qin Huairu to go home early to cook. He thought to himself that Qin Huairu was such a good woman, always thinking about the children at home, and was definitely a virtuous wife and loving mother.

Qin Huairu left with her net bag, leaving He Yuzhu with a silhouette that left him with endless imagination.

He Yuzhu walked back to the house, humming a tune with his hands behind his back. On the way, he saw Uncle Yan Bugui riding back on his bicycle. Remembering what happened last time, he went up to him and asked, "Uncle! How did things go? What did Teacher Ran say?"

Yan Bugui looked up and saw He Yuzhu. He had completely forgotten about that incident! However, he couldn't say that out loud. Instead, he replied tactfully, "There's a lot going on at school these days. Teacher Ran is a top student. She's not like you, silly Zhu, who dares to offend the leaders. Just wait and see. Ask her when you have time."

He Yuzhu might be a bit of a slacker, but that doesn't mean he's stupid! Yan Bugui didn't seem very interested, so he probably hadn't asked Teacher Ran. The thought that might be true made He Yuzhu feel like he'd been tricked by that old fox, Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui locked his bicycle and was about to go back to the house when He Yuzhu, empty-handed, wanted him to do something. Did he really think that his reputation for being a scheming old man was just a rumor?

He Yuzhu grew angrier the more he thought about it. Yan Bugui was clearly just making fun of him. To further verify this, He Yuzhu asked, "Third Uncle! Has anyone seen Teacher Ran?"

Yan Bugui turned around impatiently and said, "What's the rush! Teacher Ran is so beautiful! There are plenty of people chasing after her. If you can't wait, then forget it. She won't miss you, a cook."

He Yuzhu understood what he meant. He stepped forward and punched Yan Bugui in the eye, cursing, "You old bastard! I bet you didn't even ask, did you? It's been so many days, and Teacher Ran is so busy, yet you haven't even sent a message? I'll let you have your fun for a day!"

Yan Bugui was punched by He Yuzhu, his glasses were knocked off, and he immediately lay down on the ground, wailing, "Silly Zhu hit me!"

At this shout, people from every household came out to watch the excitement.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were among them.

Chapter 70 The War God of the Courtyard Stands Up

"Silly Zhu? What happened?"

Although Yi Zhonghai no longer cares about the affairs of the courtyard, his influence remains. If he asks, He Yuzhu will definitely tell him what happened.

He Yuzhu glanced at the third uncle Yan Bugui lying on the ground groaning, and said irritably, "Ask him what a good deed he did!"

Liu Haizhong, supporting the third uncle Yan Bugui, looked at the injury at the corner of the eye and said in shock, "If it had been just a little bit off, the eye would probably be ruined."

There are only two people here, He Yuzhu and Yan Bugui. It's obvious that the injury to Yan Bugui's eye was inflicted by He Yuzhu.

Liu Haizhong wasn't quite sure why He Yuzhu had hit someone, but that didn't stop him from lecturing He Yuzhu, "Silly Zhu! He's your third uncle! How could you hit him?"

"If I don't hit him, who am I supposed to hit! This old bastard is the one who tricked me!"

Sha Zhu wouldn't listen to reason at all, acting like he was completely unyielding. He figured he'd already hit him, and there was no way he'd apologize unless the sun rose in the west.

Judging from He Yuzhu's attitude, Yi Zhonghai clearly knew there was something going on that they were unaware of.

Knowing he was also in the wrong, Uncle Yan Bugui didn't mention what He Yuzhu had told him before. He only said, "I just got back from get out of class and locked my bicycle when Sha Zhu came over and punched me!"

After listening to Yan Bugui's account, Liu Haizhong looked up at He Yuzhu, who had his hands in his pockets, and shouted angrily, "Idiot Zhu! Do you have any conscience? Look what you've done to Third Uncle!"

He Yuzhu glanced down at Yan Bugui and said carelessly, "I just punched him! Is it really that big of a deal? I'm not even angry yet."

Yan Bugui pointed at He Yuzhu and said to Liu Haizhong, "Look at his attitude... Is this the attitude one should have when apologizing for making a mistake?"

Liu Haizhong knew that He Yuzhu was challenging his authority as an elder, so he stood up and said to He Yuzhu, "Silly Zhu! Let's have a hospital-wide meeting! I'm going to criticize you."

Yi Zhonghai walked up to He Yuzhu, ignoring Liu Haizhong, and asked, "Silly Zhu! What's going on? Don't act recklessly!"

He Yuzhu casually said to Yi Zhonghai, "It's all because of that old bastard! Several days ago I asked him to help me find out if Teacher Ran at school had a boyfriend! I wanted to get to know Teacher Ran! But so many days have passed and there's still no news! He's just taking advantage of the fact that I didn't give him a gift so he wouldn't help me."

"Teacher Ran!" Yi Zhonghai understood; this was most likely another instance of He Yuzhu losing his temper and acting recklessly.

"Silly Zhu! Someone like you dares to lay a finger on Teacher Ran! I think you'll have to wait until your next life!" Yan Bugui covered his eye and cursed Silly Zhu mercilessly, since the guy had punched him.

"You old bastard!" He Yuzhu started acting recklessly again, rolling up his sleeves as if to make a move.

"Look! Sha Zhu is going to hit someone again!" Yan Bugui said, hiding behind Liu Haizhong in fright.

"Silly Zhu!" Yi Zhonghai scolded, interrupting Liu Haizhong to reprimand him, "Third Uncle is still an elder! You can't hit him just because he promised you he wouldn't do it! That's wrong. Quickly apologize to Third Uncle!"

"He doesn't deserve it!" He Yuzhu remained defiant, stubbornly insisting that he was determined to be a man to the end.

Seeing that even Yi Zhonghai couldn't control He Yuzhu, Liu Haizhong said to Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi! You should go home and rest first. I will definitely handle this matter impartially, so don't worry."

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Liu Haizhong, clearly not intending to let him get involved, fearing that people would remember Yi Zhonghai's lingering influence and overlook this newly appointed big shot.

Liu Haizhong raised his arms and shouted, "Let's have a big meeting! Today we're going to criticize Sha Zhu's behavior!"

He Yuzhu said nonchalantly, "Go ahead and open it!"

"You idiot Zhu, you're not human!" Yan Bugui was so angry at He Yuzhu's indifferent attitude that his lungs ached. He was an old man who taught and nurtured people, but he never expected to be bullied by He Yuzhu riding on his neck in the courtyard. How could he swallow this insult?

The noise from the front yard attracted most of the residents.

Liu Haizhong sent his two children to go door-to-door to notify people, since he had free labor to use.

At this moment, in the backyard, at Wang Lin's house.

Fang Yue, having eaten and drunk her fill, was lying on the sofa. The food had been so good lately that she felt her face had gotten fuller.

Chen Amao was writing something in a small notebook, with a simple calculator beside him, as if he were doing math problems.

Wang Lin is holding one animal on his left and one on his right, telling fairy tales to his two pets.

"Boom boom boom!"

Liu Guangfu knocked on the door and found that Wang Lin's door was very loose. He carefully pulled it open and found that the door was broken.

Everyone looked up at Liu Guangfu, which made him blush.

Liu Guangfu was just running errands and delivering messages. He wasn't very familiar with Wang Lin, so he said, "There will be a hospital-wide meeting later. Wang Lin, you should send someone from your family as well."

Wang Lin glanced at the prince on the sofa, pointed at the cat, and said to Liu Guangfu, "Can we send it?"

The prince's licking of the cat's fur stopped abruptly.

Liu Guangfu was speechless and shook his head decisively, saying, "No way, my dad is going to criticize Sha Zhu for disrespecting his elders tonight!"

"Criticizing Sha Zhu?" Wang Lin immediately became interested and joked, "Could it be that Sha Zhu has angered the public?"

"Shazhu beat up Uncle Yan Bugui!" Liu Guangfu revealed a shocking piece of information.

"Sha Zhu beat up Uncle Yan Bugui?" Wang Lin laughed. Had He Yuzhu lost his mind today? He actually dared to hit Yan Bugui, that old schemer.

"We'll discuss the specifics at the general meeting. Remember to come then." With that, Liu Guangfu prepared to leave, as he still needed to inform the other households.

Wang Lin closed the loose door and said to Fang Yue, "Want to go watch the excitement?"

Fang Yue nodded, her face full of anticipation, and said, "That Sha Zhu from your courtyard is obviously a fool. It will be very interesting to see him get scolded."

Chen Amao raised his head; he also wanted to watch the excitement, but since Wang Lin hadn't spoken, he didn't dare say he wanted to go.

Wang Lin felt Chen Amao's ardent gaze, coughed, and said, "Amao, just stay home and take care of the two divine beasts. Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters."

Chen Amao's heart sank to the bottom, but then he thought that Wang Lin was right. Why should a child like him get involved?

After making the arrangements, Wang Lin grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts, picked up a small stool, and led Fang Yue out the door.

This courtyard often hosts general rallies, where the targets of criticism and denunciation are all sorts of people, but the ones who are criticized the most are He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, and others who seem to have a protagonist's aura.

The women who had finished eating were already sitting and chatting in the courtyard. Since there was nothing else to do, they might as well chat together.

Wang Lin and Fang Yue found a good spot to avoid the wind, and then sat down to eat sunflower seeds while waiting for the college-wide meeting to begin.

Chapter 71 Yi Zhonghai: Let's compensate you with five yuan.

"Put the table here, it's too windy over there. Do you want me to freeze to death so I can get you a new dad?"

Liu Haizhong directed his two sons to set up the table in the center of the yard, personally instructing them while holding a teacup, looking just like a leader.

Uncle Yan Bugui went home and applied the medicine; as the person involved, he had to be present.

Although Yi Zhonghai did not want to get involved, this matter concerned He Yuzhu. In order to favor He Yuzhu as the candidate for retirement, Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to attend as an observer. If necessary, he would speak up to disrupt the criticism.

Yi Zhonghai loves to stir up trouble, and when he adds a touch of moral blackmail, it's absolutely irresistible.

"Who dares to criticize my precious grandson!"

Everyone turned around at the sound and saw that He Yushui was actually helping the deaf old woman to the front yard.

Upon returning to the courtyard, He Yushui heard that her mentally challenged brother had beaten up Uncle Yan Bugui again. Yi Zhonghai subtly suggested that He Yushui ask the deaf old lady to come and bail out He Yuzhu.

When Liu Haizhong saw the deaf old woman arrive, he knew the whole hospital meeting was going to be difficult. He glared resentfully at He Yushui, then scanned the people in the hospital. Everyone who should have come and everyone who shouldn't have come had arrived.

Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao arrived late, and the couple sat down next to Wang Lin and the others as soon as they arrived.

Wang Lin grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts and handed them to Lou Xiao'e, saying, "Sister Xiao'e, have some melon seeds and peanuts."

Lou Xiao'e took the sunflower seeds and peanuts and said, "It's still a long time before the New Year, why did you buy so many sunflower seeds and peanuts?"

"Eat and drink as you please, life is only a hundred years long." Of course, Wang Lin wouldn't tell her that these were all grown in his personal spiritual space, and there was no need to buy them.

"Brother Wang Lin is really good at taking things easy." Xu Damao gave Wang Lin a thumbs up.

"Brother Da Mao! What do you think of Yu Haitang?" Wang Lin deliberately asked this question in front of Lou Xiao'e.