I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Tears instantly welled up in Yi Zhonghai's eyes. He felt that he had never felt so frustrated in his life, and at this moment, he even had suicidal thoughts.

Just then, a voice rang out: "What are you doing! Let go of Xiao Yi right now! If you don't, this old lady will beat you all to death with my cane!"

Yi Zhonghai turned his head and saw that it was a deaf old woman.

He could no longer contain his grievances. Like a wronged child seeing his mother, he cried out in a hoarse voice, "Godmother! They're bullying me!"

After saying that, tears streamed down her face.

When the deaf old woman saw Yi Zhonghai's appearance, she was filled with rage. She went straight up to him and hit him on the head with her cane.

But Ersheng reacted quickly, snatched the crutch, raised his thigh, and with a "crack," the crutch broke in two.

In an instant, the entire arena fell silent, and even Zhou Weiguo looked at Ersheng with admiration.

Ersheng said somewhat innocently, "Um, everyone be my witnesses! She said she was going to beat me to death, and this is... this is... this..."

He Yuzhu interjected, "Self-defense counterattack?"

"Oh, right, right, right! It was self-defense, not something I started!"

The deaf old woman stood there stunned for a long time before she realized what had happened. She had never been treated like this in her entire life; she had actually been bullied by someone from another courtyard. She plopped down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum: "You beast! You even bully an old woman like me! I'm so old, and you've let a young man bully me! Heavens above! Earth below! Who will help me get revenge?!"

Upon seeing the deaf old woman sitting on the ground, Yi Zhonghai shouted excitedly, "You! It's you! Do you know you've committed a grave offense? Do you know who you've bullied? How dare you be so rebellious, daring to insult our ancestor! Our ancestor was an old hero who delivered straw sandals to the Red Army back then! Our ancestor was a martyr's family member; both of his sons died fighting for the country..."

Halfway through his speech, Yi Zhonghai suddenly covered his mouth. Everyone looked at the deaf old woman sitting on the ground, staring in shock at Yi Zhonghai and the people behind him.

Even the Wu family members unconsciously loosened their grip on Yi Zhonghai's hands.

Yi Zhonghai looked terrified and quickly said, "I was just joking, I was just kidding, don't take it seriously, it really was a joke."

The deaf old woman remained silent, staring blankly behind Yi Zhonghai. Then, she stood up nimbly and walked towards the backyard, muttering, "Old, old, senile..."

Yi Zhonghai felt the gazes of the crowd and a strange feeling behind him. He slowly turned around and saw Yan Jiecheng standing at the moon gate with Director Wang from the street office, staring intently at him.

Yi Zhonghai blurted out instinctively, "Um... Director Wang, you probably didn't hear anything, right?"

Unexpectedly, Director Wang ignored him completely and looked at Zhou Weiguo with a questioning expression.

Zhou Weiguo waved his hand and said, "I don't know anything about this. This has nothing to do with me. This is Zhu Zi's master."

He then recounted in detail how Yi Zhonghai had deceived Zhu Zi and his master.

After Zhou Weiguo finished speaking, Director Wang looked at Yi Zhonghai with a grim expression and said, "Old Yi, you're really something! Tell me, how many things do you still not know? I'm very curious!"

Seeing Director Wang's gloomy face, Yi Zhonghai quickly said, "Director Wang, it's all a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! I'm innocent!"

Director Wang completely ignored him and loudly announced, "Yi Zhonghai from Compound 95 has violated moral principles and spread rumors that someone is a family member of a martyr. I hereby announce the following punishment for Yi Zhonghai:"

First, Yi Zhonghai needs to go to the subdistrict office every day for two months to receive ideological education.

Second, Yi Zhonghai was ordered to undergo labor reform, and was responsible for cleaning and tidying the public toilets outside the east courtyard for two months;

Third, remove him from his position as the head steward of the compound.

Furthermore, I reiterate that the deaf elderly woman in the backyard of courtyard house number 95, whose original name was Long Xiaoni, never gave straw sandals to the Red Army, nor did she have any connection to the story of her son being a martyr. Additionally, due to instances of deception and concealment during the data collection process, her status as a recipient of the "Five Guarantees" (a government-provided social welfare program for the elderly and disabled) is now revoked.

After saying that, Director Wang turned to Wu Yousheng and said, "Master Wu, I'm sorry that Yi Zhonghai did such a deceitful thing in the courtyard under my jurisdiction. This is the only way I can handle it for now. I hope you are satisfied. However, Yi Zhonghai and Zhuzi have already signed a letter of understanding, so I can't do anything about that matter."

The voice was quite loud. Zhou Weiguo noticed that Director Wang seemed to be speaking to Wu Yousheng, but his eyes were always on him. He realized that Director Wang was actually speaking to him. Without saying anything more, he told everyone to hurry into the courtyard.

The people inside the courtyard all looked at Zhou Weiguo with strange expressions.

Yan Fugui, in particular, couldn't help but sigh inwardly: Luckily, he hadn't offended Zhou Weiguo much, otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold his position as the third uncle for long.

Inside the room, Jia Dongxu looked at Qin Huairu with a grim expression and muttered, "Damn it, I've already submitted the complaint, why hasn't anyone come to deal with Zhou Weiguo yet?"

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu's dark circles under his eyes and said, "Dongxu, you just submitted it, how can it be so fast? Just wait! You should also keep an eye out for an opportunity, and when the time comes, we should hurry up and set up a trap for Zhou Weiguo, that's the important thing."

Thinking about setting a trap to control Zhou Weiguo, Qin Huairu subconsciously licked the corner of her mouth.

When Jia Dongxu saw Qin Huairu's appearance, a fire ignited in his heart.

He said directly to her, "Huai Ru, I'm very angry."

Qin Huairu gave Jia Dongxu a charmingly disdainful look, then knelt down to tie his shoelaces.

Zhou Weiguo led Wu Yousheng and the others into the courtyard first.

Wu Yousheng introduced his eldest son, Wu Dasheng, to everyone before Zhou Weiguo led them to the neighboring South Courtyard.

Opening the gate and entering the courtyard, Zhou Weiguo greeted everyone with a smile, saying, "Brother Wu, look, this is the courtyard. It's a detached house, with each door leading to a small two-room house. The house was only renovated two months ago, and the smell has almost dissipated. It's brand new, perfect for you to move in."

Wu Yousheng said with a grateful expression, "Brother, you've gone to so much trouble. How should I pay your rent?"

Zhou Weiguo smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Brother, although these houses haven't been rented out yet, I've already entrusted them to the neighborhood committee. Each house is 2 yuan, and there are 5 houses in this courtyard, so it's 10 yuan in total. You can rent as many as you want, I don't mind. I'll take you to the neighborhood committee to complete the formalities later. You can just pay them every month thereafter."