Yi Zhonghai slammed his hand on the table: "You!"
"What do you mean, 'you'?" The fat man pretended to take off his pants again: "Anything else? If not, I'm going to sleep. Please leave."
Today, three elderly men from the courtyard, Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, and an older woman came over.
Qin Huairu frowned as she listened: "Fatty, a teacher for a day is a father for life!"
The fat man waved his hands repeatedly: "I wouldn't dare have a master like that! Good heavens, he was about to chop me up with a kitchen knife for no reason! Sister Qin, is this how your master treats you?"
Qin Huairu was speechless, so Yi Zhonghai began to demonstrate his balancing skills again: "Don't you think you're at fault as the apprentice? It takes two to tango!"
The fat man shouted to stop him: "Stop! I really didn't do anything wrong. Everyone in the kitchen can vouch for me! The truth is that when Chef He was serving food to Guo Da Piezi and Xu Damao, he was flipping the wok when a kind-hearted employee stood up for justice. He went back to the kitchen and took his anger out on me. If you don't believe me, call Xu Damao to come and testify with Sister Qin. See how loud the slap is!"
Everyone looked at Lou Xiao'e, her fair face turning ashen: "Why are you all looking at me! My Da Mao is a victim too."
The people in the room knew all too well what kind of person Sha Zhu was. The Third Uncle even thought to himself, "No wonder he always brings back lunchboxes; he's always flipping them over in the wok."
Yi Zhonghai's eyebrows furrowed like a pretzel as he looked at the fat man: "Since it's all a misunderstanding, can we try to make this a small matter?"
The fat man shook his head: "I don't have the ability to go to the chemical plant leaders. I heard you're an eighth-level fitter, a treasure of our factory. Even the factory director has to give you some face. Why don't you go and talk to them?"
"I'll talk to the factory about it, and I'll also warn Zhu Zi not to hold it against you anymore..."
The fat man interrupted him again: "Uncle, that's a biased way of putting it! What do you mean by 'nitpicking'? And 'nitpicking'? He was bullying me, and I don't think I've ever wronged Master He in the slightest. When he was injured, I cooked for him and helped him empty his bedpan; usually in the cafeteria, he always makes me do the dirty and tiring work. He's also biased, not letting me watch when he's teaching Ma Hua, and I didn't say anything. How come in your mouth it's all my fault?"
This fat guy is completely unyielding. And he's incredibly stubborn, nothing like a new apprentice who just started working at the factory.
Which apprentice doesn't have to swallow their pride and live by others' whims? But he's different; he lists out every single thing clearly.
Ironically, not a single person present doubted that Sha Zhu was capable of such things!
Left with no other choice, Yi Zhonghai could only appeal to Fatty's emotions: "I watched Zhu Zi grow up. That's just his temperament; he doesn't hold grudges. For the sake of your master-disciple relationship, and the fact that we all live in the same courtyard, Fatty, you have to help him."
There are two phrases in the world that are the most inhuman.
The first sentence is "See?"; the second is "I'm not targeting you personally." If someone says this to you, that bastard is definitely targeting you.
The fat man sneered inwardly. Help him? Help him take care of the widow, or help him get into trouble? Aside from that, the fat man had no other relationship with him.
"Fatty, no, Chen Kang, it's my brother who's wronged you. For my sake, please help him, okay?"
Suddenly, He Yushui's voice came from the doorway. Everyone turned around and saw that she was wearing a green military uniform and her eyes were swollen like peaches.
He Yushui walked up to the fat man, saw the lease on the table, and changed her prepared words to: "This house is mine. You can stay as long as you want. No one can kick you out without my permission... He is my brother after all, and I don't want anything to happen to him. Please help me, okay?"
The only thing a fat person can't resist is warmth.
Although he hadn't met He Yushui many times, he could sense that she still held onto a last vestige of warmth in her heart.
The fat man sighed and asked Yi Zhonghai, "What do you want me to do?"
Yi Zhonghai frowned again. That little fox! Shouldn't he have gone to the factory leaders to plead for Sha Zhu and smooth things over...?
Now, they've made it so that they're forcing him to do it!
However, Yi Zhonghai couldn't say no. Anyone with eyes could see that he was only doing this because of He Yushui.
Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said, "Go to the factory leaders and explain the situation. Tell them that Zhu Zi didn't do it on purpose and that it was all a misunderstanding."
Misunderstanding? Misunderstanding my ass! Let Sha Zhu take a kitchen knife and chop it up, then see if there's a misunderstanding or not.
The fat man scoffed, "I can't say for sure. If you want to treat the factory leaders like idiots, then you go ahead, but don't drag me along."
Yi Zhonghai was so angry he almost developed a lump in his throat! He walked up to the fat man and asked in a low voice, "What exactly do you want?"
"It should be, what exactly do you want? When you ask someone for a favor, shouldn't you at least have the right attitude?"
"..."
Seeing the old man repeatedly run into obstacles, Liu Hai felt extremely relieved. It turned out that even Old Yi had his moments of embarrassment, unable to handle even Sha Zhu's apprentice.
Looking at it this way, it's not that he's incompetent, but rather that there are troublemakers in this courtyard!
Liu Haizhong spoke up, "Fatty has a point. The factory leaders are very discerning and will definitely figure out what's wrong with Sha Zhu."
Qin Huairu became anxious: "Second Uncle, do you not want to help Sha Zhu?"
Liu Haizhong was stunned for a moment. Wasn't that what he meant just now?
The old man shook his head as he listened, feeling as if he had encountered a "pig teammate" in a match.
At this point, only he could step forward: "Old Yi, when you ask someone for a favor, you have to have the right attitude. If you ask me, we have to make Sha Zhu and Fatty apologize. But, and I have to say, an apology isn't enough; they also have to make amends. So, Sha Zhu should pay Fatty 3 yuan... no, 5 yuan! And he should write a guarantee that he won't do it again. Fatty, do you think this solution is acceptable?"
The fat man thought Yan Bugui was more suitable to be the old man than Yi Zhonghai. Because if you look at interpersonal relationships from a business perspective, it will undoubtedly be much simpler.
The old man never asked for favors easily; he adhered to the principle of equivalent exchange. Before asking for help, one should first consider what one can offer in return.
In his eyes, a good relationship is one where both parties get what they need, and it's fair and just.
Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu talked on and on, but they still didn't know how to solve the problem from a purely economic perspective. As for Liu Haizhong, he's a complete idiot...
Only He Yushui showed sincerity in solving the problem, and the Third Uncle went along with it, throwing the problem back to Fatty.
If he takes the five yuan, then this matter will turn into child's play again; Sha Zhu and Xu Damao have been in a love-hate relationship for so many years, and no matter how badly Xu Damao is beaten by him, even if he kicks him in the groin and makes him walk with his legs splayed out, it's all just a joke!
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