"Comrade Ma Hua, I'm so sorry. This time, I didn't do my job well and disappointed you. It's fine for you to have this at home, and it's correct for you to read this kind of book."
"Comrade Ma Hua, you have indeed lived up to my expectations," Director Wang first comforted Ma Hua, then looked angrily at Liu Haizhong, who was trembling beside him.
"Liu Haizhong, I thought you were a very competent second uncle of the courtyard house, but I think you have serious problems with your thinking! And you, Yi Zhonghai, as the eldest uncle of the courtyard house..."
"How could you say something like that? I think your courtyard house has serious problems! Someone, take them away! Make sure they confess their mistakes and reform themselves!"
After reprimanding everyone, Director Wang then called on his comrades to take away the few who had just kicked him while he was down.
"Comrades, all of this is a slander by the reactionary Liu Haizhong against us. There is nothing wrong with Comrade Ma Hua displaying the badges of the great man and the Little Red Book at home. Our street office also supports it. Comrade Ma has done a good job. We should learn from Comrade Ma Hua!"
Director Wang hurriedly added, but in his heart he was already thinking about how he would deal with Liu Haizhong and the others when they got back. He almost got himself into trouble; luckily, he hadn't talked nonsense earlier.
Only then did everyone realize that the red cloth covering the living room of the MCA was actually a badge of a great man and a Little Red Book. Everyone was immediately stunned when they saw this. This is feudal?
"Feudalism my ass!" he said, then looked at the group with bangs with some pity. "Good heavens, you guys are really tired of living, daring to slander me like this!"
After Director Wang left, everyone scattered. Who dared to discuss this outside? They immediately closed the door, afraid of getting into trouble themselves.
When the old woman saw Yi Zhonghai being taken away by Director Wang, she panicked and rushed to the deaf old lady's room: "Grandma, Grandma, something bad has happened! Old Yi and Zhuzi have been taken away!"
"What!" The deaf old lady couldn't pretend to be deaf anymore and immediately panicked. What was going on? This was going to ruin her life!
An older woman tearfully recounted what had just happened to the deaf old woman. The old woman's teeth were grinding so hard they were making a loud cracking sound. "Damn Ma Hua! How could this happen? I clearly saw ##, how could it have turned into this?"
The deaf old lady quickly understood everything. That damned Ma Hua had dug a huge pit for himself. But why was Yi Zhonghai so stupid? He had already given instructions, so why did he still get involved himself?
But complaining was useless now. Thinking this, the deaf old lady hurriedly called to an older woman, asking her to take her to the neighborhood office, hoping to see if there was anything she could do.
As the deaf old lady was helped out of the room, she saw Ma Hua sitting in front of the door. She glared at Ma Hua fiercely.
Seeing this, MCA chuckled. Although nothing had really gotten out of hand yet, several things were already showing signs of trouble. It was a pity that it wasn't the worst of it yet, but even so, they would be badly injured, if not killed.
After the deaf old lady left, Ma Hua went straight back inside. The show was over. Luckily, he had been prepared, otherwise he would have been in serious trouble.
Before Ma Hua could do anything, He Yushui's voice came from outside the door: "Ma Hua, Ma Hua,"
"Please come in," Ma Hua said, somewhat surprised, but still invited He Yushui into the house. He also wanted to see what He Yushui wanted from him.
“Ma Hua, my brother has been arrested by the neighborhood committee,” He Yushui said, her eyes red.
"Yeah, I know." Ma Hua smiled but didn't say anything. He deserved to be arrested. Let's see who can protect Sha Zhu this time.
"Ma Hua, what happened to my brother?" He Yushui looked at Ma Hua with red eyes.
He Yushui saw that Ma Hua did not reply to her, but she was not angry. She just smiled self-deprecatingly and then sat down at Ma Hua's table.
“Ma Hua, do you know? My mother passed away when I was very young, and my father ran away with someone when I was six. I've never had a loving father or mother since I was little.”
After He Yushui finished speaking, tears streamed down her face.
“I know it wasn’t easy for my brother to raise me, and I’m very grateful to him. But everything changed after Dongxu died.”
My brother seems to have become a different person. He no longer cares whether I have enough to eat or wear. He spends all his time hovering around Qin Huairu. I tried to persuade him, but do you know what he said to me?
He said that Qin Huairu, a widow and orphan, had a hard life, and that one should have a conscience. I don't know if I have a conscience, but I know how unpleasant it is to go hungry.
At first, I was extremely grateful to Qin Huairu. She took care of me like a mother. But later I discovered that, like everyone else in the compound, she only showed concern verbally, especially in front of my brother. After showing concern, she even took a lot of my family's things.
I told my brother I was hungry. He scolded me for being heartless. That's when I realized that Qin Huairu's kindness towards me, like that of Yi Zhonghai and the others, only existed when my brother was around.
Ever since I scolded Qin Huairu for not having enough to eat, I've known why my dad ran off with someone else. It's a tradition in our He family; maybe all the men in our family are like that.
"Later, I pretended to be very close to Qin Huairu. I found that as long as I spoke well of Qin Huairu to my brother, I could get my living expenses. So I thought about escaping this home, escaping the courtyard house."
But it's all over. All my efforts over so long have been destroyed by my brother. "When did you say those things to me?! Did you already know who my boyfriend was all along?"
When He Yushui saw Ma Hua nod, the sorrow in her heart intensified. Everyone else knew, but my brother didn't. Haha.
"Yes, I've been dumped. He said he could never marry the sister of a chicken thief. I've become unwanted, even though I studied so hard..."
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