"Wang Dabao, what's wrong with you? Guangtian kindly came to call you, why are you throwing mud at him?"
Liu Haizhong angrily knocked on the door and questioned Wang Dabao, "Every family must send at least one person to the hospital-wide meeting. You're not incapacitated, so why aren't you participating!"
"Liu Haizhong, have I been too kind to you?"
Wang Dabao remained calm. "Which eye of yours saw me throwing mud at Liu Guangtian? He was the one who deliberately walked into the mud last time. Is it my fault?"
"Also, the college-wide meeting has nothing to do with me, so I'm not going to attend. What can you do about it?"
Liu Haizhong frowned, his temper flaring up immediately: "I'm the second... steward of the courtyard, how dare you talk to me like that? Our Hongxing Courtyard has always been united and helpful, sharing honor and disgrace. As a member of the courtyard, you must attend this meeting."
"Do you really think this manager is some big shot? You're trying to act all high and mighty with me. Unity and mutual assistance? Are you senile? Have you forgotten how you slapped Xu Damao last night?!"
Wang Dabao lit a cigarette, blew a puff at Liu Haizhong, and said, "Get out of here right now, or I'll make you regret it."
"You...you are unreasonable."
For an official like Liu Haizhong, ignoring him is worse than killing him, and blowing smoke at him is an insult to his very soul.
With a cold snort, Liu Haizhong, his face ashen, turned and was about to leave.
There was no other way; he had to leave. Wang Dabao wasn't Xu Damao; based on his previous experience, he knew he couldn't win.
"return."
Before he could take two steps, Wang Dabao stopped him again.
“It’s your right to hit the child, but if you hit him again in the middle of the night and keep me from sleeping, I’ll come to your house and hit him for you.”
"That's none of your business!"
Liu Haizhong glared at him, uttered a single sentence, and walked away with his hands behind his back.
This time, Wang Dabao didn't go inside; he just sat on the steps by the door.
I slapped my forehead and realized I'd been careless. I should have just made a rocking chair when I was making the furniture; sitting on these steps for too long really chills your bottom.
Before long, Yan Bugui strolled over to Wang Dabao.
"Da Bao, everyone asked me to invite you." Yan Bugui chuckled and took out a pack of cigarettes that cost two cents a pack, handing one to Wang Da Bao.
"Everyone? Which 'everyone'? I think it's Yi Zhonghai!"
"Hehe, I'm guessing that Lao Yi knows you inherited a lot of your uncle Wang Zhen's estate, so he's trying to squeeze some money out of you."
Yan Bugui winked at Wang Dabao and said in a low voice, "Just join in the fun. If you're happy, donate two cents; if you're not, don't donate."
"Okay, let's go."
Wang Dabao smiled and said, "You invited me here."
Wang Dabao and Yan Bugui entered the courtyard at a time 15 minutes past seven o'clock, where several circles of people were already sitting.
Those sitting at the back were residents on the periphery of the compound, while families like the Liu, Yan, Jia, Xu Damao, and He Yuzhu sat in the front row, and those in the middle were residents somewhere in between.
Today, Wang Dabao didn't bring a stool, so Yan Bugui led him to sit on the long bench at Old Yan's house.
Yan Bugui sat at a long table facing the crowd, with Yi Zhonghai in the middle and Liu Haizhong on his left.
Seeing that Yan Bugui had invited Wang Dabao over, Liu Haizhong snorted coldly and glanced at the two of them with disdain.
After a while, Yi Zhonghai put down the large teacup in his hand.
"I believe everyone knows the purpose of our meeting today."
"Since Dongxu's father passed away more than ten years ago, the Jia family has been living a very difficult life with only a widow and her son. Fortunately, the two of them have survived the hard times."
"Later, with everyone's help, Dongxu got married and is now a father of three. All of this is inseparable from everyone's selfless help. As his mentor, I would like to thank everyone here on his behalf!"
"Now it's a new society, and as residents living in this compound, we are all one family."
“Our Hongxing Courtyard should be more united and friendly, even loving and caring for each other, so as not to betray the bond between neighbors. Now that Dongxu is injured, I propose that everyone lend a helping hand to the Jia family.”
"Let the reputation of our Hongxing Courtyard, where people love and support each other, resound throughout the entire subdistrict, setting a precedent for neighborly mutual assistance within the courtyard!"
Wang Dabao, listening below, stared wide-eyed and immediately thought, "Wow, what a guy!"
Such eloquence! No wonder he is the god of morality in the East!
Even Wang Dabao wanted to give Yi Zhonghai a round of applause.
"Uncle, what's this about the Raja family you mentioned?" Sha Zhu asked from the front.
Yan Jiefang sat next to Wang Dabao, pursed his lips and muttered under his breath, "Is there even a need to ask? Just donate money. His arm is broken, so his brain isn't working properly either."
"Liberation, don't you understand the implication? Didn't you realize that Sha Zhu is Yi Zhonghai's shill?"
Wang Dabao laughed and said, "Yi Zhonghai will be the first to donate later, and I reckon it will be quite substantial."
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Dabao finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai nodded and said.
"Well, let me be frank. Let's all lend a hand and work together to help the Jia family get through this crisis!"
Yi Zhonghai stood up, propped one hand on the table, and pulled two large ten-yuan bills from his pocket with the other. He said in a passionate tone, "When Dongxu's father was alive, we were all neighbors. How about this, I'll take the lead and donate twenty yuan. Everyone else can donate according to their own circumstances. It's all about the sentiment, no pressure!"
Yi Zhonghai said, "Twenty yuan a piece, and the residents of the compound all look at each other."
Good grief, by donating like this, you're putting everyone in a difficult position.
"Although Aunt Jia wronged me this afternoon, my brotherhood with Dongxu is still intact."
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