After learning about the feud between the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai, the clerk surnamed Wang suddenly seemed to have thought of something. However, upon further reflection, he felt that the idea was unlikely. Given Yi Zhonghai's current state, it was improbable that he would do anything to the deaf old lady.
The clerk surnamed Wang didn't go to the backyard to check on the situation. After all, the deaf old lady's matter was her matter; nothing was more important than his own.
A dozen or so people started drinking and drank for two or three hours, until everyone was completely tipsy. It's not just ordinary people who need rest during the Lunar New Year; these people need rest too.
Clerk Wang and his colleagues had actually come all the way from their homes. After eating and drinking their fill, they planned to go to the backyard to check on the situation and then figure out how to handle the deaf old lady's funeral arrangements.
When they arrived at the deaf old woman's house, they saw something truly horrifying: many parts of her body had been chewed up beyond recognition.
As for who did the biting? Even a fool could guess. Besides, there was blood on Yi Zhonghai's lips. While Yi Zhonghai's actions were cruel, upon reflection, they seem quite reasonable.
Yi Zhonghai must have suffered a lot these past few months. After all, the deaf old lady even had tubes inserted into him. The grudges and grievances between them can't be resolved with just a few words.
Just thinking about the scene when Yi Zhonghai was rescued makes it clear how Grandma Rong treated him on a daily basis.
The clerk and his colleagues could only put the deaf old woman's body back on the door panel and carry her back to the street office first. If they continued to leave the deaf old woman's body in the backyard, she would likely be completely eaten by Yi Zhonghai.
Don't advise others to be kind if you haven't experienced their suffering. Lacking empathy, Clerk Wang and his colleagues didn't blame Yi Zhonghai. They carried the deaf old woman's body away.
This terrified many residents of the courtyard. The people from the neighborhood committee had seen all sorts of strange and unusual things. But the residents of the courtyard didn't have that much experience.
Xu Damao, in particular, was so terrified by the scene that he wet himself. This attracted almost everyone in the courtyard.
Seeing the neighborhood committee officials carry the deaf old lady away, everyone quickly left her house. The New Year was just around the corner, and no one wanted to be associated with bad luck.
Back home, the feud between Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady came up, and everyone felt they both deserved it. If they hadn't schemed against each other, things wouldn't have turned out this way.
If the deaf old woman hadn't drugged Yi Zhonghai, he would have been more restrained now that he had a wife and children, and wouldn't have been able to do so many bad things.
Conversely, if Yi Zhonghai hadn't killed all of the deaf old woman's relatives, she wouldn't have treated him this way.
In the end, the two of them deserved what they got. No one took it too seriously, since everyone's life wasn't particularly easy these days. The people in the courtyard just treated it as gossip over tea.
But the people from the neighborhood committee were different. Faced with the deaf old woman's body, they could only find a random place to bury her.
After the deaf old woman died, there was no grave, not even a single person to burn paper money for her. Yi Zhonghai's situation was somewhat similar; without the deaf old woman, he could only wait to die at home.
When the deaf old lady was alive, she would at least occasionally give Yi Zhonghai some food. But now that she's dead, Yi Zhonghai can't even get a sip of water.
Yi Zhonghai, whose body was on the verge of collapse, was even unable to call for help. The sounds he made might not even reach the courtyard.
The idea of taking care of himself was a complete pipe dream. Even moving his body was a difficult task for Yi Zhonghai.
If Yi Zhonghai wanted to move his body, he would have to use all his strength and move forward slowly like a maggot. Even if Yi Zhonghai used all his strength, he might not be able to crawl faster than a maggot.
Unable to take care of himself, Yi Zhonghai has been left alone in bed waiting to die ever since the deaf old lady was taken away.
Only then did Yi Zhonghai realize how many bad things he had done in his life. He also regretted why he had done so many bad things.
If he hadn't done so many bad things, he wouldn't be lying in bed waiting to die like this now. Memories kept flashing through Yi Zhonghai's mind like a movie.
Tears slowly streamed down Yi Zhonghai's face. These were not tears of regret, but tears of anguish.
It's unclear whether Yi Zhonghai was driven to despair by revenge or simply reached his physical limit. In any case, on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, Yi Zhonghai passed away completely.
On the morning of Lunar New Year's Eve, Liu Haizhong was shoveling snow in the yard when he curiously glanced at the deaf old lady's house. Usually, Yi Zhonghai would make some noise at home, but today the deaf old lady's house was very quiet.
Liu Haizhong then curiously glanced at Yi Zhonghai. Looking at Yi Zhonghai, who was lying motionless on the bed, Liu Haizhong inexplicably made a few more sarcastic remarks, but Yi Zhonghai did not react at all. Looking at the motionless Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong walked over curiously.
But they discovered that Yi Zhonghai was already dead. Liu Haizhong could tell the difference between the living and the dead. Looking at the foul-smelling Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong didn't forget to thoroughly search his house. Unfortunately, most of the deaf old woman's money was in her pockets, so even if Liu Haizhong searched, he wouldn't find anything. Having found nothing, Liu Haizhong could only go to the neighborhood committee to report the death.
Liu Haizhong never expected that Yi Zhonghai, with whom he had fought for most of his life, would die such a tragic death. Now that Yi Zhonghai was dead, Liu Haizhong put aside his prejudices and immediately ran out of the courtyard.
During the Lunar New Year, Liu Haizhong didn't want Yi Zhonghai's body to remain in the yard, lest it continue to disgust him. Soon, Liu Haizhong brought back the people from the neighborhood committee and the police station.
The police officers from the local police station searched the area briefly, then had the neighborhood committee officials carry Yi Zhonghai away. The reason for the search was to check for any signs of foul play.
Since there were no signs of human intervention, it is obviously not a criminal case. Yi Zhonghai's body can be handed over to the neighborhood committee for disposal.
Everyone watched as the neighborhood committee staff carried Yi Zhonghai's body away from the courtyard. Perhaps even Heaven felt Yi Zhonghai deserved to die, for as soon as he left the courtyard, heavy snow began to fall again.
Of all the people in the courtyard, only Huang Xiaojuan glanced at Yi Zhonghai a few more times. It wasn't that Huang Xiaojuan was reluctant to part with Yi Zhonghai, but rather that she felt a sense of shared sorrow for his passing.
Huang Xiaojuan and Yi Zhonghai had been husband and wife for so long, so seeing Yi Zhonghai dead was inevitably a sad sight. It also made her think about her own age; after all, she wasn't much younger than Yi Zhonghai.
If Ma Wen hadn't noticed something was wrong with his wife and quickly helped her up, Huang Xiaojuan might have been thinking all sorts of things.
"Alright! It's all over now, so there's no need to worry about Yi Zhonghai."
"Old Ma, don't take it to heart. I'm not concerned about Yi Zhonghai; I only hate him. I'm just concerned about our child."
"Yi Zhonghai passed away at 49, and I'm 46 this year. But our child is only a few years old. What will happen to the child if we both pass away?"
"What discouraging things are you saying? Don't talk about these things during the New Year. The reason why Yi Zhonghai is like this is mainly because he has done too many unscrupulous things. No normal person would want to be struck by lightning for no reason."
"You shouldn't stand in the yard anymore. The snow is getting heavier, and if you catch a cold, who will take care of our children?"
Upon hearing Ma Wen's words, Huang Xiaojuan immediately followed him back to the Intermediate People's Court. Huang Xiaojuan and Yi Zhonghai were similarly obsessed with their children. They became extremely tense whenever the topic of their children came up.
It's said that a timely snowfall promises a good harvest, and looking at the heavy snowfall, everyone has high hopes for next year. The heavier the snow, the lower the temperature, and the greater the chance that pests and diseases will freeze to death.
This means next year's harvest will be better than in previous years. Even though the temperature dropped a degree or two compared to yesterday, everyone was in good spirits. Especially since everyone got a good amount of meat yesterday.
Whether it was fate or not, Xu Damao lived in the backyard, Shazhu in the middle yard, and Weihua in the front yard. After the three families cooked, the entire courtyard was filled with the aroma of meat.
This made the other residents of the courtyard feel somewhat resentful. If everyone were in the same situation, they wouldn't be so agitated.
Why should those three families be eating and drinking well while they can only smell the delicious food from the sidelines? This made Liu Haizhong, Ma Wen, and Yan Bugui's families feel somewhat resentful.
At this moment, they all regretted not going up the mountain with Wei Hua. If they had gone, they could have at least gotten a dozen or twenty pounds of meat. They wouldn't have had to watch others eat and drink well during the New Year.
Compared to the other two families, Ma Wen's family did have some meat. Ma Wen and Huang Xiaojuan's combined monthly salary was over 60 yuan.
If they had enough ration coupons, they could eat meat every day without much problem. Both of them had their child late in life, so they cherished him dearly. Whenever they had meat coupons, they would exchange them for meat to supplement their child's nutrition. That's why they both craved meat so much.
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