The aroma wafting from the Wei family's residence was almost unbearable for the Yan and Liu families. However, neither the Yan nor the Liu family had much to do with them.
Liu Haizhong could at least offer some excuse, after all, the Liu Guangtian brothers were there. But Yan Bugui couldn't even find an excuse. The last incident had already caused the Yan family to completely offend the Wei Hua family.
At this moment, the Yan brothers regretted offending Wei Hua and even making sarcastic remarks. If they had known they could get so much prey, they should have shamelessly followed along. If they had gone with him, they would be among those eating meat on the other side now. Not only would they have had something to eat, but they would have at least gotten a few dozen kilograms of meat.
Smelling the delicious aroma wafting from across the street, they had no choice but to plug their noses. As for taking advantage of the situation, they only dared to think about it in their hearts, after all, the deaf old lady had just been carried out of the courtyard.
The deaf elderly woman was also taken to the hospital. The same doctor who treated her last time was now the hospital's role model.
In this respect, this doctor can be considered a world authority. Because there are only so many people who have been struck by lightning, and he is the only one who survived.
Looking at the deaf elderly woman before him, the doctor performed the surgery with remarkable skill. Surgery on such a large area of burns is extremely difficult.
An ordinary person could have survived, but the deaf old woman was almost 80 years old, and her condition was nowhere near that of Yi Zhonghai. The surgery lasted less than five minutes before the deaf old woman passed away.
Before the neighborhood committee staff left, the doctor wheeled the deaf elderly woman out of the operating room. Seeing this, the staff immediately went over, assuming something had gone wrong during the surgery.
"I'm sorry! The patient is too old. The surgery had barely begun when the elderly lady couldn't hold on any longer."
Hearing the doctor's words, the neighborhood committee members didn't blame him, because they had witnessed the deaf old woman's condition firsthand. She had been struck by lightning before, and this time her condition was even worse. They could already smell the aroma of meat when they carried her over.
There's no rule in the world that says doctors are obligated to save someone. Seeing the deaf old woman was already dead, the neighborhood committee staff could only lift her from the hospital bed onto a door panel. Then they carried her back to the courtyard house.
Upon arriving at the courtyard house, they smelled the aroma wafting from the Wei family's home. Wei Hua and his group also saw the deaf old woman on the door panel.
Because the neighborhood committee officials came to the courtyard house very frequently, Wei Hua was quite familiar with them. As soon as they entered the courtyard house, he immediately greeted them.
"Brother Wang, what happened to the deaf old lady? Didn't you take her to the hospital? Why did you bring her back?"
"This old woman was almost 80 years old, and her body had reached its limit. She passed away on the operating table just a few minutes after entering the operating room."
"The old lady died, so we had to carry her back. If we had known this, we wouldn't have taken her to the hospital; it made us make a wasted trip."
"Brother Wang, hurry up and take this old lady back. We'll come over for a drink later. We went hunting in the mountains yesterday and got a lot of good stuff. You guys are in for a treat today!"
Upon hearing Wei Hua's words, the clerk surnamed Wang and the others did not refuse. In this day and age, being able to have a good meal is a great blessing.
Connections are something you build up gradually. Wei Hua was the workshop director at the steel rolling mill, and Wang, the clerk, knew that too.
Now that he can not only eat meat but also build a relationship with Wei Hua, how could Clerk Wang miss out? Wei Hua's thoughts are actually the same as Clerk Wang's; in China, connections are everything.
Having acquaintances makes things much easier wherever you go. Don't underestimate Wang, who is just a clerk now; who knows if he might get promoted in the future? Knowing a few people in the neighborhood office is definitely not a bad thing.
After exchanging a few polite words with Wei Hua, Clerk Wang led his men to carry the deaf old lady's body back to the backyard. However, upon arriving at the deaf old lady's house, they saw Yi Zhonghai tied up.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's strange appearance, Clerk Wang immediately untied him from his restraints and removed the tubes from his body.
As soon as the tube was pulled out, Yi Zhonghai started vomiting violently. If the people from the neighborhood committee hadn't dodged quickly, they might have all gotten dirty from him.
They didn't want to get involved in Yi Zhonghai's mess. After checking on Yi Zhonghai and finding that he wasn't fully recovered, they put the deaf old lady aside.
Although I don't know why the deaf old lady treated Yi Zhonghai this way, I figured there must be something I didn't know. Instead of asking Yi Zhonghai, I should ask Wei Hua in the front yard. They both live in the courtyard and surely know more than I do.
Clerk Wang and his colleagues put the deaf old lady down and turned to leave the backyard. Yi Zhonghai, who was vomiting bile, also smelled the aroma of meat nearby. Seeing the deaf old lady, charred and tender, Yi Zhonghai crawled over like a maggot. Then he opened his blood-red mouth and bit down.
Yi Zhonghai didn't hesitate when he took the bite; besides hunger, there was also hatred for the deaf old woman. Only Yi Zhonghai knew what kind of life he had been living for the past few months.
He relied almost entirely on that tube for eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping, and his main food source was his own excrement. Thinking about what the deaf old woman had done to him recently, Yi Zhonghai bit down hard.
He took one bite and then another, putting all his effort into each bite. While eating, he kept cursing the deaf old woman.
The clerks had no idea that Yi Zhonghai would do such a thing; they thought he was nearing the end of his life.
Upon arriving at the front yard, they came to Wei Hua's house. Since everyone had their own purpose, they got along quite harmoniously. Both Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were happy to get to know more of the street office staff.
It is said that having more friends means having more paths to take, while having more enemies means having more walls to build. Getting to know more people in politics can be helpful to you in the future.
As a workplace elite, Yang Tao was quite adept at this. Seeing Clerk Wang and the others arrive, she immediately went to greet them and then took out several bottles of wine from her personal storage space.
"I didn't know you guys were coming, so I didn't prepare any fancy wine. These are a few bottles of Fenjiu that Weihua bought last time. Please don't mind, Wang and the other clerks."
"The food is ready, you guys hurry up and sit down at the table. We women will serve you the food now. Luckily, there's enough food. One table for you men and one table for us women, that's just right."
After saying that, he led Yu Li and the others to start serving the dishes. Since the men wanted to drink, most of the dishes were served on this table. Fortunately, none of them were unreasonable, and there were a few pounds of meat and a roasted rabbit, which was enough for the women.
The women's table was similar to the men's table except for the lack of alcohol; the only difference was that the portions were smaller.
The ten men started drinking as soon as they sat down at the table. Except for Wei Hua, everyone was stunned by what they saw. Three roasted rabbits plus six large meat dishes—this was a scene that no one had ever dared to imagine before.
No one knew that Clerk Wang would bring six large meat dishes, mostly wild boar offal and other things. But at this point, nobody cared about such things. Having anything to eat was already a blessing, especially since the Wei family was eating steamed buns made from a mixture of wheat and water.
When it comes to drinking etiquette, Xu Damao is the best. He never repeats himself when urging others to drink.
It is said that alcohol tests cadres. Although this saying was passed down from later generations, the clerks in the street office were clearly not to be underestimated.
They drank without any hesitation. The clerk, however, still voiced his doubts.
"Director Wei, may I ask you something? Aren't the old lady and Yi Zhonghai related? Why was Yi Zhonghai tied up by the old lady when we carried her back, and it looked like she abused him for a long time?"
"I might not know about other things, but I know quite a lot about this one. Don't be fooled by their relationship; they're scheming against each other and have a deep-seated hatred between them."
"The reason why Yi Zhonghai has no children is all because of that old woman. In order to get Yi Zhonghai to help her son, that old woman gave Yi Zhonghai a medicine that would make him unable to have children."
"Yi Zhonghai was no pushover either. In order to obtain the old lady's inheritance, he secretly leaked the whereabouts of the old lady's husband and son. As a result, the old lady's husband and son were killed by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party."
After Wei Hua said this, Wang, the clerk, and the others finally understood why the deaf old lady had treated Yi Zhonghai this way.
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