Chapter 390: The Deaf and Yi Families Break Off Relations
Chapter 390: The Deaf and Yi families break off relations
the other side.
The deaf old lady lived a good life like a queen, with everything provided for her.
But she didn't notice that Yi Zhonghai's attitude towards her had changed drastically.
"Lao Yi, it's already this late. Isn't it time to deliver food to the old lady?" asked an older lady.
Yi Zhonghai slowly picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, saying leisurely.
"No hurry, we are just getting started. Let's fill our stomachs first. As for the rest, we can just give the old lady a bite."
"This is not good. The old lady usually eats hot meals. What if we give her leftovers now? What if she feels uncomfortable?" the aunt said worriedly.
Yi Zhonghai smiled lightly and shook his head nonchalantly:
"The old lady is now very popular in the courtyard. Every household is trying to curry favor with her. Even if we don't send her gifts, there are still many people who will rush to send her gifts."
"Besides, when you delivered food to the old lady a few days ago, didn't she complain that Qing didn't eat it? Just eat it peacefully and don't worry about it."
After saying that, Yi Zhonghai took the lady's hand and asked her to sit down and eat.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yi Zhonghai has spoken, how can she refute?
After a while, they finished their meal.
After the meal, Yi Zhonghai pointed to the remaining dishes on the table and said to Auntie:
"Look, there are so many delicious dishes here. Send them to the old lady. She won't mind."
"Okay." The aunt looked at Yi Zhonghai's determined eyes and knew that he had made up his mind to do this.
I don’t know why, but I just listen to my husband.
An old lady went to the deaf old lady's house carrying the leftovers.
"Ma'am, I'm here to bring you food."
"Oh, you're here. Why are you so late today? Just leave it there."
The deaf old lady looked up, responded calmly, pointed casually to the corner, signaled Aunt Li to put the food down, and continued to enjoy her meal.
The aunt looked at the pile of delicious dishes on the deaf old lady's table, all of which were contributed by other residents, and each dish had more or less meat.
"Everyone spent a lot of money to buy a house." An old lady muttered to herself.
In order to have a child, everyone really went all out and spared no effort to please the old lady.
And she was happy to enjoy this unprecedented treatment.
Looking at the dishes on the old lady’s table and then looking at the dishes you cook, any normal person would dislike his or her own meal.
All vegetarian dishes, no meat at all.
In the past, the deaf old lady would eat whatever the Yi family ate, and everyone would eat together. There would never be a situation where the Yi family ate meat while the old lady ate vegetarian food.
On the contrary, it is often the case that the old ladies eat meat while they eat vegetarian food.
In the past, the old lady could accept it with pleasure, but now she has changed, which is also normal.
Now the old lady doesn’t eat meat and fish every meal, but at least there is meat, which is much better than the dishes cooked by an old lady.
The old lady eats at many houses, and she will eat at whichever house has the best food. In fact, she will mainly eat at whichever house has more meat.
So much so that by the end of the meal, there will be a lot left.
When each family came back to clean up, they found that their own food had hardly been touched. The deaf old lady actually picked up the dishes that they were reluctant to eat.
They looked at him, their eyes twitching ever so slightly, not daring to show any disgust.
Instead, he kept apologizing, saying that what he cooked was not to the old lady's taste.
This shows how comfortable the old lady's life is now, which is several times better than before.
Naturally, I started to dislike the food I had before.
"Grandma, I'm a little late because I was busy at home. Please don't mind." The aunt replied.
I put the leftovers in the corner and planned to leave when I was done.
"Wait, Xiaolan, what you brought me is leftovers, right?" The old lady took the time to glance at the food and could tell something was wrong at a glance.
With her eyes, she can't see good things, but can see bad things at a glance.
"Ah? No, no, how could that be, old lady? Didn't we always eat what we eat? How can this be leftovers since we are eating the same thing?"
The aunt said it directly without further explanation.
"Do you think I'm really a deaf old lady? Can't you tell from the leftovers?"
"Okay, if you dare to bring me leftovers today, you dare not cook for me tomorrow."
The old lady got angry all of a sudden. The other residents were afraid of neglecting her. You, Aunt Yi, are so powerful that you dare to serve me leftovers.
People have tried so hard, but your Yi family is still serving the same meals as before. Don’t you take me, an old woman, seriously? Are you waiting to eat me up and wipe me out?
"Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai, come and take a look at what your wife has done. Damn it, this is going to piss me off to death. I'm afraid I won't be pissed off enough!"
"Someone come quickly, Yi Zhonghai is bullying the old lady! Damn this damn family, I'm giving you face."
The old lady was so angry that she slapped the old lady without saying a word.
"Pa!" With a crisp sound, a red slap mark appeared on the old lady's face.
The old lady touched her face in shock and astonishment, tears coming out of the corners of her eyes from the slapping of the old lady. She didn't expect that the old lady would actually hit her, and be so decisive.
If Li Kailang could see this scene, he would have to applaud in admiration. The old lady's hand speed was faster than Jia Zhang's, and she was caught off guard.
No wonder Jia Zhang never dared to challenge the old lady. It turned out that she learned all her skills from the old lady.
"Old lady, what's the matter? If you have any problem, please tell me, the second uncle in the yard. I promise to take care of it for you and make sure you won't be bullied."
As soon as Liu Haizhong heard the old lady's voice, he ran over in a hurry.
Other people in the backyard also rushed over after hearing the noise. They saw the red slap mark on the aunt's face and her innocent expression.
Looking at the old lady's hysterical attitude, everyone instantly guessed that it was she who did it. No one expected that she could actually do such a thing.
"Xiao Liu, you came at the right time. Please give me the correct opinion. And everyone, come and listen!" The old lady immediately greeted everyone.
"Everyone knows that I have been living with the Yi family. The state has given me the status of a five-guarantee household, and the street office has also asked the Yi family to take care of me."
"I can't do anything. I have to give all the food certificates to the Yi family. I'm an old woman at such an old age, and I can't eat much food."
"But, everyone, come and see what kind of dinner the Yi couple prepared for me. They just used a few rotten vegetable leaves to fool me. It's all leftovers, without any oil or water at all."
The old lady complained to everyone, paying no attention to Auntie's emotions and not giving her a chance to explain herself.
The old lady did this simply because she couldn't stand Yi Zhonghai. Look at what she is eating now.
You, Yi Zhonghai, are still thinking about honoring me and you even give me some simple meals. Do I still have any face left?
Liu Haizhong immediately said, "Okay, I understand this. It is indeed not fair for Old Yi to do this. The old lady is so old, she should at least eat something good."
"Even if we don't talk about big fish and meat, there should be at least some meat, and it can't be leftovers. I think we should just hold a general meeting and let everyone judge it."
It was a rare opportunity to criticize Yi Zhonghai, so Liu Haizhong naturally spared no effort to make Yi Zhonghai humble.
"Not only do we have to hold a meeting, we also have to make Lao Yi apologize in public and promise not to do it again! Didn't Lao Yi always say that we should respect the elderly and love the young? What he is doing now is not respecting the elderly and loving the young at all."
A general meeting was held.
At this time, Yi Zhonghai, who heard the noise, rushed to the backyard.
"Old Yi, it's just right that you're here, so I don't have to look for you. Look at what you've done. I have to say a few words to you. There will be a general meeting soon, so you have to come."
Yi Zhonghai was confused and didn't know what had happened, but when he heard Liu Haizhong's gloating tone, it was obviously not a good thing.
Then, through the crowd, he saw an old lady with tears in her eyes covering her face, which instantly made him worried.
He pushed aside the bangs that were blocking his face and quickly walked up to the middle-aged lady. He got closer and saw the tears in her eyes, which made him feel even more distressed.
I slowly took away the old lady's hand, and saw a bright red slap mark.
"Who did it!" Yi Zhonghai shouted loudly, his eyes seemed to be emitting flames.
He and Auntie have been supporting each other for so many years, and except for the fact that they have no children, Yi Zhonghai has never bullied Auntie.
Now someone is bullying an old lady, so that means someone is bullying him.
Everyone was frightened by Yi Zhonghai's roar and stepped back several steps. They had never seen Yi Zhonghai so furious. Even the old lady was startled. She immediately remembered Yi Zhonghai's previous furious look. She was used to Yi Zhonghai's calm appearance in the past.
This sudden rage reminded her of Yi Zhonghai in the past. The Yi Zhonghai in the past was not as easy to talk to as he is now. He really dared to take action when something happened.
He is far more powerful than the current Sha Zhu who is so unruly. In front of Yi Zhonghai back then, Sha Zhu was not even qualified to carry shoes.
"Old Yi, calm down." Liu Haizhong said stumblingly in fear.
"Who did it?" Yi Zhonghai asked, staring at Liu Haizhong with angry eyes.
"Yes, it was her. The old lady did it." Liu Haizhong pointed his finger at the old lady decisively.
"Old lady, what do you mean!" Yi Zhonghai glared at her.
If it weren't for the old lady's age, if she was younger, Yi Zhonghai would have slapped her directly.
Being stared at by Yi Zhonghai, the old lady was extremely frightened, but since Yi Zhonghai did not take any action, she had room to speak.
"What do you mean, Yi Zhonghai, don't you know? You two have done a good job, but you are only given leftovers, without any profit at all. Do you treat me like a beast?"
"My wife's food allowance is with you. This is how you show filial piety to me. Do you still want the house and the things?"
As soon as he heard the word "things", Yi Zhonghai's furious heart was instantly suppressed.
He was so filial to the old lady because he was coveting her things, especially the hidden list, which he had been coveting for so long but had never gotten.
He could only look at the old lady with gritted teeth.
Should he fight back out of momentary anger or endure it for the sake of the list? Yi Zhonghai was choosing between the two, his thoughts racing.
In the end, reason overcame impulse, and Yi Zhonghai's clenched hands slowly loosened, which also showed that he chose to endure.
Seeing this, an old lady standing by felt disappointed and lowered her head. She didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai would not stand up for her for the sake of things.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai calm down, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest gently.
People standing by thought that Yi Zhonghai endured it for the sake of the house. After all, everyone's thoughts were still focused on the house and they would not associate it with other things.
Even when I think about it afterwards, I still don't understand what I was saying.
Seeing this, Liu Haizhong chose between blaming Yi Zhonghai or remaining silent for this rare opportunity.
Of course Liu Haizhong chose to blame Yi Zhonghai.
"Old Yi, we heard about this from the old lady and saw it. You've gone too far. You actually gave the old lady leftovers. This is too much."
"Of course, we just listened to what the old lady said. If you have anything to say, just say it at the conference."
At the end, Liu Haizhong was worried that Yi Zhonghai would beat him up, so he added, "Old Yi, do you think this is okay?"
"Okay, it's just right that we can talk about some things at the meeting." Yi Zhonghai was just about to hold a general meeting of all employees, so there was no reason to refuse.
"Okay, go and call everyone to the middle courtyard for a meeting in broad daylight."
Soon, everyone came to the Intermediate Court for the meeting. This time, people arrived particularly quickly. I don’t know if they came to watch the fun or if they were afraid of being noticed by the old lady.
Liu Haizhong stood beside the Eight Immortals Seat, cleared his throat, and was about to give a long speech, but the old lady glared at him, so he immediately cut to the chase.
"Today's meeting is about the old lady and the old man's home. This is what happened. Just now..."
Liu Haizhong briefly described the situation, and then looked at the old lady, "Old lady, am I right?"
The old lady nodded, "That's right, everyone. Yi Zhonghai and his wife are really inhuman. They actually dared to give me leftovers today."
"The meals used to be hot, but if they dare to leave leftovers today, they will dare not cook for me tomorrow. I used to subsidize the Yi family, but this is how they treat me."
"Look at this, everyone. What kind of thing is this? This is too shameless. Look, I'm living a good life now, so you don't want to take care of me?"
The old lady was crying, which made everyone sympathize with her and look at Yi Zhonghai with condemnation.
"Old lady, please calm down aside. We can't just listen to you on this matter. We also need to listen to what Old Yi has to say. Our courtyard is not a one-person house."
Liu Haizhong somewhat regretted holding the meeting as it would offend both sides.
"Lao Yi, what do you want to say? Is what the old lady said true? If so, why did you do this?"
"Normally you ask everyone to respect the elderly and love the young, why do you change now that it's your turn?"
Yi Zhonghai looked at the old lady who was pretending to be serious, and then at the middle-aged woman who was covering her face.
He asked an aunt to find the old lady. He had a plan in mind and was going to make a decision today.
Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and said, "Since Second Master asked this, I will tell you the truth. Everyone, please listen and give us your opinions."
"For so many years, my husband and I have taken care of the old lady, just like taking care of our own mother, greeting her with warmth without hindrance. Am I right?"
"But it's different now. The old lady dislikes us. Isn't it just because we were late today because of something else, and we gave her some leftovers after we finished eating?"
"This is the first time in so many years. Is this a big mistake? Besides, the old lady has food given by everyone, so what does she need from me? If she dislikes it, she can just refuse to eat it, but the old lady actually hit my wife."
Speaking of this, Yi Zhonghai felt aggrieved.
"Everyone has seen it. We have been taking care of the old lady for so long. Usually, we give her the best food first. Is this just a small mistake?"
"I didn't expect that after taking care of him for so many years, he would turn out to be an ungrateful person."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately sided with Yi Zhonghai, thinking that the old lady had gone too far.
It was just one meal she missed, okay? She had so many good meals, it would be fine if she missed one, but she actually hit someone.
"Old lady, this is where you're wrong." Liu Haizhong was about to blame the old lady, but she glared back at him, leaving him speechless for a moment.
"Bah! Yi Zhonghai, don't be so pretentious and say such nice things. Do you really want to take care of me, an old woman? Do I need to tell you?"
The old lady just gave up and broke off relations with him.
Now that she is living a good life, why should she accompany Yi Zhonghai to live a hard life?
Anyway, she has a lot of people to take care of her in her old age, so Yi Zhonghai won’t make a difference.
Thinking this way, the old lady has indeed been taken care of and has become sick, and has not woken up from the beautiful dream woven by everyone.
Or maybe the old lady deliberately didn't want to wake up from her dream and wanted to continue sleeping.
"Okay, go ahead and tell us. Let everyone know. If you don't tell us, I'll tell you. I just miss your house. Since you've donated it, I don't want it anymore."
"From now on, you go your way and I go mine, and we can live in peace. I'll return the grain book and other things to you in a while, and you can do whatever you want."
Yi Zhonghai deliberately emphasized the house in order to hide his desire for the list and let everyone have a preconceived idea. Anyway, the old lady would never tell anyone about the list.
The three most important things to the old lady are house, money and list. The most useful thing to him is the list, nothing else matters.
As long as the list is still at the old lady's house, I can just find a chance to steal it. There's no need to be held back by the old lady.
"You, me, you." The old lady was so shocked by Yi Zhonghai's decision that she didn't know what to say.
She used the donation of the house to deceive everyone into being nice to her. Although she did not inform Yi Zhonghai in advance, she personally went to their house to inform them and comfort them.
"This house will be left to you in the future, just wait and take it. No one else can take it away. I just lied to them, don't mind it."
At that time, Yi Zhonghai understood what the old lady meant, but sometimes no matter how good the words are, they are not as real as what you see, and not as practical as what you do.
The old lady suddenly said she would donate the house at this critical juncture, which made it difficult for Yi Zhonghai not to doubt the old lady's intentions.
In addition, ever since everyone started delivering meals to the old lady, the old lady gradually refused the food he brought her, just like today, when she was extremely disgusted.
You have to know that in the past, old ladies would eat whatever was available and would never be picky.
Don't all these signs indicate that the old lady wants to escape from his control? That's great, if she wants to escape, then she can. The old lady has no nutritional value anyway.
She is just a means for Yi Zhonghai to control the entire hospital with morality. He can still control it without her.
Moreover, Yi Zhonghai was not optimistic about the old lady's current situation. Before long, no one would be willing to take care of her and respect her. Wouldn't she be at his mercy then?
Yi Zhonghai glanced at everyone.
"While everyone is here today, my Yi family will never be involved in the affairs of the old lady's family. You can find anyone to take care of you in your old age. I don't care."
"I'll go to the street office later and tell them that you should be self-reliant from now on. We don't have to have any contact anymore."
After saying that, Yi Zhonghai just looked at the old lady.
(End of this chapter)