Xu Damao was beaten black and blue by Lu Fan. Even a pig being slaughtered during the New Year wasn't as miserable as him.
More and more people gathered in the neighborhood, and the three most respected elders in the courtyard also rushed over when they heard the news.
The three elders were the representatives elected by the courtyard. Whenever something happened, the three elders would come out to uphold justice. In that era, if there was an internal problem, it was usually someone with high prestige who came out to preside over the solution.
In this courtyard, they represented everything.
If they couldn't solve it, they would contact the relevant departments.
"Stop, stop!"
An elder rushed over and pulled Lu Fan away. He shouted sternly,"We're all neighbors. How can we hit someone?”
Lu Fan said angrily,"Master Yi, don't stop me. This brat deserves to be beaten up!"”
Seeing the three uncles arrive, Xu Damao rushed up to hug them as if he had seen a life-saving straw.
Xu Damao pointed at his swollen face and opened his mouth to show everyone the teeth that had been knocked out. He said with tears and snot,"Three masters, look, look at how miserable I am! What did you do? This was all caused by Lu Fan and He Yuzhu!”
"They're trying to kill me. Call the police. We have to call the police and arrest them!”
The first uncle frowned and said coldly,""What police report? We're all from the same courtyard. Can't we help you uphold justice? If there's a problem, we'll help you solve it!”
Hearing this, Xu Damao immediately felt as if he had found a backer. He was so excited that he could not say anything.
The few old men were the oldest in the courtyard and had the highest status. As long as they could make decisions for him, it would be much more useful than finding the police.
Xu Damao didn't want He Yuzhu and his brother to just be locked up for a few days. It would be best if they were ostracized by the entire courtyard and embarrassed. They couldn't live in this courtyard house anymore.
Originally, Xu Damao hated He Yuzhu the most. This guy always surpassed him in everything he did, and his salary was higher than his. Why?
However, after Lu Fan came, Xu Damao's target changed.
After all, he and He Yuzhu were still on the same level. Occasionally, they could compete and it was difficult to tell who was better.
There was profit in being a cook in the canteen, and there was also profit in being a projectionist. It was hard to tell who was better.
However, Lu Fan was different. He was an employee of a state-owned company. His status was much higher than his, and he earned much more than him.
Even the few beautiful wives he was thinking about in the factory were attracted by Lu Fan. How could he not be envious and jealous?
……
With regards to the chicken incident, the courtyard house immediately held a general meeting.
A table was placed in the middle of the courtyard. The three elders sat down in turn. The neighbors below sat on their own benches and waited for the elders to speak.
Second Uncle waved his hand, signaling Xu Damao to tell him about the chicken.
Xu Damao nodded excitedly and quickly stood up.""Neighbors, this is what happened. When I got home from work at night, I saw that the chicken in the chicken coop was gone. Coincidentally, there was one stewing in He Yuzhu's casserole! Everyone, I worked so hard to go to the countryside to play a movie. Someone gave it to me. The two of us are keeping it to lay eggs!”
Lou Xiao'e nodded in agreement.”
Xu Damao turned around and pointed at He Yuzhu angrily.""You chicken thief, you didn't admit your mistake after I caught you. You worked with your cousin to beat me up! Neighbors, you must help me!”
The people below whispered to each other and discussed.
All of them pointed at He Yuzhu and Lu Fan.
He Yuzhu was a person who cared about his face. He immediately felt a little embarrassed, but Lu Fan was unmoved and completely ignored everyone's discussion.
This was how the Qin family was like. As long as you lived better than others, others would be jealous of you and wish that you lived worse than them.
Now that he was in trouble, he was counting on his neighbors to help him? Dream on!
It would be a miracle if they didn't laugh at him or kick him when he was down!
The first uncle looked at the situation and sighed silently. He was always like this when he encountered problems. He didn't care about the big ones, but he was quite diligent in the small ones. To put it bluntly, he didn't want to offend anyone.
Instead, Second Uncle coughed and stood up with his big belly."Everyone, please be quiet! Next, let me say a few words!"
He looked down at everyone and said,"Da Mao's chicken was lost, and there was a chicken cooked in Silly Zhu's pot. Silly Zhu is indeed very suspicious. However…this didn't mean that the chicken was stolen from Da Mao's house. Everyone knew that Silly Zhu was a chef, so this chicken was very likely to have been stolen from the canteen of the rolling mill!”
"Nonsense!"
He Yuzhu immediately became anxious and stood up from the stool."Stealing a neighbor's chicken is a moral issue. Stealing public property is a crime. Second Uncle, don't talk nonsense! I bought this chicken!"
Third Uncle smiled and said," That's not right. We're not close to the market. You just got off work. How can you have time to buy it?"”
He Yuzhu was at a loss for words. He stammered and could not explain clearly.
In this era, the definition of stealing was different.
All the factories were owned by the state. Even a screw inside was public property. If they were found to have stolen public property, the problem would be quite serious.
Not only would he be set as a negative example, but he would also have to go to jail.
Seeing that the problem had escalated to such an extent, Qin Huairu remained indifferent and indifferent.
Lu Fan clenched his fists,[It seems like this b * tch is determined to make He Yuzhu the scapegoat!] She had received so much kindness and care, but now she didn't even help her at all. She was really something!
As if all of this was taken for granted. Why?
He looked at his cousin He Yuzhu and sighed helplessly."See, this is what happens when you do good deeds. You raised such an ingrate!”
Lu Fan knew that He Yuzhu must have known that this was the doing of the stick, but out of sympathy and pity, he resolutely chose to take the blame.
Seeing that He Yuzhu was about to argue with the second uncle, Lu Fan rushed up and pulled him aside."Don't say anything. Leave it to me!"
Looking at Lu Fan's serious eyes, He Yuzhu knew that his cousin would never harm him.
He nodded heavily and chose to believe Lu Fan. Because he knew that with his cousin's intelligence, he could deal with this situation and help him get out of trouble.
Lu Fan first looked at the sinister pig-faced Xu Damao, then looked at the fat Second Uncle, and could not help but sneer in his heart.
He had watched the original drama, so he naturally knew about the little trick between Xu Damao and Second Uncle.
Xu Damao would bribe Second Uncle with small favors from time to time. Otherwise, Second Uncle would not stand up for him at this time.
Of course, Second Uncle had his own reasons for doing so. At this age, he also wanted to have more fun as an official scolding people, so he stood up and jumped around like a clown.
Second Uncle puffed out his belly and pointed at He Yuzhu and Lu Fan like an old man,""Silly Zhu, since you said that this chicken is not from the canteen, then it must be from Xu Damao's family. As for Lu Fan, you injured…"
"Wait!"
Before Second Uncle could finish his words, Lu Fan interrupted him rudely,"Second Uncle, you keep saying that my brother stole Xu Damao's chicken. What evidence do you have? You have no evidence, you are framing me, you are slandering me! As the lord chosen by the neighbors, you accuse a good person without any evidence. I think you're really old and muddle-headed!”
Lu Fan's firm tone and attitude made Second Uncle Liu Hai furious.
He held the cattail leaf fan and pointed at Lu Fan angrily."Brat, is this how you talk to your elders? As a young man, how could he have no manners at all!”
"My upbringing is based on people!"
Lu Fan sneered." You can't uphold justice. You framed a good person and didn't do anything. Tell me, what kind of second uncle are you?!"”
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