The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 81 Temporary Meeting

The next day, Lu Zixuan continued to follow He Yuzhu to work at the restaurant, and everything was calm. On the third day...

At noon on the fifth day, two GAZ trucks from the Military Control Commission, loaded with fully armed soldiers, surrounded the restaurant. After nearly two hours of searching and questioning, Master Zhao and the restaurant owner were first escorted into the trucks.

The rest of the restaurant staff were all taken into custody by the military control committee soldiers and escorted to the military control committee compound. The front and back doors of the restaurant were also sealed.

He Yuzhu followed with Lu Zixuan, but they spent the whole afternoon drinking boiled water in Xiao Ma's office. Lu Zixuan wanted to continue teaching He Yuzhu chat skills, but when he saw He Yuzhu's excitement, he gave up. To avoid trouble, Xiao Ma asked them to leave with other people who were unaware of the situation until the sun set.

After returning home, He Yuzhu was extremely excited and insisted on going to his master's house the next day to announce the good news. However, before he had been excited for half an hour, he was blocked at the door by three uncles.

"Zhuzi, what kind of thing are you doing? What did I teach you? How could you harm someone like this..." Yi Zhonghai shouted and was about to enter He Yuzhu's house.

He Yuzhu's joyful mood of imagining a happy life was completely destroyed by Yi Zhonghai. His patience immediately dropped to zero and he shouted angrily, "Get out! If you dare to step into my house, I will strangle you to death."

This roar not only stopped Yi Zhonghai from shouting, but also stopped the approaching people. Lu Zixuan looked at their feet that were suspended in mid-air, and quickly stepped forward and said:

"What time, what place, what happened? Speak if you can."

Yi Zhonghai ignored the kid and said directly: "Zhu Zi, you said..."

Lu Zixuan pointed at Yan Bugui and shouted: "I asked you to speak, not to convict you. Teacher Yan, you said he can't speak."

Yi Zhonghai was furious. He was humiliated by a little kid again and again. He went straight into the door to catch Lu Zixuan, cursing "You little bastard..."

He Yuzhu saw Yi Zhonghai was about to attack Lu Zixuan, and said lightly: "If you dare to touch him, I will light your sky lantern, you try? Don't force me, go away, Teacher Yan, you say..."

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to move again. He clenched his teeth in anger, his face turned blue, and his hands were clenched tightly. He didn't say a word, but stared at He Yuzhu. The anger in his eyes was enough to burn down the entire courtyard.

Seeing this, Yan Bugui immediately tried to smooth things over:

"Old Yi, calm down, don't be angry. Zhuzi, this is what happened. The deaf old lady and Dongxu both said that they got seriously ill after eating the food you cooked, and they want us to seek justice. Look at this..."

Lu Zixuan glanced at He Yuzhu, and He Yuzhu immediately understood. Lu Zixuan had been teaching him how to deal with this situation these past two days. Now that it was useful, he sneered and said:

"Teacher Yan, do you think I would cook for them? How about this, let's hold a whole-school meeting to confront them, okay? Or we can go to the street office or the police station. What do you think?"

When Liu Haizhong heard that he could hold a general meeting, his eyes lit up immediately and he immediately responded:

"I think we should just solve it in the yard. There's no need to go to the street office. It's troublesome. I'll go call someone. Zhuzi, can I use your table for a while?"

Lu Zixuan immediately objected. How could the situation that had been created with great difficulty be destroyed?

"No need. This isn't a court hearing. Why are you carrying a table? Do you want to learn from the slum in front and let the military control committee take people away? Have you forgotten what Deputy Director Zhang said?"

Although the three of them didn't quite believe it, they didn't dare to bet on Lu Zixuan's words because he was so confident. However, Deputy Director Zhang did say that moving tables was not recommended, and he didn't mention the table again.

Liu Haizhong was the most active one, and quickly gathered most of the residents in the courtyard. Chen Ping and He Yushui also arrived and ran to ask Lu Zixuan. After telling him what happened, Chen Ping was about to go to the street office to call for help, but was stopped by Lu Zixuan, who said to wait and see what happened first.

After two slaps in the fringe, he said loudly:

"I called everyone to a meeting today. The only thing I want to do is to put medicine in Zhuzi's cooking..."

"Stop, stop, stop. If you don't know how to speak, just shut up. Are you the judge? Can you just convict him? Teacher Yan, you should just say it."

Lu Zixuan stopped him immediately. If he continued to let this confused person talk nonsense, something bad would happen.

Liu Haizhong was not convinced and said with a red face: "Adults are talking about things, how can you, a child, have the right to speak? Go away and play."

When Chen Ping heard that Liu Haizhong dared to scold Lu Zixuan, he was furious and pointed at Liu Haizhong and said:

"Liu Haizhong, shut up! Either apologize to my son now, or wait for punishment from the street office and the steel factory tomorrow."

Liu Haizhong saw that Chen Ping dared to jump out and challenge the authority of the second uncle. Just as he was about to lose his temper, he saw He Yuzhu walking slowly towards him, and immediately stopped talking.

He would never admit that he was a coward. He was just temporarily restraining his powerful authority and not bothering with a child.

Seeing that Liu Haizhong was getting scared, Chen Ping stopped pressing him. She squinted at him and ignored him.

Yan Bugui saw that the anger on both sides had subsided and tried to smooth things over:

"Everyone, calm down a bit and let's get this resolved first, okay? Well, here's the thing.

In the afternoon, the deaf old lady felt unwell and asked the first and second aunts in the orphanage to take her to the hospital for treatment.

When he arrived at the hospital, he met Jia Dongxu, who was also there to see a doctor. Upon hearing that they had the same condition, the doctor asked if he had eaten anything unclean.

Both of them said that they became like this after eating the food that Zhuzi cooked, so we came to ask about the situation. Zhuzi, then you tell us about it.”

He Yuzhu glanced at Lu Zixuan first, and when he saw him nod, he walked to the middle of the road and said:

"Then who can tell me which meal they ate that I cooked, on which day?"

He Yuzhu looked around and saw that no one responded, so he continued:

"No, right? Well, I haven't cooked at home since the beginning of the year. Yu Shui and I always eat at my sister's house. So how did they eat the food I cooked?

Yi Zhonghai, you must answer, because it was you who framed me."

Everyone cast their suspicious eyes towards Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai had calmed down and sobered up. He thought for a long time before saying:

"Zhu Zi, there may be some misunderstandings here. I was so anxious that I didn't think too much about it.

Well, I'll go ask the old lady first, but is what you did today right? Although we are not old people, at least according to age, we are your elders, right?

I don't know where you learned this kind of rudeness from. If you have something to say, just talk it out. We are all neighbors. Don't get so angry at the slightest provocation.

Okay, let's wait for the old lady and Dongxu to come back and sort things out. Let's all go."

He Yuzhu saw that Yi Zhonghai was trying to get away with it again, so he immediately stopped him and said:

"Wait, Yi Zhonghai, what I want is an explanation and an apology, not your nonsense. Do you think this matter can be glossed over?

Well, since you want to get away with it, I'll help you. Starting tomorrow, I'll be at the steel mill, the streets, and anywhere I can get to.

Spread the word about how you, Yi Zhonghai, acted as a matchmaker for He Daqing, how you made Aunt Bai have no place to stand in the old city, and how you instigated He Daqing to abandon his children.

Since you want to become famous, I will help you. Anyway, what I said is the truth and I am not afraid of being investigated. Maybe I can even reduce the stigma of He Daqing.

Maybe if he's in a bad mood one day, he'll come back to Sijiu City with a knife in hand to avenge Aunt Bai and chop off your Yi Zhonghai's legs. What do you think?"