Chapter 262

He only had this little bit of private money left for self-defense, and now it had all been tossed in.

"Do you understand the meaning of 'give and take'?"

"Only by giving can you receive; if you don't give, how can you receive?"

The Deaf Old Lady was very satisfied.

Yi Zhonghai becoming the First Elder again was also very beneficial to her.

Her application for the Five Guarantees had been suspended; if Yi Zhonghai became the First Elder again, he could help her apply again, and she attached great importance to the Five Guarantees application.

Two days later.

Wan Ping'an had just arrived home when he received a notice that there would be a full courtyard meeting in the evening.

"Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui also want to hold a full courtyard meeting?"

·· Begging for flowers ·

"What do they want to do?"

Wan Ping'an was very surprised.

After finishing dinner, he took a small stool and went to the meeting place.

"Brother Ping'an, come over here."

He had just arrived at the meeting place.

Niu Niu waved her little hand to call him.

The little girl, only three years old, was especially close to him.

The second son of the Sun family, Sun Tiezhu, under his arrangement, had also joined the promotion work of the Golden Rice and might obtain a formal job.

"Here, Brother will treat you to an apple!"

Wan Ping'an took out an apple and handed it to Niu Niu.

Niu Niu held the apple, looked at her parents, then at her two brothers, and only after knowing they nodded did she happily hold the apple and start gnawing on it.

There were envious looks all around.

The children were all terribly envious.

"Here, I have some melon seeds, a small handful for everyone!"

Wan Ping'an greeted the children.

He didn't care about the adults.

The children were jubilant, and the meeting place was in chaos instantly.

"Ping'an, you really have a kind heart."

Wang Zhuren arrived at the Sihe Academy.

Wan Ping'an greeted Wang Zhuren with a smile and saw Yi Zhonghai following closely behind Wang Zhuren; the two had walked in from outside together.

"Did Yi Zhonghai invite Wang Zhuren?"

"The Deaf Old Lady has also come out."

"I understand, the Deaf Old Lady has made a move, wanting Yi Zhonghai to be the First Elder again."

"I thought my arrival had completely destroyed the plot, but now it seems that's not the case; the plot has a powerful corrective ability."

Wan Ping'an suddenly realized.

"Yi Zhonghai, I don't oppose you being the First Elder, but you'd better not provoke me."

"If you provoke me, I can pull you down once, I can pull you down twice, and I can even send you to prison."

A cold light flashed in Wan Ping'an's eyes.

"Everyone, be quiet."

"I will preside over today's full courtyard meeting."

Wang Zhuren stood at the very front, looking at the people of the Sihe Academy.

"I came here last time and removed Yi Zhonghai; he made a mistake."

"Making a mistake once doesn't mean making a mistake for a lifetime; we can't beat him to death with one stick, we must give him a chance to turn over a new leaf."

"Let Yi Zhonghai be the acting First Elder, with a six-month probation period; after the probation period ends, if he hasn't made any mistakes, let him be the formal First Elder."

"Of course, whether to give him a chance or not isn't up to me, it's up to you."

"Therefore, I have decided to hold a vote."

Wang Zhuren said, and someone brought over a ballot box.

Someone else brought over two basins.

One basin contained small gray stones, and the other contained small white stones, which surprised everyone; what were the stones for in the voting?

Wang Zhuren finished speaking.

He stepped back.

He let Yi Zhonghai come to the front.

"First of all, I want to apologize to everyone!"

Yi Zhonghai said, bowing to everyone first.

"In the past, I made mistakes; now I have awakened and learned my lesson."

"I will definitely work hard to correct myself and do my best to serve everyone; please give me another chance, I definitely won't let everyone down."

"..."

Yi Zhonghai engaged in self-reflection and self-criticism, appearing very sincere on the surface.

The Deaf Old Lady watched everyone's reactions with a smile.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui were expressionless, without any look of surprise.

He Daqing's brows were slightly furrowed.

"There are white and gray small stones here."

"Everyone take one of each; when voting, those who agree with me being the acting First Elder, cast a white stone, and those who oppose, cast a gray stone."

After the self-criticism.

Yi Zhonghai mentioned the voting process.

Wan Ping'an wasn't surprised at all.

In the old society, there were too many illiterates; many people couldn't even write their own names.

Asking them to vote was a bit difficult for them.

They could only use a flexible method.

Before Wan Ping'an traveled through time, he had seen a documentary about voting for village cadres.

Each village cadre was represented by a bowl, and each voting villager had a bean in their hand; whoever they chose, they put it in that person's bowl.

Coming to Yi Zhonghai's case.

The gray small stone represented opposition.

The white represented approval.

It was also a flexible voting method.

"In our courtyard, I am the oldest, I will cast the first vote!"

The Deaf Old Lady said, picking up a white small stone, casting it into the ballot box, turning around, looking at everyone, and then slowly returning.

Isn't this just being a hooligan?

Wan Ping'an sneered.

Voting should be anonymous.

Everyone should take two small stones, one gray and one white; when voting, don't let others know which one they are putting in.

Doing it openly, how many would dare to cast an opposing vote?

"I am the Second Elder, I will cast the second vote!"

Liu Haizhong picked up a white small stone.

He also cast an approval vote.

Yan Fugui voted third, also an approval vote.

"No wonder Yi Zhonghai is so confident; he handled Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui first!"

"How did he handle these two people?"

Wan Ping'an was a bit surprised.

Then he reacted. ===== CHAPTER 264 =====