Chapter 326

The doctor nodded.

Help Yi Zhonghai treat his wounds.

He didn't think much of it.

Soon.

The wound was treated.

When Yi Zhonghai returned to the Sihe Academy, Yan Fugui saw his bandaged left hand at a glance.

"First Master, what happened to your left hand?"

Yan Fugui was very surprised.

"Don't mention it, moving stones, someone's hand slipped, and it got smashed by a stone. I get angry thinking about it, but there's nothing I can do; they didn't mean it!"

Yi Zhonghai had to make everyone believe that losing his left little finger was a pure accident.

He seriously suspected.

That the people who blocked him in the alley were either arranged by Wan Ping'an, He Great Qing, or possibly Xu Fugui!

"Was it smashed badly?"

Yan Fugui asked.

"Sigh, the little finger was smashed to pieces. The doctor said it might get infected, so I had no choice but to have it cut off!"

Yi Zhonghai found a set of excuses.

Last year.

A second-grade fitter in the fitter workshop had his left little finger and index finger smashed; the doctor said it might get infected and suggested cutting them both off.

He had copied the doctor's words.

"The left little finger was cut off?"

Yan Fugui was shocked.

This wasn't a simple injury; it was missing a finger!

Ten fingers, each one has its own function; even an inconspicuous little finger would seriously affect strength and precision.

If it hadn't been absolutely necessary.

Yi Zhonghai wouldn't have cut it off!

In less than half an hour, everyone in the courtyard knew.

Yi Zhonghai's left little finger had been smashed by a stone and had to be cut off to save his life; from now on, he was Nine-Fingered Yi Zhonghai, no longer having all ten fingers!

The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

Jia Zhang was entertaining guests.

There was a man a bit older than her, with a young girl.

"Come, Xiaocao, call her Cousin Aunt."

"Cousin, this is my daughter Xiaocao, she's a bit shy and doesn't know much, I hope you don't mind."

The man was a bit reserved.

"Xiaocao has grown so big?"

"When I last saw Xiaocao, she had just learned to walk. Does she have a husband's family yet?"

Jia Zhang was a bit disgusted.

She didn't like relatives from her hometown.

But there was no choice.

The Niu Dashun in front of her was from her maiden family; since he had come, even if she didn't want to entertain him, she had to entertain him with symbolic "enthusiasm."

Otherwise.

When Niu Dashun went home and spread the word.

She wouldn't have the face to return to Zhang Family Village again.

"Not yet."

"Cousin, I want to ask you for a favor."

"Life in the countryside is hard, we really can't go on. I want to ask you to find a husband's family for Xiaocao, as long as she can get a bite to eat."

"Xiaocao is very diligent, she can do any work, and she's obedient."

"Xiaocao, why don't you help your Cousin Aunt clean up?"

Niu Dashun gave Xiaocao a wink.

Xiaocao started cleaning.

"Find a husband's family in the city?"

Jia Zhang was shocked.

She looked at Xiaocao: big buttocks, a woman who could bear sons, and her "granary" was quite large too, but her appearance was just average.

She wasn't ugly; she was quite pleasant to look at.

She just wasn't pretty.

"Right, life in the countryside is too hard..."

"Cousin, you've been in the city for so many years, you must know many people. It shouldn't be hard to find a husband's family for Xiaocao, right?"

Niu Dashun was full of hope.

Crack!

The door opened.

Jia Dongxu came home from work.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a big butt facing him.

It was Xiaocao sweeping the floor, bent over toward the door.

"Is this Dongxu?"

"He looks so spirited."

Niu Dashun saw Jia Dongxu and took the initiative to greet him.

"Are you Uncle Shunzi?"

Jia Dongxu remembered.

He hadn't seen him for over ten years; he had seen him when he was a child.

"Right, right, it's me. Dongxu, your memory is really good."

Niu Dashun slapped his thigh happily.

He had thought Jia Dongxu had forgotten him.

Jia Dongxu's gaze, however, drifted toward Xiaocao from time to time.

Xiaocao looked average, but her figure was really good, especially when he first walked in and saw Xiaocao's buttocks, firm and perky.

Jia Dongxu felt a stir.

Along with that, he found Xiaocao's average face quite pleasing to the eye.

Xiaocao looked at Jia Dongxu; he was different from the men in the village, and she felt a bit flustered, so she looked once and lowered her head, not daring to look at Jia Dongxu again.

"Could it be..."

Jia Zhang looked at Jia Dongxu suspiciously.

At the same moment.

Yi Zhonghai’s home.

He stared at Fan Jinyou with a vigilant expression.

"What are you here for?"

He deeply suspected that Fan Jinyou had come to blackmail him.

After all, he had just sought out Fan Jinyou to have him find someone to intimidate He Great Qing; this could be considered a piece of leverage held in Fan Jinyou’s hands.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Fan Jinyou smiled brightly.

"What exactly do you want?"

Yi Zhonghai’s complexion was very poor; having done something shameful, he feared seeing anyone who knew the truth most of all.

"Don't forget, you took my money. If I go down, you won't be able to run either."

Yi Zhonghai warned Fan Jinyou.

The two men were holding leverage over each other.

"You're too tense. Relax, I’ve come to see you about official business."

"Starting from the beginning of next month, which is three days from now, the Neighborhood Office will be conducting a month-long legal education program. I’m here to give you notice."

"Legal education requires holding a full-courtyard meeting, with all members in attendance."

Fan Jinyou announced with a smile.

"Didn't we already have one in the first half of the year?"

Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief; as long as it was official business, it was fine.

"From now on, there will be one or two every year. Besides, your courtyard didn't even hold one in the first half of the year, did it?"

Fan Jinyou frowned slightly.

"Officer Fan, it’s not that I’m unwilling, but the people in the courtyard are too busy and can never all be gathered together."

"How about this: you leave the materials with me, and I will hold the full-courtyard meetings. I’ll hold several of them to ensure everyone receives the legal education."

Yi Zhonghai proposed a suggestion.

Legal education?

Are you kidding?

If everyone understood the law, how would he continue to suppress the people in the courtyard?

He had to stop it!

"Fine!"

"I'll leave the materials with you. After you finish the legal education, just write up a report and submit it to the Neighborhood Office!"

Fan Jinyou didn't think much of it.

"Officer Fan, leaving so soon?"

Yan Fugui had been standing at the courtyard entrance the whole time.

As Fan Jinyou left, Yan Fugui put on a fawning smile.

"I'm off, you go back to your business!"

Fan Jinyou nodded.

"Dad, what did Officer Fan come for?"

Yan Jiecheng was very curious.

"Something about legal education. I don't know what it's about. There was one in the first half of the year, and Yi Zhonghai handled it."

Yan Fugui shook his head.

Yan Jiecheng’s eyes lit up; a chance to make money had arrived!

He quietly went to find Wan Ping'an.

"Legal education?"

"There was one in the first half of the year?"

"Yi Zhonghai has never conducted any legal education."

Wan Ping'an was very surprised.

He told Yan Jiecheng to find someone to inquire about it.

The next afternoon.

Yan Jiecheng had already found out the truth.

Legal education was pushed by the higher-ups, and for ordinary people, it was limited to basic clauses related to daily life.

Starting from today, there was one in the first half of the year, and another one recently.

"I understand now. That old dog Yi Zhonghai doesn't want the people in the courtyard to understand the law."

"If everyone understood the law, someone would definitely report his illegal activities, and he wouldn't be able to cover the sky with one hand as the First Elder."

"He’s fooling the Neighborhood Office!"

"He’s courting death!"

Wan Ping'an understood.

"Jiecheng, go do something for me. Just keep it to yourself, don't tell anyone. If you pull it off, I'll give you ten yuan!"

Wan Ping'an never treated those who did things for him poorly.

He told Yan Jiecheng to find a stranger to go near the Sihe Academy and spread rumors about Yi Zhonghai.

Say that he intentionally obstructed legal education, deceived his superiors and concealed the truth from his subordinates, all for one goal: to reign supreme in the Sihe Academy and turn it into his own private domain.