Chapter 147: Deaf Old Lady: I really was blind!

After more than ten minutes.

Zhongyuan.

The three elders sat at an Eight Immortals table.

When no one came to take the peanuts and melon seeds, Yi Zhonghai finally spoke up and asked:

"Everyone is here?"

Yan Bu Gui: "Shazhu hasn't come yet."

His words fell.

Suddenly, Shazhu's voice came:

"Shazhu is here, over here."

His voice arrived, and so did he.

His words fell, and Shazhu came to the Eight Immortals table.

He reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, then walked over to Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li.

Yan Jiecheng hastily pulled Yu Li to the side.

As if avoiding a plague.

Shazhu glared dissatisfiedly at Yan Jiecheng.

Liu Haizhong: "Everyone's here, let's begin."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and spoke loudly:

"Today is the first day of the first lunar month of 1966."

Shazhu said unhappily: "Don't drop the word."

"Still no culture? You're still the Eldest Uncle; if not, I'll take your seat."

"It should be 66... ouch..."

Before he finished speaking, Shazhu covered his head with his hand and squatted down.

Everyone looked and burst out laughing.

Shazhu's mouth formed an 'O' shape, he kept wailing, and his face wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

One can see how painful it must be for him now.

It turned out that Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng had somehow run up behind him, and it's unknown whether they used their finger joints to strike Shazhu's head hard.

In any case, it's definitely one of the two, most likely Xu Damao.

Because Xu Damao was smirking.

After a moment.

Shazhu eased a bit, stood up, and stared at Xu Damao, asking:

"Who hit me?"

Xu Damao laughed: "You tell me."

Shazhu: "If I find out who hit me, I, I'll fight him to the death."

Actually, Shazhu also knows it was Xu Damao who hit him.

Yan Jiecheng doesn't have that guts.

But since Xu Damao doesn't say anything, he pretends not to know.

Because he can't beat Xu Damao.

He doesn't want to be abused by Xu Damao in front of everyone again.

Lin Shengli laughed: "Shazhu, this is someone helping me teach you a lesson."

"Tell me, where did my uncle go wrong?"

"You dare say my uncle has no culture?"

Xu Damao: "Exactly, making it seem like he's very cultured."

"It's just someone helping Shengli teach you a lesson."

Liu Haizhong: "Exactly, no more interruptions."

Yan Bu Gui: "With just that little ability, you still have the nerve to speak here."

Yi Zhonghai: "Forget it, it's the first day of the lunar new year; we won't argue with him."

Shazhu struggled to suppress his anger, walked to a wall, and squatted with his back against it.

He worried that Xu Damao would sneak attack him from behind again.

The Deaf Old Lady leaning on a cane at the side looked at him and involuntarily shook her head.

"This Shazhu, how did I ever choose him to support me in my old age?"

"I really was blind."

Shazhu also grew increasingly intolerant of Yi Zhonghai, which is why he spoke up just now.

He originally wanted to humiliate Yi Zhonghai, but instead he got hit.

Moreover, everyone is talking about him, as if he were a street rat that everyone shouts to beat.

It can be said that now, aside from the Deaf Old Lady and the Jia Zhangshi family, he has offended everyone.

However, he is very stubborn and fears nothing.

Not only is he unafraid, he also wants to find a chance to take revenge.

Yi Zhonghai looked around at everyone and spoke loudly:

"Today, the Second Elder and the Third Elder proposed to hold this group greeting."

"I strongly agree."

"I think this format is especially good."

"That way we avoid the unpleasant incidents that happened during past Spring Festival celebrations."

Shazhu stared at Yi Zhonghai, growing more and more displeased.

He wanted to speak up and retort, but feared Lin Shengli would deal with him.

"Since everyone agrees on this group worship format."

"I think starting today, we should establish a system, huh."

"We'll hold a group worship every year."

"Second Elder, San Da Ye, let me give everyone my New Year greetings first."

"Then I'll say a couple of lines, huh."

At this point, Yi Zhonghai stood up, "I'll wish everyone in the institute, huh."

"May every household be happy, every person healthy, every door safe."

"I've given everyone my New Year greetings."

When his words fell, cheers and applause rang out.

Shazhu let out a cold snort, saying nothing.

Yi Zhonghai sat down and said:

"Second Elder, please go ahead."

Liu Haizhong stood up and said:

"Now it's my turn, so I'll go for something literary, okay?"

"This: new atmosphere in the New Year, welcoming spring snow in the new spring."

"The lower couplet, the lower couplet is this."

"Talk about the situation, talk about policies, emphasize bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new."

Everyone heard it and also cheered and clapped.

Shazhu made a nasal sound and shouted:

"Stop clapping!"

"What do you hear?"

"As soon as I say something, you all start clapping."

Upon hearing that.

Liu Haizhong, who had been wearing a smug grin, suddenly darkened.

Shazhu stood up, looked at Liu Haizhong, and said:

"Hey, the line in front is a new phrase; you listen to the line behind."

"This is still feudal superstition."

"This is not the same taste."

"Still literary, huh, good fellow."

Liu Haizhong shouted angrily, "Shazhu, shut your stinky mouth!"

Lin Shengli: "Shazhu, where is that feudal superstition?"

"Is bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new feudal superstition?"

"You're just slapping a hat on Second Elder?"

"What do you mean?"

With those words spoken,

the scene couldn't help but stir.

Everyone voiced support for Lin Shengli and blamed Shazhu.

Xu Damao sneered, "This Shazhu, I think he wants to be at odds with the whole institute."

"Second Elder said it so well, yet it became feudal superstition in his eyes."

Liu Guangtian: "Exactly, Shazhu, what exactly do you want to do?"

Shazhu pointed at Liu Guangtian and roared:

"You, shut up with me, you're not even supposed to speak here."

Liu Guangtian: "It's not that Shengli and Xu Damao said something about you; why don't you speak up?"

"Do you think the Liu family is easy to bully?"

Liu Guangfu: "Shazhu, what do you mean?"

Xu Damao laughed, "This kid, a beating will make him obedient."

Shazhu: "Xu Damao, don't think I'm afraid of you."

"If you have the ability, come over."

Yi Zhonghai: "Alright, Shazhu, if you want to be at odds with the people in the institute, go ahead."

"Otherwise shut your stinky mouth."

Shazhu opened his mouth, hesitated, and finally chose silence.

Yan Bu Gui: "Shazhu, with that little water you have, you still have the nerve…"

"I think Second Elder's words were quite good."

"It's good that it prevents this old scholar of mine from nitpicking."

When Liu Haizhong heard that, he laughed happily.

Yan Bu Gui continued, "I think Eldest Uncle's words were also quite good."

He explained clearly why we need to do the group greeting.

But, I say but.

Unexpectedly, someone insists on going their own way.

Isn't this just you opposing us all?

Someone asked: "San Da Ye, who is it?"

Who is so bold as to not even put you in their eyes?

Speak up, who is it, let us hear too.

Xu Damao: "Who else could it be? It must be Shazhu."

I guess he again sent Bang Geng and them to San Da Ye to demand money.

San Da Ye, this time you can't be soft-hearted.

You have three sons, plus you, four men—can you still be bullied by Shazhu?