Chapter 76

"I don't care what you think, I care about what I think. In my view, your behavior is robbery!"

"Article 263 of the Criminal Law stipulates: Robbery refers to the act of forcibly taking away the property of the owner of the property by using violence, coercion, or other methods on the spot against the owner or custodian of the property for the purpose of illegal possession," He Yuzhu said.

"Although you didn't use violence or coercion, you used other methods. The so-called other methods refer to: using non-violent and non-coercive methods to make the victim unaware of resistance or unable to resist."

"Aren't you relying on your status as the Third Grand Uncle and a teacher to secretly wear small shoes for people or secretly wear small shoes for other people's children to coerce the other party?"

"Let's go, Silly Gui, go to the district with me, and then I'll tell the school about what you've done, and see if you dare to be a gatekeeper again and rob everyone's property," He Yuzhu sneered.

"Silly Zhu, what are you doing? You're beating an old man again, it's simply lawless! Lawless! I'm going to hold a full-courtyard meeting to criticize you," Yi Zhonghai roared angrily.

He Yuzhu ignored Yi Zhonghai and turned to leave.

"Yi Zhonghai, shut your mouth!" Yan Bugui roared angrily.

Yi Zhonghai was directly stunned. Good fellow, I came to help you, and you don't roar at Silly Zhu but roar at me?

If Yan Bugui knew what Yi Zhonghai was thinking, he would definitely say, "I thank you."

Others didn't know what He Yuzhu was going to do, but how could Yan Bugui not know? He Yuzhu was going to the district, clearly wanting to make a big deal out of it.

It was exactly the same as the last time with Liu Haizhong. He Yuzhu made a scene, he himself was fine, but Liu Haizhong lived a life worse than death.

Yan Bugui didn't want that, so he hurriedly climbed up to stop He Yuzhu and begged, "Zhuzi, I really didn't have any bad intentions. For the sake of being neighbors for so many years, please spare me this once."

"I know you didn't have bad intentions, it's nothing more than taking small advantages, but you shouldn't have committed a crime," He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"Nonsense! How can mutual help and mutual giving of things between neighbors be considered a crime? Silly Zhu, you disappoint me too much. Mutual help is a virtue..." Yi Zhonghai started nagging again.

It wasn't that Yi Zhonghai didn't know He Yuzhu was annoyed by this, but Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but preach whenever he saw He Yuzhu, in order to completely control He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu wasn't annoyed this time, but looked at Yan Bugui with a smile that wasn't a smile, the threat in his eyes self-evident.

"Old Yi, enough! Shut your mouth!" Yan Bugui roared angrily.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Yan Bugui to dare to roar at him a second time and was stunned again.

Yan Bugui didn't have the slightest bit of guilt in his heart. Yan Bugui understood that Yi Zhonghai wasn't really helping him, but taking this opportunity to deal with He Yuzhu.

"Zhuzi, I admit I was wrong, but it doesn't go as far as saying it's a crime. Tell me, how can this matter be turned over?" Yan Bugui said directly.

"Silly Gui, if you had this attitude earlier, would we still be arguing like this? If you want this matter to be turned over, it's very simple: return all the small advantages you've taken. This was originally other people's stuff; this is called returning to the original owner."

"Silly Gui, you should be content; at least I didn't ask you for interest. Let's calculate roughly. You've been this gatekeeper for about ten years, right? Let's count it as ten years."

"You take a penny of advantage from everyone a day, that's thirty cents a month, thirty-six yuan and fifty cents a year, and three hundred and sixty-five yuan for ten years..." He Yuzhu started calculating pretentiously.

"Wait, wait, a penny a day, that's thirty cents a month, that's three yuan and sixty-five cents a year. Which big brother taught you this math?" Yan Bugui said with wide eyes.

"You say my calculation is wrong? Then let's ask everyone if my calculation is right. This money was accumulated by Yan Bugui taking advantage of everyone for more than ten years, and this money needs to be returned to everyone."

"However, Silly Hai's family, Silly Zhong's family, the Deaf Old Lady's family, and Silly Ru's family don't need to return it, because Yan Bugui has never taken advantage of these families. I'll be generous, my family's money doesn't need to be returned either. The remaining money will be divided equally among everyone. I calculated that during the ten-year period, Yan Bugui took a total of three hundred and sixty yuan from everyone, but Yan Bugui says my calculation is wrong and it should be thirty-six yuan and fifty cents. Everyone, tell me, who calculated it right?" He Yuzhu waved his hand and shouted loudly.

As early as when He Yuzhu and Yan Bugui had a conflict, there were people watching, and now, there were more and more people, and everyone in the courtyard had come to watch.

"Zhuzi calculated it right!" a shout came from the crowd.

Right or wrong was no longer important; what was important was the amount of interest gained. If the interest gained was large, the wrong was right; if the interest gained was small, the right was wrong.

Thirty-six yuan and fifty cents versus three hundred and sixty-five yuan—a ten-fold difference was enough to make the animals in the Siheyuan speak against their conscience.

Everyone shouted one after another that He Yuzhu calculated it right. In the past, the three Grand Uncles led by Yi Zhonghai used this trick to force and isolate someone in the courtyard; now, it was their turn to swallow this bitter fruit.

The greatest punishment for Yan Bugui wasn't beating him, scolding him, or punishing him to sweep the streets; this kind of person had a thick skin and didn't care about these things at all. To deal with him, you had to make him feel pain, and the means to make him feel pain was nothing more than fining him money.

At this moment, Yan Bugui felt the pain dripping from his heart, as if someone had dug out his heart and stabbed it three hundred and sixty-five times; it was as painful as taking his heart out and frying it on a fire, frying it repeatedly three hundred and sixty-five times.

Yan Bugui wanted to cry, but no matter how he cried, he couldn't cry out. Yan Bugui's heart was too chaotic.

He Yuzhu believed that Yan Bugui had some family assets. Although not as rich as Yi Zhonghai's, they were always there, which could be seen from the fact that he was the first in the Siheyuan to buy a bicycle and a tape recorder.

This move by He Yuzhu could be said to have hit Yan Bugui's vital point, hitting his heart, almost wiping out his savings over the years.

"Return the money! Yan Bugui, return the money!" He Yuzhu waved his hand and shouted.

"Return the money! Return the money!" Seeing that there were benefits to be gained, the animals in the Siheyuan immediately followed He Yuzhu and shouted frantically.

Looking at the crazy crowd, Yan Bugui suddenly felt like he was in a wolf's den. He saw that everyone was in a state of madness, staring with red eyes, as if they would pounce on him and tear him apart in the next moment.

"Enough! Silly Zhu is a cook and can't do accounts, can't you do accounts? It's clearly thirty-six yuan and fifty cents, where did three hundred and sixty-five yuan come from?"

"I'll make the decision. Old Yan will compensate each family five yuan, and this matter ends here," Yi Zhonghai said in a deep voice.

Yi Zhonghai was already very biased toward Yan Bugui. There were twenty households in the Siheyuan in total. Excluding the Jia family, Yi family, Liu family, Deaf Old Lady's family, and He Yuzhu's family, there were fifteen households left. Xu Damao probably didn't need to return it, just say a few good words, leaving fourteen families. Five yuan per family, a total of sixty yuan.

Sixty yuan versus three hundred and sixty-five yuan—who had less and who had more, Yan Bugui naturally saw it at a glance.

The animals in the Siheyuan calculated in their hearts that getting five yuan of advantage was not bad. Just as they were about to disperse, He Yuzhu moved.

He Yuzhu slapped Yi Zhonghai hard on the face, and Yi Zhonghai staggered and was directly slapped to the ground.

"You make the decision? What kind of decision do you make? What are you, to make decisions for everyone? Silly Hai, you remember eating but not beating. Don't think that just because you've restored your status as an Eighth-Grade Worker, you can ride on our heads and act like a tyrant," He Yuzhu shouted coldly.

Then he punched and kicked Yi Zhonghai, and while He Yuzhu was beating him, he was also scolding: "You make the decision? You ride on our heads and act like a tyrant."

Yi Zhonghai was beaten and screamed miserably. What was interesting was that not a single person dared to come up to break up the fight.

In the end, it was Yi Dama who brought the Deaf Old Lady.

(End of chapter)