Chapter 417

Yan Yan Fugui, another steward elder, did not stay out of it either:

"Old Yi! What you did this time is really underhanded!"

"Everyone has complaints about you."

"Old Liu and I feel the same way."

"Step down on your own!"

Seeing Seeing Shazhu saw his godfather being bullied and immediately bristled, shouting:

"You two old farts are asking for a beating, aren't you!"

"In this courtyard I only recognize First Elder!"

"You two don't count for shit!"

Cao Cao Weiguo said coldly, rebuking him: "Seeing Shazhu! This isn't the place for you to throw your weight around and act wild!"

"Yi Yi Zhonghai is your godfather — you and him are birds of a feather, snakes and rats in the same hole."

"So from now on, you have no right to speak in this courtyard."

Xu Xu Damao shouted excitedly: "Yi Yi Zhonghai favors you! Of course you back him! Because he's your not-father-not-mother biological father!"

Chi Ping'an: "Yi Yi Zhonghai handled things unfairly — remove him!"

Lu Jin Peng: "He's a hypocrite who says one thing and does another! He doesn't deserve to be First Elder!"

Second Aunt Liu: "There's a God watching what people do. Old Yi, stop dragging this out — if it gets too ugly, how are you going to keep living in this courtyard?"

At once, the residents chimed in one after another, shouting so much that Yi Yi Zhonghai wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Beasts! Beasts!"

"You ungrateful white-eyed wolves!"

"Have you forgotten all Yi Zhonghai's hard work?"

"Without Yi Zhonghai's tireless management, how could you all live so peacefully!"

"Today this old woman is laying it out right here!"

"If Yi Yi Zhonghai doesn't stay First Elder, then you'll all have to support me in my old age!"

"Liu Haizhong! Yan Yan Fugui! Cao Cao Weiguo!"

"Yi Zhonghai became First Elder to take care of my daily needs."

"If he doesn't stay First Elder, then from now on I'll eat at your house, I'll relieve myself at your house."

"You'll have to provide for me in my old age and see me to my grave!"

Yi Yi Zhonghai was surrounded on all sides, and the Deaf Old Lady, gripping her cane, came to the rescue like a lone horseman saving her son.

Trembling, she surveyed the crowd, looking every bit ready to extort people on the spot at the slightest provocation.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Yan Fugui immediately backed down.

Nobody wanted to support the Deaf Old Lady in her old age.

She was a massive burden that everyone — human and dog — found repulsive!

Cao Cao Weiguo sneered coldly: "You old bag of bones! You're a Five-Guarantee household! You don't worry about food or drink! Why the hell should we support you in your old age?"

The Deaf Old Lady jabbed with her cane: "You little brat who doesn't understand respecting the old and cherishing the young! You have no conscience!"

"Yi Zhonghai has always loved and respected the elderly — he's a publicly recognized moral model by the subdistrict!"

"That's why he became First Elder!"

"What about you lot!"

"Every one of you is selfish — what right do you have to be steward elders?"

"What right do you have to remove Yi Zhonghai?"

"Today this old woman is putting her words down right here!"

"If Yi Zhonghai doesn't stay First Elder!"

"Then I'll go eat and relieve myself at every single one of your houses!"

"I'll lie down right at your door — let's see if you dare touch this old lady!"

Faced with such a shameless old hag, Cao Cao Weiguo also felt a headache coming on.

With an old thing like this, you can't hit her, can't touch her.

If she really lies down at your door and acts like a hooligan, what are you going to do?

Drive her away?

Touch her once and she'll throw herself on the ground, screaming in pain.

Once she extorts you, you can't shake her off.

Right or wrong, this old lady can still take a bite out of you.

Curse her?

It wouldn't sound good if it got out.

Ignore her?

This old lady really would dare to shit and piss at your door.

If you get extorted by an old hag like her,

You won't die of anger, you'll die of disgust.

Don't believe it?

Try it and you'll know!

That's just how the world works!

Buses! Main roads! Markets! City and countryside!

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