Siheyuan: I found a wife right after I crossed over

Chapter 42 Let the whole hospital donate for you

As soon as Yi Zhonghai said this, he felt a middle-aged woman kicking his calf hard.

At a glance, I saw the old lady's eyes were sharp.

But the words have been spoken, and I can't take them back.

But he was obviously overthinking. Jia Dongxu was not interested in this today. He looked at the mixed flour buns and the plate of pickled cabbage on the table and shook his head: "No, Master, you and Master's wife can eat it. I won't eat it."

Just as Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief, Jia Dongxu continued, "Master, the guy surnamed Yang next door is eating meat again. The aroma drifted to our house, and Banggeng refused to stop and kept asking for meat. No matter how we tried to coax him, he wouldn't stop."

Again.

The old lady coughed, and Yi Zhonghai, who was confused, didn't say anything.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Jia Dongxu continued, "Master, you said that this guy surnamed Yang is too heartless. He knew that our family was poor, but he still insisted on eating meat every day, and he stewed the meat so fragrantly. Tell me, how can a child as old as Banggeng not be greedy? Master, you are my master. You and your mistress have no children. I am your biological son, and Banggeng is your biological grandson. In the future, he will carry banners and break pots for you. Tell me, isn't it a slap in your face that he is so greedy for Banggeng?"

This guy wants money but doesn't say it directly. He is just trying to squeeze me and force me to pay for it.

However, this time, Yi Zhonghai already had a countermeasure. After Jia Dongxu asked for five dollars last time, he thought of a transfer skill.

"Dongxu, I know about the difficulties your family is facing. Master is always thinking about you. Even if you didn't come today, I would have come to find you." Yi Zhonghai said.

Jia Dongxu was delighted, thinking that Yi Zhonghai was going to give him money, and quickly said gratefully: "Master, I knew you were the most considerate of me. Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of you and your wife when you are old."

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and continued, "I've thought about it. Your family has been in difficult circumstances for a long time. The three or five yuan I give you won't solve the actual problem and it won't last long."

Jia Dongxu was stunned: "Master, what do you mean..."

Yi Zhonghai said, "I want to organize all the people in the hospital to donate money to your family. There is strength in numbers. There are more than 20 families in the hospital. If each family donates a few dollars to you, it will be several dozen yuan. What do you think?"

Jia Dongxu thought about it and it seemed to be true.

I used to think simply and just asked Yi Zhonghai for money, but how much could Yi Zhonghai give me? Only three or five dollars each time. It would not be appropriate to ask for money too often.

But if the whole hospital donates, we will get at least a few dozen dollars, maybe even a hundred dollars.

If you can really donate a hundred or so yuan, then you will be rich, right? You will have to eat meat every day in the future, right?

Thinking of this, Jia Dongxu nodded: "Master, what you said makes sense, but is this feasible? Will they donate money to our family?"

He also knew that his family was not very popular in this courtyard, so he was a little worried about the effect.

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand, "Don't worry about this. Don't you still have me? You can go door to door and tell them that I'm going to hold a general meeting. The heads of every household must attend. I'll tell them about your family's difficulties, and then I'll donate 30 yuan first. They'll have to follow suit. People like Liu Datou, Sha Zhu, and Xu Damao can't donate less. Oh, and there's Yang Chong. I have to ask him to give out at least 20 yuan this time. That's at least 200 yuan. Isn't that enough for your family to eat for a year or two?"

Jia Dongxu nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Master, I will listen to you. If I can really donate money, I will do whatever you ask me to do."

Yi Zhonghai said: "What are we talking about, you and me? How can I just sit there and watch you suffer? So, once the donation is successful, you can return the money I donated to me privately."

Jia Dongxu thought to himself, "Okay, old man. I thought you really cared about me, but this is what you were thinking."

But if he could really get everyone in the hospital to donate money for him, then he wouldn't care about Yi Zhonghai's few dollars, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Master, I'll listen to you."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Okay, go and inform the whole hospital now, and we'll hold a hospital-wide meeting later."

So, Jia Dongxu went out and started to inform every household in the courtyard. He first went to the backyard to find Liu Haizhong: "Second uncle, are you eating? The first uncle asked me to tell you that there will be a general meeting of the whole courtyard later. Don't be late then."

Liu Haizhong was eating. There was a plate of scrambled eggs and pickled radish on the table. The scrambled eggs were his only treat, while his wife and two sons, Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, could only eat pickled radish strips. He looked up and was stunned: "Old Yi wants to hold a meeting for the whole hospital? What's the matter? Is there a new spirit in the street?"

Jia Dongxu didn't say anything, but just said: "I don't know, you will know when you go there, Second Uncle, you must go, our whole hospital meeting cannot be separated from you and my master to preside over the overall situation."

Liu Haizhong felt quite comfortable with this compliment. He nodded and said, "Of course. This hospital cannot do without the three of us at the helm. Okay, go back and tell Lao Yi that I will definitely go."

Jia Dongxu went out happily and then notified other families.

Liu Haizhong watched him leave and muttered in confusion, "It's still half a month before the Chinese New Year, and I haven't heard that the higher-ups have any new spirit to convey. Why is Old Yi holding a hospital-wide meeting?"

The second aunt said, "It's definitely not a good thing for Old Yi to take the initiative to call a meeting of the whole hospital. You'd better be smart when the time comes. Don't be so hasty to speak, and don't be so stupid as to let others use you as a tool all the time."

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Liu Haizhong glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? Am I Liu Haizhong the kind of person who lets others use me as a tool?"

As he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the egg, he bumped into the chopsticks that Liu Guangtian secretly stretched out to him.

"Bang!" Liu Haizhong knocked Liu Guangtian's chopsticks away and started to curse: "Are you looking for a beating? Do you think you can eat this egg?"

As he said that, he stood up, held Liu Guangtian down without saying a word and slapped him on the butt a few times.

Liu Guangtian cried out in pain, but Liu Guangfu at the side took this opportunity to quickly pick up two eggs and stuffed them into his mouth, then lowered his head and chewed a few bites before swallowing them as if nothing had happened.

Liu Haizhong slapped Liu Guangtian several times before letting him go under the persuasion of the second aunt, but he was still cursing: "You stupid kid, you do nothing all day and still want to eat eggs. Do you think you can eat eggs? If you have the ability, go out and earn money to buy yourself eggs."

The second aunt persuaded, "That's enough, just hit him a few times, and eat quickly, because we have to go to the meeting later."

Liu Haizhong then returned to his seat and sat down again: "Humph, you little bastard, if I didn't have something important to do later, I would beat your ass to pieces today. Let's see if you dare to steal my eggs again in the future."

As he said this, he lowered his head, his eyes widened: "Why are my eggs less again?"

He raised his head and looked at Liu Guangfu. Liu Guangfu was very smart. When he saw that something was wrong, he stood up and ran away.

"You little bastard, you also stole my eggs. You'll never amount to anything!" Liu Haizhong was so angry that he grabbed a broom and threw it over, but he didn't hit Liu Guangfu. Instead, he scared Lou Xiaoe who was passing by the door.

Chapter 43 Hospital General Meeting

Jia Dongxu was very efficient and quickly notified everyone in the hospital. After hesitating for a moment, he knocked on Yang Chong's door.

The three of them had finished their meal and were clearing the dishes from the table when they heard a knock on the door. Yu Xiu said, "Why are you still coming after I said I don't want to borrow it anymore? This family is really shameless."

Then he stopped Yang Xiaojuan who was about to open the door and walked over: "I'll go."

When she opened the door, she found it was Jia Dongxu. Without thinking, Yu Xiu blurted out: "Oh, you changed the person? That's great. If the woman can't borrow it, then let the man borrow it." Her face tightened and she grabbed the broom next to her with one hand: "It doesn't matter who else comes. I said I won't lend it to you. The rabbits my man hunted with his own ability are for me to eat, not for the cats and dogs in the yard to eat at will!"

These words sounded so powerful that Yang Xiaojuan couldn't help but raise her thumb, meaning: Sister-in-law, you said it well, you are amazing!

Being called a nobody by a woman in front of her, Jia Dongxu's face immediately turned red and he really wanted to turn hostile on the spot.

But thinking about Yang Chong's fist and today's business, he could only hold back his anger and force a smile: "Sister-in-law, you are joking. I am not here to borrow your rabbit meat. It is the uncle who is in charge of the courtyard who asked me to inform everyone that a general meeting of the courtyard will be held later. The head of each household must attend and no one can be absent."

"A meeting of the whole institute?" Yu Xiu was stunned and turned to look at Yang Chong in confusion.

She had only been here a few days and had never experienced a full-school meeting, so she didn't know what was new.

Yang Chong naturally knew it, and he responded, "I know."

Jia Dongxu smiled awkwardly, looked at the few pheasants thrown on the ground beside him and the half-bowl of uneaten rabbit meat on the table, swallowed his saliva and left.

He didn't want to smile at Yang Chong and his wife at all, but when he thought about taking money out of their pockets later, he had to squeeze out some smile.

Yu Xiu closed the door, turned around and asked curiously: "Brother, what's going on with this whole hospital meeting? Why does every household have to participate?"

Yang Chong sneered and said, "This whole hospital meeting is a tool for Yi Zhonghai to play tricks and abuse his power for personal gain. This guy is the worst. On the surface, he is righteous and does things for this and that, but in fact, it's all for himself. You see, it's definitely not a good thing. He must be trying to scheme against others."

"Then let's just not go and let him plot." Yu Xiu said immediately when she heard that Yi Zhonghai had no good intentions.

"No, we have to go. If we don't go, he will give us something to talk about, and everyone in the hospital will target us in the future." Yang Chong said.

"Then let's go and see what this old guy is up to. If he dares to plot against us, we'll turn against him!" Yu Xiu said angrily.

Yang Chong smiled: "Silly girl, the martial arts world is not about fighting and killing, it is about human relationships and social skills. Sometimes you need to be strategic. You can't use fists and brooms to deal with an old fox like Yi Zhonghai like you did to the Jia family. Sometimes you have to learn to give someone a taste of their own medicine."

Yu Xiu was confused: "What does it mean to give someone a taste of your own medicine?"

Yang Chong patiently explained: "We should use his own methods to deal with him, so that he can suffer the loss without being able to say anything."

Yu Xiu seemed to understand: "Can it be like this?"

Yang Chong smiled and said, "You should all go with me when the whole institute meeting is held later. You will know then." Then he asked with concern, "By the way, how is your work in the factory? Can you adapt to it?"

Yu Xiu nodded: "I can adapt. The people in the department are very considerate of me. Knowing that I have a low level of education, they only give me some simple and manageable work to let me take my time." Then she lowered her voice and said: "There are a few men who are always trying to please me. They either pour me water or give me candy. They definitely have bad intentions."

Yang Chong's face was serious. "It seems that someone wants to steal my girl and take advantage of my wife. Humph, I will go to Director Yang tomorrow and ask him to move those guys away from my wife. I can't be hunting wild boars in the mountains while wolves come into my backyard!"

Yu Xiu was so anxious that her face turned red. She said quickly, "No, no, they just want to help me because I'm new here. Besides, they don't know I'm your wife. They definitely won't do that if they knew. Please don't do that. How can I stay in the company in the future?"

Yang Chong chuckled, "Silly girl, I was just joking. Do you think I'm so shameless that I can easily ask the factory director to transfer someone else's job with just one sentence? Besides, if someone wants to steal my wife, it means my wife is beautiful. A man as outstanding as me can marry such a beautiful wife. Who are they? My wife only has me in her heart. How could they easily steal her away?"

Yu Xiu was both shy and sweet after hearing these few words. At this time, the noise outside was a little loud. Yang Xiaojuan opened the door and looked outside and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, there are so many people in the yard outside. It seems that people from the front and back yards have all come over."

Yang Chong said: "Then let's go out and take a look."

At this time, almost all the people in the front and back yards gathered in the middle yard, some standing and some sitting, almost filling up the entire yard.

Even the deaf old lady who couldn't walk in the backyard was carried over by Sha Zhu and given an armchair to sit on.

There was an eight-person table in the middle of the yard, with three chairs behind it. The three managers, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui, were already sitting there, each holding a large teacup.

Yi Zhonghai naturally sat in the middle, with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui sitting on both sides.

There is a light bulb above their heads. Although it is not very bright, it is enough for people to see the expressions of the three uncles clearly.

The yard was noisy. Some people were cracking melon seeds, some were eating peanuts, and more people were sitting with their hands behind their backs, smacking their lips, and asking each other about the theme of this college-wide meeting.

"That's strange. We haven't held a full-school meeting for several months. Why did they think of holding one today? Did something big happen?"

"Who knows? It must be something big. Otherwise, why would people sit here and chat and eat sunflower seeds in such a cold weather?"

"It would be fine if I had sunflower seeds. I can barely afford to eat at home, so how can I afford sunflower seeds?"

"Hey, Xu Damao, you are well-informed. Do you know what will be said at the whole-college meeting tonight?" someone asked Xu Damao.

Xu Damao was eating melon seeds with Lou Xiao'e. Seeing the question, he smiled and said, "You have to ask Uncle Yi. He must be the one to ask about the whole hospital meeting he organized. Let alone us, I don't think even Uncle Er knows what's going on."

"Even the Second Master doesn't know? That's impossible, right?"

"What's impossible about that? Jia Dongxu was the only one who notified the meeting. I heard that he also notified the second uncle, which means that the second uncle didn't know about it beforehand." Xu Damao analyzed.

"That makes sense, but why is Jia Dongxu so active today? He's running around to notify every household. He's a guy who won't do anything without benefits. Why would he be so diligent if there's no benefit?"

At this time, Yang Chong came over with Yu Xiu and Yang Xiaojuan. Xu Damao immediately came over and said, "Chongzi, you are here too? I thought you were not coming." Then he grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and stuffed them into his pocket, saying, "Eat melon seeds."

Chapter 44 Donation

In the TV series, Xu Damao is a villain with a lot of bad intentions, but since Yang Chong traveled through time, he has not found him doing any bad things.

Of course, this may be because he and Xu Damao have not had much dealings and do not understand each other well.

But Xu Damao is very smart, otherwise he would not have married Lou Xiao'e, the innocent daughter of capitalist Lou Bancheng. These days, he saw with his own eyes that Yang Chong went from a hard-working laborer to a buyer of the steel mill, and it was Director Yang who signed in person to recruit the couple as an exception. Based on this, he knew that Yang Chong should not be offended, and he had to find a way to maintain a good relationship with him.

So, when he saw Yang rushing over, he immediately grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and stuffed them into Yang's pocket: "Eat some melon seeds. I went to the countryside to show a movie a few days ago, and the production team leader insisted on packing them for me. Try them."

Of course Yang Chong would not refuse. He said thank you, Brother Damao, and shared the melon seeds with Yu Xiu and Yang Xiaojuan.

"Chongzi, do you know what the whole school meeting is going to do today?"

Yang Chong shook his head: "I don't know."

"I don't know either, but I can guess that today's topic must be related to the Jia family and it must be beneficial to the Jia family. Otherwise, would Jia Dongxu be so diligent in notifying everyone to attend the meeting?" Xu Damao said.

Yang Chong nodded in agreement. Not only had Jia Dongxu notified everyone one by one, but he also did not talk back when Yu Xiu scolded him in person. He must be planning something bad.

Recalling the plot of the TV series he had watched before, he seemed to have understood what was going to happen next, so he turned his head and whispered to Yu Xiu: "Xiu'er, no matter what they say later, you guys don't say anything, just let me come forward, understand?"

Yu Xiu nodded: "I know, brother, you are the head of our family, if there is any problem, you must come forward."

At this time, Yi Zhonghai, who had been holding a large teacup, looked up at the chattering crowd and asked Jia Dongxu next to him: "Dongxu, is everyone here?"

Jia Dongxu said quickly: "Master, I've seen that almost everyone is here, and someone has come from every household."

Liu Haizhong asked quickly: "Old Yi, why are we having this meeting today? You need to tell me and Old Yan the truth."

Yan Bugui quickly leaned over to listen. Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said something else: "By the way, Old Yan, didn't you say a few days ago that your eldest son Jie Cheng wanted to work in the steel mill? I asked around for you. Old Wang from the second workshop is about to retire. He has no children, and he wants to sell the quota at a low price. I talked to him and asked for five hundred. If you can come up with five hundred, I will help you negotiate a settlement."

Yan Bugui was immediately delighted: "Five hundred? That's great! Lao Yi, I definitely want this job, you must help me get it."

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "Okay, let's talk about this in detail later."

After saying that, without paying any attention to Liu Haizhong who was pricked up to listen, he put the big teacup in his hand on the table and cleared his throat: "Ahem... almost everyone is here, everyone please be quiet, I have something to tell you all."

The noisy yard suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned their eyes to Yi Zhonghai, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Yi Zhonghai was very satisfied with the result, and began with his usual friendly smile: "Everyone knows the current situation. Natural disasters are severe and the country is in trouble, so everyone's life is not easy, and many people are hungry. Especially now that quantitative control is implemented, some families with many people but few urban hukou are in even more difficult situations."

"Especially the Jia family in our courtyard. There are five people in the family, but Dongxu is the only one with a city hukou, so he has to use one person's ration to feed the whole family of five. Although he is a worker in the steel mill and has a salary, if the ration is not enough for five people, he has to go to the pigeon market to buy food. The price of pigeons in the pigeon market is getting more and more expensive. How can his salary alone be enough?"

"So, everyone can see the difficulties of the Jia family. Today I want everyone to lend a hand to help him. Doesn't our country have a long-standing tradition of helping others in need? Our courtyard is an advanced courtyard in the neighborhood, and we can't just stand by and watch our neighbors in need without helping them."

Then he took out thirty yuan from his pocket and put it on the table: "Well, as the uncle in charge of the courtyard, I will set an example and donate thirty yuan to help the Jia family get through this difficult time."

He looked around and said, "Everyone should help a little."