Chapter 20 Liu Haizhong comes to visit!
Chapter 20 Liu Haizhong comes to visit!
"Hey! Old Yi! Old Yan! Originally you were all here with Chief Jia?" Just as Jia Dongming, Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui were about to start drinking, Liu Haizhong appeared at the door of the main room with two bottles of wine. He saw Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui sitting in the room and greeted them with surprise.
After Liu Haizhong finished greeting, he immediately turned his attention to Jia Dongming and introduced himself to him humbly and respectfully: "Chief Jia! Hello! My name is Liu Haizhong, I am the second uncle of this compound, and also a seventh-level forger in the steel rolling mill! I heard that you moved into our compound, so I came here specially to visit you."
Liu Haizhong! The second uncle of the courtyard, who believed in the principle of "a good son is made of a stick", only paid attention to the eldest son Liu Guangqi, and either beat or scolded the second and third sons. His lifelong wish was to become an official, but because he had no education and a bit of a shrewd mind, he was used by Li Huaide during the ups and downs and became a pawn, but was finally abandoned by Li Huaide without hesitation.
Seeing Liu Haizhong, who came uninvited with two bottles of wine in his hands, Jia Dongming stood up from his chair and greeted Liu Haizhong politely: "Second Uncle! Welcome to my home! We are drinking right now, how about you join us?"
When Liu Haizhong heard Jia Dongming's invitation, he happily replied, "Chief Jia! Then I will respectfully obey your command!"
After Liu Haizhong took his seat, Jia Dongming raised the wine glass in front of him and said to the three uncles with a smile, "Uncle One! Uncle Two! Uncle Three! This first glass of wine is for you three. Thank you for your help to our Jia family over the years. I'll drink it. You three can drink as you please."
"Chief Jia! Our compound is an excellent courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang. We have always advocated respecting the elderly and loving the young, and helping each other! This is what the three of us uncles should do." When Liu Haizhong saw Jia Dongming raising the wine glass and heard Jia Dongming's words, he quickly raised the wine glass in front of him and said in a flattering manner.
Yi Zhonghai saw Liu Haizhong's fawning and servile behavior towards Jia Dongming. He felt extremely disdainful of Liu Haizhong's fawning behavior in his heart, but he said righteously: "Chief Jia! The subdistrict office appointed the three of us to serve as the uncles of the courtyard. In addition to guarding against enemy spies, our job is to coordinate neighborhood relations for the residents in the courtyard and provide some help to those in need."
After hearing the answers from Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongming smiled and said, "First uncle! Second uncle! Third uncle! My mother told me that in the past few years, due to the shortage of food, my mother, my siblings, and the children did not have food coupons. If it were not for the help of everyone in the courtyard, I am afraid it would be unknown whether they could have survived the three difficult years."
"Originally, I invited Third Master here today because I wanted to ask him how much money the residents in the courtyard have donated to our Jia family over the years."
"Because I didn't come back in the past, my mother and my brother and sister-in-law, who had to raise three children, had no way to repay everyone's donations. Now that I'm back, our Jia family will return the money to everyone no matter what."
When Yi Zhonghai first saw Yan Bugui, he was wondering why Yan Bugui was in Jia Dongming's house. Now after hearing Jia Dongming's introduction, Yi Zhonghai immediately understood the reason. Jia Dongming wanted to return the donation and it was obvious that he did not want to have too much involvement with the people in the hospital.
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai immediately realized that the Jia family might be able to get rid of his control. This was definitely something Yi Zhonghai didn't want to see. He said to Jia Dongming insincerely, "Chief Jia! The reason why our courtyard was rated as an excellent courtyard by the street office is because our courtyard advocates respecting the elderly and loving the young, and supporting each other when one side is in trouble! This money was donated to the Jia family voluntarily by everyone. There is no need for you to return the money."
The reason why Yi Zhonghai called on the residents in the courtyard to donate money to the Jia family was that he himself was reluctant to spend too much money on the Jia family, so he used the excuse of mutual help to donate to others. When Jia Dongming heard what Yi Zhonghai said, he smiled and said to Yi Zhonghai: "Uncle! It's not easy for anyone now, and I'm the head of the security department of the factory. My monthly salary is more than 100 yuan, so I plan to go shopping tomorrow, and then let Uncle San take me to return the money to everyone door to door."
When Liu Haizhong heard what Jia Dongming said, he immediately suggested, "Chief Jia! How about we organize a general meeting in the courtyard tomorrow night? You can meet with all the residents in the courtyard at that time, and then return the money to everyone, but you don't have to return our money."
"Brother Jia! When my father ran away with the widow, Brother Dongxu helped me a lot, so the money our family donated does not need to be returned." When Sha Zhu learned that Jia Dongming wanted to return all the money donated to the Jia family from the courtyard to the residents of the courtyard, he immediately said that his money did not need to be returned.
When Jia Dongming heard what Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu said, he immediately refused, "Second uncle! Zhuzi! I will remember your help to the Jia family over the years, but we must return this money."
A dozen yuan was definitely a huge sum of money for Yan Bugui. When Yan Bugui saw Jia Dongming pushing and shoving Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu over the refund, he immediately persuaded them, "Lao Liu! Sha Zhu! Since Section Chief Jia is determined to refund the money, you should stop arguing with him."
Yan Bugui raised the wine glass in front of him and said to Jia Dongming with a smile, "Chief Jia! This is a toast to you. If you need any help in this courtyard, please let me know."
When Jia Dongming heard what Yan Bugui said, he raised his glass and said with a smile, "Come on! Third uncle! Let's have a drink!"
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Jia Dongming escorted Yi Zhonghai and the others out of the gate of the villa and politely greeted the four of them, "Uncle One! Uncle Two! Uncle Three! Zhuzi! I'm sorry for not treating you well tonight. I'll host you another day when I have time, and we can get together again."
Liu Haizhong, who was already slightly drunk, didn't realize that Jia Dongming was just being polite when he heard him suggest that they meet again some other day. He quickly flattered him, "Chief Jia! How can I let you treat me? I'll ask my wife to buy some food some other day, and then I'll invite you to my house for a drink."
"Dongming! You are the chief of the security department after all, why do you have to be so polite to Yi Zhonghai and the others?" After Jia Dongming sent the four people away, he turned around and walked back to the yard. Jia Zhang, who had finished dinner long ago and was sitting in the yard watching Qin Huairu clean up the house, saw Jia Dongming coming back and asked him with a puzzled look on her face.
(End of this chapter)