Chapter 178 The resentment in Yu Li’s heart!

Yan Bugui is the only one who earns money to support the six members of the Yan family. On the surface, it seems that the Yan family is in difficulty, but in fact, the Yan family is not in difficulty at all.

Yan Bugui has been publicizing that his income is the same as Qin Huairu's, which is 27.5 yuan per month. However, according to the per capita standard of 5 yuan in urban areas, if Yan Bugui's income is really 27.5 yuan as he said, then the Yan family is a poor family and can go to the street office every month to receive subsidies for poor families.

With Yan Bugui's character of liking to take advantage, he would have gone to the street office to collect subsidies long ago. This alone is enough to show that Yan Bugui's salary is not just twenty-seven yuan and fifty cents, so the Yan family has always pretended to be poor in the courtyard.

In addition, Yan Bugui seemed absolutely fair to his children on the surface, but his calculating character caused him to treat raising children as an investment, requiring his children to pay for various fees. Even when relatives came to his home, they had to pay for food and accommodation. In the end, after all the calculations, he calculated away the family affection and ultimately ended up with no one to support him in his old age.

After hearing what Yu Li said, Jia Dongming could clearly sense Yu Li's dissatisfaction with the Yan family. He smiled and comforted Yu Li, "Yu Li! It's not easy for Third Uncle either. After all, he is the only one earning money to support the six members of the Yan family. If he doesn't figure it out, one of the four brothers and sisters in the Yan family will definitely starve to death. So, as his children, you should understand Third Uncle's difficulties."

When Yu Li heard Jia Dongming's consolation, she remembered her mother's sarcasm when she went back to her parents' home today, and replied unhappily: "Director Jia! I admit that it is not easy for my father-in-law to earn money to support the whole family, but his calculations are simply too much."

"Just last week, my sister came to my house to go shopping with me, but my father-in-law asked me to pay for the food, otherwise he would not cook for my sister. Is this something a father-in-law should do? Now, when I returned to my parents' home, my mother scolded me severely."

When Jia Dongming heard Yu Li's complaints and thought of the resentment in her heart, he didn't know how to comfort her for a moment, so he could only answer helplessly: "Yu Li! I can't comment too much on your family's affairs. After all, every family has its own problems."

Soon the bicycle arrived at the entrance of Nanluoguxiang. When Yu Li saw that the bicycle had reached the entrance of the alley, she immediately shouted to Jia Dongming: "Director Jia! Please stop the bicycle first and let me get off. I can walk back by myself."

When Jia Dongming heard Yu Li's request, he knew that Yu Li was trying to avoid suspicion, so he parked his bicycle on the side of the road. After Yu Li got off the bicycle, he smiled and said, "Yu Li! I'll go back first."

After saying goodbye to Yu Li, Jia Dongming rode his bicycle towards Compound No. 95.

"Director Jia! Why did you come back so late today?" Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle into the courtyard. Yan Bugui, who was watering vegetables at the doorstep, saw Jia Dongming coming back and immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

Seeing Yan Bugui watering the vegetables, Jia Dongming thought of the resentment he had towards Yan Bugui when Yu Li mentioned him just now, and said to him with a smile, "Uncle! There are so many things to do in the department today, so you got off work so late."

"Uncle! Uncle! You're back from get off work."

Jia Dongming had just walked to the central courtyard pushing his bicycle. Banggeng and Xiaodang, who were playing in the courtyard, saw Jia Dongming coming back and immediately ran happily to him.

When Jia Dongming saw Banggeng and Xiaodang running up to him, he first picked up Xiaodang and put him on the crossbar of the bicycle. Then he asked Banggeng, "Banggeng! Have you finished your homework?"

When Banggeng heard Jia Dongming asking about the homework assigned by the school, he remembered that after he came home from school, he was so busy playing that he forgot about his homework.

Thinking of the homework assigned by the teacher, Banggeng showed a guilty expression on his face and answered: "Uncle! After I came back, I was busy playing and forgot to do my homework."

After hearing Banggeng's answer and seeing his guilty expression, Jia Dongming said to him seriously, "Banggeng! I will forgive you for once today. Next time you come back, remember to finish your homework before you can go out to play."

When Banggeng heard what Jia Dongming said, he immediately nodded obediently and replied, "Uncle! I understand. I promise to finish my homework before going out to play."

Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle and led Banggen back to the courtyard. He saw Jia Zhang sitting in the courtyard mending shoe soles. He smiled and greeted Jia Zhang, "Mom! I'm back!"

When Jia Zhang saw Jia Dongming pushing his bicycle, she instinctively put down the sole of her shoe and said to him affectionately, "Dongming! Why are you back so late today? The whole family is waiting for you to come back for dinner."

When Jia Dongming learned that the whole family was waiting for him to come back for dinner, he immediately pushed his bicycle under the eaves and parked it. Then he took Xiaodang down from the crossbar and said to Jia Zhang: "Mom! I have a lot of things to do recently. If I come back late in the future, you can eat first. You don't have to wait for me to come back to eat."

Jia Dongming said this, walked to the wall, looked at the small door that had been installed in front of him, then opened the door and walked out of the yard. Jia Dongming stood outside the small door, looking at the alley in front of him, muttering to himself: "Wait until tomorrow to go to the steel mill to find an electrician to install a street light here at the small door, it will be much more convenient to go out at night in the future."

"Brother Dongming! It's time to eat." Qin Huairu brought the food to the table, walked out of the main room, and shouted to Jia Dongming who was standing at the small door.

When Jia Dongming heard Qin Huairu's shout, he immediately turned around and walked into the yard. After closing the door casually, he walked towards the main room.

When Qin Huairu saw Jia Dongming coming back, she immediately served him a bowl of porridge and said to him, "Brother Dongming! Master Lei said that the old house can be cleaned up in one day tomorrow, so he asked us to clean up our side as well. When the old house is cleaned up, we can vacate this side for them to repair."

After hearing what Qin Huairu said, Jia Dongming nodded subconsciously and replied, "After the old house is cleaned up, there are several extra rooms. After it is repaired, I will move the furniture here to the old house first and see if there is any furniture missing. I will go to the trust store to buy some."

Qin Huairu nodded immediately after hearing Jia Dongming's explanation and replied, "Yes! Brother Dongming! I understand."

"Is Comrade Jia Dongming at home?" Just as the Jia family was sitting together for dinner, Director Wang led a middle-aged man into the courtyard and shouted into the main room.

When Jia Dongming heard Director Wang's call, he immediately put down his chopsticks and responded, "I'm at home. Who's looking for me?"

Jia Dongming walked out of the main room. When he saw Director Wang standing in the yard, he asked Director Wang in surprise, "Director Wang! Hello! How come you have time to come to my house today?"

When Director Wang heard Jia Dongming's question, he immediately introduced Jia Dongming: "Comrade Jia Dongming! Let me introduce you. This is Director Chen from Gulou Subdistrict Office!"

Director Wang introduced the middle-aged man after this, "Old Chen! This is the security chief of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Comrade Jia Dongming."

"Director Wang! Our Dongming is now a director, and also the deputy captain of the criminal investigation detachment of the East City Public Security Bureau." Jia Zhang, who followed Jia Dongming out of the main hall, saw Director Wang introduce her eldest son as the section chief, and immediately told Director Wang the news that Jia Dongming was promoted to deputy director.

When Director Wang heard Jia Zhang's introduction and learned that Jia Dongming was already a department-level cadre, he was shocked and quickly apologized to Jia Zhang, "Auntie! I'm sorry! I didn't know that Comrade Jia Dongming had been promoted to deputy director."

Director Chen, who was standing by, was also shocked when he learned that the young man in front of him was actually a deputy director. He then smiled and asked Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! Hello! Do you know an old man named Gong Zhongming?"

When Jia Dongming heard the name mentioned by Director Chen, he immediately remembered the message that the system had transmitted to him in the morning. He pretended to be surprised and asked, "Director Chen! Hello! Uncle Gong is the father of my comrade-in-arms. You suddenly came to see me. Could it be that something happened to Uncle Gong?"

When Director Chen heard Jia Dongming's question, he introduced to Jia Dongming with a heavy face: "Director Jia! Comrade Gong Zhongming was hit by a car a week ago at the intersection of our Lou Street while trying to save a child crossing the road."

"Before he died, Comrade Gong Zhongming said that thanks to your care over the years, he decided to hand over the courtyard house located on Gulou East Street, at the entrance of Xiaojing Hutong, to you for inheritance."

When Jia Dongming heard what Director Chen said, a look of shock appeared on his face. He could never have imagined that the system would hand over the courtyard house as a reward to him in this way.

Director Chen saw Jia Dongming's expression and thought that Jia Dongming would not be able to digest the news for a while, so he introduced Jia Dongming: "Director Jia! Comrade Gong Zhongming died while saving people, and he specifically asked us to do so, so our subdistrict office has already handled his funeral affairs for him, so we did not notify you."

"Also, see if you are free tomorrow. If you are, come to our street office to handle the property inheritance procedures."

After hearing what Director Chen said, Jia Dongming finally came back to his senses and thanked Director Chen solemnly, "Director Chen! Thank you, the Street Office, for helping Uncle Gong with his funeral. Oh, by the way! Where are you burying Uncle Gong? I want to go and pay my respects to him."

When Director Chen heard Jia Dongming's question, he politely replied, "Director Jia! This is what our subdistrict office should do. Before his death, Comrade Gong Zhongming asked us to send his ashes back to his hometown in Henan for burial after his death. Comrades from our subdistrict office have already sent Comrade Gong Zhongming's ashes back to his hometown."

(End of this chapter)

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