Yan Jiecheng's Leisurely Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 29 Return

However, Lou Xiao'e's generosity has caused trouble to those who donated money later.

In this case, donating a few cents would be inappropriate.

So all the residents behind donated one piece.

Seeing that the amount of donations far exceeded the budget, the two widows of the Jia family were very happy.

After the whole hospital meeting ended, Jia Zhang happily returned home with the donations.

After the whole hospital meeting ended, Yan Jiecheng did not rush to rest, but followed his father home.

"Dad, why did you donate so much today? This is not like you at all."

Hearing his older son's question, Yan Fugui couldn't help but roll his eyes, but still explained.

"My family is having a hard time, so how can we have money to donate? The money I'm donating today was given to me in advance by Lao Yi."

"Just like that, you probably wouldn't take the initiative, right? You've offended everyone in the hospital this time. Tell me, so I can learn something from you."

Seeing that his eldest son was so smart, Yan Fugui was quite satisfied.

"I wouldn't say I'm offended, at most I'm unhappy. Besides, Lao Yi promised to give me five dollars for my service."

Seeing Yan's father's smug look, Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but frown and said.

"Dad, do you know what you're doing? You're colluding with Yi Zhonghai and Liu Hai to defraud donations. If this gets out, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"Don't worry, I'll just tell you about this. How could anyone else know?"

"Dad, I don't know what to say to you. Five dollars blinded your eyes. Let me ask you, why do you think Yi Zhonghai organized everyone to donate?"

"Why else could it be? Old Yi organized everyone to donate money. On the one hand, it was to improve his prestige in the hospital, and on the other hand, it was to find a backup plan for his own retirement."

"Yes, he has his own purpose, so he takes this risk, but why do you? You are different from Yi Zhonghai. You have a family to support, so why would you take this risk for five dollars?"

Seeing that Yan's father was unconvinced and wanted to argue, Yan Jiecheng continued.

"Dad, just wait and see. If there's a first donation, there'll be a second. The people in the hospital aren't stupid. They're sure to figure it out. When the time comes, we'll report it to the neighborhood committee, and you'll have a hard time."

"Humph, you only know how to scare your father."

Seeing that Yan Fugui was still stubborn, Yan Jiecheng was too lazy to continue talking. He turned around and went back to his own room.

The next morning, when Yan Jiecheng was about to go out to work, he was stopped by Yan Fugui.

Seeing that Mr. Yan looked very tired, I knew that he must not have slept well last night.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

To be honest, Yan Jiecheng really didn't want to pay attention to this stingy man, but after all, he was his father.

Yan Fugui hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"Jiecheng, Dad has been thinking about it all night and feels that what you said makes some sense. What do you think Dad should do?"

"Dad, did you collect the five dollars for your service?"

"No, it hasn't been collected yet. Lao Yi said he'll give it to us after the donations are all in."

Yan Jiecheng nodded and said.

"Dad, let's do this. Go to the street office and find Director Wang. Tell him everything that happened. You don't have to worry about the rest. Director Wang will handle it."

When Yan Fugui heard this, he shook his head like a rattle.

"That won't do. If this gets out to the hospital, I'll be criticized. No way."

"Then write a letter of denunciation in the tone of a resident of the compound. Since you haven't received any money yet, if you expose it now, I'll just criticize you, but there won't be any punishment."

"That's fine. Okay, go ahead and get busy."

When Yan Jiecheng returned to the court after get off work that night, he heard Director Wang's loud scolding coming from the Intermediate Court. So Yan Jiecheng went to the Intermediate Court.

At this time, many people gathered in the central courtyard. The three uncles in charge were standing with the residents in the courtyard, accepting the reprimand from Director Wang.

Director Wang was very angry at the moment, and when he saw Yan Jiecheng, he spoke harshly.

"Yan Jiecheng, come over here and listen."

Looking at the angry Director Wang, Yan Jiecheng did not dare to act presumptuously and stood obediently among the residents.

Director Wang looked around and saw that everyone was waiting obediently for his lecture, then he continued.

"I reiterate that the subdistrict will never allow private donations from various hospitals, let alone forced donations. This is the first and last time. If I find out again, I will definitely deal with it seriously."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he looked at the three managers and said.

"For this donation, each of you three will write a 1,000-word review and hand it in to me after get off work tomorrow."

After saying this, he turned around and left with several staff members without waiting for anyone to answer.

After Director Wang left, the three managers couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Look at what happened."

"We meant well but ended up doing something bad. Just be careful next time."

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Afterwards, Yan Jiecheng asked and found out that the lecture lasted for half an hour.

Director Wang not only scolded everyone in the courtyard, but also asked the three managers to return the donations from all the residents.

Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but wonder, could the two widows of the Jia family have just returned the money so obediently? It doesn't seem likely.
Yan Jiecheng guessed correctly. Just when Director Wang asked the Jia family to return the money, the two widows of the Jia family both looked at Yi Zhonghai.

You have to know that not all of the donations went into their pockets. How could they agree to return them now?

After feeling the gazes of the two widows of the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai was also worried that they would sell him out, so he could only grit his teeth and speak.

"Director, the Jia family bought food after receiving the donations, so I guess there isn't much left. How about I use this as a buffer for now?"

Yi Zhonghai also knew that since he had paid the money himself, he could not expect the Jia family to pay it back, but he had no choice at this time.

Although the donation was not successful, Yi Zhonghai managed to fool Sha Zhu.

One evening after the refund incident, Qin Huairu was waiting at the gate of the compound with a big belly.

When Qin Huairu saw Sha Zhu's figure, she hurried to greet him, just like a wife welcoming her husband who had not returned home for a long time.

After the two chatted and laughed for a few minutes, Sha Zhu happily handed the two lunch boxes in his hand to Qin Huairu.

This shocked the residents who were returning home from get off work.

What's going on? Could they be having an affair? Jia Dongxu's body is still warm, isn't this too soon?

Just when the residents stopped and were about to gossip, Qin Huairu took the lunch box and quickly returned to the yard, not giving anyone a chance to gossip.

In the next few days, Sha Zhu would hand the lunch box in his hand to Qin Huairu every day.

Everyone can't help but think too much about Sha Zhu's behavior.

You should know that Sha Zhu brings back not only leftovers, but occasionally some meat dishes from the factory leaders' special kitchen.

Meat and vegetables are very scarce these days. Can we just give them to unrelated people?

For a time, rumors spread throughout the courtyard, with all kinds of stories being spread.

(End of this chapter)