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Yi Zhonghai immediately ran towards Jia Zhang.

He didn't want anything to happen to Jia Zhang, and he hadn't had enough fun digging into the cellar.

Yi Zhonghai was not the only one who changed color at the scene. When the leader saw that Jia Zhang was about to commit suicide, he also panicked.

"Auntie, no!!!"

Then he showed a look of struggle and made a quick decision in his heart.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said to Jia Zhang.

"Another five dollars! I'll give you an extra five dollars in subsidies every month."

Jia Zhang was about to crash into the wall, but she stopped when she heard this.

Seeing that Jia Zhang no longer attempted suicide, the leader breathed a sigh of relief.

If Jia Zhang really wanted to commit suicide in front of him, he would be severely punished or even demoted!

"This is the biggest concession I can make. Auntie, please don't make things difficult for me."

"Five yuan is a lot of money. Add to that the apprentice's monthly salary of 22.5 yuan, and you can earn quite a bit of money every month after you become a regular employee. If you work hard and strive to be promoted to a level 3 or 4 fitter in two years, the salary will be more than enough to support a whole family, and you can even have a lot left over every month."

Jia Zhang was ecstatic. Just by making a simple threat, she earned five more dollars. Five dollars a month would be sixty dollars a year, and one hundred dollars in ten years.

If Qin Huairu works harder and passes the exam to become a level 3 or 4 fitter in two years, she can earn so much salary.

There is simply no way to spend it all.

Although Jia Zhang was ecstatic inside, she did not show it on her face. She suppressed her inner ecstasy and her face showed the grief of losing her son in old age.

"But... no matter how much money you give me, it won't save my son Dongxu's life."

"Dongxu, Dongxu, why did you die so tragically?"

Yi Zhonghai winked at Jia Zhang and whispered in her ear.

"Sister-in-law, you really scared me just now. I thought you were really desperate and wanted to commit suicide."

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at him, looking smug, and then continued to sit on the ground and summon the spirits.

"That's it. Don't discuss other conditions. This amount of subsidy is really enough."

"Don't do stupid things again. Next time, even if you really kill your leader, I won't give you any other subsidies."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Zhang's smug expression and was afraid that Jia Zhang would commit suicide again to threaten her leader, so he reminded her.

Jia Zhang didn't take it seriously. She was even prepared to threaten her leader with her life again to see if the monthly subsidy of five yuan could be increased to ten yuan.

Before she could stand up and bang her head against the wall again, Yi Zhonghai grabbed her arm and was about to pull her away.

Yi Zhonghai said to the leader while pulling Jia Zhang.

"I'm sorry, boss. I'll send my sister-in-law home right now and I'll try to persuade her later."

The leader nodded and gave instructions to Yi Zhonghai.

Keep an eye on Jia Zhang and don't let her commit suicide again.

Jia Zhang kept nodding her head to assure him, and then returned to the courtyard with Jia Zhang.

Jia Dongxu's body in the room already smelled a bit bad. As soon as Yi Zhonghai walked into the room, he pinched his nose.

He knew that Jia Dongxu's body could not be left like this any longer and must be buried as soon as possible.

He said to Jia Zhang.

"Sister-in-law, Dongxu's body can't be left here any longer. I'm going to buy a coffin now and bury Dongxu tomorrow."

"Now that I have money, I'll treat everyone to a meal and hold a grand funeral. It would be best if I could buy some pork or something."

When she heard that they wanted to buy pork, Jia Zhang was unhappy. Her family was reluctant to eat pork, so how could they let others eat pork?

She refused.

"You're giving meat to these heartless people in the courtyard? Uncle Yi, you held a meeting in the courtyard yesterday to donate money to my Jia family, right? I heard that apart from Sha Zhu who donated one dollar, Uncle Er who donated ten cents, and Uncle San who donated one cent, apart from the three of them, the whole courtyard was stingy."

"They are such a heartless bunch, and we still want to give them meat to eat? Then we can just stew two Chinese cabbages and add some cornmeal steamed bread. They can eat it if they want."

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai tried to persuade her again, but Jia Zhang refused to buy the meat.

In the end, Yi Zhonghai had to pay out of his own pocket to buy a few pounds of meat. Dongxu was his son, and he didn't want others to talk bad about his son's funeral behind his back.

Afterwards, Yi Zhonghai went out to buy meat and a coffin. Jia Zhang sat at home and took out the 300 yuan pension and counted it over and over again.

Then she began to imagine how to spend the money. Then she thought of Qin Huairu. Now that her son Jia Dongxu was dead, she had to be careful of Qin Huairu.

"You can't tell Qin Huairu about this money. In addition, she has to pay me three dollars a month for her retirement!"

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Not long after Jia Zhang and Yi Zhonghai returned to the courtyard, Chen Xiangdong also returned on his bicycle.

Jia Dongxu will definitely need to buy a coffin to be buried. Now he still has the body of the deaf old lady in his space. It would be better to borrow Jia Dongxu's coffin first, otherwise the body of the deaf old lady will start to stink in the space in a few days.

But there is one thing that makes Chen Xiangdong a little confused at the moment.

The deaf old lady has been dead for two days. No one in the entire courtyard noticed it?

For two days, no one went to see the deaf old lady.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiangdong only felt that the world was cold and cruel.

As soon as I returned to the courtyard, I saw Yi Zhonghai and the people who were carrying the coffin entering the courtyard, and the two of them had a face-to-face fight.

When Yi Zhonghai saw Chen Xiangdong, his face turned ugly, he snorted coldly, and then said in a sarcastic tone.

"You have a comfortable job as a buyer. If you want to work at the steel mill, you can work there. If you don't want to work there, you can go back to Siheyuan. The bicycle provided by the factory was for you to go to the countryside for purchases, but now it has become your personal item."

Chen Xiangdong smiled slightly and clasped his fist towards Yi Zhonghai.

"You are such a considerate old man. I never thought he cared about me so much and watched my every move all day long."

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