Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

At the same time, Jia Dongxu returned home. Qin Huairu, who was cleaning the house, saw Jia Dongxu coming back, and hurried to Jia Dongxu's side and asked, "Dongxu, what's the situation?! What did the police say?!"

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "The police said that our mother would not be released anytime soon. They did not say how long she would be detained. They asked me to send some clothes and bedding to her. In addition, they said that if we want her to be released sooner, we must compensate the victims."

Qin Huairu said: "Now all our family's money is in the street office. Even if we want to pay it back, there is nothing we can do!"

Jia Dongxu looked at Qin Huairu, gritted his teeth, and said, "Usually, Shazhu and you are on good terms, calling each other Sister Qin. Why don't you go find Shazhu and talk to him?!"

Qin Huairu blushed and asked, "Dongxu, what do you mean?!"

Jia Dongxu said with difficulty: "I have no other choice. Are you just going to watch our mother go to jail?"

"The meeting is about to start! The meeting is about to start!" Just then a shout was heard outside the door.

Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu immediately walked to the window and looked out. Qin Huairu said, "Dongxu, your master is back. Why don't you go find your master and think of a solution?!"

"Hey!" Jia Dongxu immediately pushed the door open and walked out. He walked to Yi Zhonghai's side in two or three steps and asked, "Master, are you okay?!"

Yi Zhonghai stared at Jia Dongxu and replied, "It's okay!"

Liu Haizhong urged, "Dongxu, quickly find a place to sit! The meeting is about to start!"

Yi Zhonghai said: "Let's have a meeting first, and then we'll talk after the meeting!"

"Hey!" Jia Dongxu responded and found a place to sit down.

Before long, all the residents of the quadrangle gathered in the middle courtyard. Liu Haizhong glanced around and said, "Look, who else hasn't arrived yet?!"

After a while, seeing no response, Liu Haizhong said, "Since everyone is here, let's hold a meeting now! I will preside over the meeting of the whole hospital today. There are two things in total. The first thing is that from now on, Yi Zhonghai is no longer the head of the hospital. Now the head of the hospital is just me and Yan Bugui. The two of us are also acting as agents. In the future, if you have any problems, you can find us if they are small matters. If it is a big matter or you think we can't handle it, you can find the street office or the police. The second thing is to return the donations that everyone has made to the Jia family in recent years! Comrade Yan Bugui is responsible for this matter, and the two comrades from the street office will supervise it!"

Yan Bugui took the cloth bag containing the Jia family's money from the street office, opened the account book, and said, "Now I'll call a name, please come up. I've also calculated the grain donated to the Jia family according to the current market price. Please rest assured, I will be fair and just." After that, Yan Bugui began to call people one by one.

"Kong Ah Si! 2 yuan."

"Zhang Dafa! 5 yuan."

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"Xuwood! Thirty dollars."

"Yi Zhonghai! 69 yuan."

When Yi Zhonghai heard the shouting, he didn't feel comfortable going up to get it himself, so he asked his wife to take it for him.

"He Yuzhu! 32 yuan."

He Yuzhu patted He Yushui on the shoulder and said, "Go and get it! This money is yours as pocket money!"

"Hey!" He Yushui responded, stood up quickly, ran to Yan Bugui in two steps, took the money, signed the account book, and returned to He Yuzhu happily, saying with a smile: "Brother, I have money now too."

He Yuzhu said, "Hide the money! Don't let anyone cheat you!" Then he pointed towards the Jia family. He Yushui understood what was going on and nodded heavily.

Soon, the money was all distributed. Yan Bugui said, "Last night, we found 1705 yuan in cash, two small yellow croakers, one small gold ingot, two silver ingots, 7 silver dollars, a gold ring, and some expired gold yuan notes and counterfeit coins. After deducting more than 9 yuan in stolen money and the money returned to everyone, there is still 30 yuan left. Now, in front of everyone, I will return the remaining money and gold and silver to the Jia family."

Jia Dongxu, who had been impatient for a long time, rushed to Yan Bugui without waiting for him to finish his words. Yan Bugui handed the money and things to Jia Dongxu and said, "Just count. No problem, just sign here and put your fingerprints!"

Jia Dongxu took the money, counted it, looked at the things in the cloth bag, and replied, "Yes!" Then Jia Dongxu took the pen, signed the receipt, and pressed his fingerprints on it.

Yan Bugui handed the receipt and the account book to the two officials of the subdistrict office. The two officials took the things and left.

After the people from the street office left, Liu Haizhong announced the end of the meeting. Jia Dongxu immediately ran back home with his things, locked the door, moved the cabinet opposite the door, put the gold and silver treasures into the earthenware jar behind the cabinet, and then reset the cabinet. Then Jia Dongxu opened the frame of his father's portrait, left a hundred yuan as a reserve fund, and hid the rest of the money behind the photo. He covered the frame and put the portrait back to its original place. Jia Dongxu looked carefully, and after making sure that no one could see it, he walked to the door and opened it.

Qin Huairu, who was standing at the door, looked at Jia Dongxu with some resentment. Jia Dongxu smiled awkwardly and said, "You stay at home to take care of the children, I'll go to Master's house to see him." After that, Jia Dongxu walked quickly towards Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!" Jia Dongxu walked to the door of Yi Zhonghai's house and wanted to push the door open. But after thinking about it, Jia Dongxu still knocked on the door honestly.

Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting at the table smoking dejectedly, heard a knock on the door and shouted, "Come in!"

Jia Dongxu pushed the door open and walked into Yi Zhonghai's house, calling out, "Master!"

Yi Zhonghai looked up at Jia Dongxu, a smile returning to his face, and greeted him: "Dongxu is here?!"

Jia Dongxu asked: "Master, are you okay?!"

Yi Zhonghai replied, "Nothing!" Then he asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?!"

Jia Dongxu said, "Master, my mother was arrested by the police." Then Jia Dongxu repeated to Yi Zhonghai what the police had told him.

Yi Zhonghai pondered for a few seconds and said, "Your mother's matter can be big or small. If it were in the past, I could still think of a way. Now I can't do anything. I think you should go to the street office to find Director Wang. Ask her to come forward and talk to He Yuzhu. Maybe it will work."

Jia Dongxu thought about it and nodded, "This is the only way! Master, you take a rest, I will go find Director Wang right away." After that, Jia Dongxu ran out of Yi Zhonghai's house in a hurry.

After Jia Dongxu left, an old lady appeared in front of Yi Zhonghai and said, "Zhonghai, the old lady and I have been worried about you all night. You take a rest first. I will prepare the meal in a while. You can give it to the old lady and let her know you are safe."

Yi Zhonghai nodded silently and said, "I have been cheated by Jia Zhang this time. But it's good this way. I am no longer the manager and I feel a lot more relaxed."

The aunt looked outside, walked to Yi Zhonghai, and whispered, "Boss, Sha Zhu has changed. Should we return the money that He Daqing sent to us?!"

Yi Zhonghai glared at his wife and said, "Why are you nagging me?! I have other plans for this matter. Just don't worry about it."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, the old lady didn't know what to say. She could only walk to the bedside and sit down silently, took the winnowing basket beside her, picked up the needle, threaded the thread, and started sewing clothes.