Chapter 53: Liu Haizhong, the Pretender
When Yi Zhonghai spoke, everyone quieted down and waited for him to speak.

"I think everyone knows that a big thing happened in our hospital today. He Daqing abandoned his two children and ran away with someone else. That person is a widow. This is the first time in our hospital that this has happened. The impact is very bad."

Yi Zhonghai said in a deep voice, let’s first define the matter.

Sitting in the crowd, Sha Zhu has become the focus of the entire hospital.

People looked at him with some pity, some gloating, and some just wanting to have fun.

"That He Daqing is really a piece of shit. He just gave up two healthy children. How could he do that?"

"Shazhu is only sixteen, He Yushui is only nine, and He Daqing is willing to give them up. How are they going to live in the future?"

"Tsk tsk, that widow was so beautiful. He Daqing even gave up his two children to run away with her."

"..."

Hearing everyone's discussions, Sha Zhu felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Whether these people were gloating or pitying him, it made him feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, in his heart, he hated He Daqing even more.

She hated him for abandoning her and her sister and running off with a widow, causing him to suffer rumors and gossip in this courtyard and not be able to hold his head up.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Sha Zhu's impatient expression and felt satisfied.

In this way, Sha Zhu will hate his father He Daqing even more.

"In our courtyard from now on, Sha Zhu will be the head of his family. He is sixteen years old and has to support himself and He Yushui. It is not easy. Everyone should help if they can. After all, we can't just think about ourselves. We should think more about others."

Yi Zhonghai looked at everyone and said.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui made statements one after another, saying that if Sha Zhu encountered any difficulties, he could come to them.

In fact, it was impossible for Shazhu to ask them for help, so what they said were just polite words.

Listening to these people chattering away, Jia Zhang who was waiting in the crowd became a little annoyed.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes.

She was still waiting for Yi Zhonghai to tell her that Dongxu would get married next and everyone would give gifts.

She had discussed this with Yi Zhonghai before and asked Yi Zhonghai to take the lead in giving more gift money.

Then, during the meeting, she would collect gifts in front of everyone, and she would also sing out how much gift money each family gave.

In this case, Yi Zhonghai took the lead in giving more gift money, and she also made public who gave how much gift money.

Others will definitely follow suit and pay more. After all, the amount of money given is something that needs to be sung, and if the money is too little, they will definitely feel embarrassed.

Jia Zhang's calculations were clear.

I think the Jia family will definitely receive a lot of gifts and money this time.

Little did they know that Yan Fugui, Wang Jianye and several families in the front yard had already agreed that they would not pay more this time and would not be taken advantage of.

"That's enough about Sha Zhu. We have one more thing to talk about. Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu have already obtained their marriage certificate.

It is a happy event that our courtyard has a new addition.

Here, I will take the lead and wish the newlyweds a happy and blessed baby soon."

As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to Jia Zhangshi next to him.

Jia Zhang happily took the money and said, "Oh, Lao Yi, you gave me ten dollars, which is a lot. Great, great, I'll thank you on behalf of Dongxu this time."

When they heard that Yi Zhonghai had offered ten dollars, those who knew about this in advance and those who found out about it now all started whispering to each other and discussing it.

"Yi Zhonghai actually paid ten dollars?" "That's too much."

"That's right, whoever gives a gift money gives ten dollars."

"The Jia family must have discussed this with Yi Zhonghai. This is too deceptive."

"..."

Zhang Lan in the crowd frowned when she saw Yi Zhonghai gave a ten-yuan gift.

She remembered what Wang Jianye had told her just now when he returned home, that the Jia family asked Yi Zhonghai to take the lead in giving more gifts, and then the neighbors in the courtyard would have to follow suit and give more money.

Originally, Zhang Lan was skeptical, wondering how the Jia family could do such a wicked thing when Jia Dongxu was getting married?

But now Zhang Lan believed it. The Jia family was really shameless. They were so immoral just to collect more gifts.

"Jianye, how could the Jia family be like this?"

Zhang Lan finally opened her eyes this time and asked Wang Jianye beside her with a frown.

Wang Jianye had known about the Jia family's plan for a long time, so he was not surprised. "Mom, you don't know the Jia family as well as I do. Jia Zhang is just that kind of person, selfish and short-sighted. She is restrained now. In a few years, Jia Zhang will become even more annoying. Just wait and see."

After Qin Huairu married into the Jia family, Jia Zhang, who was already lazy and gluttonous, became even lazier. She did no housework at home and left it all to Qin Huairu.

In a few years, after Jia Dongxu has an accident, Jia Zhang will completely turn into an old hag in order to tie Qin Huairu down and prevent her from remarrying. She will become even more annoying at that time.

"Now Yi Zhonghai has contributed 10 yuan. Apart from Yan Fugui, will anyone else follow Yi Zhonghai and contribute more money this time?"

Zhang Lan wanted to know.

Wang Jianye thought for a moment and said, "None of us are stupid. The Jia family's plan won't succeed that easily. Maybe only Liu Haizhong is willing to pay more because he can't save face and wants to compete with Yi Zhonghai. As for the others, Yan Fugui will definitely pay as much as he should, not a penny more."

……

Listening to the chatter of the crowd, some were surprised, some were dissatisfied.

Jia Zhang didn't care and thought her plan was good. If you think you can afford a few cents, then go ahead.

Yi Zhonghai saw that everyone was in an uproar, so he knocked on the table to quiet everyone down, "Old Yan, please take note of this."

"Hey, okay."

Yan Fugui picked up the brush on the table with a smile, dipped the tip of the brush into the ink in the inkstone, then wrote Yi Zhonghai's name on the spread out red paper and added 10 yuan.

After seeing Yan Fugui finish writing, Yi Zhonghai continued to say to everyone: "Jia Dongxu is my apprentice. As his master, it is only natural for me to give more gift money when he gets married. You guys can give as much or as little as you want, just show your appreciation."

Yi Zhonghai took himself out.

Although the words sound nice, since he took the lead in paying so much money, the few cents that the others had originally prepared were a bit too much to bear, and no one was willing to be the second to pay the gift money.

After Yi Zhonghai paid all the money, no one else was willing to pay anymore.

Jia Zhang was a little anxious and looked at Liu Haizhong: "Old Liu, our Dongxu is getting married, and Old Yi gave ten yuan. How much will you give?"

Everyone looked at Liu Haizhong.

He is a man who cares most about face and also likes to be an official.

In order to fight for his authority in the hospital, he often competed with Yi Zhonghai.

Now that Yi Zhonghai has paid ten yuan, the one yuan gift money he originally planned to pay is a bit too much.

Now that he was being put in a difficult position by Jia Zhang, it was impossible for him to take out the one dollar he had prepared in front of so many people.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give the same as Lao Yi, ten dollars too."

(End of this chapter)