Chapter 432 Neighbors Who Glee at Others' Misfortune
Hearing He Yuzhu's reminder, Jia Zhang hurriedly took Jia Dongxu's funeral expenses from Li Huaide.
Then after exchanging a few pleasantries, he turned and left the courtyard.

After Li Huaide instructed Yi Zhonghai and the others to help with Jia Dongxu's funeral, he turned his head and looked at He Yuzhu.
"Captain He, such a serious accident happened today, the steel mill must hold a meeting.
I won't tell you more.

The comrades from the Security Department will give you a detailed report in a few days."

"Okay, since Director Li has something to do, I won't keep you any longer."

He Yuzhu sent Li Huaide out of the courtyard. When he returned to the middle courtyard, he heard the neighbor aunts discussing the job quota of the Jia family.
Seeing He Yuzhu walk into the Chuihua Gate, the neighbors looked at him curiously and asked,
"Zhu Zi Zhu Zi, when did the pension-for-job-quota policy begin? Why didn't my husband ever tell us about it?"

"Yes, Zhuzi, the Jia family is really lucky this time.
If either Zhang Saozi or Qin Huairu could take over the job at the steel mill, the Jia family would be able to survive and the family would have hope of survival.

This is much better than just receiving a few or ten yuan in pensions before."

……

When He Yuzhu heard the neighbors talking about the matter of taking over the post, he smiled and told them about it.
"Everyone still remembers Jia Dongxu saying a while ago that he was going to be the workshop leader soon."

"Yes,"

Before He Yuzhu finished speaking, Aunt Yan couldn't wait to interrupt.

"During the period of reform, Zhang Saozi and Qin Huairu were extremely ambitious. People said that the Jia family would be able to make a name for themselves sooner or later.

He also said that when Jia Dongxu becomes a high-ranking official, he will help us and will never be like some people who only care about themselves.

How could we not know this?

But Zhuzi, Jia Dongxu wants to be the team leader, what does that have to do with the replacement we asked about? "

"Yes, yes, Zhuzi, these two things are totally unrelated, otherwise my husband would definitely know such important news and would definitely tell us."

Seeing that Aunt Yan not only interrupted him, but also played a trick on him,
In front of so many aunties, He Yuzhu didn't get angry at all. After they finished speaking, he continued to talk with a smile.

"Don't worry, I haven't said that yet.
Whether it is the issue of Jia Dongxu being the team leader or taking over the job, it is actually related to the reform that Deputy Director Li of the steel rolling mill just mentioned.

The reason you don't know is,

It's just that the reform has just started not long ago, and the factory's affairs have not been sorted out yet.

Things have to be done one by one, and we haven't reached that stage yet.

Jia Dongxu was the first worker to die in our area after the reform began, so we knew about it in advance."

Just as He Yuzhu was about to continue speaking,
Then I found that the neighbor aunties who had just wanted to know the reason were no longer paying attention to the issue of replacement, but started to criticize the Jia family.

"If you ask me, Mrs. Zhang deserves it. She was so arrogant some time ago, as if the prosperity of the Jia family was a foregone conclusion.

Look at it now, tsk!"

This meaningful smack of the lips aroused the aunties' desire to gossip, and they said in a sarcastic tone,
"Of course not!
In my opinion, the Jia family is not destined to be successful. Jia Dongxu died in such a confused manner before he even became a team leader!

If the leaders hadn't thought about us ordinary people, this reform would have happened.
The Jia family will be destroyed this time." "Yes, yes, look at how proud Mrs. Zhang was a few days ago.

If their family really gains power, who knows what will happen in the future. Mrs. Zhang is not as well-mannered as Zhuzi. If she becomes an official, she will definitely only bring harm to others."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu thought to himself, "You guys want to belittle Jia Zhang, just belittle Jia Zhang. I like to hear this."
But you pull one and step on one,
How come there are Jia and Zhang families everywhere praising me?

Those who know know that you hate the Jia family, and those who don’t know would think that I was the one who ordered it.

So He Yuzhu quickly interrupted them,

"Hey, hey, hey, ladies and gentlemen, what do you mean by this? You shouldn't talk like this.

I'm fine, but what if the uncles find out?
I have to give you a good scolding."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, several aunts looked at Yi Zhonghai who was discussing something with Liu Haizhong at the door of their house, and then they dispersed.
Seeing the aunties scatter like birds and beasts, He Yuzhu followed them and went home with a smile on his face.

At this time, in the main room, Lou Xiao'e was holding He Ying by her side and talking to the deaf old lady. When she saw He Yuzhu coming in, she said,
"The pillar is back!"

He Yuzhu nodded and turned to close the door.
"I hope they didn't scare you when the uncle and his men brought Jia Dongxu back."

"No, I was just accompanying the old lady in the backyard with He Ying and the others. When we heard the commotion in front, we were about to come out to see what was going on, but we were blocked in the house by the second aunt.
They said Jia Dongxu was dead and looked very miserable, so they told us not to go out so as not to scare the children.

We came here only after the uncle and his men had buried Jia Dongxu."

"I heard from Lao Zhou and the others that Jia Dongxu's chest collapsed. If you were to stay at home, you might have nightmares. We have to thank Second Aunt."

"I thought so too. After Jia Dongxu's incident is over, I will send him 1 kilogram of cornmeal. What do you think?"

"Sure, it's up to you."

While he was speaking, He Yuzhu had already come to the kang and glanced at his second son who was still sleeping soundly on the kang.

As the neighbors in the courtyard got off work one after another, before they had dinner, Yi Zhonghai and his friends started to call everyone to a meeting to discuss the funeral arrangements for Jia Dongxu.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai obviously had not yet recovered from the sad news of Jia Dongxu's death.

The voice was trembling a little.

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the hot-tempered Liu Haizhong.
"Okay, Lao Yi, Jia Dongxu was your apprentice for more than 10 years. We understand that you are sad about his death.
Now you sit down and digest it. Lao He and I will preside over today's meeting."

Without waiting for Yi Zhonghai's consent, Liu Haizhong stood up from the bench and started talking to his neighbors.

"I won't waste my time talking to you guys.

This afternoon, I discussed it with Lao Yi. The Jia family is small, so we, as neighbors, need to lend a hand in Jia Dongxu's funeral, otherwise Zhang Saozi and Qin Huairu will definitely be too busy to handle it."

As soon as Liu Haizhong said this, he heard Yan Bugui, who was standing below him, speaking with a vigilant look on his face, trying to stop him from speaking.
"Lao Liu, as the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We will definitely agree to help.
But every household is having a hard time right now, and no matter how much we help, there must be a limit, don’t you think? "

(End of this chapter)