For dinner, Li Chengye stir-fried a few vegetables and ate them with relish.
There was one thing he did not lie about with Xu Damao.
Li Chengye was really sick of eating meat for the past two days.
Thinking about it, pork was around 60 to 70 cents per catty in this era. Even if mutton and beef were more expensive, it would only cost less than one or two yuan.
Li Chengye had swindled Xu Damao of more than 20 yuan yesterday. The meat he had bought added up to more than ten catties.
Most of the meat went into Li Chengye's mouth alone. He was tired of eating it.
After dinner, Li Chengye strolled to an open space in the front yard, which was the largest area in the entire courtyard.
In his previous life, he had seen the so-called general assembly of the courtyard house on TV, but this was the first time he had attended it in person. Li Chengye was also a little surprised.
The sparse crowd kept coming. By eight o'clock, almost all the people in the courtyard had come.
In fact, each family only needed to send one representative for the assembly, but there were no entertainment activities in this era.
This kind of meeting was equivalent to a public semi-entertainment activity. Everyone gathered together to chat and talk about all kinds of gossip and news.
"Silence! Silence!"
In the middle of the courtyard sat three old men. They were Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui.
Seeing that almost everyone in the courtyard had arrived, Yi Zhonghai cleared his throat, knocked on his teacup, and shouted.
The surrounding crowd quieted down immediately, waiting to see what the first uncle had to say.
"As you know, the old lady who lives in the backyard is the most respected elder in our courtyard. She's the family of a martyr and the treasure of our entire courtyard.”
Yi Zhonghai started by praising the Deaf Old Lady. From his mouth, the entire Siheyuan could not survive without the Deaf Old Lady.
"First Uncle, don't talk about this. How's the old lady's health?”
In the end, someone couldn't stand Yi Zhonghai's official nonsense and interrupted him.
"Yes, Zhang Daguo, you asked a very good question.”
Yi Zhonghai named the person who interrupted him and said with a pained expression.
"The old lady in our courtyard fell down two days ago and is now in the hospital for emergency treatment. The doctor said that it's not optimistic.”
"I have called for a meeting of the entire academy to call for everyone to donate to the old lady and help her tide over this crisis.”
Whoosh!
The moment Yi Zhonghai's words left his mouth, everyone in the courtyard house's expression changed.
This was the first time that the yard had donated money this year. Although the donations were not much each time, Yi Zhonghai did it every few days.
Moreover, it was not impossible to respect the deaf old lady. After all, the old lady was indeed not young anymore. There was no loss in respecting her verbally.
However, donations were different. This was real money.
If you were to ask if they were willing to donate to the deaf old lady, not many people would be willing.
"I'm the eldest uncle in the courtyard. As an example, I'll donate 20 yuan to the old lady!”
Many people in the courtyard were shocked by the generosity of the first uncle.
Twenty yuan. Many people working in the rolling mill only earned a little more than twenty yuan a month. They still had to rely on this salary to feed their families.
Yi Zhonghai had given him 20 yuan at once. He was indeed the boss of the yard.
"Silly Zhu, come!"
Yi Zhonghai took out two brand new United Cards and showed them to the crowd. He looked smug and then called out to Silly Pillar.
Silly Zhu walked over with a red donation box. Yi Zhonghai placed two brand new cards into it.
"First Master, you are indeed the moral example of our courtyard. Your moral character is really admirable!”
Silly Zhu immediately flattered the old man.
"Second Uncle, how much do you think you'll donate? The first uncle has already donated 20 yuan. As the second uncle in the courtyard, you can't not express your gratitude!”
Silly Zhu looked at his fat bangs and said in a strange tone.
"I'll donate ten yuan!"
The second uncle looked at Silly Zhu and snorted coldly. He unwillingly took out a large piece of paper and threw it into the donation box.
Liu Hai was extremely unwilling to donate money to the Deaf Old Lady. He wished that the Deaf Old Lady would just die.
However, Liu Haizhong couldn't do that in front of so many people.
He was an official fanatic, but he had never been an official in his life, so he attached great importance to the identity of the second uncle.
It was already a big stain on his reputation that he did not help the old lady when she fainted. If he did not wash his name, he would be a terrible second uncle!
"Second Uncle, you're so generous!"
Silly Zhu gave Second Uncle a thumbs up. It was unknown if it was a sincere compliment or a sarcastic one.
"Third Uncle, what about you?"
The First and Second Grandmasters had already donated money, so Silly Zhu walked to the Third Grandmaster.
"Silly Zhu, I'll donate five yuan!"
Yan Bugui hesitated for a long time before he took out five yuan from his pocket.
To the stingy and calculative Yan Bugui, making him donate money was worse than cutting his flesh.
Yan Bugui had always thought of himself as virtuous, but in front of so many people, he had to set an example.
"Alright, everyone, the three elders in our courtyard have taken the lead in donating. As juniors, we have to express our gratitude.”
"The Deaf Old Lady is the oldest and most respected person in our courtyard, just like our biological grandmother. If something happens to Grandma, can we not do anything? Is she still human?”
Shazhu spoke with great emotion. After he finished speaking, he took the donation box to the person in charge of each family.
From the looks of it, those who knew it were collecting donations. Those who did not know would think it was collecting taxes.
Even though they were very reluctant, everyone still donated a few yuan.
When he reached the Jia family, Silly Zhu deliberately went around them.
"The Jia family is in such a difficult situation that they need others to donate to them. How can they have the money to donate?”
"Sister Qin must be very touched that I'm doing this for her!”
Silly Zhu thought happily in his heart. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Qin Huairu calling him over.
"Sister Qin, your family is in such a difficult situation. There's no need to donate this money!”
Hearing this, many people cursed silently in their hearts.
However, everyone knows that you, Silly Zhu, and Yi Zhonghai often help the Jia family. The Jia family's life is much better than most families.
"As you know, our family is poor and I have to raise three children. I really don't have much money on me.”
Qin Huairu lowered her head, looking very apologetic."But no matter what, the old lady is still the most respected elder in our courtyard.”
"Although I can't afford to donate money, I can still do something for the old lady. When the old lady is discharged from the hospital, I'll help her wash clothes, cook, and serve her.”
"Sister Qin, you're really too kind.”
Upon hearing Qin Huairu's words, Silly Zhu was so touched that his eyes turned red. He was so touched that he was about to cry.
How could there be such a good woman in the world? She was beautiful, virtuous, and so kind.
Jia Dongxu's life was too good. Although he died early, he was able to marry such a beautiful wife like Qin Huairu and bear him three children.
He wouldn't lose out in this lifetime!
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