klisemfg Chapter 174 Yi Zhonghai's Son 29
Chapter 174 Yi Zhonghai's Son 29
Qin Huairu was so frightened that she didn't dare to stop He Daqing while holding the child.
"Wow wow wow...how dare you hit a woman"
Zhang fiercely tried to grab his face, which was swollen like a bloated bun.
"Qin Huairu, are you still standing there like an idiot? Come and help me." Zhang couldn't resist and was slapped.
After He Daqing slapped her a few times, his anger subsided a lot. Knowing that the matter could not be made worse, he let her go.
Zhang's shouting and cursing echoed in the air, full of anger and dissatisfaction, with a ferocious expression on her face.
"He Daqing"
"Just wait for me"
He Daqing left without looking back.
Zhang was still furious after being beaten again. She turned around and saw Qin Huairu sneering at the doorstep.
Qin Huairu was panicking and looked at her mother-in-law with a cold look in her eyes. She began to criticize her daughter-in-law. Every word she said was like a slap in the face, and her arms were bruised.
Yi Yongkang was walking home with a schoolbag on his back. When he was about to reach the courtyard, he suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from inside. He walked closer with curiosity and found that people in the courtyard were holding a meeting, and the topic turned out to be the He Daqing beating incident.
"I don't care, he has to pay ten dollars for medical expenses," Zhang made the demand while standing in the middle of the yard.
“Ten dollars is too much.”
“Almost half a month’s living expenses for the whole family.”
The women outside were the first to get angry, and they all talked about how Zhang’s exorbitant demands were.
Some people even said that if they could get ten dollars for being slapped a few times, they would be willing to do it.
"It's obviously you who's talking nonsense," He Yuzhu jumped out first.
"You bastard, you don't have a say here, get out of here," Zhang yelled impatiently.
"Uncle, look, the slap mark is still on my face." Zhang came closer to Yi Zhonghai.
"Okay, Zhang, I also understand what happened." Yi Zhonghai pushed her away helplessly.
"You have a dishonest mouth, gossiping about others and spreading feudal superstitions."
He Daqing sat on the bench and said, "It's not because her words were too harsh that I didn't want to hit her."
"Old He, you are such a fool. It's wrong to hit a woman impulsively."
He turned around and looked at the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Bugui next to him and said, "Now that the matter has been made clear, let's discuss how to punish them."
Zhang interrupted and asked directly for ten dollars in compensation.
"Zhang"
Yi Zhonghai stopped her from speaking in a serious tone.
Liu Haizhong looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly, and spoke in an official tone: "Regarding this accident, we need to consider the issue of compensation." He stretched out a finger and tapped the table lightly, "After investigation, both parties are at fault to a certain extent. Therefore, we have initially proposed a compensation of 2 yuan."
After mediation by Yi Zhonghai, the other two managers also agreed to compensation.
All residents of the courtyard thought it was acceptable, but Zhang disagreed. Feeling that she was at a disadvantage, she started to yell unreasonably.
"You all bully orphans and widows"
"Old Jia"
"That's enough, otherwise don't take the two dollars." Yi Zhonghai interrupted her crying angrily.
"Dongxu, you disappoint me so much, take your mother back."
Yi Zhonghai keenly noticed that Jia Dongxu was hiding behind and keeping silent.
Jia Dongxu felt the gaze of his master, which was full of disappointment. His heart trembled and he walked towards his mother with heavy steps.
"Mom, stop making trouble, let's go."
When Zhang heard her son's voice, she also silently brushed the dust off her body.
"Give me the two dollars now." Zhang, who was unwilling to suffer any loss, saw that the situation was no longer suitable for her to continue making trouble.
He snatched the two dollars from He Daqing's hand and took his son home.
He Daqing took his son to the back room in the front yard to make the bed without any concern.
Seeing no excitement, the residents dispersed.
Yi Yongkang walked up to say hello to his father, and also greeted Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.
Yi Yongkang followed in the footsteps of his father Yi Zhonghai and returned to his home in the backyard.
When Aunt Yi saw the father and son coming back, she quickly went to pour hot water for them to wash their faces and hands.
"The Zhang family's trouble is getting worse and worse." Yi Zhonghai sat down tiredly.
"Food is becoming increasingly scarce this year, and the canteen is also running tight."
Yi Zhonghai smoked a cigarette with a sad face to calm himself down. The crops in the fields were withering, the livestock were weak and powerless, and food was becoming scarce.
The shelves of the supply and marketing cooperatives were quickly cleared out and prices soared.
Today he took some time to go to the pigeon market outside and took a look. He found that all food related to grain was sold out.
"Dad, I know a classmate whose family has connections that can get us some food," Yi Yongkang thought of the mountains of coarse grains in his space.
"Ask me if I want it"
After hearing what his son said, Yi Zhonghai did not question him.
After asking clearly, he could get 2,000 kilograms of potatoes and sweet potatoes to fill his stomach, and immediately asked him to ask about the price tomorrow.
Yi Zhonghai, who was restless at night and couldn't sleep well, hurried to work with red eyes.
Yi Yongkang acted as if nothing had happened and went to and from school as usual.
He already knew most of what the teachers taught at school, and he didn't want to be special, so he just let things take their course.
In the evening, after learning from his son that two thousand kilograms of food was only half the price on the black market, Yi Zhonghai happily picked up the boy and spun around.
He put his son down and immediately ran out to inform the two managers to discuss the matter.
Yi Yongkang returned to his bedroom with a red face, under the teasing eyes of Aunt Yi.
"Uncle, can you be sure that this batch of grain is real?"
“It’s not easy to get this batch of food”
Yan Bugui's family could not even afford to eat with his salary. They could only eat half full and had only two meals a day, most of which came with soup.
Liu Haizhong's salary was not low, almost the same as Yi Zhonghai's. As a blacksmith, he relied on his great strength. He had to eat an egg every day. He also had three sons in his family, so his food consumption was also very high.
"What I mean is that each household in our courtyard should discuss how much money they want to contribute, and then we can add up the money and buy it together and divide it up," Yi Zhonghai put forward his idea.
"This matter must be discussed quietly in private," and then the few people dispersed.
The reason why Yi Zhonghai told the people in the courtyard was also to avoid worrying about his own food. After all, he was the manager and he couldn't allow people to starve to death.
When it was getting dark, the three uncles were in charge of the yards and the list was ready.
The residents in the front and back yards all wanted one or two hundred kilograms, and the Jia family in the middle yard was the only one who didn't want any. Jia Dongxu wanted to ask for some, but was stopped by Zhang, who said that there was no way the food could be so cheap and they would definitely be cheated.
Qin Huairu touched her stomach feeling a little uneasy. She wanted to ask for money to buy food but didn't dare to.
Three figures huddled together furtively, one of them was so fat that she looked like she was five months pregnant.
"Here is the list for you to keep, and here is the money for buying food."
"When notified, ask the young men in the yard to help transport the goods."
One of the tall guys bent down holding something and ran to the backyard.
The rest of the people also started walking in different directions.