Yi Zhonghai said a few words of comfort and hurriedly came out of Jia's house.

If he stayed any longer, he was afraid of embarrassing himself.

Every time he saw Qin Huairu, his mind couldn't help but replay the shocking glimpse just now.

The cold wind opened his face, blowing away Yi Zhonghai's restless thoughts, and his mind returned to clarity.

Yi Zhonghai hurried home.

He didn't sleep much last night. He had been negotiating with the steel rolling mill as Master Jia Dongxu. He had just had a drink with He Yuzhu and was feeling sleepy.

As for the general meeting, Yi Zhonghai is not worried. He will wait until Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui return to the courtyard in the evening to inform them.

evening.

Ye Guoqiang was riding a bicycle, with a roast duck wrapped in oil paper tied to the handlebar, riding back leisurely.

"Third uncle, do you want to come to my house for a drink tonight?" Ye Guoqiang pushed his bicycle into the gate of the courtyard and extended an invitation to Yan Bugui who was watering the flowers.

Yan Bugui helped his sister Ye Guomei enroll in school, but Ye Guoqiang has never expressed his gratitude. He happened to buy roast duck today and planned to invite him to his house for a drink.

"Hey, Guoqiang is back." Yan Bugui's Adam's apple squirmed and he glanced straight at the roast duck.

It's embarrassing to say.

He has lived for most of his life and has eaten roast duck only a handful of times.

"Third uncle, this is the roast duck from Quanjude, freshly baked." Ye Guoqiang took off the roast duck from the handle and joked a little, "Do you smell it?"

"Hey, Quanjude's roast duck is second to none, it must taste good." Yan Bugui wiggled his nose crazily, almost drooling.

"Then it's settled, come to my house for a drink tonight." Looking at Yan Bugui's greedy look, Ye Guoqiang smiled knowingly.

"Guoqiang, we can't do it tonight." Yan Bugui unexpectedly rejected Ye Guoqiang's invitation.

"Hey, does the sun set from the east today?" Ye Guoqiang was stunned and looked up at the sky.

Yan Bugui wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Guoqiang, you are confused now. The sun always sets in the west. Isn't something wrong with me?"

As he spoke, Yan Bugui suppressed the smile on his face and said seriously: "Guoqiang, there is a meeting in the courtyard tonight, and everyone must attend."

Ye Guoqiang nodded thoughtfully and asked: "Third uncle, what is the reason for such a big fight?"

"Hey, it's not just for the Jia family." A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Yan Bugui's eyes.

Knowing that he was donating money to the Jia family, he disagreed.

Every household is having a hard time these days. Every penny is broken into two and spent. How can there be any extra money to donate?

Yes, you, Yi Zhonghai, are an eighth-level fitter in a steel rolling mill, with a monthly salary of about one hundred yuan. You are a noble person, so you don't care about the money, but that doesn't mean that others don't care.

It's a pity that Yan Bugui only dared to think about it in his mind. Yi Zhonghai directly beat him down with a combination of moral kidnapping punches. If he was unwilling, he would have to pay, otherwise the Yan family would have no shame in living in the courtyard in the future.

As an orphan and a widower, you are still the third uncle in the courtyard. It is really unreasonable not to express it.

"What happened to the Jia family?" Ye Guoqiang frowned, his good mood gone.

"Guoqiang, Lao Yi is going to call on everyone to donate money to the Jia family at the conference. You'd better be mentally prepared and prepare some change in advance." Yan Bugui came to Ye Guoqiang's side and said softly, "You don't need to donate too much.

Just donate a dollar or two to show your appreciation."

Currently, only the three uncles and the Jia family know about this matter, so Yan Bugui spoke very quietly for fear of being overheard by others.

"Okay, I understand." Ye Guoqiang nodded and handed the wrapped duck rack to Yan Bugui, "Since I don't have time at night, you can take this third uncle back and make soup."

"You deserve it, you deserve it!" Yan Bugui suddenly felt happy.

He said the words of rejection, but without dropping his hand at all, he quickly took the duck stand over.

At this moment, he had already thought about what to do with these duck racks.

Take it back and let the third aunt take a look first to see if there is still some meat left. Use a third of it to make soup in the evening so that everyone in the family can share the bones.

hehe!

Ye Guoqiang smiled and pushed his bicycle towards the backyard. As he passed by the middle courtyard, Mrs. Jia Zhang cast a vicious look at him.

Ye Guoqiang smiled coldly and ignored Jia Zhang.

He has already thought about it, and he can participate in the general meeting of the hospital, but there is no way to get him to donate money.

In the backyard, Ye Guomei was squatting in front of her house playing with her dog. Seeing that Ye Guoqiang was back, she hurried over.

"elder brother!"

Ye Guomei hugged Ye Guoqiang's leg and shouted sweetly.

"Have you finished your homework?" Ye Guoqiang touched Ye Guomei's head.

"After it's done, I asked Sister Xiao'e to check it again." Ye Guomei raised her head and rubbed Ye Guoqiang's palm.

"Yes." Ye Guoqiang nodded and said, "Go and ask your sister Xiao'e to come to our house to eat roast duck."

After Lou Xiao'e came over, Ye Guoqiang heated up the roast duck again, and the three of them sat down around the table, like a family.

"By the way, sister-in-law." After swallowing the food in his mouth, Ye Guoqiang told Lou Xiao'e about the all-staff meeting tonight.

"Oh, I don't have any change in my hand. I'm going to go out and change some change." Lou Xiao'e touched her pocket, stood up immediately and walked out.

"Need not."

Ye Guoqiang shook his head and stopped Lou Xiao'e.

"Ah, do you want to donate ten yuan?" Lou Xiao'e looked at Ye Guoqiang in surprise.

Ten yuan is not a small amount of money these days. If two people save a little, they can last for a month.

She only planned to donate two or three yuan, but she didn't expect Ye Guoqiang to be so willing.

"Who said I have to donate ten yuan? I won't donate a penny." Ye Guoqiang replied angrily.

Lou Xiao'e advised: "Guoqiang, it's not appropriate for you to not donate a penny to our neighbors. It's not easy for the Jia family to be orphaned and widowed."

"You are right, it is really inappropriate not to donate." Ye Guoqiang touched his chin and said with a smile, "In this case, I will donate a penny."

"you…"

Lou Xiao'e couldn't laugh or cry.

Donating even a penny is too insulting, it's better not to donate at all.

"Okay, you can do whatever I do at the meeting." Ye Guoqiang waved his hand and instructed.

"knew."

Lou Xiao'e had no choice but to agree.

After dinner, the three uncles went from door to door to inform everyone to come to the front yard for a meeting.

Ye Guoqiang, his sister and Lou Xiaoe arrived last.

forecourt.

Mrs. Jia and Zhang sat aside without saying a word. Qin Huairu wrapped her newborn daughter tightly and tied it to her chest. She was holding Xiaodang with her left hand and leading the stick with her right hand. She looked quite miserable.

Ahem!

Yi Zhonghai cleared his throat and went directly to the topic: "Everyone, I believe you also know what happened to the Jia family yesterday. I have always emphasized that our courtyard house must be united and friendly.

Without Jia Dongxu, it will not be easy for the Jia family's orphans and widowers, so I suggest that everyone donate some money to the Jia family.

We all belong to the same courtyard, and those who are still helping out need to help out."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai didn't waste any time and directly took out five Great Unity cards and put them into Jia Zhang's hands.

"Thank you...thank you, sir!"

Qin Huairu choked with sobs and bowed deeply to Yi Zhonghai.

"I will donate thirty." He Yuzhu waved three big unity cards and came to Jia Zhang.

"Zhuzhu, thank you!"

Qin Huairu followed suit and bowed to He Yuzhu.

With these two people taking the lead, other people in the courtyard donated their money one after another. Those who didn't have any money hurried home to get it.

Everyone had as much as five yuan and as little as one yuan. Soon it was Ye Guoqiang's turn.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Lou Xiao'e panicked and quickly took out a big unity card, but was stopped by Ye Guoqiang.
Chapter completed!