Chapter 433: Yan Bugui Settles the Account

Hearing Yan Bugui's words, the neighbors all nodded and agreed with him.
"Yeah,

Lao Liu, as neighbors, we will definitely help.
But while we help, we must also do what we can.

After all, we are all big families, and we can’t let our family suffer just to help the Jia family.”

Not just the neighbors,

Even He Daqing, who was sitting opposite Liu Haizhong, had the same idea.
"I think what you said is right. We are all starving right now, so this is not the time to pretend to be rich.
I think we should keep the funeral simple. Let's stop for a day tomorrow and let relatives and friends have a last look. The day after tomorrow morning, we should take the body to the crematorium to burn it and then bury it.

Get things done sooner so that everyone can focus on the real work sooner."

He Daqing's words were unanimously agreed by the neighbors, but it angered Jia Zhangshi, the mother.

"He Daqing, what do you mean by that?"

As Jia Zhang spoke, she stood up from the bench angrily.

"How can our Dongxu's funeral not be a serious matter? If you don't give me an explanation, I will never forgive you. I will ask the neighbors to judge for justice."

"What, did I say something wrong?"

As he spoke, He Daqing pointed at his neighbors and waved his finger around.
"Ask everyone, it's hard enough for us to live now, are we really going to delay the lives of the living for a dead person?
Jia Dongxu is your son, we all understand your feelings, but you also have to understand us!"

As soon as He Daqing finished speaking, the neighbors immediately began to express their support.
"That's right, Mrs. Zhang.
Your son is dead. We all understand how you feel now.

But Jia Dongxu's death is a fact, and the dead must make way for us living people. You have to understand us, our family still has to survive."

"That's right. You can't force us into a desperate situation just for your son's funeral."

……

Seeing that everyone was targeting Jia Zhang, Yi Zhonghai was afraid that today's meeting would end in vain. He gathered his strength and slammed the table heavily.
"That's enough, you guys.
We haven't said anything in the meeting yet, but you guys are arguing.

And you, Lao He, you are the third uncle of the courtyard, why are you so ununited and inconsiderate of Mrs. Zhang's feelings? "

Hearing this, He Daqing rolled his eyes and pointed at the neighbors at the bottom line.
"Ask everyone, who among the three of us is not united, who is insisting on his own way, have you discussed this with Lao Liu and informed me?
Oh, you are scolding me now, what were you doing before? "

Hearing that He Daqing was contradicting him about this matter, Yi Zhonghai knew that he was a little in the wrong, so he simply ignored He Daqing and started talking about business.

"Okay, okay, time is running out, let's talk about business first.

This afternoon, Lao Liu and I discussed the matter after Dongxu was buried. In view of the difficult times now, we decided to work together to hold Dongxu's funeral."

Before Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Yan Bugui, who was standing below him, became unhappy.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, Lao Yi, what do you mean by this? Do we have to pay for the funeral of the Jia family?

This is a bit against the rules." With the lead, other neighbors naturally followed suit.
"Yes, Jia Dongxu's funeral is the Jia family's own business. Why should we neighbors pay for it? Who stipulated this?"

"Of course, we are just neighbors in the courtyard. Why should we pay? This is unreasonable."

Seeing that the venue was like a vegetable market, Yi Zhonghai slammed the table.
"That's enough of you. Collecting money for funerals is a tradition in our courtyard. When Lao Jia died, didn't several of us contribute money to the funeral?
Since there are traces and precedents to follow, we should naturally stick to this tradition."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Bugui jumped out to stop him.
"Hey, hey, hey, Lao Yi, you only talk about the results but not the reasons.
Why did we raise funds for Lao Jia's funeral at that time? It was because before liberation, everyone was in danger of losing their lives. We thought that if we suddenly died one day, our children were still young and there would be someone to help us.

But what is the situation now?
Although life in Daxia is a little difficult now, the lives of the people are still guaranteed.

Plus, now the kids are married and have kids,

Naturally, there is no need to make these unnecessary preparations as was done before liberation.

So, the Jia family can do as much as they want with their money and handle Jia Dongxu's funeral as they want, and don't get involved with us."

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, the other people in the courtyard also expressed their agreement.

As long as they don't have to pay, everything is fine.

But the neighbors' reactions made Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, who had been discussing the matter for the whole afternoon, very angry.

In their opinion, if the neighbors of the Siheyuan were not united, then the two of them, who were not legitimate managers of the Siheyuan, would have no authority at all.
This is something they won't allow.

Liu Haizhong then slammed the table and started making personal attacks.
"Old Yan, what do you mean? We all know that you are stingy, but you can't be so stingy. Even if we all contribute to Jia Dongxu's funeral, how much can we give?

How can you be so stingy! "

"Tsk, how much more can you offer, Liu Haizhong, you reckless man, then I will settle the score with you."

As he spoke, Yan Bugui began to count on his fingers.
"If we really want to have a grand celebration,

Jia Dongxu has no other relatives, but the workers in the steel mill workshop must come; Zhang Saozi's rural relatives must also come;
And Qin Huairu's family,
When the son-in-law dies, the father-in-law, uncles and grandpas must come to the funeral;
Adding the more than one hundred people in our courtyard, there must be at least two hundred people in total.

Even if we follow He Daqing's advice and stop for a day tomorrow and bury the dead the day after tomorrow, we still have to eat five meals.

When someone gives you a gift, you should let them enjoy it freely.
那这小200人每顿饭最少得吃掉3、4百斤粮食，5顿饭就是小2000斤，
You must know how much the black market food coupons cost now. Let alone the more expensive national food coupons, the price of the Beijing food coupons alone has risen to 1.5 yuan.
How much money does it cost just to buy food?
Not to mention that there is no pork on the market now, and meat coupons can only buy canned and cooked food.

You two, just to save your own face, asked us all to pay for Jia Dongxu's funeral. Are you so immoral?"

If you don't calculate, you won't know. Once you calculate, you'll be shocked.
The neighbors, who were originally just opposed instinctively, were all shocked after hearing Yan Bugui's nonsense.

In this era when the average worker's salary is only 30 yuan, it seems unrealistic to spend thousands of yuan to hold a funeral for a neighbor.
The neighbors didn't care about anything and started pointing at Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong's noses and cursing them.

(End of this chapter)