Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

The next morning, the director of the subdistrict office came to the courtyard early. Liu Haizhong licked his fat face, walked over with a smile and said, "Director Wang, you came to our courtyard so early, is there something going on?"

Wang Chunhua nodded and said, "Liu Haizhong, call everyone in the courtyard to the middle courtyard. I have something to say." Liu Haizhong nodded quickly and called his two sons to call people. Soon, many people stood in the middle courtyard. They didn't know what they wanted to do by waking them up so early in the morning.

But Wang Chunhua, the director of the street office, was beside them, so they certainly didn't dare to say anything. Wang Chunhua thought for a moment and said, "Listen to me first, everyone. I have something to tell you today. Our street office and the steel mill jointly organized an event called Supporting the Countryside. We all know that the harvest this year has not been good at all, and there is not much food left in the surrounding villages."

Seeing the indifferent expressions on the faces of the people in the yard, Wang Chunhua was very angry. Unexpectedly, these people had no sympathy at all. Wang Chunhua waved her hand and said, "Today we are holding a donation meeting to support the rural movement. Everyone can donate according to their ability. The donations we receive this time will be used to buy food for several poor mountain villages around. Does anyone want to donate? Let's start now."

Jia Zhang curled his lips in the crowd. People in the countryside starved to death, what did it have to do with Jia Zhang? He even hoped that more peasants in the countryside would die, so that food could be saved. Why didn't the Jia family want to donate? Their family was still living a very difficult life, and they still wanted people in the yard to donate to them?

He Yuzhu was the first to take out 20 yuan from his pocket and said, "Director Wang, this 20 yuan is a token of our love." Wang Chunhua looked at the 20 yuan in her hand, nodded with a smile, and said to He Yuzhu and his wife, "On behalf of those comrades who have suffered, I thank you for your generosity." He Yuzhu waved his hand, saying that he had only done a trivial thing. Wang Chunhua was really satisfied when she heard He Yuzhu say that.

He said to Xiao Xu standing beside him, "Secretary Xu, doesn't our street office have an election for the Home of Love? I think He Yuzhu's family has met this standard." Secretary Xu nodded quickly and said, "I understand. When the time comes, the title of Home of Love will be awarded to He Yuzhu's family."

The eyes of the other people in the courtyard were almost green with envy. This was a very good honor. One of the neighbors was very smart and thought for a while and said, "Director Wang, if we donate money, can we all get the honor of a loving home?" Director Wang shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. There are only a few loving homes in our street office. It is impossible that as long as you donate money, our street office will award you the honor of a loving home."

When the people in the courtyard heard what Director Wang said, they calmed down. Yi Zhonghai followed He Yuzhu and donated 20 yuan, and the others also donated some money. After all, they all have relatives in the countryside. If they encounter such a thing one day, they also hope that people from other places will save them.

Director Wang saw that no one was donating, so she took the collected donations and left. She was still busy today and had to go to other courtyards. Several poor villages around had already run out of food, and the superiors asked them, the street office directors, to organize the people in their jurisdiction to donate voluntarily, which made Director Wang a little upset.

Inside the courtyard, Jia Dongxu looked at his mother somewhat unhappily and said, "Oh my god, what were you doing just now? Director Wang was watching just now. Everyone in the courtyard had donated their belongings more or less. Why couldn't I, Jia Dongxu, donate? How do you want these neighbors in the courtyard to look at me in the future?"

Jia Dongxu curled his lips. He didn't consider how these people in the courtyard viewed the Jia family. As long as their family could keep the money, Jia Zhang felt that this was the biggest victory. But seeing that her son dared to scold her like this, her face suddenly became a little ugly, and she said, "You little bastard, don't I just want to save the money for our Jia family? There are so many people donating, what does it matter if there is one more Jia family or one less Jia family?"

After scolding Jia Dongxu, Jia Zhang went back to the old Jia family. When she entered her house, she heard snoring louder than thunder. She slapped Liu Chunhua in the face. She had a bad temper. She didn't expect that Liu Chunhua was still sleeping. She, the mother-in-law, had already woken up, so why was the daughter-in-law still sleeping?

Jia Zhang slapped Liu Chunhua on the face, and Liu Chunhua felt like she was tickled and didn't feel anything. She turned over and prepared to go back to sleep, which made Jia Zhang very angry. Jia Zhang rushed into the kitchen to find a rolling pin. She had to teach Liu Chunhua a lesson today. She really thought that Jia Zhang was so easy to bully. There was no way.

Jia Zhang hit Liu Chunhua several times, and Liu Chunhua got up reluctantly. Rubbing her eyes, Liu Chunhua said in annoyance, "Who is it so early in the morning? Making so much noise. Hey, mother-in-law, why are you hitting me so early in the morning? I'm tired. I'll sleep for another 5 minutes before going to work."

Jia Zhang's old face suddenly turned dark. She slapped her daughter-in-law on the face and said, "You are almost becoming a joke in our street. What new daughter-in-law can do such a thing. Ah. I, the mother-in-law, have woken up, but why are you, the daughter-in-law, still sleeping? This is too unfair of you. Get up quickly and make breakfast early."

When Liu Chunhua heard that she had to make breakfast, she quickly shook her head and said, "Ah, you let me do it." Jia Zhang snorted coldly and said, "You, as a daughter-in-law, don't make breakfast, so do you want me, as a mother-in-law, to make breakfast?"