Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

This winter, the wind was bitingly cold, but there was no sign of snow. Early in the morning, Li Tianyi pushed the cart to take his younger sister to school, and then he went to work at the steel mill.

Now that the steel mill has completed its expansion and new workers have been recruited, Li Huaide gave 3500 yuan to Li Tianyi. Li Tianyi didn't want it at first, but was finally persuaded by Li Huaide.

At the same time, he also mentioned to Li Tianyi that someone wanted to introduce him to a girl. Since it was no longer a secret among the senior management of the steel rolling mill that Li Huaide was Li Tianyi's uncle, someone asked Li Huaide about Li Tianyi's situation.

Li Huaide told the man that Li Tianyi was going to get married after the Chinese New Year, and the man then regretfully stopped talking about it.

Afterwards, Li Huaide made some inquiries and found out that it was Lou Zhenhua, the director of the steel rolling mill, who asked Director Yang to be a matchmaker for his daughter and wanted to introduce Lou Xiao'e to Li Tianyi.

Afterwards, Li Huaide specifically analyzed the current situation with Li Tianyi and told him not to have too close contacts with these capitalists, and marrying the daughter of a capitalist was even more undesirable.

This will directly affect Li Tianyi's future. Also, Li Tianyi already has a fiancée, so he must not follow my example and mess around outside.

When Li Tianyi heard that Li Huaide was willing to speak out in person, he said that he was also helpless. He had never thought about it and would never do anything to let Wang Xue down.

Li Huaide was relieved then. He was afraid that this boy was young and could not control himself, and would do something to let Wang Xue down. Then it would be too late to regret it.

In fact, Li Tianyi is not interested in the women who appear in the TV series. It’s not like he can’t find a wife, so why should he get involved with them?

What's more, Lou Xiao'e didn't want to run away to Hong Kong after the storm.

Time has unknowingly come to the twelfth lunar month. In the past few months, Li Tianyi has been busy studying steelmaking methods. He hopes to submit the plan to his superiors after the new year.

As the twelfth lunar month approaches, the atmosphere of the New Year becomes more and more intense. Every household is saving money to buy New Year's goods, but the restless Jia family in the courtyard starts to make trouble again.

That day, Jia Dongxu approached Yi Zhonghai and said, "Master, can you lend me some money? It's Chinese New Year and I want to buy some cloth and make new clothes for my two children."

Yi Zhonghai knew that the annual drama had begun again. It was said that they were borrowing money, but when had the Jia family ever paid back the money they had borrowed before?

But since he was counting on Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age, he couldn't refuse him directly. Yi Zhonghai was in a dilemma. "Dongxu, I still have 5 yuan here. You can use it to buy cloth."

"Thank you, Master. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't know how we would have celebrated the New Year. Now we can't even afford to eat." He sobbed as he spoke.

Yi Zhonghai sighed, knowing that if he didn't bleed heavily today, he would not be able to pass this level.

"Dongxu, since your family is in such a difficult situation, let's hold a meeting of the whole hospital tonight to raise money for your family so that they can get through this difficult time."

"But didn't Director Wang say before that private fundraising is not allowed?" Jia Dongxu said worriedly, "Master, you can't make a mistake for our family."

Yi Zhonghai was very satisfied with Jia Dongxu's concern. "It's okay. I'll talk to Lao Liu and the others about this. Your family is really in trouble this time. We are a loving family, so we can't be so impersonal."

Although Jia Dongxu was still worried, he had his master to back him up and would be the one to take responsibility if anything went wrong.

That evening, Yi Zhonghai convened a general meeting of all employees. After Liu Haizhong finished his speech, Yi Zhonghai began to speak. He first talked some nonsense, and then began to talk about donating money to the Jia family.

The neighbor sitting next to them didn't respond at all. Yi Zhonghai saw that this was not going to work, so he took the lead in donating money. Liu Haizhong was afraid of being outdone by Yi Zhonghai, so he reluctantly took out some money and put it in the donation box.

Yan Bugui was more direct. When Yi Zhonghai gave him two yuan, he put it directly into the box and sat there without saying anything.

Qin Huairu stood there crying and bowed to express her gratitude, saying that the Jia family would remember everyone's kindness and would definitely pay everyone back when they had enough money.

No one believed her. In the Jia family, Jia Zhang was the head of the family, and no matter what Qin Huairu promised, it didn't count.

Sha Zhu couldn't stand it anymore, and regardless of He Yushui's dissuasion, he immediately took out 10 yuan and put it in the box, "How can you be so indifferent? Sister Qin's family is not easy. As neighbors, what's wrong with us helping her?"

"Xu Damao, don't just sit there, donate the money quickly." Sha Zhu stared at Xu Damao and insisted on making him donate money.

Xu Damao rolled his eyes, and Xu Fugui and his wife next to him also stared at Sha Zhu, fearing that this idiot would come up and beat Damao if they disagreed with him.

Xu Damao didn't want to be a sucker. The Jia family ate white flour buns every day. How could they be considered poor? Xu Damao had already encountered this several times. Jia Zhang went to a small restaurant to buy meat and vegetables to satisfy her cravings, but he didn't say it.

Seeing Xu Damao was indifferent, Yi Zhonghai could no longer sit still. "Xu Damao, what's wrong with you? Can't you be a little more compassionate? The Jia family is having a hard time, can't you donate some money?"

Before Xu Damao could say anything, Xu Fugui said, "Yi Zhonghai, don't think we don't know what you're thinking. We didn't tell you just to save your face. Did the street office know about your donation this time? Have you forgotten the lesson from last time?"

"Humph, what? You're bullying our Damao now? I'll go to the neighborhood office tomorrow to ask if they agree to this?"

Yi Zhonghai was speechless after hearing what Xu Fugui said. He knew that if this matter was reported to the street, he would no longer be able to carry out his duties as a rich man.

"Lao Xu, don't be anxious. Aren't we just talking about something?"

"The Jia family has a hard life. There are five people in the family, and they all rely on Jia Dongxu's salary. Now it's the New Year, so they hope everyone will donate money for the New Year!"

Everyone sitting there wanted to roll their eyes after hearing this. It wasn't easy for the Jia family, but was it easy for their family? Didn't Yi Zhonghai sit on Jia Zhang's lap?

"Lao Yi, I don't care what you say. My family won't donate. And if Sha Zhu dares to hit my Damao again, I will report it to the street office. Then we'll see who can get you out."

As he said this, he glanced at the backyard. His meaning was self-evident. Even if the deaf old lady pulled you out, I would continue to report it and see how capable this dead old lady was.

In this way, a meeting of the whole hospital was disrupted by Xu Damao's family. After the meeting, Jia Zhang snatched the donation box from Yan Bugui's hand and ran back home quickly, with her bangs disheveled in the cold wind.

He wanted to get back the 5 yuan he had donated, but he was not as quick as Jia Zhang, and he was too embarrassed to find the Jia family, so he could only suffer in silence.