Chapter 234 Xu Damao, how much do you want to give?

Before Yan Bugui could react, Sha Zhu took out five dollars from his pocket and slammed it on the table.

He glanced at Qin Huairu who was sitting down there wiping her tears. Her pitiful look made Sha Zhu's eyes feel a little hot.

Although Xu Damao had ridiculed him, he still thought that he had to help Qin Huairu no matter what.

"I'll give you five dollars!"

"Put it on my account!"

After that, he glanced in the direction of He Yushui and said meaningfully:

"It must be explained, this is my own share."

"Now that we have divided the family, we must each discuss our own affairs."

He Yushui certainly knew what he meant.

She smiled helplessly.

I thought to myself, this widow Qin really has her brother under her thumb.

But what can she do? She has said everything she needs to say and persuaded everyone she needs to persuade. Now that the family has been separated, no matter how Sha Zhu wants to gang up on her in the future, it has nothing to do with her.

However, there is no way to expect her to give a gift to the Jia family.

He Yushui acted as if he didn't hear anything and continued sitting as usual.

Seeing that she was not going to respond at all, Sha Zhu had no choice but to go back to his seat and sit down again.

When the other people in the yard saw this, they knew they couldn't avoid it and could only take out money to contribute.

However, most people just follow one dollar.

Sha Zhu watched coldly. After so many households followed suit, plus he and Yi Zhonghai collected a total of fifteen yuan, a total of more than twenty yuan was collected.

Shazhu was a little anxious, this was a bit too little.

After deducting the money spent on organizing the banquet, there probably won't be much left from the gift money.

He glanced around and saw Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e sitting in the back.

"Hey, Xu Damao!"

"Your family hasn't contributed yet, right? I contributed five dollars, how much do you plan to contribute?"

In the past, Xu Damao would probably have been provoked by Sha Zhu and, in a fit of excitement, would have also offered five dollars.

In order to suppress Shazhu, he even offered more.

But now, when he looked at Lou Xiao'e, whose belly was already visibly pregnant, he obviously no longer had the intention to fight with Sha Zhu.

Moreover, Jiang Bo was sitting behind him, and he heard everything Jiang Bo and Ye Xiaoyun said just now.

He immediately said:

"I didn't help much with Jia Dongxu's funeral, so I won't join in the fun if the Jia family invites me to dinner."

"Wow!"

As soon as he said this, people in the yard immediately started talking.

Can it still be like this? !

Although his words were euphemistic, his meaning was very clear.

He had no intention of attending the Jia family's funeral, and of course, he would not pay for the gift.

Sha Zhu didn't expect Xu Damao to say this and was stunned:

"No, Xu Damao, what do you mean?"

"Are you still from this yard? Why are you the only one with this road?"

"The Jia family held a funeral and kindly invited you, but you refused to go. Are you not going to go to other families when something happens in the future? Are you going to leave our courtyard as a big group?"

Xu Damao sneered:

"Silly Zhu, stop putting the blame on me."

"Someone's family had some problems before, and I, Xu Damao, was there?"

"But the Jia family is different."

"Jia Dongxu committed a crime and was executed by the government. If I give money to his funeral, isn't this going against the government?"

“I don’t want to make that mistake.”

As soon as Xu Damao said this, everyone's face changed.

There is no truth in this statement!

No one is happy to pay as a share in the first place, and if problems arise in the future after paying, that would be even more serious.

As a result, those who had not yet contributed their money held their wallets tightly and no one stepped forward.

Those who had already paid their share and written their bills began to regret it.

I was thinking about what excuse I could come up with to get the money back.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai stood up and said:

"Xu Damao, don't make alarmist remarks here!"

"You are stingy and don't want to give gifts to the Jia family. That's your own business. Don't bring up other things!"

"Ideological problem, what ideological problem?"

"Doesn't the law stipulate that the family of a death row inmate cannot hold a funeral?"

"The law stipulates that neighbors can't give gifts to the prisoner's family, right?"

"No matter how wrong Dongxu was before, he has already been punished. Why are you still holding on to this matter?"

"We all live in the same courtyard, how can you be so indifferent?"

After Yi Zhonghai said this, those who were still hesitating about how to get their share of the money back now felt a little hesitant to speak.

Those who have not followed yet are watching hesitantly.

Yan Bugui was also a little embarrassed.

Just after Yi Zhonghai took the lead in giving a gift, he also followed suit and gave two dollars and fifty cents.

What Xu Damao said was also a slap in his face.

However, he saw that Jiang Bo and Ye Xiaoyun had not presented their gifts, so he did not want to offend them.

So he still said in a vague way:

"That being said, it's not as serious as Xu Damao said."

"Beyond the law, there is still human nature, right? Is that right?"

After that, he said to Yi Zhonghai:

"Old Yi, don't be angry. It's up to everyone's wishes whether it's more or less, or even not at all. Let's just do it voluntarily and not force it."

Yi Zhonghai was a little depressed. Yan Bugui was quite good at smoothing things over. He said "voluntary, not forced" very well. He felt embarrassed to use moral blackmail on others afterwards.

When He Yushui heard this, he stood up immediately.

"I think what Brother Xu and Teacher Yan said makes sense."

"Let me make my position clear first. I won't follow you."

She didn't feel particularly bad about the money. Now most of the money He Daqing had sent her before was already in her hands, so she wasn't particularly short of money.

However, she held her breath when she saw Qin Huairu because she didn't want to give the Jia family this face.

"Teacher Yan, is there anything else?"

"If not, I'll leave first. It's getting late and I still have to go back to school."

Yan Bugui heard this and waved at her:

"Oh, then you go first, and be careful on the road."

After Yan Bugui said this, those who had not yet contributed any money breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that things have come to this, and He Yushui has taken the lead, they might as well just not go along with it.

Although you can eat some meat dishes that you can't eat at other times at a banquet, but these days everyone has to go hungry, so it's more economical to keep the money in your pocket.

Those who have already paid can only consider themselves unlucky and try their best to eat a few more bites at the table in the hope of making back their money.

As soon as He Yushui left, the others picked up their benches and prepared to leave.

When Jia Zhang saw that the situation was not right, she hurriedly started to stop people.

"Hey, why are you all leaving? The gift money hasn't been paid yet!"

"Old Yan, please say something and ask them to come back. This... this matter hasn't been completed yet, why did it fall apart?"

Yan Bugui picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"I say, sister-in-law of the Jia family, let's just leave it at that."

As he said this, he handed a stack of change to Jia Zhang.

"I roughly calculated it. Less than thirty."

Although this amount is less than the gift money collected by other families, the number of people attending the banquet is also less.

So all in all, the Jia family did not lose out.

Almost everyone had left, only Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu remained there.

Qin Huairu stepped forward and said to Yi Zhonghai: