Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 240 Compensation 4, The entire hospital discusses the 8 people who will carry the coffin.

Li Huaide covered his face, looked at Jia Zhangshi who was being held down on the ground, and said in a deep voice:

"Aunt Jia, I know you're very saddened by this accident involving your son, and we are too. But after all, it was an accident, and it wasn't our fault. Please be reasonable."

Li Huaide waved his hand and ordered the two security officers, "Let her go."

Jia Zhangshi stood up, but this time she didn't make a move; two security officers were still standing next to her.

Her triangular eyes glared fiercely at Li Huaide, and she shouted, "My Dongxu was perfectly fine this morning, why has he become like this? He doesn't even have a complete corpse. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll smash my head against the factory gate and die."

Li Huaide didn't explain; he simply nodded at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai understood and said to Jia Zhangshi with a wry smile, "Sister-in-law, this really isn't the factory's fault. This morning, Dongxu went to take his job grade assessment and suddenly got caught in the machine. Tell me, can you blame the factory leaders? It was a machine malfunction, and nobody wanted this to happen."

"How could the machine suddenly malfunction? Yi Zhonghai, is that you? Did you do this to kill my Dongxu?" Jia Zhangshi shouted.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai was startled, but he immediately put on a wry smile.

"Sister-in-law, Dongxu is my apprentice, how could I possibly harm him?"

"Yes, Aunt Jia, we were all there. When Jia Dongxu had the accident, Master Yi was so heartbroken, like he had lost his soul. We can all testify to that."

"That's right, Aunt Jia, I can testify to that. I was the one who disassembled the machine and pulled Jia Dongxu out of it."

Madam Jia shook her head frantically and shouted, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it! You're all in cahoots! My husband was killed by a machine back then, and now my son has been killed by a machine too! What a coincidence! It must be you! Not only did you kill my husband, but now you've killed my only son too!"

Li Huaide said with a gloomy face, "Aunt Jia, don't talk nonsense, or I'll sue you for defamation."

"Since things have come to this, the factory will compensate you with three hundred yuan. Master Yi pleaded with you before, asking us to give you some preferential treatment. Once your daughter-in-law takes over the shift, you can directly receive the second-tier salary. This is already a special case, so don't be ungrateful."

Qin Huairu was overjoyed when she heard that she was to take over the job. She subtly tugged at Jia Zhangshi's sleeve and whispered, "..."

"Mom, this was just an accident. Please stop suspecting this and that. We have no evidence. If we keep making a fuss, it won't do us any good. Dongxu is gone now. Even if you make a fuss, he won't come back to life. We might as well try to get some benefits. Banggeng is still waiting for us at home. He is the only son of the Jia family."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia calmed down.

After thinking for a moment, Jia Zhangshi shouted, "No way! My husband and son both died at the steel mill. If you don't compensate me two thousand yuan, I'll kill myself at the factory gate today!"

Li Huaide sighed. The moment he saw Jia Dongxu's mother, he knew she was a difficult person to deal with.

Li Huaide patted Minister Ma on the shoulder, whispered an instruction, and left.

"Don't go, don't go! If you don't give me an explanation today, this isn't over!"

Minister Ma walked up to Jia Zhangshi and gave a wry smile: "Aunt Jia, Director Li has entrusted this matter entirely to me. Master Yi, come with me to my office to talk."

Madam Jia said viciously, "Fine, if you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, I'll leave Dongxu's body at the factory gate. Let's see how you'll keep operating then!"

A group of people came to Minister Ma's office, and after a heated debate that lasted for half an hour, the matter ended with a settlement of 400 yuan.

Jia Zhangshi's previous offer of two thousand yuan in compensation was nothing short of wishful thinking. She had been threatening Minister Ma, saying she would leave Jia Dongxu's body at the factory gate or even kill herself by crashing into it. However, Minister Ma was not easily intimidated; he had been to the battlefield and earned his current position through real fighting.

This time, they made an exception and paid her 27 yuan in compensation. They also allowed Qin Huairu to take over the job and receive a salary of 5 yuan, which was the first tier. This was only because they had two children.

After receiving the money, Minister Ma warned them not to tell anyone about the compensation amount. The two agreed and went back. Yi Zhonghai also went back to the hospital with them. After all, he was still a senior figure in the hospital and Jia Dongxu's mentor. It wouldn't be right for him not to help with the funeral arrangements.

......

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Qin Jingru had not received any notification about hosting, so she and Wang Feng left early.

Qin Jingru was terrified today, and Wang Feng spent the whole day with her at the factory.

The two had just arrived at courtyard number 95 when Wang Feng called out to Qin Jingru.

"Jingru, wait a minute, let's go to courtyard number 28."

Qin Jingru stopped the car and asked, puzzled, "Brother Wang Feng, what's wrong?"

Wang Feng sighed and explained, "Jia Dongxu died today, and the hospital will definitely have to make arrangements for his funeral. If we go back now, I might have to carry Jia Dongxu's coffin. Let's go back to the hospital in a couple of days after Jia Dongxu's funeral is over."

"Okay, Brother Wang Feng, I'll do whatever you say."

The two turned around, walked through an alley, and arrived at No. 28 courtyard.

......

At 5:30 p.m., after everyone in the hospital returned, a hospital-wide meeting was held on time, without even having time to eat.

The octagonal table from Sha Zhu's house wasn't moved for this hospital-wide meeting because Sha Zhu wouldn't allow it to be moved. Today's octagonal table was moved from Yi Zhonghai's house.

Qin Huairu stood at the front, already in tears, while Jia Zhangshi wore a forlorn expression and remained silent.

Yi Zhonghai's prestige in the hospital has greatly diminished. If it weren't for the Jia Dongxu incident, he wouldn't have wanted to hold a hospital-wide meeting. Seeing that almost everyone had arrived except for Wang Feng and Qin Jingru, he nodded to Yan Fugui.

Yan Fugui understood, stood up, and loudly addressed the crowd below:

"As you all know, today, Jia Dongxu from our institute had an accident during his worker assessment. He got caught in a machine and died."

"The reason we're holding this hospital-wide meeting today is to discuss with everyone how to handle Jia Dongxu's funeral arrangements."

"Hey, Uncle, what else can we do? Just find eight young men in our yard, carry it out and bury it, isn't that enough?" Old Hu shouted.

Yan Fugui nodded: "Now that everyone has chosen eight people, we'll have to work hard tomorrow. As the third oldest in the compound, I'll start with my family. My husband Jiecheng isn't fully healed yet, so he'll take his place. Anyone else willing to help?"

"I'll go."

"Third Uncle, count me in."

Sha Zhu sighed and raised his hand: "Count me in."

Sha Zhu never expected that Jia Dongxu would be gone so suddenly. He really hates the Jia family now, and hates Qin Huairu for deceiving him and sucking his blood to support the Jia family. But after all, he grew up with Jia Dongxu. Now that Jia Dongxu is gone, it can be considered as sending him off on his final journey.