Chapter 10 Hospital General Meeting
It seems that he has returned from the hospital. I wonder if his funeral has been arranged.

Li Shengli put down his lunch box and walked into the middle courtyard, ready to see if there was anything he could do to help.

As the saying goes, "If you don't invite people to a wedding, they won't show up; if you don't invite people to a funeral, they will show up." I don't have any conflicts with the people in this courtyard, so it would be bad if I didn't attend the funeral.

Entering the middle courtyard, the three old men in the courtyard were sitting in the yard discussing something.

Li Shengli didn't come closer. They weren't that close. It would be enough if someone came over. There weren't many people around and there wasn't much to do.

Sure enough, after a while, the second uncle Liu Haizhong stood up, waved his hand and said to everyone: "Everyone, stop what you are doing for a while, let's hold a general meeting later."

"Guangtian, Guangfu. Go and notify the other people in the courtyard." The second uncle Liu Haizhong turned around and gave instructions to his two sons. It was easier to order his sons around because he couldn't command the people in the courtyard.

"Okay, Dad, let's go now." Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other and answered in unison. They had to go, because who knew if their father would hit them with his shoes in public.

After saying that, the two of them looked at each other and one ran to the backyard and the other ran to the front yard.

After a while, everyone in the yard gathered together. Such a big thing happened in the yard, and almost every household was waiting.

The second uncle Liu Haizhong stood up first, with his back straight and his hands on his chest.

"A big thing happened in our hospital today. Jia Dongxu was in an accident and died."

Look at this uncle putting on airs. If you don’t know him, you would think he is a leader from nowhere.

As soon as Second Master Liu Haizhong said this, Jia Zhang was filled with grief and cried even louder, shouting, "My son, why is your life so miserable?"

Qin Huairu was also crying beside her, her eyes were full of tears. The young people in the courtyard were all staring at her, especially Xu Damao, whose eyes were rolling around and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Second uncle, could you please stop wasting time and let First uncle arrange the rest of the things." Sha Zhu frowned and shouted from below when he saw that Second Uncle Liu Haizhong was still speaking in an official tone on this matter. He wondered if Second Uncle could understand the atmosphere and was still speaking in an official tone at this time.

If it were any other time, Shazhu could still have some fun with the Second Uncle, but now is not a good time. Look how Qin Huairu is crying.

"Shazhu, what are you talking about?" The second uncle Liu Haizhong was anxious. Disrupting someone else's funeral was not a big deal, but it was not a small matter either.

"That's enough." Uncle Yi Zhonghai glared at Uncle Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu with a dark face, interrupting them. He was already worried about Jia Dongxu's death. He was not in the mood to listen to their jokes.

"Everyone knows about this. As the eldest uncle in this courtyard, Jia Zhang entrusted me to take care of Dongxu's funeral." The eldest uncle sat on a stool and looked around the people in the courtyard, ready to take the opportunity to see the reactions of his neighbors.

"Uncle, please go ahead and we are listening." Sha Zhu's face turned serious. It was indeed not suitable to play around at this moment.

"Uncle, there are regulations for this matter in the factory, right?" someone stood up and asked.

"Sister-in-law, Dongxu's incident happened in the factory anyway. I will talk to the factory director tomorrow to see how to deal with it." After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai turned around and said to Jia Zhangshi without replying.

As he spoke, he was thinking about what to do about this kind of thing. The factory had its own regulations for handling this.

"Uncle, please speak up for our Dongxu. Now that Dongxu is gone, our family will depend on you." Qin Huairu was crying, but she knew that the burden of the family would fall on her if Jia Dongxu got into trouble. After hearing this, she begged Yi Zhonghai. "For this matter, you must take over the job, and there will be a pension." Uncle Liu Haizhong thought about it and interrupted. The factory has regulations, and he can save face in front of everyone by speaking out.

"Yes, Qin Huairu, have you and your mother-in-law decided who will take over?" Yi Zhonghai thought about it. There were two widows left in the Jia family, and he didn't know who would take over. It should be Qin Huairu, who is younger and has experience in handling these matters.

"I'll go." Qin Huairu wiped her tears and looked at the two uncles timidly.

Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang had discussed it at home. Since Jia Zhang was getting old, it would be better for Qin Huairu to take over.

"But I'm still pregnant." Qin Huairu gently stroked her belly and looked at the two uncles pitifully, hoping that they would say something nice to her.
"It's okay. The factory has regulations that for people like you who can't go to work for the time being, the factory will reserve your position." Uncle Yi Zhonghai glanced at Qin Huairu and comforted her.

"Yes, yes, I remember now. Until you start working, you can receive a subsidy every month that is the same as Jia Dongxu's salary." Second uncle Liu Haizhong also remembered the rules of the factory.

"When you start working, you can inherit Jia Dongxu's length of service." The second uncle Liu Haizhong added.

"Okay, now that you have decided who will take over, your second uncle and I will come and talk to the factory later." Uncle Yi Zhonghai felt a little headache.

The succession issue has been settled, and the next thing to deal with is Jia Dongxu's funeral.

"Third Master, you have good handwriting. So, you, Sister Jia, and Qin Huairu can write a letter together to announce the death."

"I have some white paper. Can you please write a mourning couplet for me, uncle?"

The eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai paused and continued, "Also, please remember to accept the gifts during the condolence ceremony, Third Uncle."

The third uncle Yan Bugui sat on a chair with his hands folded, nodded heavily and said, "Okay, leave these to me."

"Second uncle, please receive the people who come to pay their respects. I still need to contact the hospital to issue a death certificate and also contact the crematorium." After speaking to the third uncle, the first uncle Yi Zhonghai turned to the second uncle Liu Haizhong and said.

"Okay." The second uncle Liu Haizhong thought for a moment and agreed.

Jia Dongxu was in trouble, and the factory leaders had to come and take a look. If I could handle this matter well, wouldn't I be able to show my face in front of the leaders?

Thinking of this, the second uncle smiled in his bangs and almost laughed out loud with the corners of his mouth curled up.

Others didn't see the expression on Second Uncle's bangs, but First Uncle Yi Zhonghai saw it. After seeing the expression on Second Uncle's bangs, First Uncle Yi Zhonghai knew that the matter was settled.

Thinking of this, Uncle Yi Zhonghai glanced at Sha Zhu and Li Shengli, and then said, "Zhuzi and Shengli will be in charge of the table."

"Okay, leave it to me." Sha Zhu nodded and agreed readily.

Li Shengli thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, do you want to do it in a big way?"

(End of this chapter)