Chapter 191 Is It Difficult to Know Oneself?

The matter of donations also required Liu Kai Xuan to take the lead in order to mobilize others. If Liu Kai Xuan couldn't be mobilized, Wang Jun's so-called donation meeting would be nothing but a joke. The courtyard-wide meeting was extraordinary, and even though Liu Kai Xuan wasn't present, most of the other residents of the courtyard had come. Wang Jun wasn't a fool either, so to encourage everyone to donate actively, he, as the director of the neighborhood committee, had to set an example. After the meeting began, Wang Jun gave a brief opening speech. Then, he stepped forward to the donation box and dropped in a dollar. After donating one dollar himself, Wang Jun began to declare loudly, "Comrades, the donation meeting has officially begun!" "Next, we invite donating comrades to line up and donate to Comrade Zhang Cui Hua in turns!" Wang Jun spoke for a long time, his platitudes echoing loudly. Unfortunately, the people attending the meeting below were silent, and the atmosphere was completely dead. They looked at each other, waiting for a long time without anyone coming up to donate. No one's money grew on trees. Donating money to someone like Zhang Cui Hua felt like eating a fly, making people uncomfortable. In the afternoon, everyone in the courtyard was still cursing Zhang Cui Hua as inhuman. Zhang Cui Hua's body was covered in festering sores, a sign of retribution. If we donate to Zhang Cui Hua now, wouldn't that be going against the heavens? Since no one voluntarily came to the stage to donate, Wang Jun had no choice but to reluctantly call out names for donations. "Next, please invite Comrade Wang Da Peng to the stage to donate!" "You are the First Elder of our courtyard, you must set a good example for everyone!" "But I..." Wang Da Peng really didn't want to donate any money, not a single cent. But now, Wang Jun was resorting to moral blackmail. At this point, if he didn't make some sort of statement, it would be really hard to save face. The money at home was all with Li Xing Gai. Wang Da Peng had no choice but to go to Li Xing Gai to ask for money. Wang Jun had donated one dollar himself, and Wang Da Peng, to maintain his image as the First Elder, wanted to donate fifty cents. Unexpectedly, this move directly infuriated Li Xing Gai. "Wang Da Peng, are you crazy?" "What does Zhang Cui Hua's life or death have to do with us? If Wang Jun has money, he can donate it himself. We won't donate a single cent!" "I was actually hoping Zhang Cui Hua would die sooner and reincarnate!" Wang Jun's face immediately changed: "Comrade Li Xing Gai, what are you saying?" "We are all neighbors in the same courtyard, how can you say such things? This is clearly undermining unity!" Although Li Xing Gai was a shrew, she was also intelligent to a certain extent. She didn't need to argue and bicker with Wang Jun now. After all, Wang Jun, as the director of the neighborhood committee, did have some influence. "It's true that our family doesn't pay enough attention to unity, but the principle of donation has always been voluntary, right?" "Now, our family's economic conditions are very poor, and we genuinely don't have spare money to donate to Zhang Cui Hua!" "Our family will not participate in this donation meeting. Da Peng, let's go!" After being criticized by Wang Jun, Li Xing Gai directly dragged Wang Da Peng away from the meeting. Wang Jun immediately became anxious: "Da Peng, don't go!" "Wang Da Peng, come back here!" Wang Jun still wanted to keep Wang Da Peng, but Wang Peng was a typical henpecked husband! At this moment, how could Wang Da Peng dare to disobey Li Xing Gai's wishes? After Wang Da Peng and his wife left, the atmosphere in the room became extremely awkward. But since Wang Jun had already taken on this mess, it wasn't so easy to completely let go. "Comrade Yi Zhong Hai, you are highly respected in this courtyard, so please set a good example!" Wang Jun's mind was muddled, and he placed his hope on Yi Zhong Hai. Yi Zhong Hai originally came to the courtyard-wide meeting just to watch the show. Now that Wang Jun was asking Yi Zhong Hai to donate, he had poked a hornet's nest. "You want me to donate to that old hag Zhang Cui Hua? Wang Jun, are you deliberately looking for trouble?" "I just want to see that old hag go to hell quickly. Her living is disgusting!" "I..." Wang Jun originally wanted to criticize Yi Zhong Hai, but he swallowed his words. In his haste, he had only thought about having Yi Zhong Hai lead the donation and had completely overlooked the relationship between Yi Zhong Hai and the Jia family. Although Yi Zhong Hai and Qin Huai Ru hadn't divorced yet, it was mainly because Qin Huai Ru insisted on not divorcing. The relationship between the two families had long since completely collapsed. This time, Yi Zhong Hai and Qin Huai Ru were even in court. It was largely thanks to Yi Zhong Hai that Bang Geng was eventually sentenced to five years in prison. The relationship between the two families had reached this point, and Wang Jun was still asking Yi Zhong Hai to donate to Zhang Cui Hua. Wasn't this deliberately looking for trouble? It was indeed Wang Jun's slip of the tongue, and it wasn't Yi Zhong Hai's fault. "Alright, alright, if you don't want to donate, then forget it!" To avoid awkwardness, Wang Jun shifted his gaze to Liu Hai Zhong. "Old Liu, you are the most aware comrade in our courtyard!" "Comrade Zhang Cui Hua is now facing a huge difficulty, it is precisely the time for you to generously lend a helping hand. You must set an example for everyone!" Liu Hai Zhong was very harmonious. He neither argued loudly nor rebuked Wang Jun. The fellow simply said nothing and turned to leave. "Hey, Old Liu, don't go. If you leave, how can this courtyard-wide meeting continue!" Wang Jun realized something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to try and get Liu Hai Zhong to come back. However, he didn't manage to catch Liu Hai Zhong, but was stopped by the Second Madam. "Wang Jun, are you ever going to stop?" Zhang Gui Lan said indignantly, "Doesn't my Old Liu's intention already make it very clear?" "He was giving you face, but you have to tear down the facade before you're satisfied, right?" "I..." Wang Jun said with a bitter face, "It's not that I intentionally want to make things difficult for Comrade Liu Hai Zhong!" "It's just that the current situation is too complex!" "Comrade Zhang Cui Hua is seriously ill and on her last breath. We are neighbors, we can't just watch her lie in bed and wait to die, can we?" "It's only right for neighbors to help each other, isn't it?" Zhang Gui Lan replied, "So, if you have money, why don't you just donate it to her!" "Our entire family are poor wretches. We are having trouble eating ourselves now, how can we have money to donate to that beast Zhang Cui Hua who deserves to be struck by lightning?" "But I've already donated myself. You guys should donate at least a little bit, at least show some effort..."