Chapter 297

Less than an hour later.

The subdistrict office sent someone to verify the situation, and the person sent was actually Fan Fan Jinyou.

He understood as soon as he asked around the courtyard.

The report was true!

Zhang Zhang Qinghua intended to hold a ceremony, host a banquet, and collect gift money!

How could that be allowed?

He went directly to find Yi Zhonghai.

"Yi Zhonghai, do you dare say you didn't know?"

Fan Fan Jinyou questioned.

"I, I knew!"

Yi Zhonghai could only admit it.

He and the Jia family both lived in the middle courtyard, and Zhang Zhang Qinghua was going to hold the ceremony with great fanfare, without any concealment; how could he not know?

"Why didn't you dissuade them?"

"Even if you couldn't dissuade them, you could have asked the subdistrict office for help."

"You didn't dissuade them, and you didn't notify the subdistrict office; what were you thinking?"

"Do you still want to be the First Elder?"

Fan Fan Jinyou questioned.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned red.

Fan Fan Jinyou was much younger than him, yet he questioned him sternly, making him lose face.

"I was trying to find a way to dissuade them!"

"Jia Jia Zhangshi wouldn't listen, so I was planning to go and do some ideological work for her tonight. If she still doesn't listen, I would have reported it to the subdistrict office."

"I just didn't want to add trouble to the subdistrict office!"

Yi Zhonghai, of course, wouldn't admit his negligence.

"Hmph!"

"I'll give you one more day."

"By tomorrow morning, if you still can't persuade her, report it to the subdistrict office."

"If she doesn't listen, she'll be taken to parade through the streets and sent to labor reform. Holding a grand funeral is feudal superstition, and the criminal circumstances are very serious!"

Fan Fan Jinyou concluded.

Yi Zhonghai could only nod.

Fan Fan Jinyou left, and Yi Zhonghai went to find Jia Jia Zhangshi.

Just as he arrived outside the Jia household, he heard Jia Jia Zhangshi and Jia Jia Dongxu arguing.

"Mom, you only prepared two catties of cornmeal and one large cabbage, and didn't even prepare an ounce of meat. Isn't this a bit too shabby?"

Jia Jia Dongxu's voice sounded dissatisfied.

"What's shabby or not shabby about it?"

"Making some cornmeal porridge is good enough. According to my original intention, I would have prepared some cold water for them, and once they put down the gift money, they could all get lost!"

Jia Jia Zhangshi lectured Jia Jia Dongxu.

Yi Zhonghai smiled bitterly.

A grand funeral, and she only prepared one cabbage and a little cornmeal porridge?

As expected of Jia Jia Zhangshi!

Knock, knock, knock!

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the door.

"Who is it?"

Jia Jia Zhangshi asked.

Jia Jia Dongxu opened the door.

"First Elder, why are you here?"

Jia Jia Dongxu was a bit surprised.

"Jia Jia Zhangshi, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold the ceremony."

"Just now, someone from the subdistrict office came and said someone reported you. The subdistrict office advocates diligence and thrift and prohibits extravagance and waste; you cannot hold the ceremony!"

Yi Zhonghai said directly.

"What?"

"How can the subdistrict office be like this?"

"My husband died; can't I hold a banquet to commemorate him?"

Jia Jia Zhangshi wouldn't have it.

If she didn't hold the ceremony, how could she collect gift money?

"Jia Jia Zhangshi, I'm not discussing this with you; I'm conveying the decision of the subdistrict office."