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Chapter 2457 The Death of Jia Dongxu?

Yi Zhonghai was reluctant to spend money, so he found Sha Zhu to act as a blood donation for the Jia family.

However, Sha Zhu's ability to make money simply couldn't keep up with the Jia family's rate of exploitation.

He Yushui fainted from hunger, which was a warning.

Yi Zhonghai didn't really care about He Yushui, but he was afraid that if He Yushui really starved to death, it would bring Sha Zhu back to his senses.

So after He Yushui fainted several times, he had to spare some energy to have Sha Zhu take care of her.

Therefore, He Yushui was able to safely get through those three years.

With great difficulty, Yi Zhonghai managed to maintain his balance.

But Qin Huairu's pregnancy disrupted this balance once again.

After Qin Huairu became pregnant, the Jia family's expenses skyrocketed.

Sha Zhu alone is no longer enough to help the Jia family.

Yi Zhonghai didn't have many options. The safest and most stable option was for him to pay for it himself.

But that's impossible.

Yi Zhonghai simply couldn't bear to spend the money.

If he were truly willing to spend money, he wouldn't have tricked Sha Zhu into becoming a blood donation for the Jia family.

Moreover, Qin Huairu conceived Xiao Huaihua in 60.

At that time, the famine had been going on for almost two years and was getting worse.

No one knows how long the famine will last.

Yi Zhonghai was unaware of this, which is why he cared more about money. He was even more reluctant to spend money to help Jia Dongxu.

When Yi Zhonghai learned that Qin Huairu was pregnant, he wished he could castrate Jia Dongxu.

Unfortunately, the child was already in Qin Huairu's womb at the time, so castrating Jia Dongxu was useless.

Yi Zhonghai also considered other methods; he needed to find a second hard-working person for the Jia family.

However, there are not many people in the hospital who meet this requirement.

Liu Guangqi was one of them, but he had already run away and would never come back.

Xu Damao is another example. Unfortunately, he lacks the ability to control Xu Damao and has no way to deal with him.

Finding a regular person to help didn't work, so Yi Zhonghai thought of donating money again.

But that's just a drop in the ocean.

At that time, everyone was struggling financially, and he had a good reputation, so he didn't dare to ruin it for the sake of making donations.

After much thought, the only solution was to let Jia Dongxu work hard on his own.

He taught Jia Dongxu diligently and even approached Director Yang to try and secure an assessment opportunity for Jia Dongxu.

Unfortunately, Jia Dongxu was disappointing.

No matter how he taught him, Jia Dongxu didn't study seriously.

It was because of his coercion that Jia Dongxu died at the steel rolling mill.

With Jia Dongxu dead, Yi Zhonghai's predicament was actually resolved.

Qin Huairu obtained a job at the steel rolling mill and also received urban residency.

Banggeng Xiaodang also obtained urban residency along with Qin Huairu.

With three more rations, the Jia family no longer needed to spend so much money on expensive grain.

It can be said that Jia Dongxu's death gave the Jia family a new way to survive, and also gave Yi Zhonghai a new way to survive.

As for whether Jia Dongxu's death was orchestrated by Yi Zhonghai, that's hard to say.

From the perspective of those who benefited, Yi Zhonghai may not be innocent.

Although Yi Zhonghai was already dead, He Yuzhu still told Sha Zhu about these speculations.

On the other end of the phone, Xu Damao immediately said firmly, "I'm absolutely certain that it was Yi Zhonghai who did it."

Sha Zhu remained silent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

He carefully recalled the circumstances of Jia Dongxu's death, but could not find any evidence, nor could he rule out Yi Zhonghai's suspicion.

It's important to understand that this was a difficult time; everyone was struggling to get enough to eat, so there wasn't enough work to do.

Under Yi Zhonghai's protection, Jia Dongxu had very few work assignments.

Normally, if anyone dies, Jia Dongxu shouldn't be among them.

Seeing Sha Zhu's attitude, Xu Damao said, "What's wrong with you? You don't think Yi Zhonghai is incapable of doing this, do you?"

I'm telling you, he absolutely can do it.

Those old neighbors who moved away from our courtyard house back then were all his doing.

Oh, and there's Jia Dongxu's father. I heard from my dad that Jia Dongxu's father died under very strange circumstances.

The original plan was to investigate further, but it turned out that Jia Zhangshi had caused trouble at the steel rolling mill. Fearing government intervention, Chairman Lou decided to give his family more compensation.

The Jia family accepted the compensation and stopped causing trouble. Seeing that the Jia family wasn't pursuing the matter, Chairman Lou didn't order anyone to investigate further.

These are all unverified facts, and most of the people at the time were already dead, making it impossible to find the truth.

Sha Zhu said, "I didn't say it wasn't him. Why are you babbling on and on?"

I never imagined that Yi Zhonghai would do so many despicable things.

Do you think Qin Huairu knows how Jia Dongxu died?

Xu Damao hesitated for a moment, then said firmly, "You should know."

"She knows?" Sha Zhu didn't expect Xu Damao to give such an answer.

Xu Damao explained: "Think about it, Jia Dongxu is dead, so she is the one who directly benefits."

How could she not be a suspect?

"Not to mention Qin Huairu, even the deaf old lady is a suspect."

Xu Damao's words confused Sha Zhu again.

“I know you have a conflict with the deaf old lady, but you can’t put all the blame on her.”

Jia Dongxu is dead, and she won't get anything out of it.

Xu Damao chuckled: "You don't understand. Even though Jia Dongxu is dead, she still benefited quite a bit."

Sha Zhu looked completely bewildered, unable to understand what benefit the deaf old lady could possibly gain.

At that time, Sha Zhu couldn't even take care of He Yushui, so how could he possibly take care of the Jia family?

Sha Zhu was originally left behind by the deaf old lady to prepare good food for her.

As a result, Sha Zhu became Qin Huairu's sycophant, showering her with all sorts of good things. The deaf old lady was almost forgotten by Sha Zhu.

How could the deaf old lady not hate the Jia family?

She hates.

But she had no choice.

Yi Zhonghai was unwilling to give up the Jia family, so the deaf old lady couldn't do anything to the Jia family.

"Let me tell you, before Jia Dongxu passed away, Yi Zhonghai went to the deaf old lady's house for several days in a row."

In our compound, when it comes to understanding policies, no one can compare to the deaf old lady.

She knew both Director Yang and people from the neighborhood committee.

Giving Yi Zhonghai a suggestion is a piece of cake.

Don't forget, as soon as Qin Huairu took over, the Jia family's household registration was already processed.

What was the situation back then?

Changing household registration at will is absolutely not allowed.

The neighborhood committee didn't even come to investigate; they just transferred the Jia family's household registration based on Yi Zhonghai's words alone.

This is not normal.

Sha Zhu opened his mouth, but found he couldn't refute it.

He personally handled the transfer of the Jia family's household registration. The process went exceptionally smoothly.

Sha Zhu thought that the neighborhood committee knew the Jia family was having a hard time and was helping to speed up the procedures.

Now it seems that's not the case at all.

Someone must have given prior notice.

The only person who could have this kind of face is a deaf old lady.

"How do you know so much?" Sha Zhu asked Xu Damao curiously.

Xu Damao rolled his eyes: "What do you think? Yi Zhonghai personally brought the best dishes to the deaf old lady. Even a fool would know he had ulterior motives."

Oh, except for you.

You're not only stupid, but also blind and deaf.

You can't see any of that at all.

Sha Zhu knew he was in the wrong and had no way to refute Xu Damao.

"You're right, that's settled then. If you ask me, Yi Zhonghai is really ruthless."

That's Jia Dongxu.

Starting in 1951, Yi Zhonghai treated Jia Dongxu like a son, yet he still managed to harm him.

Xu Damao said, "He still treated you like a son, but in the end, he still used your life to please Qin Huairu."

Sha Zhu said dejectedly, "Can you please not bring this up? I know I was wrong."

Now that I think about it, I still can't understand why I listened to him so much back then. (End of Chapter)