Chapter 339

Speaking of Liu Jin, he drove his car straight into the village office and, as soon as he entered, he kept pressing the horn hard.

Beep—beep—beep—

The piercing horn blared throughout the village office.

Chen Jinhai shot up from his office, intending to curse whoever dared to do this.

He came out to see.

The engine stalled immediately.

It's a police car, and so arrogant—something must have happened.

He quickly put on a smile, covered his ears, walked over, and shouted loudly,

"Chief Liu! Chief Liu! Stop pressing, you'll deafen someone!"

Liu Jin stopped the horn, gave him a cold stare,

"You even know it could kill someone? Your villagers went to the township to file a complaint and hang banners—did you know that?"

Upon hearing about the banners, Chen Jinhai was so frightened his soul almost left him,

"No, who is it? Who's so bold to go to the township and hang banners? Tell me, I'll go kill him right away."

"Kill him, kill him! They're accusing you of monopolizing power and neglecting the people!!" Liu Jin said bitterly.

Chen Jinhai's heart jumped—was someone reporting him?

What heaven‑anger‑and‑people‑resenting thing have I done lately?

It seems not.

Liu Jin was about to continue speaking when the phone rang; seeing it was from the township, he hurried to the back to answer.

"I understand, I understand—I'm already in Baiyun Village; I'll be right back."

After hanging up, Chen Jinhai immediately followed him,

"Chief Liu, has the matter been clarified? Am I being wronged? Should I go explain to the leader?"

He is now very nervous; the accusation is aimed directly at him and has even reached the township, and he fears losing his official hat.

Chief Liu gave a cold snort: "The leader will call you; I'm leaving first."

Having said that, Chief Liu left a bewildered Chen Jinhai behind and walked straight away.

As he passed the village entrance, Chief Liu deliberately slowed down and then gave Ye Cheng a meaningful glance.

He left so quickly?

Am I in the clear?

Ye Cheng felt a bit uncertain.

Meanwhile, Deputy Township Chief Li, after seeing Liu Jin off, tidied his clothes, put on a friendly smile, and stepped into the meeting room.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered, five people gave him a show of force, all kneeling down together.

Poor Deputy Township Chief Li was so startled he hadn't even regained his footing; he couldn't brake in time, stumbled, and nearly ended up face‑first in the dirt.

Fortunately, the section chief beside him had sharp eyes and quick hands, catching him; otherwise he would have lost face today.

"Leader, what do you want us to decide on?"

The five people knelt on the ground and shouted wildly, not even glancing at him.

Damn, what a big deal you've made—do you really need to go to such lengths to deal with me?

Is it the thirteen members of the Qi family?

He dare not let a few elders kneel before him; if word got out, his career would be ruined.

He lunged forward in a single stride and hurriedly helped them up,

"Elders, what's the matter? Speak up—don't do this, I can't bear it."

The elders, without ceremony, stood up as soon as they were helped.

They performed the act quite professionally.

"Leader, you need to decide for us."

"No, just tell us what's wrong; we'll certainly study it carefully—rest assured."

Seeing the four elders' performance was about done, Zhang Guafu took over the conversation,

"Leader, they're not articulate; I'll speak for them."

"Who are you?"

"Oh, they're old and asked me for help; this has nothing to do with me." Zhang Guafu quickly distanced herself.

According to Ye Cheng's account, this is to protect her.

Everything is unrelated to me; I'm just passing along the message.

If you're going to arrest someone, don't arrest me.

"Alright, go ahead." Deputy Township Chief Li nodded, thinking that today someone must take the blame, otherwise his leadership would be for nothing.

"Leader, it's like this: the grandsons of these four elders are Duan Yong and Yuan Jiansheng. They want to partner with someone to run a breeding farm and need to rent land in the village, but because they aren't surnamed Chen, Village Chief Chen Jinhai is making things difficult for them and won't rent the land. The elders have grown angrier the more they think about it, so they came to report the situation." Zhang Guafu had this spiel down pat and delivered it smoothly.

Rent land?

Deputy Township Chief Li stared for a moment—this isn't some extermination of the thirteen Qi family members; why are you kneeling over nothing?

"Then is this land farmland or a homestead?"

Farmland cannot be touched; that's a red line. Other villages shouldn't be blocking it either, after all, it's for the village's income.

"No, Leader, look—this plot is wasteland."

Deputy Township Chief Li watched as Zhang Guafu pulled a map from her bag, with a plot circled on it.

Damn, they're so well prepared.

Such details the leader naturally wouldn't remember, so they had the specific person in charge come over to compare—sure enough, it really is wasteland.

Damn Chen Jinhai, you don't rent the wasteland, you're bringing people to my place.

Fine, you wait.

【"That you just want to rent land? Is that all?" Deputy Bureau Chief Li confirmed again, he really couldn't understand, such a simple matter still damn needing to come to the countryside to hang a banner.】

【"Leader, regarding this matter, we're the ones paying, we just want to rent land, we just want to make money properly."】

【"Don't worry, I'll talk to the village, I'll definitely settle this for you." Deputy Township Chief Li assured, patting his chest.】

If he can't even handle this legal and compliant matter, then his role as Deputy Township Chief would be in vain.

Seeing Deputy Township Chief Li agree, several elderly people happily took out another commendation banner from their bags and presented it trembling.

Inscribed on it were several large characters:

【Doing Practical Things for the People】

Deputy Township Chief Li couldn't hold back a smile at those words, damn, you guys are so sensible.

Presenting this commendation banner is really, hahaha.

【"Come, come, elders, let's take a photo together, you even gave us a commendation banner, that's too polite."】

Looking at the group photo with several elders and the commendation banner in his hand, Deputy Township Chief Li instantly felt that having more people like this would also be quite good.

Seeing the leader laugh like that, the secretary beside him immediately leaned in to whisper,

【"Leader, should we report this to the city for some publicity?"】

【"This." Deputy Township Chief Li thought, "Let's wait a bit, I'll handle the matter first, then we'll talk."】

Speaking of which, I could do a special feature, using this matter as a lead-in, then guide Baiyun Village to vigorously develop livestock breeding to increase villagers' income.

Right, I didn't even ask them what they wanted to raise earlier.

I'll need to ask them clearly later; if they really achieve results, then it won't be just a matter of a single commendation banner.

That's a typical example—starting from a small matter to serve the central goal of economic construction; higher-up leaders love this kind of thing.

Right, I need to ask clearly.

Thinking of it, he picked up the phone and had Liu Jin come back, stop arresting people—what you're arresting is your own political achievements! Then he called Chen Jinhai.

Chen Jinhai was like an ant on a hot pan in the village committee, not knowing what had happened at all.