Chapter 691

At this moment, Liu Tiegang finally remembered that when this Mayor Su was at Meng Hu Ling, he was famous for being good at managing the economy. He had seemingly been blinded by Su Xinghui's youth and had actually forgotten this point. After remembering, he looked at Su Xinghui eagerly.

Su Xinghui laughed, "There are many ways to get rich, but I cannot make decisions arbitrarily. I still need experts to come and inspect to see what the soil in Pengjiawan is best suited for planting. The specialty planting in Meng Hu Ling is so prosperous now because I invited experts to inspect it, and they suggested the farmers plant those crops."

Liu Tiegang asked, "Then when can the experts come?"

Su Xinghui said, "The experts can come at any time. It's just that I visited several villages this morning, and the common people in those villages seem to have a deep resistance toward our town government. If that's the case, I estimate that even if the experts come, they won't be willing to cooperate properly. I think we need to wait until this resistance is eliminated and the situation in Pengjiawan stabilizes."

Liu Tiegang was anxious. How long would that take? He was so anxious he slapped his thigh and said, "It's all that group of brats; they don't do anything good, only bad things."

Liu Yongjun said, "Uncle Tiegang, you don't know. Today, when I went to Xiaohu Village with Mayor Su, we passed by the front door of the eldest of the Peng family's Five Tigers. A wolfhound they raised lunged out to bite Mayor Su..."

Liu Tiegang and Liu Dongtian were both terrified. They interrupted Liu Yongjun, "What? Was he bitten?"

Liu Yongjun said, "Fortunately, Mayor Su is capable. He kicked that dog away with one foot. But the eldest Peng's wife ran out and made a huge scene, even wanting Mayor Su to pay money. If I hadn't seen Peng Siping and made him suppress the Peng woman, today's matter would have been endless."

Liu Tiegang said, "That is truly outrageous, even daring to extort the town mayor."

Liu Yongjun said, "She said she was extorting the mayor specifically. Peng Siping is also outrageous, being cold and indifferent to Mayor Su. If I hadn't seen him at the time, he would have snuck away. Also, in those villages like Xiaohu and Yangwan, we didn't even get a drink of water."

Liu Tiegang said indignantly, "That guy Peng Siping is truly not a good person. Usually, when he sees us, his eyes are on the top of his head, looking down on everyone. Now he even dares to not take the town mayor seriously. I think the atmosphere in Xiaohu Village was ruined by him."

Liu Dongtian said, "Actually, the truly bad ones are just those people like the Five Tigers, Three Dragons, and Thirteen Guardians. Among us common people, how many aren't law-abiding and wanting to live a good life? They were rude to the mayor; I hope the mayor won't take it to heart and lose his good impression of everyone in Pengjiawan."

Liu Yongjun said, "But not a single person in those villages would talk to Mayor Su."

Su Xinghui was Liu Yongjun's idol. Thinking of the cold reception Su Xinghui received today, Liu Yongjun felt indignant.

Liu Dongtian said, "Doing that wasn't what they wanted; there must be hidden reasons. Think about it, they live in the same village as the Five Tigers and Three Dragons, and now they don't know if Mayor Su can stand firm here. If they are too close to Mayor Su and Mayor Su leaves, what will they do if the Five Tigers and Three Dragons retaliate against them? So they have their own difficulties too!"

Liu Dongtian's words made Su Xinghui look at him with new respect. He seemed like an ordinary farmer, but farmers have wisdom too. What he said was basically not far from the truth.

Actually, Su Xinghui understood this principle too, so he didn't get angry about today's events at all. He knew that as long as the main contradiction was resolved and those ringleaders were arrested, everything could be solved easily.

Although Pengjiawan was known for its fierce folkways, it was impossible for everyone to be brave and combative or incorrigible. Those bad people were, after all, a very small minority. The vast majority of people were still law-abiding. As long as Su Xinghui could make them rich, they would naturally be convinced by him.

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Uncle Liu, don't worry. I understand this principle, so I won't have any prejudice against the common people of Pengjiawan."

Liu Dongtian said, "That's good."

Seeing it was getting late, Liu Tiegang said, "Mayor, let's go to Brother Dongtian's house for dinner. It's already time to eat."

Su Xinghui stood up and said, "Alright."

The group went to the Liu family's house together. The house was also very dilapidated, but the walls inside looked like they had been freshly painted. After all, Liu Yongjun worked in the town and had a salary, so he was economically better off than other farmers.

Liu Yongjun's mother had already prepared a table of dishes. Saying it was a table, the only real meat dish was chicken soup stewed with an old hen, and a plate of scrambled eggs counted as half a meat dish. The rest were just vegetables from the garden.