"What's going on? Are you going to give me money?"

On the dam, several villagers gathered together and started asking soul-searching questions.

"What the hell! Cover the hooks properly when you sleep at night! Do you want a pair of fire tongs?"

"It always feels like something big is going on. Think about it, when Cadre Huo was here, he held several village meetings, established a cooperative, and recruited college students to the village. All of these were big events!"

"This isn't the time when Officer Huo is here. Officer Huo hasn't even come yet!"

"I hope he can do something to make life more hopeful!"

"Alright, alright, stop whining here, the meeting is about to start!"

After the villagers took their seats, Gao Yuanming and Gu Daqiang walked out first, followed by four old men headed by Gu Chengrong.

When Gu Chengrong and the other three sat on the podium, the villagers began to whisper as they saw them trying their best to hold their heads high and chests puffed out.

"Okay, okay, let's have a meeting!"

Gu Daqiang yelled into the microphone at the top of his lungs. The sound was so loud that he was startled. He couldn't help but mutter, "The damn microphone is louder than the one before! Damn it!"

The quiet murmurs came through the microphone and were clearly transmitted to the whole place, causing loud laughter.

Gao Yuanming was still a little uncomfortable with this kind of occasion and these words, but he remembered what Huo Qianli had told him before he came: when dealing with the villagers, just listen to Gu Daqiang.

Although it sounds a bit cowardly that he cannot make decisions as the deputy secretary of the town committee, it will be fine when he thinks that Secretary Huo and Gu Daqiang are close friends.

Gu Daqiang waited for a few seconds and then spoke again: "Are you done laughing? If you're done, let's have a meeting."

A few villagers howled with a playful smile, and Gu Daqiang rolled his eyes. "I specially asked for half a day off from your factory today, and I won't deduct your wages. If anyone delayed the time and didn't finish the work, and you deducted your wages, you can beat them up!"

After these words were spoken, no one dared to offend Pipi anymore.

"I've gathered everyone here today for one thing. We need to correct the bad habits in our village! I didn't know you guys were really good at playing these past few years when I was out there. I've only been here for a month, and I've already given away thousands of dollars in gifts. Two nights ago, I even asked my wife if we were the poorest people in the village! How come they don't even blink when they give gifts, but why do I feel so sad when I give them? And they're all wearing gold and silver. I've never seen so many rich people in Jingcheng City!"

There was a burst of laughter from the audience. It was very interesting to hear Gu Daqiang, the man from the richest family in Hushan Village, complaining about his poverty.

Gu Daqiang's cheerful tone faded and his voice became deeper. "I went to the village and looked through the accounts of the cooperative in the past few years. Everyone's dividends are getting less and less every year. I didn't make much money working in the industrial park. The annual income is only 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. We are not rich yet, so why are we spending money so lavishly? I also heard that some people borrow money to eat and dress well. It's only been a few years since more than a dozen households shared a pig during the Spring Festival. How come it has become like this?"

The people below stopped laughing, frowned, and their expressions gradually became unnatural.

"Everyone knows that I am not well educated and I can't figure out these things, so I went to see Cadre Huo, oh no, now Secretary Huo. He analyzed it for me and said that there is a problem with the atmosphere in our village. Listen carefully, it is the atmosphere, not Feng Shui, nor the weather. Don't spread it around! It will ruin Secretary Huo's reputation!"

Some people laughed heartlessly, and then shut up in disapproval under the calm and disgusted gazes of others.

"Later, Secretary Huo came up with a solution to help us. We asked Secretary Gao from the town to tell us what the solution was. Everyone is welcome!"

Amid the warm applause, Gao Yuanming nodded slightly to Gu Daqiang with some admiration, and then said: "Hello, fellow villagers, I am Gao Yuanming. The solution to this problem that Village Chief Gu just mentioned is not really a solution, but just an attempt. We are all trying together with our government."

"The main purpose of this attempt is to make everyone's life easier, better and happier. The problems mentioned by Village Chief Gu are actually not issues that our government can directly intervene in and manage, because in the final analysis, they do not involve any violations of discipline or law. But it does add trouble to everyone, so Secretary Huo wondered if we could set up a procedure to let everyone solve this problem themselves."

He looked at the old men sitting on his left and right, and said with a smile: "So, we invited four village elders. We hope to establish a healthy operation model through discussions with them to maintain the good atmosphere in the village."

"Secretary Gao, I'm sorry to interrupt you." Gu Daqiang held the microphone. "To put it simply, from now on, Uncle Rong and his men will help you with your references on these matters. Do you want to do it? Anyone who thinks it's not okay can stand up and speak up."

All villagers:.......

The four people mentioned above are relatives to most of the families present here, and they should be called elders. Who would dare to object?

Gu Daqiang coughed and said, "This is possible."

Someone immediately responded with a clever voice: "This is really impossible!"

Gao Yuanming also understood that it was not appropriate for him to say the following words, so he smiled and said, "Please let Mr. Gu tell everyone the specific situation."

Gu Chengrong took the microphone and said, "There's nothing much to say..."

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