Huo Qianli was woken up by a phone call.

But my sleepiness was truly dispelled when I opened the door and saw a dark figure huddled in the corridor outside the door, and I felt my scalp tingling with fear.

The call came from the two panicked village chiefs of Yaowang Village and Hongxing Village, and the black shadow was the bearded man from Zhengfeng Village.

The three parties were all doing the same thing. Mingting Industrial's truck that was collecting vegetables left today.

Fortunately, the refrigerated truck that went to other villages to collect poultry meat did not go together, so the disturbance only affected these three villages.

Huo Qianli brought the bearded man directly to the office. When he sat down in the office, the town mayor Cao Qingfeng and the team members in charge of the three villages had already gotten up and followed the light and gathered in the room one after another.

The night is dark and the official’s power is overwhelming.

The bearded man, who always prided himself on being bold and wild, became a little uneasy in this situation. He swallowed hard, and his hands trembled slightly involuntarily.

But Huo Qianli had no intention of holding a criticism meeting right away. He said in a deep voice, "In summer, the weather is hot and vegetables will basically be ruined after being left out for a day. The most urgent task now is to deal with today's vegetables. I'll call President Han now. No matter what, let the driver come and pick up today's food first."

Then he looked at the three team members in charge of each village and said, "The three of you, set off now and go to your respective villages. On the one hand, you need to organize the delivery of today's vegetables. On the other hand, you must find out the specific situation to see if there are any illegal operations or shady operations, and to what extent. Only with these can we give people a satisfactory answer."

The three of them nodded decisively.

"Then Secretary Huo, Mayor Cao, let's set off now!"

The three people left, and Huo Qianli also got up and went outside to make a phone call.

The room suddenly became quiet, with only Bearded Man and Cao Qingfeng sitting there. However, Bearded Man became even more nervous, and his trembling had spread from his hands to his calves.

Because until now, Huo Qianli had never said anything except "let's go" when he first met him and "please sit down" after arriving at the office.

The storm he expected never came, and Huo Qianli didn't even ask him about it.

The arrangements just now were all made based on what we heard from Yaowang Village and Hongxing Village over the phone.

His throat rolled as he spoke: "Mayor Cao, this matter..."

Cao Qingfeng raised his hand and held it down, "Let's talk about it when Secretary Huo comes back."

Time passed slowly in anxiety and panic. Huo Qianli's voice could be vaguely heard through the door. It was unclear, but it made people even more terrified.

When the talking stopped and footsteps began, the bearded man was so nervous that his toes were about to cramp.

Huo Qianli walked back to the room calmly, nodded slightly to Cao Qingfeng who was looking at him, then sat down, picked up the cup of water and took a sip of water.

Cao Qingfeng was obviously relieved, and then looked at the bearded man, "You'd better explain everything at once."

The bearded man's heart trembled, and he said with a sullen look, "Secretary Huo, Mayor Cao, I was really fooled this time. The price of vegetables has risen recently, so someone in the county came to me and asked me to sell some to them. I thought, it doesn't matter who I sell to, as long as I don't make any money in the middle! Besides, we supply so much to Mingting Company every day, so it doesn't matter if we supply a little less. After all, Yaowang Village still gets the lion's share. So, I thought about it for a long time and agreed to give them a portion of the vegetables I harvested every day. At first, it was one-tenth, but later, seeing that the cooperation was okay, they did pay more, so it gradually became 20%, 30%, and now 40% of the goods are shipped from them every day."

The bearded man hurriedly said, "But Secretary Huo, Mayor Cao, I really have never embezzled a penny. I just wanted to make more money for the village! Everyone works so hard growing vegetables, getting up early and working late to harvest them, and can't sleep well all day. As the head of the family, I just want to earn more money for them so that they can live a better life! The industrial park was so chaotic last year, I definitely didn't dare to take any money!"

Cao Qingfeng sighed and glanced at Huo Qianli who was still silent.

Huo Qianli shook his head slightly, and Cao Qingfeng said to the bearded man, "Okay, we know what happened. You go back first and assist Commissioner Qi. No matter what method you use, first hand over today's vegetables to Mingting Industrial. As for the subsequent operations and your punishment, we will talk about it after this matter is settled."

The bearded man nodded repeatedly, glanced at Huo Qianli who had a gloomy face, and had no choice but to stand up.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he turned around again, hunched over, and looked sad, "Secretary Huo, Mayor Cao, I really know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again!"

Cao Qingfeng waved his hand and said in the kindest tone he could at the moment: "Go back first and take care of the current affairs."

When the sound of the motorcycle faded away in the night, Huo Qianli finally spoke, "I have already made an agreement with President Han. No matter what, put the things away today. I will find out the situation today and give him a satisfactory answer within three days."

Cao Qingfeng shook his head. "We are bothering others in the middle of the night because we didn't do our job well!"

Huo Qianli picked up the water cup and took a sip. "Boss Han is easy to talk to, and we worked well together before. If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would take advantage of the situation."

Cao Qingfeng agreed with this and sighed, "It's not just President Han. For us, this matter may not seem serious, but it's actually very bad. If we don't handle it well, it may even shake the foundation of our entire industry development."

"Yeah!" Huo Qianli nodded and leaned back on the sofa, "This is what I've always been most worried about."

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