Yu Guobao continued, "Yes, but we can't do anything about it. They have people above them, so we can't do anything to them."

"Uncle, the people who are secretly selling fertilizer must be the top or second-in-command in the village. If it's so obvious, why are they so brazen? Has anyone reported them?"

Now Yu Guobao hesitated, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to.

Xu Nuannuan said, "Uncle, I can see that you're a cadre who wants to work for the welfare of the members of this brigade. You want everyone to live a good life, but you're powerless. If they stop existing, the illegal sale of fertilizer can be stopped. You've seen it too. I just arrived here, and they're harassing me just because I don't have money to give them gifts. If I knew they were doing anything shady behind the scenes, I would definitely report them."

"What they did was actually quite secretive. The Shen family had a village party secretary, a team leader, and four or five small team leaders. Every time, their family would go to buy fertilizer. At first, they only sold a small amount and spread less fertilizer on the fields. It was almost impossible to see anything, and the grain production only decreased slightly. Later, they gradually increased it. They said that if the grain production was low, the amount of fertilizer allocated by the higher authorities would be reduced. In recent years, grain production has really been decreasing, and the amount of fertilizer has also been decreasing. It has formed a vicious cycle, and grain production has been decreasing."

“Was there no one to report them?”

"Report? Where can I report?" Yu Guobao smiled bitterly. They wouldn't let anyone catch them. Besides, they had connections in the commune, and they wouldn't allow people to petition higher authorities. Even if someone reported to the county, without solid evidence, they would just spin a false accusation. In the end, whoever reported would suffer.

Before Xu Nuannuan came here, she never thought that a rural brigade residence could be so dark.

"Uncle, if the harvest is poor, the public grain will surely be reduced. Will the commune let them off?"

"No, no, no. The government collects agricultural taxes based on land area. Although our brigade's grain production has decreased, the agricultural taxes haven't decreased at all, and the public grain has not decreased. So we, the members of the commune, have to get less grain. In the past few years, apart from the Shen family, I guess no one in the village has had enough to eat."

Xu Nuannuan hated Shen Mengan and Shen Liangtian more and more. They were as cruel as Shen Dongyue, or even more cruel than Shen Dongyue.

Xu Nuannuan thought that since Shen Mengan and Shen Liangtian dared to sell fertilizer to others, there must be an account book, and this account book must belong to the Shen family.

Jiang Ting saw Shen Mengan coming over here and said to them, "Uncle Yu, Sister Nuannuan, Shen Mengan is here."

Xu Nuannuan glanced over there, said something to Yu Baoguo, and left with Jiang Ting.

She couldn't let Shen Mengan notice anything for the time being, so as not to make him alert.

She and Jiang Ting came to the edge of the sweet potato field and saw Jiang Ye was already there.

Jiang Ting smiled and said, "I was wondering why my big brother came out so early. It turns out he's already here to help Sister Nuannuan. My big brother is really hardworking."

Xu Nuannuan was also a little surprised that Jiang Ye would come so early to help her pull weeds.

Jiang Ting: "Sister Nuannuan, I feel relieved that my elder brother is here. I'm going to go to another piece of land."

"Well, go ahead."

After Jiang Ting left, Xu Nuannuan came to Jiang Ye: "Jiang Ye Zhi."

"Xu Zhiqing."

"You're here so early." Jiang Ye had been helping her with the work, and she felt a little guilty. "My boxes and shelves aren't a big deal, but you still have to make furniture for other educated youth. I must have delayed you."

"Don't worry, there won't be any delays. The delivery date promised to you won't be postponed."

Xu Nuannuan squatted down beside him, and a refreshing fragrance instantly entered Jiang Ye's nose, which actually made him feel refreshed.

The two of them were pulling weeds together when Shen Meng'an came over to the field. He originally wanted to ask Xu Nuannuan what she thought about his request, but when he saw Jiang Ye was also here, he subconsciously wanted to back out.

If it was someone else here, he could drive them away, but it was different for Jiang Ye. Giving orders to Jiang Ye was like talking to a cow, and the other party would not listen to him.

Secondly, Jiang Ye helps Xu Nuannuan so much, could it be that he is interested in Xu Nuannuan?

If Jiang Ye wanted to protect this person, and she bullied Xu Nuannuan, Jiang Ye didn't know how he would retaliate against him.

Some things cannot be eaten, and some meat cannot be tasted easily.

He wanted to give up Xu Nuannuan, but he also felt itchy inside. In fact, it was the first time he saw such a beautiful girl, and she was under his jurisdiction. It would be a pity to give up like this.

As the leader of a team, he was not only in charge of the educated youth who came here, but he also controlled many indicators that the educated youth dreamed of, such as the indicator for entering the city, the indicator for recommendation to attend the Workers and Peasants University, the indicator for becoming a private teacher, and so on.

Those female educated youth who wanted to live a better life here would come to him on their own initiative to ask for his help. If they wanted to obtain quotas, they had to give him something in exchange. During the years as a village cadre, he was not only a bridegroom every night, but he also tasted the charm of many young girls from the city. As a result, he was not only addicted to it, but also wanted more and more.

Xu Nuannuan is the one he covets the most, but she is now guarded by Jiang Ye. He will take a step back and observe them for a few days. If Jiang Ye and Xu Nuannuan are not in the relationship he thinks, he will go find Xu Nuannuan.

He turned around and prepared to leave when he suddenly thought of a question.

The man in the cowshed is surnamed Xu, and Xu Nuannuan is also surnamed Xu. Could they have some kind of relationship?

This thought only stayed in his mind for a few seconds before he stopped thinking about it. With an evil fire burning fiercely in his body, he went to another cornfield to look for Qin Yuping.

At this time, the corn was more than a meter tall. He came to the cornfield where he had made an appointment with Qin Yuping, bent down and went in.

He arranged that Qin Yuping was the only one in this piece of land, so he was not worried that others would discover them.

As soon as Shen Meng'an saw Qin Yuping, he immediately pushed her to the ground and reached out to pull down her pants. However, Qin Yuping grabbed her belt to prevent Shen Meng'an from taking off her pants.