Chapter 235: Trying to suppress the villagers with force
"Is my third uncle back?"
Li Hongjun knew that Li Baotian had gone to the commune.
“I’m back.”
Li Hongjun was very excited when he heard this. Sun Qing's next words were: "The village chief didn't see Secretary Xu."
His excitement was in vain, as Li Hongjun's slightly raised buttocks fell back down.
For three consecutive days, Huaixi Village was shrouded in an indescribable atmosphere of oppression.
The villagers walked hurriedly, their faces solemn, and they talked less to each other.
There seemed to be an invisible tension in the air, making everyone feel heavy in their hearts.
However, when Xu Jianmin arrived, the whole atmosphere changed instantly.
What Xu Jianmin announced when he arrived caused ripples and became the fuse for the villagers' anger.
For a moment, the originally oppressive atmosphere was ignited and turned into a raging fire.
The villagers gathered around the brigade, their faces filled with dissatisfaction and anger.
Xu Jianmin stood in the crowd, and faced with the angry villagers, he couldn't help but frown.
"What are you going to do?"
Qin Laoliu was the first to stand up. He looked at Ji Dongming, the newly appointed team leader of the Huaixi Village Production Team who was in his early thirties, and clicked his tongue a few times.
"He has a greasy face and powdered hair. You can tell at a glance that he is not a man who can get things done."
Ji Dongming looked unhappy. Xu Jianmin said, "Qin Laoliu, how can you talk like that?"
Qin Laoliu glanced at Xu Jianmin and said, "It's different now that you're an official. You don't even recognize me as your cousin."
Xu Jianmin cleared his throat awkwardly. He looked at Qin Laoliu who was trying to cause trouble and felt overwhelmed.
Li Baotian glanced at Ji Dongming without saying a word. Some villagers said that it was no wonder that Zhou Yong resigned, because it turned out that he was making room for the new production team leader.
Ji Dongming looked very unnatural after hearing this. Xu Jianmin looked at Accountant Sun and Li Baotian.
Accountant Sun looked up at the sky, but people seemed to be indifferent.
Li Baotian, the village chief, had no choice but to stand up and say, "Everyone, go away. This is the arrangement made by the higher-ups."
"Arrangement from above? What kind of arrangement is this? Captain Zhou has not made any mistakes in his life, and secondly, there is no problem of corruption or bribery... He has made so many contributions to Huaixi Village over the years, why would he resign without knowing clearly..."
"That is, we do not agree with the leadership's arrangement, we oppose this arrangement..."
Xu Jianmin froze, looking at the villagers who were becoming increasingly angry, and hurriedly pulled Ji Dongming into the office.
Obviously, the villagers could not accept this airborne production team leader, and they all demanded that Zhou Yong be reinstated.
Xu Jianmin's face was dark and smelly, and Ji Dongming's face was even uglier than his.
The villagers shouted louder and louder for Ji Dongming to get out, so Li Hongjun had to bring people to maintain order at the scene.
"Where's Zhou Yong?"
Li Ming, who was burning the stove in the office, glanced at Xu Jianmin who asked this question.
"Secretary Xu, Zhou Yong has resigned. How would I know where he is?"
Xu Jianmin glanced at the villagers outside who were about to rebel and said, "Go find Zhou Yong now."
If Zhou Yong did not show up in this situation, it would be difficult for Xu Jianmin and Ji Dongming to escape unscathed.
Li Ming put down the stove hook: "Secretary Xu, I am the team leader of the production team. Running errands is not within my job scope."
"you?"
Xu Jianmin was depressed, and Li Ming returned to his desk and sat down to drink some water.
Ji Dongming sneered: "You are just a small production team leader, but you are so powerful."
Li Ming raised his eyelids: "Am I impressive? I don't feel that way, because I have always been like this!"
When Zhou Yong first took office as the team leader of the production team, Li Ming was indeed dissatisfied with him.
After working together for many years, Li Ming is well aware of how outstanding Zhou Yong's leadership ability is.
Unconsciously, he became a staunch supporter of Zhou Yong.
"you?"
Ji Dongming didn't expect Li Ming to be so rampant, but what he didn't expect was what happened next.
"What do you mean by 'you'? You can't even speak clearly, how can you lead us? So I'm quitting my job to avoid being led into a ditch by you..."
Li Ming is such a bachelor, after saying this he slammed the door and left.
"Village Chief, I resign."
Everyone was stunned. Before others could react, Li Ming said, "It's unfair. If I, Li Ming, don't earn this salary, my family will not starve to death..."
Following his words, many village cadres and villagers fell silent.
Because everyone saw clearly what happened, Zhou Yong’s resignation was closely related to Ji Dongming.
Although Xu Jianmin repeatedly emphasized that this was an arrangement made by the superiors, the question is why would the superiors parachute a production team leader into their Huaixi Village for no reason?
Simply put, even if Zhou Yong chooses to resign, Huaixi Village will select a new production team leader from within the village rather than sending someone from outside to take over.
"Don't say anything, I don't want to be the captain of the security team anymore..."
Li Hongjun resigned, and Sun Qing also stepped forward.
Soon, everyone who held a position in the brigade chose to resign. Accountant Sun said, "I am over 70 years old and have worked for a lifetime. It is time to retire..."
Well, Accountant Sun has chosen to resign, let alone others.
"I'm going to call my husband back from the farm and ask him to resign..."
The villagers took action one by one, and people resigned in an endless stream.
Xu Jianmin was dumbfounded. He didn't expect Zhou Yong's resignation would lead to so many chain reactions.
"Secretary Xu, this is the key to the farm gate. Don't forget to send someone to feed the animals..."
Miao Jinfeng, the farm manager, handed over the keys and kindly reminded Xu Jianmin.
After Miao Jinfeng left, someone else handed over the management rights of the vegetable greenhouse base.
"Secretary Xu, don't forget to ventilate the greenhouse. The fire in the furnace cannot be extinguished..."
Xu Jianmin stared at the long bunch of keys and felt that he was in trouble.
Li Baotian came up to Xu Jianmin with an expressionless face.
"Secretary Xu, here are my keys."
"You want to resign too?"
Li Baotian smiled slightly: "Time is not forgiving. It's time for me to go home and enjoy the happiness of family life."
In the huge office, only Ji Dongming and Xu Jianmin were left.
The two of them stared at the bunch of keys on the desk and found it so dazzling.
Xu Jianmin calmed himself down and let Ji Dongming be alone for a while while he went to Li's house to find Zhou Yong.
However, Zhou Yong was not at home, and Xu Jianmin was completely dumbfounded.
There was no way Xu Jianmin could get everyone to return to work through the radio, but unfortunately no villager believed him.
Ji Dongming was annoyed and angry: "These unruly people, do they think that the Huaixi Village Brigade will be over if they leave? They are wrong. I will ask my brother-in-law to send someone over now..."
Xu Jianmin glanced at Ji Dongming, who spoke very arrogantly. He said nothing and let him make things worse step by step.
The two returned to the commune, and Ji Dongming called his brother-in-law's office.
He thought his brother-in-law would send someone over, but he ended up scolding him over the phone.
He aroused public anger without knowing his own fault. If things continue to get worse, Ji Dongming's brother-in-law will lose his job.
Ji Dongming hung up the phone with an angry look on his face. He turned around and left Xu Jianmin alone and went to the Hongqi Commune Police Station.
He wanted to suppress the villagers with force, which was simply courting death.
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