Chapter 236 Never yield to evil forces
After Ji Dongming left, Xu Jianmin rushed to Huaixi Village in a panic.
The pedals of his bicycle were almost smoking from his steps. After entering Huaixi Village, he went straight to Li Baotian's house.
The Li family's small living room was packed with people. The moment Xu Jianmin opened the door and came in, the house became silent.
Xu Jianmin didn't care about anything else and told everyone about Ji Dongming's visit to the police station.
After hearing what Xu Jianmin said, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Li Caiyun frowned and asked, "Is resigning against the law?"
Resigning is not illegal, the key is that this cannot be called resignation, but a strike.
Xu Jianmin explained the interests involved, and Li Baotian and Accountant Sun looked solemn.
"At worst, I'll be arrested, but that's a good way to have a place to eat."
This was said by Li Ming, and Xu Jianmin glared at him.
"Do you think the food at the police station is so delicious?"
Li Ming looked indifferent. Whoever wanted to go back to work could do so. He would not go back to work anyway.
He is determined to fight against evil forces to the end and never give in to them.
After hearing Li Ming's passionate words, Xu Jianmin was so angry that he stepped forward and grabbed Li Ming by the collar.
"Li Ming, you are still here inciting everyone to strike. If it weren't for you, how could things have turned out like this?"
Li Ming pushed Xu Jianmin away without any hesitation. He said in a cold voice: "I incited everyone to strike? Why don't you tell us why everyone is on strike? You forced us to do everything. This is called officials forcing the people to rebel..."
If Zhou Yong made a mistake, he deserved to be dismissed. He was a good person at his job, but he was dismissed just like that. This made the villagers of Huaixi Village feel angry and indignant.
Xu Jianmin stared at Li Ming: "I'll say it again, I didn't force Zhou Yong to resign, it was his own choice..."
Li Hongjun snorted coldly: "You didn't force Captain Zhou to resign? Then why did he resign from all his positions after returning from the commune? Don't tell us that this matter has nothing to do with you..."
Xu Jianmin froze in place, his head buzzing.
He glanced at Li Baotian, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Finally, he decided to tell the truth.
In the eyes of outsiders, Xu Jianmin is a leader with real power, but in fact, he faces many unknown frustrations.
On the political stage, he had to face various complex issues of taking sides.
In order to maintain his status and power, he had to maintain close contact with his superiors and even participate in cultivating power to a certain extent.
Many things made him feel exhausted, but he couldn't get rid of them.
As Xu Jianmin spoke, the expression on Li Baotian's face became very interesting.
He didn't expect that Zhou Yong's resignation was actually to keep his position as village chief.
Li Baotian slowly closed his eyes, his mood was extremely complicated: "This child is so confused."
He thought Zhou Yong should not sacrifice himself to keep his position. After all, he was already old and it didn't matter whether he continued to be the village chief or not.
Li Caiyun's mood suddenly became heavy, her nose began to feel sore, and then her eyes turned red.
It was not until this moment that she knew why her man suddenly resigned. It was because he wanted to save her father's job.
Zhang Guifang felt bad. She wiped her eyes and said, "Zhou Yong came back without telling us anything. He just took on everything by himself without saying a word..."
say what?
What is there to say?
Zhou Yong didn't want to put any psychological burden on the Li family, so he chose to conceal the matter.
However, the development of the matter was beyond his expectations, forcing Xu Jianmin to make the truth public.
Otherwise, if things continue to get out of hand, it will be bad for everyone.
Accountant Sun sighed and said leisurely: "When the city gate is on fire, the fish in the pond will be affected."
After hearing this, Xu Jianmin also sighed: "So now you should resume work as soon as possible and don't make things more complicated..."
Sun Qing glanced at Xu Jianmin and said, "Are we the ones who made things complicated? It's obviously your fault, okay?"
Xu Jianmin froze. He admitted that it was his own problem, but things had already developed to this point and he could only make a big deal out of a small matter.
Li Hongjun cleared his throat: "I don't understand any political issues, but I understand one thing, you, Xu Jianmin, can ignore the lives of thousands of villagers in Huaixi Village for your own official position..."
Xu Jianmin stamped his feet in anger: "Li Hongjun, you are talking nonsense. If I, Xu Jianmin, were that kind of person, would I stand here and say this to you?"
He also didn't want to force Li Baotian to retire, but what could he do if it was politically necessary?
Besides, Li Baotian is already in his sixties. Wouldn’t it be a good thing for him to retire and go home to enjoy his retirement?
Li Hongjun glanced at Xu Jianmin and said, "Come on, forget it. You are doing this for yourself after all."
"I admit this. But let me ask you, without my support, could your new village be built? Without my support, could your vegetable greenhouse base be built? And the expansion of the breeding farm, do you really think that any good thing can fall on the heads of you villagers in Huaixi Village..."
When building the new village, the brigade did not have that much money, so Zhou Yong found Xu Jianmin, and in the end it was he who, despite all the pressure, allocated funds for building houses in Huaixi Village.
There is also the glass needed for the vegetable greenhouses. Without his assistance, the glass factory would have scheduled the orders for Huaixi Village until next year.
It can be said that Xu Jianmin has done a lot of good things for Huaixi Village, and everyone knows this.
Xu Jianmin's words left Li Hongjun unable to refute, and he gradually lowered his head.
"Secretary Xu, I admit that you have contributed to the present state of Huaixi Village, but it is also inseparable from the leadership of Captain Zhou.
If it weren’t for Captain Zhou, the villagers of Huaixi Village would still be walking on the winding road!
If it weren’t for Captain Zhou, would the villagers of Huaixi Village be able to have enough food to eat?
Will the children have books to read? Can every household live in a red brick house?
There are too many things and I don’t want to talk about them anymore.
So I, Li Ming, would rather resign than give in to evil forces..."
Xu Jianmin was so angry that he laughed: "You are all stubborn, right? Well, I'll let you do whatever you want, let's see who will be the unlucky one in the end..."
Li Baotian glanced at Xu Jianmin, and when he finished speaking, he slowly stood up from the small bench: "Notify everyone to return to their respective posts, and we will slowly deal with the remaining matters..."
A collective strike will only do harm to the villagers, and Li Baotian must prevent the villagers from bearing the bad reputation because of Zhou Yong.
Li Ming stiffened his neck and said nothing. Li Baotian went up and slapped him on the shoulder: "Hurry up and gather everyone to go to the vegetable greenhouse base to take a look. If the fire in the stove is out, I will show you how to deal with you..."
Some vegetables are in bloom. If they are frozen to death, it will be a huge loss.
"Why don't you hurry up?"
Li Ming stood there motionless, and Li Baotian kicked him again in anger.
Accountant Sun took out his pipe and glanced at Li Ming who was trying to dig himself up. He said, "Zhou Yong has put a lot of effort into building this vegetable greenhouse base. We can't let the vegetables freeze to death in the greenhouse just because of our stance..."
Li Baotian nodded in agreement: "Accountant Sun is right. If all the vegetables are frozen to death, it will be a huge loss for our village..."
After listening to what they said, Li Ming said, "Is it okay for me to go and arrange the work? But we can't just let Captain Zhou's matter go."
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