Chapter 238 What happened in the village?
Xu Jianmin knew that Ji Dongming was a young and inexperienced person, but he didn't expect him to be so inexperienced.
He thought to himself: No wonder Ji Dongming's brother-in-law sent him to Huaixi Village. With his arrogant and brainless personality, it's a good thing that his sister married well. Otherwise, a man like him would never be able to enter the officialdom in this life.
Li Baotian glanced at Ji Dongming and said, "You can build an office, but you have to wait until next year."
Ji Dongming was very unhappy. He pulled a stool over and sat down, acting like a big boss.
"In that case, let's do this. Report your work to me in the county town..."
As soon as he said this, Accountant Sun almost choked while drinking water.
Li Baotian smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Now no matter what request Ji Dongming makes, Li Baotian will agree to it. As for whether it will be fulfilled, that depends on whether he has the luck to do so.
Ji Dongming felt relieved. He raised his wrist to check the time. When he left his address, he said, "That's it. I'm going back first."
Li Baotian glanced at the address Ji Dongming had written on the paper and said, "Okay."
Ji Dongming stood up, Xu Jianmin glanced at everyone, and the two left together.
At dawn the next day, the villagers gathered at the brigade. Because there were too many people, some took the brigade's horse-drawn carriage to the county town, some went to the commune to take a horse-drawn carriage, some took buses, and some even rode bicycles directly to the county town.
"What day is today? Why are so many people going to the county town?"
If you want to go to the county town, you have to pass by Hongqi Commune. Everyone who sees them is puzzled.
Unfortunately, no one could answer their questions. The carriages gradually went away and groups of people gathered together to talk.
At around seven o'clock in the morning, a large number of villagers poured into the county government, and thousands of people blocked the government building.
"What happened?"
The county party secretary and the county governor, who came to work, looked at the gate blocked by the people, and the two leaders were confused.
After pulling over a citizen who was blocking the gate to ask about the situation, the county party secretary and the county head turned pale...
The county government was surrounded by the people and the news quickly spread throughout the county.
Many people rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, some even spread the word, and a number of people directly called their relatives and friends to tell the government what was happening.
Chen Pingliang heard about this when he went downstairs to buy breakfast. Since he was in a hurry to go out, he did not go to the scene.
He went upstairs carrying breakfast, and before he could take out the key, Zhou Yong opened the door for him.
"I just went to a snack bar to buy breakfast and heard that the county government was surrounded by the people. I don't know what happened..."
Encirclement?
Zhou Yong frowned slightly, not knowing that he was the source of the storm.
"It must be something serious, otherwise the people would not take such extreme measures..."
Chen Pingliang nodded: "I guess so. Anyway, they said that there were several thousand people causing trouble."
Thousands of people?
Zhou Yong put the breakfast on the table and looked up at Chen Pingliang: "Thousands of people? Is this just a rumor?"
If thousands of people really flocked to the government office to cause trouble, it would be a big deal.
Chen Pingliang sat down, picked up a fried dough stick and took a bite: "That's what others said, I don't know exactly how many people are causing trouble."
Zhou Yong sat down slowly, picked up a bun, and tried hard to recall the major events that had happened in Qingmu County that year.
After searching through his memories, Zhou Yong still couldn't find anything relevant.
"Why are you silent?"
Chen Pingliang drank some soy milk and seeing that Zhou Yong didn't say a word, he couldn't help but ask.
Zhou Yong came back to his senses and glanced at Chen Pingliang: "I'm curious about what caused the public outrage."
He was curious, and so was Chen Pingliang, but the key point was that they had to catch the bus, so they had no time to watch the fun.
"How about we go and take a look at the scene?"
This was said by Chen Pingliang. Zhou Yong thought for a few seconds and said, "Forget it. If we miss this bus, we will have to stay in the provincial capital for one night..."
They went to the provincial capital to meet Wei Guoan, and the three of them prepared to go to the south.
Chen Pingliang took a big bite of the fried dough stick and said, "Well, just pretend I didn't say anything."
At nine o'clock, the two of them went downstairs. When Zhou Yong walked past several passers-by, he heard the three words "Huaixi Village", which made him stop.
"The villagers of Huaixi Village actually dared to cause trouble at the county government. They are so bold..."
Zhou Yong frowned and looked at the people who were walking and chatting.
"Why don't you leave? What are you doing standing there?"
Zhou Yong frowned so hard that a fly could be pinched to death: "Brother Chen, I want to go to the county government to check the situation. From what they said, it seems that the villagers of Huaixi Village are besieging the county government..."
Chen Pingliang showed a surprised expression: "No way?"
To know whether it is the villagers of Huaixi Village who are causing trouble, we need to go to the scene to see.
Chen Pingliang shrugged his shoulders: "Then let's take the next bus."
Zhou Yong responded, and the two of them each carried their luggage and headed towards the county government.
By the time they arrived at the scene, the county government had returned to normal.
Zhou Yong went to the gatekeeper to listen to the situation. The gatekeeper didn't know what had happened specifically, but he knew that the villagers of Huaixi Village had surrounded the county government.
Now all the villagers have returned, and the county magistrate and the county party secretary drove to Huaixi Village to resolve the problem.
Zhou Yong thanked the old man and left with Chen Pingliang.
"Brother Chen, I need to go home. Please give Brother Wei a call..."
His family lives in Huaixi Village, and Li Baotian is the village chief. He would feel uneasy if he didn't go back to check even though he knew something had happened in the village.
Chen Pingliang looked at Zhou Yong and said, "Okay, do you want me to accompany you back?"
Zhou Yong shook his head: "If there is nothing going on at home, I will come over in the afternoon..."
After the appointment was made, Zhou Yong went to the bus station. However, he arrived at an unlucky time because the bus to Hongqi Commune had already left.
He had no choice but to hire a rickshaw to go back, and after getting off the carriage he went to the commune.
As a result, he was told that Xu Jianmin went to Huaixi Village, and Zhou Yong frowned and hurried home.
Normally, even when the weather is cold, there are people in the streets and alleys of the village. But today, when Zhou Yong entered the village, he didn't see anyone.
Zhou Yong hurried to the door of his house, only to find that it was locked.
He thought of going to his neighbors' house to ask about the situation, but it turned out that the doors of his neighbors on both sides were locked.
Zhou Yong was puzzled and thought: Why are they not at home? Did he go to the team?
He walked towards the brigade and gradually discovered that almost every house had its doors locked.
Before he reached the team, when he was still some distance away, he saw a large crowd of people blocking the road.
Zhou Yong came to the back of the crowd and looked inside, and all he saw was people.
"What happened in the village?"
Zhou Yong pulled a villager over and started asking him.
"Captain Zhou?"
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "I'm not the captain anymore. You can just call me Zhou Yong!"
The other party shook his head: "In my heart, you will always be Captain Zhou..."
Zhou Yong couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth a few times. Seeing that the other party was about to give a long speech, he hurriedly interrupted him.
"Tell me, what happened in the village? Why are so many people here? Also, I heard that many villagers surrounded the county government? What's going on..."
The other party started explaining it to him, and Zhou Yong became uneasy as he listened.
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