Chapter 382: The New Mayor of Hongqi Township, Lao Lu
Village head Lu knew Yang Sen before. Although the two had never had any conflicts, they could not be considered friends either.
Zhou Yong learned from Mayor Lu that the reason why Yang Sen was able to serve as the mayor of Hongqi Township was entirely because he reported his good friend for speculation and profiteering.
This kind of person is a villain in the eyes of Village Chief Lu, so the other village chiefs always keep their distance from him.
Everyone was afraid of getting close to Yang Sen, fearing that one day he might be plotted against without knowing it.
Zhou Yong was thinking: "Thank you, Village Chief Lu, for your advice."
Village Chief Lu smiled and left with the other two village chiefs, chatting and laughing.
Zhou Yong thought for a moment and went to Xu Jianmin's office.
"Junior brother? Why are you here?"
Zhou Yong stated the matter truthfully, and Xu Jianmin frowned slightly after listening.
"Yang Sen is making a big deal out of nothing. Is it necessary to bring this small matter to the attention of County Magistrate Gao?"
Zhou Yong's eyes wandered: "Brother, why do I feel that Yang Sen has something to plan?"
Xu Jianmin became interested: "What do you mean by that?"
Zhou Yong has known Yang Sen for a long time. Although they have never had a close relationship, they have a general understanding of each other.
Zhou Yong felt that Yang Sen did what happened today on purpose in order to get transferred from his current job.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Xu Jianmin fell into deep thought: "Hongqi Township is far superior to other townships because of Huaixi Village. As long as someone with a little bit of ambition takes this position, he will be reused by the county in a few years.
If he wants to transfer now, it must be because something happened in the township government, or he has found a backer…"
backing?
After some thought, Zhou Yong felt that Yang Sen did not seem to have found a backer. Instead, his behavior seemed more like he was in a hurry to get rid of the position of head of Hongqi Township.
Xu Jianmin narrowed his eyes and said, "In that case, something must have gone wrong within the township government."
Zhou Yong took a sip of water to moisten his throat: "What could have happened inside?"
Xu Jianmin cleared his throat: "Finance."
Zhou Yong paused while drinking water and looked at Xu Jianmin: "Brother, are you saying that Yang Sen has a problem of corruption and bribery?"
Xu Jianmin smiled and said, "It's possible. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense why he wants to be transferred out of Hongqi Township..."
Zhou Yong slowly put down the teacup: "Brother, I remembered something..."
Yang Sen often asked village cadres for chickens, ducks and geese. In addition, the township government had bought a lot of food on credit from restaurants in Hongqi Township in the past two years.
"There is such a thing?"
Zhou Yong nodded: "During festivals, Yang Sen hinted to the village heads to send gifts, but I ignored him..."
Xu Jianmin sneered: "Yang Sen actually dared to ask for benefits so blatantly, why didn't anyone report him?"
Zhou Yong pursed his lips and said, "How many people would go against their leader if they are not sure?"
At the very least, Yang Sen is the township chief, and there are a few ignorant village chiefs who dare to offend him. Of course, Zhou Yong was not among those village heads.
The two brothers started a discussion around this topic. When two of them were talking excitedly, County Magistrate Gao asked Zhou Yong to come over.
Zhou Yong stayed in County Magistrate Gao's office for more than an hour before leaving. Outsiders have no way of knowing what the two talked about.
Coming out of the county government, Zhou Yong looked up at the sky and a smile gradually appeared on his face.
The era of tickets is about to be gone forever. Although Zhou Yong has known that this day will come, he is still very happy to know the inside story in advance.
On the way back, Zhou Yong was thinking about what kind of business he should do after the big collapse.
A few days later, when the big disintegration was announced, everyone was excited.
"Does this mean that I won't need to use cash and notes to buy things anymore?"
"Not really. Didn't the radio and TV say that you need a food certificate to buy food..."
"If that's the case, then aren't all those purchase invoices in my house useless?"
"Indeed."
The whole street and alley of Huaixi Village was talking about this matter. As soon as Zhou Yong got home, Zhang Guifang said, "Fortunately, I listened to you and sold all the purchase tickets, otherwise they would have been stuck in my hands..."
Zhou Yong smiled: "Mom, this matter must not be known to others."
Zhang Guifang nodded: "Don't worry, Mom knows the seriousness of the matter..."
County Chief Gao revealed the matter of the disintegration to Zhou Yong, and he went home and took the purchase tickets to the black market and sold them all. The only people who knew about this were those who had a good relationship with Zhou Yong.
Zhou Yong and Zhang Guifang walked into the room while talking. Li Jingan was lying on the sofa, tossing and turning like a scoundrel.
"Son, be careful and don't fall off the sofa."
When Li Jingan heard Zhou Yong's voice, he sat up slowly and said, "Dad, when can I go to school?"
Zhou Yong looked at Li Jingan who wanted to go to school and play: "You can go to school in September..."
Li Jingan pouted: "What about September? Doesn't that mean it will take a few more months?"
Zhou Yong smiled and went to the kitchen. Li Jingan lay down on the sofa again like a scoundrel.
When Zhou Yong went to the brigade in the afternoon, many people were talking about the big disintegration. Zhou Ling saw her elder brother coming and came to Zhou Yong with a sad face.
"What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Ling hesitated to speak, Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes and said, "You didn't sell all the purchase tickets?"
"Brother, how did you know?"
Zhou Yong glanced at Zhou Ling and said, "You deserve it."
She was told in which direction things would develop and was asked to sell all the purchase invoices, but she actually doubted Zhou Yong's words and kept some of the purchase invoices.
Now, the purchase invoice has become a piece of waste paper, and Zhou Ling didn’t know which direction to cry.
Zhou Yong scolded Zhou Ling harshly, and she said in a stammering voice: "Brother, Zhao Min thought I sold all the purchase invoices. What do you think we should do about this?"
"That's your business. Who told you to be so smart?"
Zhou Ling muttered, "Brother, you didn't say the specific time, how could I know that the policy would come so quickly?"
Her intention was good, she wanted to keep some purchasing tickets to get by, mainly because she was worried that the business would not collapse in the short term.
As a result, Zhou Ling's cleverness backfired and now she doesn't know how to explain to Zhao Min.
"Okay, Zhao Min won't do anything to you."
Zhou Ling pursed her lips in grievance, but Zhou Yong was too lazy to talk to her and went to the office.
For several days, no matter where I went, people were discussing the Great Disintegration. Gradually, as everyone accepted the reality, no one talked about it anymore.
On the first day of July, Yang Sen was transferred to Hongri Township to serve as the township head, and Lao Lu was appointed as the township head of Hongqi Township, which meant that they exchanged their positions as township heads.
On the second day after Old Lu took office, he came to Huaixi Village in a hurry. He did not come to inspect the work, but just came to humbly ask Zhou Yong what he should do to develop other villages.
Zhou Yong was amused by Mayor Lu's question. He was a leader, and asking his subordinates how to carry out their work was not something that ordinary people could do.
"Village Chief Lu, you are really praising me too much. You are asking the wrong person about this matter."
Village Chief Lu said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, you are too modest. Let's not talk about the other brothers. Just talk about the development of Huaixi Village. All of this is due to you..."
Zhou Yong shook his head repeatedly: "Village Chief Lu, Huaixi Village is what it is today because of everyone's joint efforts, not just my own efforts..."
Mayor Lu smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, to be honest, I have a good relationship with Secretary Zhang. I learned a lot about you from Secretary Zhang..."
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