These words choked the old men to the point of being speechless, and the matter was settled.
After a busy day, everyone agreed to check all the existing pomelo trees in the village one by one tomorrow, and then they went their separate ways.
Huang Youquan took the initiative to follow Xu Jiyuan all the way, and handed him a cigarette with a smile, "Expert Xu, don't go there, just keep it in mind, they are not targeting you."
Huang Yuanfa hesitated for a moment and said, "Village Chief, you are wrong. They are targeting Expert Xu!"
Then he told Huang Youquan what he had heard before. Huang Youquan was stunned after hearing it. He stamped his feet and gritted his teeth, "These old bastards, they just opened their mouths and talked nonsense! I'm going to find them right now! Tell them to come and apologize to you, Expert Xu!"
"Village Chief!" Xu Jiyuan called him and waved his hand, "It's really okay. In fact, I can understand what the elders said. I am indeed young, and everything is arranged by me for such a big thing. To be honest, if it weren't for my teachers behind me, I wouldn't have the confidence myself, let alone them."
He laughed self-deprecatingly and continued, "As for the rest, it's easier to understand. The things they have been following for half their lives being denied will make these old people feel that their entire being has been denied. It's embarrassing, so it's inevitable that they will resist. But since the village chief has convinced everyone, let's work hard and make achievements, and the old people will naturally accept it with pleasure."
He looked at the two of them and smiled, "So, don't worry about me, I'm really fine."
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Outside the dam in front of Huang Yuanfa's house is a low embankment, below which is a bamboo forest and farmland. The scenery is quite nice when you look out from the high ground.
These days Xu Jiyuan would occasionally sit here to smoke a cigarette and look at the scenery.
But after returning home today, looking at Xu Jiyuan who was still sitting there on the stool, the not-so-educated Huang Yuanfa suddenly felt inexplicably that expert Xu looked a little lonely.
The little boy, who had dressed less sloppily these days, stood not far away, holding a "mobile phone" made of mud in his hand, looking over there with curiosity in his big eyes.
After dinner, Xu Jiyuan looked at the little boy playing around Huang Yuanfa and said with a smile, "Do you have any more candy? Can you give me one?"
The little boy hesitated and ran away.
Xu Jiyuan shook his head, smiled, and blew out a lonely smoke ring.
It was another early morning, and Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa arrived at a pomelo forest as agreed yesterday.
Having learned from yesterday's lesson, Huang Youquan arrived very early today. As soon as Xu Jiyuan and Huang Yuanfa arrived, he directly led everyone to start working.
Today's work task is not complicated. It is to register the pomelo trees in the village one by one, how many trees each household has, where they are located, what is the quality, etc.
Because it involves subsidies, which is not a trivial matter in the village, it cannot be done by just one or two people. It is also necessary to convince the public, so a team of more than ten people were gathered together to set off, following the established route, checking each plant one by one, and then counting and making a list.
Some people in the village actually had some ulterior motives about this matter. They secretly planted some seedlings in the hope of getting subsidies, but they were exposed by Huang Youquan and others who were well prepared.
These people dare to go against the officials, but usually do not dare to go against the village cadres, especially since this team includes not only village cadres but also many elderly people with good prestige in the village.
After walking for a while, they came to a field and were counting trees as usual. Suddenly, Xu Jiyuan shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Under the surprised gazes of the crowd, he walked to two adjacent pomelo trees, looked at the misty irregular yellowing areas on the leaves, carefully examined the leaf veins, and finally squatted down to look at the roots of the pomelo trees. He looked up and said, "These two trees are sick and cannot be kept."
An old man's face suddenly changed, "Why can't I have it?"
He was the owner of this grove of pomelo trees, and they were registered at his home, so he naturally came to see them. Unexpectedly, he heard Xu Jiyuan say this.
Xu Jiyuan stood up and said calmly: "These two trees have Huanglongbing, which can spread and infect others. They must not be transplanted into the park. Moreover, it is best to uproot these two trees and burn or destroy them."
The old man immediately got anxious. Two trees meant two trees were subsidies. When it came to money, he didn’t care about respect or not. He yelled, “Bullshit! My trees are fine!”
Huang Youquan yelled, "Pay attention when talking to an expert!"
Xu Jiyuan said coldly: "You know better than me whether these two trees are sick or not. They bloom earlier than other trees and produce more flowers. The fruits they produce are also smaller than normal fruits. They mature earlier and have less water, thick skin and light taste. How could you not know this?"
"I don't know anything! Stop talking nonsense! The grapefruits in my house are delicious! You are a green hook kid who doesn't know anything about football, so stop talking dirty..."
The old man became more and more agitated, and his words gradually became harder to hear.
When he got excited, he even picked up a lump of mud from the ground, held it in his hand, and pretended to hit someone.
Huang Yuanfa dodged and protected Xu Jiyuan, "Uncle Wu, don't mess around!"
Huang Youquan's face was ugly, "Old Five, you bastard dared to do that! Don't blame me for lighting a fire on you today!"
The old man spat, "Start a fire if you want, who's afraid of who? Don't think I'm afraid just because you're the village chief! You want to burn my trees? No way!"
Xu Jiyuan said, "I only said that this tree cannot be moved into the park, but whether Murakami wants to take it down and give you a subsidy is not something I can control, so it's useless for you to argue with me."
The old man was stunned. What? Can I still get subsidies?
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