Chapter 133
Hearing Xie Lai Fu's misinterpretation, Xiao Lian quickly waved his hands.
"Oh, Captain Xie, you misunderstood, you misunderstood."
"I don't mean to cut off your Xie family's water supply to support the production team below."
"The weather is indeed quite dry, but isn't the water still coming down?"
"It's just that the water flow is a little smaller than before, but it won't affect your irrigation of crops."
"What's more, you have the Xiejia Reservoir, a large water storage reservoir."
"Even if all the crops in the province were destroyed by drought, your Xie family wouldn't be affected much."
"Then why would we become such a bad guy and cut off the livelihood of the downstream production team?"
Xie Laifu had a mocking look on his face.
"Mayor Xiao is so arrogant."
"You're saying this in a way that avoids the main point, as if we're deliberately making things difficult for the downstream production teams."
"You just said the water flow is reduced, but do you know how much smaller it is?"
"The water coming down here is more than half the amount of water in the past."
"We in the Xie family do have the Xie Family Reservoir, but the water in this reservoir won't disappear if it's not used."
"If we don't pump water in today, the reservoir will be one level lower."
"You also know that our reservoir outlet is relatively high."
"Once the water level drops below the outlet, it won't flow out on its own. We have to use human-powered water wheels, or even buckets and basins to scoop it out manually."
"Do you know how much effort we need to put into these two projects?"
"I advise Mayor Xiao not to give up on this idea."
"Don't say I don't agree. Even if I agree, the dozens of small production teams under the Xie family will not agree."
"This water passes through our Xie family. We can't use it. Instead, we should use it for the small farm down below first."
"Even if you say Potian, that doesn't make sense!"
"It's no longer the case that whoever is weaker is right!"
“You…you…”
Xiao Lian was so confused by Xie Laifu's twisted logic that he didn't know what to do.
It is obvious that even if the water is released downwards, it will not have much impact on the Xie family, but they insist on occupying the commanding heights.
He was not only a big taxpayer who paid public grain, but also a waste of manpower. It was even misinterpreted that he was biased towards the production team below and did not provide water to the Xie family.
Su Qingci and Song Jingzhou looked at each other, both with gloomy expressions.
Captain Xie even offended Xiao Lian'an. If he wants to drive the water down, it will be very difficult.
Xie Ping came out with a teapot, but seeing that the atmosphere was not right, she put the kettle on the table and quietly turned around and left.
Soon they arrived under the big tree in the center of the village and started shouting at the top of their lungs.
"Third uncle, seventh uncle, the town leaders, a group of people came to steal water and blocked my father at home."
"What?"
"Did you block the captain?"
“Isn’t this bullying?”
"Everyone, come and see me. Who is so bold as to come to our Xie family and steal our water?"
"Pingping, go to the field and call for help."
"Dayou, go inform the clan leader."
Several elderly elders walked together from the activity center in the center of the village to Xie Laifu's house.
The troops grew larger and larger along the way. When they arrived at Xie Lai Fu's house, there were already dozens of people in the team, young and old, including onlookers.
Xie Lai Fu was originally sitting in the yard, dealing with Xiao Lian'an's earnest advice and "moral kidnapping".
Listening to the noisy noise outside, I looked up and my scalp felt a little numb.
"Third Uncle, Seventh Uncle, why are you here?"
"Come on, come on, sit inside."
These two elders are of high generation and have bad tempers. They usually act superior to others in the village.
The times today are different from those of decades ago.
Although Xie Lai Fu had no intention of letting it go, he also had no intention of offending Xiao Lian and his gang.
I hope these two old men don’t cause him any trouble!
The third uncle and the seventh uncle glanced at Xiao Lian and his assistant Xiao Bang with pride.
His eyes swept across the faces of Liu Siqing, Xiao Yuehua and the others one by one.
Then he snorted coldly and sat on the stool that Xie Lai Fu pulled out.
"Laifu, they didn't bully you, did they?"
"Third uncle, no, no."
"Our Xie family has over a thousand households, and a total of nearly four thousand people, young and old."
"It's not comparable to those small villages with a population of a hundred or so."
"If they come here in an orderly manner, we will naturally treat them in an orderly manner."
"If there are those who are so blind as to want to harm the collective interests of our village in the name of saving all living beings, we naturally don't need to be polite to them."
"Just let the dog out."
Seventh Uncle had a droopy face and spoke slowly, but what he said made Xiao Lian and his group look gloomy in an instant.
Xiao Yuehua had a bad temper to begin with, and after hearing the other party's indirect criticism, she couldn't hold back any longer.
"Old man, you're already quite old, half your body is buried in the earth, can you please do some good deeds for yourself?"
"Your village is big and you think you are great. We are all members of the Party. Why do you bully others like this?"
"When we first arrived, we took a walk around your Xiejia Reservoir."
"You have more than enough water for six months, and the water supply hasn't been cut off yet. It's always available. There's absolutely no need to cut off the water downstream."
"The rice in this field will be ripe in just over half a month of irrigation, yet you insist on blocking the water at this time."
"Isn't this a deliberate act of mischief, intended to cause famine in several production teams downstream?"
Liu Siqing was also furious when he thought of the blisters on his father's mouth.
"Exactly. Winter is coming soon, and it's bound to rain soon. What are you storing so much water for now?"
"The late rice has been harvested, and the fields no longer need water. Why bother deliberately making things difficult for the villages below?"
"Does it mean that people living downstream from you deserve to be unlucky and deserve to be bullied by you?"
An old lady holding a palm-leaf fan in the other crowd immediately stopped working.
"Oh my, this is terrible! Outsiders have come to our Xie family and are causing trouble."
"How dare you speak rudely to our Seventh Uncle!"
"Bah! What happened to us cutting off the water supply?"
"That's right, we'll intercept it, we'll intercept it."
"We're not wasting anything. We have a lot of fish in our reservoir. Won't the falling water level have an impact on the fry?"
"If something happens to the fish, who among you will be responsible?"
"Yes, that is the collective property of our Xie family."
"Is there any law in this country that prohibits water cutoff?"
"When we were repairing the river and the road and needed help, why didn't we go to that small production team?"
"Now that they're using water, they know to ask us to take care of them first?"
"I just want to ask you where you got the courage?"
"Why?"
"Exactly. Why?"
"Do you really think our Xie family is easy to bully?"
"That's right, even the Jade Emperor can't release the water today."
The crowd from the Xie family who were watching the fun pointed and talked at Xiao Lian and his group.
You talked back and forth, and the battle line became more and more excited.
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