Secretary Song usually stayed in town and rarely saw such a large forest. He looked at it with interest and said, "This is an old forest area. The trees are all strong and sturdy."
"yes."
Zhao Baili's smile was slightly meaningful, and he walked closer as if to introduce her.
"Look at this tree trunk. Ouch."
His foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
Secretary Song was startled. "Are you okay?"
Seeing that the place where Zhao Baili fell was exactly where they buried the tree stump, Liu Ping's face turned pale with fright.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhao Baili got up from the ground and patted the dirt off his body. Suddenly, he pointed at the ground and said, "Why is there a cut-off tree stump here?"
“…”
Deforestation is illegal. As soon as we heard that someone was cutting down trees, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Secretary Song leaned over to take a look, and sure enough, there was a severed tree stump on the ground.
And there are not just one, but three.
Secretary Song looked at the bewildered village chief and asked, "The trees in the forest area have been cut down. Did you know that?"
The village chief was panicked. He was eager to get rid of the charge of negligence, so he simply asked Su Man, "What's going on?"
Before Su Man could speak, Zhao Baili said, "During this period, you were the only ones going up and down the mountain to carry dead trees. Did you make a mistake and cut down the trees in the forest area?"
...
If the village chief was just trying to shift the blame in a desperate situation, then Zhao Baili was clearly making a false accusation.
As expected, upon hearing this, the village chief became more certain of his guess and said righteously, "As villagers of Daming Village, how could you do such a thing? Are you obsessed with money?"
He turned to Secretary Song and said, "Don't worry, I will get to the bottom of this matter and send these people who are fleecing socialism to the police station."
Secretary Song glanced between them and said, "It's too early to convict them now. We should also listen to what Gao Man and the others have to say."
“…”
When Zhao Baili heard this, his brows tightened.
He had never imagined that Secretary Song would actually speak up for Gao Man and the others, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, only the Wang family had gone up the mountain during this period, so even if they wanted to make excuses, they couldn't.
Thinking of this, his expression relaxed a little, and he said to Su Man, "Did you hear that? Secretary Song gave you a chance to confess and be lenient. You must cherish it."
At this moment, the smugness on his face could no longer be concealed, causing Su Man to roll her eyes.
Liu Ping, who was standing beside Su Man, was extremely nervous. She gritted her teeth, took a few steps, and tried to take it all on her own.
Just as Liu Ping was about to step forward to take the blame, Su Man got ahead of her and said, "Secretary Song, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. We didn't cut down these trees. Someone was jealous and framed us."
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