Tiger's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Some people even stood in front of him, glaring at Li Baotian and saying, "Hu Zi is right. He can stand up and fight against the heartless Li Weidong, so we support him!"
"Yes, we support Tiger!"
"We're all willing to grow mushrooms with Tiger!"
"Li Weidong is trying to swindle our money, and we're not allowed to refuse? Even if you're the village chief, you can't do this!"
In an instant, everyone stood around Tiger.
Tiger was extremely proud of himself.
So what if Li Weidong is powerful?
Now that the villagers are all on his side, he's bound to win this time!
Li Baotian was so angry that he almost fainted.
He pointed a trembling finger at the crowd and said, "What do you know? Is this a matter of price? Tiger doesn't know anything about growing mushrooms. If you follow him, aren't you just making a fool of yourselves?"
Tiger sneered: "Village chief, you're so biased. Li Weidong has grown mushrooms, but I haven't?"
"He can lead the planting, and I can lead the planting, but in your mouth it's all nonsense. What, is he really your own son?"
The others nodded in agreement.
Even some older women were looking at Li Baotian with strange eyes, as if they were trying to find similarities between him and Li Weidong.
Li Baotian's face turned ashen with anger: "Nonsense! I'm doing this for everyone's sake!"
He swept his gaze across the villagers and said sternly, "Don't you all know what kind of person Wei Dong is? If he were really that heartless, would Hu Zi's family have followed him to grow mushrooms and make money before?"
"Let me give you a piece of advice: look at things more carefully and don't be greedy for small gains. Otherwise, if you can't grow the mushrooms, I'll see who you'll cry to!"
But no one took it to heart.
Some even said, "Village chief, you should save your breath! How difficult can these mushrooms be? Tiger grew them quite well when he was with Li Weidong, didn't he?"
"Exactly, if Tiger didn't know how, how would his family make money?"
Everyone in the village knew that although Hu Zi's family was not as well-off as Li Weidong's, since they started growing mushrooms with Li Weidong, the number of times they went out to buy meat to eat had increased significantly.
Since he can make money, it proves that Tiger really knows how to grow mushrooms. Following him is the right choice!
Tiger smiled broadly: "I will definitely not let everyone down. We'll make money together, eat and drink well, and live a good life!"
The crowd cheered.
Li Baotian was completely out of options.
They say it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words; if you've said all the right and wrong things and no one believes you, then there's no point in saying anything more.
He sighed heavily, his posture becoming more hunched.
Oh well, everyone has their own destiny, he can't control that!
Li Baotian shook his head as he returned to the brigade headquarters courtyard.
Li Weidong and Shen Xiaoyan had already prepared the application forms and were just waiting for him to come back!
Looking at Li Baotian's worried expression, Shen Xiaoyan shook her head: "I'm afraid it's all in vain."
As expected, Li Baotian started shaking his head as soon as he sat down.
Before he could speak, Li Weidong said first, "Village chief, since everyone distrusts me and wants to work with Hu Zi, there's nothing I can do."
"Time waits for no one. We won't be coming tomorrow. Xiaoyan and I are going to Yinan."
The villagers in Taohuayu were unwilling to grow mushrooms with him, and he didn't force them. Rather than wasting time here, he figured it was better to go to Zhang Bin's place as soon as possible.
Without Hu Zi causing trouble, the cooperative farmers should be finalized soon.
Next, we need to build a greenhouse and teach techniques; time is running out.
Li Baotian panicked: "Don't go! Weidong, these people have been deceived by Hu Zi. They're all neighbors. If you don't help them out and let Hu Zi run wild, the mushrooms won't grow, and there will be big trouble!"
If everyone focuses solely on mushrooms, all the work in the fields will be neglected. If the mushrooms don't bring in any money, the whole family won't even have enough to eat.
If things escalate, then his time as village chief is over.
Whether he becomes the village chief or not is secondary; he is someone who experienced the ten-year famine and knows what it's like to go hungry.
We may not be rich now, but at least we have enough to eat. If this matter really forces everyone back to the days when we can't even get enough to eat, he won't be able to sleep peacefully at night!
"Weidong, I'm begging you, please give me a little more time!"
Li Baotian said with a worried look, "I'll try to persuade everyone again. If that doesn't work, then I won't stop you."
Li Weidong frowned, and after a long while, he sighed and said, "Alright, alright, Uncle, I'll give you three more days."
"I'll be leaving with Sister Xiaoyan in three days. These three days are the final deadline; we can't delay any longer."
Li Baotian breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly, "That's enough, that's enough. Three days is enough. I'll go door to door and talk to them. You wait!"
Without waiting for Li Weidong's reply, he hurriedly left.
Looking at his hunched back, Li Weidong sighed again: "The village chief is a good man, but those people are just too ungrateful!"
"you do not say!"
Shen Xiaoyan sighed, "But our country really needs good people like this."
Only when there are more good officials like this who are wholeheartedly dedicated to serving the people will the country prosper!
...
at night.
After dinner, Li Weidong's house became lively.
Villagers flocked to his house in droves.
The first to arrive was Zhou Guifang, Zhao Xiulian's distant cousin who had married into the same village.
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