“Village chief, I request an investigation into the calculation methods used by Yang Xinqiao and Yang Tianbao. It only takes three minutes to calculate everything clearly, but you insist on making a fuss here, and five minutes have already passed. Are you wasting everyone's time, or am I wasting it? Or are you saying that neither of their families can withstand scrutiny?”
Yang Xinqiao had been about to speak, but Yang Dali had stopped him. Now, unable to hold back any longer, he stood up. "Yang Wanwan, you're just making a fuss. Why can't our family afford it? Don't think that just because you went to high school you're so great, that you think you can look down on everyone. Let me tell you..."
Yang Wanwan smiled and interrupted him, "Then let's settle it! You have time to argue, but no time to settle it?"
Yang Xinqiao was among those who came to his home to make sarcastic remarks.
Yang Wanwan has never forgotten that incident. She said that she would not let any of those who made sarcastic remarks that day get away with it.
With a mere touch of their lips, they blocked their own path to survival.
If Yang Wanwan hadn't become stronger, who knows how pathetic she would have been in this life.
They spout platitudes about morality and righteousness, yet they have no idea who they are.
As she spoke, Yang Wanwan had already taken out a calculator—she had brought the calculator from the store back with her.
Then, he began to mutter to himself, "Yang Xinqiao, the public land in front of his house is 7 meters wide... It should take 65 days of work, but the published figure is only 47 days."
During this time, Yang Dali shouted several times to interrupt her, but Yang Wanwan ignored him and quickly recited the numbers in a loud voice.
"So, village chief, you've underestimated Yang Xinqiao's family by 18 days! And Yang Tianbao's family, keep calculating... you've underestimated Yang Tianbao's family by 15 days!"
While Yang Wanwan was doing the calculations, Er Ye quickly wrote on a piece of paper, making it simple and easy to understand. After she finished writing, she showed it to the people around her.
People looked at the numbers, put their heads together to calculate, and all said that Yang Wanwan's calculation was correct.
As a result, many people began to doubt their own algorithms, and those who were recalculating with paper and pen whispered and discussed among themselves.
Yang Dali shouted loudly several times, but no one paid any attention to him.
The meeting was extremely chaotic.
Yang Dali stared at Yang Wanwan with a complicated expression.
Yang Youneng sat in a corner far away from Yang Wanwan, glancing at her occasionally, but the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.
In the past few months, he has often recalled the scene of being tortured in the woods. At first, he thought it was the work of the ghosts of Yang Jinqiang and his wife, but after thinking about Yang Wanwan's actions, some strange ideas gradually began to emerge in his mind.
He felt that Yang Wanwan was like a completely different person.
Just like now, Yang Wanwan looks completely calm and fearless. This seems so incongruous coming from a sixteen or seventeen-year-old rural girl…
But he dared not say it.
Yang Wanwan noticed his gaze and her eyes swept over him like lightning. When Yang Youneng met Yang Wanwan's gaze, he shuddered and immediately lowered his head.
Yang Wanwan stared intently at Yang Youneng.
Even with his head down, Yang Youneng could feel Yang Wanwan's icy gaze piercing him, sending chills down his spine.
Yang Wanwan narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Village chief, my calculations are wrong too! I overcalculated by three days!"
“Village chief, how did you calculate this for my family? I don’t understand. Could you recalculate it like Yang Wanwan did just now? Her calculation was so clear.”
"village head……"
After a long while, the murmurs gradually subsided, and Yang Dali was almost unable to keep his face up.
"Since everyone thinks our village committee made a mistake in the calculation, how about this: everyone go back and recalculate, bring the results to the village committee, and we'll continue the calculation tomorrow night until everyone is satisfied. As for whether we'll calculate the twelfth month or the first month, that depends on everyone's speed."
After saying that, Yang Dali slammed the notebook shut.
Yang Tianbao said, "Village chief, if we keep calculating like this, how long will it take to figure it out? When will the road be repaired?"
Yang Dali said, "This is not what our village committee originally intended; this is what everyone requested."
Yang Tianbao looked at an old man and said, “It doesn’t matter to our family, but Uncle Wu, aren’t you going to build a house next year? If the road is repaired, one truck can haul the sand in, and a truckload of sand only costs thirty or forty yuan. If the road isn’t repaired, we’ll have to carry it in by hand, which will cost a lot more money.”
That makes perfect sense.
The man known as Fifth Uncle immediately became anxious upon hearing this, exclaiming, "Then hurry up and fix the road!"
Yang Tianbao said, "But Yang Wanwan won't do it! She's blocking me!"
Yang Wanwan stared coldly at Yang Tianbao.
Yang Tianbao's wife was one of the people who came to his home to make sarcastic remarks.
So, she did a rough calculation and found that many people's calculations were incorrect, but she only pointed out Yang Xinqiao and Yang Tianbao.
Whether other people's calculations are correct or not is none of my business.
She wouldn't let Yang Xinqiao and Yang Tianbao go.
Upon hearing Yang Tianbao's words, Uncle Yang immediately turned his attention to Yang Wanwan, saying, "Yang Wanwan, why do you always cause so much trouble? Road repair is a good thing, why are you stopping it?"
Yang Wanwan explained, "Fifth Grandpa, this is the village committee's decision. I have no right to make that decision. You saw it just now; they refused to do the accounting when I suggested it. Do you think I can stop them from repairing the road?"
Yang Tianbao's eyes were full of disdain and mockery. "Yang Wanwan, I didn't expect that after studying in the city for a few months, you've become so different from us country folk. It's clearly you who's trying to stop us, and you're even shifting the blame to the village committee. You went to the city to learn knowledge, not to learn crooked ways."
Yang Wanwan: "Yang Tianbao, isn't what you're saying hilarious? The responsibility for repairing the road doesn't lie with the village committee, but with me. Do you dare say that to the town? Did the town appoint me as the village head? Did the town call on me, Yang Wanwan, to discuss road repairs?"
"It's all because you stopped me..."
"You won't fix it if I stop you? You just listen to whatever I say. If I tell you to go buy me a bag of candy right now, will you go buy it?"
Yang Tianbao flew into a rage and roared, "You're just spouting nonsense! You've wasted your education..."
“The village committee is here to explain policies and guide us, not to shift responsibility onto us whenever you’re unhappy! I’ve only said a few words, and haven’t done anything yet, and you can’t even finish repairing the road. Do you think I, a young girl, can stop five men from doing your work? If that’s the case, it only shows the village committee’s incompetence. If you think you can’t do it, if you think you’re incompetent, then don’t do it! If you don’t do it, someone else will!”
Yang Tianbao is an adult, and according to seniority, Yang Wanwan should call him uncle.
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