Yang Shuixiu led five people to the village chief's house. Each of them had a secret excitement on their face. They tried their best to appear normal, but they couldn't control their excitement.
The village chief asked gently, "Is there anyone else?"
Yang Shuixiu glanced around. "It's just the few of us! Uncle, let's discuss what to do next!"
The village chief smiled and said, "No rush, some people haven't arrived yet."
Yang Shuixiu asked curiously, "Who else? Uncle, I think it's best to keep this a secret for now, we don't need to call so many people..."
As she was speaking, she saw three people enter the room.
Yang Shuixiu's words came to an abrupt halt, as if someone had grabbed her by the neck.
Li Xiangdong said with a smile, "What secret does Sister Shuixiu want to tell us? There are no outsiders in the house, so tell us!"
Chen Zaohua glared at him angrily, while Fu Youcai's face was cold.
Yang Shuixiu and the five people she brought with them paled upon seeing this.
"Uncle, what do you mean by this?"
"What do you mean? That's exactly what I mean!"
The village chief suddenly stood up, pointed his pipe at the heads of those people, and gave them a good scolding.
"Have you been able to eat lard lately? Has it clouded your judgment?"
"Now that you've made some money, you've forgotten the old days?"
"Don't you know who earned the money in your hands?"
"You've only got a few cents, and you're already getting all high and mighty?"
"A bunch of spineless cowards! Don't they know their own limitations!"
"Since they dared to travel all this way to partner with us in business, do you think they're any less intelligent than you? To tell you the truth, they were already prepared when they signed the agreement!"
The village chief gave Li Xiangdong and the others a good scolding.
Yang Shuixiu and the others were initially unconvinced, but when the agreement was mentioned, their expressions changed, becoming filled with surprise and doubt.
The village chief, having spoken so much in one breath, was parched and went to the side to drink some tea to moisten his throat.
Fu Youcai said coldly, "If you were really capable, you would have already built up your bonsai business. Why wait until now? Don't be envious just because others have made their businesses big. Some things are not that simple!"
Yang Shuixiu tried to argue, but the village chief directly said, "Starting today, none of you are allowed to come to work at the bonsai garden."
Not coming to work at the bonsai garden?
How will they make money in the future?
Yang Shuixiu said anxiously, "How can this be! Why can't I go to work!"
Others chimed in, "Yeah, my family depends on this salary of mine..."
The village chief, his face as stern as a mountain, declared, "We can't keep traitors like you in the bonsai garden! This bonsai garden is crucial to the livelihood of our entire Forty-Eight Bays Village; we can't let you squander it!"
Yang Shuixiu was in a state of panic, her mind racing. Then, a brilliant idea struck her, and she confidently declared, "You can't fire me! My land has been taken over by the bonsai garden!"
Fu Youcai couldn't stand her self-righteous and foolish attitude. "Your land has been taken, but the bonsai garden will give you a share of the profits. Of course, if you want to withdraw from the land, you can do so anytime!"
The other five people originally wanted to use the same excuse, but they fell silent as soon as Fu Youcai spoke.
Without Li Xiangdong and Chen Zaohua even having a chance to speak, the Fu family father and son swiftly and decisively dealt with this group of people who were preparing to "rebel".
Of course, the final outcome was that the bonsai garden dismissed Yang Shuixiu and returned his land.
As for the other five people, given their good attitude in admitting their mistakes, they were not dismissed.
Yang Shuixiu completely broke down.
Why should I?!
Why was she the only one who got fired and had her family's land taken away?
One acre of land can yield several hundred yuan in dividends a year!
Yang Shuixiu's husband calmly watched her go crazy, then slowly advised, "Who told you to start this trouble! We still have me working at the bonsai garden! Please stop making a scene, or I won't be able to keep my job."
Yang Shuixiu slumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed), covered her face, and began to weep bitterly.
Regardless of how much Yang Shuixiu's family cried and made a scene, the village chief's ruthless treatment of Yang Shuixiu made the other villagers with ulterior motives change their minds and they became even more diligent in their work at the bonsai garden.
Now, when Li Xiangdong walks around the village, people greet him with even greater enthusiasm.
Yang Shuixiu was a man who could bend and stretch.
She observed coldly for a few days, seeing everyone behaving as obediently as quails. Then, she rolled her eyes again, turned around, picked up a basket of shepherd's purse, and went to find Chen Zaohua.
No one knows how she kept pestering her, but Chen Zaohua is now afraid to leave work.
Li Xiangdong secretly told Chen Zaohua that if she could be tempered a little longer, she could be allowed to come back to work in a few days.
Of course, this favor will be left to Chen Zaohua to do.
Chen Zaohua frowned in disgust. "I really don't want to talk to her!"
There are some people she truly wishes had never appeared in her life, like Yang Shuixiu.
But reality doesn't offer so many hopes; reality is more about compromise.
After some time, the price of five-needle pine bonsai continued to rise steadily, increasing almost three times a day.
A five-needle pine bonsai that used to sell for fifty yuan can now sell for two thousand five hundred yuan!
Li Xiangdong had people take dozens of five-needle pine bonsai to the market to sell. As he expected, these bonsai were snatched up as soon as they appeared.
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