Chapter 1042: Go with the Flow 5

Mayor Chen looked at him, smiling, "You used this trick to go with the flow."

Secretary Zheng coughed and said, "What do you mean by going with the flow? I am acting on behalf of the people. I am completely loyal to them, and the sun and the moon can attest to that."

Deputy Township Chief Wang couldn't help laughing out loud, pulled out a chair and sat down, "Secretary, don't you feel embarrassed? Before this happened, I heard you scold Li Chengdong, an old bachelor, every day, and you wanted to cut him into pieces. Why didn't I see you speak for the people? Township Chief Chen said that you went with the flow, and this word is really right!"

Secretary Zheng sat down on his chair and sighed, "To put it bluntly, we are just cowards! We can't help it. Who told us that we have no backing? We know that Li Chengdong is a worthless person, but he is worried about the people who promoted him, so we can only swallow our anger. The situation in our commune is considered good. Didn't you see what happened to the Hongqi Commune? It has been so many years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The working people have long turned over and become the masters. Those people who should be dealt with have been dealt with. What else is there to pursue? Aren't you just jealous that these people live a better life? This time Li Chengdong has hit a wall. If we don't seize the opportunity to scoop this rat shit out of the pot, we are fools."

"That's what we should do. Didn't you hear what Comrade Lu Jiang said? Comrade Qingxue is pregnant! Soldiers fought bloody battles on the front lines, and countless of them died on the battlefield. Those who survived only once every three to five years to return home have to face insults from such villains. It's really infuriating!" Mayor Chen raised his hands to agree with Secretary Zheng's decision, "We can't let the soldiers feel cold."

Chen Dazhi, the militia battalion commander and the nephew of Township Chief Chen, came in and said, "Secretary, township chiefs, what should we do with Li Chengdong? As soon as we reattached his jaw, he started yelling that he wanted to sue Comrade Lu Jiang for beating him for no reason!"

"What did he say?" the three asked in unison.

"If we don't stand up for him, he will go to the county to find the county party committee. The county committee will definitely give him justice and let Comrade Lu Jiang who beat him get the punishment he deserves! Because he is now a representative of the people, and there are other counties that need him to take Li Guohong to give speeches and tell them about their tragic past of being oppressed and exploited when they were children." Chen Dazhi showed a sneer.

Village Chief Chen pouted, "Good people have been trampled upon by these bad guys! They have also corrupted the social atmosphere. Don't say that Feng Tiezhu is not a bad person. Even if he is, as long as he doesn't exploit and oppress the people, he is not a bad person and should not be subjected to both mental and physical torture. But in this world, there are so many people who don't distinguish right from wrong. They only care about the quality of their class background and not their moral character. I think there are countless people with good class background who are bad to the core! Just like Li Chengdong."

Township Chief Chen, Secretary Zheng and Deputy Township Chief Wang are sworn brothers, and the three of them are as close as one, so when Township Chief Chen said these words, he had no intention of hiding anything, and the latter did not find it strange.

Their ideas influence each other and they share the same views, so they advance and retreat together.

Secretary Zheng said sternly, "We are unable to control the affairs of other communes. The only one we can control is Shuguang Commune. I don't want to be criticized by the villagers in ten or twenty years. Don't look at these people as overbearing. Things will change over time. We will just have to wait and see. I don't believe that people who have been humiliated like this will never become prosperous."

(End of this chapter)