Even now, many of the Xie family's successful members are shining in various industries.
The group followed Xiao Li'an to the home of Xie Laifu, the brigade leader of Xiejia Village.
Xie Laifu looked to be only in his forties.
Whether it's the house or the clothes, they are many times better than the average production team leader.
Su Qingci looked up and curiously surveyed the surrounding houses.
Most of the houses in Gaotang Brigade were built with mud bricks made of rice straw.
Many households still use thatched roofs.
On the Xie family's side, most of the houses were built of red bricks with rubble roofs.
It is evident that the village's economic strength has far surpassed that of other production teams.
Xie Laifu warmly invited everyone to sit in the courtyard and then personally went to brew tea.
Xiao Li'an quickly waved his hand, "Captain Xie, don't rush, don't rush."
"Haha, we didn't come here just for tea. We have some things we'd like to discuss with Captain Xie."
Xiao Li'an tried his best to make his tone sound friendly.
"Pingping, quickly take the tea to be boiled."
Xie Laifu called out into the house, handed the teapot to his youngest daughter, and then walked to sit on the bench next to him with a smile.
"I dare not presume to offer advice; mayor Xiao, what is it?"
Xiao Li'an didn't beat around the bush.
"We came here for the water."
"It's currently the official irrigation season for the rice paddies, and your Xie family's location is upstream..."
Before Xiao Li'an could finish speaking...
Xie Laifu's smile faded. "Mayor Xiao, it's not that we don't want to give you water."
"Our Xie family needs water too."
“When it comes to paying grain taxes every year, our brigade has always been the top performer.”
"Not only is the quality well controlled, but we also never lack a single grain of rice for the country."
"You could say that all the other brigades in Peach Blossom Town combined don't pay as much as the Xie family, right?"
"So, from what you're saying, you're going to cut off our Xie family, the major grain-paying household, and instead go to those small production teams that are always lagging behind every year?"
“Mayor Xiao, you are a leader, you can’t be short-sighted.”
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