The county leaders who came today, besides County Head Luo Yaoguo and Secretary Feng Tao, included Minister Yang Wenhuai of the Armed Forces Department, Director Zhang Xuejian of the County People's Hospital, and Director Wu Donghui of the Construction Bureau.
There were quite a few leaders from the commune accompanying them, at least five or six. Lu Yuan estimated that the main cadres of the commune office had all come.
Aside from Li Dongliang and Lu Yuan, they didn't recognize any of these people.
The group of leaders waited for a long time but Lu Yuan and Gao Weishan did not appear. They thought they were being difficult and chatted with each other with smiles on their faces, but they were not very comfortable inside.
Now that they heard that something had delayed them, and seeing Lu Yuan running around panting and looking flustered, they realized that they had misunderstood them.
It seems he wasn't being pretentious, but rather that something genuine had come up and delayed him.
"Comrade Lu, you've worked hard. We wouldn't dare trouble Dean Gao to come here personally. I just heard you say that Dean Gao is treating two wounded educated youths. Since we're here, let's go and visit the two wounded as well," said County Head Luo Yaoguo.
The fact that the two educated youths were injured and didn't hide it means that they were allowed to go and see them.
Lu Yuan readily agreed, "That works too. I can take you leaders to visit the rabbit farm run by our Changhe Brigade. Although it's not large now, the rabbits reproduce quickly, and I believe it won't be long before we can expand it. The future looks promising."
“Good, good. While focusing on production, they also take care of sideline businesses. This spirit is something other brigades should learn from. We should go and see.”
A large group of leaders and accompanying personnel walked towards the educated youth settlement. In the crowd, Li Dongliang was covered in cold sweat and kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.
His colleagues were puzzled by his behavior. It was almost winter, so why was he still so hot? That didn't seem right.
"Secretary Li, are you feeling unwell? Would you like to go and rest?"
Li Dongliang waved his hands repeatedly; he was in no mood to rest. Ever since Lu Yuan mentioned the rabbit farm, he had a bad feeling, as if Lu Yuan was doing it on purpose, and that something big was about to happen today. He was extremely panicked.
His wife had even gone to him specifically to tell him that Lu Yuan had agreed to a settlement, so why was Lu Yuan now intentionally or unintentionally letting the county leaders know about this?
Stay calm. Perhaps the other party simply wants the leadership to know about the farm and wants support from higher authorities for their brigade to engage in sideline businesses.
Yes, that must be it. Don't scare yourself unnecessarily.
But just as he was thinking that, he heard Lu Yuan talk about the reason why the two educated youths were injured, and he almost rolled his eyes and fainted.
“County Chief Luo, leaders, it’s wonderful that you support us in starting a side business. We two injured educated youths were in charge of raising rabbits. Yesterday, we were arrested by the commune and almost crippled because of the rabbits. I thought it was because the higher-ups didn’t allow us to raise rabbits, but we got permission to do so.”
You're all shrewd people; you can all see through this. Lu Yuan is accusing someone.
"What happened?" Luo Yaoguo asked.
Since the case has been brought to him, it means he can handle it, and he doesn't mind doing Lu Yuan a favor.
Lu Yuan glanced at Li Dongliang walking behind him and saw that he was still wiping his sweat. He thought to himself, "With such little courage, how dare you let your unfilial son run wild outside?"
"County Chief Luo, we just returned from the provincial capital last night and haven't had time to ask in detail yet, so we only have a general understanding."
It is said that someone came to the rabbit farm to cause trouble, and a conflict broke out between the two sides. The other party also made lewd remarks and touched one of the female educated youths. The female educated youth injured the other party in the process of resisting. The other party then asked the police to arrest the two educated youths and beat them up.
The female educated youth was almost disfigured, and the male educated youth had one arm broken. If it weren't for Dr. Gao's excellent medical skills, he would likely have been left disabled, unable to use that arm for heavy work or exert himself.
Li Dongliang was dumbfounded. This was not the situation he knew. He had clearly seen the two injured educated youths last night, and they were not as seriously injured as he described.
Before he could think any further, he heard the county magistrate speak sternly.
"Outrageous! This is utterly lawless!"
"Secretary Li, you should investigate this matter thoroughly and find out who is so bold as to cause trouble. Also, you should interrogate the police station chief to find out what happened."
Li Dongliang's handkerchief was soaked with water, and his undershirt was also completely drenched, sticking to his body in a sticky and uncomfortable way.
But now he couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly stepped forward to explain, "County Chief Luo, this is all a misunderstanding, it's really a misunderstanding."
"Oh? You're aware of this?"
"Yes, yes, it's clear. My rascal heard that the Changhe Brigade had set up a rabbit farm, so he came over to take a look yesterday out of curiosity. Who knew that the two educated youths misunderstood and thought they were trying to steal the rabbits, so the two sides got into a conflict and eventually started fighting."
“My son even got his head cracked open. He was so angry that he called the police station and asked them to arrest the two educated youths to scare them.”
At this point, he knew he couldn't keep hiding the truth, so he could only say what he could, half-truths and downplaying the important points.
"After I learned about this, I immediately asked the police to release the people. My wife and I also personally visited the two former educated youths with nutritional supplements."
Tsk, Lu Yuan admired this person's ability to lie through his teeth, but forgot that he himself was just as bad.
“Secretary Li, I remember I went to the police station to see the two educated youths who were injured before I took them to the health center. Later, Secretary Li and Director Wang chased after us and threatened to arrest us all. In the end, I told them that County Chief Luo and several county leaders were coming today and I needed to host them, and only then did Secretary Li let it go. Right, Secretary Li?”
Li Dongliang tried to argue, but Lu Yuan didn't give him the chance.
"Secretary Li, why don't you tell us how the two educated youths were injured, and how they were so badly injured?"
With a serious expression, he said, “County Chief Luo, the two educated youths were beaten innocently, causing great harm to their physical and mental health. Originally, all the leaders came here today for the joyous occasion of building the sanatorium, and we shouldn’t let everyone’s mood be affected. However, this matter is extremely serious and involves Secretary Li and Director Wang, so we can only ask you to help uphold justice.”
County Chief Luo said, “Comrade Lu, you are right. This matter is of a serious nature. Even if we hadn’t encountered it, you should have reported it to your superiors. We will solve any problems that arise and will never tolerate bad elements who commit wrongdoings. Rest assured, we will investigate this matter thoroughly and will severely punish those who break the law.”
"With County Chief Luo's words, we can rest assured."
Lu Yuan immediately reverted to his previous friendly and approachable demeanor.
The leaders were inwardly astonished. At such a young age, he had already learned to change his expression so quickly. One second he was putting pressure on people with a stern face, and the next second he was all smiles as if he were dealing with his parents.
That's some skill!
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