Qiao Xin's policy was originally intended to help extremely poor families and reduce their burden. Although a load of firewood may only cost two or three cents, it can add up to a considerable expense over time.
The idea and policy are good, but they have been misinterpreted.
Without supervision, the welfare that should have gone to orphans, widows and poor elderly people ultimately benefits some people.
Some families with many brothers and sisters would go up the mountain to chop firewood, not just carry it in loads, but pull it directly with a ox cart.
Starting last year, some people, seeing that no one was speaking up for the Qiao family, actually opened a charcoal shop in Laohu Town with great fanfare. Using her family's wood to this extent was too much!
Qiao Xin privately visited several elderly families without breadwinners and found out that they actually had to spend money to buy firewood for daily use, even though that money was also a welfare benefit distributed by the village collective!
As expected, there is no shortage of people who poach people in any era, and if honest people have no one to protect them, they will always be the ones who suffer.
It is obvious that the people who moved here first were the meritorious founders of Laohu Town. They lived an honest life, but they were bullied by those who came later, and their living space was squeezed everywhere.
This is really murderous and heartbreaking!
Qiao Xin presented the information she knew to Li Zhong.
"We had good intentions but ended up doing something bad. Our original intention was to reduce the burden on those in need, but we didn't expect it to become a means for some people to make a profit!
These people are under your charge, so you can do whatever you want. You'd better spit out what you've eaten. If Mayor Li is in trouble, I don't mind telling the county magistrate to send someone to deal with it."
Li Zhong looked at the people on the list and saw that he actually had his brother-in-law on it, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat!
This bastard, didn't I warn him a long time ago not to take advantage of the Qiao family? Yet he actually played a trick of pretending to obey me but actually disobeying me.
He bought shares in someone else's charcoal shop and became the boss behind the scenes, thinking that the Qiao family couldn't find out? Now, not only is he finished, but he, the mayor, will also be too ashamed to face people in the future.
The elderly families most affected here have no sons to support them because their sons lost their lives fighting against wolves in order to settle down in Lao Hu Town. Others followed General Qiao to fight and never returned.
These people are the focus of the Qiao family's long-term attention. They dare to encroach on the interests of these people. Isn't it that the Assets Department is pulling out the board just after crossing the river? It's too conscienceless.
But he failed to notice the situation and thought that people would take his words to heart after a few warnings. Now it seems that he really overestimated himself. They even dared to lay hands on a family like the Qiao family. What kind of person is he, a mere town mayor?
Li Zhong walked out of Qiao's house with his face covered!
He was too ashamed to face those old ladies and men who had trusted him wholeheartedly. Who could he blame? It was all his own fault!
It was when he took the position of town mayor that he began to forget himself. In today's words, he was a little "arrogant". He felt that he was in charge of Laohu Town for the Qiao family, and his status and position were very different. He had nothing in common with the uncles and aunts.
With more and more good people currying favor with him around him, he became even more carried away. He talked about human feelings when he should follow the rules, and talked about rules when he should talk about human feelings. Rules and etiquette were all in chaos, so there have been so many bad things in Laohu Town in recent years!
People are not united!
Seeing with their own eyes that the peasant from the Qiao family came ashore and became a close minister to the emperor, everyone seemed to have the illusion that they could do the same!
One by one, their selfish desires began to expand and they would do anything to achieve their goals!
Li Zhong's brother-in-law's surname was Tian. They originally fled to the territory of Weizhou Prefecture together. However, the Tian family had skills and wealth. Even though their hometown suffered a famine, their wealth was better than that of Li Zhong, the hunter.
When Li Zhong led his people to settle in Lao Hu Town, his brother-in-law and father-in-law's family did not follow them. Instead, they chose to rent a small courtyard in Weizhou Prefecture and start their own "cake stall" business.
But she watched her son-in-law jump from a person with no land, no property and no house to the mayor of Laohu Town.
My father-in-law and his family suddenly looked down upon the income from their pancake stall, and moved to Laohu Town with their whole family, starting to live a life of luxury with their daughter and son-in-law.
Originally, Li Zhong and Qiao Xin cooperated in the Hundred Flower Honey business. Not counting other income, he could earn at least two hundred taels of silver every year.
This is definitely a high income, which is completely enough for two families to eat and drink well without doing anything here!
But his brother-in-law is not very satisfied!
Taking advantage of Li Zhong's influence, he only engaged in some small business at the beginning, but gradually his appetite grew bigger and bigger, and now he even extended his hand to the Qiao family!
When Li Zhong returned home and saw his wife and mother-in-law talking and laughing, he became much angrier, but the words he said were still full of anger.
"Where's Tian Fei?"
Tian and Li Zhong spent half their lives together and had three children. The couple knew each other like their own arms and legs and could naturally feel each other's emotional changes.
"You were called out to discuss something. Didn't you go to the Qiao family to see the old lady? What's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"
Facing his wife's worried eyes, Li Zhong couldn't say what he wanted to say!
He stood up and walked out the door: "Don't ask me anything, I'll go talk to your brother and I'll be back soon!"
Li Zhongshi found his brother-in-law in a restaurant in the town. He was drunk with some of his friends. His mouth was as loose as the waist of an old lady's cotton trousers and he didn't keep his mouth shut!
Li Zhong looked at the mess in the room and the people stumbling around, his face as black as ink!
No wonder the old lady was able to find out all the bad deeds of these people in just three to five days. They have such unbridled character that they don't know how to restrain themselves in other people's territory. Wasting some time on them is a great honor to them!
He personally went to the backyard to fetch some well water, then returned to the room and poured the water over Tian Fei's basket without any hesitation!
It was April and the weather suddenly turned cold. The chill rushed down, and Tian Fei was shocked and sobered up immediately!
He was about to start scolding, but he saw his brother-in-law glaring at him with a dark face and sparks in his eyes!
He swallowed down countless filthy words, rolled his eyes, and immediately found his place.
"Brother-in-law, why are you here?"
"Why am I here? Don't you know what's going on?"
After all, Li Zhong was born a hunter and had been the mayor for several years. The aura he exuded was not comparable to that of ordinary civilians.
Although Tian Fei, my brother-in-law, is very arrogant behind his back, you will have to listen to his lecture when you really meet him!
Li Zhong moved a stool and sat down, glancing at the other people.
Well, they are all here, so he doesn’t have to call people one by one!
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