Chapter 420
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As Guo Tan spoke, he actually said to his father, “Dad, since these lands can earn so much in a year, go to the county and talk to Chief Liu. Apologize first and settle the matter.”
Clearly, he had not meant the seriousness of the matter.
Or maybe his low-level mind subconsciously thought that everything could be resolved with an apology, but he had no idea that not everyone in society would revolve around him, especially those above him.
Seeing that Guo Tan was still so casual, Guo Qiban was directly angry. He kicked Guo Tan heavily to the ground and said fiercely, “Do you think an apology is useful? Do you know that the other villages have already signed it and gone to the county for a meeting? They’ve blacklisted our village. It’s impossible for them to invest again.”
Guo Tan fell to the ground and before he could react, he panicked when he heard this. “Why didn’t they invest? If we signed the contract according to theirs, it’s impossible for them not to want to earn money.”
If Qinglin Laboratory did not invest, how could his family’s land earn more than 300,000 yuan a year? How could he make Cai Jing regret deleting him?
“Impossible? It’s all because you keep saying that it’s impossible that things have come to this. If I don’t invite Qinglin Laboratory back, I’ll definitely not let you and your father off.” As Guo Qiban spoke, he smashed the hoe in his hand on the ground. It was only a little distance from Guo Tan’s leg, scaring him until his face turned pale.
The anger of the other villagers seemed to have been ignited as they also cursed.
“That’s right. My family’s land can originally earn 200,000 yuan a year. If you can’t invite Qinglin Laboratory back, your family will compensate me.”
“My land is the same. If you can’t get it back, I’m not done with you.”
“It’s all thanks to you and your father.”
“...”
At this moment, these villagers had completely forgotten why they had agreed to Guo Tan’s request.
They needed to shirk their responsibility now and put themselves on the blameless side before coming to seek justice righteously.
This aggressive appearance frightened Guo Tan. He was really afraid that the villager would smash his head with a hoe.
He said to Guo Guan anxiously, “Dad, go to the county to look for Section Chief Liu. Go and cry more to him about being poor and ask him to help invite Qinglin Laboratory back.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll go now.” Guo Guan did not dare to hesitate. He was also afraid that these villagers would be impulsive.
To be honest, he was complaining about his son. If not for his son, he would not have gathered the villagers to do this. Now, he was in trouble.
The key was that he had also realized that the people in the village were all good-for-nothings. He was clearly the one who was greedy and agreed to tell the truth. Now, he actually felt that he was not responsible at all and pushed everything to the father and son.
However, he did not dare to argue at this moment. He could only get on his motorcycle and rush to the county to look for Chief Liu.
At this moment, Chief Liu was feeling very uncomfortable because he was writing a reflection and had to hold a meeting to reflect in public.
He felt that he had been unlucky for eight lifetimes. He had not expected anyone to push such a cooperation away, so he did not care too much when he was in Lower House Village.
Who knew that the people from Lower House Village were such fools?
He was in charge of this matter and had personally gone to Lower House Village. After this incident, Sun Xian and the others were furious. Wasn’t he going to take the blame and write a self-reflection letter? 1
As he was writing, he saw a person from the department enter and say, “Chief Liu, someone wants to see you. The other party said that he’s the village chief of Lower House Village, Guo Guan.”
Hearing this, Section Chief Liu stood up anxiously.
Why did he have to trick him?
He said hurriedly, “Tell him I was out. I’m not here now.”
The man also understood that the chief did not want to see him. He nodded and walked out. When he saw Guo Guan outside, he said, “Village Chief Guo, I went in to take a look. Chief Liu has gone out to do something and hasn’t returned yet. As you know, Qinglin Laboratory has been a little busy recently.”
He probably knew why Chief Liu did not want to see him.
Everyone in the department knew that Chief Liu had been tricked by this village.
“Then I’ll wait for Chief Liu to return.” Guo Guan really believed that Chief Liu was not around. He actually sat in the waiting area and waited until the sun set in the evening.
This made Chief Liu anxious. He summoned someone from the department and asked, “He hasn’t left yet?”
The person from the department nodded and said, “He’s still outside. Looks like he won’t stop until he sees you.”
“If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done it in the first place.” Chief Liu sighed and left from the back door.
When everyone in the county got off work, Guo Guan hurriedly went forward and asked, “Isn’t Chief Liu back today?”
The man knew that Chief Liu had slipped away, so he could only nod and say, “Chief Liu shouldn’t be back until tomorrow.”
When Guo Guan heard this news, he could only go back helplessly. He planned to come back tomorrow.
However, that night, the Xitai County police station received a police report. There was an armed fight in the village under their jurisdiction. The police officers immediately went out and arrested a few people. The village chief and his son were sent to the hospital.
For the next few days, Chief Liu needed to sneak out the back door every day. Guo Guan, the village chief of Lower House Village, was not coming, but the other villagers came, making him feel helpless.
This was the result of the villagers’ unwillingness to give up. There were even people who ran to Qinglin Villa and asked to see the villa’s boss. In the end, they were brought back to the county city by Captain Hong and locked up for a few days.
At this moment, the people from Lower House Village completely understood that there was no chance. Meanwhile, the other villages had already begun to plant watermelons in full swing.