"Who does she think she is looking down on? What’s wrong with selling stuffed buns? Doesn’t she eat them herself?"
"Just that, looking down on the stuffed bun sellers, does she also look down on those who farm? Since she thinks so lowly of us, why did she even come to our Qin Family Village? I heard that those technicians from the county are eager to come here, and even the town mayor and our village have been informed."
"I’ve always found Technician Liu not to be good-natured. Every time Technician Hu and Technician Li are helping the villagers with planting techniques, she just stands by idly. I think Mr. Lin went too easy on her."
"We can’t just let this matter slide; if she dares to complain to the bureau, we must stand by Mr. Lin and support him."
"Right, here in Qin Family Village, we can’t let Mr. Lin be bullied by outsiders..."
The Party Secretary grew more and more exasperated as he listened, "Oh come on, you guys, stop causing a stir, let’s see how the county handles this. An official’s rank is oppressive, do you think officials are just pushovers," especially since that’s the director of the Agricultural Bureau, who knows how many tiers above their village cadres.
"Even if the official is high-ranking, they still can’t be unreasonable!"
......
The village chief didn’t expect that his trip to the county wouldn’t settle the matter, and that such a big problem would arise in the village.
He went directly to Director Liu of the Agricultural Bureau on this trip to the county, tactfully explaining the situation in the village and hoping to get a male comrade to replace her.
He even revealed that Technician He had a fiancée, to express many inconveniences.
He didn’t know if he was too vague, or Director Liu pretended to be confused, but in the end, he just said he would remind Comrade Liu Yahong to work hard and not hold back Qin Family Village.
He also said he hoped the village would give her another chance.
With things said to this point, the village chief could not just dismiss Director Liu’s face, so he reluctantly agreed.
He was still figuring out how to talk to Lin Chuxia about this when the situation had escalated to this point.
Lin Chuxia, on the other hand, was not worried at all and had even anticipated that this would be the outcome of the village chief’s visit to the county.
"Liu Yahong wants to file a complaint, doesn’t she? Let her. You don’t have to worry about what follows. If the Agricultural Bureau really wants to seek justice for Liu Yahong, they can come talk to me."
......
Office of the Director of the County Agricultural Bureau.
After leaving Qin Family Village, Liu Yahong went straight to the director’s office.
As soon as she entered, she called out with grievance, "Uncle."
Director Liu, busy with his work, looked up when he heard her and, seeing it was Liu Yahong, put down his pen and said, "Yahong, you’re here. I was just thinking about finding you."
He thought that it was the village chief who had sent her, and pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit down and talk, tell me what’s been happening in Qin Family Village."
Liu Yahong was slightly taken aback, "Uncle, you already know?"
The news reached the director’s office so quickly; without asking, it must have been that woman Lin Chuxia who had called her uncle.
Thinking of this, Liu Yahong sat down on the sofa, fuming with anger.
"The people in Qin Family Village are so unreasonable. It’s bad enough that they don’t treat our bureau’s technicians well, but to even try and smear me with their dirty tricks, especially that Lin Chuxia, she’s just jealous of me and targets me at every turn. Uncle, you have to find a way to get rid of Lin Chuxia. I heard she’s self-employed; she should stick to her own business instead of fussing about with vegetable greenhouses?"
As long as she stayed in Qin Family Village to witness the development of the village’s vegetable greenhouses alongside Technician Hu and Technician Li, Liu Yahong’s future prospects wouldn’t be wrong.
But he hadn’t expected her to be so impatient and shortsighted, even causing such a fuss with Lin Chuxia.
"Enough. Since you’re unhappy there, you don’t have to go to Qin Family Village tomorrow. I’ll send someone else, and you go back to your office."
Liu Yahong didn’t expect her second uncle to handle it like this.
Was it over just by transferring her back? What about Lin Chuxia?
She didn’t want to come back; she just wanted her second uncle to put some pressure on Lin Chuxia and drive her away.
"Second Uncle, don’t you believe what I said? You can call back Hu Lichun to ask; he was present at the time. Oh, Technician He was there too; they all saw Lin Chuxia slap me, even the Party secretary of Qin Family Village knows. When I went to the Party secretary, the slap mark was still on my face. Their hitting me is like hitting you in the face, second uncle."
Director Liu felt even more despondent.
If Lin Chuxia dared to hit her niece, it meant his niece must have done something unforgivable.
That incident with the seeds, eight or nine times out of ten, was her niece’s doing and she framed someone else.
He knew well what his niece was like.
Seeing that Director Liu did not say a word, Liu Yahong became truly anxious.
What chance would she have to interact with Technician He if she returned to the bureau?
"Second uncle, are you afraid of Lin Chuxia? She’s just a self-employed bun seller, why are you afraid of her?"
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