Originally, Xiao Zhengping planned to go to Nanxiang Street to see the situation of the winery, but he didn't expect the results to come out so quickly, so he had to stay for two more days and decided to go to Nanxiang Street after the villagers' meeting.

The announcement of the meeting was broadcast three more times at noon that day, and after dinner in the evening, the villagers began to make their way to the school.

Nowadays, the meeting is held by three brigades of people together, even if there is only one person in the family, there are more than 100 numbers, and it is impossible for a small village to fit it, so the meeting can only be held in the school auditorium.

Xiao Zhengping and Dai Xuemei still came in Chen Yan's car, and they expected that there would be a lot of people on the road, so they arrived one step early.

Li Shuiquan stood at the counter, looking at the crowd pouring in from all directions, and couldn't help but joke to Xiao Zhengping beside him: "Pingzi, since you started tossing mountain goods, the number of meetings in our team can be counted with one hand, and one of them is for you." Now that the team has been withdrawn and merged into the village, the first time the meeting was held, you picked it up again. Oops, you are still capable, look at these people, they are busy and don't know if they are tossed by you. ”

Xiao Zhengping was full of confidence, "Uncle, I don't object to you in this, my ability is great, there is a saying that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, eh, I, a capable person, can't watch your hard-earned money go down the drain." ”

Li Shuiquan pouted, "Look at what you can!" Let me ask you, what is good if you say you can't open a brick kiln? Are you going to take the barn back or is there something else to do? I'll tell you Pingzi," Li Shuiquan pointed to the people who poured into the school in an endless stream, "these people won't listen to you talk about any big truths, Cao Yuankui said that the brick kiln can make money, they will recognize that the brick kiln will definitely make money, unless you have a better way, or you want them not to open the brick kiln, grandma, they have to scold you so much that you can't find the north." ”

Xiao Zhengping nodded with his eyes closed while listening, and after Li Shuiquan finished speaking, Xiao Zhengping walked to the door, looked at the people who were smiling and talking, and said with a confused look in his eyes: "Uncle, you may not believe it when you say it, I can already see the result of this matter." Once the brick kiln is really opened, every minute and every second will keep burning money, and once there is any situation in the middle, with the strength of our village, we can't bear the consequences at all. What do you think will happen if the brick kiln becomes a mess and the village can't deal with it? ”

Li Shuiquan was stunned, and then Chen Yan said behind Xiao Zhengping: "Oh, why are you so interested in this matter, dare you worry that this matter will eventually fall on your head!" ”

Xiao Zhengping turned around and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I'm worried that it will fall on my head, it's that it will definitely fall on my head." Think about it, I made money in the village, and I am the most capable person in the village, Cao Yuankui has no choice in the end, and he will definitely let the village come forward or go directly to the township~~"

Without waiting for Xiao Zhengping to finish speaking, Chen Yan suddenly realized and continued: "With their creativity, they will definitely find someone to take over, and this person must be Pingzi." ”

Xiao Zhengping nodded, "That's right, it can be said that the outcome of this matter has been decided from the beginning, I just want to try my best to avoid this happening." After that, Xiao Zhengping walked to Li Shui's side and whispered in his ear: "Uncle, you should understand now, I don't care about the life or death of these people, I just don't want to get involved in this pot when I do these things." ”

Li Shuiquan shook his head and stretched out a thumbs up to Xiao Zhengping.

Seeing that there were not many people left behind, Xiao Zhengping patted Li Shuiquan on the shoulder and said to everyone: "Let's go, go to the conference, and see if I, Zhuge Liang, can fight the crowd." ”

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In fact, as soon as he entered the auditorium, Xiao Zhengping had a bad feeling, because there were too many unfamiliar faces in the auditorium.

In the past, in the team, most people would still think of the love of their dead father and be polite to themselves. And the people of the other two teams know themselves at most, and they have no feelings at all. At the beginning, he decided not to collect mountain goods in the village, and most of the people who spoke ill of himself were also from the other two teams.

At this time, the entire auditorium was already crowded, and only a few scattered places were still in the innermost corner, so Xiao Zhengping had to take his daughter-in-law and a few people to the corner.

As he passed in front of the crowd, he could feel the eyes full of jealousy and resentment, even without looking at them.

Cao Yuankui, Zou Shusheng, and Li Wenyuan sat on the rostrum, and after everyone arrived, Zou Shusheng signaled the crowd to calm down.

Then Cao Yuankui made a few jokes, and then got to the point, first introduced the situation of brick kilns in other places, and then talked about his plan.

Cao Yuankui said in detail, from the purchase of second-hand brick machines to the application for subsidies in the township, etc., there are basically no details, of course, except for the cost of brick making, sales costs and transportation costs.

Before and after, Cao Yuankui talked alone for almost an hour, and from time to time he made jokes about acquaintances attending the meeting, which made the atmosphere of the venue happy.

After finishing speaking, Cao Yuankui handed the microphone to Zou Shusheng and asked him if he had anything to add.

Xiao Zhengping originally thought that he could take this opportunity to let Zou Shusheng speak for him, so as to save himself some trouble. But who knew that after Zou Shusheng took the microphone, he probably didn't want to be that sinner, so he hesitated in the end, and never told the truth.

Seeing Zou Shusheng sitting on the stage and saying something irrelevant with a smile, Xiao Zhengping had no choice but to put his hope on Li Wenyuan next to him.

Who knew that Li Wenyuan was just clapping and laughing vigorously, looking like that, it seemed that he didn't plan to answer the microphone at all.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Xiao Zhengping couldn't help it, so he stood up and planned to be Zou Shusheng on the stage.

"Director Zou, I want to say a few words, is that okay?" Xiao Zhengping shouted loudly.

Zou Shusheng seemed to be waiting for this moment, and immediately replied loudly: "Of course you can, today is a discussion, anyone can speak, come on, come on, you come to the stage to say." ”

Xiao Zhengping was not polite, and immediately strode towards the rostrum.

took the microphone, Xiao Zhengping said directly without greeting: "I don't think the brick kiln is as good as Cao Zhishu said!" That's right, many brick kilns have made money, and now there is a big market for brick kilns, but we have to consider our practical problems. First of all, the main thing is that we are too far away from the county seat, not only the county seat, but also the township, just the way down the mountain, we have to spend more time and fuel money than others. Besides, why do people not go to a flatter road, but climb such a long slope to come to us? Secondly, brick-making is the need for soil, not to mention that the soil on our mountain is not qualified, even if it is qualified, our mountain is either bamboo roots or stones, and even the soil for planting is lacking, and where to get so much soil for brick-making? Finally, our mountain is seven or eight hundred meters above sea level, when it is hot, it is cold to death in the morning and evening, and it is either fog or rain all year round. And how to survive the winter? ”

Xiao Zhengping couldn't hear clearly because he was holding the microphone, but there was already a lot of discussion in the audience. And when he finished speaking, someone stood up and protested loudly.

"What are you, why can't we make money if others can make money! The branch secretary also said just now, the township also gives subsidies, and even the township supports it, if you say no, you can't do it? ”

"Hmph, he is the richest man in our village, and he thinks that the branch secretary and all of us are not as smart as him."

"I think he's just afraid that we'll all make money, and then rob him of the richest man's position, hahahaha~~"

"Xiao Zhengping, if you want to, you can return the money, you don't have to worry about our affairs, even if we lose, we will admit it."

"Yes, you earn your big money, don't interfere with us earning our small money, it's best, you take your Xiao family to move to Tongshan Deer Farm, and the affairs of our village will have nothing to do with you in the future."

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Xiao Zhengping was angry from the first sentence, to helplessness in the middle, and finally felt relaxed. He waited patiently for the crowd to finish speaking, and when his voice slowly became quieter, he smiled and said: "Li Langlang of the supply and marketing cooperatives is my uncle, and he warned you before the meeting that you would have such an attitude, and I told him that the reason why I said these words despite the opposition of so many people is that I don't want this matter to fall on me in the end." Okay now, your attitude is very clear, then I will also clarify my attitude, first of all, I will not move out, Zhangshuya is my home, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, he is not qualified to drive me away from home. Secondly, Cao Zhishu, if the brick kiln is messed up, no matter what the reason, no matter who you ask to intercede, I will never interfere, and I will not pay a penny. In the end, I asked for the trouble of returning the five dollars that my uncle paid for me. ”

After speaking, Xiao Zhengping put down the microphone and returned to his seat.

The crowd was silent for a moment, then erupted in shouting and laughter.

The three people on the rostrum looked at each other, and after being embarrassed for a while, Zou Shusheng handed the microphone to Cao Yuankui.

Cao Yuankui first signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Since this meeting was held, then I still have to mean something, now the pros and cons of running a brick kiln have been clarified, you all think about it, weigh the trade-offs, and then vote, we are still a minority obeying the principle of the majority." ”

So, in a burst of laughter, Cao Yuankui asked everyone to raise their hands to vote, and Li Wenyuan and Zou Shusheng counted the votes respectively.

The final result was: 127 people attended, 113 agreed, 7 disagreed, and the remaining few did not raise their hands, which was regarded as abstention, and only Xiao Zhengping asked for a refund.

At the end of the meeting, Cao Yuankui also proudly said to Xiao Zhengping: "You should be satisfied now, right?" Oh yes, aren't you clear about your attitude, I also made a statement in front of the old and young masters, the village can't live without you Xiao Zhengping, if the brick kiln is really smashed, there is a village committee on top, and I will definitely not look for you Xiao Zhengping. ”

The crowd laughed again.

After Cao Yuankui finished speaking, he planned to break up the meeting, he originally thought that this was enough to humiliate Xiao Zhengping, and Xiao Zhengping should also run away with his tail between his legs.

Who knew that as soon as his words fell, Xiao Zhengping immediately jumped up and shouted: "Cao Zhishu, wait a minute, we have no basis for the words, I see that you have a notebook and a pen, so let's just make a note on this matter, so as not to be confused when we get it." ”

Cao Yuankui has lived for most of his life, and he has never seen such a person who stumbles to the end, and his face turned white with anger for a while.

But in front of so many people, Cao Yuankui didn't dare to show weakness, and immediately asked Xiao Zhengping to go up to the rostrum, and wrote a note to repay the name in front of everyone.

Xiao Zhengping didn't think it was enough, so he signed his name and handed it to Zou Shusheng, saying that he had to have a witness.

So, Zou Shusheng also signed his name on the note in desperation.