Reborn in 2000: Starting from Pursuing the Pure High School Beauty Desk Mate

Chapter 799: Heaven Deals with the Wicked

Big news has been circulating in the village these past two days.

The first is that the village's richest family, the Chen family, has moved away.

It's said they've moved to live in the town. Upon hearing this news, some villagers sighed while others secretly cursed, saying it was clearly an intentional attempt to avoid everyone, fearing that villagers would ask to borrow money.

The second piece of news is that the Niu brothers have announced that they're going to take over the village's vegetable market.

They warned that anyone who dares to compete with them is making enemies with the two brothers.

It's said that the front door of a villager's home, who had originally planned to bid for the quarry contract, was suddenly splashed with dog blood.

The whole family was terrified and ran to the old village chief's house that very day to withdraw from the bidding.

Everyone knew who did it, but no one in the village dared to resist.

There's an even more shocking piece of news, the Niu brothers have announced that they will run for village chief next year.

They warned that if any family dares not to vote for them, they should think twice about the consequences.

Upon hearing this news, two villagers who had originally planned to run for village chief immediately chose to withdraw.

This news left the villagers in a state of panic and fear.

If the Niu brothers really become village chiefs, the entire village would truly be finished.

However, before the villagers could recover from their fear, someone stood up against the Niu brothers.

The news came from the old village chief's mouth.

Apart from the Niu brothers, someone else had actually signed up for the village chief election.

It was Gao Shengbo, the son of Gao Chengjie's family in the village.

When this news came out, many villagers were bewildered.

Has the Gao family's child gone mad?

Gao Shengbo seems to be only in his twenties, and it's said he runs a car repair shop in town.

He doesn't have much influence in the village, and most villagers don't even know who he is.

But soon, everyone got to know who Gao Shengbo was.

Because Gao Shengbo's cousin is Chen Fan.

Who is Chen Fan?

There's not a single person in the village who doesn't know.

Now everyone understood.

Especially after hearing that the Niu brothers had just caused trouble at the Chen family's house a couple of days ago, even throwing garbage into their yard.

It was clear.

The two families were at odds.

Some villagers secretly rejoiced, thinking there would be a good show to watch.

When they heard their son was running for village chief, Second Aunt's family was startled.

But after hearing from their son that it was Chen Fan's suggestion, a group of Chen family relatives gathered at Chen Fan's house again.

In the eyes of the elders, Chen Fan was clearly planning to stand up against the Niu brothers.

The group of elders was frightened and tried to persuade them for a long time.

Chen Fan didn't hide anything and explained the reasons he had given his cousin.

The elders fell silent.

Gao Shengbo also said excitedly, "Why should we be afraid of them? They wouldn't dare to kill me in broad daylight, would they?"

"Why should we hide from them? Cousin is right, we should resist and teach them a lesson."

"When I become the village chief, I'd like to see who dares to go against us."

Chen Jianye looked at his son with some concern.

"Are you sure it'll be alright?"

Chen Fan smiled, "Don't worry. Nothing will happen."

"No matter how bad cousin's conditions are, they're definitely better than the Niu brothers, right?"

"Besides, if cousin becomes the village chief in the future, our family will have some protection in the local area."

Chen Xiao, sitting in the corner, suddenly said, "I support cousin running for election. Uncle's family has been bullied with gossip to the point of moving away. If cousin becomes the village chief, who would dare to spread rumors?"

Hearing this, the elders looked at each other.

In the end, they compromised.

Of course, the main reason they agreed was their trust in Chen Fan.

...

Today is the day for bidding on the village quarry.

Due to the threats and intimidation of the past few days, the three competing families had all given up.

Niu Da and Niu Er easily won the 5-year contract for the quarry at an extremely low price.

The old village chief didn't dare offend these two and naturally didn't dare to say no.

After signing the contract, that very afternoon, Niu Da called a potential buyer from town.

He had no interest in the quarry himself; he bought it just to sell it at a higher price.

"See? This quarry is very large, stretching from here all the way to the back mountain."

"In 5 years, you won't possibly be able to exhaust it."

"With real estate booming these past two years, if you buy this, you'll make a fortune just by selling stones."

Back mountain.

Niu Da stood in the quarry, excitedly introducing the place to the potential buyer beside him.

"Later, you can even open a lime factory or a sand and gravel factory here. Tsk tsk, I can't even imagine how much money you'll make."

The businessman beside him smiled, "If it's such a profitable business, why doesn't Mr. Niu do it himself?"

Niu Da sighed, "I'll be honest with you, if I hadn't owed some debts outside and urgently needed money, I absolutely wouldn't transfer such a profitable quarry at a low price."

"I'm asking for 300,000 yuan. I estimate you'll be able to earn it back in less than a year. For the remaining 4 years, every truckload of stones you dig out is money..."

He had threatened the old village chief to get the contract for this quarry, spending less than 8,000 yuan in total.

Now he's asking for 300,000 yuan right off the bat. His heart is indeed black enough.

This businessman wasn't so easily fooled, and curiously surveyed the quarry before him.

"Looking at the state of the quarry, it seems it's been mined for at least 10 or 20 years."

"The inside must be almost hollowed out. Can it really be mined for another 5 years?"

Niu Da glared.

"You don't believe me?"

"Do you think such a large mountain can be exhausted in 5 years?"

"Come, come. Follow me."

"I'll take you inside to see, there's still a large area on that slope..."

Niu Da beckoned as he walked into the quarry.

"Mr. Wang, I'm only offering you 300,000 yuan because I see you're sincere about buying. Otherwise, for others, I might not even sell it for 500,000 yuan."

"I also urgently need money. If you think it's not reliable, how about this: you buy it for 300,000 and something, and if you later feel it's not profitable, you can sell the quarry back to me anytime..."

Mr. Wang chuckled.

"Mr. Niu, you're quite the smooth talker."

"How about this. Let me take a look first, and if it's really good, we can discuss the price."

Niu Da's heart stirred, and he immediately smiled and extended his hand.

"Feel free to look around. Besides this area here, there's still a large unexploited area over there..."

Niu Da pointed to the mountain face that had already been heavily mined and shouted to Mr. Wang who was some distance away.

"Mr. Wang... See? The quality of the stones in this quarry is absolutely top-notch. They can all be sold at high prices when excavated..."

Crack.

As he was speaking, everyone around seemed to hear some noise.

Mr. Wang and his group, who were observing from a distance, raised their heads in surprise, then their eyes widened, and their expressions changed dramatically.

"What's wrong?"

Niu Da looked confused, wondering what was happening.

Crack!

Boom...

This time, the noise was even louder.

Niu Da's body stiffened, seeming to realize something. His neck turned stiffly to look behind him.

At the halfway point of the mountain above his head, that heavily mined section of the mountain seemed to have developed cracks.

A large rock thunderously fell, rolling down with a rumbling sound, bringing a large amount of gravel with it.

"Big brother, run quickly!"

Niu Er, standing beside Mr. Wang, suddenly shouted.

"Damn..."

Niu Da turned and ran, but after just a few steps, he was overtaken by the falling gravel and instantly buried.

Rumble rumble.

Dust flew everywhere, engulfing everything around.