Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Even a Mosquito’s Meat is Still Meat
Liu Zheng slightly turned his head and glanced at Liu Baishun beside him.
Seeing the other’s expression grow increasingly gloomy, he couldn’t help but chuckle to himself.
Wasn’t this old codger very arrogant before?
Why isn’t he being arrogant now?
Once I do manage to pull him down from the position of village head, let’s see what he’ll be then.
Thinking this, Liu Zheng couldn’t help but smile faintly. When he turned his head back, he had already started to persuade the villagers.
Waving his hands repeatedly, Liu Zheng said, "Everyone is praising me too much, but I’m just over twenty years old and don’t understand anything. How could I possibly be fit for the position of village head?"
Liu Zheng spoke with great modesty, which sounded pleasant to Liu Baishun’s ears, making him feel much better.
This kid finally knows his place, recognizing that he’s not up to par. He also left some room when he spoke.
He was quite pleased with himself, thinking that he had been somewhat overanxious just now.
As these thoughts crossed Liu Baishun’s mind, a look of joy appeared on his face.
But.
His happiness lasted less than three seconds. The words that Liu Zheng said next almost made him curse out loud.
"Folks, such comments seem a bit unfair. Think about it, the old village head has served everyone for so many years after all. Even if there’s no merit, there’s hard work, right?"
Spreading his hands, Liu Zheng’s expression became even more playful as he said with a smile, "So I think, it’s more appropriate for him to continue being the village head."
Hearing this, Liu Baishun really wanted to go up there and give him a few hard slaps.
This damn kid really had his eyes on the position of village head.
On one hand, he says I should be the village head, and on the other hand, he says I have no merit, only hard work.
What does that mean?
Is he saying I’m an idiot?
Now Liu Baishun was really getting anxious.
Not just anxious, he was even starting to panic.
If the villagers got worked up now and chose a new village head on the spot, he wouldn’t be able to hold onto his position even if he wanted to.
So now, Liu Baishun felt as if his blood was rushing straight to his head.
This damn situation was something he hadn’t anticipated at all.
Thinking this, he looked down at the crowd, then glanced over at Liu Zheng, and suddenly started waving his arms, bellowing, "Stop arguing, everyone stop, let me say a few words."
His voice was loud, and the villagers below heard him and gradually became somewhat quieter.
"Since Liu Zheng has agreed to repair the roads for everyone, then I don’t have anything else on my mind. Let’s just distribute the 90,000 yuan from the contract fee for the barren land."
Taking a breath, Liu Baishun took another glance at Liu Zheng.
To end the current situation as quickly as possible, he frowned and said, "If nobody has any objections, then let Liu Zheng contract the barren land, and we’ll sign the contract agreement immediately."
Upon hearing Liu Baishun finally agree to let him contract the barren land, Liu Zheng couldn’t help but secretly laugh.
This old bastard, if he had just agreed to let me contract it from the beginning, we wouldn’t have all these issues now.
Of course, Liu Baishun’s words naturally had their effect.
The villagers below gradually calmed their anger, and for a moment, the village committee’s courtyard was no longer so noisy.
But at this time, Liu Baishun had already lost any good expressions towards Liu Zheng.
He turned his head coldly, looked at Liu Zheng, snorted coldly, and said, "Since it’s settled, then bring out the contract fee for ten years, a total of ninety thousand yuan, right now."
Hearing Liu Baishun mention the matter of money, Liu Zheng couldn’t help but shake his head and spread his hands, saying, "I don’t have that much money on me right now, but I can..."
Liu Zheng hadn’t finished speaking when Liu Baishun, hearing that he had no money, suddenly became furious.
He shouted abruptly, pointing at Liu Zheng, and said, "Liu Zheng, are you doing this on purpose? Are you deliberately messing with all of us? You don’t have the money, yet you make such wild claims, speaking so grandly? As for you contracting the land, you might as well forget about it."
Liu Baishun was thinking that if Liu Zheng just wanted to contract the land, that’d be one thing.
But this guy actually dared to covet his position as village chief? That was completely out of the question!
Thinking this, a hint of murderous intent suddenly rose in Liu Baishun’s heart.
You want my position, then forget about contracting the land.
If you really managed to make a name for yourself, wouldn’t my position become truly unstable?
While speaking, Liu Baishun started to push Liu Zheng, trying to push him off the stage.
If we’re going to tear each other apart, let’s just do it outright.
However, Liu Zheng obviously saw through Liu Baishun’s intentions; this old trickster deliberately wanted to prevent him from finishing his statement, from giving the villagers an explanation.
This time, Liu Zheng truly became angry.
He snorted coldly, shook off his arm, and directly threw Liu Baishun into a stagger, almost causing him to fall over.
Liu Zheng glared with wide eyes, his voice was very shrill, shouting to the villagers below, "Folks, I never said I didn’t have the money. What I wanted to say is that I have sixty to seventy thousand yuan in hand right now, which I can give to everyone first. As for the rest, I will be able to make it up in a few days."
After steadying himself, an angry Liu Baishun wanted to step forward to stop Liu Zheng from speaking.
But it was already too late, so when he heard Liu Zheng say this, he immediately shouted loudly, "You say you can make it up in a few days, but what if you can’t? Won’t everyone be at a loss then? Speak up, what if you can’t make it up?"
Liu Baishun was quite proud, puffing out his chest, feeling self-righteous.
Liu Zheng smiled, very confident, shook his head and said, "That’s not right, the sixty to seventy thousand yuan I have is also money! It’s real gold and silver in everyone’s hands, isn’t it? Besides, we are talking about signing a contract here. If I can’t make up the rest, wouldn’t this money I put forward also go to waste?"
Liu Zheng now had to argue with reason; he couldn’t let Liu Baishun interfere with his plans no matter what.
As for Liu Baishun at this time, his mind was also in turmoil.
He was terrified that Liu Zheng would really manage to do something significant and actually take down his position as village chief.
Now, he couldn’t even worry about family disgraces anymore.
"Liu Zheng, you must realize that your ninety thousand yuan was already not a lot, and now that you can’t produce more money, only having sixty to seventy thousand, do you think this amount is enough to distribute among everyone?"
Hearing this, Liu Zheng couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, staring coldly at Liu Baishun, enunciating every word, and shouted angrily, "Village Chief Liu, what do you mean by that? Are you saying that mosquito meat isn’t meat? This sixty to seventy thousand is also money, isn’t it?"
Liu Zheng had already seen that under the current circumstances, Liu Baishun was not planning to let him contract the wasteland.
Since that was the case, why should he be polite with him?
Better to just tear the façade and do it outright.
