Chapter 760: Chapter 760: Stirring Up Trouble

Gu Peng was the first to stand up, shielding Lin Chuxia.

Yu Fei also looked puzzled.

Lin Chuxia smiled at Village Chief Ma, “Village Chief Ma, didn’t you say everything has been explained clearly? I’m not sure what misunderstanding the villagers have towards me, but I think you should know why we’re here. If the villagers have objections and don’t welcome us, just say so directly. There’s no need for this kind of show.”

Yu Fei nervously tugged on Lin Chuxia, “You can still smile,” these villagers are clearly here to fight.

Village Chief Ma’s expression changed dramatically as he exchanged a glance with the accountant, and the two of them quickly went forward to meet them.

The village chief had a stern face, “What are you doing? Put those things down immediately.”

The accountant also urged, “Folks, didn’t we explain everything yesterday? Mr. Lin is here to help us grow medicinal herbs and get rich, what are you doing?”

The leading villager sneered, holding a shovel, “Helping us get rich, you say. Don’t think we don’t know. This is just a capitalist eyeing our Qingyan Village, wanting to seize our land for themselves. We’re not falling for it.”

Someone immediately backed him up, “Yeah, we’re not falling for it.”

“We finally have our own land, and you shamelessly side with these capitalists. We won’t fall for your tricks.”

“I can’t believe we trusted the village chief, only to find out you’re this kind of person.”

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Everyone was chattering, making Village Chief Ma anxious, “What kind of person am I? Who have you been listening to?”

“Never mind who we listened to. Village chief, just tell everyone the truth. If she’s really going to build some medicinal herb base in our Qingyan Village, do we all have to grow herbs for her?”

This was something even Village Chief Ma didn’t know how to answer.

If the medicinal herb planting base is built, it seems like there’s some truth to what they’re saying.

In the future, the village no longer has to worry about finding buyers for their herbs, just grow them for Xiyang.

Isn’t this a good thing?

“What’s wrong with growing herbs for Xiyang? If everyone works together, we can all get rich. The leaders in the town are very supportive of this. Don’t make trouble.”

Apparently, the villagers didn’t think this was a good thing.

“We’re not causing trouble; we’re protecting our land.”

“Yeah, what local leaders? You’re just colluding officials bullying common folk. Don’t think we don’t know. You say one thing on the surface but actually, you’ve long been bought by these capitalists.”

“Nonsense, who did you hear this from? What capitalist? Mr. Lin is here to build a medicinal plant base, to build a pharmaceutical factory,” Ma Village Chief was really getting angry.

He said all that needed to be said, and that day the villagers clearly had no objections, so why now…

“They’re building a factory, aren’t they? Isn’t that what a capitalist is? She just wants to take our land for herself, making us grow herbs for her forever. This is the new society; we absolutely will not compromise with capitalists.”

“Right, we’ll never compromise with capitalists. We will guard our land.”

“Folks, let’s drive these capitalists out of Qingyan Village, make sure they never dare eye our land again, let’s turn the tables, overthrow the capitalists…”

Someone shouted from the crowd, and the villagers immediately became excited, raising hoes and shovels as they charged forward. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel(ꜰ)ire.net

The village chief and the accountant rushed forward to stop them, but how could just the two of them block so many villagers?

As the villagers were about to rush up, Gu Peng grabbed Lin Chuxia’s hand, turned around, and started walking in another direction.

Lin Chuxia also knew it was impossible to reason with these agitated villagers now — discretion is the better part of valor.

Before leaving, she called out to Yu Fei.

Yu Fei was already scared by the commotion. He had come to Qingyan Village several times before to collect herbs, and the villagers seemed quite honest back then; how had they become like a mob now?

Without saying a word, he followed Lin Chuxia and the others as they ran.

Fortunately, the villagers’ main goal was to drive Lin Chuxia and the others away, and seeing them leave in such a hurry, they only chased for a short distance.

On the other hand, Village Chief Ma and the accountant chased them all the way to the tractor, apologizing while asking Niu Dali to drive the tractor to take them back to the town.

Sitting on the tractor, Lin Chuxia suddenly started laughing.

Yu Fei was puzzled, “Lin, how can you still laugh? They say barren mountains and turbulent waters produce bad people, and that was really frightening. If we’d been any slower, those villagers would have surely hit me on the head with a shovel.”

Lin Chuxia laughed enough and said, “I was just thinking, the person behind this is really quite capable. Even though these are Qingyan Village’s own villagers, they don’t believe Village Chief Ma’s words and are actually opposing him.”

It just proves that these villagers are really ignorant.

After all these years of reform and opening up, they can still label me as a capitalist.

Yu Fei thought for a moment and also realized that there must be someone behind this, but after so many interruptions, he wondered if Village Chief Ma could resolve it.

“Lin, what are you planning to do next? Wait for Village Chief Ma to explain it all to the villagers?”

Lin Chuxia shook her head, “No need to wait; we’ve already wasted too much time in Qingyan Village.”

Medicinal herbs can be planted anywhere; there’s no need to focus only on Qingyan Village.

Niu Dali was driving the tractor in front. Despite the loud noise, he had intermittently heard their conversation.

After hesitating, he spoke up, “Actually, I know what’s going on.”

Yu Fei was curious, “What’s going on?”

“It’s all about Ma Laosan,” he glanced back at a few of them, and looking at the road, he explained, “Ma Laosan is the village chief’s cousin. He initially competed with the village chief and lost by a few votes, but he’s also quite influential in the village. He was the one who initiated the village’s herb planting, and he connected with outsiders to sell the herbs. Although he doesn’t plant herbs now, he’s made plenty of money from it, and their house is the most magnificent in the village. When he heard you guys were coming, Ma Laosan made such remarks. I heard he even talked to the villagers a few days ago, and although I’m not sure what was said, it feels like he has something to do with it.”

Lin Chuxia raised an eyebrow; Niu Dali seemed quite naive, but it turns out he’s quite perceptive.

“He talked to the villagers but didn’t approach you?”

Niu Dali shook his head, “We don’t plant herbs at home, and the village chief takes good care of our family. Even if there’s anything, they wouldn’t come to us.”

Regardless of his words, if even Niu Dali could sense it, Lin Chuxia thought that if Village Chief Ma really hadn’t realized, it could only mean his authority in the village was lacking.

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