"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 co to our Qin Family Village? I heard that those technicians from the county are eager to co here, and even the town mayor and our village have been inford."
"I’ve always found Technician Liu not to be good-natured. Every ti 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 co 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 outco 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 co talk to ."
......
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 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 sar with their dirty tricks, especially that Lin Chuxia, she’s just jealous of and targets 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?"
Director Liu slightly frowned, "Sar you with what? Who targeted you and did what?"
He knew that his niece had been spoiled rotten by his older brother and sister-in-law. If it weren’t for the bond of uncle and niece, and his older brother delivering a ssage in person, how would it be her turn to deal with this matter?
Yet, she’d hardly been there for a few days before the village chief of Qin Family Village ca to him with issues, and now his niece was here with a face full of indignation. It seed there really was a problem.
He patiently explained to his niece, "The vegetable greenhouses in Qin Family Village are all invested in by Lin Chuxia. What’s wrong with her returning to the village to work on the greenhouses? Instead, it’s you. Given such a good opportunity to learn from the technicians at the Agricultural Research Institute, where has your mind been wandering? What do you have that would make others jealous?"
Liu Yahong felt guilty when scolded by her second uncle but couldn’t help feeling defiant when Lin Chuxia was ntioned.
"Where could my mind possibly wander? Of course, I’m thinking about working with everyone to make the vegetable greenhouse project a success. Lin Chuxia, a bun seller, what does she know? Waving her hands around, so what if she provided the money, does that make her incredible? We, the technical professionals, aren’t so rcenary."
Liu Yahong suddenly realized sothing as she spoke.
"Oh, second uncle, you didn’t know about the incident this afternoon?"
Director Liu’s forehead twitched, "What happened this afternoon? When the village chief of Qin Family Village ca to see , he only ntioned that one of your female colleagues was having inconveniences at the grassroots level and suggested I help by sending a male comrade there instead."
Hearing that the village chief ca to her second uncle asking to replace her, Liu Yahong suddenly felt empowered.
Her eyes reddened as she was on the verge of tears.
"Look, second uncle, isn’t this bullying? What difference does it make between a male comrade and a female comrade? The state advocates gender equality, saying won can hold up half the sky. Yet they target like this. This afternoon, Lin Chuxia and her sister-in-law deliberately scattered the seeds on the ground and then frad . Just as I was defending myself a few words, she slapped across the face. Second uncle, I’ve grown up without ever being slapped by anyone, and she just did that to , you must stand up for ."
By the end, Liu Yahong was indeed crying.
Director Liu, hearing this, was not angry but just closed his eyes in irritation.
He had originally thought that since the village chief of Qin Family Village ca to him, he would give this child a chance for his sake.
As long as she stayed in Qin Family Village to witness the developnt 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 soone 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 co back; she just wanted her second uncle to put so 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 ti. Oh, Technician He was there too; they all saw Lin Chuxia slap , 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 is like hitting you in the face, second uncle."
Director Liu felt even more despondent.
If Lin Chuxia dared to hit her niece, it ant his niece must have done sothing unforgivable.
That incident with the seeds, eight or nine tis out of ten, was her niece’s doing and she frad soone else.
He knew well what his niece was like.
Seeing that Director Liu did not say a word, Liu Yahong beca 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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