Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Chapter 2086 Jing

There were houses in the village, so Lin Zhijie lived there.

Linjia Village is inhabited by members of the Lin family, and no one spread the news outside.

Neither the town nor the county leaders knew that Lin Zhijie had returned.

He Yuzhu has been busy these past few days, traveling around the village with Lin Fangxu.

After inspecting the area, they made plans, including plans for water and electricity.

Several houses will also need to be demolished.

On behalf of the village, Lin Fangxu provided replacement land for the houses that needed to be demolished, and He Yuzhu paid for the repairs.

Everything was planned out, and a rough estimate of the cost came to less than 500,000.

This is pretty much what He Yuzhu expected.

Lin Fangxu, however, felt the cost was too high. They were just a village; there was no need to build such a high-standard road.

"Zhu Zi, this cost is too high. I think 200,000 would be more than enough. There are many places that don't need to be built."

He Yuzhu explained, "Brother Fang Xu, it's alright, it's not much. Just listen to me, you won't go wrong."

Don't be fooled by how wide the road seems now; you'll see in ten or twenty years.

Now we're not going to take up the space.

"Once everyone has built houses along both sides of the road, it will be troublesome to repair the road later."

Seeing that He Yuzhu insisted, Lin Fangxu did not object anymore: "I'm just afraid you'll spend too much money."

Earning money isn't easy for you either.

He Yuzhu said, "Don't worry about the money. Is there anyone in the village who knows how to repair roads?"
Our village has formed its own road repair company to repair roads for ourselves.

Once the road here is repaired, we can go to other places.

When we arrived, it seemed like they were doing road construction in the county town.

Lin Fangxu explained, "A new county head has arrived and said he wants to build roads."

They even forced people to donate money to build that road. Many people in the county government are complaining bitterly.

He Yuzhu came to visit relatives this time and had no intention of meddling in the county's affairs.

He quickly said, "Don't tell me about things in the county, and don't tell Dad either."

Lin Fangxu said, "I understand. My third uncle has retired and can't get involved in this matter."

When will the money arrive in my account? I need to report this to the town and apply for the necessary paperwork.

He Yuzhu said, "Let's go to town and find a phone. I'll call the company."

“There’s a phone at the town commune, let’s go right now,” Lin Fangxu said.

The two got into the car and went to town together.

Lin Fangxu took He Yuzhu to the town commune and talked with the people there for a while.

The people in the town commune agreed to let them use the telephone.

He Yuzhu directly instructed his company to transfer 500,000 yuan into Lin Fangxu's account.

The account was opened before, and Lin Jinghan used to deposit money into it.

Every year during the Spring Festival, Lin Fangxu would personally distribute welfare benefits to the villagers.

Besides using the money to repair roads, He Yuzhu also plans to use it to help some people in the village repair their houses.

Any leftovers were distributed to the village.

After making the phone call, He Yuzhu bought some things in town and then returned to Linjia Village.

Lin Fangxu did not leave, but waited for the town mayor and party secretary to return so he could report on the road repair.

The newly appointed county head wanted to build roads, and none of the county's officials could escape it.

The town mayor and party secretary have to go to the county for meetings every few days to discuss funding issues.

When they returned and heard that Linjia Village was going to build a road, they were naturally welcomed.

Lin Fangxu received a reply and went back to prepare the formalities.

The town mayor hesitated for a moment before saying, "Secretary, the county head has given us a target of three million, but you know the situation in our town."

We simply don't have that much money.

Linjia Village is just one village; there's no need to build such a good road.

The Party Secretary quickly understood the Mayor's meaning: "But Linjia Village is not to be trifled with."

They got that money themselves; it has nothing to do with us.

The town mayor felt a chill run down his spine when he thought of Linjia Village's powerful backers. He really didn't dare to offend Linjia Village unless absolutely necessary.

But there's no way around it now; the county magistrate has given a death order, and failure to complete it will result in the loss of his job.

Their town simply couldn't afford to raise that much money.

"How about we wait for Lin Fangxu's proposal to be submitted, and then report directly to the county?"

It was said to be a report to the county, but in reality, it was just to tell the county that Linjia Village was rich.

The county needs money to build roads, and they know that Linjia Village, a single village, needs to come up with so much money to build roads and houses, so they will definitely try to find a way.

Their job is simply to report upwards; what the county thinks is none of their business.

The two reached an understanding without explicitly stating their intentions.

Soon, the newly appointed county head learned that Linjia Village was going to contribute 500,000 yuan to repair roads and houses.

"Nonsense! Why would a village spend so much money on road repairs?"
Everything must be done with the bigger picture in mind; let Linjia Village come up with the money first.

The county magistrate's words reached the town, and the party secretary and the town mayor exchanged a knowing smile.

The two men, carrying the county magistrate's words, summoned Lin Fangxu to the town.

Upon hearing their words, Lin Fangxu immediately objected: "This money belongs to our village. Why should we give it away?"

"Old Lin, you must prioritize the overall situation." The Party Secretary and the Mayor kept urging Lin Fangxu to keep up with this.

With Lin Zhijie supporting him, Lin Fangxu has nothing to fear from the two of them.

If he hadn't been afraid of causing trouble for Lin Zhijie, he would have revealed Lin Zhijie's whereabouts in Linjia Village long ago.

No matter how the two tried to persuade him, Lin Fangxu refused.

The Party Secretary and the Mayor didn't dare go too far, so they relayed the message to higher authorities.

The newly arrived county head was very domineering; he directly removed Lin Fangxu from his position as village head.

The town's Party Secretary and Mayor were both having a headache.

Removing Lin Fangxu is easy, but it still doesn't make it possible to get the money out.

Lin Zhijie was unaware of these things. These past few days, he had been experiencing life with the villagers and working in the fields.

He Yuzhu couldn't do that, so he chose to drive a tractor.

He had just gotten off the tractor when he saw Lin Fangxu walking over with a sullen expression.

"Why are you running to the fields instead of taking people to prepare for road repairs?"
"Oh, by the way, I'm going back to buy three tractors for the village. Having tractors will make work much easier."

Lin Fangxu sighed and said, "Don't even mention it, my village chief was removed?"

"What happened?" He Yuzhu asked curiously.

This isn't a leadership election, so how did he lose his position as village chief?

In the entire Linjia Village, over 90% of the people share the surname Lin. No matter how the election is conducted, the final result will be the same: Lin Fangxu will definitely become the village chief.

Lin Fangxu didn't hide anything and directly told He Yuzhu the news.

He Yuzhu knew he was in trouble as soon as he heard that.

This is a minor issue, and it's easy to solve, but the news of Lin Zhijie's return to the village can no longer be kept secret.

He Yuzhu thought about it again and realized that this was a good thing.

With this in mind, there's no need to suffer here with Lin Chih-chieh.

Working in the fields is really tiring.

Even with the spiritual spring water, he still couldn't stand it.

Lin Jinghan and the others were in a similar situation, gritting their teeth and staying with Lin Zhijie.

"That's easy. Just have someone say a word later. No one can touch that money."

He Yuzhu then went to Lin Zhijie's place and told him what had happened.

Lin Jinghan and the others were all around him. After hearing He Yuzhu's words, they understood what he meant.

Lin Zhijie frowned: "Forget it, let's go, everyone's going back to Jingcheng."