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Chapter 101 Hidden System (Please subscribe to this chapter, thank you everyone!)

Zhang Zhengxin gestured to the others that they could begin surveying the land, while he remained in the center to oversee the operation.

Several staff members were instructed to quickly go down to measure the area of ​​the tea garden.

It's not that the area of ​​this tea garden wasn't recorded, but rather that contracting it out like this is a major event, and the parties involved, the village collective, and the contracted household all need to be present.

People like Zhou Rui are in a rather special case because the land is contracted to the state, and the land has not been officially registered to any individual household; it belongs to the village collective and the state.

However, this involves the transfer of the original contractor, Zhang Chengyun, which is why this situation has arisen.

The main task of the people from the village collective was to provide a three-party presence statement and serve as a witness.

Only in this way can we avoid disputes in the future.

However, now there is another witness, namely the town, and what's more, the person who came is a big shot.

The standards were very high, and Zhou Rui was pleased with that.

Zhang Zhengxin, Zhou Jian, Zhou Yong'an, and several others sat on the ground, appearing to have a good relationship.

Zhou Rui didn't go over to disturb them; his attention was on the Party Secretary and Zhang Chengyun.

Because the two seemed to be arguing, Zhou Rui vaguely heard a few words, which were the village secretary cursing Zhang Chengyun.

"Are you out of your mind! Daring to set your sights on the Zhou family? Do you think that old man is an ordinary person?"

"You're really going to ruin me. Let me tell you, I'm going to carry out my duties impartially, and nobody can stop me."

"How was I supposed to know the Zhou family had such a powerful figure? I only knew Zhou Shiping worked in town; I never imagined he could find this person..."

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"You still think this was all thanks to Zhou Shiping's persuasion? Open your eyes and look. The three of them are sitting like brothers, while Zhou's third son is standing behind them like a son."

Zhou Rui couldn't help but smile when he heard those few indistinct words.

That's good. I believe he won't have to waste his breath fighting wits with this village secretary anymore. Now he just needs to wait for everything to develop naturally.

Later, Zhou Rui heard some more information intermittently.

The gist of it is that Zhang Chengyun wanted to collude with the village secretary to set a trap and deliberately drive up land prices, while Zhang Chengyun would then admit that his rent in previous years was not low either.

The extra portion will be split equally between the two of them.

Zhang Chengyun is really only focused on making some money...

Zhou Rui was thinking to himself, as for why he could hear it, it was because the two of them were about to start fighting.

One person blamed Zhang Chengyun for taking away his livelihood, while Zhang Chengyun claimed that the other person had deliberately put on airs and offended a powerful figure.

The staff were very efficient, as there were quite a few people who came, and there were two groups of people.

One group consisted of the village clerk and two assistants, while the other group was much larger, with several people.

With the cooperation of both parties, the land was quickly surveyed and cleared.

Neither side dared to be negligent or make false reports, because a very important person was in charge here.

The final calculation showed 21.8 mu (approximately 1.4 hectares) of land. When Zhou Rui heard this number, although it differed from his guess of 20 mu (approximately 1.3 hectares), it was still within an acceptable range.

Afterwards, the staff counted the tea trees on the land to ensure that everything was correct before reporting it.

There were no dead plants; they were all still very healthy.

At this moment, Zhou Yong'an chased Zhang Zhengxin away as if shooing away flies.

Although Zhang Zhengxin was reluctant, he knew he had important business to attend to, so he immediately stood up, brushed the weeds and dust off his clothes, and walked over to the village secretary and Zhang Chengyun.

"How about that? Keep babbling on and on, do you think everyone else is deaf?"

Both men apologized profusely, but Zhang Zhengxin waved his hand, took a deep breath, and said calmly, "Alright, I only have one request: fairness and impartiality. Can you do that?"

These words were spoken by Zhang Zhengxin to the village party secretary, carrying an unquestionable air of authority.

The latter nodded hastily in agreement, his head bowed so low it was almost as if he were banging his head against his crotch.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhengxin stood aside, leaving the space to the others, and observed the whole thing.

The village party secretary took a deep breath and said impatiently to the clerk behind him, "Aren't you going to take the stuff out yet? Are you going to keep it hidden until the New Year?"

Faced with this unexpected disaster, Xiao Wang dared not provoke bad luck and quickly took out sheets of paper that he had written on beforehand from his bag.

The village secretary took the paper and was about to hand it to Zhou Rui when he caught a glimpse of a few numbers.

These numbers were like a curse; he almost dropped them. He quickly slapped the papers at Xiao Wang, then lowered his voice and said in a low, menacing tone, "What are you doing with this! Where's the one for the 21 mu? We just finished the land survey, are you trying to kill me by bringing this out?"

Clearly, the village party secretary had prepared several template slips of paper.

Xiao Wang had just taken the wrong one. He felt a little wronged after being criticized, but he still quickly searched through the notes and finally found one with several key parts blank.

For example, the area of ​​farmland, the actual division, etc.

After carefully examining the paper, the village secretary handed it to Zhou Rui with a forced smile. "Young man, the people below are a bit clueless, please excuse their ignorance."

This is a land lease agreement, issued directly by the village, with some blank spaces on it.

Zhou Rui took it, looked it over carefully, and only after finding nothing amiss did he hand the paper to Zhou Shiwei, who then inspected it.

Finally, the paper ended up in Zhang Zhengxin's hands.

Zhang Zhengxin examined the document more carefully than Zhou Rui, and only after confirming that there were no problems did he return the two copies of the document to Zhou Rui.

The village secretary wasn't finished yet. He then asked Xiao Wang to bring out a few less formal documents, which were private forest sale and lease contracts that Zhang Chengyun had asked him to help prepare.

Two copies were made again, making a total of four copies.

After the village secretary carefully checked and found no problems, he handed it to Zhou Rui with a smile on his face. Similarly, after the group checked it once, no one found anything suspicious.

So Zhou Rui smiled and said, "Uncle Chengyun, would you like to watch it again?"

"No need, I've already checked it. If there are no problems, you can sign and put your fingerprint on it."

"What does our Party Secretary think? Can I sign the agreement for the land leased to the collective? It says on the document that the rent will not be paid until next year. I'm sure the Party Secretary won't forget that."

Upon hearing this, the village party secretary hurriedly nodded and bowed, saying that was natural, as it was clearly stated in the document.

Then, witnessed by several people, the village secretary filled in all the empty spaces one by one, and after a final check, he signed and stamped them.

This is actually against the rules. Usually, Zhou Rui's side should sign first, but now, the village secretary doesn't care about that anymore.

Seeing this, Zhou Rui chuckled and shook his head. He then took the paper and pen and signed his name, Zhou Rui, in a flourish.

Although he wasn't highly educated, fortunately, he had the experience from his previous life to help him write his name quite well.

After both documents were completed, he signed a sales contract and a lease contract with Zhang Chengyun respectively.

Just after all the contracts were signed, Zhou Rui suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, as if something had shattered.

Then, a message popped into my mind.

[Intelligence System: Master has completed a milestone jump. Hidden mode activated.]