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Zhao Jintao's squad leader position was revoked, and he received the most ridiculous and pathetic document revoking his squad leader position.

Comrade Zhao Jintao incited uninformed masses to cause trouble at the brigade headquarters, undermining comrade unity.

Zhao Jintao is hereby removed from his position as the team leader of Dashui Village, and Yang Weiguo of Dashui Village will temporarily assume the position.

We hope that Comrade Zhao Jintao will study hard and become a responsible and accountable successor.

Zhao Jintao laughed in anger. What had he done? Who had he misled? Guo Baohua, the brigade secretary who had been fooling around with the educated youth, had become the victim.

When Zhao Jintao went to the brigade to complete the handover procedures with Yang Weiguo, Guo Baohua was still furious with him.

"Zhao Jintao, you think you can get rid of me from the position of Party Secretary by using some tricks? You're dreaming. I'm a state employee, a Party member who receives a state salary. Who dares to expel me so easily?"

"You're different. You're just a dog I promoted. What, does a dog want to bite its master?"

Zhao Jintao calmly asked, "Guo Baohua, what methods did I use?"

"Zhao Jintao, stop pretending to be aggrieved. The story about me and Wu Xia came from Dashui Village. Otherwise, why would Zhang Juhua go looking for my wife?"

"You don't like me? You think I'm the only one with romantic relationships? Let me tell you, as long as I'm loyal to the Party, no one can touch my position, Guo Baohua's position. If anyone tries to touch me, I'll get angry and we'll all die together!" Guo Baohua said angrily.

Zhao Jintao realized that Zhang Wei, whom he thought was an honest official, was actually a den of snakes and rats.

"A lousy captain? Who cares?" Zhao Jintao said coldly.

"Poor captain? Hmph, just you wait, I'll make sure you're a farmer for life and never leave Dashui Village."

"So be it, I'll be a farmer. My family has been poor farmers for three generations. Let's see what you, Guo Baohua, can do to me!"

Zhao Jintao slammed his hand on the table, and Guo Baohua took a few steps back, saying somewhat fearfully, "Get out, get out of here."

Zhao Jintao left, and the gatekeeper called out to him, "Captain Zhao, there's a letter from your Dashui Village. Take it back with you."

It was a letter from Yang Zheng, one from him and one from Yang Zheng's father.

After receiving the letter, Zhao Jintao didn't read it and walked home in silence.

Zhao Jintao became a team leader right after graduating from school, and he had never experienced injustice, while Yang Zheng had suffered quite a few such grievances.

When he empathized with her, he understood even more why Qiaoqiao, even if she married a disabled man, still wanted to find a way out for her family.

It was clearly Guo Baohua and Wu Xia who were having an affair, but instead, he was accused of undermining unity among party members.

Zhao Jintao didn't go home. Instead, he went to the village reservoir and opened the letter Yang Zheng had written to him.

He said that the world will not always be like this, and that farmers will eventually have their day.

Where will the farmers' day come? If they offend Guo Baohua, their chances of getting into university or becoming workers in the city will be gone forever.

Zhao Jintao, in order to protect the Yang family, offended the brigade secretary and blocked all his way out. Does he regret it?

No regrets. In this world, there always needs to be upright people; otherwise, what's the difference between us and animals?

After sitting for a while, he got up and went to deliver a letter to the Yang family.

When Yang Wenjin saw Zhao Jintao arrive, she hurriedly called for Qiaoqiao's mother to boil water and make tea.

"Uncle, don't bother, I'm here to deliver a letter. Yang Zheng has sent a letter," Zhao Jintao said.

"It's a letter from Zheng'er. He hasn't replied to the last letter yet, and the child is getting anxious."

"Uncle, you have to reply quickly, otherwise Yang Zheng will worry. Here's what I'll do: I'll come over tomorrow at noon and mail it from the commune."

"Okay, okay, Jin Tao, something happened at home, and I don't know what to write."

"Just write that Grandma is fine, you are fine, everyone in the family is fine, and tell him not to worry."

"Okay, I'll write it tonight, I'll write it tonight."

"Then I'll go back now. I'll come back to pick up the letter tomorrow at noon."

Watching Zhao Jintao's retreating figure, Qiaoqiao's mother said, "Jintao is a good boy. It's good that Qiaoqiao married him."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Would Jin Tao's mother agree to this? Isn't Qiao Qiao doing just fine? There's no going back in life."

"You know, Qiaoqiao wrote so much, but she didn't say whether she and Zhou Yingxiong could have a child? Sigh, my heart is always on edge."

"Didn't she say that Zhou Wenhui said our 'rich peasant' and 'farmer' labels will soon be removed? Zhou Wenhui told her something so important, which shows that the two of them are doing very well." Yang Wenjin was good at finding fault with words.

On the second day of work, Yang Weiguo was the team leader in charge of assigning tasks, while Zhao Jintao waited with the other workers for the team leader to assign them the day's tasks.

The men and women were all in an uproar. What was going on? Had the team leader been changed?

Yang Weiguo said arrogantly, "From today onwards, I will lead everyone in labor. First, let's arrange the farm work for the commune members today..."

"Hey, Yang Weiguo, when did you become a squad leader? What happened to Zhao Jintao? Why was he removed from his position as squad leader?" some people questioned.

"What are you yelling about? Who becomes the team leader is up to the brigade. If you have any objections, go ask the brigade leader," Yang Weiguo said impatiently.

"Isn't the brigade leader your philandering second aunt's husband? What, the scandal broke, Zhao Jintao was removed, and you were put in charge?"

"Hey, you're slandering the brigade leader."

"Slander my ass! We were caught naked, and it was my wife who caught us. How does that count as slander? Electing a squad leader requires a vote from the villagers, and we didn't vote. We don't recognize you as our squad leader."

"Yes, we don't agree. If you want to do it, go do it yourself. We're not doing it."

"Hey, hey, you guys..."

Seeing that no one was going to work, Yang Weiguo became anxious: "Fine, Zhao Jintao, you scoundrel, you're inciting the masses to rebel."

Zhao Jintao stood silently in the crowd, his head down. Then, Zhao Jintao's mother made her move.

"No, when did my son's captain withdraw? Yang Weiguo, you bastard, explain yourself! What happened to my son?"

When Jin Tao's mother shouted, Yang Weiguo became a little timid.

"Auntie, go ask the commune secretary how Zhao Jintao was removed from office. Why are you looking for my husband Yang Weiguo?" Yang Weiguo's wife, Zhang Juhua, stepped forward.

"Zhang Juhua, what kind of rubbish are you? Look at your son Yang Weiguo, with his pointy mouth and monkey cheeks, just like your second aunt's husband. My son Jintao has dug irrigation ditches and repaired roads for the villagers, and done so many good things for the people. Anyone who dares to remove my son from the team leader position, I'll fight them to the death."

"Yes, our village only recognizes Captain Zhao Jintao; no one else will do."

The team leader's conflict quickly extended to the conflicts among the women and the masses.

Zhao Jintao stepped forward and shouted, "Dear grandpas and grandmas, uncles and aunts, it doesn't matter who the team leader is, as long as he treats every citizen fairly and justly. I stepped down as team leader voluntarily, and I believe Yang Weiguo will do a better job than me. Please, everyone, stop making things difficult for Team Leader Yang."

The crowd fell silent. An old man asked, "Jin Tao, what's going on? You were doing a good job, weren't you? We all trusted you."

Zhao Jintao bowed deeply: "Thank you all for your trust. Whether you're the team leader or a member, we just need to do our job well. This has nothing to do with Team Leader Yang. Now is the crucial time for fertilization, so please don't let my matter delay the crops."

No one objected anymore, and Yang Weiguo meekly said, "The female commune members should weed, and the male commune members should fertilize..."

Zheng Fenglin's eyes were blurry with regret. She secretly exposed Guo Baohua and Wu Xia's affair, but Guo Baohua got away with it, while Zhao Jintao, the squad leader, was dismissed.

If she had known it would end like this, why did she act impulsively?