Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

The cleanup of the village primary school ruins continued the following day.

Despite the freezing weather, where even a breath of air could produce white smoke, dozens, even hundreds, of villagers arrived after breakfast, carrying shovels and spades.

Those who owned wheelbarrows even brought all of their own wheelbarrows over.

Upon arriving at the ruins of the village primary school, everyone began to work, clearing away the bricks, tiles, and broken beams and timbers.

While working, everyone was also thinking about how to build the new school building for the village primary school and what it would look like after it was built. From time to time, some friendly debates would break out.

Just as everyone was busy working on the ruins of the village primary school, a middle-aged man dressed in a cadre uniform and with a large belly, accompanied by the village chief, arrived at the ruins of the village primary school.

"Who's that? And why is the village chief standing there with a forced smile?"

The sharp-eyed villagers noticed it immediately.

"I don't recognize him. He looks like a cadre from the commune. He has a lot of official airs. Judging from how the village chief and the others are bowing and scraping to him, he's probably not a good person."

"I think I've seen this person in the commune before. Let me think, let me think... Oh right, I remember now. He was the director of the education office of Xiangyang Commune. I think his surname was Jin, but I forgot his full name."

"What's the commune's education director doing here? Is he here to show off his official power?"

"Who knows? Anyway, seeing the village chief and the others bowing and scraping like that, it can't be anything good."

"..."

Several villagers couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

Meanwhile, the village chief, Director Jin, acted like a leader, glancing around at the ruins of the village primary school, pointing and gesturing, occasionally talking to the village chief beside him, looking quite like he was giving orders.

The village chief listened to Director Jin's words from the side, nodding in agreement from time to time, but his expression grew increasingly grim.

Standing among the crowd clearing the rubble, Li Yunshan noticed the village chief's pale face and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Village Chief Li, the reconstruction of your village primary school must be handled by the commune's education office before the reconstruction can proceed. Do you understand what I mean?"

Jin Dahai adjusted his glasses and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Yesterday, after the village primary school in Guapigou Village collapsed, the principal immediately reported the incident to the commune's education office, and Director Jin learned about it right away.

Moreover, Director Jin also knew that not long ago, someone from Guapigou Village donated four thousand yuan to the village primary school as start-up capital for rebuilding the school buildings and adding desks and chairs.

Currently, the money is still in the account of the Guapigou Village Committee.

Four thousand yuan is a huge sum of money these days, and Director Jin, upon hearing this, also began to have wicked thoughts about the money.

The unexpected collapse of the village primary school also presented him with an excellent opportunity.

If the village primary school wanted to be rebuilt, it was impossible to bypass the commune education office. Some procedures, as well as the application for reconstruction funds and the use of funds, all had to go through the commune education office.

Director Jin's current plan is to transfer the four thousand yuan from the village office's account to the commune's education office's account, and then he'll do some maneuvering... hehe...

However, upon hearing that Director Jin actually intended to take the four thousand yuan, the village chief's heart skipped a beat.

He understood that Director Jin's visit, ostensibly out of concern for the situation at Guapigou Village Primary School, was actually motivated by his desire for the four thousand yuan.

"Director Jin, to be honest, that money was donated by a hunter in our village to the village primary school for the construction of the school buildings and the purchase of desks and chairs. If you want to transfer this money to the commune's education office account, you need the hunter's consent. After all, it was his donation, and I cannot make the decision to transfer the money on my own."

The village chief said with a wry smile.

"Then go and invite him here, I'll try to talk some sense into him."

Director Jin said, his hands behind his back.

The village chief gave him a deep look, then glanced at the crowd clearing the rubble before calling out, "Li Yunshan, come here for a moment."

Hearing the village chief calling him intensified Li Yunshan's bad premonition.

He shook his hand, picked up the shovel, and walked over.

"Village chief, what can I do for you?"

As Li Yunshan approached the village chief, he grinned and asked.

"Yunshan, this is Director Jin from our commune's education office. He's here mainly to check on the situation at our village primary school."

"In addition, you donated four thousand yuan to the village to build a new primary school building, right? Director Jin's idea is to transfer this money to the commune's education office account for unified allocation and reasonable use."

Despite his intense dislike for Director Jin, and even knowing that the latter wanted to take the money donated by Li Yunshan, the village chief still managed a somewhat awkward smile as he explained to Li Yunshan.

After listening to what the village chief said, Li Yunshan quickly understood what was going on.

It turned out that it was this pot-bellied Director Jin who was after the money he had donated.

After learning of Director Jin's purpose, Li Yunshan smiled slightly, but his face immediately darkened: "Director Jin, the money I'm donating to our village can only be used by the village. If you're just going to talk your way out of it and think about transferring this money to the commune's education office account for so-called unified allocation and reasonable use, then I'm sorry, I won't donate this money."

"At that time, the funding for the reconstruction of the village primary school will still have to be solved by Director Jin."

"Of course, if the reconstruction of the village primary school is delayed because I withdrew this donation, and it ultimately affects the learning of dozens of children, I will not take responsibility for it, nor will our village chief."

Li Yunshan's words were very straightforward, showing no fear whatsoever despite Director Jin's leadership over the commune's education.

He has lived two lives. In his previous life, the leaders he met, shook hands with, and even became sworn brothers with were far more powerful than a mere Karami like Director Jin.

He spoke his mind without the slightest doubt.

But the village chief was quite shocked when he heard Li Yunshan's blunt words.

After hearing Li Yunshan's words, Director Jin's face, which had been full of official authority and high spirits, instantly turned pale and then red.

He never expected that this young man, the hunter the village chief had mentioned, would dare to speak to him so bluntly.

At this moment, Director Jin felt as if a volcano was being suppressed in his heart, but he could not let it erupt because he was the leader in charge of education in the commune and could not do anything that would be beneath his dignity.

After taking a few deep breaths and forcibly suppressing his anger, Director Jin smiled slightly, but his words were almost spoken through gritted teeth: "Fine, young man, I respect your opinion. Since you've expressed your stance, I can't force you."

After saying that, Director Jin glared at the village chief, turned around, and stormed off.

"Sigh, Yunshan, why can't you be a little more tactful with your words?"

The village chief couldn't help but complain.

"Village chief, they're only after the money I donated. If I don't stand up for them and make my stance clear, they'll just take advantage of their official position and push their luck."

"If this money gets into his hands, how much of it will be spent on the construction of our village primary school will be out of our control."

Watching Director Jin's departing figure, Li Yunshan spoke to the village chief while slightly narrowing his eyes.

Moreover, Li Yunshan knew that it was unrealistic to rebuild the entire village primary school with the four thousand yuan he donated; he would have to mobilize villagers to donate money and apply for funding from higher authorities.

The process of applying for funding from higher authorities had to go through the commune's education office, which was in turn, through Director Jin.

The village chief was worried that Director Jin would hold him hostage, so he naturally became hesitant and timid in his speech and actions.

But he wasn't afraid.

Someone like Director Jin, who dares to take advantage of his official position to embezzle money, must have very few clean parts on his person.

Since he dared to make such an unreasonable request as the village chief today, and I have offended him, I estimate that he will most likely not let it go.

"By the way, Village Chief, what's this Director Jin's full name?"

Li Yunshan suddenly asked, because a memory from his previous life suddenly flashed through his mind.

Director Jin, I wonder if it's the one he remembers.

"Director Jin's name is Jin Jianbin. According to rumors, his father-in-law is the second-in-command in the county's education system, which is why he was able to become the director of our commune's education office at such a young age, not even thirty-five."

"Yunshan, why are you asking these questions?"

After the village chief finished speaking, he looked at Li Yunshan suspiciously.

"I didn't do anything, just asking casually."

Li Yunshan said it casually, but after learning Director Jin's full name from the village chief, he finally remembered who Director Jin was.

In his past life, after he became rich, he spent a lot of money to renovate the village's primary school.

At that time, the person he was in contact with was Jin Jianbin.

However, Jin Jianbin was no longer the director of the education office of Xiangyang Commune, but the deputy director of the county education bureau.

In his previous life, during his interactions with Deputy Director Jin Jianbin, Li Yunshan learned that Jin was greedy, lecherous, and had inappropriate relationships with several women.

Especially after his father-in-law passed away, and with the mountain no longer weighing on his head, Deputy Director Jin became even more outrageous.

Finally, because his behavior was too arrogant, his wife reported him to the authorities, leading to his imprisonment.

If that's how he was in his past life, what about now?

Li Yunshan thought about it and felt it was necessary to investigate in order to prevent problems from arising in the first place.

If this Director Jin dares to interfere with the construction of the village primary school, then he wouldn't mind giving him a silver bracelet in advance.