Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 476 - 171: Making a Plan_1

Chapter 476: Chapter 171: Making a Plan_1

When village officials hold a meeting, especially an emergency session like this, the reality is far from what outsiders would imagine. Outsiders may picture this: A brightly lit conference room where a group of people sit formally, taking turns to speak, solemnly discussing certain matters.

But in reality: The conference room is old and shabby, with a group of people chatting and conversing just like normal folks. Moreover, this meeting is about a mass incident, so more people have shown up, making the atmosphere slightly lively.

Now, a suggestion came up for Comrade Yanfei to buy several cows to pacify the villagers, and some people have begun to agree to it. Because clearly, this method seems ’better’ than the one discussed earlier - it’s both less troublesome and less worrisome. Apart from Boss Yan suffering some financial loss, everyone else stands to gain.

Someone even mentioned: "I heard that when Boss Yan slaughtered cows for the New Year, a chunk of bezoar weighing several catties was found. It’s worth more than gold, so spending a few dimes on cows is a trivial matter for him."

Seeing the discussions becoming increasingly unreasonable, Mayor Chen cleared his throat. The Village Director should generally be the one leading, but with Sancha River village Secretary’s position currently vacant, all tasks have temporarily fallen to the Mayor. So, when he coughed, everyone knew that the leader was about to speak, and they quieted down.

Mayor Chen didn’t directly express his opinion. Instead, he turned to Lin Baoguo and Old Pan and smiled, saying, "Lil Lin, Old Pan, how come you both stopped talking? One of you is Comrade Yanfei’s uncle as well as the police chief, and the other is his direct leader. If the two of you have any ideas, don’t hold it in! Old Pan, you started the discussions but then went silent. Do you have any new ideas now?"

Lin Baoguo, who had been keeping his head down all this time, looked up to stare at the old woman who first suggested that Yanfei should donate cows. Just as he was about to speak, Old Pan interjected, "I have no objections to everyone’s ideas. Just now, since someone suggested that Comrade Yanfei buy a few cows, I’m afraid we won’t be able to do this persuasion task. Everyone knows that Boss Yan helped Lil Lin and me with our work awhile back, and in a way, we two are indebted to him! We can’t be the ones to bring this up. How about letting the one who proposed it handle it? As long as they can successfully persuade him, it would save everyone a lot of trouble."

As soon as Old Pan spoke, Lin Baoguo lowered his head and remained silent again.

Not only did he stop speaking, everyone else who had been debating earlier also became silent immediately after Old Pan’s words.

What’s that saying about the tree seeking the shade of the person?

The town isn’t large to begin with, so no movement, no matter how slight, can be concealed from the people, especially those seated in this conference room who are all well-informed. That young boss of the cattle farm may not be old, but most of them had heard about his deeds.

From the far-off examples of Si Family’s Brothers who used to live in the town, the big and small thieves he caught, and even the interstate wildlife traffickers who he tormented, it goes without saying how they ended up.

Simply take the incident just before the New Year. A released murderer, who served labor reform for killing two people, came to the cattle farm; everyone pretty much knew about this. Someone like him turned as docile as a partridge as soon as he entered the cattle farm, who would believe it if you told them that?

Such a man can’t be described as a reckless youth anymore; he merits the title of a tough guy. If you were to say to his face: You should suffer financial losses to avert disaster for me! After all, you’re rich, spending a dime or two isn’t a big deal? Besides, you were already planning to do good deeds, so just do this one more!

Who can assure that he wouldn’t throw a mallet at you?

That’s right, this man is just like Li Yuanba in the historical fiction, not only capable of swinging a hundreds-of-catties mallet but also was mentally unstable in the past. If you were to be hit by him, there would be no place to reason...the ordeal would be beyond words...

Everyone fell silent, and the old woman who first suggested that Yanfei buy cows now became flustered, awkwardly saying, "I work with women, so it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to go, would it? Besides, I heard he even keeps tigers!"

Old Pan promptly replied with a jovial tone, "Then how about I get Boss Yan to go find you at your house so that you can take your time to persuade him?"

Hearing Old Pan speak like this, the old woman’s heart was instantly flushed with a torrent of emotions: Damn it! Are you threatening me? Old Pan, did I mess with your family’s ancestral tomb or something? We’ve been colleagues for so many years, is it necessary to treat me like this on account of a simple cattle farmhand?

Even Mayor Chen couldn’t take it anymore and interjected, "That’s enough. We shouldn’t discuss the issue of asking Comrade Yanfei to donate cows anymore. I want to set a principle first. We can’t allow a philanthropic person to bear both the physical labor and financial burdens and then also suffer grievances."

Hearing this, Director Lin immediately brightened up, "Although Old Pan’s words just now may seem a bit radical, they indeed make sense. Since he has observed some situations, why not drag it till tomorrow? Everyone can utilize their connections, acquire information from multiple aspects about the specific situation in this village, and learn the causes of this incident. Then we can convene again at noon tomorrow to discuss the strategies..."

Though these words are simple, not everyone would be willing to voice them. Because once Mayor Chen accepts this suggestion, and if chaos erupts in the morning before we reconvene to discuss strategies, the one who spoke these words shall bear the responsibility...

Actually, this method is equally untenable. Waiting passively is definitely not going to work. Others suggested that we might as well squeeze out some funds from the township, or everyone might chip in some money first to placate the people from Houfang Village, and deal with the troublemakers gradually.

In fact, not only the people of Houfang Village need pacifying. Everyone is still more worried about another situation—those who might receive a cow may fear their imminent cattle being divided by others, and they may also bring more people over to confront the people of Houfang.

If that happens, the situation would become even more uncontrollable.

After everyone finished discussing, Mayor Chen confirmed some contingency plans and began arranging for people to pacify those within their respective jurisdiction overnight. He ordered investigations to identify anyone who had left Houfang Village or had relatives in the village, in hopes of gathering some inside information.

At the same time it was decided that everyone would attend en masse at Houfang village tomorrow morning, trying to resolve the matter on the way and prevent them from reaching the town.

By the time the meeting was over, it was already late into the night, but none of them felt sleepy.

Xiang Changqing had been waiting for Lin Baoguo at the entrance for a long time. When he came out, Changqing immediately reported, "I didn’t see him. He has tigers and bears tied at the entrance, I couldn’t get in. I stood outside the farmhouse and called him. He shouted from inside stating he wasn’t at home. I relayed your message and then came back."

Lin Baoguo chuckled and muttered, "That stinking lad..."

But after his laughter subsided, he couldn’t help but worry. Old Pan, who was watching him since they walked out of the conference room, came over and asked quietly, "What’s wrong?"

"Xiao Fei has those tigers tied at the door and is hiding from people, he didn’t meet Xiao Xiang either."

"Don’t worry! He won’t meet you guys because he doesn’t want you to be bothered, but I believe he has good judgment. Nothing major will go wrong..."

These were empty reassurances. Given the two’s understandings of that guy, if he is really enraged, who knows what insanity he could conjure. At any rate, based on the small number of people from Houfang Village, they wouldn’t cause him too much trouble...