Chapter 151 Let the Bullets Fly for a While [3000]

"I...I'll give you a gift."

"I...I'll go with you too."

After much discussion, fearing of being beaten, and under the stares of so many eyes, Ma Laosan and Guo Aqiang reluctantly came to the table for paying the gift money. When they saw that behind Lu Yang's name, who was ranked first on the gift list, it said "gift money of 50 and a piece of fine cloth".

They both swallowed.

I'm so envious.

Looking further down, the rest of the close relatives gave five or ten yuan, most of the workers in the factory gave two yuan, and most of the neighbors gave one yuan as a gift.

This is barely acceptable.

Although they still felt the pain, they decided to go with this number after they thought about it. If it was any lower, they were afraid that so many eyes would be watching them and they would eat them.

"Oh, where's the money?"

"You two kids, are you just kidding? Don't make empty promises!"

The person who wrote the gift money bill to Lu Youren was a clan leader with the same surname.

longevity.

He is seventy-seven years old this year and within the five generations of mourning. The most important thing is that this gentleman has received education and attended a school during the Republic of China period. He can check the almanac, write couplets, issue obituaries for weddings and funerals, etc. Everyone with the surname Lu in the village has to respect him.

I didn't see the visitor take out the gift money.

Just open your mouth and talk nonsense.

The old man was a little unhappy. He put down the brush with trembling hands, and his skinny knuckles hit the tabletop with a bang.

Just from the momentum alone, Ma Lao San and Guo Aqiang were frightened so much that their faces turned pale.

"I owe... I owe 9 cents. I only have two cents..."

Guo Aqiang had a sad face. He took out the only two cents left in his pocket and handed it to the old man carefully.

"I...I owe you one."

Ma Laosan covered his face and said fearfully.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A group of villagers gathered around to watch the fun and laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.

"Ma Laosan, are you fucking idiot? Guo Aqiang at least brought two cents with him, but you didn't even bring a penny. You even came here on a heavy iron tread."

"No, my stomach hurts. Ma Laosan, you must have done this on purpose... Hahahaha, you want to make us laugh to death."

There was chaos all around, and everyone was laughing at the joke.

For a moment, the two guys looked as ugly as if their mother had died, but they did not dare to talk back, after all, they were outnumbered.

Fortunately, the 77-year-old man named Lu did not make things difficult for them.

He picked up the brush again and sighed, "Okay, then I'll write an IOU and you two can put your fingerprints on it."

He was even considerate enough to write the IOU for them, knowing that they were definitely uneducated and illiterate, and all they had to do was put their fingerprints on it.

At this time, what else could Ma Laosan and Guo Aqiang, who had sad faces, do except express their gratitude profusely?

If you are given a step, you have to take it.

They quickly put their hand prints on the table, then retreated in disgrace.

Have a meal?

How can I eat more?

Just the anger I feel fills my stomach, and I have no place to vent it.

"Tutu, tutu."

A puff of black smoke.

Amid the laughter of the villagers, he ran away on his motorcycle.

At this time, Lu Yang found the sixth brother Lu Youzhi.

"Cousin, what's up?"

"Well, go and find out for me whether those two guys have moved to the tea mountain to live, and whether there are many trucks entering and leaving the village, whether the vehicles are clean, and whether there are any suspicious points. But you can only ask quietly, don't get close to these people, understand?"

"Well, cousin, don't worry. I know those people are not good people. I will definitely not take risks. At most, I will just watch from a distance. Besides, the village is so small, and there is only one road in and out. If there is any disturbance, others may not be able to say anything, but I will ask the fat sister-in-law, she will definitely know."

The fat sister-in-law that Lu Youzhi mentioned is the daughter-in-law of Ma Laoliu, who runs a convenience store.

The store is right at the entrance of the village.

The open gate faces the only rough road leading into the village. Anyone riding a bicycle passing by can be seen clearly, not to mention a large truck that can kick up a lot of dust.

Lu Yang nodded and said, "Okay, but don't ask directly. Just say that the road in the village has been difficult to drive on recently. It must be because there are too many large trucks driving on it, and the road has been damaged. Then we have to spend money to repair it. You have to calculate who drives the most on this road and who is most likely to have caused damage. Then tell the village committee and ask them to pay for it."

"That's a good idea. This way, even if I ask Fatty Sister-in-law for some other details openly, she will definitely not suspect anything."

The sixth brother, Lu Youzhi, clenched his fists and pounded his thighs, his face full of excitement.

But then he said hesitantly: "But in this case, cousin, once the village committee decides to rebuild this Maomalu, won't you have to pay for it too?" Now the two most popular roads in the village are the garment factory and the tea factory, and only these two have large trucks.

If the village committee really decides to repair this dilapidated rough road leading into the village, I'm afraid the two companies that will ultimately pay for it will have to be the garment factory and the tea factory.

Lu Yang waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Lao Liu, just go ahead and bring it up. If the village committee really wants to repair the road, let alone just leveling the road and paving it with sand and gravel, I'm willing to change it to a cement road or asphalt road. Of course, the prerequisite is that the people in Chashan have to pay like me.

Now the sixth brother Lu Youzhi felt relieved. He agreed, smiled, turned around and prepared to run outside.

Lu Yang quickly called out to him from behind: "What's the hurry, kid? Let's finish the meal first."

The sixth brother, Lu Youzhi, waved at him and said, "It's okay. I'll go talk to the fat sister-in-law and I'll be back soon."

Lu Yang laughed and scolded, "You little bastard."

He shook his head and turned to look for his wife.

Build roads!

He means it.

He was serious about cheating those street thugs in Chashan.

If Lu Yang was not mistaken.

This group of people should have already started stealing coal, and their methods are very sophisticated, but it didn't cause much noise. The only possible flaw came from the pair of funny people Ma Laosan and Guo Aqiang. The role played by these two people should be similar to that of the army before his rebirth, used to prevent accidents and the theft of coal from being exposed, and then being pushed out as scapegoats.

But there is also a huge difference here.

Da Jun is an honest and dutiful person.

I won't ask around.

These two lively guys are obsessed with money. They were already jumping around before the tea plantation was even opened. Now, the tea trees have been planted and the tea mountain has been sealed, but they both think of themselves as partners in the tea factory and often stay there and never come down.

Stealing coal from the ground.

It might be easier to hide it from the former army.

However, it would be very difficult to hide the truth from these two clever and money-minded guys. The only way is to bring them in and promise them some benefits so that they can take the blame in the future.

These are all Lu Yang’s guesses.

What exactly happened? Whether these two guys moved to the tea factory after the mountain was closed and whether they lived there, we would have to wait for Lao Liu to find out.

But this does not prevent Lu Yang from plotting against this group of people.

Stealing coal mines.

Even if we report it now, as long as the evidence is solid, it will be enough to put these people in jail.

But Lu Yang obviously didn't want to do that.

Doing this would be too easy for these people. Lu Yang's goal is to send these people to jail for at least seven or eight years, rather than sending them in for a visit and then letting them out.

Lu Yang didn't quite understand the criminal law provisions here, but no matter what, there was one iron rule that would never change, which was that the more one stole, the heavier the sentence would be.

There can be no rush.

Let the bullet fly for a while first.

However, Lu Yang didn't want these people to live too comfortably. He would be very unhappy if they used the money from selling the stolen coal to squander and live a damn extravagant life.

It just so happens that the rough road leading into the village is really rotten.

It was usable before, but that was because the villagers didn’t have their own cars.

The reason why the situation is so bad now is that the village has its own cars, and not just one, but many, and they are all big trucks.

Luyang's garment factory, with large trucks coming in and out every day, is a frequent visitor on this road.

The tea plantation on the back hill of the village used to use big trucks to transport soil, but now uses big trucks to transport stolen coal, which is also a frequent visitor on Maomalu, the only road leading into the village.

With this kind of usage, it's hard not to be terrible.

Even if we don't repair it now, after a while, when there are more large trucks running on it and the rainy season comes, sooner or later this road will be completely unavailable for traffic.

What to do?
Just fix it.

But where does the money come from?

Lu Yang is willing to go out.

But he was unwilling to let the people on the tea mountain take advantage of the road he had built with his own money and let their coal trucks take advantage of it.

Since we don't want to deal with that group of people now and the timing is too immature, the best way is to pull that group of people in as well and not let them make money too comfortably.

Hey, let's all come together to pay for the road repair.

Not willing?
No, no, no, they definitely do.

Lu Yang was sure that as long as the village committee really decided to build a road and he agreed to pay part of the money, those guys would definitely agree with it and would want to start construction right away. Because the better and more solid the road into the village is, the smoother the channel will be for them to transport the stolen coal out, and the more money they will make. Those guys are so greedy, how could they miss it?
"correct."

"They will definitely think that they have made a great profit this time because someone with a lot of money has paid for them to build a road to facilitate their coal theft. How happy they are."

"Yes, I have to thank them too. Otherwise, once they all go in, I will be the only company in this village. If the road breaks down and needs to be repaired, won't I be the only one to pay for it?"

(End of this chapter)