Chapter 111: Don't know the value of firewood and rice when you're not the head of the household

  In the next few days, Ye Pingyu mainly continued to familiarize himself with the overall work of the township and did not do anything specific. Of course, while getting familiar with the situation, some cadres in the township took turns inviting him to dinner. Faced with this situation, he could not refuse, otherwise it would be a matter of not giving others face. He still needed the support of these cadres, and this face had to be given.

  After drinking and eating with the cadres in the countryside, Bai Xiaocui, Lin Lei, Xiao Jianzhong and Bao Gelei from the county came to visit him again. On the one hand, it was a courtesy, welcoming and sending off, and on the other hand, they came to boost Ye Pingyu's morale. If no one came to visit him, it would seem that he had no connections, and in official circles, isn't it all about mutual support and mutual admiration?

  Bai Xiaocui and others are all cadres of the county party committee office, coming to the countryside is very important, Zhao Yuangong learned about it and personally accompanied them for dinner, the atmosphere was very lively.

  Bai Yun was busy as the director of the party and government office, but she was very happy to see Bai Xiaocui, even though she had only come to visit Ye Pingyu.

  Xiao Jianzhong followed Bai Xiaocui, worried that he would meet Chang Fang, so he called Ye Pingyu in advance, absolutely not letting Chang Fang come out to receive them. Upon learning of this situation, he specially arranged for Chang Fang to go out on an errand, lest the two of them run into each other.

  After arriving at the county committee office, Bao Ge Lie came to the town for the first time and was deeply moved by the warm reception from the secretaries below. As a teacher at the county party school, he had been ignored by the township leaders, but now as an official of the county committee office, especially serving Zhū Zǐ Chuán, his treatment was exceptional.

  Lin Lei now treats Ye Pingyu as her closest person, and after arriving in the countryside, she smiles and asks if there's anything she can help with, and if so, just mention it.

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said that everything was fine for now, and there was nothing he needed help with, thanking her for her kind intentions. Lin Lei then coquettishly told him not to be polite.

  As soon as Ye Pingyu saw Lin Le's charming appearance, he thought of what happened between them that night. Now he regretted leaving at the time, perhaps he was too worried about something happening, but in fact this woman shouldn't bring him any trouble.

  Thinking of this, the gaze towards Lin Lei had some unusual eyes. Lin Lei, who was keen on observation, quickly captured this information and took advantage of others' inattention to pinch Ye Pingyu: "Pingyu, when you arrive at the county town, call me, I'm still alone at home!"

  Ye Pingyu couldn't help but feel a flutter in his chest when he heard her cheesy words, and hastily said: "Lin sister, I'm very busy with work right now, I'm afraid I won't have time to go to the county town!"

  Lin Le smiled and said: "You'll have to go to the county town for a meeting anyway, after the meeting is over, give me a call and I'll treat you to dinner."

  Ye Pingyu didn't respond, and there were people around, so he couldn't say much. After a while, Bai Xiaocui walked over and asked what the two of them were whispering about. He quickly covered it up and passed by, while Lin Lei just smiled without saying anything.

  Seeing Ye Pingyu now as the village head, sitting there like a moon surrounded by stars, Xiao Jianzhong and Bao Gelei were both deeply moved. From now on, it's all up to Ye Pingyu, who knows, maybe after a while he'll become a county leader, at that time, they can only follow closely behind Ye Pingyu and mix in.

  After having a meal in the countryside, they drank a lot of wine and then said their goodbyes again. Bai Xiaocui and others left. To be honest, Ye Pingyu didn't like this kind of welcoming and sending off very much. Not only did it consume energy, but also spent a lot of money. Due to the tight finances in the countryside, they now owed a lot of debts to Dongsheng Wine House. Wang Fangyun was anxious to get the account from the countryside and ran to his office.

  He had no good impression of Wang Fangyun at first, but because of Old Zheng's sake, he didn't have any opinion about her. However, now that he saw her holding so many IOUs, coming to find him, adding up to tens of thousands of yuan, all of which were embezzled. Among them, there were village leaders who took money and mid-level cadres who took money. They took so much, not to mention they didn't give Wang any money, even if they did give her money, wasn't it a huge waste?

  Looking at Wang Fangyun standing there, seemingly reluctant to leave, Ye Pingyu sighed and said: "Boss Wang, the countryside is currently out of money, why don't you go back first, and we'll pay you when we have the money?"

  Wang Fangyun's personality is also quite straightforward. Originally, she would definitely want to get along with Ye Pingyu, but now that they owe her so much money and won't pay up, she doesn't care about getting along with him anymore. Instead, she waves a white slip in front of Ye Pingyu and says: "Young County Head Ye, it's not that I'm intentionally disrespecting you, our hotel is a small business, owing this much money at once means we can't even stock up on goods. Your county may be poor, but it's not lacking in this bit of cash. Today, you have to pay me at least half!"

  Wang Fangyun was being stubborn and unreasonable, making Ye Pingyu's face turn red with anger. As the village head, she was now being chased by a restaurant owner for debt repayment. If this got out, ordinary people would not believe it. Not knowing the value of money until becoming the village head, Wang realized that without money, no one would have a good life.

  After some thought, Ye Pingyu called over Liang Jun and asked when he arrived: "Has the money from the Finance Bureau come yet?"

  Liang Jun Dao said: "As soon as I went there, they said to wait for two days. I don't know how many 'two days' have passed, and it seems like they are intentionally not wanting to give us!"

  As soon as he heard this, Ye Pingyu's heart was not very happy. How did Liang Jun do his job? The money didn't even come in? Thinking of this, his face sank and he said: "Is there still money in the countryside now? Wang Boss has come to collect debts, think of a way to pay him a part."

  After hearing Ye Pingyu's words, Liang Jun looked at Wang Fangyun and said: "Can we still owe you money in the countryside? How did you find Ye Shangzhang again? Come on, follow me out!"

  Wang Fangyun knew this was a rare good opportunity, if she didn't seize it and followed Liang Jun out, the money would definitely not come back, so she said: "If Village Head Ye doesn't agree to give me the money, I won't leave today."

  Seeing Wang Fangyun's determination not to leave, Ye Pingyu looked at Liang Jun and said: "Is there still money in the countryside? If so, pay her some!"

  Li Jiang frowned and said: "There are only 5,000 yuan left in the countryside now. If we pay him, Secretary Zhao and you will have no money to use, and the work of the countryside cannot be carried out!"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Pingyu's face sank as he thought for a moment before saying: "Pay the 5,000 yuan to her first. Zhao Shuji and I don't have much going on lately, we won't be spending much money. We can think of ways to get some more later."

  After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Wang Fangyun and said: "Now I'll give you 5,000 yuan, is that okay? If you're willing, follow Liang Suo Chang to get it. If you don't agree, if you want to stay here, then just stay here!"

  After careful analysis of the conversation between Ye Pingyu and Liang Jun, Wang Fangyun thought for a moment before finally agreeing: "Alright, I'll take this 5,000 first. The rest of the money must be given to me within a month!"

  Ye Pingyu didn't answer her words, but instead said: "From now on, whoever comes to your restaurant to eat, if they don't pay in cash, please don't let them eat. If you let them eat and they put it on credit, the village will not acknowledge the debt!"

  Wang Fangyun immediately said upon hearing this: "How could I dare to let them eat again? I didn't expect your village to be so poor, all you know is eating and drinking every day!"

  After finishing speaking, Wang Fangyun walked out. Listening to her words, Ye Pingyu was stabbed for a moment. As the village head in the eyes of the common people, he really didn't have anything. The village had no money and the economy was backward. He even had no confidence in front of an owner of a restaurant. If he didn't do something, would he still have the face to stay in this position?

  After sending Wang Fangyun away, Ye Pingyu was very angry in his heart. He had just taken office as the head of the village and was already facing debt collection. It was really embarrassing to talk about it. People who didn't know would think that this village head was so glorious, but those who knew would laugh at him to death.

  The boss's debt is a small matter, there are even bigger things behind it. If the teachers' salaries can't be paid, he won't just face the problem of owing debts, but also the problem of teachers petitioning to higher authorities. When he was the director of the party and government office, he didn't need to consider this issue, but now that he's the township head, failing to pay salaries is his responsibility. He must think of a way to find the money, otherwise it will be really hard to make ends meet.

  Just as he was sitting there getting angry, his mobile phone suddenly rang. He didn't know who it was and answered it. As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard his father's voice. He didn't know what it was about, so he asked him a question.

  As a result, he asked, and Ye Cunli said to him: "Son, I heard that you have become the head of the village. Ye Xiaoer ran to my house, bringing rice and noodles, wanting me to tell you something, asking if you can let him be an official in the village or something. Look, I've already accepted the things, now it's up to you to handle it!"

  "What did you say? You accepted Ye Xiao'er's gift? He is a rascal in the village, how dare you accept his gift?" As soon as he heard that his old father had secretly accepted Ye Xiao'er's gift from the village and even agreed to let him join the village committee as a cadre, Ye Pingyu almost fainted.

  "He insisted on giving it to me, I had no choice. I thought you were the village head in the countryside, arranging a village cadre is easy as pie, just help me out and give me some face, let him go be one!" Ye Cunli said carelessly, without considering Ye Pingyu's difficulties.

  Ye Pingyu couldn't help but loudly scold: "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? A person like him can be a cadre? You immediately return his things to me, nothing can be accepted. In the future, if someone else privately sends you gifts, you beat them back!"

  Ye Cunli didn't expect Ye Pingyu would get so angry and muttered: "I've even drunk all his wine now."

  "Then you buy a new one for them, and return it to them. In short, you can't just take other people's gifts!" Ye Pingyu ordered loudly, he really couldn't bear this old man, if he didn't restrain him a bit, who knows what would happen in the future.