Chapter 189: Raising money to repair the road (Ch 189)

“Has everyone agreed to build a road in the village? Will anyone demand compensation?”

After listening to the village chief’s purpose of visiting, Qi Jia thought for a moment and asked.

Qi Jia certainly would not refuse such a good thing as building a road, which would benefit both himself and others.

And for him, hundreds of thousands of construction costs were nothing. His main worry was whether any villagers would cause trouble.

Growing up in the village, he knows the people there very well.

When they are nice to you, they really are nice to you. They will take the initiative to lend a hand to anyone in the village who is in trouble.

But if you are stubborn, he might pick up a hoe and come to you to beat you up in a blink of an eye!

When I was a child, I often saw two families in the village who used to get along well with each other fighting over land and water for irrigation, and then they never had any contact with each other again.

Moreover, land is the lifeblood of rural people. Building roads will certainly occupy some of the land along the road.

If this aspect is not handled properly, the construction team will just lay the cement when the old men and women will lie down in it and demand compensation.

As for the land occupation compensation, Qi Jia was not going to pay. It was not because he was short of money, but because he would rather pay a small amount of money than pay a small amount of money.

Today he said he wanted to compensate 10,000 yuan, and Qi Jia gave it to him.

After the road is repaired, he feels that he has been cheated and comes to you asking for another ten thousand yuan. Will you give it to him or not?

If you give it to him, who can guarantee that there won’t be a next time? If you don’t give it to him, he will just pick up a hoe and dig up the road for you.

“We will coordinate this matter. Building the road will benefit the whole village.

We can negotiate with those who have occupied the land and exchange it for other land.

If they still don’t agree, then we’ll just have to avoid their house.”

The village chief understood what Qi Jia was worried about, so he explained the situation to him.

In a word, you pay the money to do the work, and we do the hard work!

After listening to the village chief’s words, Qi Jia thought for a moment and looked at Comrade Lao Qi who had been sitting next to him without interrupting.

“How about this, in addition to repairing the road, I will also pay for the installation of street lights along the way in the village.

Village chief, why don’t you talk to the construction party and find out how much it will cost to build the road and install street lights?

When the time comes, let my dad tell me and I’ll transfer the money to his card. You can just ask him for it when you need it.”

When Comrade Lao Qi heard his son say that he would hand over the financial power to him, his back straightened up instantly.

When he heard that Qi Jia not only agreed to pay for the road repair, but also agreed to install additional street lights in the village,

The mood of the village chief and others instantly became happy, and no one had any objection to Qi Jia’s suggestion to let his father manage the money.

“But” when everyone was happy, Qi Jia spoke again,

“I can pay for the village to install street lights, but the premise is that the electricity bill must be shared equally.

I want to make this clear to everyone in advance. I don’t want someone to say that I don’t need street lights, so you turned off the street lights in front of my house.”

There are more than a hundred households in Qijia’s village. The monthly electricity bill for street lights is estimated to be only a few dozen yuan per household.

This amount of money is not a lot, but for some rural families with little income, it is not too little.

Therefore, the situation that Qi Jia described might really happen.

Hearing what Qi Jia said, everyone present nodded in agreement. The village chief thought for a moment and said,

“Qi Jia, how about we hold a meeting in the ancestral hall tonight to discuss this? Would you like to come along?”

When Qi Jia heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly and pushed Comrade Lao Qi out as a representative.

“I won’t go. I have something else to do in the evening. Just let my dad go.”

There is nothing good about this kind of meeting. There are only two possible outcomes. One is that everyone reluctantly agrees after the argument and the meeting ends happily.

The second is that after the argument, no one agrees and the meeting is adjourned, but an agreement is made to meet again tomorrow to discuss and continue the argument.

That’s why Qi Jia didn’t want to go, so he just asked Comrade Lao Qi, who liked to show off his presence, to come forward.

Seeing Qi Jia’s firm attitude, the village chief and his men did not force him. After all, their main goal had been achieved.

So, after agreeing on the meeting time for tonight, he got up and left.

After the others left, Qi Jia waved to Comrade Lao Qi, who looked very excited.

“Dad, let me talk to you.”

When Comrade Lao Qi heard Haodaer calling him, his excitement disappeared and he returned to a calm look.

“Well, you did a good job. If you have the ability, you should do something practical for the village.”

Qi Jia ignored Comrade Lao Qi’s pretentious compliments, smiled, and then said seriously,

“Dad, you will be in charge of the money. When the village chief and others ask you for approval,

As long as the total amount is no more than 20,000 yuan different from the initial offer, you don’t have to worry about it.

Just give it to them directly, but you must pay attention to the quality of the roads and street lights.”

“Is 20,000 too much?” Comrade Qi was very quick to react. As soon as Qi Jia finished speaking, he understood.

What my son meant was that it was okay for some people to make some money, as long as the quality of the project was ensured.

But he felt that 20,000 yuan was a bit too much.

Many families in the village cannot save 20,000 yuan a year. In his opinion, 10,000 yuan at most would be enough.

“Dad, don’t worry about this little money. It’s not easy for the village chief and his men to work so hard.

Just consider it as their hard work fee. You may have to trouble them for something in the village in the future.”

Qi Jia’s view is different. As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. Don’t treat the village head as a cadre.

In the countryside, the village chief still has some power.

For example, didn’t I ask the village chief to help me with the formalities for the land on which my family built a house not long ago?

After hearing what his son said, Comrade Qi didn’t say much. He just nodded and agreed.

At 7 o’clock in the evening, Comrade Lao Qi went to the meeting with a smile on his face.

An hour later, Comrade Lao Qi came back. He no longer had a smile on his face, but an expression of deep resentment and bitterness.

Seeing his expression, Qi Jia knew without asking that the scene must be the same as he guessed.

Sure enough, after Comrade Lao Qi sat down, he took the initiative to say,

“We didn’t reach an agreement. Some households did not agree to share the electricity bill, arguing that they had flashlights when walking at night.

There were also a few families who agreed to build the road but wanted compensation. After arguing for a long time, there was no result.

The village chief asked everyone to go back and think about it, and then hold a meeting to discuss it tomorrow night.”

Qi Jia didn’t care about the process. Based on his many years of experience, this kind of thing would not have any result unless it was argued for ten days or half a month.

Anyway, I’ll pay after you guys finish arguing.

…

In the next two days, Qi Jia went to visit her grandmother’s house again.

During this time, I heard from my grandmother that my three uncles wanted to open a store by taking advantage of their location close to the highway.

The eldest uncle is responsible for repairing cars, the second uncle is responsible for the restaurant, and the third uncle is responsible for washing cars, providing a one-stop service.

After hearing this, Qi Jia also thought this was a good idea. Grandma’s house was close to the provincial road.

There are a lot of vehicles coming and going every day. After my uncle and his shop open, the business should be good.

So he immediately took out two million yuan and gave it to his eldest uncle as family development fund for safekeeping, and told them to go ahead and do it.

“That’s great. My grandson has made great progress and can help the family. Haha.”

Grandma happily held Qi Jia’s hand, and the wrinkles on her face were spread out with smile.

February 21,

Early that morning, after Qi Jia had breakfast with his family,

With his mother’s reluctant words, he got on the special car that came to pick him up and left his hometown again.

As for Comrade Lao Qi, he went to the ancestral hall to attend a meeting early in the morning. He said that they should be able to reach a conclusion today.

“Haha, I hope so.” Qi Jia said perfunctorily after hearing this.

10pm,

After a whole day of traveling, Qi Jia finally returned to Shanghai.