I am not just a tycoon

Chapter 347: Chapter 286: Whirlpool_3

Li Baocai let out a sigh, “Yeah, back then, each family put up 10,000 yuan, making it a total of 20,000 yuan to repair this road. But aside from the money for the road repairs, it also used a piece of farmland from each of our families.”

“As soon as they saw our family building a house, they started saying their farmland was better, in a better location, and that the quality of their land was higher than ours. They insisted that their land should be valued into the cost as well.”

“They claimed their land was worth 30,000 yuan, while ours was only worth 10,000 yuan. So, he argued that we only paid 20,000 yuan, while they had essentially paid 40,000 yuan, demanding that we give him an additional 10,000 yuan to make it fair.”

After listening to Li Baocai’s story, Shen Yuan frowned. This road had been repaired by both families for over a decade, used all these years without a word. Why on earth did they bring it up now, just when his uncle was building his house?

And these two pieces of land were right next to each other. How could they say that their land was better? Wasn’t that just nonsense?

“This is just hooliganism!”

Li Hongjuan cursed, grinding her teeth, “This Li Fuqing is just as arrogant and unreasonable as before. When his family built their house, they also took a piece of our land! Back then, our dad thought that since we’d been neighbors for so many years, let it be. But then, when they extended their courtyard, they encroached on our land again!”

“I’ll go talk to him!”

Li Hongjuan was furious and about to rush over to their house, but Shen Heping quickly grabbed her, “Wait a second, let’s hear what your big brother has to say first.”

Uncle Li Baocai was an honest man, a hardworking villager who had been a bricklayer for many years. He always approached things with a mindset of keeping the peace, but even he was really angered by this incident.

“Arguing with them is pointless. My wife has had several fights with them already. They just keep insisting that we owe the 10,000 yuan.”

“These bastards are very sly. Before we started constructing the house, nothing was said. Just after we laid the foundation and began the first floor, he started blocking the road, literally sitting in the middle of it to prevent trucks from passing through, making it impossible for the cement and red brick transport to get through. Now the construction is stuck halfway.”

Li Baocai pointed in that direction, and everyone saw the new house next to grandma’s place, only halfway built, with its red bricks all exposed.

Shen Heping’s face also looked rather unpleasant, “Hasn’t anyone from the village come to mediate?”

“They tried to, but it was useless. They’re just shameless, claiming their land is valuable. What’s more, the villagers tend to side with them; Li Fuqing’s cousin is the village head. His brother is the deputy factory manager of Jian Hua Fitness Equipment, overseeing hundreds of people.”

Li Baocai said helplessly, “Qing Rong doesn’t want to give in to them, doesn’t want to deal with the aggravation, so we’ve just been dragging it out like this.”

“Damn them, they’re village tyrants!”

Li Hongjuan exploded with an outburst of anger.

The situation was now clear. The neighbor, named Li Fuqing, was trying to extort Uncle Baocai for 10,000 yuan using brute force. Uncle Baocai wanted to keep the peace, but Auntie didn’t want to give in to their demands, which meant construction on the house had to be halted mid-way.

Shen Yuan occasionally heard about Li Fuqing from Li Hongjuan. Every time she mentioned him, she was fuming with anger.

In addition to the past land encroachment when they were building houses, there were minor frictions between the two families normally, but this time he had really crossed the line by blocking the road and jacking up the price.@@novelbin@@

Li Baocai gave a wry smile, then gestured for everyone to come inside, “Let’s go, let’s go. You’ve been driving for so long. Come in and rest. I picked some watermelons from the field this morning; they’re big and sweet.”

“You guys go ahead, I need to make a phone call.”

Shen Yuan waved his hand and then took out his phone. Uncle Baocai might want to pay the 10,000 yuan to keep the peace, but Shen Yuan wasn’t willing to just swallow this insult.

After all, if you give in to a “village tyrant” like this once, they will only become more demanding next time.

“Yuan, come inside to make the call. It’s too sunny out here.”

Li Baocai made the friendly suggestion with a chuckle.

At this moment, he also noticed the celestial-looking woman behind Shen Yuan, resembling a star from the television dramas.

Li Baocai rarely went to the city and felt that he only saw such women on TV.

“Yuan, who is this?”

Li Baocai paused, becoming even more reserved.

“That’s his friend, she came over with him. Come on, let’s go inside.”

Shen Heping didn’t mention that Ji Ya was an assistant and then pulled Li Baocai inside.

However, just as Li Baocai turned around, he suddenly realized he’d never seen the two silver and black cars his sister and brother-in-law had driven in.

Earlier, rushing out of the house to move the two trees and then explaining the situation to his sister and brother-in-law, he hadn’t paid attention to the two cars parked behind them.

“Heping, did you get a new car?”

Li Baocai couldn’t help but ask.

Shen Heping grinned, “Yeah, your nephew has made it big, so I got in on the action and changed cars too.”

“How much was it? It looks expensive.”

Li Baocai said with curiosity.

“Not expensive, not expensive. Let’s go, we can talk more about it on the way.”

Shen Heping said, pulling Li Baocai along and heading inside. At this time, Shen Yuan’s call finally went through, “Hey, Brother Fa, I remember the name of your factory is Jian Hua, right? It’s located in Jinzhou Town, Ning County, isn’t it?”

“…”

“I’ve got a bit of trouble here and need your help.”

“…”

“I need a bulldozer and an excavator sent over, with drivers who have guts.”

“…”

“Don’t worry, it won’t cause any trouble. It’s just standard construction work, I’ll send you the location in a bit.”

After finishing the call, Shen Yuan hung up and sent over the location.

Jin Zhifa was Jin Kangwen’s cousin; they had met a few times and were also alumni. Importantly, Jin Zhifa needed him—he wanted to secure an order from Jingfu, so there was no reason for him not to help in this situation.

Ji Ya, standing next to Shen Yuan, found the phone call somewhat peculiar and asked, “Mr. Shen, what do you need a bulldozer and an excavator for?”