"County Magistrate Bai, I give you my word as a Party member: I will absolutely not cause trouble for our organization."
The village head was quite a wily old hand. Naturally catching County Magistrate Bai's implied meaning, he fished a cigarette from his pocket and moved to light it for the magistrate.
County Magistrate Bai simply took the cigarette in his hand without lighting it. "I've already talked things over with Anxin Food Factory. The factory is going to expand its production scale, build a new plant, and introduce a completely new production line. When the time comes, they'll rehire workers from the surrounding villages. Your primary responsibility as village head is to do ideological work among the villagers. If there's another uproar over this, nobody will be able to help you people."
Chapter 235