"So it's you, Yecheng! Come, come, let’s go to my office to talk. Are you saying you’ve set up a village collective enterprise?" Station Chief Zhao asked with a smile upon seeing him.
"It wasn't me, Brigade Leader. It was our fellow villager, Li Xiulan. She wants to apply for an individual business license for the shop she's opening. We weren’t sure if the county had any precedents, but we’d read about it in the newspaper, so we wanted to come and consult you and ask for your advice."
The Brigade Leader introduced Li Xiulan and explained the situation, though he made no mention of the rejection they had just faced from Station Chief Zhu.
Chapter 46