Upon hearing Wang Jianguo’s words, Uncle Cheng wore an expression of utter disbelief. His eyes widened as if he had just heard a tall tale, and he exclaimed, "That’s impossible! The marks I made were so obvious; how could they have missed them? I made them large and clear precisely to avoid any mistakes."
As he spoke, he walked over to a tree stump and crouched down, seemingly hoping to find some traces of his markings. But other than the fresh, jagged cuts, there was nothing to be seen.
Wang Jianguo let out a sigh of frustration and addressed the group: "I hadn’t had a chance to tell you yet, but when I returned home yesterday, the team leader told me something. The people from Dali Village and Xiaoli Village went to the Commune to see Director Song. They wanted to force their own people into our Supply and Marketing Cooperative to work."
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