"Then raise your hand if you agree to repay the money."
The final count showed there were still more than thirty people who were completely neutral, but those who agreed to repay far outnumbered those who did not.
Wang Shulin felt much more at ease.
"Since there's a decision, let me say a few more words. I know some of you feel uneasy seeing others earn money from us. I've even heard people say the tractor in Li Family Village was bought with our village's money.
To be blunt, they could've earned their money elsewhere; there are plenty of people lining up to pay to use their tractor.
Those who accompanied me to deliver the public grain know that our village was the third to go. Some villages are only just starting to plant their fields right now.
We haven't always had it easy; we've had seasons when the corn didn't even grow kernels by winter, and that was a lost harvest.
