Daqiu County is undergoing a booming old city reconstruction work. There are seven or eight construction sites at the north and south ends of Qiuling Street starting at the same time, and half of the county is shrouded in thin dust.
The area where Li Xuan's family's ancestral home is located has also been targeted by developers. They are interested in the stream that runs through the city and plan to demolish all the old homes here and transform it into a high-end villa area.
It is said that this villa area will go to Anzhou, Jinjiang, and even Pingzhou to recruit wealthy customers and create a high-end livable ecological water system garden landscape villa area.
After hearing the plan, Li Xuan frowned and said, "In other words, all the houses in that area will be demolished? What about those locust trees?"
The staff member said impatiently: "Of course I'll cut it off. What should I keep it for?"
Li Xuan said: "Those are big trees that are hundreds of years old and have a profound history..."
Before he could finish speaking, the staff interrupted: "What you said is really interesting. What is the use of history? Can it be used as food? Those trees are too old to be used as firewood."
Li Xuan thought for a moment and said, "In this case, I don't agree to the demolition."
The staff member was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"I don't think it's appropriate for you to cut down trees, so I won't sign." Li Xuan said.
The staff member laughed: "If you want to increase money, just say so. Why make such excuses? I'll tell you the truth, 1,600 yuan is already a very reasonable price. Even if you make trouble, you won't be able to increase much. So, I'll tell you
The manager will discuss it and give you another 20 yuan per square meter. This is the limit and cannot be higher."
Li Xuan shook his head and said: "You didn't understand what I meant. This is not about money. I just want to save the trees in the yard. If you can change the plan and save all the locust trees, I can sign at any time."
The staff looked at Li Xuan like he was looking at a fool: "Are you kidding? Do you know how much space those trees take up? How can you build a villa if you keep them all? I said, you're not here to cause trouble, are you?"
Li Xuan said: "Can you give me the developer's phone number and I can talk to them directly?"
The staff member glared and said: "Do you want to be a nail household? I advise you to think clearly. This is a key project in the county. The developer is a big company from Pingzhou, and our boss is not an ordinary person. If you don't
Sign at your own risk."
Li Xuan prefers softness to toughness. If everything is discussed carefully, each side may not be able to give in.
The other party's attitude was stiff, but Li Xuan became more relaxed.
"I won't sign it unless you change your plans." Li Xuan shook his head and turned to leave.
There was a sound of slamming on the table from behind, but Li Xuan didn't care.
The collapse of the talks did not affect Li Xuan's mood. He spent a whole day walking around the county town and determined the location of each large locust tree.
The last stop is Tree King.
It was already evening when Li Xuan arrived. The branches of the big locust tree were so luxuriant that they covered the sky and the sun when they were spread out. Even at noon in summer when the sun was at its strongest, standing under the tree still gave me a cool feeling of being in late autumn.
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The trunk of the tree king is surrounded by railings, and a stone tablet stands in front of it, detailing its age and legend.
There are four huge incense burners surrounding the tree king, filled with high incense. There are many red cloth strips wrapped around the branches. These are made by people who come to pray. It is said that doing so can protect the health of the family.
"Save the children..." As soon as Li Xuan stood still, a murmur came to his ears.
It's a signal from the Tree King.
Compared with it, those hundreds of years old locust trees are indeed children, and they may even be its children.
Li Xuan nodded and said calmly: "Okay."
After bidding farewell to the Tree King, Li Xuan was thinking about how to solve the problem with the locust tree when Fang Ying called and asked him to watch a movie.
"Don't you want to review?" Li Xuan asked strangely.
Fang Ying sneered and said: "That's an excuse to refuse other people's invitations. Now I invite you to watch a movie, will you come?"
"Okay." Of course Li Xuan would not refuse.
While Li Xuan and Fang Ying were eating popcorn and watching a movie in the cinema, a car drove outside the wall of his ancestral home in the dark and stopped.
Two strong men with bruised heads got out of the car. Anyone from Daqiu County would recognize them.
They are a pair of famous brothers in the underworld in Daqiu County, Lu Fanlong and Lu Fanhu, known as the Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers.
The Lu family brothers have been fighting and killing on the street since they were teenagers. In recent years, they have cultivated themselves and changed their careers to start legitimate businesses. However, everyone knows that those businesses are just cover. In fact, the two of them still control dozens of criminals.
little gangster.
The two bosses behind the Boyue Demolition Company are exactly the two of them.
"Brother, this is the place." Lu Fanhu lit up a cigarette, took a long drag, and then said.
Lu Fanlong said: "Didn't this family move away many years ago? Why didn't you sign? Do you think the money is too little?"
"I added 20 to him per square meter, which is still not enough." Lu Fanhu spat, "If it were my old temper, I would beat him up and see if he signs or not."
Lu Fanlong frowned: "How many times have I told you, we are doing a serious business now, don't shoot and kill at every turn. There has been a lot of buzz recently, we are cracking down on gangs and evil, you must not mess around!"
Lu Fanhu said: "Then what should we do? Are we going to let him ask for a high price? By the way, what do you think the reason is for this guy not to sign?"
"What?"
"He said that if the developer can change the plan and not cut down the locust trees in the yard, he will sign it, otherwise he will not sign it." Lu Fanhu said, "Do you think he has something wrong with his mind?"
Lu Fanlong also shook his head. He had experienced a lot in the past few years of demolition and had encountered all kinds of excuses. But this was the first time he encountered such a childish and poor excuse.
A developer from Pingzhou has design drawings made by well-known domestic designers. Can he modify it for a broken tree in your yard?
"He just wants to ask for more money. But this opening cannot be opened... There are still dozens of companies that have not signed. Once the opening is opened, how can we still make profits." Lu Fanlong thought for a while.
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't he use the tree as an excuse? Find a few people and burn the tree while it's dark." Lu Fanlong said, "When the time comes, let's see what excuses he has."
"Haha, I know, I'll make a call right now! Burn his tree first, and if he doesn't behave, his house will be burned down!" Lu Fanhu patted his chest and said.
Not long after, four gangsters carrying oil drums arrived outside Li Xuan's house in the dark. They knocked on the door but found no response. They thought there was no one inside, so they climbed over the wall and got into the yard.
These guys are very familiar with their bad deeds. They quickly found their way under the tree, opened the oil drum and were ready to do it.
At this moment, they suddenly felt a chill on the back of their necks, as if something was passing by.