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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nNews of the discovery of the coal mine quickly spread.

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nThe mayor and the leaders of the county came to the village.

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nShanbai Village, which had not been visited by any leaders for several years, was now visited by several groups of leaders every day.

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nOld Wang, the village chief, was overjoyed.

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nHowever, the villagers were also worried that they would confiscate the coal mine.

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nThis way, they would not be able to gain any benefits.

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nSun Chengfu found Xie Zhou.

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nXie Zhou was now their backbone.

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nWhenever something happened, they would instinctively ask for Xie Zhou’s opinion.

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nXie Zhou didn’t say what to do. He just told them to take good care of the leaders and see how things would develop in the future.

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nThey still did not know what the leaders were planning to do. It was useless to think too much.

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nOn this day, another group of leaders came to Shanbai Village.

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nIt was the leader of the county’s education bureau.

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nThey were apparently at the school for an inspection.

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nIn reality, everyone knew what they were planning.

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nVisiting the school for an inspection was just an excuse.

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nOld Wang brought a few leaders to the kindergarten.

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nThe leaders’ minds were not on the school. They merely wanted to walk around the school classroom and deal with it half-heartedly.

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nUnexpectedly, when they reached the classroom door, everyone’s faces turned pale.

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nThe children in the classroom were noisy.

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nThe tiger at the front was squatting listlessly.

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nWhat was even more frightening was that not far from its mouth lied a little fatty.

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nHis butt was right next to the tiger’s mouth.

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nFrom time to time, he would even turn around to look at the tiger behind him. Then, he would lie on the ground and scribble on a piece of paper with his butt sticking out.

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nThe other children did the same. They glanced at the tiger and drew on the paper.

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nThere was also a little girl with a little flower snake wrapped around one arm and a little fox lying on the other half of the table.

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nThe little girl lied on the table with one arm under her head, playing with the little flower snake.

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nA few leaders came over and saw this scene.

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nEveryone was dumbfounded.

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nOne of the leaders shouted, “A tiger, why is there a tiger here? Quickly rescue the children!”

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nOld Wang was also scared out of his wits. He had only heard that Xie Chaochao was always accompanied by animals but had never seen it with his own eyes.

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nSeeing the tiger and the snake, his legs were trembling in fear.

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nSun Limin heard the commotion and immediately walked to the door. When she saw the village chief, she knew that another leader had come to inspect.

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nSun Limin immediately explained when she heard the shouts from the leaders.

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n“Leaders, you have misunderstood. We are merely having an art class. Today, we are drawing a tiger. That tiger is for the children to sketch!”

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nAll the leaders were stunned.

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nSketching the tiger?

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nA real tiger!

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nWere they making something out of nothing, or were the people from Shanbai Village were truly too valiant?

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nTo draw a tiger, one would have to refer to a real tiger!

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n“What about those?”

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nOne of the leaders pointed at the little flower snake and the little fox on Xie Chaochao’s table. His eyes were filled with fear.

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nSun Limin smiled awkwardly and said, “They are Student Xie’s good friends!”

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nGood friends?

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nA few leaders shuddered and stopped thinking about inspecting the school.

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nThey scurried out of the school.

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nThey had even completely forgotten about the real purpose of coming to Shanbai Village. They got into the car and left.

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nThe people in this village were too valiant.

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nRegarding these leaders leaving in a hurry, Shanbai Village didn’t care at all.

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nAs long as they did not steal their coal mines, it was the best.

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nOld Wang saw that the leaders had left quickly without the need for him to fool them. He felt that it saved him the trouble.

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nHe also no longer cared about the school using real tigers as models.

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nWith Xie Chaochao around, there shouldn’t be any problem!

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