Although the leadership is being asked to take charge, many things aren't resolved just because the leadership intervenes.
Take the grape purchasing issue, for example; it's purely a business matter, and any random interference might be hard to justify.
Besides, what can he really do to interfere?
Can he make the buyers raise their prices, or make the villagers improve the quality?
At the moment, everyone was stuck in a deadlock in the Village Department's courtyard, with no one willing to budge.
The buyers were afraid the villagers might get angry and come at them, beating them up—
Getting beaten up wasn't a big deal, as you'd always get compensation these days anyway; what they feared was someone going too far—you know, life can be big, but sometimes it can't withstand too much.
The villagers didn't want to leave either.
They agreed on three yuan per pound to cover the orchard, so even with the leadership present, they had to rip something off these buyers.
