麦苗留下来做了闽商投资建厂项目的筹建负责人，郭闽航成为了学校里的正式老师。2002年闽宁村撤村建镇，但因为行政管辖权的交接出了问题，当地的发展陷入了前所未有的困境。一篇关于闽宁镇建镇前后搞面子工程、拖欠工程款的文章刊出，有问题的干部们也扯皮推诿。得福被讨薪民工扔的石头砸伤了头，他的妻子高青峡想让他调到市里。讨薪民工又去堵得宝，得福当时让得宝垫资接工程，实则也让弟弟损失惨重。
Mai Miao stayed and became the person in charge of the construction of the factory project invested by Fujian businessmen, and Guo Minhang became a formal teacher in the school. In 2002, Min Ning Village was withdrawn and a town was established, but because of problems in the handover of administrative jurisdiction, the local development fell into an unprecedented predicament. An article about Min Ning Town's face-saving projects and arrears of project funds before and after the establishment of the town was published, and the problematic cadres also quibbled and shirked their responsibilities. Defu was hit on the head by a stone thrown by migrant workers who were asking for wages, and his wife Gao Qingxia wanted him to be transferred to the city. The migrant workers who were asking for wages went to block Debao again. Defu asked Debao to advance funds to take over the project, which actually caused his brother to suffer heavy losses.
