Chapter 64 Chapter 64 : Election of the Village Chief
Chapter 64 Chapter 64: Choosing the Village Chief
The Xu family's half hall couldn't accommodate too many people, so they simply entertained guests in the courtyard. If there weren't enough benches, they moved some from the Zhou family and Zhang family next door.
The courtyard was full, and everyone was sitting there.
The person opposite was headed by the eldest old man, whose surname was Sun. He had sunken eye sockets, was skinny and haggard, and looked very haggard, as if he was about to fall down in the next second.
Everyone had escaped the famine, so when Old Man Xu saw him like this, he felt a little more compassionate, and then he asked his grandchildren to move a bench for the big guys to sit on.
After everyone sat down, Old Man Xu couldn't help but mutter, why are there so many people looking for him?
Old men Zhou and Zheng also came over. The old men looked at the people opposite them curiously.
The old man Sun showed his missing teeth, wiped his face and started to cry, "I heard that your family are all familiar relatives and escaped from the famine together? Brother Xu is a very lucky person, unlike me.
, my two sons and daughter-in-law were beaten to death for their stuttering, and my grandson was nowhere to be found. All the way here, we are the only two old people left alive. This family is so hopeless!"
He was bursting with runny noses and bursting into tears, making everyone present feel sad and sad.
Old man Xu opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to comfort him. He just told me to express my condolences and take care of myself.
Another old man surnamed Gao echoed: "It has to be decided! How can a village do without a village name and a village chief? We can't always call it the refugee village, right? That doesn't sound good!"
If we take care of them but not those thirteen families, how can they not make trouble?
In short, being a village chief is a good thing, but here, it's not a good thing.
Old man Xu was also confused. When he becomes the village chief? Him?
The Thirteen Family members have already chosen a candidate in their minds, but obviously they can't just say it out loud in a hurry. Do they need some foreshadowing?
Refugees are looked down upon by others.
Old Man Zou waved his hand and said, "I'm not good enough. I'm old and my bones are not good now. I'm afraid I won't be able to be the village chief."
Suddenly, Old Man Sun spoke, "Ask me and Brother Xu will do it!"
He also looked at the men from the Thirteenth Family across the street to see who was suitable to be the village chief.
He can't do it!
Old man Xu waved his hands hurriedly, "I can't do it, I can't do it, choose someone else!"
Old man Xu knew that the old man of the Zou family was originally the village chief!
There is a ready-made village chief, so why not choose him? What are you doing!
Everyone looked at him.
Although they are indeed refugees who escaped here, now that they have settled here, they also want to integrate here and do not want others to know that they were refugees.
Mo Dazhuang picked up the topic, looked around at everyone, and said, "Then who should we choose to be the village chief?"
Old man Xu laughed: "You are five or six years younger than me! I see that you are very energetic! This person just has to have something to do. Otherwise, his brain will not move.
What's more, I'm getting old very fast. I can't do it anymore. I got sick a lot on the way to escape from the wilderness, and I almost went to see my ancestors. I really can't keep up my energy!"
Choose him, he is willing!
But Mo Dazhuang and others are unwilling!
I would twist this thing out and pull that thing out for a walk.
In the past, being the village chief would have been a good thing!
But here, what’s so good about it? There are only twenty families, and they all came here to escape famine, and no one knows anyone. If we really manage them, how can they be managed? Can they be managed well?
This is great. The other thirteen families all came to the door. When the matter of choosing the village chief was mentioned, Old Xu was involved. How does this seem to have been discussed long ago?
Mo Da Zhuang said: "We all escaped from Yunzhou and are fellow villagers. Now we are in the same village. It is also fate. From now on, we must help each other in a harmonious way and spend our days together."
That’s how you get on with it.”
Mr. Zhou looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt something was wrong.
"Hahaha!"
This was true, and everyone nodded.
The Xu family has relatives here, but they can't take care of these seven families. Everyone has to rely on themselves, how can they take care of so many people?
I don’t know if this is a mess, but I can’t accept it.
Old man Xu hurriedly said: "Why don't you choose brother Zou! Choose him! I think it will work!"
Someone answered: "If you can be a village chief, you must be able to take care of things and be able to speak!"
They just want to choose the old man of the Xu family! If they can't let him be the village chief, they are busy with such things, and they don't have anything to do. What big deal is it to choose the village chief?
Old Man Liu, who came from the same village as Old Man Zou, immediately gave Old Man Zou a look.
The village chief must have prestige and convince the public, otherwise, who would be willing to pay attention to you?
Meng Dacheng looked around and said: "Uncle Sun is right, I think Uncle Xu is quite suitable! How about we choose Uncle Xu as the village chief!"
"That's right, Liu Jiazi, a dull gourd like you who can't do anything for a long time, can't be the village chief!"
Old man Xu asked him: "Brother Zou, what is your age this year?"
Old Man Zou has been a village chief for half his life. He is addicted to it. Naturally, he wants to continue to be the village chief. Even if he can only manage nineteen households, he is still a village chief!
But as everyone said yesterday, he couldn't defeat the others on his own, so he was naturally forced to agree.
Don't do your best and it's still not a thank you.
Several old men glanced back and forth, and Old Man Xu knew what he was doing. He was not stupid. Being the village chief took a lot of effort and had to show up for everything. How tiring? He still wants to live for a few more years!
"It's a no-brainer. I'm a rough old man who doesn't know anything, but I can't be the village chief."
Old Man Zou responded: "After these years, you should know your destiny."
To put it more obscurely, who knows how these thirteen families ended up here? Has anyone among them done anything untoward?
Another thing, now that everyone is trying to hide the blame, if the village chief is really elected, can the village chief not care whether the villagers live or die?
Meng Dacheng continued: "Isn't it? How about twenty of us households can be divided into one village? This is fate! Hey, I heard that the fifteen villages next door have chosen the village chief to decide the name of the village. What if we
Shouldn't the village be settled? Once the village chief is settled, then it is truly settled. From now on, everyone can live together!"
At this moment, Old Man Xu nodded at him, and his eyes lit up slightly.
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.
Others also echoed, and for a moment, everyone said in unison: "Yes! Mr. Xu, you should be the village chief!"
At first, when we were assigned here, everyone in the twenty households was greeted by name. After all, we live in a village, so we still need to know the basics.
Old Man Zhou and others also agreed, yes! Choose Old Man Zou!
The fire started burning all of a sudden, and Old Xu was put on top. The fire was so strong that Old Xu's whole body was so hot.
"Besides, I've never been a village chief, so I don't know anything! How can I compare to Brother Zou, who has been the village chief for half of his life? Let me tell you, you still have to be the village chief. It's very important to us.
Liucun is good to everyone!"
Everyone was kind, but Old Man Xu insisted and there was Old Man Zou who secretly wanted to be the village chief.
In the end, no matter how much Mo Dazhuang and others tried to persuade him, the position of village chief still fell to Old Man Zou.