Li Dachui, who only had one mung bean, was out of luck, and the remaining two men fought fiercely, singing one bean each.
In the end, Zhao Qiankun's name was not in vain. He defeated his father and was elected as the new village director.
Zhao Qiankun stepped forward to speak. Tie Jun nodded and smiled. Liu Shengli tilted his head and asked, "How did you choose him?"
"It's very simple. He speaks Mandarin well and dares to look into my eyes and speak. It means that he has studied abroad, is educated, knowledgeable, and confident. This is one of them.
Secondly, those young people can entrust him with the harvest of a year, which is enough to show that he is prestigious, capable and more responsible!
Look at the villagers in front of you, how many such people are there?"
"Well, that makes sense. You just came here one day and you chose Uncle Li at a glance as your successor. You have been training him for several years. Your observation skills are indeed extraordinary!"
"The most important thing is for these poor children. Only young people like Zhao Qiankun can give them hope and lead them out of this poor ravine!"
After saying this, Zhao Qiankun's speech also ended. Tie Jun stepped forward and raised Zhao Qiankun's hand.
"Let me announce one more thing. From today on, Zhao Qiankun will concurrently serve as the manager of the Xinyuanshan Purchasing Station, specifically responsible for the purchase of mountain goods in the entire Shanmen Town!"
Tie Jun's fire was so good that the skeptical elders all cheered when they heard that he would be responsible for the future mountain goods. All their worries disappeared.
"Brother Qiankun, I support you, come on, you will definitely make us rich!"
The one who shouted was a little girl, only twenty-eight years old, with big braids, big eyes, and an adoring look on her face. Everyone could tell that this girl liked Zhao Qiankun.
"Shan Xing is right!"
"We all support you!"
"And us!"
After the younger students finished shouting, Tie Jun's body made a chorus of children's sounds. Tie Jun looked back and saw that the children's hands were raised high.
"Why do you support him?"
"Because my uncle from the technical secondary school helped us with our homework and bought us bare-butt candies!"
"right!"
"Hehehehehahaha!"
Yang Fan is the head boy. As soon as he finished shouting, he immediately received support from the soldiers, and then everyone laughed.
"Okay, give me six years. If Wangxing Village cannot get rid of poverty, I will no longer be called Zhao Qiankun. You can call me Zhao Wangba!"
With the support of Tie Jun and the thought of mountains full of peppercorns, Zhao Qiankun suddenly became extremely confident and roared with all his strength.
Tie Jun smiled. People are not afraid of poverty. As long as they have faith and dare to think, they will take a step forward and sooner or later they will be able to escape poverty and usher in a new life.
"The next person to be selected is the deputy director. There are still three candidates..."
Li Tieniu loudly announced the next election, and Zhao Yuanchao took a step forward, raised his hand, and looked back at everyone.
"I can no longer be the deputy director. We are making a fuss about being the deputy director. If word spreads, other villages will not laugh!
Therefore, I recommend Liu Jun, the former security director, as a candidate, and I will run for the security director."
"Well, you don't have that much time. You can just be a gatekeeper and protect the courtyard, but you can help the world. How can you do that?"
A dark, muscular man in his early thirties shouted, shaking his head like a rattle.
"How do you know you can't do it even if you don't do it? Choose one of the three, you think you can win!"
Li Tieniu glared at Liu Jun, who lowered his head and acquiesced.
The election was completed soon, and Liu Jun was elected. He was a little excited. He walked to the writing desk and chirped for a long time, and finally came up with a sentence: "Well, if you lose, his name is Zhao Wangba, then my name is Liu Wuneng!"
The whole audience burst into laughter. To be able to suppress the security director like this, you can imagine how cruel his words were.
Further down the line, Zhao Yuanchao was elected as the security director, and the women's director was re-elected. His name was Zhang Qiaofeng, nicknamed Kuai Zui, and she was the matchmaker in the village.
"The candidate for the last position, village accountant, is..."
After the three candidates finished calling, Li Dachui breathed a sigh of relief. If you have him, the wait will not be in vain.
There are only a few people in the village who can do abacus planning. They are afraid of Zhao Qiankun. Now that he is the director, who else can compete with him?
"Director, I can't do it. After selling the goods, it's time to go to the city to help Goudan take care of the baby. I won't be able to come back in three to five years!"
The speaker was Uncle Gen, Li Dachui's predecessor as village accountant. His only son was a contractor in the city and he was very busy. Everyone in the village knew that he was telling the truth.
Li Dachui smiled, one more person was missing, and now only the yellow-haired girl Shan Xing was left. She was a junior high school kid, how could she compare with him...
Huh? If you take a handful yourself, why can’t your dad beg you to continue doing it? Yes, that would be so honorable, hehehe!
Li Dachui immediately took action and began to organize the scene after Uncle Gen's words. Unfortunately, he didn't take a pee to take a look at himself. His popularity would be bad if he stopped playing.
"Um...ahem...I can't do it either. All three kids are in school, and Da has given me the pepper garden. I really don't have time to manage the accounts!"
Tie Jun didn't expect that this guy could pull this off with a few minor changes to the script, but it happened to be an opportunity and he had to seize it.
"Oh, if you think about it, you don't need to take care of it anymore, and you don't need to plant the pepper garden. Wouldn't you have time?"
Tie Jun's words stunned everyone. Li Dachui and his wife looked at each other, both showing joy.
"Well, if it reduces the pressure for me, then I would like to continue being an accountant."
"Okay, let's relieve your worries first!"
Ignoring Liu Shengli's pull, Tie Jun walked up to Li Tieniu.
"Uncle, if I build another primary school in our village, can I have some right to speak now?"
"Of course, I will give you the status of an honorary villager!"
"Okay, I suggest that you let Xiangxiang live with grandpa, and I'll pay for the alimony. Li Dachui, what do you think?"
Li Dachui turned to look at his wife. She raised her hand and made a gesture of counting money. Li Dachui understood and nodded.
"The 10 yuan the county gives each month to support..."
"It's not easy for you either, continue to return to your home!"
"Then, Da, the baby is yours!"
I cry when I think about it. For so many years, I have been eating leftovers, wearing sacks, and doing adult work. But with one word from my stepfather, I was like a broken bowl and was left to my grandfather.
"I study law, and I pay attention to black and white writing on paper. Xiaodie, bring me pen and paper and ink pad!"
"I...have it in the drawer!"
Being ordered for no reason, Mi Xiaodie wanted to glare, but when she met Tie Jun's eyes, she was a little scared and pointed at the writing table.
In five minutes, in duplicate, Li Tieniu and Li Dachui and his son signed and fingerprinted the agreement, and Tie Jun solemnly handed the agreement to the two of them.
"Okay, let's think about it and stop holding your family back..."
The villagers were chattering and scolding Li Dachui and his wife for being heartless. They pretended not to hear them and were only thinking about the good life in the future.
"Huajiao Garden is easier to handle. I've asked and it's still registered in my uncle's name. Your previous oral agreement has no legal effect.
Since you don’t have time to take care of it, I’ll just give it to you, don’t you think so?”
"right!"
Everyone in the village knew how the pepper garden came into the hands of Li Dachui, and they were all worried about the old director's life. Now that the property has returned to its original owner, who wouldn't be happy!