Zhang Juntou went to the county government office for ten days. When he came back, he brought a team of fifty people to live quietly in the medical shed. They were responsible for the daily patrol of seven hundred miles of official roads.
Taking turns traveling back and forth on the road, I actually don’t really spend much time in Xujiacun.
The first thing Zhang did when he returned from inspection was to help Xujia Village choose a village chief, because he needed help for what he wanted to do.
So, under the urging of a gong, the families who were supposed to go to the ground gathered in the open space.
Compared with the paper data and the people he usually saw in twos and threes, Jiang Zhi, who was also standing in the crowd, met all the villagers for the first time.
It is really an exaggeration to say that the village chief is chosen. It is better to say that the building chief is chosen, or the production captain is chosen.
She had read the household registration before. Xujiacun now has only 115 people, including adults and children, and 20 households, half of the people in Xujiacun before.
I originally thought that the villagers would come back one after another, but now it is March, and only two families have returned.
It seems those villagers have found a better place to stay.
At this time, there were only thirty or forty young and strong men in sight, and the rest were old, weak, women, children, and children.
Not to mention comparing it to a modern community, that is, the population of one unit building.
But such a small amount of power can choke people's necks at critical moments.
Zhang Juntou stood under the medical shed and said to everyone in front of him: "The previous village chief of Xujia Village has been removed by Magistrate Zhang, and now we have to choose a new one.
The village chief has a heavy responsibility and must be loyal to the government. In the future, he will not only assist the county government in collecting taxes and paying taxes, but also register for labor service. "
Everyone present had complicated expressions. These are not easy tasks, and someone will poke their spines and scold them at any time.
Xu Genyou and Xu Gensheng's eyes searched back and forth among the crowd, and they lowered their heads when they saw Xu Errui.
Tian Gui was also watching, but he grinned and turned to talk to a few outsiders around him.
Zhang Juntou continued: "Now, should you nominate yourselves or let me appoint you?"
As soon as the words fell, the crowd that had been whispering among each other fell silent, no one wanted to be the leader.
At this time, Jiang Zhi was also standing in the crowd. Next to her was Little Man Ye, who rarely came down the mountain once.
Mr. Xiaoman stroked his beard and said calmly: "Er Rui Niang, this matter will definitely fall into your family!"
Jiang Zhi had no expression, he had already made up his mind.
She didn't meet Zhang Juntou when she went down the mountain today, but Er Rui was called by Li Laoshi.
It's okay to let Er Rui be the village chief. Although the village chief's calligraphy is like a ghostly sign and is as big as a fist, he has a mother like him, so he has to help take care of the truth.
Zhang Jun saw that the people below him were silent for the first time, and he didn't want to waste any more time. Anyway, the person had already made an internal decision.
So, Zhang Juntou said: "You don't want to make any recommendations today, as long as I make the decision..."
Halfway through the words, someone from below said: "Inspector Zhang, we have a new village chief now. What if Uncle Maoping comes back?"
Jiang Zhi looked over and saw that it was Xu Gensheng who liked "One Hundred Thousand Whys". She found that this man was particularly questionable.
But what he said today was very accurate, and everyone looked at Zhang Juntou.
Zhang Jun put his head on his hips, twisted his mouth, and said with some confusion: "I will farm when I come back, what else do you want to do? Don't you know how to farm if you don't become the village chief?"
Xu Gensheng continued to ask, "What if Uncle Maoping wants to be his village chief?"
Zhang Juntou squinted his eyes, obviously a little impatient: "Who said that the village chief can be taken back if he wants to? It's because I farted here today!"
Xu Gensheng was still unhappy: "Uncle Maoping is from our Xu family. He has been the village chief for ten years. Why does he have to go back?"
Jiang Zhi took back what he said, Xu Gensheng was not a "questionable baby", he was just a bully.
Sure enough, Zhang Juntou was furious: "When will he, a village chief, become more stable than the emperor? If you want me to cut off his head, you won't ask anymore!"
The new soldiers just want to overthrow the emperor, and now there is a local emperor, so they should be killed together.
In fact, Xu Maoping will definitely cry out for injustice here: "If I don't come back, I won't be the village chief!"
Xu Gensheng murmured: "Let me ask you, what are you so worried about?"
Zhang Jun looked around at the people below with a dark face: "You have anything else to say, if you don't say it, I will!"
The people below: "…………!" No one said anything anymore.
Zhang Juntou said: "When you are a village chief, you have to deal with the yamen at the top, and you have to help the villagers have enough food and clothing, and keep the neighbors harmonious.
Whoever is qualified will come out. This is my last reminder! "
This time, not only did no one reply, but everyone even quietly took a step back.
Just that sentence of "deal with the yamen" made a bunch of mud-legged people weak in courage. Coupled with the big problem of helping the villagers have enough food and clothing, they all quit.
In the past, these two sentences were only spoken in person.
Everyone can eat porridge and rice and wear clothes, but it is just a little thinner and older. Who will really let the village chief take responsibility?
That's different now.
Being well fed and clothed means being hungry and cold in the true sense. Maybe some serious people will come to your door asking for food and clothing.
Everyone relies on porridge and vegetables to satisfy their hunger and is too busy taking care of themselves that they have no energy to care about others.
Zhang Juntou saw a large open space suddenly appeared in front of him, and a sneer suddenly appeared on his face: "That's all you have! Forget it, I won't make it difficult for you, let's just appoint someone directly!"
When he said this, he stared around for a week, and then called out a person's name: "The Jiang family of the Xu family, come forward!"
"who?"
"Who is Jiang?" Everyone in the room looked confused.
The eyes of several members of the Xu family fell on the immigrants here. Could it be that there is a famous official named Jiang among these immigrants?
Tian Gui and others were stunned for a moment before looking at Jiang Zhi: The village chief is Sister-in-law Jiang!
Xiao Man shouted excitedly: "Aunt Jiang! Aunt Jiang!"
Xu Errui's joy was beyond words: "Mother, Inspector Zhang called you!"
Just now, Inspector Zhang asked Li Laoshi to call him over. In addition to asking about last year's crop harvest on the mountain, he also asked about collecting herbs.
Knowing that there was food last year, even though it was small, it could keep the two families alive.
Finally, he said that the candidate for the village chief was his mother, and asked himself if he would agree?
Because I am a son, if I let my mother show up as a woman, I will be ridiculed and ridiculed.
If you don't want to, then you can only make yourself the village chief.
Xu Errui knew that he had no ability and could not be the village chief.
Besides, since my mother is the village chief, she is the son of the village chief's family, so I have no losses.
Moreover, he used to be very envious of Xu Dayong and his friends, who had a village chief father.
On the other side, Jiang Zhi was also a little stunned. She didn't expect that Zhang Juntou could be the leader of Zhang Jun, and she didn't even discuss it before.
Although he had thought about being the village chief when he was in the mountains, this was just an unrealistic idea.
This is not a period where modern education and equality between men and women are emphasized.
The term "Jiji Sichen" is specifically used to curse this kind of thing.
Sure enough, before Jiang Zhi walked out of the crowd, a voice said angrily: "How unbecoming is it for a woman to be the village chief and put pressure on men?"
