Hearing the doubt, Jiang Zhi stopped and turned to look at the person who made the sound.
Not just her, everyone looked over!
"Who are you? Do you want to be the village chief?"
Zhang Juntou was very annoyed. He had refused to come forward when asked several times just now, but now he jumped out to block his nomination. He was deliberately making everyone uncomfortable.
The person who spoke out was Xu Changming, Xu Changshou's eldest brother, and he had no intention of being the thankless village chief.
But when I heard that it was a woman, which was a taboo regarding the status of men and women, the words came out of my mouth.
There are dozens of men in the village, how can they be ordered around by women, and what reputation does Xujia Village have when others talk about it in the future?
But now that everyone was staring at him, his face turned red for a moment, and he still raised his head and said: "Everyone else in the village can do it, but women can't!"
Zhang Jun's head twitched and he smiled instead of angry: "Keep talking!"
As soon as Xu Changming's words came out of his mouth, what he said later became smoother: "Inspector Zhang has also been on the battlefield, and he knows that only men can stand up to the sky, and women are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Now let Jiang do it... wouldn't it be a joke."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were several responses immediately: "Yes, no matter what, you can't let a woman do it."
"When a woman is in charge of the house, it is a disaster if the walls collapse and the house collapses!"
Among these echoes, there are both men and women.
If you can't take advantage, you will suffer a loss, not to mention that as a village chief, mosquito legs are also meat.
I don’t have this ability, so I always say a few harsh words.
Zhang Juntou waved his hand and said to Xu Changming: "Just tell me if you want to be the village chief? Don't talk about anything else!"
Xu Changming decisively refused: "I can't do it!" He wouldn't worry about eating, drinking, and eating for others.
Zhang Juntou walked up to him and his tone suddenly became heavy: "Old man, if you want to talk about the battlefield, I will tell you about the battlefield.
On the battlefield, we only think about how to survive and how to defeat the opponent. Swords and arrows do not distinguish between men and women. "
In other places, men and women can be considered, but there is no distinction between life and death.
When you encounter a woman while suppressing bandits' strongholds or attacking towns, your head will be lost if you slash her with a knife.
But in the ears of people like Xu Changming, no one could hear a single outlier of these words, and he even defended himself: "Women must not be a big deal! There is no woman in charge of the family in our Xu family."
Facing older people, Zhang Juntou rarely got angry, but only looked a bit weird: "What do you think is the big deal, old man? Who cooked the food you eat? Who planted the fields?"
Xu Changming stared in confusion: "Of course the family cooks the food, and of course the family owns the land. These things are not big things!"
"Don't you think there are women in your fields, and women don't cook the food? Food is the most important thing for the people, and eating is a big deal. It seems that you are still less hungry!"
After Zhang Juntou finished speaking, Xu Changming, who still wanted to be rude if he ignored him, only said to Jiang Zhi, who had already walked out of the crowd: "Jiang family of the Xu family, I see that you are very unique in growing grain.
You will be the village leader so that everyone can have food and clothing. Are you qualified? "
This time, Jiang Zhi did not reply directly.
She had already understood just now that it was not the business that caught the eye, and the dog would not eat shit if it was teased, not to mention that other people were still dissatisfied.
Now Zhang Juntou wants to establish himself and directly talk about food. This is a good intention but a bad thing.
The basket he had made for himself was too big to carry, and he could not take on the task lightly.
She looked around at the crowd and said loudly: "You all heard what Inspector Zhang said, whoever wants to be the village chief can be the village chief, any man, woman, old or young.
Everyone's pots are hanging up and waiting for rice to be eaten. Whoever can make everyone eat will come! "
There was a low voice on the field: "No one has food to eat. As a village chief, you may not care about other people's food!"
This is a big pit, and only fools jump into it.
Jiang Zhi smiled: "What Sister-in-law Liu said is that no one cares about people's livelihood, so the village chief is like a charcoal, and anyone who follows him will be hot."
The person who just spoke was Xu Genyou’s mother, Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu is just an ordinary peasant woman. She has never said a word in public, but she still understands the principles of life.
At this time, he was called out and praised in public, and he suddenly felt ashamed. He quickly pulled his eldest daughter-in-law Tian to leave.
Mrs. Tian is also an honest person. According to the past, her mother-in-law would follow her wherever she left.
But today she didn't want to leave. Instead, she stood next to Aunt Jiang.
Somehow, thinking that her aunt could be the village chief made her feel inexplicably happy.
She was even more happy when she heard Mr. Li say in the village that Aunt Jiang had beaten her sister-in-law in the town and her two brothers.
In recent years, I have to endure my anger while working at most, and my sister-in-law’s mother-in-law is so powerful.
Now that Aunt Jiang has beaten her, she doesn't dare to make trouble in the village. When Aunt Jiang becomes the village chief, she will definitely not dare to make trouble.
Mrs. Liu pulled her eldest daughter-in-law away, but unexpectedly she didn't pull Mrs. Tian away. Instead, she attracted more attention, and she immediately stood there with her neck curled up.
Besides, Jiang Zhi praised Mrs. Liu and said to Zhang Juntou: "I am planting the land without covering it. Everyone has learned that I don't care whether there is a harvest or not."
I can't take care of clothes and food, so I'd better let other capable people take care of it! "
She also gave up her pick!
Zhang Juntou is a rough guy and doesn't like intrigues.
Seeing Jiang Zhi, he had clearly agreed before, but now he was pushing back and forth, all because of those in the village who were saying mean things.
But he couldn't find any other suitable candidate at the moment, so he said to everyone with a dark face: "If you can't do this, you can't do that, do you want me to be a tough guy?"
Er Rui and Xiao Man became anxious at this time, but they did not dare to speak. They could only keep rubbing their hands and looking around.
Li Laoshi was picking at a few rat whiskers on his chin and blinking his eyes.
Tian Gui and other outsiders glared angrily at the talkative Xu Changming and the others, and shouted: "The world is big and the world has the most food to eat. Who can let me collect one more stone of grain? I am willing to have one more person."
Anyway, my grandma died a long time ago, so calling me grandma won’t save me a piece of meat.
I can eat, drink, and have a few more children, and I can also give my father some great-grandsons, so that he can be happy underground.
Being stared at by these eyes, Xu Changming's face was red but his neck was stiff. Anyway, he was not convinced that a woman would become the village chief.
At this moment, Little Man, who had been listening silently in the crowd, walked out and said loudly: "I have lived in this village all my life, and now I am sixty years old. When it comes to choosing the village chief, I also have a say."
In the era when imperial power did not go to the countryside, in addition to Li Zheng and the village chief, there was actually a group of mysterious figures at the lowest level of management.
That is the clan elder.
They are not on the official list, but they have great power among the people.
This group of people either rely on their age or their experience to take charge of family affairs.
Sometimes, they even interfere in government affairs, and the weaker village chiefs have to be controlled by them.
Xiao Manye used to be a man who could stand up and speak up in the village, but he disappeared only after misfortunes happened in his family.
In times of crisis, it was a woman who saved her whole family.
Xu Changming looked at his cousin Xiao Manye who had not aged but was radiant after one year, with a complicated expression: "Brother Chang Geng, this is really not a good thing. The Xu family..."
Mr. Xiao Man glanced at him coldly and interrupted him: "You are like a hawk burping because you have eaten too much chicken! What's wrong with a woman being the village chief and not riding on your shrine! Everyone agrees, but you are the only one to criticize. talkative."
Xu Changming's voice was mute, and the whole audience was silent...
