Even Cui Hongyu was confused when he saw so many people signing up to join the village protection team.
"Husband, why do they have to protect the village team? You told them that there will be no money at the end of the year, but there are still some people who have no hesitation."
Chen Xiaobei smiled. Although he couldn't guess what these people were really thinking, he knew that it was most likely related to Da Lao Hei's visit.
In this era, the common people are a vulnerable group. In addition to being controlled by the government, they have no power to fight back when they encounter bandits and can only be slaughtered by others.
Looking at our own village protection team, they usually buzz around and work very hard for people like Chen Ermao, but it would be a fantasy to really ask them to pick up swords and guns and fight against the bandits.
So they joined the village protection team just to seek psychological comfort. They felt that they were the captain and followed them, so if anything happened, they would take care of them.
Although Chen Xiaobei thought this matter didn't matter, for the liar leader Chen Anbang, it was a big deal.
Tonight, Chen Ping specially got two fish for his grandfather, and also served a pot of wine.
But it was obvious that Chen Anbang had no thoughts at all.
"Grandpa, you have been looking sad since noon. What are you worried about?"
Chen Anbang looked at his grandson and shook his head slightly.
"Have you heard? Chen Xiaobei is in great glory today. He repaired his house, and the leader of the village in Centipede Ridge, Da Laohei, personally sent a sheep over."
"Grandpa, what's the matter? Maybe the two of them have some friendship."
Chen Anbang's eyes widened, "Nonsense, if the two of them have a relationship, then can Big Hei kidnap Cui Hongyu?"
Chen Ping scratched his head, "That's true, grandpa, then why do you think this is?"
Chen Anbang sighed, "Have you ever felt that Chen Xiaobei is different from usual lately?"
Chen Ping shook his head, "I don't know what's different about him. It's just that since this guy married Cui Hongyu, there's no way he can stop his luck."
Mentioning Cui Hongyu suddenly touched Chen Anbang's mind.
"I'm going out for a while, you guys eat first!"
Chen Anbang hurried out of the house and went straight to the neighboring village.
Cui Banxian was at home, squinting his eyes and humming a tune while drinking, when the door was kicked open with a bang.
The sudden movement startled him. When he saw that it was Chen Anbang, he immediately put on a smile and said, "Oh, isn't this Chen Lichang? You've come just in time, come on, come on, sit down and have a drink, have a drink."
Chen Anbang stepped forward angrily and grabbed his collar.
"Cui Banxian, I suffered so much from being deceived by you. You kept telling me about Cui Hongyu Kefu."
"I tried my best to get Cui Hongyu to marry Chen Xiaobei. This tnd is not a Kefu. This is a Wangfu. Look at Chen Xiaobei in the village now. Everyone who sees him has to nod and bow down and respect him. We are both brothers and sisters to the leader of Dazhai in Centipede Ridge."
Upon hearing this, Cui Banxian felt a little panicked.
In fact, Cui Hongyu Kefu is still Wangfu. How could he know that this so-called half-immortal is just eating and drinking.
"Chen Lichang, you can't say that about him. The current glory is only temporary. I won't tell you. Cui Hongyu Kefu, three people died in front of him. Isn't that evidence? Don't worry, Chen Xiaobei will be killed sooner or later. If she dies, Cui Fugui's family property will belong to your grandson sooner or later."
This time, Chen Anbang did not leave contentedly as usual, but changed his expression to a fierce one.
"Cui Banxian, let's put the ugly talk first. I'll give you half a month. If Chen Xiaobei is still alive and kicking, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"You know best how Cui Hongyu's three men died."
Unexpectedly, this time, Cui Banxian, who had always been submissive, suddenly became hardened and he suddenly straightened up.
"Chen Anbang, Chen Anbang, you are really useless. You can't even handle Chen Xiaobei."
"Now you are relying on me again. But you told me at the beginning that you were interested in Cui Fugui's family property."
"Okay, don't talk to me about these useless things. I still say what I said, within half a month, I want to see Chen Xiaobei's head fall to the ground." After saying that, Chen Anbang left without looking back.
Watching Chen Anbang go away, Cui Banxian's expression became solemn, and finally there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes.
"Okay, Chen Anbang, now that you've broken up with me, this matter will be easy to handle. I'll send you on your way tomorrow in less than half a month."
Chen Xiaobei finished his dinner and walked to the big locust tree in the middle of the village.
Until the rules are changed, I still have to sleep here.
But the scene before him stunned him.
It was densely packed under the big locust tree, and all the village protection team members who signed up today were sitting there.
Seeing him coming, they all stood up.
Lidong and Dayong stood at the front and greeted him with a smile.
"No, why are you all here? We don't need so many people on the night shift!"
Lidong and Dayong almost said in unison, "Isn't the rule of the village protection team that they have to be on duty here at night?"
Yes, they have to be on duty at night, but then again, the bigger Hetou Village can't use more than twenty people.
Chen Xiaobei was about to speak, but then he thought, isn't this a good time for reform?
I have been married to my wife for so long, and the wedding night has not even begun yet. If I change the duty system, even if I am happy with it, will Cui Hongyu be happy with it?
"Okay, since everyone is here, I just want to say one thing."
"Starting from today, the village guards no longer need to be on duty here every night. We will be divided into groups."
"Let's divide into four groups first. One group will be on duty tonight, two groups tomorrow, three groups the day after tomorrow, and so on."
After counting the number of people, if we divided them into four groups, each group would have seven for the larger group and six for the smaller group, which would be appropriate.
The next step is to appoint a team leader.
Chen Xiaobei, the leader of the four teams, had already planned that Lidong would be one, Dayong would be one, Chen Xiaobo would be one, and he would be one. Of course, he deliberately kept Chen Xiaowen in his own group.
"The groups will be decided this way first, and we will adjust them later when we have more people."
There is only one night shift every four days. Basically, there is work to do during the day. If there is no work, go to the station at the entrance of the village.
After this wave of adjustments, the happiest people are Chen Daqiang, Chen Xiaobo and other veteran players. Usually they had to sleep here every night, and you can imagine how sad it was. But thinking about receiving dozens of copper coins at the end of the year, they gritted their teeth and endured it.
But now I only come one night in four days, so even if I don’t pay at the end of the year, it doesn’t matter too much.
Having said that, relying on the big tree of Chen Xiaobei, even if there is nothing in the year-end bonus at the end of the year, everyone will still be happy.
Cui Hongyu was surprised to see Chen Xiaobei leave and come back.
Cui Hongyu couldn't help laughing after hearing him tell the story of the grouping experience, "You are lazy, you are in the fourth group, and you only go on duty at the end."
Chen Xiaobei smiled and stretched out his hand to take Cui Hongyu into his arms.
Then he kissed her hard.
