"Miscellaneous, why do I feel that there is something different about Mr. Li Zheng?"
Mrs. Xu wiped the dust on her body with a wet rag, snorted when she heard the words, "Isn't this the real owner named Lei? It seems that he gave him a big mouthful of chicken blood."
Yu Qinniang came from the backyard and only heard the second half of the sentence: "Mom, do you want to eat chicken blood?"
Then she would go to each house and ask who could kill chickens.
What a mess.
Mrs. Xu turned around and asked her daughter-in-law, with a hint of meaning: "Let all the villagers go, why don't you go into the house and change some clothes?"
"Then what's there to exchange for? I still have to kill fish when I come back."
When Qin Niang arrived at the wheat field, she regretted it and changed her clothes.
Because her mother-in-law was sitting on the high platform with her fourth uncle, Li Zheng and others.
There was a row of tables and chairs on the high platform, and her mother-in-law was sitting in the middle. There were pens and papers on the table. You could tell at a glance that she was going to speak later.
Yu Qiniang had never seen such a grand scene. She looked at her mother-in-law on the stage with pride and admiration in her eyes.
Yes, on stage.
Liu Laozhu specially ordered people to carry all the wooden boards he saved to the wheat field and build a high platform.
Being able to temporarily set up a large stage for speeches shows how much stock the Liu family has in wood boards. Not to mention the other good things that Doli Zheng has done over the years.
However, this time Liu Laozhu did not plan to carry the wood home again. From now on, this wooden platform would be the place where the village committee members would talk to everyone.
After this meeting is over, he will let the village boys build a thatched pavilion on this stage. In the future, village committee members will sit on the seats when meetings are held, and when there are no meetings, children in the village will be allowed to spread out a mat and lie on it to take a nap in the summer.
Moreover, under his large square platform, there are twelve small empty jars for pickling pickles.
His family can only bring out these empty jars at the moment.
No, he was laughing and explaining to his fourth uncle: "I and I went to the theater in the city and saw it, but it was a big vat or something, so we could only use empty jars. I heard that there were empty vats and empty jars underneath, so this Generally speaking, the voice will be louder.”
The fourth uncle said: "It's better to be knowledgeable and go out more. When the village has money, we can also buy a tank, okay? Well..." Who is this?
Xu Tianxin and Grandma Pepper were pouring water for the leaders on the stage and reminded: "Committee."
"Yes, committee members?"
"become."
After receiving the notice, the folks here hurriedly put down their rice bowls and rushed to the wheat field without even washing the bowls.
On the alleys of various houses, some men were scolded for carrying small stools: "I'm talking to you right now, and I asked you to sit down, so you really sit down?" Why are you so incapable of listening to good words and looking at your facial features?
"Well, Li Zheng said it himself when he informed me. He also said that we can pick up the shoe soles. Don't delay your work, just listen carefully."
Some villagers who didn't know about this quickly asked, "Really? Why doesn't this sound like something we can say?"
In the past, I wanted to punish everyone by making them stand. He lost his head as soon as he stood in front. Everyone had to stand at attention and listen to his instructions: "If this is true, my father, please take the wicker sticks to the wheat field to weave baskets."
As more and more people entered the wheat field, they saw more than a dozen mugwort pots burning around the venue, which not only provided light but also prevented mosquitoes in autumn.
There were also six large red torches on both sides of the stage.
Wang Yusheng is leading several boys to conduct the entrance. Where should they sit? Don't sit in random places here and there, gather together. As they entered the room, everyone was reminded not to speak casually and let everyone discuss it later. In particular, children are not allowed to stay here. The older children hold the younger children and are all driven to the entrance of the village to watch and play.
"Sister Tian Xin?" Xiaoya grabbed Wang Yusheng's trouser leg and raised her head to ask for her father.
"Sister Tian Xin will go find you after pouring the water. I'll be waiting for a while. You go to the entrance of the village to play first."
Wang Yusheng came on stage after arranging things, and nodded to Liu Laozhu to indicate that it was time to start.
Liu Laozhu stood up, first pressed down with his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said:
“I’m calling the villagers tonight because we have something important to announce about our Erdaohe Village.
This important event will be engraved on the wooden board that I am stepping on now. This will also be the place where villagers discuss important events together in the future.
If one day, the village becomes rich and can build an ancestral hall belonging to our village.
This day, year and month, and what happened at this moment will be engraved in the center of the ancestral hall. "
The villagers were very excited when they heard it from the beginning: Ancestral Hall, we have mixed surnames, can we have such a day? Never dared to think about it.
Liu Laozhu looked at the faces below and continued:
"But before announcing this important event, Liu Zhu, who has been an upright person for everyone for seventeen years, has a few words from his heart that he wants to tell everyone first.
Folks, I, Li Zheng, should have led you to grab that river, but I failed.
Over the years, you have suffered a lot of grievances because of that river. I have never stood up for you... Where are the relatives of Brother Nagata sitting? "
A villager below pointed to where Liu Yongtian's wife and children were sitting.
Liu Laozhu suddenly bent down in that direction and said: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry." Then he turned to everyone: "Folks, I'm sorry!"
Following these two words of apology, there was a sigh, but no one spoke.
That's how it is with some things. When no one mentions the grievance, they don't seem to feel anything bad about it.
Right now they were bowing and apologizing to everyone in person, but they suddenly felt extremely aggrieved.
Li Zheng, it would be great if you had made the decision for us earlier.
The atmosphere was a bit heavy.
Even Mrs. Xu on the stage did not expect that the mouthful of chicken blood that Lei Li was pouring into Liu Laozhu could be so violent. Liu Laozhu either did not change or he was so thorough. Obviously no one asked for an apology, so I took the initiative to apologize.
In the audience, Pepper was hiding behind his youngest son Liu Jingdong, secretly wiping his tears with the corner of his sleeve.
In fact, what outsiders don't know is that in addition to publicly apologizing to the villagers, the man in her family also asked his younger son to write three letters before the meeting.
One letter was given to the eldest brother and the other to the brother-in-law. Frankly, it was because Wang Lizheng took advantage of the fact that the eldest son did not go to the battlefield. Now he did not want to be taken advantage of and let the two relatives suffer this disaster again.
Not knowing how to compensate, each family gave twenty taels of silver to their sister-in-law and younger siblings as an apology.
Please be sure to accept this money, not to feel good about yourself, nor to ask for forgiveness. I just hope that the elder brother and younger brother can feel a little warm in their hearts when they receive this apology gift.
As for the third letter, it was written to Fucheng's eldest son, admonishing him to remember that he was from Erdaohe Village at all times. When told that the family was in trouble, those capable people who called themselves brothers and sisters all avoided it. Only the villagers who seemed to be the most inconspicuous and incompetent on weekdays turned out to be the ones sharing the trouble, the simplest and most able to accept their many mistakes. people. He also wrote down what the fourth uncle said and listened to it to his eldest son.
Her husband told her that when she sees her eldest son later, he will have to teach her all over again. I just don’t know if he can still teach his eldest son to be a decent person after he has taught him crookedly for more than ten years. He regretted a little. In fact, it was because he failed to be a good father.
As for the above compensation to the eldest brother and brother-in-law's family, and the need to re-educate the eldest son, Pepper agreed. As long as it is what her man is determined to do, let alone this, even if she is fifty years old and wants to start from scratch with her man, she will agree.
At this time, Liu Laozhu on the stage looked down with red eyes, and he could feel that he was really saying with his heart:
"Folks, it's useless no matter how much I say I'm sorry. What are you doing with those idiots? I have to help you more in the future.
The fact that I am where I am today is the right given to me by everyone below.
So I decided that from now on I will not say a word and return these rights to everyone.
For example, the collection of grain, corvee labor, and other matters will be decided by everyone in the future.
But we can't keep talking here and there. How can we manage more than a hundred households? There are only a few people in a family still quarreling, right?
I announce that our Erdaohe Village will establish a village committee from now on.
It will be up to the village committee to listen to and adopt the opinions shared by everyone, including me, who is only a member of the village committee.
The village committee is the leader for everyone here to have enough to eat and drink and live a good life in the future.
As for what the village committee can specifically do for everyone, what benefits the establishment of the village committee can bring to everyone, and what matters it is responsible for, it is up to the Xu family members..."
When Liu Laozhu said this, he suddenly paused and then continued:
"No, she is not a sibling of the Xu family; she is not the Xu Hao family; she did not have the honor of sitting on the stage to represent everyone by marrying into the Xu family or being the daughter-in-law of whose mother.
It is through her own abilities and abilities that she is recognized by everyone today.
I believe that the villagers have seen everything she has done in recent days and are grateful in their hearts.
She is the deputy director, Hao Xianghua, who must be recognized by all the villagers of Erdaohe Village in the future and will also be written into the ancestral hall.
I would like to invite the Deputy Prime Minister to give a speech to everyone! "
After Liu Laozhu shouted "Speak to everyone", he clasped his fists with Mrs. Xu who stood up and was about to come over to speak, and performed the mutual respect salute that men only do when they meet.
This action means that Mrs. Xu, a woman, will have an equal status with men when discussing matters in the future. She would even be respected by many men when walking in the village, no matter how high or low you are, because she is the deputy leader and is only inferior to Liu Laozhu.
Not to mention the six torches shining on the stage, the fist-clasping ceremony, and when Mrs. Xu stood up. Except for the fourth uncle who had inconvenience in his legs and feet, he did not stand up to congratulate. Everyone else stood up and followed Liu Laozhu to express their gratitude to Xu. The scene of the old lady clasping her fists made Xu Tianxin below look a little excited.
Xu Tianxin finally understood why Grandpa Li Zheng was able to "cheat" this position from Lao Li Zheng.
As long as Liu Lizheng wanted to speak well, his words would be very popular.
At least that sentence, her grandma is not anyone's appendage, which is so popular with her.
At this time, the background music in the live broadcast room really exaggerated the atmosphere. It was playing: "A woman is not the moon in the sky; a woman is not a bouquet of flowers in a vase; a woman is not a bird in a cage; a woman is not a picture hanging on the wall..." "
Xu Tianxin thought: What is a woman? Grandma is giving everyone the answer.
Xu Tianxin clapped his hands with excitement.
It didn't matter if she clapped her hands, Guan Ertuo and the nearby villagers followed closely, tilting their heads and looking at him in confusion before they laughed and clapped their hands.
Old Man Zhai held up the broken gong and beat it tremblingly with the applause, one, two, one, two, one two...
Mrs. Xu was moved to the speaking position by Liu Laozhu accompanied by applause and gongs.
Everyone who speaks can only stand here.
Because this is the only place where there are twelve empty jars buried underneath that can amplify the sound.
(End of chapter)
