Otherworldly Days

After arguing with the village chief, Li Zhengzheng came to Cao Xiangnan without even eating dinner.

"Okay, Grandpa Qi, don't be angry, come and drink some water." After listening to Li Zheng's excited words, Cao Xiangnan finally understood what was going on. He poured Li Zheng a glass of water and handed it to him. In front of him, he sat back to his original position.

He has a lot of things to do now, and he is very busy every day, so it is impossible to follow the road construction in the village all the time. The village head and Li Zheng are watching these things. Cao Xiangnan thought there would be no problem, but there really was I thought that someone could be so shameless in front of everyone, but the facts also proved that there are always some shameless people.

He has known for a long time that the village head is a confused person. There is really such a group of people in Caojia Village. The head of a village is not a person who can accomplish things. Sooner or later, he will hinder his progress. Naturally, he does not want him to work hard. , A group of top-quality people who pulled his hind legs came out from behind. The people sitting there narrowed their eyes. This is the first time Cao Xiangnan thought of changing the village chief.In this era, the power and influence of the clan is still very strong. Cao Xiangnan has disliked the group of elders who stand and talk loudly in the clan for a long time. Standing up every day and pointing east and west, what are you doing?

"Father." An An, who ran in from the outside, rushed towards his father. Cao Xiangnan caught the child, patted him on the head, and told him to call someone.

"Grandpa." An An's current appearance is growing more and more beautiful, white and clean, and he is a beautiful little brother.Now the child is much more cheerful, with a smile on his face all the time, and his appearance is extremely cute.

"Hey." Lizheng felt joy when he saw the child.

The two children behind also chased in, Cao Xiangnan beckoned, and the two children came over, obediently calling out, "Seventh Lord."

"Okay, good boy." Li Zheng pulled Xiangzai over, how old was the child when his father left, and later his mother also left Caojia Village, it was Caojia Village who was sorry for his mother, The child ran to his house to beg him when he was not too old.

After all, it was the man-made evil of Caojia Village. The two children were still so young at that time. Seeing that the two children were well-raised by Cao Silang, he was also happy in his heart. Well, these two children will live a good life with him, and they won't have to suffer anymore.

Seeing that Li was looking at him, Xiangzai touched him with trembling hands. He was young but his temperament had matured long ago, and he knew what Li was thinking in his heart.

After all, Cao Xiangnan saw that Xiangzai was uncomfortable, patted An An on the head, and asked him to go out to play, and the others naturally followed him, "Okay, you all go outside to play, don't go outside ,do you know?"

"I know." An An ran away with a sweet smile, and the two behind naturally followed.

Qi Wanfeng came in, said hello, and went out. He took a few little ones to feed the horses, sheep and chickens. The little ones followed behind him, laughing and making noise, which made people feel heartbroken. Happy.Sure enough, there were more children in the family. He touched this one in his belly, thinking that after this one was born, he would give birth to another one for Fu Lang.

"I didn't expect to be thoughtful about this matter. There are always people who do the work well every day, and some people who are lazy and want to do less. Seventh Grandpa, I have an idea. Let me tell you." After leaving, Cao Xiangnan continued to talk about the business, he continued, "How about this, the workers are divided into teams of ten, and each team selects a team leader, and every seven days, each team selects the best person to come out. , the most outstanding person can be rewarded with an extra ten coins, and I will pay the extra money."

So the meaning is that apart from the well-made land and the daily ten coins, the selection is held once every seven days, and the outstanding ones can get an extra ten coins. Under this reward system, it will also improve everyone enthusiasm.

"But in the same way, if you are selected as a person who does not do well, you will be deducted five cents. If you are said to be a person who is not doing well three times in a row, you don't have to come back." There are rewards and punishments, Cao Xiangnan Smiling slightly, he said, "Of course, I naturally don't want to be pointed out by everyone for not doing well."

"Okay, this idea is good." Rizheng patted his knee, thinking that this idea was really great, why didn't he think of it.

Seeing that Lizheng was happy, thinking that Lizheng came out angrily, fearing that his family would be worried, Cao Xiangnan coaxed Lizheng to be happy, and even personally sent him home.

When Mrs. Li Zheng saw Fu Lang came back, she scolded him for not even eating dinner, and getting angry with her body because of trivial things.Seeing that it was Xiang Nan who sent the man back, he thanked him and invited him to sit in the house.

Li was standing there, looking around, but he didn't look at his wife, as if he wasn't the one being scolded.

"I won't go in and sit down. I still have something to do at home. Come back another day when you have time. Seventh, why don't you go and make dinner for Seventh Grandpa. I didn't know that Seventh Grandpa hadn't had dinner yet. If not, I would call him to be with me Eat at home." Cao Xiangnan knew that Lizheng didn't even eat dinner, seeing Li's appearance, he laughed.

Knowing that it was inconvenient for him to stay here, he left after sending Lizheng back.

Just at this time Cao Gang was still at the new house, Cao Xiangnan came back and called Cao Gang to come into his house, and the two sat down.

Cao Xiangnan told Cao Gang what Lizheng said just now, but in fact it was just an introduction.Step by step, he talked about Cao Gang being pushed out to join the army more than ten years ago, and himself, including Xiangzi's Eun, what Cao Chunhua did back then, and other things big and small thing.

These big and small things all illustrate the influence and power of a village head and clan, but if this power is not right, then such injustices will continue to happen in Caojia Village, and there will continue to be victims.

"Brother Cao Gang, why do these people control Caojia Village? Is it because they are the village chiefs and clan elders?" Cao Xiangnan took a sip of the water on the table and asked slowly, "If one day everyone Everyone can eat, live in a good house, and their children can go to school. Will everyone still listen to the words of the village chiefs and elders, and let those injustices happen in the village? Is it because I know in my heart that this is wrong and unfair, and no one will stand up?"

When everyone's stomachs can be filled and their culture improved, they will no longer be foolish people who are easy to be controlled and influenced when they have ideas. Therefore, the premise is that everyone can have a bite of food.But conversely, some malignant tumors in the village will also hinder the development of this village.

"Now it's just a small road repair. Now we have this matter. Now we have a beginning, and the future road is so long. But because of these people, this beginning is not so smooth. If we want to let Caojia Village Everyone can eat to satisfy their hunger, clothe themselves to cover their bodies, have something to depend on when they are young, and end up when they are old, isn’t this a long way to go?” Cao Xiangnan looked at Cao Gang with burning eyes, and he knew that Cao Gang was a smart man , knowing that he understands all these things he said.

Food can satisfy one's hunger, clothing can cover one's body, one can depend on one's childhood, one can end one's old age, these sixteen words were printed in his mind, and Cao Gang's heart was shocked.

He thought of his brothers, he didn't just want the people in Caojia Village to have a good life in the mountains, he wanted all his brothers in the border to have food and wear warm clothes in winter, The children in the family can be taken care of, and they can die when they are old.However, he knew the difficulties in this. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about it, nor had he tried hard for it, but he failed in the end.

The brothers couldn't eat enough at the border, couldn't wear clothes in the cold winter, retired from the army when they were sick and disabled, and the court didn't have any subsidies. Some of them died on the road before they could make it back to their hometown.

A small village of Caojia could be so dark, let alone the entire imperial court.

So when Cao Gang left the army and came back, there was actually a reason. He was not only disappointed with the court, but also saddened by his apparent powerlessness as a general.Compared to Cao Xiangnan, he is a coward, and he is not worthy of being a general. Cao Xiangnan didn't know what Cao Gang was thinking. When he saw Cao Gang staring at him, he knew that he was listening to him seriously.He and Cao Gang mentioned the village election uniform in the previous life. The village head is elected by the villagers. This system is transparent and fair, and everyone can participate in it. Electing a village head in everyone's mind can truly serve the people. Everyone does practical things.

There are no clan elders in the village. In addition, everyone elects a few representatives to manage the entire Caojia Village on behalf of everyone. In the future, if there is any matter in the village, everyone will hold a meeting to discuss it and make a decision after voting.

At the same time, Cao Xiangnan also implicitly expressed his intention that if Caojia Village could elect another village chief, he hoped that Cao Gang could be the village chief of Caojia Village. To be fair, such a person is really inferior to be a village chief, but only a small official can become a high official, right?

What he didn't expect was that Cao Gang nodded slightly to him.

The two reached an agreement on this matter, and he didn't waste so long talking.

But now they lack a good opportunity to replace the village chief and revoke the rights of these elders, so they have to think about it carefully.

These conversations lasted for a long time, until it was getting dark outside, Sun Bailian came to find him, and Cao Gang was about to go back, "We will continue talking some other day." He said.

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan escorted them out of the gate, and closed the yard gate when he came back.

Except for being kicked for being unskilled in milking the goat for the first time, now Cao Xiangnan has successfully milked the ewe without hurting the ewe.He had no choice, he was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Qi Wanfeng to squat with his belly full, and what if he was kicked by a sheep?So he took over this matter.

Boiled goat milk, each of the children drank a bowl, and he brought the last bowl back to Wanfeng's room.

Qi Wanfeng looked at this smelly thing and asked, "Can I not drink it?" His husband looked at him and said nothing, so he could only take it in the end, drank it in one gulp, and left the last gulp. He handed him Fulang.

Cao Xiangnan took it, drank it into his mouth, and then drank the mouthful of goat milk under the watchful eyes of his family's evening breeze. It smelled foul, and to be honest, he didn't like it too much.He wondered if it would be better to make something else?I was thinking about this question in my mind.

It was dark outside, the doors of every house were closed, the flickering oil lamps in the house were blown out, and the people inside went to bed.