"Dad, a day has passed. Registration closes tomorrow night. When the list comes out, your Li family will definitely vote for Uncle. If he doesn't do a good job later, it will be too late to regret it."

Bai Shiqing, the daughter-in-law, has always been pampered in the family. She is beautiful, efficient, and sincere to her elders. Li Shiqing and his wife both like her very much.

Her words carried more weight in Li Shiqing's mind.

"I'll think about it."

Since Li Shiqing said that, everyone could only let him figure it out himself.

The next day, before dawn, Li Shiqing went out.

According to Li's mother, Li Shiqing tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep. He finally came to his senses just before dawn and went to Zheng Xu's place to register before starting work.

Zheng Xu also tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

Looking at the existing registration list, he suddenly realized that Shili Village didn't seem to have anyone worth mentioning.

Li Lide is actually considered a general among the short ones!

Zheng Xu even considered persuading Bai Jiaojiao to take the role, but later, at dawn, he laughed at himself for grasping at straws in his desperation.

Bai Jiaojiao is quite capable, but she's only twenty this year and still a greenhorn.

Zheng Xu almost burst into tears when he saw Li Shiqing come to register.

"Brother Qing, you've finally arrived."

Zheng Xu excitedly shook Li Shiqing's hand, and Li Shiqing felt a little guilty upon seeing Zheng Xu's reaction.

"My child persuaded me to come. I thought that after so many years in our Shili Village, it would be great if I could contribute to our village."

“You’re absolutely right. In our village, you definitely have the best grassroots support, and you’re the one who does the most for everyone.”

Zheng Xu added Li Shiqing's name to the list and breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyone in Shili Village with a modicum of fairness would be willing to vote for Li Shiqing.

Almost every family in Shili Village has benefited from Li Shiqing's kindness.

"But isn't it too rushed for us to hold an election? Aren't there still a team at sea?"

"It happened so suddenly. Let's just say those people abstained. If we wait for them to come back, the old Party Secretary and I will be busy to death for the next two months."

Li Shiqing didn't know exactly what the village chief was busy with, but he didn't ask. He just followed orders.

The list was finalized in the evening. The village officials discussed it and removed one person with a problematic reputation, leaving four candidates. After announcing the list to the villagers, they told them that the election would be held in a week and asked the villagers to think carefully during this period and vote cautiously.

When Bai Jiaojiao saw Li Shiqing on the list, she knew that the matter was settled.

A week later, no matter how much the other candidates campaigned during that week, they couldn't match what Li Shiqing had accomplished over the decades.

With the village undergoing a transformation and Li Shiqing becoming the village head, everyone felt that life would definitely get better.

Feeling lighter, Bai Jiaojiao went to the pigsty more often. The sow was about to give birth, and Lao Xu was urging her to go and keep an eye on her every day.

Both sows were heavily pregnant, and Old Xu was afraid that if he didn't take good care of them, they might have a difficult birth, and then he would truly be a sinner against the collective.

The first snowflake of the year drifted down from the sky, starting as a light snowfall in the evening and turning into a heavy snowfall by nightfall.

"Bang bang bang! Jiaojiao, the pigs in the sty are about to give birth! bang bang bang!"

Old Xu limped to the Bai family's house late at night and knocked on the door. He didn't want to disturb Bai Jiaojiao, but a sow had been grunting for three hours without giving birth, and he was extremely anxious.

The lights in the Bai family's house immediately turned on, and a moment later Bai Jiaojiao came out behind Bai Shibao.

"What's wrong, Uncle Xu?"

"Big Flower is having a difficult labor and can't come out. She's screaming horribly. Don't wait for me, go and see her right away."

Old Xu wasn't walking fast to begin with, and the snow had been falling all night, accumulating to a considerable depth.

Bai Jiaojiao, with the key to the pigsty tucked in her arms, ran in that direction.

Before she even went inside, she heard Big Flower's cry.

Bai Shibao frowned as well: "Little sister, can you do this?"

Are you helping a pig give birth?

"I'll give it a try." Bai Jiaojiao really wasn't sure.

As the pigs in the pigpen grew bigger and bigger, Old Xu grew to love them more and more. He named the two sows Big Flower and Little Flower, and the three boars Big Strong, Second Strong, and Third Strong, respectively, showing his high hopes for them.

The pigsty was cleaner than the yard at home. Big Flower and Little Flower were now in separate pens. Bai Jiaojiao went into Big Flower's pigsty and squatted down to check on it.

When Old Xu arrived, panting, he saw Bai Shibao at the door and asked, "How is it? Why is there no sound from inside?"

He was terrified.

Although he looked forward to slaughtering pigs every day, he never expected to eat pork so soon!

"I don't know, the noise gradually subsided after my sister went in."

Old Xu walked in with a pounding heart and found Bai Jiaojiao squatting in the pigpen, with Da Hua lying on her side in front of her, nursing a litter of piglets in her arms.

"She gave birth already? How did you do that?"

Old Xu was almost scared to tears.

Bai Jiaojiao said awkwardly, "I didn't do anything. I just arrived and Da Hua started giving birth."

"Oh dear, maybe she's waiting for you. Pigs are the most intelligent creatures."

People can say anything when they're excited. Bai Jiaojiao smiled awkwardly at Lao Xu's words.

"How many are there?"

Old Xu was momentarily overwhelmed by the sight of the sow's belly full of piglets.

"There are eight in total. Big Flower is truly a great contributor."

"Eight! Hahaha!" Old Xu laughed heartily. "That ten yuan from the brigade leader was definitely well spent!"

Bai Jiaojiao got up and came out of the pigsty: "Old Xu, Da Hua just gave birth, give her more nutritious food."

"Absolutely! These eight babies are hard to nurse!"

Old Xu was so excited his eyes were practically popping out of their sockets. Bai Jiaojiao smiled and shook her head: "Then I'll head back. My dad probably can't sleep right now either. I need to go home and tell him."

"Hey, you should go back. If I had known she would give birth smoothly, I wouldn't have gone to find you."

In the past, it wasn't uncommon for pigs to give birth for several hours, but this year Lao Xu was particularly nervous. With Bai Jiaojiao not around, he felt like he had no one to rely on.

When Bai Jiaojiao returned, Bai Zhiman was indeed still awake. She went in to tell him before going back to her room.

Just as Bai Jiaojiao washed her hands and lay down, there was another knock on the door.

"Second Sister?"

When Bai Jiaojiao saw Bai Shiqing's sorrowful expression, her first thought was that Li Shuxian had argued with her.

"Little sister, I have something to tell you, but don't get excited."

Upon hearing Bai Shiqing's words, Bai Jiaojiao immediately had a bad feeling.

"What is it? Come in and tell me."

Bai Shiqing walked straight to the main house, seemingly unconcerned about disturbing everyone's rest, suggesting it was something very important.

The Bai family members hadn't fallen asleep either; when Bai Shiqing came home, everyone came to the living room.

"My brother-in-law had an accident at sea."

Bai Jiaojiao was struck dumb by Bai Shiqing's words.