There was really no reason to refuse this. Village Chief Li nodded, but before he could say anything, Father Xu continued, "We should make a big division first and then choose."

Village Chief Li was a little confused, and everyone else didn't quite understand: "What do you mean by dividing it up first?"

Father Xu said, "You have 60 households immigrating here, and there are 140 households outside who arrived earlier. If we count them as groups of 20 households, we must have 7 team leaders here, otherwise it won't work."

This won’t do! Village Chief Li couldn’t justify the increase, and the villagers wouldn’t let him. They all complained, “That’s impossible. There are more households, but not as many people as we do.”

"That's right, that won't work. You guys are just sitting there doing nothing and are just a burden to others!"

But this is not wrong. After all, their population is indeed not as large as that of the indigenous people. A household of theirs often has more than a dozen people, while a household of theirs sometimes has only one or two people. So more households does not mean more people.

That was exactly what Mr. Xu had been waiting for. He hadn't been trying to snatch those seven spots in the first place. It was a bit excessive anyway. It was just a trick to disrupt the balance. Look, hasn't everyone's attention been distorted? He even took the time to wink at his son. His son's idea was truly brilliant! His whispering had paid off.

But now he still looked reluctant, as if he had no other choice before saying: "Then let's just split it in half. You have more people and we have more households. We need to work together well in the future. If it really doesn't work out this year, we can switch next year."

Ha! Let’s talk about next year next year!

But even if the captain is decided, the members still need to be disbanded, so this is just a preliminary decision...