Several elders of the Cao clan gathered together. They also knew that Cao Agen could no longer be the village chief of Caojia Village. They discussed behind closed doors who should be elected as the village chief. Everyone wanted to elect someone from their own family or someone who was closest to their family as the village chief. Therefore, they were all arguing about this issue.

But when they were arguing about who should be the village chief, someone outside had already decided who would be the village chief of Caojia Village.

Caojia Village was destined to be unpeaceful today.

The sound of the gong "dong dong dong" happened to be the time when the workers went home. Hearing the gong sound, they came out one by one. They heard that the people inside were asking everyone to go to the ancestral hall, so they all put down their work and went over.

Cao Dapeng and Sun Yanshan, who had returned from the town, also heard about what happened in the village and rushed over.

When her husband left, he told them not to go into the village. Qi Wanfeng was not convenient to go out, so she naturally stayed at home with the children. Sun Bailian, who loved to join in the fun, did not dare to take the children there either. She helped Qi Wanfeng cook at home and waited for her husband to come back.

Liu Baishu and Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin also stayed at home, but Wang Dahu had gone out and had not returned yet.

They were not from Caojia Village, and it was not easy for them to intervene when they knew what happened in the village. The sour fruits that were brought back still needed to be processed. Since he didn't have to teach the children to read in the afternoon, Liu Baishu took the children to process the fruits. The big ones were fine, they could already help with the work. As for the small ones, it was good enough that they didn't make trouble.

Since he taught the children to read, the children now call him "sir" when they see him.

Since he decided to be with Wang Dahu, he has never thought about having offspring. Liu Baishu feels good about being with Wang Dahu for so many years. But now seeing these soft children, he also likes them in his heart, and then there are more smiles on his face. Among this group of children, his favorite is still Cao Xiangnan's little An'an. Not only is she the smartest among the group of children, but she is also well-behaved and sensible, and looks pleasing.

Today, the gate of the courtyard was closed. Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian were cooking in the kitchen. They didn't have to worry about the children outside. They knew someone was watching outside, and the children wouldn't run out when the door was closed.

More and more people gathered at the gate of the ancestral hall. When almost everyone had come, Li Zheng said loudly, "I think everyone knows what happened today in the village."

"As the Li Zheng of Caojia Village, I feel guilty for what happened in the village." Li Zheng sighed and looked guilty. He really felt guilty. Over the years, many such unfair things have happened in the village, and he has never stood up to seek justice for others like he did today.

"Such a young child, just disappeared like this. If Cao Gui had not condoned this matter, Wang was cruel and ruthless. Not only had such a vicious brother abused his own child for many years, but he also sold the child and forced the child to death."

"Village chief Cao Ageng, as the head of Caojia Village, condoned Cao's spending money to buy people and forced the child to death. Cao Ageng, as the head of Caojia Village, handled things unfairly and without any fairness and justice. He is actually not worthy of being the head of our Caojia Village." Li Zheng severely criticized Cao Ageng and exposed one by one the unfair things that Cao Ageng had handled over the years as the head of the village.

"Yes, yes, wasn't it the village chief who handled the matter of Cao Chunhua unfairly..."

"And more..." Even without Li Zheng listing them one by one, many villagers knew about the injustices in some of the matters handled by the village chief over the years. Everyone was just concerned about living their own lives, and other people's affairs were other people's affairs. How dare they stand up and say a word? But now that Li Zheng has stood up, they should also stand up and say a fair word.

"Now that Cao Ageng has been arrested, the county magistrate has not yet made a judgment. Regardless of whether Cao Ageng can return to Caojia Village, we in Caojia Village will no longer let such a person be our village chief!"

"Yes, that's right, such a person is not worthy of being the village chief of our Caojia Village!" Everyone echoed.

"But, our Caojia Village cannot be without a village chief for a day, so I, Cao Gaozhi, am here today to recommend a new village chief for everyone, and he is..." Li Zheng's voice stretched out, and finally called out a name, "He is Cao Gang!"

Although Li Zheng's heart preferred Cao Xiangnan to be the village chief, Cao Xiangnan was unwilling, so he had to choose Cao Gang as agreed. From his perspective, Cao Gang is also a guy who can get things done, and is much better than the village chief elected by the elders, so he agreed to this.

"No, I don't agree!" Hearing that Li Zheng was outside gathering villagers to elect a village chief, a group of elders hurried over. When they heard that he wanted to elect Cao Gang as the village chief, the elders who hurried over shouted.

"I don't agree!" shouted the third elder.

Oh? Cao Xiangnan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Third Elder, if you disagree, who do you think is the most suitable village chief?"

"Cao Azheng is the most suitable village chief for our Caojia Village." Cao Azheng is the eldest son of Third Elder, and Third Elder chose his own family.

When he proposed this, the other elders all disagreed and started arguing. I say my family is good, you say your family is good, which roughly means that they all choose the person closest to them. Li Zheng

stood there and sneered.

"Let's put it this way. The election of the village chief should be decided by the villagers of Caojia Village. The elected village chief is someone who does good things in my village and works for the villagers of Caojia Village. He should be elected by everyone." Cao Xiangnan took a step forward and said loudly, "Every villager in Caojia Village has the right to choose who will be your village chief. If someone is not good at his job, you also have the right to depose this village chief and choose the next suitable person to be the village chief. This is the real fairness and justice!"

"So, let the villagers decide who will be the village chief. What do you think? This is the most fair and just approach."

These people still want to elect someone to suppress the villagers of Caojia Village. It's wishful thinking! Unless Cao Xiangnan is no longer in Caojia Village in the future. Moreover, he wanted to develop production and planting here, and also to build factories. These people were the ones who hindered his progress. Cao Xiangnan had wanted to change the village chief for a long time, and now the opportunity was presented to him.

"Okay, the village chief of our Caojia Village should be elected by all of us." Cao Dapeng shouted loudly.

The villagers behind him echoed one after another, thinking that Cao Silang's words were right, and the village chief of their Caojia Village should be elected by them. So now even if there were elders who wanted to object, their voices were not as loud as the villagers', and several elders gathered together to whisper.

"How about this, in order to be fair, you can nominate the person you think is suitable, and then after these people have competed, each of them will stand up here and say a few words, saying what you can do for the villagers if you become the village chief. Then let the villagers decide who to elect as the village chief, so that no one can say anything?" Cao Xiangnan smiled slightly, and he dug a pit and waited for people to jump in.

Unless the people in Caojia Village are stupid, they will choose a waste as the village chief. If the people in Caojia Village are stupid, then he has no choice, and he will have to lead everyone to open up another village.

"This..." An elder hesitated.

"Everyone, go back and think about who you want to elect as the village chief. The elected people should also prepare. When the sun rises in the morning two days later, we will hold a fair election here to elect the most suitable village chief." Cao Xiangnan said, but this was no longer a question, but the matter was decided.

"When the time comes, everyone in the village will put their affairs aside and come here to elect the village chief of Caojia Village. Each family will send one person out as a representative to choose the person you recognize as the village chief."

Cao Xiangnan did not give those old guys a chance to refute. He looked at Li Zheng. Li Zheng understood and said loudly, "Then two days later, we will elect the new village chief of our Caojia Village here!"

"Okay!" Some villagers shouted one after another.

The people who had gathered dispersed, and everyone went back home.

Even if the elders disagreed with electing the village chief in this way, they had to agree now, and were being led by Li Zheng and Cao Silang. The elders who left the ancestral hall gathered together again, secretly discussing how to deal with Li Zheng and Cao Silang. "Knock knock..."

Hearing the knock on the door, Gan Weiqi went to open the door, "You are back, how is the matter going?" he asked.

Dinner has been cooked, just waiting for everyone to come back and eat together.

Qi Wanfeng felt inexplicably relieved when he saw her husband coming back. Knowing that such a thing happened in the village, her husband went out, and he was always thinking about her in his heart. He was at home and didn't know what was going on outside.

"Let me do it." Cao Xiangnan reached out to take the dish from Qi Wanfeng's hand, and pinched his fingers, communicating in a way they were familiar with, so that this person would not worry about him. Qi Wanfeng glared at his husband after his fingers were pinched, and couldn't help but smile.

"Dad, Dad..."

"Uncle..."

Several children came over, Cao Xiangnan reached out and touched the heads of the children, and asked them to sit down and eat obediently.

Today's dinner was much later than usual. The dishes were served on the table, and everyone sat down to eat together. It was getting dark outside, and everyone left their homes. Cao Xiangnan sent them out and closed the door.

The sun set in the mountains and it was dark.

After the children took a bath, they all went back to their rooms to sleep. The two children were covered with quilts, and Qi Wanfeng also went back to his room.

After taking a shower and returning to the room, Cao Xiangnan saw someone sitting on the bed waiting for him to come back. When Cao Xiangnan saw that person, he smiled. There was a gentle smile in their eyes when they looked at each other. After blowing out the lamp on the table, the two of them went to bed, and Cao Xiangnan told the person in his arms about what happened today one by one.

Qi Wanfeng listened, and asked curiously from time to time, and his husband would give him the answer.

"If anyone comes to the house recently and I'm not at home, or if Liu Baishu and the others are not at home, and only you and the children are left at home, you don't open the door to let people in, understand?" Cao Xiangnan was worried that those people in the village would do something weird. Fortunately, his house now has a wall, and it's not easy for anyone to get in when the door is closed.

"Yeah, okay." The sleepy man nodded, responded, and kept it in mind.

The stars in the sky are increasing one by one, and the sounds in the house are gradually fading away...