Two days later - the sun rose in the early morning, and the whole village gathered at the gate of the ancestral hall of Caojia Village, young and old. The Sun clan also came, but there were not many of them. Sun Yanshan stood beside an old man, who was the respected old lady of the Sun clan. The Cao clan elders stood in front, and there were several men beside each of the elders. They were whispering something, and it seemed that these people were undoubtedly the people elected by the Cao clan elders to be the village chiefs. Without exception, they were all their family members, or the people who were closest to them by blood.

Cao Xiangnan stood beside Li Zheng, and with him was Cao Gang. They did not let any of their family members come. Two days was enough time for him to manipulate the situation. With so many workers under his control, they would definitely support them. Moreover, with the help of his brothers who worked at home, Chen Hong could defeat ten of them alone, and the wind direction in the village would be on their side. Of course,

he also knew that the elders were secretly running around in the village to get people to support them, and the winner would be known soon. He came to see how their strength could crush those old men!

"Fellow villagers, today is the day for us to elect the village chief in Caojia Village." Li Zheng walked forward, and as soon as he walked out, everyone immediately fell silent. Perhaps even Li Zheng himself did not know how high his prestige was in Caojia Village. "Every villager in Caojia Village has the right to choose a village chief they want. This is related to the interests of every villager. Choosing a good village chief..."

In these two days, Cao Xiangnan had brainwashed Li Zheng and filled his mind with some democratic ideas. After his persuasion, he really lived up to his expectations. Now Li Zheng has learned to speak a little bit better.

Li Zheng's words resonated with the villagers below. In the past hundred years, they have never participated in the election of village chiefs in Caojia Village. The village chief has always been decided by the elders of the clan, and some can even be succeeded by their sons. Now Li Zheng said that they can also choose someone they think is good as the village chief.

"Now, those who are elected to be the next village chief of Caojia Village, please stand up. If anyone thinks that he can be a good village chief, he can also stand up here. All the villagers here will elect a village chief that everyone thinks is good." After a long speech, Li Zheng brought the topic to the point.

Cao Xiangnan glanced at Cao Gang, and the two looked at each other. He nodded to each other, and Cao Gang was the first to stand beside Li Zheng. "Go!"

"Hurry up and go up!"

The few men who were originally elected by the elders saw so many people and stood there hesitantly, not daring to move forward. These old men were so angry that their beards were about to curl up. Fortunately, after the first time they walked out, the few behind them also followed them up.

No one from the Sun clan went up. Grandmother Sun and his descendants stood there watching, and did not appoint anyone from the clan to take the position of village chief. Sun Yanshan lowered his head, and he didn't know what he was saying in the old lady's ear. The old lady followed his gaze and saw that it was Cao Jia Silang who was standing there. The old lady nodded.

"You all stand here one by one and tell me why you want to be the village chief. If you become the village chief, what can you do for the villagers." Li Zheng raised his hand, looked around, and waited for the crowd to quiet down before he spoke.

Having stood on the stage with thousands of troops below him, he had never been afraid, let alone now there were only a few hundred villagers. Cao Gang was the first to stand up, and his powerful voice rang out, "I, Cao Gang, if I could become the village chief of Caojia Village today, I would make sure that everyone in Caojia Village would have enough food to eat. No one would starve to death in Caojia Village, and no one would freeze to death in the cold winter. Everyone's life would be better and better every day!"

This had been his deepest wish, but it was a pity that he could only watch his soldiers starve to death one by one when the dry food from the court was cut off that year, and see the stiff corpses of those who froze to death while sleeping at night in the cold winter being carried out in front of him the next day. Thinking of the things he was powerless to do in those years, the tough man almost shed tears when he stood on the stage, and he was more determined to do what he was going to do now.

If it weren't for Cao Xiangnan today, he, Cao Gang, would still be a coward who dared not face the past, but now he is here. If you want to manage thousands of troops, you must first ensure that these hundreds of people have food to eat and live a good life.

Cao Gang raised his hand and swore to the sky, "I, Cao Gang, swear to the people of Caojia Village here that if I break my oath one day, and let the people in the village starve to death or freeze to death again, and let others die unjustly, I, Cao Gang, will be struck by lightning and will never be reborn!"

When the first shout was heard, everyone below followed suit.

At that moment, Cao Xiangnan seemed to be able to sense the strong desire in this man's heart. Unlike him, an outsider who only sought his own convenience and interests, this man was a person who actually lived in this era, and he really wanted to do good things for the people.

The men on the stage looked at each other, lowered their heads, and no one dared to stand on the stage. The elders below the stage hated them so much that they wanted to take their crutches and beat those who were not doing well.

After Cao Gang finished speaking, he stood beside Li Zheng. Cao Xiangnan patted Cao Gang on the shoulder, which was a silent support for his brother.

"Aren't you all vying to be the village chief of Caojia Village? If you don't come up and speak, it will be considered that you have given up." Li Zheng looked at the few people who were still standing there, glared, and said.

"We elect Cao Gang as the village chief of our Caojia Village!"

The shouts from below created a huge wave, almost drowning everyone on the stage, and no one dared to come out.

Cao Xiangnan snorted and laughed. Now in the entire Caojia Village, except for the people here, no one can guarantee that the people of Caojia Village can live a good life and that they will not freeze to death in the cold winter.

"Since this is the case, no one will stand up, and only Cao Gang will swear to be a good village chief of our Caojia Village and let everyone live a good life. Then, I will announce here that the next village chief of Caojia Village is Cao Gang!" Li Zheng did not care about the elders who were eager to jump out, and announced the new village chief of their Caojia Village.

Even if there were elders who wanted to object, they could not resist the villagers' insistence on electing Cao Gang as the village chief of their Caojia Village.

No one in the audience raised any objection. Cao Gang was almost the most popular choice as the village chief.

"Now that the village chief has been elected, we will elect two deputy village chiefs to assist the village chief in his work." Li Zheng stood up and said.

After hearing what Li Zheng said, I realized that there were two deputy village chiefs. Some people wanted to compete for the deputy village chief position.

Just now, their people did not get elected as village chief, so the elders wanted their people to compete for the deputy village chief position. After all, they are also village chiefs, right?

The new village management organization was proposed by Cao Xiangnan and was confirmed after some discussion. The members here were all elected by the villagers. From then on, the affairs of the village were no longer decided by the elders. Their power was completely stripped away and the clan no longer controlled the village.

The two village chiefs who were later elected were Sun Yanmiao from the Sun clan and Cao Gui from the Cao clan. None of the people nominated by the clan elders were elected. The two deputy village chiefs also stood up and were elected by the villagers based on their own abilities.

Then there were ten village representatives. Everyone stood up on the stage one by one. After the villagers elected ten representatives, they were all people who were considered to be morally competent and became the representatives of their Caojia Village. Among them was a brother, Chen Hong. Chen Hong received the support of most of the brothers in the village. When Cao Dapeng, a simple and honest man, saw that his wife was elected, his face was full of honor. It

was Cao Xiangnan who proposed to let Chen Hong be the representative. Chen Hong herself also wanted to be the representative. After discussion, they decided on this matter. Chen Hong is now running around the village and can help him do a lot of things. Chen Hong's identity also represents the interests of some brothers, which is also a good thing.

Cao Gui was also proposed by Cao Xiangnan to be the deputy village chief. He saw that this person was upright and did things steadily. As for the one from the Sun family, Cao Xiangnan knew about it in advance. With Sun Yanshan's guarantee, he thought it was a good choice. He also intended to help the Sun family to balance the situation of Cao family's dominance.

Cao Xiangnan knew that Cao Gang would not be the village chief of Caojia Village for too long. He would be the chief for three or two years at most, and then he would train a new person. Originally, he wanted Cao Dapeng, but since Chen Hong was the representative, it would not be good to let Cao Dapeng go, so as to avoid gossip. Compared with Cao Dapeng, Cao Gui was still acceptable.

And this election also developed as Cao Xiangnan hoped, and most of them were his own people.

The villagers of Caojia Village did not know that their actions today changed the future destiny of their village.

"Today's village chief, deputy village chief, and elected representatives are not in this position forever. In the future, the village chief, deputy village chief, including my position as Li Zheng, will be elected every three years. At that time, everyone will elect the people you think are qualified to be the village chief, deputy director, and representative." He was satisfied with the people elected by Li Zhengjin.

Old lady Sun stroked his beard and nodded and said, "Cao Jia Silang is a good boy." Just because he has lived for most of his life, he can still find out that Cao Jia Silang, who has been standing on the stage, is the leader of this matter. He also heard a lot about this boy from Sun Yanshan in advance.

In the past, Cao's people had the final say in Cao's village. The Sun family moved to Cao's village later. There were few people, so they had no say in anything in the village. But things will be different from now on. Cao Gang married their Sun clan's brother, so he is half Sun clan member. Someone from their Sun clan has become the deputy village chief, and three of them have been selected as the ten village representatives. These people will be able to do things for their Sun clan in the future, and they will no longer be oppressed by the Cao clan.

Cao Silang has also pulled their Sun clan members to do things, and their Sun clan has finally made it.

The elders standing on the sidelines want to object, but even if they object now, no one will care about them. They can only jump up and down in anger because no one from their family was elected. Fortunately, they will have another chance to run in three years. They still have a chance, but they don't know that before they die, they will not have the chance to see their families turn over again.

After half a day, new management members of Caojia Village were born.

Caojia Village set up a village office. In the future, any issues in the village would be discussed in this office. The location was temporarily in the old house where Cao Gang originally lived. When a new location was selected, a new office would be built.

After two days of hard work, the matter was finally settled.

When the election was over, the people who were rushing to work had already left, but there were still people staying at the door of the ancestral hall, and the villagers were still immersed in joy. A group of old men left in a hurry with the crowd. Cao Gang still had things to do later. Just at this time, Sun Yanshan came and said that their old lady wanted to see him. Cao Gang said something, and he followed Sun Yanshan.

Cao Xiangnan went to see the old lady. The old lady did not take advantage of her seniority to put on airs in front of a younger man like him, but was polite to him. It was said that the old lady had brought the entire Sun family to Caojia Village. Although he did not understand why the old lady brought her clansmen to such a remote place like Caojia Village, he did not ask.

From the old lady's talk, it seemed that she was also educated. The other party was a little polite to him, so he had more respect for the old lady.

After meeting the old man, he refused the old man's request to stay for dinner, saying that someone was waiting for him at home. Cao Xiangnan came out from inside, and the people waiting outside personally sent him out.

Work in the village was suspended for half a day, and resumed in the afternoon.

Cao Xiangnan returned home later. What happened in the village did not affect them. Before he entered the house, he heard the laughter of children in the yard, and a smile appeared on his face. He knocked on the door, and it was Liu Baishu who opened the door for him and let him in.

"Dad..."

"Uncle, uncle..."

A group of children ran over enthusiastically. Cao Xiangnan smiled and touched the little carrots one by one. Now they were used to so many children at home and such a lively home.

"Brother Cao Gang and the others may not be back for a while." Cao Xiangnan said.

At this time, everyone in the family had already eaten lunch. Seeing her husband coming back, Qi Wanfeng went to prepare lunch for her husband.

As for the brother who jumped into the lake and died in the village, Cao Xiangnan spent money to have someone buy a thin coffin and hired someone to find a place with good feng shui to bury him, hoping that he would have a good rebirth in the next life. A new tomb was built in a sunny place halfway up the mountain, and a small white flower bloomed next to it, swaying in the wind.