"Then may I ask Village Chief Huang, you said that many houses in your Huangpo Village collapsed due to the snow, how many?" After everyone finished speaking, Cao Xiangnan called out the names and looked at the village chief of Huangpo Village, who was the most shameless example. He really wanted to ask, "Is it three or five houses, or ten or eight houses? Is it 10% of your Huangpo Village? Or 20%? 30%? Or all collapsed!"
Village Chief Huang opened his mouth. How could he know how many!
He just heard that the newly built academy was a big tiled house with blue bricks, large and spacious. People from your Caojia Village moved in, so why couldn't they move in as well? The people of their Huangpo Village also raised money to build the academy, and they also had a share in it.
The money that this village chief Huang wanted to raise was less than a fraction of that. When the deputy village chief of Caojia Village led people to their place, the people of Huangpo Village just "picked"!
"And you..." Cao Xiangnan called out their names one by one, asking them how many houses had collapsed and why they brought so many people here.
"Rebellion, anyway, there are a lot of people!" He held his neck tight and held back this sentence.
Cao Xiangnan sneered, looked at Sun Yanmiao who was standing next to Li Zheng, pointed him out, and asked, "Sun Yanmiao, Deputy Village Chief, please stand up and tell everyone, there was a heavy snow yesterday, what is the current situation of our Caojia Village?"
"Caojia Village has 148 households and a total of 122 houses. This morning, I took people to check and found that only eight households had collapsed roofs..." Sun Yanmiao looked at these people who came to their Caojia Village to make trouble with contempt, straightened his back, and reported the situation of their Caojia Village to everyone one by one.
These were also some related matters that their management office discussed and decided after a meeting before the winter. After the heavy snow, they had to check the situation in the village. If something happened to anyone's family, it would be dealt with immediately.
This morning, he, Cao Gui and ten village representatives went through the entire Caojia Village separately and found that no accidents had occurred. Before this, some of the eight families had proposed to live in the academy, and some of them were found to be uninhabitable in the winter when they checked the houses in the village, so they advised them to move to the academy before winter and come back to live after the houses were repaired.
The situation in Caojia Village was so good this year, thanks to the fact that the village chief and Cao Xiangnan had already proposed that they take people to check all the houses in the village, arrange for the lonely elderly to spend the winter in the academy, and check whose house in the village was uninhabitable.
In previous years, there were often some accidents in winter, but this year, nothing happened, and everyone prepared enough food for the winter.
"Everyone, do you understand? Next time before you come to Caojia Village and say that people in your village are going to starve to death or freeze to death, please ask you, the village chiefs and the elders with high seniority, to take people to check the specific situation in the village first. Also, if your village is really unable to handle it, then send representatives to Caojia Village to discuss whether we in Caojia Village can help you."
"Instead of just letting the elderly and weak in the village walk such a long way to our Caojia Village. If any accident happens on the way, will you be responsible for the lives of these elderly people and children!" Cao Xiangnan is not a man without temper, he just rarely loses his temper, but today he has to lose his temper.
I have never been so angry before. When I think about these so-called village heads or clan elders bringing these old people and children to their Caojia Village, what if it suddenly snows on the way? What if an old man falls on the way!
The group of old men who rely on their age to bully others were stunned by what they said, and they were completely unable to react. When they reacted, their faces turned red. Who among them is not a person of status in the village? When was he scolded like this? And he is still a kid who has not even grown all his hair!
How did they know that Caojia Village would investigate the situation so clearly? They themselves don’t even know what the situation is in their own village. At this moment, you look at me, I look at you, and I am about to jump out and accuse who who who who who asked us to bring people here.
"I think you Caojia Village don't want to help us, so you find so many excuses to shirk!" Someone stood up and said angrily.
This resonated with those who came together, "If you don't want to help us, just say it, why are you humiliating us so much." These people all criticized Caojia Village, saying that Caojia Village did not help them and looked down on them, the people from the neighboring villages.
"Shut up!" Cao Gang, who was sitting on the upper floor, had not said a word. After hearing these words, even his face became colder and colder. He said in a low voice.
The room was quiet for a while. Everyone was still a little afraid of the village chief of Caojia Village. After being swept by that cold gaze, no one dared to say a word.
Ha! What obligation do they have to help you? Caojia Village is not the imperial court. If they need relief, they should go to the imperial court or the county magistrate. It's nothing to act like a scoundrel in Caojia Village! Cao Xiangnan looked at these people coldly without saying a word. Do they really think that Caojia Village is easy to bully? Or do they think that Cao Xiangnan is easy to bully? One or two people take advantage of their numbers to bully others, and they are still so arrogant.
The old men standing at the door looked at each other. They were ordinary villagers. A short old man in shabby clothes stood out and said in a good tone, "We heard that there was a place for us to stay in the academy in Caojia Village, so we followed you. We didn't know it was like this."
"Let's go back."
"Well, let's go."
The old men whispered to each other and were about to walk out.
"Wait a minute!" After exchanging a glance with Cao Gang, Cao Xiangnan shouted, stopping the old men from leaving.
"Since everyone is here, this matter is within our capabilities, and we are not so unkind." Cao Xiangnan also understood the principle of giving a stick first and then a candy. He did not want these people to think that Caojia Village was easy to bully and would naturally help them.
The eyes of the people present lit up, waiting for the boy's next words. The
old man standing at the door hesitated for a moment and stopped the action of leaving. The child looked at the person who was speaking eagerly.
“The reason why the people of Caojia Village were arranged to live in the academy is because of the special circumstances this year. After discussion, the elderly and widowed people in the village and some families whose houses are really uninhabitable were arranged to live in the academy. These people were able to live there after investigation and were arranged to move in in February next year. They will move out, and they are not allowed to stay in the academy for a long time!” Cao Xiangnan particularly emphasized the word “live in”, which does not mean that one can move in casually, nor can they live in the academy for a long time.
"Since all the villages have sent representatives here today, I, Cao Xiangnan, will explain this matter of staying here to you. The academy is still under construction and has not been fully completed. As I said before, the academy does not belong to Caojia Village, nor to any village. It is a place for studying and cultivating talents." "
The academy starts in March every year and ends the one-year course at the end of September before winter. After winter, there will be some vacant places in the academy, which can be used as a temporary shelter during the cold winter, and some people can be arranged to live there."
"But not everyone can live here. Elderly people and orphans without parents can be given priority. There are also some families whose houses cannot be lived in even if they are repaired in winter. If you really cannot arrange for these families in need in your own village, you can send a representative to apply for accommodation in the academy. You can't just live here casually."
Originally, these were the affairs of these villages. The village heads and others were unable to arrange for the villagers in need in their own villages. They had to go to other villages to seek help. Don't they feel guilty towards the villagers?
But it is obvious that these people do not feel ashamed of not fulfilling their duties and come to them as a matter of course to ask for help. If they don't help, it would be like watching them die!
The old people and children standing inside heard this and showed joy on their faces.
Cao Xiangnan glanced at the old folks sitting there, not missing the joy on the faces of those standing there, and continued, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th every year, before the end of August, you can count the people in the village, write down the names and situations of those who want to stay there, and submit them to the academy, and someone will be responsible for it."
"By September, I will arrange for people to go to each of your villages to assess the situation. If the situation is true, we will arrange for these people to stay at the academy after the academy is closed for vacation."
And staying here does not mean living here. Their academy, or even Caojia Village, will support these people. Instead, you have to bring enough food and provide a certain amount of firewood. If these people cannot provide these things themselves, your village will provide food and firewood for these people.
While everyone was here, Cao Xiangnan told these things one by one to the people present, of course, including the people from Caojia Village, so that everyone would not think that the academy belonged to Caojia Village and that Caojia Village could use the academy at will in the future.
After throwing these words, Cao Xiangnan ignored the village heads who were whispering and walked over to talk to Cao Gang. Cao Gang said "hmm", which was considered as his agreement with Cao Xiangnan's words, and stood up from his seat.
"The situation this year is special. Since you have brought all the villagers here, we can deal with this matter on the spot." If it weren't for the pity for these old people and children, Cao Xiangnan really wanted to tell them to get out.
After everyone discussed in the house, they walked out.
"First, the childless old people stand up."
"Second, the children of the father and mother without parents stand up."
This group stood up one by one. Cao Xiangnan took a look and found that there were not too many. But someone in the crowd pointed out that the old man who stood up had a son, but his son was unwilling to raise them.
Cao Xiangnan called the village chief out and gave him a lecture on filial piety and raising children to take care of one’s old age. Such unfilial people should be dealt with severely. Of course, this was their own village’s business, so they should deal with it themselves.
When such a matter was brought to the front, even the old men who followed him were ashamed.
“Then may I ask Village Chief Huang, you said that many houses in your Huangpo Village collapsed due to the snow. How many is many?” After these people finished speaking, Cao Xiangnan called out the names and looked at the village chief of Huangpo Village. He was the most shameless example. He had to ask him carefully, “Is it three or five houses, or ten or eight houses? Is it 10% of your Huangpo Village? Or 20%? 30%? Or all collapsed!”
Village Chief Huang opened his mouth. How could he know how many!
He just heard that the newly built academy was a big tiled house with blue bricks, and it was large and spacious. People from Caojia Village moved in, so why couldn't they move in as well? The people from Huangpo Village also raised money to build the academy, and they also had a share in it.
But the money that Village Chief Huang wanted to raise was less than a fraction of the money. At that time, the deputy village chief of Caojia Village led people to them, and the people of Huangpo Village were just "digging"!
"And you..." Cao Xiangnan named them one by one, asking them how many houses had collapsed, so they brought so many people here.
"Resist, anyway, it's a lot!" He held back this sentence with his neck stiff.
Cao Xiangnan sneered, looked at Sun Yanmiao who was standing next to Li Zheng, pointed him out, and asked, "Sun Yanmiao, Deputy Village Chief, please stand up and tell everyone, there was a heavy snow yesterday, what is the current situation of our Caojia Village?"
"Caojia Village has 148 households and a total of 122 houses. This morning, I took people to check and found that only eight households had collapsed roofs..." Sun Yanmiao looked at these people who came to their Caojia Village to make trouble with contempt, straightened his back, and reported the situation of their Caojia Village to everyone one by one.
These were also some related matters that their management office discussed and decided after a meeting before the winter. After the heavy snow, they had to check the situation in the village. If something happened to anyone's family, it would be dealt with immediately.
This morning, he, Cao Gui and ten village representatives went through the entire Caojia Village separately and found that no accidents had occurred. Before this, some of the eight families had proposed to live in the academy, and some of them were found to be uninhabitable in the winter when they checked the houses in the village, so they advised them to move to the academy before winter and come back to live after the houses were repaired.
The situation in Caojia Village was so good this year, thanks to the fact that the village chief and Cao Xiangnan had already proposed that they take people to check all the houses in the village, arrange for the lonely elderly to spend the winter in the academy, and check whose house in the village was uninhabitable.
In previous years, there were often some accidents in winter, but this year, nothing happened, and everyone prepared enough food for the winter.
"Everyone, do you understand? Next time before you come to Caojia Village and say that people in your village are going to starve to death or freeze to death, please ask you, the village chiefs and the elders with high seniority, to take people to check the specific situation in the village first. Also, if your village is really unable to handle it, then send representatives to Caojia Village to discuss whether we in Caojia Village can help you."
"Instead of just letting the elderly and weak in the village walk such a long way to our Caojia Village. If any accident happens on the way, will you be responsible for the lives of these elderly people and children!" Cao Xiangnan is not a man without temper, he just rarely loses his temper, but today he has to lose his temper.
I have never been so angry before. When I think about these so-called village heads or clan elders bringing these old people and children to their Caojia Village, what if it suddenly snows on the way? What if an old man falls on the way!
The group of old men who rely on their age to bully others were stunned by what they said, and they were completely unable to react. When they reacted, their faces turned red. Who among them is not a person of status in the village? When was he scolded like this? And he is still a kid who has not even grown all his hair!
How did they know that Caojia Village would investigate the situation so clearly? They themselves don’t even know what the situation is in their own village. At this moment, you look at me, I look at you, and I am about to jump out and accuse who who who who who asked us to bring people here.
"I think you in Caojia Village don't want to help us, that's why you make so many excuses!" Someone stood up and said angrily.
This remark resonated with the people who came with them. "If you don't want to help us, then tell us why you humiliate us like this." These people all attacked Caojia Village, saying that Caojia Village did not help people in need and looked down on people from their neighboring villages.
"Shut up!" Cao Gang, who was sitting on the upper floor, had not said a word. After hearing these words, even his face became colder and colder. He said in a low voice.
The room was quiet for a while. Everyone was still a little jealous of the village chief of Caojia Village. After being swept by that cold gaze, no one dared to say a word.
Ha! What obligation does Caojia Village have to help you? Caojia Village is not the imperial court. If you need help, go to the imperial court or the county magistrate at the government office. What's the point of coming to Caojia Village to act like a rogue! Cao Xiangnan looked at these people coldly without saying a word. Do you really think that Caojia Village is easy to bully? Or do you think that Cao Xiangnan is easy to bully? One or two people take advantage of their numbers to bully others, and
they are still so arrogant. Several old people standing at the door looked at each other. They were ordinary villagers in the village. A short old man with shabby clothes stood up. After stating his identity, he said in a good tone, "We heard that there was a place for us to stay in the academy in Caojia Village, so we followed. We didn't know it was like this."
"Let's go back."
"Well, let's go."
These old people whispered to each other and were about to walk out.
"Wait a minute!" After looking at Cao Gang, Cao Xiangnan shouted and stopped these old people who were about to leave.
"Since everyone is here, this matter is within our capabilities, and we are not so unkind." Cao Xiangnan also understood the principle of giving a stick first and then a candy. He did not want these people to think that Caojia Village was easy to bully and would naturally help them.
The eyes of the people present lit up, waiting for the boy's next words. The
old man standing at the door hesitated for a moment and stopped the action of leaving. The child looked at the person who was speaking eagerly.
“The reason why the people of Caojia Village were arranged to live in the academy is because of the special circumstances this year. After discussion, the elderly and widowed people in the village and some families whose houses are really uninhabitable were arranged to live in the academy. These people were able to live there after investigation and were arranged to move in in February next year. They will move out, and they are not allowed to stay in the academy for a long time!” Cao Xiangnan particularly emphasized the word “live in”, which does not mean that one can move in casually, nor can they live in the academy for a long time.
"Since all the villages have sent representatives here today, I, Cao Xiangnan, will explain this matter of staying here to you. The academy is still under construction and has not been fully completed. As I said before, the academy does not belong to Caojia Village, nor to any village. It is a place for studying and cultivating talents." "
The academy starts in March every year and ends the one-year course at the end of September before winter. After winter, there will be some vacant places in the academy, which can be used as a temporary shelter during the cold winter, and some people can be arranged to live there."
"But not everyone can live here. Elderly people and orphans without parents can be given priority. There are also some families whose houses cannot be lived in even if they are repaired in winter. If you really cannot arrange for these families in need in your own village, you can send a representative to apply for accommodation in the academy. You can't just live here casually."
Originally, these were the affairs of these villages. The village heads and others were unable to arrange for the villagers in need in their own villages. They had to go to other villages to seek help. Don't they feel guilty towards the villagers?
But it is obvious that these people do not feel ashamed of not fulfilling their duties and come to them as a matter of course to ask for help. If they don't help, it would be like watching them die!
The old people and children standing inside heard this and showed joy on their faces.
Cao Xiangnan glanced at the old folks sitting there, not missing the joy on the faces of those standing there, and continued, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th every year, before the end of August, you can count the people in the village, write down the names and situations of those who want to stay there, and submit them to the academy, and someone will be responsible for it."
"By September, I will arrange for people to go to each of your villages to assess the situation. If the situation is true, we will arrange for these people to stay at the academy after the academy is closed for vacation."
And staying here does not mean living here. Their academy, or even Caojia Village, will support these people. Instead, you have to bring enough food and provide a certain amount of firewood. If these people cannot provide these things themselves, your village will provide food and firewood for these people.
While everyone was here, Cao Xiangnan told these things one by one to the people present, of course, including the people from Caojia Village, so that everyone would not think that the academy belonged to Caojia Village and that Caojia Village could use the academy at will in the future.
After throwing these words, Cao Xiangnan ignored the village heads who were whispering and walked over to talk to Cao Gang. Cao Gang said "hmm", which was considered as his agreement with Cao Xiangnan's words, and stood up from his seat.
"The situation this year is special. Since you have brought all the villagers here, we can deal with this matter on the spot." If it weren't for the pity for these old people and children, Cao Xiangnan really wanted to tell them to get out.
After everyone discussed in the house, they walked out.
"First, the childless old people stand up."
"Second, the children of the father and mother without parents stand up."
This group stood up one by one. Cao Xiangnan took a look and found that there were not too many. But someone in the crowd pointed out that the old man who stood up had a son, but his son was unwilling to raise them.
Cao Xiangnan called the village chief out and gave him a lecture on filial piety, saying that raising children is a way to support one in old age. Such unfilial people should be dealt with severely. Of course, this is their own village's business, so they should deal with it themselves. If
such a thing is brought to the attention of others, even the old men who followed would be ashamed.