Chapter 183 Reflection and Correction
"If I don't want to be the village chief, who else can be the village chief?" Xu Zhong said helplessly, "There are only a few of us in our village."
"How come there are only a few people? I see there are a lot of people in your village?" said Wumu Village Chief, "Aren't those villagers human?"
Xu Zhong explained that there were not many native villagers in Qinghe Village, and the rest were recruited from outside.
He certainly couldn't hand these matters over to people recruited from outside. What if they were not on the same page with them?
Wumu Village Chief: "..."
Is this a matter of one mind?
This is a question of whether Xu Zhong is capable of being a good village chief!
Wumu Village Chief: "Let me ask you, do you want to be the village chief?"
"I……"
Wumu Village Chief: "Don't talk nonsense. Just check your conscience. If these things didn't happen, would you want to be the village chief?"
"…I still kind of miss it."
"If you want to, then you want to. If you don't want to, then you don't want to. There's nothing to be embarrassed about." Wumu Village Chief didn't think there was anything wrong with Xu Zhong's ambition to be the village chief. He said, "If you want to be the village chief, then be the village chief. It's okay if you can't be the village chief, as long as you are willing to learn. Just calm down and solve all the problems you encounter. Just like this time, when you were scolded by the mountain god and you felt wronged, you told me and I helped you solve the problem. Then you are a good village chief.
But if you keep it in your heart and don't say anything, or don't think about solving the problem, but just keep feeling aggrieved and let it go, then there's no point in you being the village chief. In the process, you destroy the good reputation that you have worked so hard to build. ”
After all, Village Chief Wumu is older than Xu Zhong and has more experience.
Seeing that Xu Zhong was willing to listen, he said a few more words.
He asked Xu Zhong to learn a lesson from this incident.
When the Mountain God came to find him at the beginning, it was definitely not because he was angry, but it was because Xu Zhong’s “bad performance” later made the Mountain God angry.
Why is the mountain god angry?
"Because the Mountain God thought you could do this well, but he didn't expect you to mess it up. Even if you messed it up, that's fine. He has told you, but you didn't learn your lesson and correct it in time, so the Mountain God is unhappy."
"You should be thankful that the Mountain God has a good temper and is willing to give you a chance to correct yourself. Otherwise, he would have directly removed you from your position as village chief, or left Qinghe Village alone, and you would be in real trouble."
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Only then did Xu Zhong realize how inappropriate his behavior was that day.
"Can I still remedy this now? What should I do?"
"It is a great virtue to correct one's mistakes. If the mountain god knew, he would be happy. You have three things to do now. The first is to come up with a reasonable solution based on the original problem. The second is to take this solution and offerings to the mountain god temple to apologize to the mountain god, admit your mistakes, and promise not to do it again. The third is to implement it according to the plan, do a good job, and then report to the mountain god to make him happy."
Xu Zhong quickly expressed his gratitude to the village chief of Wumu. If it weren’t for him, he really didn’t know what to do.
Then he asked the village chief Wu Mu if he had any good suggestions and what he should do to prevent such a thing from happening again.
When Xu Zhong was talking about his problem, Wumu Village Chief was actually reflecting on himself, recalling whether such a thing had happened in Yilan Village.
To be honest, if their village had not been the first stop for the refugees when they first arrived, their village would probably not be much better than Qinghe Village.
It was precisely because of the precedent of Qinghe Village that he was able to make timely adjustments to avoid making the same mistakes as Qinghe Village.
Village chief Wumu said that this problem was simple. Since it was a problem of a "lost" child, they would start with this problem itself.
The first is to strengthen village management. Children are not allowed to leave the village without the guidance of adults.
The second is to strengthen safety publicity so that both adults and children understand that although the gods' messengers and strange people can clear out the monsters nearby, it does not mean that new ones will not come after the monsters are cleared.
Also, the danger does not only come from monsters, but also from human traffickers, flower-picking teams or other bad guys.
Third, strengthen the construction of the Self-Defense Forces.
Fourth, speed up the construction of private schools and give these children something to do, so that they will not run outside for no reason and disappear.
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Next, it’s about the “Land Lord”.
In the dream that the Mountain God had told him, there was a general introduction to the scope of the duties of the "Land Lord". That is to say, the trivial matters in the village had been taken over by the "Land Lord". The villagers were advised not to bother the Mountain God for no reason, but to go to the Land Lord instead.
If the land master can't solve the problem, then ask the mountain god for help.
"Especially for a village head like us, we must figure out which things require the Mountain God and which things require the Land God. Don't make a mistake or the two gods will be unhappy."
Xu Zhong: “…”
If you add one more god, you have to worry about making them unhappy, so it’s better not to have too few!
But no matter what, since the mountain god has given his oracle, they have to do as he says.
Before that, Xu Zhong went to the mountain god temple with his newly-made plan and apology to apologize to the mountain god.
"Lord Mountain God, I was stupid that day. I didn't understand your good intentions..."
Xu Zhong looked sincere.
Yang Xiangwei was not really angry. She was just angry at the matter and not the person. She felt that Xu Zhong had really disappointed her that day.
However, Yang Xiangwei also knew that Xu Zhong, the "village chief", was forced into doing things too quickly. No one had taught him before, so it was normal for him to make some mistakes.
Yang Xiangwei said, "It's okay if you can react later. I just hope you can manage your village well in the future. After all, God is not omnipotent, and it is impossible for him to watch over the village all the time. You must learn to be self-reliant and solve problems by yourself. If you really can't solve them, then seek God's help. God is your last resort, not the trump card you hold in your hand from the beginning. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Lord Mountain God, I will definitely keep your words in mind and read them from time to time to avoid making the same mistake again."
"Then, just follow your plan first. If there are any problems in the actual operation, you can adjust it. No plan is perfect from the beginning. Any plan is adjusted slowly in practice and supplemented step by step."
"Yes, Lord Mountain God."
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After making sure that the Mountain God was not "angry", Xu Zhong put his heart back in his stomach.
After coming back, he tightened his grip on this matter.
On this side, he said to the villagers: "The child is your own. If you can't take good care of him, don't blame others if something happens!"
On the other side, he said to the Self-Defense Forces in charge of patrol: "Since you are responsible for the safety of the village, you must pay attention to the movements of the villagers. You must know that you are not only protecting the village, but also your own family. If there is a mistake on your side, how do you know whether the accident is someone else or your own family?"
He also asked the kiwi spirits at the entrance of the village to hang up any children who sneaked out of the village and wait for their parents to come find him before releasing them.
Catch one and you'll be rewarded with a bone-eating ant.
When they heard there was a "reward", the kiwi fruit elves at the entrance of the village became happy and immediately made a "yes" gesture.
As a result, if any children in Qinghe Village want to leave the village, it will not be so easy to do so.
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