Bao Fang whispered: "When I came back, I met the deputy captain's wife."
Wait, the deputy captain’s wife?
Jiang Yan had been away from the Victory Brigade for so long that it took him a while to realize who Bao Fang had met.
The deputy captain is Li Changsheng, who I remember as a tall, hardworking young man. His wife's name seems to be Yao Maimiao?
She had some impression of this woman. She seemed to have a bad personality and treated her man as a special someone. There were also several times when she secretly suspected that there was something going on between Li Changsheng and herself.
It's her.
"What's wrong? What did she say again?" Li Caiying was very angry.
"Again?" Jiang Yan keenly sensed that something was wrong. "What's going on?"
"Mom, just talk to Sister Jiang Yan. I feel that even if all of us put our heads together, it's not as good as her alone. Who knows, maybe she can find a solution?"
Li Caiying waved her hand helplessly, "You two go to that room and talk. I'm just listening to her story."
Jiang Yan became even more curious. What on earth did Yao Maimiao do to make the usually cheerful Li Caiying depressed?
Bao Fang took Jiang Yan to the west room, and they sat on the kang and started chatting about gossip.
"Sister, let me tell you this, Yao Maimiao is not a good person at all. When she married into our village, I was young and ignorant, and I had never interacted with her. I just felt that this woman was arrogant and looked down on others..."
Bao Fang said a lot in one breath, saying that Yao Maimiao's family was obviously very poor, and that none of the dozen brothers and sisters in the family could find a pair of pants without patches.
Also, when she married Li Changsheng, the Li family did not agree at all. It was she who had secret contact with Li Changsheng and had unclear things going on, and later the Li family had no choice but to marry her.
Bao Fang is a grown-up girl who knows everything, so she felt a little embarrassed when she said this.
"Maybe she came from a bad background, so she doesn't look down on anyone. The mosquitoes around Li Changsheng can't be female."
This metaphor made Jiang Yan laugh.
"I'm serious." Bao Fang was helpless. "Don't laugh. Are you going to listen?"
"Listen, listen, listen."
In fact, Jiang Yan had also experienced a bit of Yu Yaomaimiao's behavior. It might be because she was too powerful. Especially after she led everyone to raise fish, her prestige in the villagers' hearts was also very high.
Although Yao Maimiao disliked her, she didn't dare to do anything to her, otherwise Jiang Yan would teach her a lesson.
"Originally, Brother Li is a good person. He is a few years older than my eldest brother and is very decisive in his work. His peers also respect him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been made the deputy captain. In fact, they wanted him to take over."
This was very important at that time. Some team leaders were very selfish and trained their own family members. Those who had sons trained their sons, and those who didn't have sons trained their nephews. Anyway, they felt that this was a good job and should not be given to outsiders.
Bao Zhiguo didn't think so. He saw that Li Changsheng was aggressive and daring, and thought he was a good candidate and wanted to train him. Originally, he was not young anymore, so he thought he would work for another five or six years, then step down and hand over the position of the leader of the Victory Brigade to Li Changsheng. He would give some guidance from the side, and he would be able to get the hang of it in less than two years.
Bao Zhiguo has a good idea, but as the saying goes, greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant!
Li Changsheng is no longer the same Li Changsheng as before.
There is also a saying that goes, there are two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed.
Yao Maimiao is that kind of person, and how can Li Changsheng be much better? All I can say is that some people are too good at acting.
"Before my dad got sick, Uncle Li Changsheng treated him like his own son. What's he like now? The whole family is like mad dogs, and they will bite anyone they catch in our family."
It turned out that Yao Maimiao had also taken a fancy to Bao Fang's job as a substitute teacher, and she also took the exam, but she was too old and her handwriting was not as good as Bao Fang's, so she was not selected in the end.
From then on, she became sarcastic and treated the entire Bao family as imaginary enemies.
"Especially after my father got sick, Li Changsheng began to secretly covet the fish pond. From what I heard, he wanted to occupy the fish pond as soon as the household contract responsibility system was implemented."
At this point, Bao Fang became so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick.
"What? That's the most profitable project in the village. Every household has contributed, and it's not just Li Changsheng who has made contributions!"
Jiang Yan laughed, "Just this little thing, makes you so angry?"
"Is this a small matter? He is disregarding the interests of the collective." Although shouting slogans is not popular now, Bao Fang feels that this statement is very suitable for him.
“Even if the household contract responsibility system was implemented, the fish pond would not be contracted to him.”
"Really?"
Bao Fang didn't quite believe it. "Why? Sister Jiang Yan, tell me why."
Jiang Yan couldn't explain it in too much detail. She couldn't tell the little girl all the management methods and regulations that had been revised in later generations.
"You have to believe in our country and the higher-ups. Even if the policy is implemented, it will be very detailed. We can't let one person take all the good things in the world. Li Changsheng has to make a choice between a fish pond and an official position. Besides, the fish pond was dug with borrowed money. Although the money has been repaid, the money for the fish pond was not all from the brigade. The funds came from the investment of the whole village, plus the money from the fish sales later..."
Jiang Yan took a lot of effort to explain it clearly.
"Oh, I understand. Officials cannot lease fish ponds. The ownership of fish ponds actually belongs to the collective. Whoever wants to lease a fish pond must pay the village, and the money will eventually be distributed to the villagers."
A young man can be taught...
However, Li Changsheng could take advantage of this loophole. After all, after he became the village chief, he could contract in the name of his relatives and gain benefits from it. For such things, everyone turned a blind eye and would not provoke the local tyrants and cause trouble for themselves.
Of course, there must be a prerequisite, that is, Bao Zhiguo is really no longer capable, and only then can Li Changsheng come from behind and take the lead.
But what if Bao Zhiguo is fine and works hard for another 20 years?
Li Changsheng and Yao Maimiao's plan naturally failed.
"These are all trivial matters. Believe me, the most important thing right now is to cure your father's illness."
Bao Fang nodded and said, "I believe you, Sister Jiang Yan. You are the most amazing person I have ever met. You are great at everything you do." She is simply a little fangirl.
Jiang Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Okay, let's go out. Uncle and aunt will be worried soon."
"good!"
Not long after the two came out of the west room, Bao Yuanchao also came back, and with him came his wife Chen Juxiang.
Chen Juxiang has a round face, which is the look that the elders of this era like. She looks very blessed and will bring good luck to her husband. This girl has a big shiny braid and two dimples when she smiles.
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