"Gui Fen has worked so hard."
Wang Guifen's eyes were brimming with tears, and she awkwardly didn't know where to put her hands.
She first looked at her father-in-law, only to see the old village chief silently nod.
Then he looked at his father, and Old Master Wang straightened his back with pride.
She looked around the courtyard, and everyone there seemed to agree.
Things are different now. Shanshui Village today is completely different from Shanshui Village a few years ago! In the past, let alone the fact that a woman like her could manage the village and be criticized, no, that would have been completely impossible!
I'm afraid that even if she were to become the village head, the village would be in an uproar.
Shanshui Village used to be poor, and people would argue about these things for days and nights without stopping. Now that it's getting richer, it's surprising that it's become so open-minded and transparent about these matters.
With the major issue that had been weighing on the minds of everyone in Shanshui Village resolved, the people who had been discussing the matter felt much more relaxed and went home one after another to announce the decision.
Wang Guifen escorted everyone to the outside of the courtyard. When she returned, she saw the clear water in the courtyard and was so moved that tears streamed down her face.
She took a few steps forward, grasped Shuiqing's hand tightly, and said gratefully, "Shuiqing, thank you for your recommendation. Without your help, it would never have happened to me."
She knew in her heart that if Shuiqing hadn't said these words, the villagers wouldn't have believed or accepted them.
Shui Qing is always very capable. Even when she speaks, she always makes people believe her.
Shuiqing recommended her, which is the greatest recognition she can receive!
"That's because you did a good job, sister-in-law. Not everyone in our village is blind and deaf. If you hadn't done a good job, I could have praised you to the skies and called you the most beautiful flower, but it wouldn't have made a difference," Shuiqing joked.
Wang Guifen burst out laughing, quickly wiped away her tears, and didn't know what to say.
However, she still sat down again with Shui Qing's hand, and said worriedly, "From today onwards, I have become the village chief of our village, but, but I am very nervous. If I do not do well, wouldn't I be letting you down and it would be bad for our village as well?"
"Shuiqing, what should I do?"
The joy of being recognized came before, but now there is more worry.
Shui Qing had thought about it for Wang Guifen before, and now that she had asked her, she asked first, "Our village has a much larger population than before. There were more than 400 people before, but in the past few years, some people have married into the village, some have had children, so there are probably 500 people now, right?"
While life was difficult due to war outside, life in the village was getting better and better, and it looked like it would get even better. The parents who loved their daughters didn't care about the dowry of seven or eight taels of silver at all, and several men had already found husbands for their daughters.
The men who had reached a certain age had money at home and could afford the dowry, making it much easier for them to find wives than before. As a result, Shanshui Village suddenly had twenty or thirty more young men and women, greatly alleviating the village's labor shortage.
However, with more people, Wang Guifen had more things to worry about.
Wang Guifen blurted out, "It's almost here. There are already 487 people, and more than ten pregnant women will give birth in the second half of the year. We can expect to have more than 500 people before the Lunar New Year."
Shui Qing advised: "With more people, there will be more things to do, and there will be even more in the future. You need to find some helpers to distribute the tasks."
Otherwise, not only would you be working yourself to death, but you might not even be able to keep up. And if you do miss something and things go wrong, there will always be some sharp-tongued people who will criticize you. Wouldn't that be a thankless task?
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