Cao Mingyuan took a deep breath and said, "Since you said so, I will ask for everyone's opinions."
These days, half-grown boys are eating their parents out of money. There are many children in every household in the village. Who would want to raise another child? When he grows up, he will have to find a wife. Who would want to be the unlucky one?
He was unsure, so he took the megaphone and shouted,
"You all heard what Liu Guoliang said just now! Now that something has happened, we have to find a way to resolve it. We can't just pretend we didn't hear it.
So everyone, please give us your opinion, how should this be resolved? If anyone is willing to accept Liu Guodong, then the land he is allocated can be directly allocated to him, and when he comes of age, if he is willing to live together, then we can live together, if not, then we can divide the land.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd exploded.
Lin Qiaoqiao didn't expect that they would be the ones to bring it up first. She guessed that Liu Guodong had been in a lot of trouble recently.
I have to tell her the truth!
At this moment, Liu Guodong was sitting on the wall with a group of children, listening to the adults talking about him.
Grandma Wu was the first to speak up in the crowd. "Guodong is a good kid, but he just needs to be raised as an extra mouth. I think we should all discuss who will take him home."
They began to discuss in low voices among themselves, and the topic was nothing more than how much food would it take to raise the person if they brought him back.
Liu Guodong is now a half-grown child, and he is also a strong laborer. The family has enough land to support him, so he can be treated as a long-term worker. They just discuss how much profit he can bring. There are many people who are calculating in their words and deeds, and honest people dare not speak up.
After listening to what they said, Liu Guodong thought about his own situation, then jumped down from the wall and came to the village chief.
"Grandpa, can I live alone? There are several old houses in the village. I can choose one to live in, and then I can farm and support myself, okay?"
Cao Mingyuan didn't expect his child to be so courageous, but then he thought, isn't this how their generation got by? Without adults at home, they could only go up the mountain to chop wood and exchange as much as possible for food to survive.
"Have you thought it through? If you choose this path, you won't have such a good chance to regret it later!"
Liu Guodong, "I've thought about it. I can work and take care of myself. I can cook! I can also wash clothes in the river. There's no need to drag others down. We can do it ourselves!"
Cao Mingyuan was very pleased and thought that this child must be a promising one. He had such great courage at such a young age. Not every child has such courage.
"Okay, then you can just live on your own!" He turned around and said to everyone, "We are all from the same village. If this child is in trouble, please help as much as you can!
When this child grows up, he will definitely repay you! I think this kid has a bright future, I can't be wrong!"
After hearing this, some people were quite disappointed because it was too late to speak up and they didn't get the advantage. There was no point in speaking up now.
However, most people still admire Liu Guodong. It is not easy for this kid to start his own business.
Cao Mingyuan continued into the loudspeaker, "As the village chief, we still have some food and potatoes in our village storehouse. I will give him some now. Do you have any objections?"
"So how much do you plan to get?" asked a woman in the crowd.
Cao Mingyuan thought for a while and then said, "It's just 50 kilograms of grain and 100 kilograms of potatoes. They are coarse grains, not fine grains. Let's just pity him. Let's eat less this winter, which means each family will have one less bowl of rice. Let this child live!"
After hearing this, everyone nodded. After all, every family has difficulties. Who knows, someone might get into trouble in the future. If the adults in the family are gone, only the children are left. If that person dies, they also hope that the villagers can help them.
An Yue bit her lips until they bled, thinking to herself what a bunch of people! They didn’t help me before, but now they all pretend to be good people.
Especially since the village chief also distributed grain and potatoes, that was 50 kilograms of grain and 100 kilograms of potatoes, how could Liu Guodong not be stuffed to death? Her eyes rolled and she thought, since they can give, then she can take it away.
Liu Guoliang found that everyone around him was looking at him with contempt. He had no choice but to lower his head.
He has no choice because his family is poor!
Cao Mingyuan was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, so he picked up the loudspeaker and spoke again, "Then we will start dividing the land. We have a lot of land in our village.
The better land is 1.5 mu for adults and 8 mu for children. The worse land is 2.5 mu and 1.3 mu for children.
Everyone has done their calculations, and come over. I will start registering here, and the results will be notified to everyone in three days.
After the land is divided, it will be your own land, but you will have to pay grain to the state every year. I don't know the exact amount. We will know when the harvest comes next year, but as far as I know, it shouldn't be too much.
So from today on, we farmers have land! With our own land, we can all live a good life in the future. As long as we grow crops well, we won’t have to worry about food and drink for the whole year! We can eat as much rice and corn cakes as we want! "
These bold words made everyone applaud again.
Lin Qiaoqiao wanted good land because she didn't plan to plant too much and there were only four people in her family.
For two adults and two children, that's four acres and two mu of land, which is enough to grow anything and have enough to eat.
After thinking about it, she felt quite content. When the village chief spoke again, she went over to choose a place. It felt amazing to be the first.
They chose a piece of land closest to their home and reported the amount to the village chief for registration, and the land was then divided.
Then leave quickly to give your place to others.
When I passed by An Yue, I saw that her lips were bitten and she was really interesting. It was all in vain.
She didn't want to see the subsequent results, so she and Qin Fang took the two kids back home. After all this trouble, it was already 12 noon.
Qin Fang then remembered that he had not yet ridden his bicycle back and needed it for work tomorrow, so he asked Lin Qiaoqiao,
"Do you want to go back to your mother's house?"
"Now?" Lin Qiaoqiao thought of the gift she brought back. It wasn't convenient to deliver it when she came back.
"Then can you get a car?"
Qin Fang, "I can drive a donkey cart. I'll go ask Cao Dewang if I can lend him the donkey cart. If it's OK, will you come back?"
Lin Qiaoqiao, "Of course I will go back. I also bought them gifts."
Since she had taken over the original owner's body, and the family treated her well, she felt the love of her family. So she also regarded them as her family.
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