Qin Youfu had anticipated this chaotic scene. He raised the volume of his loudspeaker and shouted, "Everyone, be quiet! Be quiet!"
After shouting several times, everyone finally calmed down a little.
Qin Youfu looked at the villagers with burning eyes and said, "The choice of this land cannot be decided by one person alone. We all need to agree."
He fished out a piece of paper from his pocket. "I've listed here several plots of land selected by our brigade office. They are the land at the head of the village managed by Yang Sen's family, the land managed by Wang Lei's family, and the land managed by Da Zhu's family. In the middle of the village, there are the lands of Old Li's family, Feng Ying's family, and Xiao Yong's family. And at the end of the village..."
Qin Youfu read out the land that each household was responsible for one by one on the list. These were selected by the team after a long period of consideration based on the situation of each household and the land. There were a total of nine households, three each at the head, middle and end of the village. Originally, the Su family's land was also on the list, but Wu Guixiang found him in advance, crossed out their name, and changed it to another family.
"The nine families whose names I read are our candidates. Now, in addition to these nine families, let's all vote collectively. We will select one family each from the beginning, middle, and end of the village."
The situations of these nine families are similar, so let the villagers decide.
Qin Youfu gestured for someone nearby to bring up a large wooden board with the names of the nine families already written on it. He held a piece of chalk and said, "Alright, everyone, come up one by one and choose three. Make a stroke under each one you choose. As usual, write the correct characters. Do you understand?"
"I understand." The villagers answered sparsely.
As soon as the captain said this, except for the nine families on the list, there was no hope for the rest of the people. Naturally, everyone was not very interested, but the nine families on the list were excited. While no one else was going up, they hurried to canvass votes for themselves.
"Hey, hey, Aunt Wu, we have been neighbors for so many years, you must support our family." This relies on neighborly friendship.
"Aunt Zhang, our Dazhu is the nephew of your distant nephew's cousin's brother-in-law's uncle's neighbor. So we are relatives. You must choose us." This is a relationship.
"Her third sister, if you choose our family, I will give you two eggs, no, I will give you three!" This is a bribe.
For a moment, there were all kinds of comments and opinions. Seeing that the quarrel was even more intense than before, Qin Youfu immediately called the first person to come on stage with a headache.
The first person to come on stage held a piece of chalk in his hand, looked left and right before choosing the person he would support. He deliberately swayed left and right to whet everyone's appetite.
Qin Youfu looked at the time he wasted and said in silence, "The person behind you should hurry up. It's only three strokes. Why are you taking so long?"
The second, third, fourth...
The villagers came on stage one after another and made their own choices. The nine families were so nervous that they dared not breathe. They were happy and sad at times, and their expressions kept changing, just like they were changing their faces. Wu Guixiang exclaimed, "What a wonderful guy!"
"Why didn't I realize that these people have such rich expressions and are so talkative before?" Wu Guixiang sighed as she looked at the family around her who was still canvassing for votes.
Then she laughed again, "If our house was up there, everyone would probably choose us without even having to ask."
Zhang Xinlan nodded and agreed, "Mom, I think so too. When everyone knows Yunyun is going to work at that experimental site, they will definitely stick to our family and choose us."
When she said this, she agreed with Wu Guixiang and praised Su Qingyun. The caution and flattery in her words were obvious. She had lowered her posture and behaved very quietly during this period.
Wu Guixiang glanced at her, snorted, and said nothing.
Zhang Xinlan gritted her teeth. Why is this old woman so angry? It's been a few days and she still hasn't calmed down?
She was angry but didn't dare show it.
"It's our turn to vote, Mom." Su Aimin reminded Wu Guixiang.
Wu Guixiang was shocked and immediately walked onto the stage nimbly.
Soon, everyone finished voting.
"Okay, now everyone has finished voting, and the results are in." Qin Youfu looked at the characters drawn on the blackboard and began to read them one by one. "The ones everyone has chosen are: Dazhu's land at the head of the village, Fengying's land in the middle of the village, and Lao Liu's land at the end of the village."
"I will report these three families' land to the higher authorities. Okay, everyone, please disperse."
The villagers dispersed, and the site selection for the experimental site came to an end. Some were happy and some were sad.
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