Everyone present is a smart person. No one can fail to understand that what she said means she doesn't want to do it.
It was so hard to find someone with ideas and abilities, so how could these old guys let go of this opportunity?
Zhu Yong frowned. "Although you're a little younger, that doesn't stop us old guys from taking charge of you. As for you scolding the elders, you're worrying too much. Anyone who doesn't want to make money can just not follow you. If you want to make money, you have to listen to the village chief. This has nothing to do with the elders and the younger generation."
Ke Xin looked at Zhu Yong in surprise. If she remembered correctly, he was the one who looked down on her because of her young age. How could he say so many words of recognition to her in the blink of an eye?
"Grandpa Zhu, since ancient times, the position of village chief has always been held by men, but it has never been held by a woman, let alone someone as young as me?"
Zhu Yong laughed and said, "Everything has a first time. Our village is so poor, who cares about those rules? As long as you can lead everyone forward, it doesn't matter whether you are a man or a woman, old or young."
Jiang Kexin: ....
It seems like these old antiques want to push her up. The position of village chief is not inherited, right?
She said dryly, "I don't have the ability, so please find someone else."
An Yugui seemed to have anticipated her refusal and asked her, "Do you know why your grandfather, who was supposed to step down as village chief a few days ago, didn't succeed in leaving office?"
Ke Xin looked at her grandfather, then at An Yugui. She really didn't know, and no one at home had told her, but she guessed, "No one has elected the next village chief yet. If they had, my grandfather would have naturally stepped down."
"You're only half right." An Yugui looked at Jiang Wuli with a smile: "Brother Jiang, you can tell Jiuer the rest."
Jiang Wuli secretly complained about An Yugui's cunningness, and then told Kexin the most fundamental reason: "If the villagers elect me, then of course I will be the village chief. But if the villagers don't elect me, I will continue to be the village chief until I die."
So, if she doesn't agree, then grandpa will always be the village chief?
Jiang Kexin couldn't believe it: "If the village can't elect a village chief, doesn't the mayor choose one?"
In modern times, the power of a town mayor is not small. Isn't it a normal procedure to appoint a village chief? Why is it different here from modern times?
Jiang Wuli also wanted to be like this, but unfortunately he really was not like that.
"If the villagers don't accept the new village chief, then no one will listen to his words, and if he does, it's as good as nothing. So the village chiefs of each village are elected by the people of the village."
After this explanation, Ke Xin finally understood.
An Yugui smiled and looked at Jiang Kexin with a gentle and kind face: "Jiuer, do you want your grandfather to continue to suffer, or do you want to take over?"
"Can't I choose neither of these?"
He smiled and shook his head: "I have to choose one."
Ke Xin looked at her white-haired grandfather, and then at the other four, all of whom were already enjoying their retirement. Comparing these two, her grandfather was indeed too tired over the years.
After a brief struggle, Jiang Kexin said coldly, "I can be the village chief, but let me be frank. If I lead everyone to prosperity, it's fine if I succeed. But if I fail and the villagers pick on me, I will turn my back on them."
Without waiting for An Yugui to speak, Ding Fu took the lead and said, "Don't worry, we are all working together. You have tried your best, and everyone has tried their best. Failure is unavoidable."
Cao Ke nodded. "We will explain your concerns to the villagers. If anyone questions us or is unwilling to follow us, we will let them withdraw. Even if we succeed in the future, we will never allow them to join us. If we cannot share the hardships, then forget it."
An Yugui didn't say anything, but that meant he agreed.
Now that things had come to this, she had nothing more to say. Soon, four respected old men accompanied Jiang Kexin out of the house.
Jiang Wuli stood in the yard and shouted to the villagers, "Everyone go to the ancestral hall. The new village chief has been elected."
After saying that, the villagers rushed to the ancestral hall. People on the roofs jumped down one after another, walked towards the ancestral hall using their hands and feet, and whispered with those who were accompanying them.
Some people were bold enough to speculate whether the new village chief was Jiang Kexin, while others retorted that it couldn't be her because Jiang Kexin was only fifteen and a girl, so how could she be the village chief?
Of course, some people also thought of Jiang Yongtian, after all, his family was the only one in the village with three cows.
ancestral hall
Jiang Wuli stood in the middle, the four old men stood on both sides, and behind the village chief stood Jiang Kexin.
He cleared his throat and looked at the villagers below. He spoke briefly, "Today, the four elders of our village have jointly elected my granddaughter Jiang Kexin as the head of Anjia Village. Does anyone object?"
There was a sigh from the audience, and someone shouted, "How old is she? Can she be the village chief?"
"Yeah, a girl being the village chief, this is the first time I've heard of it in my life."
"Of course, this is just a joke!"
The brave ones who were not afraid of offending others shouted out, while those who were afraid of offending others whispered below. Jiang Wuli listened to these words and did not refute them. Instead, he looked at the people who shouted out with a smile and said with a smile: "Since everyone disagrees, then please choose one."
At this moment, everyone who was talking shut their mouths, glanced around, and booed the person on the stage for not speaking.
"Since you couldn't choose, and the four old men in our village chose for you, but you disagreed, it's fine if I continue to be in charge. I'll just be a hands-off manager. Do you agree with that?"
"That won't work! The village will be in chaos. I don't agree with it."
"I don't agree."
Jiang Wuli spread his hands towards the old guys beside him, looking helpless: "Brothers, you see, I can't do anything. You can do whatever you want."
Ding Fu was impatient. Seeing that everyone was still staring at the men and women, big and small, who were talking about something, he took two slow steps to stand next to Jiang Wuli, looked at those who were refuting him, pointed at them and cursed.
"Are you all just full and bored? You're old, and you're all men, so why don't you buy cattle? Why don't you eat meat? Why aren't you rich? And you still have the nerve to criticize a girl? Think about yourselves. Compared to her, don't you feel ashamed? And yet you're being so pretentious? If that's the case, we old guys won't care."
Zhu Yong raised his hand and said, "No matter who becomes the village chief in the future, my descendants will voluntarily follow Jiang Kexin. No matter success or failure, there will be absolutely no complaints. Otherwise, I will be struck by lightning."
These words were so cruel that he even swore a poisonous oath. Ke Xin was stunned and her heart was shaken at the same time.
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