Life 1984

Chapter 167 I have the heart to fight tigers【Please subscribe】

Lin Zhi walked up to Widow Zhang, quietly put the photo into her hand, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, you take this photo as evidence. There is only one photo like this, there is no negative."

Widow Zhang is very grateful.

The mountain village, which had been boiling for most of the night, slowly returned to silence.

But Li Guowang's bullying of Widow Zhang became the talk of the town and the laughing stock of the whole village.

The far-reaching impact of this incident has only just begun.

At night, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi slept on the second floor of the new house. They used wooden boards to block the windows and doors, and put the bed in the corner, creating a nice room.

There was no electricity in the room yet, so Li Yunhai stuffed the flashlight under his pillow in case of emergency.

In the dark night, the two of them slept on the same bed, and suddenly they felt like a couple in need.

Lin Zhi couldn't sleep, chatting with Li Yunhai with her big eyes flashing.

The topic of conversation is of course inseparable from what is happening in the village.

Lin Zhi knew for the first time that such surreptitious activities could occur in simple rural areas.

Li Yunhai smiled and said, what is this?Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are men and women, there are affairs.

Lin Zhi gave him a squeeze and said, right?So have you ever had an affair with anyone?

Li Yunhai laughed and asked, do we count as having an affair now?
Lin Zhi nestled in his arms and said that it didn't count, we were in an honest love.

When the two of them thought about the scene they just saw, their breathing changed. First it was rapid, and then it slowly became heavier.

Li Yunhai turned over and hugged her tightly.

Lin Zhi bit his ear and whispered, "No condom."

This is her bottom line.

Especially seeing Zhang Jie's postpartum pain, Lin Zhi was also afraid of getting pregnant unexpectedly.

Although she was ready to marry Li Yunhai, both of them were still young, so getting pregnant would be a troublesome matter whether they gave birth to a child or not.

Li Yunhai also felt sorry for her, so he had to be gentle with her and solve the problem in an alternative way.

The next day, news suddenly spread throughout the village.

Li Yunhai opened a large factory in the provincial capital and installed large machines. He wanted to go to the village to recruit a group of workers, both men and women. Anyone over 18 years old or under 40 years old could sign up.

These days, when rural areas are having babies, they are at their most powerful. Every family has three or five babies.

However, the ways for rural people to make money are really narrow.

Just guarding the few acres of responsibility land will not produce much money throughout the year.

There is no work available nearby, and there are surprisingly many idle laborers in the village.

At this time, Li Yunhai said he wanted to recruit people, and he wanted to recruit as many as 300 people.Everyone naturally became interested.

Li Yunhai's recruitment conditions are very relaxed. Even many young and middle-aged workers under the age of 40 can sign up.

He also needs to recruit more people, because the consumables factory does not use a fully automatic production line, but a relatively labor-intensive processing plant, and needs to recruit 300 workers in the early stage.

Calculating this way, each household in the village can have one or two people working.

For a time, the news spread throughout the village, and even people from neighboring villages heard about the recruitment and came to inquire.

The first news was revealed by Lin Zhi and Li Yunfang while they were washing vegetables by the well early in the morning.

The well in the countryside has always been an information center, similar to the gossip center at the entrance of the village.

Early in the morning, people from the village came to carry water, wash vegetables, and wash clothes. When they heard Lin Zhi and Li Yunfang talking about the provincial capital factory hiring [-] people, they were naturally interested and asked questions one after another.

Within two hours, the news spread throughout the village.

This is of course the strategy adopted by Li Yunhai.

If he takes the initiative to recruit workers, and if someone comes to ask him to recruit workers, he will ultimately get two completely different effects.

People kept coming to Li Yunhai's door to ask about the details of the recruitment, saying how old the men or children in their family were, young and strong, but they had not studied much. I wonder if they could work in your factory. ?

Li Yunhai also grew up in the village and has a general understanding of the conditions of each household.

Especially those of the same age group, who had been playing together since childhood, he knew which ones were honest and could be recruited into the factory, which ones were idle and unreliable, and which ones had attended junior high school or high school.

However, Li Yunhai did not agree happily, but said, how do you know that I opened a factory?How did you know I wanted to recruit workers?

The villagers all said, can what your girlfriend said be false?The news spread throughout the village!If you want to recruit workers, of course you have to take care of our family first. My dad and your grandpa are brothers who haven’t even finished the fifth server.

Someone else said, my daughter and you grew up together, and you played with clay cannons together when you were kids!At that time, we adults even joked that we would marry my daughter to you as a guest.You must recruit my daughter to work in the factory!

Everyone came over and said, my family is related to you, and my family is related to you.

They are all from the same village. After careful discussion, what they said was not wrong.Whose family is not close friends and old friends?

Li Yunhai just said lightly, my factory is still under construction and we won't be recruiting workers until after the New Year!let's discuss it later!
The villagers are not stupid. They said that my family should sign up first, and you can make a note of it. After the New Year, you can just take them directly to the provincial capital to work.

These words reminded Li Yunhai that he actually asked his eldest sister to bring the homework book and register the people who came to register one by one.

When the villagers saw how serious Li Yunhai was, they became happy.

In one morning, the villagers almost broke through the threshold of Li Yunhai's home.

There were more people coming to his house than those who came to the banquet yesterday.

They were not allowed to take a break at noon, and they were busy until two o'clock in the afternoon.

Because starting at two o'clock in the afternoon, there was an important meeting in the village.

The loudspeakers in the village have been shouting since morning.

Li Guowang, the clan leader and village party secretary, has been sent to the police station and has not been released yet.

The person who shouted was Secretary Li Mingshui.

As for the village director Zhang Yongjiang, it was not his turn to issue a notice at the Li clan meeting.

The branch secretary and the director have one surname Li and one surname Zhang. This is also the traditional rule.

The two largest clan surnames in the village are Li and Zhang.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the village held a meeting of the Li clan in the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is the most luxurious and largest brick and wood building in the village, and it is still made of blue bricks.

Ancestral halls are commonly found in southern provinces.It records the family tradition and past glory. It is the temple of the family. As a symbol and symbol of the long history of the Chinese nation and Confucian culture, it has unparalleled influence and historical value.

In the absence of the clan leader, Li Mingshui presided over the meeting.

Li Mingshui told the story of what happened last night with great heartache, saying that Li Guowang was no longer suitable to be the clan leader and asked everyone to choose a new clan leader.

From a certain perspective, the director and secretary were actually the happiest people in the Li Guowang incident.

Although they looked distressed on their faces, they were not sure how happy they were in their hearts.

If the boss doesn't step down, how can the people below have a chance to rise to the top?

To the people in the village, the clan leader has more authority than the village cadres.

If the clan leader and the village party secretary are not the same person, then in many matters, the words of the clan leader may be more effective than the village party secretary.

Li Yunhai and his father were also among them.

Someone shouted: "There is no need to choose, what else to choose? Li Mingshui, you can be the leader of the clan!"

A smile flashed across Li Mingshui's face, but he said: "That won't work. The clan leader must be elected by everyone. Only in this way can he be convincing."

At this time, a voice shouted: "I choose Li Deming!"

Everyone turned around and looked behind.

I saw Peng Dianzi sitting on the threshold, grinning at this side: "Which of you can compare with Li Deming? Li Deming's family built a big house, which one of you has a big house? Li Deming's family has a big color TV, which one of you has a big house?" Is there a big color TV? Li Deming’s family owns a motorcycle and a small truck. Which of you has one? Li Deming’s family has opened a store in the provincial capital and a factory. They also need to recruit [-] workers in the village! Which of you can arrange so many? Are people employed?”

This series of questions stunned everyone.

Li Mingshui's face darkened, he waved his hand and said, "Peng Dianzi, your surname is Peng. What does the meeting of our tribe surnamed Li have to do with you? Go, go, go!"

Peng Dianzi finally changed his position, leaned against the door frame, and laughed: "I won't participate in the vote by show of hands, so I can just say a fair word, okay? I am a lunatic, but I am not a fool! I I don’t believe that you can’t understand something that everyone can understand? If you don’t believe it, just ask everyone to vote by a show of hands, and I guarantee that most people will choose Li Deming!”

Someone immediately echoed and said: "I also think Li Deming is good! A person who is the leader of a clan must be capable. The Li Deming family is so prosperous, and no other family is as capable as his family!"

Others expressed dissatisfaction: "The capable person is his son Li Yunhai!"

Peng Dianzi shouted: "My son is a hero and my dad is a hero! Why don't you see such a powerful son born?"

The whole room burst into laughter.

Li Mingshui couldn't help but panic when he saw that Li Deming's voice was quite high.

He originally thought that when Li Guowang stepped down, he would naturally take his place and become the clan leader and branch secretary.

Li Deming shot out of this oblique stab and caught him off guard.

Li Deming actually didn't want to fight for the clan leader or party secretary. He was not mentally prepared at all.

However, he was happy when someone praised him, smiled and said nothing.

Li Yunhai said loudly: "Fellow folks, I have to make something clear! Whether you vote for my dad or not, whether I recruit you to work in the factory or not, these are two different things and have absolutely no bearing! I recruit people. , it only depends on whether a person is diligent or not, and whether his brain is flexible or not. You can vote for whoever you want, and don’t pay special attention to my dad because of me. My dad has no intention of competing with this patriarch."

It's a good thing he didn't say it. No one originally connected the two things.

Now that Li Yunhai said this, the villagers couldn't help but think, if they didn't vote for Li Deming, would they still want to join Li Yunhai's factory?Isn’t that just a fool’s dream?
Li Deming cupped his hands in all directions and said with a smile: "I really never thought about becoming the clan leader. You all vote for Li Mingshui! I think he is good and can be the clan leader! I forget it, my family just built a new house, there are many things to do We have to do it!" Li Mingshui saw that Li Deming was so knowledgeable. No matter how unhappy he was, he had to say a humble word at this moment: "Brother Deming, don't be humble. You are senior in our village and are qualified to run for the clan leader. . How about we vote by a show of hands!"

In his opinion, Li Deming, who has always been honest, has never even served as a village cadre and usually does not care much about village affairs. How could such a person be able to compete with him?

Therefore, Li Mingshui generously asked for a show of hands to vote.

"Everyone voted for Li Deming, please raise your hands." Li Mingshui said loudly, and at the same time raised his hands high to show that he was absolutely fair.

Swish swish!
There were a lot of hands raised!

Li Yunhai also raised his father's hand: "Dad, you have to support yourself!"

Li Deming smiled helplessly: "I definitely can't choose!"

Seeing so many people raising their hands, Li Mingshui's expression changed.

Because Li Deming’s support rate is almost [-]%!
Only a few people didn’t raise their hands!
You don’t need to count how many people raised their hands, just count how many people didn’t.

Men surnamed Li in the village who are over 18 years old have the right to participate in clan meetings and the right to vote by a show of hands.

The scene was so dark that only eight people did not raise their hands.

Everyone looked at each other and said nothing.

But Peng Dianzi stood up, counted among the crowd, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay! There are still eight people who do not support Li Deming!"

Li Yunhai naturally remembered the eight people who did not raise their hands.

Li Mingshui felt that he still had a chance of winning.

Li Deming can get so many votes, so why can't he be elected unanimously?
So, Li Mingshui announced again: "Those who support me, Li Mingshui, as the clan leader, please raise your hands."

Of course Li Deming also raised his hand to support him.

More than half of the people present raised their hands.

However, it can be seen without counting that Li Mingshui's approval rate is obviously not as high as Li Deming's.

Peng Dianzi quickly counted and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! There are 36 people who don't support Li Mingshui! Even a blind man knows who won, right?"

Li Mingshui couldn't believe that as the dignified village secretary, he actually lost to Li Deming who came out halfway.

This result was beyond Li Deming's expectation.

The audience burst into warm applause.

Peng Dianzi laughed loudly, which was really a bit crazy, and danced and sang: "Clan Chief Deming, congratulations, congratulations! The clan has re-elected the clan leader, and the first candidate is Li Deming! He is fair and decent in doing things, and the merits of his ancestors are shining brightly. I am happy to do so. Dedicate your love to your hometown and pray for the eternal peace of your clan!"

Li Deming and his son looked at each other and said with a guilty conscience: "Yunhai, what can I do? Why did I choose it?"

Li Yunhai gave his father a push: "Dad, why don't you just become the leader of the clan? From now on, if something happens in the clan, our family will contribute if we can, and if we have money, we will contribute! You can go on stage and say a few words."

Li Deming touched his chin awkwardly: "What did I say?"

Li Yunhai's eyes flashed and he said: "Just tell me that after you take office, you will first build the genealogy and then the ancestral hall! Our family will donate 5 yuan!"

Li Deming felt a little heartbroken: "Donate fifty thousand? That's too much. We can build a new house! Can we donate one thousand?"

Li Yunhai whispered: "Don't worry, I have money! Just donate. Prestige and reputation are all obtained with strength. If you donate this 5 yuan, you will be the real clan leader in the village from now on." , whatever you say is what it is, no one dares to fart! It is easy to build a new house, but it is difficult to establish the status of a family! This is a good opportunity for our family to get ahead in the village! 1000 yuan is not painful or itchy. It won’t do anything. If you want to donate, just donate 5 yuan! [-] yuan is not much!”

Li Deming coughed lightly, thinking that his son's words did make sense. He had lived a mediocre and useless life for most of his life, and now he finally had a chance to get ahead, so why not?

So, he stepped forward, stood on the stage, and said in the simplest language: "I have never made any contribution to the village in my life, mainly because I have no opportunities. Today, thanks to everyone's promotion, I was elected as the clan leader. , I promise to the tribe here that after I take office, I will organize manpower, revise the genealogy, and repair the ancestral hall. Both of these require a lot of funds, and I will take the lead in donating 5 yuan!"

Donate fifty thousand!
There was an uproar!

In this era when it is difficult for ordinary people to come up with even 500 yuan at home, Li Deming was so generous and said in public that he would donate [-] yuan!

Such a big undertaking, who else in the village can do it?

Recalling the last time we raised funds to build the ancestral hall, Li Guowang only donated 100 yuan, and Li Mingshui only donated 50 yuan. In the end, they didn't raise enough money and only repaired the door shaft.

As soon as Li Deming took office, he immediately donated 5 yuan!
This is called pride!
The villagers applauded together.

At this time, even Li Mingshui sighed.

Li Yunhai is right when he says that reputation and status are all achieved through strength.

If you have money and you have a strong backbone, others will naturally believe in you.

This principle has been unbreakable throughout the ages and has proven to be effective every time it is tried.

Li Deming cupped his hands and said: "Please supervise the work of me, the patriarch, in the future, and please support my work more!"

After saying that, he stepped off the stage.

Li Mingshui had to admit this fait accompli. If he couldn't become the clan leader, he would compete for the village party secretary!
Little did he know that the next village party secretary had already been planned by Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai first asked his father to become the clan leader. This was the most critical step.

Now it's as expected a success!
Then the next step is to run for the position of village party secretary.

Li Yunhai had already planned this matter.

The township's decision to punish Li Guowang quickly spread to the village.

Fire Li Guowang from the post of Party Secretary of Shiban Village!
Because Li Guowang's family and the client, Widow Zhang, reached a private settlement and compensated Widow Zhang 300 yuan, Widow Zhang no longer held Li Guowang accountable for other responsibilities.Therefore, Li Guowang was detained at the police station for one day and one night, and then was released.

Li Guowang's vitality was severely damaged and his reputation was ruined. From then on, he could no longer speak strong words in Shiban Village.

When Li Yunhai learned that Li Guowang had returned home, he came to visit and even picked up a package.

Li Guowang looked at the young man coldly and said angrily: "You are so powerful! You knocked me down!"

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Everything has a cause and effect. The cause you planted before is in this package. Please open it and take a look and you will understand."

Li Guowang opened the package in confusion.

There was actually a bloody kitchen knife inside!

"W-what do you want to do?" Li Guowang stepped back in shock, making the chair creak.

Li Yunhai sneered and said: "If you want others to know nothing, you have to do it yourself. You asked my third son to bury this knife under the main beam of my new house. Didn't you just want to bring disaster to my family? My family killed a pig today. I killed him with my own hands, using this knife!”

Li Guowang looked at Li Yunhai in fear, and said with trembling teeth: "Li, Yunhai, you, you!"

His wife brought out a cup of tea, put it in Li Yunhai's hand, and said with a smile: "Li Yunhai, speaking of which, our two families are also close relatives. I also watched you grow up. You are a very kind person, I know you won’t retaliate against my family’s prosperity, right? When is the time to retaliate? The past grudges can just be settled like this, right? Do you think it’s okay?”

Li Yunhai glanced at her and thought that this woman was very knowledgeable, and said in a deep voice: "As my aunt said, it's easy to say! People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot! The tiger has the intention to hurt me, I have the heart to fight tigers!”

He took a sip of tea, put down the cup heavily, stood up and walked away.

Li Guowang was stunned for a long time, then he dragged his chair forward, picked up the knife, and said: "Li Deming has such a son, I am not as good as him! I should give birth to a son like Li Yunhai!"

His wife took the knife and said: "You shouldn't have fought with the young people! You are the party secretary, and there is a capable person in the village, so you will take advantage of it, right? It's better now, you can't be the party secretary, the position of the clan leader No more! You also offended Li Yunhai! Why bother?"

Li Guowang closed his eyes in loneliness and said, "Take a piece of red silk, seal this knife, put a red envelope, and send it back to Li Yunhai!"

As the saying goes, a village cannot be left without an owner for a day.

The next step in the village is to run for village party secretary.

The whole village held a villagers' representative meeting to publicly elect the new village party secretary.

Because this is not an election, but because the predecessor was dismissed due to an accident, a leader from the township came to take charge of the overall situation.

There are three people running for election.

Village director Zhang Yongjiang and secretary Li Mingshui.

Another person is Li Deming, the new patriarch of the Li family.

The leader from the countryside is Shao Yuqing.

Shao Yuqing looked at the list of candidates and pondered slightly.

Li Mingshui was also very surprised: "Leader Shao, this Li Deming is not a party member, right? To run for party secretary, the first necessary condition is that he must be a party member!"

Shao Yuqing nodded, called Li Deming over, and asked: "Li Deming, have you ever joined the party?"

Li Deming smiled respectfully and said: "I am a party member. I joined the party in October this year."

Li Mingshui seemed not to believe it: "Oh? Really? Why didn't we know?"

Li Deming took out his party membership card and handed it to Shao Yuqing to read.

Shao Yuqing took it and took a look and exclaimed: "It's true! You have really joined the party. Who is your introducer?"

Li Deming didn't understand why his son Li Yunhai wanted him to join the party.

Now he understands.

He took back his party membership card and said, "It's a leader of the County Construction Bureau, named Cui Baogang."

"Oh? Cui Baogang? How do you know him?" Shao Yuqing became interested and asked him.

Li Deming was not good at lying, so he answered truthfully: "My family is building a new house, and the construction team we hired is from the County Construction Bureau. My Yuanduo house, Leader Cui even came to have a drink and gave me a red envelope as a gift!"

Shao Yuqing was even more surprised: "Did your family build a new house? Did you hire the construction team from the County Construction Bureau? Ha! This is new! When did the construction team from the County Construction Bureau take on such small rural jobs? ?”

Li Deming blushed and said: "I don't know, it was all done by my son Li Yunhai. He said that the leader of the provincial Construction Bureau made a call, so the people from the County Construction Bureau came to help us. busy."

Shao Yuqing looked shocked. He stood up and said, "Does your son know the leader of the Provincial Construction Bureau? Who is your son? Which department in the province is he in? What position does he hold? Please come and see him quickly!"

　First, ask for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)