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Chapter 1600 Zhao Guofeng: What does he call you? Village chief?

Chapter 1600 Zhao Guofeng: What does he call you? Village chief?

Yong'an Tun was first developed from a gathering place for mountain people. Yong'an Forest District built a lot of houses on the basis of the mountain people's settlement and designated it as a family area to form the current Yong'an Tun.

The Zhao family's new house was located in an open area in a corner of Yong'an Village, where there were no houses originally. The Zhao family's west courtyard was Li Baoyu's new home, and the land across the east corridor was allocated to Gu Yang by the village.

But half a year has passed and Gu Yang's new house has not yet started construction.

There are no houses around here. It's like a development zone. It's deserted now, but in a few years, it will be the most prosperous and lively place in the village.

More than a hundred people entered the village today, which had already attracted the attention of the people in Yong'an Village. When everyone paid attention, they found that they were people hired by the Zhao family again.

There aren't many strangers visiting this small mountain village all year round, but in the two months before the New Year, the Zhao family has visitors coming and going every day.

There was a few days of peace during the Chinese New Year, but after the peace, Wang Meilan came with a big event. With more than a hundred people, who wouldn't be curious about what they were doing?

Living in a bungalow in the countryside, any big move by one's family would not escape the eyes of the neighbors. Everyone was very curious, so they stopped doing their housework and went to the Zhao family's house. Some wandered around the Zhao family's new house, while others went to the Zhao family's old house to inquire about the situation.

But over at the Zhao family's old house, Xing San was sitting in the yard with a small stool, smoking. When people passing by saw Xing San, they all pretended to be passing by and moved aside.

This led to many people wandering around the Zhao family's new house, asking around, and chatting with the hooligans who went to the toilet. But those hooligans were very tight-lipped and no one said anything to the people of Yong'an Village.

With so many outsiders coming, the village chief Zhao Guofeng had to understand the specific situation. Zhao Guofeng, who had just sent Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng back from the mountains, rushed to the Zhao family's new house as soon as he got the news. On the way, he met Wang Qiang and his wife, Lin Xiangshun and his wife, and Xie Chen and Xie Sun's mother and daughter.

Wang Tian from Wang Qiang's family followed Xiao Lingdang, who would safely send Zhao Na and Wang Tian to kindergarten. Wang Xue from Wang Qiang's family and Lin Xiaobao from Lin Xiangshun's family were too young, so they were sent to Zhao's house to be looked after by the old lady.

After sending the child off, they ran into the Xie family's mother and daughter walking to the Zhao family's new house. When they met the village chief, the six of them greeted Zhao Guofeng enthusiastically.

Xie Sun had been in Yong'an Village for more than four months, and she had gotten to know Zhao Guofeng. Xie Sun was very outgoing, and the way she greeted Zhao Guofeng was as if they had known each other for twenty or thirty years.

Zhao Guofeng didn't care about the Zhao family's large-scale construction and ostentatious display of wealth. He was also born and raised in the local area, and had seen Wang Daba's arrogance in the past, so he could understand his daughter's behavior.

What bothers Zhao Guofeng the most is that the Zhao family always recruits "strange people" into their home, which brings huge challenges to the stability maintenance work in Yong'antun.

The plump old lady in front of me looked kind and amiable, but she was actually not easy to deal with. She had just arrived in Yong'an for less than three days, and she had already started two major battles. Her fighting power was the best among the women in Yong'an Village, and she was very vicious.

After asking Wang Qiang and Lin Xiangshun, Zhao Guofeng found out that the Zhao family made such a big fuss today just to build a shed.

Zhao Guofeng felt relieved when he knew what happened. He said a few polite words to Wang Qiang and the others, then left alone with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Guofeng was on his way to the village headquarters when he ran into Wang Qiang's neighbor Bai Xiuyun. Bai Xiuyun's nickname was Black Blind Boy, and she had a pair of small eyes on her big round face that were slyly moving around.

"Captain!" Seeing Zhao Guofeng from afar, Bai Xiuyun came over happily.

"Old Bai!" Zhao Guofeng responded, and then he heard Bai Xiuyun say, "Captain, didn't you go to Zhao Youcai's house to the west to see it?"

"Aren't you talking about building a shed?" Zhao Guofeng asked, "What's there to see?"

Zhao Guofeng thought that the Zhao family's action of recruiting a hundred people was nothing. When Wang Daba was in power, dozens of people were needed to grind rice at home. What's wrong with them liking ostentation? They are rich and don't cause trouble to the village, so who can say anything?

"Wang Meilan is distributing cigarettes to those people." At this point, Bai Xiuyun curled her lips and said, "One box for each person, just give them away like that."

"So what?" Zhao Guofeng frowned, not understanding what Bai Xiuyun meant. If someone is rich and willing to spend money on it, it's none of your business. He is the village chief, but he can't control so much.

"I heard that Wang Meilan is going to give those people some meat." Bai Xiuyun said, "She said that after the shed is built, she will give each of those people ten kilograms of wild boar meat, and five kilograms of beef."

What words cannot be spread, Wang Meilan said five catties of wild boar or three catties of beef. But when it came to Bai Xiuyun, it became ten catties of wild boar and five catties of beef.

"Nothing like that, just five pounds of wild boar meat." Zhao Guofeng had just finished chatting with Wang Qiang, and he specifically asked Wang Meilan how she hired those people.

"That's still not enough?" Bai Xiuyun looked at Zhao Guofeng in surprise and said, "That's not a small amount, then, Captain, how much is five catties of wild boar meat?"

"Haha..." Zhao Guofeng smiled but said nothing after hearing Bai Xiuyun's words. After living in the same village for so many years, Zhao Guofeng knew exactly what kind of person Bai Xiuyun was.

Zhao Guofeng didn't respond, but Bai Xiuyun didn't feel embarrassed at all and continued, "Captain, do you think Wang Meilan is being unreasonable?"

"Ouch!" Zhao Guofeng was shocked by Bai Xiuyun's words and quickly stopped her, "Old Bai, you can't talk nonsense!"

After stopping Bai Xiuyun, Zhao Guofeng whispered to her, "You are talking nonsense. If Youcai finds out, won't he punish you?"

They both had a pair of small eyes, but when Bai Xiuyun heard Zhao Guofeng mention Zhao Youcai, there was obvious panic in her small eyes.

Seeing that Bai Xiuyun was afraid, Zhao Guofeng said, "She has money, and she earned it through legitimate means. How she spends it is her business. Why should we care about her?"

"That's not true!" Suddenly, Bai Xiuyun became confident and said, "Village leader, if Wang Meilan wants to hire someone, she should hire someone from our village, right? We are all relatives in the village, and we can't let outsiders take away the good things, right?"

Zhao Guofeng's mouth twitched when he heard Bai Xiuyun's words. He was the village chief, so there were some things he couldn't say. It was Xu Meihua who had instigated the villagers to stop Wang Meilan from being the women's director.

But behind Xu Meihua was Bai Xiuyun, the old man who was behind the scenes, making trouble. So, even if Li Ruhai hadn't intervened that day, Wang Meilan would not have been the director of the women's department.

But think about it, what Bai Xiuyun said is not without reason, these days are different from the 20s and 30s. Even in the countryside, we must focus on unity.

Zhao Guofeng knew that Wang Meilan had some complaints against the villagers since she lost the election, although she didn't say it explicitly. As the village chief, Zhao Guofeng didn't want to see this situation, so he wanted to help Wang Meilan to ease the tension with the villagers.

So after sending Bai Xiuyun away, Zhao Guofeng turned and walked towards the Zhao family's new house.

When Zhao Guofeng arrived outside the Zhao family's new house, people inside and behind the house were already busy.

Those who received Wangtunchang cigarettes actively worked. In the front yard, Wang Meilan was still distributing cigarettes.

It was not easy to distribute cigarettes to more than a hundred people, but Wang Meilan had to do it herself. This was what her father taught her, and Wang Meilan understood the reason. Even though a box of golden gourds was not worth much, it was something that only she, her son, and her old man could do.

But at this time, Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai were not there, so Wang Meilan came alone. Yesterday, Wang Meilan visited every household and got to know these people. Today, she just happened to pass on cigarettes to deepen the impression and consolidate the relationship.

When Zhao Guofeng walked into the Zhao family yard, there were still three people in line. Wang Meilan was a little confused after sending out the cigarettes for so long. Seeing that there was still one person at the end, Wang Meilan handed the cigarette to Zhao Guofeng, looking up as she handed it to him, and said, "Here, take it."

When she looked up and saw the man's face clearly, Wang Meilan was startled, then she smiled and said, "Guofeng, hehe... here's a cigarette."

Zhao Guofeng raised his hand to decline. Wang Meilan stepped forward, stuffed the cigarette into Zhao Guofeng's pocket, and said, "It's not a good cigarette, just take it and smoke it."

The golden gourd is cheap, but Zhao Guofeng still smokes leaf tobacco at home.

After accepting the golden gourd from Wang Meilan, Zhao Guofeng looked up at the crowds of people in the Zhao family's house, listened to the laughter coming from the house, and said, "I just ran into Qiangzi and Shunzi, and I heard them say that our family is building a shed today. After that, I thought I would come over to see if I can help."

"You don't have to do anything, haha..." Wang Meilan laughed, "These old people can finish the work in one afternoon."

"Ah..." Zhao Guofeng nodded slightly, then asked casually, "I heard from the villagers that you hired these people with money?"

"No." Wang Meilan laughed and said, "How could there be any? I don't pay them, but they still work for me."

"Huh?" Zhao Guofeng was startled. Just as he was about to ask why, he heard Wang Meilan continue, "Guofeng, I have something else I want to tell you."

Wang Meilan had not yet announced her appointment as village chief to the villagers, but she wanted to tell Zhao Guofeng first because she might have to go to a meeting in the village in a couple of days, and if she bumped into Zhao Guofeng, he would be shocked.

"What's the matter..." Zhao Guofeng didn't finish his words when he heard Zhao Youcai's voice behind him: "Guofeng!"

Zhao Guofeng turned around and saw Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong pushing a cart outside the courtyard wall. Inside the cart were two sacks.

"What did you do?" Zhao Guofeng asked casually, and then he heard Zhao Youcai say, "Nothing, I went home to get something. Um... Guofeng, I left some black bear meat for you, I'll have the boy bring it home tonight."

"No need." Zhao Guofeng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Always give me meat. How much have you given me?"

Recently, Zhao Youcai hunted wild boars and red deer, and the meat was divided among Zhao Guofeng. The wild boars were distributed to the whole village, while the deer meat was reserved by Zhao Jun and sent to Zhao Guofeng's family, Ma Dafu's family, and Ma Sheng's family.

"I've saved them all for you. You can send them over when the time comes. Just heat some oil or something." Zhao Youcai said, and let Li Dayong push the cart to the back of the house by himself. He stood beside Zhao Guofeng and took out a pack of Shilin cigarettes from his pocket.

The two of them lit up their cigarettes and took a puff. Zhao Guofeng said, "Youcai, I came here today because I have something to tell you two."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Youcai asked with a smile, "Just tell me."

"Well... Mrs. Liu's family director, didn't she say she was quitting the job?" Zhao Guofeng mentioned the matter of the women's director because he wanted to help Wang Meilan regain her face. He had discussed this with Han Qiuyan, and Han Qiuyan agreed to let Wang Meilan take over the job of women's director. Han Qiuyan had even mentioned it to Wang Meilan the day before yesterday.

Zhao Guofeng thought that by letting Wang Meilan be the director of the women's village, it would not only help Wang Meilan save face, but also give her a chance to reconcile with the villagers.

But before he could finish his words, he heard someone shouting from the landlord's side: "Village chief! Village chief!"

"Hey!" Zhao Guofeng heard the call of the village chief and responded subconsciously. But when he tilted his head to look, he found that he did not recognize the person who ran over.

At this time, Tong Youfeng was also stunned. He looked at Zhao Guofeng and thought, I called you the village chief, what did you agree to?

Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Guofeng secretly, and then asked Tong Youfeng: "Captain Tong, what's the matter?"

"Captain?" Zhao Guofeng was stunned. He looked Tong Youfeng up and down, and didn't think much about it when he saw that he was wearing shabby clothes.

When working, even if Zhou Chunming comes, he has to dress like this.

"Village leader." Tong Youfeng came to Wang Meilan and called out again, then said, "We've moved all the materials, shall we start working after setting off the firecrackers?"

As soon as Tong Youfeng finished speaking, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu came back with firecrackers. They were in such a hurry to go out in the morning that they left their firecrackers behind. They didn't go home, but went to a nearby store to buy some.

"Son!" Wang Meilan saw this and quickly raised her hand to call Zhao Jun, saying, "Hurry up and fire the cannon!"

"Let my dad do it." Zhao Jun said this because Zhao Youcai was the one who rushed to do the work of putting up the beams of the new house, and he wanted to use this to prove that he was the head of the family.

"Oh, it's just a shed, just let it go." But unexpectedly, Zhao Youcai actually gave up the power today.

Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai, then at Wang Meilan. Seeing his mother nod to him, Zhao Jun took the firecrackers and walked quickly with Tong Youfeng to the backyard.

Zhang Xinglong is sensible, let alone Tong Youfeng? Before leaving, Tong Youfeng said hello to Wang Meilan and said, "I'm leaving, village chief."

After saying that, Tong Youfeng nodded at Zhao Youcai.

Zhao Youcai didn't bother with him. He thought to himself, "You'd better leave quickly. If you keep calling me "the village chief's son", how can I save face in front of Guofeng?"

Wang Meilan smiled and raised her hand towards Tong Youfeng. When she turned around, she saw Zhao Guofeng looking at her in disbelief.

"Guofeng, you and Youcai come upstairs and sit for a while!" Although the room was busy, they still had to be polite, so Wang Meilan said, "There are stools in the room, all clean."

As soon as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Zhao Guofeng asked, "What did he call you?"

"Ah?" Wang Meilan was stunned, then laughed: "Haha, Guofeng, that... um... Xishantun is going to return to the countryside, isn't it?"

"Ah!" Zhao Guofeng responded stiffly. He had heard this news several years ago. But Xishantun was too poor and the village was unwilling to accept them.

"It's settled, it's done." Wang Meilan continued, "It's over. I'm now the head of our Xishan Village..."

"What the hell?" Zhao Guofeng looked incredulous.

Wang Meilan, who was interrupted, smiled and continued, "He is also the director of public security."

Zhao Guofeng: “…”

Zhao Guofeng felt like he was dreaming, and couldn't believe it. Although Xishan Village was poor and couldn't be compared with Yong'an Village, the village chief of Xishan Village was on an equal footing with him.

Wang Meilan? A housewife, or a rural old woman in the local dialect, actually became the village head?