The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1584 Wang Meilan: Director of Women's Affairs? I don't care!

Chapter 1584 Wang Meilan: Director of Women's Affairs? I don't care!

Wang Meilan's recruitment of workers in Xishantun went very smoothly, and it could even be said that she received a lot of responses.

There is no technical requirement to build a wooden shed. Many people in Xishan Village can even build wooden beams, so building a shed is naturally no problem for them.

Besides, the supervisor of this project is Zhang Yuanmin. If it weren't for the time constraints, Zhang Yuanmin could build this 60-meter-long and 10-meter-wide shed by himself.

However, this project only takes one day, so we have to hire more people.

For this purpose, Wang Meilan took out 100 kilograms of beef and 80 kilograms of wild boar meat as wages. If these people choose beef, they will get 3 kilograms of beef a day. If they choose wild boar meat, they will get 6 kilograms of wild boar meat.

As the spokesperson for the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce, Li Ruhai, who was in the voice change stage of puberty, used his hoarse voice to tell the people of Xishantun about Grandma Zhao's intentions.

Wang Meilan was not one to fool people, so she asked Li Ruhai to tell everyone clearly that the wild boar meat was the meat of cannon roe. Recently, Yong'an had its spring hunting season, and the price of wild boar meat at the market was getting lower and lower.

If you calculate it, the price of six catties of wild boar meat is about the same as three catties of beef. But the people of Xishan Village are clamoring, saying that they want six catties of wild boar meat. They are not picky, as long as it is meat, the more the better.

Wang Meilan had no choice but to let them queue up to register, and those who registered first could choose first.

Eighty kilograms of wild boar meat could only be shared by a dozen people, and those who didn't get any could not help but feel disappointed. But three kilograms of beef still cost more than four yuan, and four yuan was enough to build a shed for a day. This was a good thing that the people of Xishantun had never dared to dream of before.

Forty people were recruited in one go. Those who came late and didn't get the chance were so angry that they stamped their feet.

At this time, Wang Meilan waved her hand, and Li Baoyu and Jie Chen brought out the wooden box containing the air gun. Zhao Jinhui used a crowbar to pry the box open in front of everyone.

When Wang Meilan told people about her plan to exchange her air rifle for Feilong, the people of Xishantun were completely excited.

For the mountain people, mountain wealth is something they have no capital to pay for, and it is something they get for free. As for the hard work they put in, the people of Xishantun don't care. They run up the mountain every year and work hard, but they can't get much money.

Now, with a chance to get an air gun for free in front of them, how could the people of Xishantun miss it? So they lined up again to register to get the air gun.

Seeing dozens of people queuing up, Wang Meilan hurriedly sent Li Ruhai again to explain the specific details of the Feilong air gun to the people of Xishantun.

I have to say this first. Wang Meilan knows how many flying dragons she wants. Zhao Jun's wedding is expected to have 40 tables, and Wang Meilan is preparing ingredients for 50 tables. Each table of flying dragon stewed with mushrooms requires four flying dragons, so she has to prepare 200 flying dragons.

According to the rule of twenty flying dragons for one air gun, Wang Meilan would have to exchange ten air guns for flying dragons. There were fifty or sixty people in line now, and it was impossible for Wang Meilan to take as many flying dragons as they shot.

When the people of Xishan Village heard the time limit mentioned by Li Ruhai, they were in a commotion. These days, Feilong and Shabanji can be sold in pairs. For Feilong, a male and a female are sold in pairs, sometimes for three yuan, sometimes for four yuan.

If we calculate based on the average price of three dollars and fifty cents, twenty pairs would be ten, which is thirty-five dollars.

The price of the air guns that the Zhao family ordered from the confidentiality factory was about the same. But the price of the air guns that the Zhao family sold was not the same.

So in the eyes of the people in Xishantun, the Zhao family was buying flying dragons at the price of seven yuan a pair.

With the price doubled, who wouldn’t want to share in this good thing?

Seeing the scene in such a mess, Wang Meilan was a little flustered and looked around, looking for someone to share her worries.

At the critical moment, Zhang Yuanmin stepped forward and proposed that those who received the air guns exchange their goods for guns.

Whoever takes the airgun will have to exchange it for mountain products worth 70 yuan, which can be flying dragons, yellow leaves, or gray skins.

Feilong will be bought at the price of seven yuan a pair, and will be sold once 200 are collected. Whoever catches it first will send it to Zhao's house for registration. If the men have to go up the mountain and are not available, they can ask women or children to send it.

No one in Xishantun disagreed with Zhang Yuanmin's proposal. Especially since the Zhaojia Chamber of Commerce had been collecting hides, they could go into the mountains to hunt for gray hides and foxes with air guns in their hands. This way, they would have income all year round.

Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan did not feel they were at a loss. Although the price they paid for Feilong was high, they needed it urgently.

Although a lot of air guns were fired, these people used air guns to shoot gray skins and foxes, which also brought added benefits to the Chamber of Commerce.

As for whether someone would deny taking the air gun, Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan had never thought about this question. Anyone who dared to do that to Team Leader Zhao, did they not want to run in the mountains anymore?

So, it's a win-win situation.

The only problem now is that Zhao Jun and his team didn’t bring enough air guns today.

This is also easy to do. The air guns we brought will be distributed to those who did not register to build sheds. As for the people from Xishan Village who participated in building sheds, they can go to Yong'an Village to pick up the guns tomorrow.

When Zou Yunchuan and two clerks, Liu and Wang, were pushing their bicycles out of Tong Youfeng's yard, Zou Yunchuan gave his final instructions to Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng.

"The first thing you need to do now is to gather all the people in the village together, hold a meeting, and elect a village chief." After saying this, Zou Yunchuan asked the two of them, "Is that right?"

Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng's eyes lit up, and they nodded. They had been busy for several months doing a lot of things for the villagers, weren't they just waiting for this day?

Seeing the two nod, Zou Yunchuan continued, "The director of public security will be the village chief, and the director of women's affairs, director of public opinion survey, and captain of the militia will all be selected by yourselves."

At this point, Zou Yunchuan suddenly changed the subject and said, "Remember what I told you, the cadres must be elected by all the people in the village. Everyone vote and raise your hands. Whoever has the most support will be elected."

The director of the poll is responsible for mediating disputes, and the four positions just mentioned by Zou Yunchuan plus the accountant are the main members of the village committee.

Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng responded in unison. At this moment, they both felt that they could defeat the opponent without a doubt.

"As for the accountant..." Zou Yunchuan hesitated and said, "If it really doesn't work, the township will send someone to take over for you for a while."

The accountant here in Yong'an has some local characteristics. He is responsible for all financial matters alone, and there is no cashier or anything like that.

No one in Xishan Village could read, so where could they find an accountant? That was why Zou Yunchuan said he would send one to them.

Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng had no objection to Zou Yunchuan's words, but the two clerks Wang and Liu had their own little plans in mind.

Although they were the village accountants, village officials also had jobs for the government. Although the Xishan Village Committee had just been established and had nothing on paper, this also meant that the work was easy. Some of their family friends and relatives were fully qualified for this position.

"Anyway, you should elect a village chief first." At this time, Zou Yunchuan continued to instruct Zhang and Tong, saying, "After your village headquarters is built, the township will report to the higher-ups and ask the armed forces department to approve a few guns for you... Hmm?"

As Zou Yunchuan was speaking, he saw two men walking by outside the yard, talking and laughing, carrying guns.

Zou Yunchuan was startled, and saw a man with a gun on his back hurriedly going to the two people in front.

"No... this..." Not only Zou Yunchuan was surprised, but also the two clerks Wang and Liu beside him. Clerk Liu turned around and asked Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng: "Are those all from your village?"

The one wearing rags should be... But then another family of four came over, with two children walking and stumbling, and from time to time they reached out to touch the gun on their father's shoulder.

All the hooligans carry guns. What's going on?

"They are from our village...the guns..." Just as Zhang Xinglong hesitated, Tong Youfeng took over the conversation and said, "They are all air guns. They should be from Zhao Da...no, they should be from that little Zhao Pao."

"Xiao Zhao Pao's?" Zou Yunchuan frowned, squinted his eyes and said, "The air gun...it's nothing...right..."

Zou Yunchuan was talking, and suddenly changed the subject, saying: "Then why do you have so many?"

Facing Zou Yunchuan's question, Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng looked at each other. But they also wanted to know the answer to this question.

At this time, a voice came: "You said that old Zhang and Tong Youfeng are just bullshitting, bringing a few people to our house, delaying things, right? Otherwise, can you also go with them to build the shed?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xinglong, Tong Youfeng, Zou Yunchuan and two clerks were all a little embarrassed.

Then, a man and a woman passed by the gate of Tong's courtyard. Zou Yunchuan had an impression of the woman, remembering that she was the fat woman who fed the chickens before.

Fat people are rare in Mangliutun, so Zou Yunchuan was quite impressed by this woman.

At this time, Wang Xiaolan saw the five people standing in the yard. The woman also felt embarrassed and dragged her Qin Guangquan and ran away.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Xinglong felt a pain in his heart, but he still had to help Wang Xiaolan smooth things over, and said to Zou Yunchuan: "The old women in the village have bad mouths, don't take it to heart, village head."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay." Zou Yunchuan didn't bother with a woman. He just laughed it off.

When leaving the Tong family's yard, Zou Yunchuan gave Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng a final word of advice, saying, "You should hurry up and try to elect all the cadres tomorrow."

Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng agreed one after another, and some of them were even more anxious than Zou Yunchuan.

The two watched Zou Yunchuan and his two companions leave on their bicycles. Suddenly, they saw a man running towards them with three bicycles and appeared in the sight of Zhang Xinglong and Tong Youfeng.

"Hey? Uncle Zhang." Tong Youfeng nudged Zhang Xinglong and said, "Isn't that your Guoming?"

"Ah!" Zhang Xinglong was startled when he heard his son shouting, "Dad, why are you here?"

Zhang Xinglong heard this and said unhappily: "I'm working, what are you doing?"

"What kind of work are you doing?" Zhang Guoming came to Zhang Xinglong and said with a smile: "I have signed up for both of us. Tomorrow you will go to Grandma Zhao's house with me to build a shed!"

Zhang Xinglong: "..."

Although Zhang Xinglong is over 50 years old, he is not idle in the countryside. He goes to the fields and works. It is not that his son is unfilial. At his age, his son would do the same as long as he does not lie down on the kang.

Zou Yunchuan and the other two rode their bicycles away from Tong Youfeng's house and headed out of the village. No one spoke on the way. What they saw and heard in Xishan Village today was hard for them to accept.

It’s not that the wealth of this village is unacceptable to them. Even if a hooligan has some savings, he lives in a shabby house and has no land. How rich can he be?

The key point is that the economic conditions and mental outlook of the people in this village are completely different from the hooligans they had encountered before.

"Beep! Beep..." At this time, two car horns were heard, and the three of them hurried to the side of the road. The road in Xishan Village was too narrow to allow cars to pass.

Looking at the two jeeps passing by, Zou Yunchuan and the other two felt mixed emotions.

"Baoyu!" Wang Meilan, who was sitting in the first car, didn't know the deputy head of the village. She said to Li Baoyu, who was driving, "Next time this happens, just press the button."

"Oh, Auntie, I'll remember it." Li Baoyu agreed readily.

Xishantun is very close to Yongantun, and the two cars quickly returned to Yongantun.

On the way home, Li Baoyu, who was driving, suddenly saw two women coming towards him.

Li Baoyu hurriedly stopped the car, opened the window and shouted, "Auntie, Mei, where are you going?"

The two people were Han Qiuyan and Liu Mei, mother and daughter.

"Go to Yongsheng." Han Qiuyan said with a smile, "Go to Tailor Wu's house to get some clothes."

After hearing what Han Qiuyan said, Li Baoyu, whose mouth was already grinning widely, grinned even more till his ears were bent.

There was no doubt that the clothes Han Qiuyan took were made for him, Li Baoyu.

"Sister Liu!" Wang Meilan heard this and pushed the door open to Han Qiuyan, "Let's get out of the car and let Baoyu drive you there."

After saying that, Wang Meilan turned around and said to Wang Qiang, Li Ruhai, and Zhao Jinhui who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Qiangzi, Ruhai, Jinhui, let's get out of the car and walk back."

"No, no, no!" Hearing this, Han Qiuyan quickly held Wang Meilan down and said, "We won't sit down. You two can go quickly. My mother and I will walk for a while, and then we can go to the market for a stroll."

"What's there to be afraid of? Let Baoyu take you there." Wang Meilan said so, but Han Qiuyan held Wang Meilan tightly and didn't let her get off the car. She said, "We're going to get some clothes and pick up my third sister on the way. We don't know when we'll be back. Why are you bothering Baoyu?"

Han Qiuyan's third sister was in Yongshengtun, but she said this because she didn't want to trouble Li Baoyu. The Liu family were all very particular people, and they didn't want people to say that they were ordering their son-in-law around.

"Just let him take you there." Wang Meilan said so, but Han Qiuyan still declined, so Wang Meilan didn't persuade her anymore.

But just as Wang Meilan was about to step out of the car, she heard Han Qiuyan say to her, "Sister-in-law, you can take over the women's department. The village chief also said that you should take over."

Han Qiuyan had long since quit her job as the women's director; otherwise, with her popularity and Liu Yunfeng's prestige in the village, no one would have competed with her as long as she ran for the election.

At this time, Li Baoyu had already gotten off the car and stood with Liu Mei. However, the elders were talking at this time, so the couple could not whisper to each other, so they just exchanged glances.

Zhao Jinhui sat in the front passenger seat of the jeep, while Wang Meilan sat on the left, Wang Qiang sat in the middle, and Li Ruhai sat on the right in the back seat.

When Li Ruhai heard Han Qiuyan mention the issue of the women's director, he shrank down and hid himself beside Wang Qiang.

"Sister Liu, I won't do it!" Wang Meilan said this firmly, but after she finished speaking, Wang Meilan hurriedly explained to Han Qiuyan, "Sister Liu, I'm not saying this to you. The people in the village didn't choose me, so how can I have the face to do it?"

"Oh my." Han Qiuyan sighed when he heard that, and after exchanging a few polite words with Wang Meilan, he and Liu Mei stood on the side of the road, waving goodbye to the car.

"Let's go, Sister Liu, Liu Mei." Just as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Li Ruhai suddenly poked his head out from beside Wang Qiang and shouted, "Goodbye Sister Liu, goodbye Sister Liu!"

Li Ruhai's words stopped Li Baoyu from saying anything. When he opened his mouth again, he saw that Han Qiuyan and Liu Mei had turned around and left.

When Li Baoyu started the jeep, he couldn't help but turn around and glare at Li Ruhai.

"Huh?" Li Ruhai was a little puzzled, but he was very unhappy with Li Baoyu's attitude towards him.

"Tsk!" Li Ruhai smacked his lips and muttered, "You keep calling me Mei all day long. If you don't know, you'd think you were calling me mom."

Li Baoyu: “…”

(End of this chapter)