Great changes in the countryside

Chapter 278
Early the next day, the village radio rang.

It was Chen Shengmei, the village party secretary, who was calling the meeting.

Members of the two committees of the village, all party members and village leaders, went to the village department for a meeting at 08:30 in the morning.

Chen Yang was lying on the bed, looking at his watch, it was only ten past seven in the morning, and couldn't help scolding Chen Shengmei a few words.

Chen Yang knew that the meeting in the village today must be to discuss who should be the acting director.

Chen Yang thought for a while, then got up abruptly and got out of bed, walked into the living room, and shouted downstairs.

"Old man, come upstairs, I have something to tell you."

The second brother, Chen Bing, hurried upstairs.

"Brother, what instructions do you have?"

Chen Yang said seriously, "You go to Cai Fuman right away and tell me that I told you. If the commune asks him to be the acting director, tell him not to refuse."

Chen Bing was a little dazed, "Brother, can you say it again?"

Chen Yang repeated it.

Chen Bing nodded, "I remember. But brother, I don't understand what you mean."

Chen Yang kicked his second brother, "Go, go, you don't need to understand what this means."

Chen Bing went away muttering.

Chen Yang called his eldest sister again and asked her to visit Tong Xiaofang's house and Tong Laogui's house.

"Brother, what should I say?"

"Just say, make Cai Fuman the acting director."

"Just a word?"

"Yes. Tong Xiaofang is the deputy branch secretary, and Tong Laogui is the branch committee member. Their words carry weight."

The eldest sister didn't ask why, she answered and left.

Chen Yang was very worried that Cai Chaoyang or Cai Guoping would become acting director.

What Chen Yang didn't expect was that out of a total of four people, two and a half wanted to be acting directors.

Cai Chaoyang is half of them.

Cai Chaoyang himself didn't want to go, but all his relatives and friends wanted him to go.

Cai Chaoyang is in a state of indecision.

Cai Guoping wants to be, wants to be like crazy.

Cai Guoping is still the same old way, entertaining guests and giving gifts, both in the commune and in the village, taking care of everything, not one.

Tong Zongliang, a primary school student, also wanted to be one.

However, the middle-aged Tong Zongliang was quite self-aware. He went to the party secretary Chen Shengmei and said that he would not look for anyone else.

It turned out that Tong Zongliang and Chen Shengmei had been friends since childhood.

Only Cai Fuman didn't want to be, really didn't want to be.

That's why I say that Cai Fuman is a real honest person.

The village meeting lasted a whole morning.

Grandpa Chen Yang was one of the participants.

At twelve noon, grandpa came back from the village.

It is the habit of Chen Yang's family to have lunch at 11:30 noon.

When grandpa came home, the family had already finished lunch.

Only Chen Yang was still drinking alone.

Grandpa sat down, and Chen Yang was busy pouring wine for grandpa.

Grandpa took a few sips of home-brewed rice wine and said with a smile, "Yang, your goal has been achieved."

Chen Yang looked surprised, "Cai Fuman became acting director?"

Grandpa nodded, "I didn't expect that the four of them would not refuse in the end, and all wanted to be acting directors."

Chen Yang poured wine for his grandfather again, "Grandpa, tell me quickly and listen."

"Let's talk about your good friend Cai Chaoyang first. Originally he was the deputy director, and he was the acting director. But he wrote a written application and sent it up the day before yesterday, saying that he gave up the position of acting director."

Chen Yang said, "I know about this."

"But he went back on his word. He went to Secretary Zheng of the commune last night and said that he was willing to serve as the acting director. Secretary Zheng said, this is not good. The internal selection has been decided and cannot be changed easily. You will be selected as an ordinary candidate. Bar."

"Oh, that is to say, Cai Chaoyang has no priority."

Nodding his head, Grandpa said, "That means, he, Cai Fuman, Tong Zongliang and Cai Guoping entered the recommendation process together. In addition to the two committees, we party members and village leaders participated in the recommendation. "

"Tong Xiaofang and Tong Laogui recommended Cai Fuman, and more than a dozen of us seconded it. Chen Shengmei recommended Tong Zongliang, and five people seconded it. Cai Chaoyang and Cai Guoping also had about ten people recommend each. Then, the voting began, and the anonymous one kind."

"I remember that there were 45 people who participated in the recommendation. Tong Zongliang got seven votes, Cai Guoping got ten votes, Cai Chaoyang got thirteen votes, and Cai Fuman got fifteen votes. Secretary Zheng of the commune said that no one had a majority, two Whoever gets the most votes gets another vote."

"This second round of voting is very interesting. Cai Fuman and Cai Chaoyang, two people choose one of the two. The result is one-sided. Cai Chaoyang still got 32 votes, but Cai Fuman got [-] votes. Someone said, vote for Tong Zongliang and Cai Guoping All the votes went to Cai Fuman alone."

After hearing this, Chen Yang stretched out two fingers and shook them.

"There are two big gains this time. One is that Cai Fuman was elected acting director, at least our family will not suffer."

Grandpa hummed, "What else can I gain, why didn't I see it?"

"The votes for Cai Guoping at the beginning were all voted for Cai Fuman, but not for Cai Chaoyang. This fully shows that Cai Chaoyang and Cai Fuman are in conflict, or at least they are not united."

Grandpa nodded, "Well, the situation is very good, not small."

Chen Yang was quite proud. Cai Fuman's role as the acting director was very much in line with his vision.

In the evening, just as Chen Yang was about to go to bed and read, he received a call from Cai Fuman from the village.

"Get out of here quickly, if you dare to come in through the back door of the village department, I won't be angry with you."

Chen Yang put down the phone with a smile, took two packs of cigarettes, went downstairs and went out, and walked towards the village in the dark.

Eight or nine o'clock in the evening is the time for the folks to go to bed.

Electricity is still a luxury. At this time, there are very few people with lights on, unless they are still working to make money.

The back door of the village is located by a pond, with bamboo trees and weeds growing on both sides of the narrow path, which is gloomy during the day.

And this night, almost no one will come here.

According to the old people, there are water ghosts in the pond, and white-clothed ghosts in the bamboo forest.

There are no ghosts in this world.

But the pond did drown people, not just one.

Bamboo Forest did die, and Chen Yang only remembered two people, one was a fool, and the other was a five-guarantee household in his seventies and eighties.

Only someone as bold as Chen Yang would dare to go here.

The back door of the village department is ajar, and you can enter as soon as you push.

Enter the backyard to the middle courtyard, and then come to the front yard after exiting the middle courtyard.

The village head is in the front yard, the middle yard and the back yard are all empty, and they are usually gloomy.

There was only one room with lights on in the front yard, and Chen Yang pushed the door open and walked in.

"Brother Fuman, do you know what would be the first thing I would do if I became the village director?"

Cai Fuman threw a cigarette at Chen Yang, "What do you want to do?"

Chen Yang caught the cigarette, lit it up and took a few puffs.

"I will bury the pond in the back, cut down the bamboo forest and woods, and throw away all the tablets in the ancestral hall of the three surnames next door."

"Haha... Are you a little scared too?"

"Damn it, I'm the only one who dares to walk at night. But when you touch the back of my neck, it's all bloody cold sweat."

Cai Fuman laughed and said, "Yang, you also have today."

(End of this chapter)