Farmhouse with a little field

Chapter 319 It's time for Qingyuan Village to change its head

It's just that his food is hidden in the cellar at home, so how could it be discovered, and he is still a member of the government?

Almost without thinking, the old village head had vaguely guessed who did it. That Song Ning might really have such an ability. It turned out that his threats back then were all real, not to scare himself.

It's a pity that even if the old village chief finally understands this matter accurately, it is already too late, because the next sentence of the yamen servant is: "Yes or no, just check and find out, we are going to your house now You don't mind searching it, do you?"

I really mind, I really mind, the old village chief shouted in his heart, but under the fierce eyes of the yamen servant, the old village chief could only nod haggardly in the end.

"Village chief, please go slowly, don't worry, I will definitely not make trouble, let you return my 50 taels of silver at this time, and treat the 50 taels of silver as my gift to you." Han Duyue He waved his hand at the old village head, his tone sounded worried, but in fact he was slightly gloating.

With heavy steps, the old village chief followed the two yamen servants dejectedly. He almost didn't even have the strength to respond to Han Duyue, and he looked slumped.

Under the eyes of everyone, the old village chief quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Everyone, please come in quickly, the tables inside are already set." Han Duyue looked away and began to greet the guests cheerfully.

As soon as the banquet was mentioned, everyone's attention was quickly diverted, and they gave inexpensive gifts one after another, and then walked into the yard to enjoy the food.

Han Duyue walked at the end, and when she turned her head, she saw Li Hao standing in the yard smiling at her, and Xiaonian standing behind him: "Uncle Li, Xiaonian."

"Xiaoyue, you did a good job just now." Li Hao smiled lightly. He was standing in the corner of the courtyard just now, and he had a clear view of the things outside the courtyard.

"That's right, sister, you were really Li Hao just now, I see that the face of the old village chief is almost turning purple from anger." Xiaonian nodded repeatedly, his eyes sparkling.

Han Duyue smiled and scratched her head: "No way, stop praising me, or I should get carried away. And the real one is actually Uncle Li, after all, we didn't know that the old village head would cheat tax and food."

"That requires Song Ning's help. After all, even if I know about this matter, I don't know anyone in the government, and such a number is really nothing. Even if I go to the government to report it, no one will pay attention." Li Hao is also modest. road.

Song Ning also helped in this matter. According to him, this is not considered as helping, but to fulfill the original promise. Since he said at the time that if the old village chief dared to make trouble for him, he would let the other party lose the village. If you have a long seat, then you must do what you say.

But at this moment, what Li Hao said was obviously being modest, and Han Duyue could even hear it: "Uncle Li is too good at joking. With your status, although you can only live in Lizheng in Qingyuan Village, if you let them know Who dares not respect you for your identity?"

"You girl, it's getting late now, so I'll go back first. It's too noisy here, and Xiaonian can't rest well, so I'll take him to my house to rest." Li Hao smiled indifferently, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. refute.

Now because Xiaonian has passed the government examination, Li Hao's discipline on him is even stricter. Even on a day like today, he is only given half a day off, and classes will continue in the afternoon.

Not only that, but the daily time for Li Hao to attend class and Xiaonian's reading time after class have also increased significantly. Regarding these changes, Xiaonian has no objection, and has quickly gotten used to this rhythm. Now it is Get used to it.

Although Han Qingmei and Han Duyue felt sorry for Xiaonian, they also knew that it was for Xiaonian's good, so they didn't stop them. They just paid more attention to their daily life, such as paying more attention to Xiaonian's three meals a day, and being more Pay attention to his physical and mental health, pay more attention to the quietness of the home, and so on.

Watching Li Hao and Xiaonian leave together, Han Duyue turned and went into her room, where Yang Shuyuan was still waiting.

After the old village chief was taken away, he came back two days later. At this time, the old village chief seemed to be even older, with a layer of gray on his face.

As soon as he returned to Qingyuan Village, the old village head stayed at home and did not go out. Those in the village who were very curious about the outcome of this matter did not dare to come to him at this time even if they wanted to know the situation. suffocated.

It was only later that news came from the town that the old village chief had actually deducted the taxes and food paid by everyone privately. It was just because the amount of private deductions every year was not too much, so the government didn't really do anything to the old village chief. So, just let him make up for the taxes and rations that have been withheld privately over the years.

At first, everyone thought that this kind of punishment was not a punishment at all. After all, the old village chief just took out what he should take out, but after they learned the amount of tax and food to be made up, they stopped talking.

The old village chief actually withheld more than 700 catties of grain over the years!

Judging from this number, it is enough to infer when he started to withhold everyone's taxes and rations privately, so everyone's attention suddenly shifted to this. Many years, even more than 20 years ago, they began to withhold their taxes and rations privately, which is simply terrible.

What's even more frightening is that, apart from the tax and food being collected by the old village head, they also find the old village head in many places. Go find the old village head, after all, this person seems to be closer to the masses.

When applying for household registration, the old village chief would implicitly express that if he wanted to get things done, he couldn't come to the door empty-handed. Everyone didn't understand these things, so they obediently gave some gifts.

Another example is that people usually buy and sell land. Because they don't know how to operate, many people choose to ask the village chief for help, which naturally involves some money transactions.

These things are nothing in themselves, but after the incident in front of me, it becomes a bit intriguing. Could it be that the old village chief withheld the money privately?Or he is doing things for everyone on the surface, but he is actually seeking benefits for himself?

Once such an idea pops up, it will be difficult to contain it, and it will spread to the whole village at once, so that this is the hottest topic in the village recently.

And with the emergence of these rumors, a voice gradually spread in the village, that is, the old village chief made such a big mistake, and he is no longer qualified to continue to be the village chief of Qingyuan Village.

At first, one person was talking, but soon it became two, three... In just a few days, everyone seemed to have reached a consensus, and finally some people formed a team to seek official support from Lizheng's house.

Although the village head is selected from among the villagers, the candidate also needs to pass the government's approval symbolically, so Li Zheng does have some say in this matter.

This time Li Hao did not directly shut people out like in the past, but patiently listened to what those people had to say, and finally pondered for a moment, then sighed in a low voice: "Qingyuan Village probably really should The mayor has changed."

Before that, even if the old village head stayed behind closed doors at all, he already knew the hot topic about himself in the village recently. The catty of grain and worry about the white head.

When I went to fetch food from my house, the old village head didn’t think it was too much at all, and even felt that it was a little little. After all, he only got tens or hundreds of catties every year, but when these small amounts were added up bit by bit Only then did he deeply realize what it means to accumulate more.

300 catties of grain, how could he afford so much, now the family only has more than [-] catties including all the grains that have been taxed this year, what to do with the rest of the grain?
Although the people in the government said before that if there is not enough food, it can be directly converted into tax money, but it must be calculated at four times the market price.

Four times, this is simply deceiving people in a blatant manner, but the old village chief is in a completely passive situation, even if he wants to resist, it will be useless, he can only be deceived obediently.

Now even if the cheapest price of grain is calculated, it is five yuan a catty, and the grain of 12 catties is more than 50 taels of silver, and four times that is a full [-] taels of silver.

The old village chief suddenly felt that he seemed to be at odds with 50 taels of silver recently, and it was 50 taels of silver to build a school, and this time again, what's even worse is that the two incidents were clearly done by the same person!
Although the old village head has indeed been greedy for many benefits from the villagers over the years, even in rural areas, when giving gifts, most of them are mentioning things, and few people take money directly.

In addition, the quality of life of their family has always been very good in the village, and the expenses in various aspects have always been not small, so the real money of the old village chief's family is only worth 50 taels. Without surplus food, how would he live in the future?
The old village head was devastated by this incident, and the whole family was full of sorrow. At this time, there was news that the village head was going to be replaced. Even if the old village head heard the news, he called again. Do you have the energy to take care of this matter?
What came along with this news was that everyone knew that the taxes and food owed by the old village head could be directly converted into silver, and everyone knew the amount of silver.

This news didn't seem very strange, but the blow to the old village head was obviously greater than the news of the change of the village head, because he suddenly realized a problem.If he really took out 50 taels of silver in this matter, would everyone think that the 50 taels of silver were actually the 50 taels of silver given to him by the Han family?

(End of this chapter)