The Baijia Ancestral Hall in Baijia Village is an antique building, which can be called magnificent compared with other buildings in the small mountain village.

Four logs with a diameter of about sixty or seventy centimeters make the three doors of the ancestral hall look extremely tall, the main gate is five meters wide, and the small doors on both sides are also three meters wide. The red gold gate is more solemn and majestic, and the main gate will only open when it is important, and everyone also walks through the small door on weekdays.

As soon as you enter the main gate, under the protection of two ancient podocarpus, the courtyard seems extremely spacious, surrounded by green bricks and green tiles, the sun is shining in the center of the courtyard, the tables and chairs that have been placed are exceptionally quiet in the hustle and bustle of the villagers, the children do not know how important it is to choose the village chief, the children only know that this is a small paradise for them to play.

The election of the village chief and the priest are the two most important events in the village. Uncle Bai Qi, the village head, is older, and his health has not been good recently, and he took the initiative to choose the village head this time. In his opinion, his body and age can no longer take on the responsibilities of the village chief.

He knows that the outside world is developing and changing rapidly, and his old man who doesn't even know a computer is still in the village as a village head, which is a bit inconsistent with the direction of current social development.

In the past few years, the young people in the village have gone out to work to earn money, and he has found more and more that if this development continues, this Baijia Village may not be able to sustain itself, and he has long wanted to quit and let the young people lead the big guys on the road to prosperity.

The election of the village chief is almost the same, most of the nearly 1,000 people in this Baijia Village are surnamed Bai, and there are not too many people with other surnames, and every time the village chief is elected, the older generation of patriarchs nod and agree, and generally people with the surname Bai are elected as village heads, which has been the case for a long time.

Xiao Mo knew that it was impossible for him to be elected as the village chief if he was a foreigner, and he just wanted Xiao Yu to see what was going on in the village to elect the village chief, so he came. Xiao Mo pulled Xiaoyu and Xiaofeng to sit a little bit in the front, and the second fat went to fart and chat with the brothers in the same clan.

The people in the village came in one after another, and the last one to come in was the old elder Grandpa Jiu of Baijia Village, Grandpa Jiu was nearly 100 years old, his body was tough, his hair was as silver-white as his beard, his eyes were still bright, and the old-fashioned exquisite robe was only worn by him on formal occasions, followed by several village elders, everyone saw that Grandpa Jiu was coming, and they all got out of the way, and they were busy saying hello to Grandpa Jiu.

Grandpa Nine sat in the middle position, and several other white patriarchs also sat on both sides. That is, at the moment when Grandpa Jiu was sitting, the courtyard became very quiet.

Even the frolicking children also ran to their families, few of them didn't know about Grandpa Nine, and when they were young, they knew that they respected the elders in the village, and they were a little picky, and the parents didn't dare to bring them over, for fear that the villagers would laugh at them for not educating their children well, and second, for fear of making Grandpa Nine angry.

When Xiao Yu saw that Grandpa Nine came over with a few elders, the courtyard was suddenly silent, and he didn't dare to ask Xiao Mo anymore, but he just glanced at Xiao Mo a few times, and gently took Xiao Mo's hand, and wrote something in his hand?

Xiao Mo only wrote in Xiao Yu's hand: Wait a minute, if there is something, you can go out and talk about it, now listen to everyone first.

After asking Ninth Grandfather, Uncle Bai Qi said: Please come over today, the main reason is that I am not in good health and I am old, so I am not qualified for the role of village chief. I hope that today I can elect another village chief to lead everyone to live a prosperous life.

As for the candidate, everyone can nominate him, but we also have to talk about the reasons for promoting him as a candidate.

The village chief said that it is important and important in our Baijia Village, it is important that he is responsible for protecting everyone, our village is located in a remote area, we have to deal with all kinds of wild beasts in the mountains, and we must also prevent people from outside the mountains from disturbing here; In addition, I also want to take everyone to get rich, and now there are great changes outside the village, computers, mobile phones, and networks, everything is very powerful.

I don't want everyone to fall behind, the outside put forward a word called reform, but what, you can change it in any way, we must protect the people in our village, we must protect the home and environment of our survival;

A few years ago, some people outside the village said that they would do some kind of tourism here, but I didn't agree, because I was afraid that they would come and destroy the environment here. This is also my basic requirement, I hope you can consider it when you choose a candidate, and let's start the election!

Everyone looked at the elders, and few of them wanted to speak, so they looked at each other again. The following nine groups in the village have their own team leaders, and they usually look at the people in the group, and everyone knows more or less about the candidates, but no one wants to start this.

Sixth, look at who you are pushing in your group, Uncle Bai Seventh broke the deadlock and said;

The sixth uncle is a middle-aged man who is not too tall, and there are a few juniors in our group, and then he talked about two young people. After the sixth uncle spoke, the other people also began to introduce the young people in their group, of course, the second fat was also mentioned here, and the second fat was okay to get along with everyone on weekdays, and he didn't give everyone less when hunting; So this time he can also be nominated.

Xiaoyu listened to what everyone said, and then whispered, Xiao Mo, why are you so good, no one mentions you!

Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Yu from the side and said, Xiao Mo is a person with a foreign surname, even if he is nominated, he will not pass the election of the villagers, most of the villagers choose people with the surname Bai, which has not changed for hundreds of years.

Xiaoyu looked at Xiaofeng and nodded: "So that's the case, I haven't heard of a girl's nomination in so many nominations!" ”

Girls usually get married, so people in the village will not nominate women, no matter how powerful they are. Xiaofeng said.

This is too feudal! Now that society has developed to this era, there is still so much machismo here! Xiaoyu said indignantly.

I can't help it, it's like this in the village, it used to be like this, and I think maybe it will still be like this. Xiaofeng said helplessly.

Xiaoyu and Xiaofeng said without saying a word, and the villagers were also discussing which one was more suitable, and everyone knew the people in these villages very well.

But it's not easy to find a suitable one, to protect everyone, Erfat and these hunters are very suitable, but when it comes to leading everyone to get rich, they haven't seen the world, and they don't know how to get rich.

Now there are only people in the village who go out to see the world, and Xiao Mo is the only one who has been admitted to the university in the city and studied in the city, which is the most worldly one in the village. But Xiao Mo must not be a member of the Bai family after all, and this time he didn't even nominate ......, and the ideas of the people in the village are basically the same, but it is difficult to choose a person who can lead the people in the village to get rich!!

Uncle Bai Qi looked at everyone and said babblingly, and he also understood it in his heart. But what about the ancestral system, he went to see the nine grandfathers sitting in the middle, and he knew that if he wanted to change the ancestral system, he first had to agree to the nine grandfathers! But Grandpa Nine didn't even look at him, and closed his eyes expressionlessly.

At this time, Xiao Mo walked up to Uncle Bai Qi and whispered: "Uncle Seven, everyone will discuss it like this, and there will be no result, it is better to let everyone rest for half an hour first, so that the candidates can also prepare the idea of getting rich, and then tell everyone to listen to it and see which one is better, how do you see it!! ”

Uncle Seven thought about it, so he said to everyone, let's rest for half an hour first, and then talk about how he led everyone to get rich.

Everyone discussed how to lead everyone to get rich. Xiao Mo, Xiao Yu, Xiao Feng, and Er Fat walked out of the courtyard and went outside to discuss. Xiao Mo felt that the yard was too noisy;

Xiao Mo said to Er Fat: "This time to elect the village chief, you are a candidate, and we are all ready to elect you, now you have no problem protecting everyone, the key is how to take everyone to get rich." ”

"I studied a recipe for a "Chinese medicine drink" with Xiaofeng and Xiaoyu last night, and now you need Chinese medicine raw materials, and then you will persuade everyone to follow you to plant herbs, there are many mountains in the village, and there are many herbs in the back mountains, as long as each family plants some herbs, and then let Xiaoyu come to collect them regularly, it will definitely be able to make everyone rich. ”

Xiao Mo and Xiao Yu talked about the price of collecting herbs again, so that the villagers can see hope and plant with peace of mind, mainly to calculate how much money they earn a year, and conservatively estimate that each household has to earn three or four thousand yuan a year.

When Er Fat and Xiao Mo returned to the yard, most of them also sat down, but many people were still the same as before, and they didn't have any idea of how to get rich, after all, everyone didn't go out of the mountains, and they didn't know much about the outside demand and market at all.

Xiao Mo pushed the second fat, the second fat stood up, and told everyone about the idea that he had just been handed over by Xiao Mo, and focused on the annual income of the next herb, and the villagers were very happy when they heard it. Some people also asked, what if it can't be sold?

At this time, Xiao Mo and Xiao Yu stood up and said, don't worry, everyone, it's autumn, and the herbs will only start to be planted next spring, and when the time comes, I will come back with Xiao Yu and give you one-third of the money, so that everyone can rest assured.

There are many mountains in the village, and everyone usually doesn't plant much, but now, everyone is lucky, a little bit of land, and make some efforts. I don't have anything to lose for everyone!!

When everyone heard it, it was the same thing, it was nothing more than to make some efforts, what the people in the village had was strength, and they were not afraid of hardship. Everyone followed Xiao Mo and voted for Er Fat.

Uncle Bai Qi looked at Er Fat, brought Er Fat to Ninth Grandfather and said: "Ninth Grandpa, this is the descendant of the Bai family, everyone calls him Er Fat, hunting is a good hand, and he has come up with a way to grow herbs to bring everyone to get rich, and the people in the village have decided to do something with him, and now he is the village chief, and he will handle the affairs of the Bai family on behalf of the clan in the future." ”

Grandpa Jiu raised his head and nodded slightly, reached out and touched the second fat head, indicating his approval.

Er Fat became the village chief in this way, but Er Fat knew better than anyone else that his idea of getting rich was completely Xiao Mo's, and he didn't know anything!!