There was a lot of movement in the cave, and there were rumors from the two neighboring counties in the streets and alleys, and it took several days to stop. Qi You Zhixing and the two of them had already gained a good reputation for recruiting workers and sheltering displaced people in the snow disaster, and now they have a prestige outside, so relaxed and moderate, a serious official voice is set up like this.

The town is lively, and Xiaoliangshan is also very lively, just because Ah Rong Ah Ren and Young Master Na Guo often run here these days, and they are applying for land grants, and they are measuring square inches, and they buy cut wood from their own mountains and other places and pile up several bundles not far from the official kiln, which makes everyone speculate.

Li Zheng went up and asked the reason.

These days, Father Li and his wife often go to the town to take care of their granddaughter, and there is no one in Zhigao's home, Chen Shi and Chen Qing are good at hunting, but they are not good at cooking, so these children are busy on weekdays, and they go to the small market at noon to deal with a few mouthfuls. I didn't pay attention to it before, but now that I see these children, Li Zheng naturally can't leave it alone, so he often asks Li Zheng's daughter-in-law to come over to deliver food, or call them to the house.

When the village chief's family saw it, they naturally invited it from time to time.

A few days later, most of the surrounding villagers knew that Ah Rong was going to open a shop in a small market. This made the crowd very happy.

When Lizheng's daughter-in-law came back from delivering the meal, she talked about how busy these children were, and her eyes were full of joy and honor.

"Originally, everyone was talking about it, when the cave was built, this small market should be withdrawn, but now seeing that Ah Rong has opened a shop here, everyone has put a hundred and twenty hearts, this market, it should be a long time!"

Ah Rong and Young Master Guo can come here to open a shop, naturally according to the meaning of Chungui and Zhixing and his daughter-in-law, what they mean is the meaning of Qi You Zhixing, whether this bazaar is banned or not is in the sentence of the two county orders, and now it seems that Qi You and Zhixing have already made a decision.

Li Zheng was like a mirror in his heart, knocked on the cigarette gun and said, "Qi You doesn't just care about us here. ”

From the recruitment, the location of the cave, the market, to the private school he should undertake, one by one, it shows that he has the intention to build the entire county.

"Qi You is thinking so much about the county and township, we can't hold back."

Li Zheng's daughter-in-law put down the basket: "That's natural." ”

Li Zheng glanced at her and snorted coldly: "Since this is the case, the new patriarch of the Cheng family should also be chosen." ”

That day, the village chief and the two elders of the Cheng family did not hide from a few villagers of the older generation after returning from the town, and the old patriarch Cheng did not know about Qi You's scruples in his heart, but he didn't expect this old man to be so unclear, and it was already a crime to know about the replacement of the cave, and he even asked Qi You to release the two brothers Qi Xing and Qi Wang with a face. Speaking of the two brothers Qi Xing and Qi Wang, the old man has another foolish thing to confess his relatives.

In the early years, his wife was peaceful, and many villagers did not see him like this when they built bridges and paved roads together, but they didn't expect to be a patriarch for a lifetime, and when they got old, they became like this.

Qi You not only asked him to resign by himself, but also to give the Cheng family a face, but now that five or six days have passed, the cave has returned to peace, and the Cheng family has not seen this old man report his resignation to the clan for a long time.

Thinking of this, Li Zheng always held his breath in his heart.

"Why don't you go and ask the village chief or the two clan elders?" Li Zheng's daughter-in-law couldn't help frowning.

"That old man wants to save face, I'm afraid I can't give it up in my heart, Qi You has a lot of worries every day, don't bother him with such things anymore, you can help solve it!"

Li Zheng nodded: "You are right. ”

Removing the old patriarch and selecting the new patriarch is such a major matter that people with foreign surnames can't interfere with, but it is not necessary for the village chief to be so virtuous and respectable. Li Zheng thought about it, and decided to ask the village chief to go and urge him.

The old man didn't retreat to the third line for a day, he sweated for Qi You.

When he went to the village chief's house to tell him about it, the village chief reacted like him, and he was so angry that he almost slapped the table.

"If you don't ask, I'm ready to talk to you."

Looking at this look, Li Zheng felt like a mirror in his heart, and the old man was afraid that he was pretending to be dead again.

"Those clan elders above the old Cheng family are waiting for him to open his mouth to resign, this old thing is pretending to be sick all day long, and even the door is tightly closed, for fear that someone will break in and drag him out!"

"You said that a few of us old people don't know about this, even the kid who has a bright ear and often walks around the town has guessed it, he was invited to Qi You by Qi Xing and Qi Wang's father that day, and it's not that no one saw it! What a pretend to be now! ”

Li Zheng's face sank: "This is ready to drag it down." "The name of the patriarch is so good? I don't let go of it.

The village chief nodded: "He and the Liu family are all companions who grew up together with a few of our old ones, when they were young, they only felt that the two of them didn't talk much, and they looked more stable, and I and your other uncles didn't want to be the patriarch of Laoshizi, and in the end, the Cheng Liu family picked them." ”

It's just that there was nothing wrong or wrong in the peaceful and prosperous times, and when it came to an emergency, these two people were greedy and afraid of things, and their hypocritical and pedantic temperament was exposed.

"This person must be changed, the two elders of the Cheng family said that even if they drag people to the ancestral hall, they will be dragged to the ancestral hall, otherwise the Cheng family is afraid that they will be dragged down by this person."

The other clansmen of the Cheng family were frightened when they heard about this, the current Qi You is not the Qi You of the past, the old man hit the knife back and forth, once or twice I don't care that Qi You is generous, but what about three or four times? Qi Youshi junior, but he is also the county magistrate of this county, how can you be so provocative!

If he really made him angry, he could cut off the Cheng family's back road to seventy-seven eighty-eight with one sentence. For example, if he reported the incident in the cave to Kyoto with a sentence about the actions of the Cheng family patriarch, and the saint saw the latter crime, would the old Cheng family still have a way to go!

Qi You has now opened the mouth of changing the patriarch, so he must not be able to stand this breath, how can they not do it?

Therefore, the decision to change the patriarch is not unacceptable to the elders of the clan, and they are even looking for a new patriarch candidate.

It's just that the old man hasn't come out for a long time, and this can't be changed!

The village chief shook his head: "I knew that I should have told Qi You to withdraw the people without caring about his face that day." ”

Now the village chief is embarrassed to bother him with this matter again, this little thing can't be done, is it possible that this old Cheng family will ask Qi You to be the master every step in the future?

Both men had pipes in their hands and were silent for a moment.

“…… Not so. Li Zheng suddenly raised his head: "Didn't he claim to be sick to the outside world, and he was so sick that he still refused to call someone to visit, even so, how to serve as the patriarch again, isn't it a ready-made reason!" It's better to ask the uncles of the Cheng family to find a good and safe clansman and directly replace them! ”

Li Zheng snorted coldly: "He doesn't tell a reason, naturally there is a ready-made one." ”

Since he pretended to be sick honestly, someone in the ancestral hall came forward to cut off this matter, and if he still grabbed his seat for the sake of face, he was the only one who was embarrassed by this face.

If this old man wants to play a scoundrel, they can naturally play it too!

After Li Zheng finished speaking, he immediately looked at the village chief: "Uncle, what do you think?" ”

What do you think......

Naturally, there is no better way!

The village chief slammed his pipe and laughed.

"You old boy! Will figure it out! Yes! I'll go to Sweetwater Village in a moment! ”

To deal with scoundrel-like characters, the method has to be more spicy!

After this day, it was several days after the Chungui family in the town heard the news of the Cheng family, and because the Cheng family was seriously ill, several clan elders gathered in the ancestral hall and selected a young man to take office.

This young man's family is a contractor for fish ponds, and two years ago during the drought, he took out his own dried fish to help the township, and he was kind to people on weekdays, and he was a very stable child. The fish pond suffered heavy losses in the great drought, but it was re-established after a year's delay, and it can be seen that the character is also resolute.

Qi You sent Steward Qiu to inquire and didn't say anything more, so the new patriarch wrote the score steadily.

As for the old patriarch, after hearing the news, he somehow got better of his "illness", but unfortunately the new patriarch had already finished his etiquette, and there was nothing else to say after meeting with this old man.

The new patriarch is obviously a good person, and he visited Qi You a few days after taking office, and there was a degree of progress and retreat between words. At present, basically every household in the Cheng family has inherited Guo Zhanpeng's sweet potato field that day, and life will be better, and Qi You has talked to the new patriarch about the private school.

When the new patriarch was grateful to Dade, he mentioned a little bit about the letter of severance back then.

Qi You immediately understood what he meant, and said slowly, the letter of severance was just a bargaining chip at the beginning, and now that he is older, he only jokes.

As he left, the new patriarch had a smile on his face, apparently having a good conversation with Qi You.

He came here just to find out Qi You's attitude towards the Cheng family, in his position, he couldn't help but have some villain hearts, after all, there is a precedent like the old patriarch, and Qi You had such an unpleasant quarrel with his own family at the beginning, if there is that hurdle in his heart, report to the Cheng family, it is really unavoidable.

Fortunately, Qi You's attitude is still the same, and he is completely relieved.

Seeing off the new patriarch of the Cheng family, Qi You showed a rare smile: "This is a smart one." "Compared with the old patriarch, he is also willing to take responsibility and be responsible.

Although he wrote a letter of renunciation when he was young, he and the Cheng family will not always stand on opposite ends, his surname is Cheng, but he is also a county order. Seeking well-being and creating political achievements will not be confined to the surname Cheng and his surname, but as long as the old patriarch is still there, the old man can always bring all the big and small things to the surname clan.

He can bear the indignation of one or two confrontations, and in the long run, people's hearts are flesh and blood, how can he be unbiased, and how can he go beyond the head of a clan to implement the administrative order.

At this time, an upright and just patriarch appeared just in time.

The matter of the change of the patriarch of the Cheng family was vigorous, and not many people knew about the secret because of the deliberate cover-up, and the juniors who knew it were also concerned about their reputation, and they only talked about it in private, and they didn't dare to say it much. This matter is over, and the strange energy is also over.

It's just that in that small market, a small shop erected between knocks and a dozen has already aroused everyone's curiosity.