Tang Xiaohong called the candidates for village head who had been discussed at the enlarged meeting of the two committees of the village branch one by one to ask for their opinions on participating in the election of village head.

The first call was to Feng Gao. Feng Gao was not polite, nor did he pretend to refuse, and immediately expressed his willingness to participate in the election;

The second call was to Tang Xiaopeng. Tang Xiaopeng asked directly, how much salary is there as a village head? Tang Xiaohong said, not much, more than a thousand.

Tang Xiaopeng hesitated for a while, saying that he was busy with business at hand, and even if he became a leader, he probably wouldn't have time to deal with Murakami's affairs.

However, I will definitely come to the election then. Secretary Tang's work must be supported no matter what.

The third call was to Liao Jun. Liao Jun said that he already lives in the city, and usually has to take care of the elderly and children, so he has no time to come back to deal with the affairs of the village. I didn't participate in the election for village chief. Thank you for the trust of the leaders of your hometown.

The fourth call was made to Pan Kun, the nephew of Pan Shaoxiang of the gong and drum class. Pan Kun directly refused, saying that he was not interested in being the village chief.

He also said that the village cadres deal with the people all day long, and what they do is nothing more than chicken and dogs.

No one remembers doing good deeds, but the trivial things between neighbors are entangled; The family affairs that are difficult for Qing officials to decide, and if one party is not satisfied with the slightest handling, they will be hated.

Forget it, thanks to the leadership, I won't join in the fun.

Tang Xiaohong made the last call to Wu Sifu. Tang Xiaohong was conflicted, not only wanting him to work with him to manage Zhucun, but also feeling that he was honest, upright, and conservative, which was not conducive to the development of Zhucun.

However, since he is eligible, he has to make this call: "Brother Wu, today the two committees of the village branch held an enlarged meeting to elect a candidate for the village head, and someone recommended you." You're ready to run for election. ”

"I didn't tell you that I don't want to be the village chief." Wu Sifu said.

"This is the trust and hope of the people of Zhucun for you." Tang Xiaohong said again.

"I can't be the village chief. I have a few pounds and a few taels, I have self-knowledge. Wu Sifu was impatient.

Tang Xiaohong was angered by Wu Sifu's idea of self-defeat without a fight: "You haven't tried it, how do you know that you can't do it?" People never know how much potential they have, so challenge yourself. Tang Xiaohong encouraged.

"I don't have potential, I'm at this age, and I still challenge myself." Wu Sifu laughed at himself.

"Cowardly. Feng Gao, Tang Xiaopeng, Liao Jun, and Pan Kun directly despise you and look down on you. Tang Xiaohong blurted out.

"Are they running for election too?" Wu Sifu asked.

"They are also eligible. I called them and they were enthusiastic and willing to try. You, high school student, don't even want to try. Old-fashioned, old-fashioned. Tang Xiaohong disdainfully despised Wu Sifu.

After hesitating for a while, Wu Sifu snorted and said, "Okay, I'll come to participate in the election then." ”

After talking about the phone, Tang Xiaohong didn't feel good in her heart. With Wu Sifu's turtle-like personality, how can he support the burden of poverty alleviation in Zhucun? At that time, you will have to rely on your own hard work.

The old village chief quickly handed in his resignation. Tang Xiaohong took the old village chief to the town government, found Secretary Wang and Mayor Li, and made a detailed report on the election of the new village head in Zhucun, and also introduced the situation of the five candidates one by one.

Mayor Li said: "Feng Gao is a good comrade, full of energy, flexible brain, and it is really good to be the village head; Wu Sifu, a comrade, has little contact, only knows that he is very filial to his parents, and does not know his ability to work. ”

The old village chief interjected: "Although Wu Sifu doesn't say much, he has a good reputation among the masses; He is well aware of the village conditions of Zhucun and has a deep understanding of the current social and economic development. If he becomes the village head, he will lead the villagers to get rich together. ”

Seeing that there was a difference of opinion, Secretary Wang hurriedly said: "The village chief is elected by the villagers, you just need to do a good job in the announcement of candidates, fair election on the spot, and prohibiting canvassing and bribery." The so-called masses have a pole in their hearts that they will elect the village chief in their hearts. Rest assured. ”

After Tang Xiaohong and the old village chief received the spirit of the town government's instructions, they returned to the village office to publicize the basic information of the five village head candidates and the opinions solicited by telephone.

In the past, as soon as the people in the Zhucun Village Office saw the announcement, everyone spread the word ten, ten and hundred, and everyone soon resigned from the old village chief, and soon knew that the village was going to elect a new village head.

In early March, Tang Xiaohong chose a day not to rush and notified all members of the village to hold a meeting in the village office.

On this day, the wind is mild, and the warm spring breeze blows the mountains and ridges of Zhucun; The rape flowers, plum flowers, and peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain are a clump here and there, as if they have paved the earth with brocade forging.

Men, women, and children gather together from the various mountain passes of Zhucun Village to the Zhucun Village Office, where they want to elect the village chief of their minds.

The team leaders came to the village office early and brought out the stools of the students in the former village primary school classrooms and placed them in the playground. He also lifted out a long desk as a rostrum, and moved out specially purchased speakers and wireless microphones such as city aunts dancing square dances, and the venue was arranged.

The captain of each team asked the members to sit down according to the team and signaled everyone to be quiet. Tang Xiaohong, the old village head, and Cai Fen, a family planning specialist, and others sat on the rostrum. Tang Xiaohong picked up the wireless microphone and told everyone the purpose of today's meeting, and then invited the post-election person to give a campaign speech.

The people of Zhucun had never seen such a formal occasion for electing the village head, and they all looked at it with wide eyes.

The first to play was Tang Xiaopeng of the second team. I saw Tang Xiaopeng being 1.75 meters tall, wearing a thin black cotton coat with good texture, a pair of black slacks, and shiny black leather shoes, giving people a feeling of good life and good literacy.

The members of the second team quietly exchanged heads below, Tang Xiaopeng made a fortune doing business outside, and went back to this poor village to be the village head, how could he have to pay for the loss? Someone took over the conversation, in case the boss of the soup came back with the money to help everyone, wouldn't we be blessed?

Tang Xiaopeng took the wireless microphone handed over by the old village chief, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Thank you for looking up to me, let me come back to participate in the village chief election campaign." It's just that I'm a shallow learner and don't understand the development and management of grassroots work, so I'm afraid that everyone will be distracted, and then everyone will point to my nose and scold someone. I would like to thank all of you for your love for me. ”

What are these words? Where is a campaign speech? It's just prevarication. Tang Xiaohong slandered in his heart, if he didn't want to be the village chief, he would just say it directly, wasting time and tongue.

Feng Gao sat in the first row under the rostrum, listened to Tang Xiaopeng's speech, and was secretly happy in his heart, there was one less opponent, and this village chief was none other than himself.

"Next, I invite Feng Gao, the captain of the 5th team, to give a speech." The old village chief shouted from the stage.

Feng Gao also cleaned himself up today, a clean and tidy down jacket, black slacks, and hairspray on his hair, young spirit.

Feng Gao walked onto the rostrum, took the microphone, and glanced at the members of the various teams in the audience, and his momentum was quite a leadership style. Then, he cleared his throat, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, looked at it, and began to give a speech: "Respected Secretary Tang, the village head, the members of the village committee, and all the fathers and villagers, I am Feng Gao of Team 5. It's an honor to stand here today for the campaign......

If I can be elected, I will obey the command, obey the arrangement, closely cooperate with Secretary Tang to carry out various tasks, and do my best to make everyone fully well-off at the same time. ”

After finishing speaking, bow to the audience and the stage.

The members in the audience immediately burst into warm applause.

Tang Xiaopeng happily returned to his seat under the stage.

"Next, I invite Wu Sifu of Team 1 to give a speech." The old village chief said.

"Wu Sifu? The son of Wu Yuanshou who plays suona? Someone whispered, "Is it the Wu Sifu who has a little lame leg?" ”

"How many more Wu Sifu? is the Wu Sifu who became a soldier and was a little lame. A middle-aged man from Team 5 said.

Wu Sifu was wearing a white-washed old cotton coat, a pair of half-new but structured pants, and the beard on his face was cleanly shaved, giving people a sense of simplicity, toughness, and kindness.

Wu Sifu slowly walked up to the rostrum, took the microphone, paused, and said directly: "My name is Wu Sifu, Takemura Team 1, 51 years old this year, high Chinese, retired from the army and transferred to work as a farmer at home.

If everyone elects me as the village head, the first thing is to find a way to repair the road; The second thing is to intensively develop the bamboo industry. For example, deep processing of bamboo shoots; Bamboo products develop to high-quality products. The third thing is to use bamboo forest resources to try to raise pheasants.

At the moment, I have these three things in mind. If the economy develops in the future, we will develop other industries according to local conditions and conditions. ”

After speaking, he handed the microphone to the old village chief. After listening to Wu Sifu's words, the old village chief was the first to start applauding. The members in the audience also applauded when they saw the old village chief.

Some people say that this Wu Sifu is quite realistic. These few things are also directly related to our lives, if we can really do it, our bamboo village will be developed.

Some people say, build roads? Who's going to pay? Raising chickens? Does he understand technology? In order to be the head of the village, he dares to say anything. Alas, now these people are talking about things.

Tang Xiaohong listened to the speeches of the three and felt that Wu Sifu's speech was the most realistic. Seeing that the members in the audience were discussing, they hurriedly signaled everyone to be quiet. Then ask the captain to distribute ballots to the members of each team, and the on-site voting will be implemented.

Wu Sifu thought to himself, if you ask me to campaign, I will campaign. Since he is the head of the village, he must do practical things for the people. As for how many people believe what I said today, I can't control it so much.

Feng Gao also helped distribute ballots to members. When it was sent to the 5th team, many members said: "Captain Feng, you spoke so well today, we vote for you." ”

Feng Gao hurriedly said: "Everyone must be fair and just, and must not follow selfishness. ”

Cai Fen, a family planning specialist, put the ballots collected by the captains of each team into the election box, and then sealed them with transparent glue.

Tang Xiaohong said to everyone: "It's not too early now, in order not to miss everyone's time, I won't sing tickets live today." We then have the captains of each team scrutinize the votes and then roll the votes. In addition, if the members of each team have opinions on the selection of today's village head, they can report to the village committee, and if the report is verified to be true, they will be disqualified from running for village head. Adjournment"

Who will be the village chief? The members discussed as they walked.