Changping Village.

Yang Huazhong invited several village elders that night to discuss the tomb in the mountain that had not yet been moved.

Several villagers are no longer the same ones as before. Basically, those few villagers now have their own tombs, and the grass on their tombs has grown taller.

Today's village elders are 'promoted' from behind and speak based on their age.

Of course, if it really depends on their age, Lao Yangtou and Lao Jiang are the first and second picks in the village.

It's just that neither of these two old men are interested in becoming village elders, so although the few who were promoted later were in their sixties, they were still younger brothers to Old Yangtou.

So when these old men were invited to the home of Yang Huazhong to discuss the tomb matter, no one dared to put on airs.

They first collectively condemned the descendants of the owner of the tomb, and then began to recall the relevant circumstances of the tomb.

In the end, several village elders each took advantage of their age and experience, and used various investigation methods. They couldn't even figure out whose grave it was and who was buried in it!

Yang Huazhong pondered for a long time and finally said: "Since the uncles don't know, I will post a notice in the village tomorrow to tell the villagers about this."

"By the way, I'd like to trouble a few uncles to spread the news. I can't tell for sure whose family it belongs to in the neighboring village."

Several village elders expressed their good wishes to each other.

Just as the show was about to leave, Lao Yangtou, who had been sitting there smoking a cigarette in the auditorium, suddenly made a sound.

"Is it true that you guys just listen to the third child with two ears and dare to say that you don't know anything?"

The old man's tiger eyes scanned the several "brothers" and village elders present one by one.

"There is a saying among scholars that they must do everything with their hands. If I were like you, holding the title of village elder, enjoying the offerings from the village every year, and having arms and legs that could run and walk, I would definitely go up the mountain to see what happened before I come back.

Tell me if I know this!"

Several village elders were so lectured by Old Yang that they all hung their heads with shame on their faces.

Occasionally, a few of them secretly exchanged glances, and they must be dissatisfied with Old Yangtou's straight-to-the-point words. However, due to Old Yangtou's age, Yang Huazhong's upright status, and the influence of Old Yang's family and Luo's family,

Because of his strength, these village elders did not dare to refute him face to face.

The leader of the village, with a smile on his face, said to Old Yang Touna: "Brother Yang is right. To be cautious, we will go to the mountains tomorrow. If I go, who else among you will go with me?"

He was the first to raise his hand and looked at the others with a smile.

The village elder who had made eye contact with him before also immediately raised his hand, "I'll go too."

The remaining three village elders looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally they all raised their hands.

When Old Yangtou saw this, he snorted in his nostrils and said in a serious tone: "That's right. As a village elder, you must set an example for the younger generations, otherwise others will not accept you!"

Several village elders smiled and nodded in agreement.

Old Yang turned to Yang Huazhong and said, "Go back and ask Yongjin and the others to come out and lead the way tomorrow."

Yang Huazhong nodded, "Okay!"

After discussing the matter, several village elders left one after another.

A few of them walked out of Yang Huazhong's yard, walked across the pond and dam along the road, and arrived under the old maple tree.

The steps of the five people slowed down in unison, and the village elder who was the first to express his stance was the first to speak up and break the calm.

"Brother Yang is too direct and doesn't give us any face at all."

The second village elder who expressed his opinion also immediately followed up and said: "When he taught us a lesson, he taught us all the truth. I respect that he is older than us and don't want to expose his scandals a few years ago!"

The remaining three village elders looked at each other in confusion, and one of them smiled: "Why are you two doing this? You were rushing to express your favor in front of others, and you complained as soon as you walked out. Can this relieve your anger?"

The village elder who spoke first narrowed his eyes and looked at the village elder who spoke while stroking his beard.

The second village elder blushed, stared at the speaker and said, "What do you mean? Isn't this a few complaints from our brothers in private? Are you so arrogant?"

The village elder from before snorted coldly, put his hands behind his back, and looked fearlessly: "You two-faced villain! If you want to lick you, just lie down and don't get up. Don't let the dog's leash jump up and bite you!"

"What did you say? Say it again if you can?" The second village elder rolled up his sleeves and looked like he was going to fight.

He was stopped by the first village elder.

The remaining two people also hurriedly pulled the other party aside to persuade them.

After the two sides separated, the other three left first, leaving two village elders under the old maple tree.

"Brother, what did you do to stop me earlier? Let me teach that old boy a lesson. I have been bumping into his family's fields since I was young. He is very bad!"

"Second brother, why are you fighting? We are the village elders, a highly respected old man in the village. If the fight spreads, we will be laughed at!"

"The village elder is also a human being, and the village elder cannot bear the anger of being wronged!" said the second child.

"Hey, why should we fight? You only have one son, and I have three sons. You are the one who will really suffer in a fight!" said the leader of the village.

Seeing the other party stamping his feet, the leader of the village patted the other party on the shoulder and said: "As a village elder, we can get thirty kilograms of rice and two kilograms of rapeseed oil from the village as a subsidy every year."

"If you lose your virtue in a fight and cause a bad influence in the village and lose your position as village elder, how much will you lose?"

There are also some hidden incomes. The first village elder did not tell the second village elder in detail, but the other two knew about it.

In the village, tasks such as allocating fields, clearing mountains and reclaiming wasteland, and doing corvee and tax duties were devolved from above. When it fell to the village, the power was in the hands of Li Zheng.

Several village elders assist Li Zheng in handling village affairs. The suggestions of the village elders can also have a certain impact on Li Zheng, which in turn involves the arrangements and decisions of many things.

Therefore, some families in the village did not dare to ask Yang Huazhong for help, so they went to the village elders to talk privately.

Shredded tobacco, shochu, half a pound of pork belly, a few eggs, two pounds of red beans, peanuts and sweet potato powder, etc. are all the things that villagers often take when looking for help.

Some families want to secure matchmakers for their children, and usually choose a few village elders who are long-lived and highly respected, so that they can gain face.

We also give gifts of money, cigarettes, alcohol, snacks and even clothes and fabrics, and these things are indispensable for daily eating, drinking and sleeping.

Especially in a large village like Changping Village, there are many people, but the village elder only holds five positions, so the position of the village elder is very lucrative.

"Hey, if we don't fight, that old boy has long wanted to squeeze me away so that he can bring his in-laws in to become the village elder. I'm not stupid, so I won't give him that chance!"

A turmoil involving village elders subsided quietly.
Chapter completed!