HLnovel Chapter 115 Village Committee
Chapter 115 Village Committee
With Li Lanzhen's constant suggestions, Wangyou Valley is getting better and better in all aspects.
First of all, various institutions are becoming more and more complete, village committees have been established, and work responsibilities are clearly defined.
A village chief, two deputy village chiefs, an accountant, and several team leaders were appointed to collectively manage all work in Wangyou Valley.
The main leadership group of Wangyou Valley now consists of three people.
The village chief is the old village chief of Hanjia Village, and the two deputy village chiefs are the village chief of Lujiazhuang and the village chief of Liujia Village.
It is composed of three people, and they can discuss things easily. It is said that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. With these three people, things can be discussed quickly and the execution rate is high.
The accountant in Wangyou Valley is Liu Jianzu, the youngest son of the village chief of Liujia Village.
He had been the shopkeeper of a restaurant in his hometown town for two years. He was very good at using an abacus and had a quick mind, so everyone recommended him.
Li Lanzhen has observed this young man. He is quick to react, never speaks when he sees people, but smiles first. He looks like a village bull, but he is still a kind and honest child.
Wangyou Valley also established a security team, whose captain was Xue Bao. His task was to lead the original guard team.
He is now a member of the security team, guarding the safety of Forget-Sorrow Valley. In addition, he also has to train them.
The Red Tassel Spear Squad is the one they are training, and in the future, they will also be substitute members of the Forget-Sorrow Valley Security Team.
The hunting team, led by Xue Lao Hu and Han Ming Jiang, is responsible for teaching one person from each household in the village the skills to hunt animals outside.
The most important thing is that they have to lead the hunting team out to conduct hunting activities organized in the village to provide meat for the village.
There is also a production supervision team, and the team leaders are Han Shunde and Lu Dashan.
They mainly plan the agricultural harvest in the valley, reserve seeds for planting next year, and ensure the quality of food.
At Li Lanzhen's suggestion, a carpentry team was established in Wangyou Valley, and the team leader was his father Li Erhan.
This woodworking team is open to everyone, and children from any family can come here to learn.
Not only can you learn how to make simple furniture, but most importantly, you can provide wooden farm tools for various activities in Wangyou Valley.
What makes Li Lanzhen most gratified is that although the old village chief is over 50 years old, his thinking is not pedantic. All the suggestions she makes are accepted and quickly put into practice.
So three days later, Forget-Your-Sorrow Valley looked drastically different.
After the establishment of various leadership organizations, work was arranged and everyone performed their duties. The entire Forget-Your-Sorrow Valley came alive. Everyone knew what to do and what their responsibilities were when they opened their eyes.
Three days later, the village committee of Wangyou Valley completed the preparations for the household contract responsibility system.
It includes the registration of each household, the measurement of the amount of land in Wangyou Valley, the amount of land allocated to each person, and the drawing of lots by each household to determine the location of their own land.
There are currently 37 households and 304 people in Wangyou Valley, including four unborn babies.
The total measured land area is 106 acres.
From the entrance gate to the valley to the front of the cave in the back mountain, there is a passage that can accommodate two carriages side by side.
Along this road, there is neat land on both sides.
Near the foot of the mountain, there is an irregular area of about one meter reserved.
The old village chief said that these should be left to each household as private plots.
And that was an acre of land full of crops.
The old village chief said that the land would not be distributed to the villagers and would be kept as public land in Wangyou Valley Village.
The grain we received this year was distributed to everyone, leaving only the seeds.
From next year onwards, the harvest from this land will be exchanged for silver or grain and kept in the village for emergency use.
In this way, everyone was given three parts of the land.
At present, the family with the largest population in the village is Li Lanzhen's family with 13 people, followed by the village chief's family with 12 people.
The other families have relatively small populations, and some families have only one person.
The rest of the family died on the way to escape the famine for various reasons.
Of course, in addition to this, the most important thing is that they have agreed to build the house and yard in the early spring of next year.
Li Lanzhen suggested that everyone build their own yards in front of the current caves, and the current caves can be used as warehouses for each household to store grain.
The grain is stored in the cave, which keeps it warm in winter and cool in summer, and is not easy to get moldy or spoil.
Everyone applauded when they heard the suggestion.
When the village committee organized the villagers to draw lots to determine their own land, Li Lanzhen thought it would be nice if the land of her parents' and several of her in-laws' were next to each other so that they could help each other.
Unexpectedly, after the drawing of lots, they looked at the plot numbers they had drawn in their hands and found that, sure enough, the land was all connected.
Moreover, their land was on the other side of the cave where they lived.
Li Lanzhen seriously suspected that the old village chief had done something, so she looked in the direction where the old village chief was standing.
It happened that the old village chief was also looking at them, and his eyes met Li Lianzhen's.
The old village chief laughed and waved at her.
Li Lanzhen also smiled and thought to herself that she would remember the old village chief's kindness.
Before distributing the land, the old village chief said in front of the villagers of Wangyou Valley that his eldest granddaughter Han Shulan's share of the land would be directly given to Li Lanzhen's family.
Li Lanzhen refused at first, then Han Shulan's mother Liu Daidi said.
"My dear, you have already announced that my daughter is your daughter-in-law. Why don't you admit it now?"
As he spoke, his eyes turned red. He lifted up the corner of his clothes to wipe away his tears and looked at Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen shook her head and said, "Look at what you said! I said it with my mouth, how can I not admit it! Your daughter Han Shulan is my daughter-in-law. When they come back, I will hold a wedding banquet and marry your daughter!"
Liu Daidi and Han Shunde said in unison.
"Then divide her land directly among your family!"
Li Lanzhen knew that they were trying to show goodwill to her, or perhaps expressing gratitude to her.
So without further ado, he nodded in agreement.
In this way, their family had one more person and land.
The fields allocated to each household have already been cultivated.
During the three days of preparation, the village chief arranged for Han Shunde to be in charge. He had the cows and horses take turns pulling four curved plows day and night to reclaim all the wasteland in the valley.
Therefore, the land distributed to each household today has already been cultivated, and all that needs to be done is to build up the ridges according to the crops or vegetables to be planted.
Li Lanzhen suggests that at this time of year, it is best to plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, and various vegetables suitable for growing in autumn.
The old village chief and his people have grown sweet potato seedlings and potatoes in the cave. The sweet potato vines have grown up and can be planted, and the potatoes have also sprouted.
Li Lanzhen taught everyone how to plant sweet potato seedlings and how to plant potatoes.
Cut each piece of potato to ensure that there is a sprout tip. Then, wrap each cut surface of the potato with wood ash.
Then you can bury it in the ground.
After pinching the sweet potato vines off by hand, plant them directly into the soil with a leaf bud on each node.
In the village's private land in the valley, the sweet potato vines grew even more luxuriantly.
In this way, every family got some, and everyone rushed to plant them in the fields.
Li Lanzhen, several of her in-laws, and her own parents' homes have even more sweet potato vines.
These were all cut out by her from space.
While having lunch, he took the fruits out from behind his cave and distributed a bundle to each family.
"Here, these are the sweet potato seedlings I grew behind the cave. They grow really fast. Each family can take a bundle and cut the long seedlings short, then plant them directly in the soil and water them."
Speaking of this, Li Lanzhen suddenly thought of the problem of watering the fields.