Great changes in the countryside

Chapter 235 The First Village Committee

Today is really a good day, sunny and warm like spring.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the villagers get busy.

All the original brigade cadres came.

Party members and village leaders all came.

Today, the village primary school has a special holiday, and principal Zhang brought all the teachers here.

The nine-member election committee had ID cards pinned to their chests.

On the grain drying field, near the headquarters of the brigade, a banner was hung with twelve large characters written on it.

"The first village committee election in Chenjia Village."

Under the banner are ten desks and a lot of stools borrowed from the village primary school.

On the desk, a red silk cloth has already been laid.

Three ballot boxes made of cardboard boxes, all pasted with red paper, were on the desk.

There are eight desks on the other side, dozens of thermos bottles, and at least fifty water glasses.

The thermos and water cups are all borrowed from the villagers.

The thermos bottles are filled with hot water, and the water used comes from Cai Baohua's century-old well.

The children were the most present.

At 07:30, all the people from the commune came.

As an election pilot, Chenjiacun took the first step today.

Secretary Tong Siping led everyone to join the village party secretary Chen Shengmei and the others to inspect the entire scene.

Tong Siping asked Chen Shengmei, "Old Chen, is lunch ready?"

Chen Shengmei immediately became confused, because they thought that the election would be completed in the morning, and it was the commune's job to manage the meals.

"Secretary Tong, do you still need to take care of the food?"

Tong Siping said: "Old Chen, people from all the counties and districts will come, and I heard that the districts will also send people down. Also, I heard that the reporters from the provincial newspapers will come. Also, all the districts in the county will send people to observe. How long will it take for them to arrive? Is one morning enough?"

Chen Shengmei panicked, "What to do, what to do?"

"Old Chen, immediately send someone to buy vegetables and meat. For pork, just buy two and kill it. Here, you send someone to borrow tables and stools, and quickly transport them to the village. Also, invite two or three cooks Come."

Chen Shengmei nodded and responded.

After finishing the order, Tong Siping urged, "Hurry up. Lao Chen, hurry up and get your people to act quickly."

Chen Shengmei was in a hurry, it was her first time to be in charge of the house, so she must not mess it up.

After eight o'clock, people from the district came, as did observers from various communes.

They came by motor boat.

Here, Chen Shengmei has begun to organize people and prepare for the reception.

Chen Shengmei was also quick-witted, and mobilized the two teams of the original brigade and some of the basic militiamen into action as quickly as possible.

Everyone performs their duties, those who buy vegetables buy vegetables, those who buy wine buy wine, those who kill pigs kill pigs, those who borrow tables and stools borrow tables and stools, those who borrow tableware and chopsticks borrow tableware...

The three best chefs in the village were also invited to make pots in the courtyard of the village head.

At about 09:30, the county leaders and department heads, as well as representatives sent by the region, and six reporters from three provincial newspapers rushed to Chenjia Village in two motorized boats.

It was Comrade Zhang who led the way.

They also came with ballot papers printed in the county.

The cadres in the village, especially Chen Shengmei, looked dumbfounded.

Meals were prepared for ten tables of guests, but looking at it now, there are more than fifteen tables.

In the weather of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Shengmei was actually sweating on his forehead, so he hurriedly asked someone to inform him to double the meals and prepare twenty tables.

There are at least seven or eight hundred villagers gathered in the grain drying field.

Chen Yang didn't go out.

Not only did he not go out, but he also hid upstairs.

At this moment, Chen Yang was sitting by the window in the third brother's room, looking out with a telescope.

This is a military telescope, a gift from his father to Chen Yang.

The entire Chenjia Village is high in the east and low in the west, which is actually a slope.The location of Chen Yang's house is at least 40 meters higher than the village in the west of the village.

The grain drying field is located in the north of the village, about 80 meters away from Chen Yang's home.

Chen Yang's house is on the second floor, and the terrain is high. With a military telescope, he can see the grain drying field clearly.

Chen Yang was also dumbfounded by such a big battle.

At ten o'clock, the election begins.

County leaders gave speeches, district leaders gave speeches, and commune secretary Tong Siping spoke.

At 25:[-], Lao Zhang gave a speech.

Lao Zhang mainly explained the election method.

The tweeter in the commune was temporarily placed in the sun-drying field, and Chen Yang who stayed at home could hear Lao Zhang's speech clearly.

In this election, there is no fixed ballot box, and all three ballot boxes are mobile.

Election staff will carry ballots and ballot boxes, go door-to-door, fill in the ballots on the spot, and put them into the boxes on the spot.

At almost eleven o'clock, the election officially began.

The staff members were divided into three groups, holding three ballot boxes, rosters and ballots, and walked in three directions according to the pre-delineated area.

As for the staffing, there are also elite soldiers and strong generals, with ten people in each group.

Among them, the three groups are in charge of Lao Zhang, Tong Siping and Chen Yimei respectively.

One held the roster, one distributed the ballots, one instructed the villagers to fill in the ballots, one took back the ballots, and one held the ballot box.

There are four other people, namely county supervisor, district supervisor and two observers.

In fact, there are more than ten people in each group, because each group is accompanied by two reporters, one writer and one photographer.

All nine members of the village election committee were dispatched, three in each group.

Chen Yang saw that Tong Laogui, Chen Yaoping and Cai Baohua were divided into three different groups.

Chen Yang didn't understand at first, why the ballot box was not set up in the sun valley field, so that the voters could vote directly on the spot.

If so, it would amount to a secret ballot.

As it is now, when voters fill out their ballots, they face the staff directly, which is equivalent to not voting by secret ballot.

The names of seven candidates were written on the ballot paper, all of which were openly ticked and crossed.

With the method of mobile ballot boxes, the turnout rate is absolutely the highest, the rate of wrong votes is the lowest, and the rate of votes is relatively the highest.

Thinking about it carefully, for the vast number of voters, after all, it is the first time in history, and they don't know how to vote at all.

Coming here happens to be a popular education.

It's just that it takes too long.

It started before eleven o'clock in the morning and continued until after one o'clock in the afternoon, and the voting was not over yet.

Chen Yang's family, five voters, were all waiting at home.

The only two-story new house in the whole village, there is also a soap factory, a high TV antenna, and three bicycles parked in the yard, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The person in charge of this group of mobile ticket boxes is Lao Zhang.

Standing in the yard, Lao Zhang asked Chen Yang's family to vote, and took the opportunity to introduce Chen Yang.

What is "capable person", what is "the richest man", what is "highly talented student", what is "the person with the most recommended votes in this election".

It's all good anyway.

What Lao Zhang said is true.

The two reporters were very interested in Chen Yang, they took many photos of Chen Yang and Chen Yang's family, and offered to interview Chen Yang.

Chen Yang agreed happily.

However, Chen Yang was still a little nervous and didn't dare to go to the sun-drying field.

It's not that I'm afraid of not being elected, but I'm afraid of losing face if there are fewer votes.

(End of this chapter)