Chapter 817 Who Promised to Marry You?

Qiao Ran thought about the current situation of Qingshui Village.

Originally, the entire village had only 68 households and more than 500 people.

Only a few families left the team while fleeing famine, but with the addition of more than a dozen people from the Wu Mansion, there are still more than 500 people in the team.

There are more than 60 households and more than 500 people. It’s not too many, but it’s also a bit too few.

In Dai Viet, a hundred households form a village, and there is a village head. This is the lowest official position in Dai Viet, but also the one closest to ordinary people.

It turned out that in Qingshui Village, Qingshan County, the post of Li Zheng was originally supposed to be held by the old village chief, but the shameless Chen Li Zheng bribed the county magistrate and snatched the position away, resulting in the people of Chenjia Village being suppressed and Chen Li Zheng also extorted a lot of money from him.

It has not been a year since the people of Qingshui Village fled here to escape famine, and it has not yet caught up with the government's three-yearly reappointment of the village head. Therefore, Qingshui Village is currently without a village head.

However, next year will be the time to reappoint the village head. If Qingshui Village is still in the position of village head and people from other villages are appointed as village heads as in the past, the village may be bullied and exploited.

Therefore, if the size of Qingshui Village can be expanded, the chances of winning the position of Lizheng will increase, and there will be no need to worry about people from other villages coming to Qingshui Village to extort money in the name of the government.

Moreover, Mu Er and his companions are indeed highly skilled in martial arts. If they can settle down in Qingshui Village, the village's security level will increase many times over. They can also teach the villagers martial arts, and everyone will be a master in the future, so she won't have to worry about them not being able to protect themselves.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ran readily agreed:

"This is a good thing! If the people in our village have no objection to marrying you, I would certainly be happy to see such a situation."

"Great! As long as you agree, it'll be fine. I was just afraid that you would object, and Mu Er and the others would definitely be very sad."

"Why should I object? Besides, I don't have the power to interfere with the villagers' freedom of marriage. After all, it concerns their lifelong happiness. You know your secret guards. They are definitely not people with bad conduct. They are much better than those outsiders whose backgrounds are unknown to me."

For the sake of his brothers' happiness, Mo Beihan solemnly nodded his head and promised:

"Don't worry, I know all my brothers well, and there will definitely be no bad people. If they treat the girls in the village badly in the future, you, as their mistress, can still discipline and punish them."

"What mistress? Who promised to marry you?"

Qiao Ran glared at him unhappily, ignored him, and turned to go to her mother.

Mo Beihan touched his nose and suddenly felt depressed.

Seeing that all his subordinates are about to get married, but he has not yet won the heart of his beloved girl, it seems that he needs to work harder!

Qiao Ran ran to Zheng Hui Niang, quietly pulled her sleeve, and asked in a low voice:

"Mother, what's going on with Second Uncle and Sister Qianqian? I just saw that they seemed to be in trouble!"

Zheng Hui Niang put down the handful of rice in her hand, straightened up and wiped the sweat off her face, looked at her gossipy daughter, and shook her head in amusement:

"You, you can't hide anything from your eyes. I only recently noticed something about the relationship between your second uncle and Miss Wu. Although they seem to be in love, they are too shy to break the ice. I told your grandmother about this matter, and she hinted at it. Your second uncle just said that he was too old and a peasant with two children, so he was not worthy of Miss Wu. Alas, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Miss Wu is interested in your second uncle!"