Zhang Dahua was very annoyed to see that her sisters-in-law, who had been chatting and laughing with her, were now fawning over Sheng Yueqing.

He thought to himself, "What's so great about Sheng Yueqing?"

Can she afford to buy a luxury car worth 300,000 yuan in cash?

Or can one buy a luxury house worth 350,000 yuan in cash?

If she were really rich, why would she still live in the factory?

She knew the factory's dormitories; they were cramped, with twelve people crammed into one room.

Even a single room can only accommodate two people; adding more would make it crowded.

Sheng Yueqing earns money every day but still crams into a dormitory, which means she doesn't earn much.

Or they're just stingy.

They can't bear to buy luxury cars and mansions.

Sheng Yueqing didn't even glance at her.

Take Xile and Wuyou to visit the village chief.

When Zhang Dahua's sisters-in-law saw that Sheng Yueqing hadn't looked at Zhang Dahua at all, they knew that the mother and daughter definitely hadn't reconciled.

They all felt that Zhang Dahua deserved it.

It's because she treated others badly when she was young.

Zhang Dahua felt that her sisters-in-law were blinded by their own ignorance. "Even if I wasn't good to her when she was little, I still fed and watered her, didn't I?"

"You have a lot of kids, isn't that how it is for everyone?"

"Besides, she's not my biological daughter, I'm already being quite nice to her."

When her sisters-in-law heard that she actually knew Sheng Yueqing wasn't her biological daughter, they asked, "Then why didn't you kick her out?"

"And where did your own daughter, Da Ya, go?"

When it was first revealed that Sheng Yueqing was not Zhang Dahua's biological daughter, the group of sisters-in-law were very curious about where Zhang Dahua's eldest daughter had gone.

They asked that too.

Zhang Dahua vaguely said she was lost.

She said that when she went back to look for her, she found Sheng Yueqing looking dirty.

The two children looked alike and both were rather dull, so they assumed it was Daya and brought her back.

Zhang Dahua told her relatives in the village that she didn't know she had taken the wrong child, and changed the subject, saying that although she had taken the wrong child, she had at least raised Sheng Yueqing and hoped that Sheng Yueqing would be grateful.

The villagers believed it at first.

But something still felt off.

But it's just a little girl's business, so nobody really cares.

Since Zhang Dahua's family had all left the village, there was nowhere left to ask.

Now the sisters-in-law find it strange and all want to know where Zhang Dahua's real eldest daughter has gone.

Zhang Dahua had no idea.

She didn't want to know at all.

She didn't want to hear whether the child was dead or had been taken in by someone else, fearing that the child would come back to claim her life.

She changed the subject, "Let's not talk about the past, it's too painful."

"Or shall we talk about whether our village is going to be demolished this year?"

The main reason I came back this time was to find out if the village would be demolished or relocated.

If their land is demolished and they receive relocation compensation, they will become even wealthier.

In the future, we'll get a bigger house, and after it's renovated, we'll have a place to stay when we come back for the Chinese New Year.

It's best to decorate it grandly, so that you can stand out from the crowd in the village.

The sisters-in-law knew a little about it. "Someone came to our village before, and when I asked them about it, they wouldn't tell me anything."

"Those people in the village who have connections seem to have found out something; apparently, our area is going to be demolished next year."

"I just don't know which line they're going to demolish, and I'm afraid they won't be able to demolish our house."

Some people have already built large houses specifically to wait for more demolition and more compensation.

They also wanted to borrow money to build a few more buildings so they could lose more money later.

He then looked at Zhang Dahua and said, "Dahua, you must have made a lot of money this year, right? Why don't you lend us some so we can build a few houses? When the compensation comes, we'll compensate you with one of them?"

It is said that a three-story building can be compensated with three or four apartments.

I can give her one when the time comes.

Zhang Dahua refused to give it to her.

She's always been stingy and has no concept of borrowing money.

She figured that since her relatives would get more compensation for the houses they built, she might as well build a few more herself, so that the compensation wouldn't all go to her.

She thought it was a great idea, so she asked her sister-in-law, "Where are the others going to build their houses? Have you asked around yet?"

The sisters-in-law actually went to inquire and found out, "It's in an area not far from Hejia Village."

“They all say that a road is going to be built over Hejia Village, and the road will definitely not be too narrow; it will definitely be widened.”

“Now, the villagers who have money are building houses on the border of Hejia Village, and they are all three-story buildings.”

Those people were shrewd; they even knew to exchange their land for land from the other side.

Before the policy is officially implemented, build as many buildings as possible.

The village chief advised against them building so many, saying it was a waste of money.

In particular, in their rush to complete the project, they didn't lay any foundation, so the houses were built crookedly and were completely uninhabitable.

Zhang Dahua went over with them to take a look.

Indeed, I saw rows of houses along the boundary line of Hejia Village.

Several of these buildings were built by the families of the wives of the He family.

They were already jealous of the He family's compensation for the demolition, and now that they heard the news, they all flocked over to build houses.

Zhang Dahua asked in surprise, "Didn't anyone from above come to stop it?"

If the higher-ups don't intervene, they might not demolish this side.

The sisters-in-law gestured, "Of course we came to stop them, but those people were very unruly. The staff members were all civilized people from big cities, and they couldn't do anything about those scoundrels."

So I reluctantly agreed and just let them have their way.

As for whether this place will be demolished, we don't know.

Zhang Dahua asked them, "Do you also want to build there?"

The sisters-in-law nodded, "Following the crowd is always the right thing to do."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have any inside information and would have had to follow the main group.

Even if it's not demolished in the future, we have many sons in the family, so it's fine for them to live there.

The problem is that we don't have enough money.

They borrowed all of it from Zhang Dahua.

Zhang Dahua declined, saying, "My family bought a car and a house this year, and we're out of money."

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