Lu Zhanheng raised his head, his eyes filled with unwavering resolve, not fear. "We didn't do it, we don't know how that pig..."

Several small pebbles were thrown directly at Lu Zhanheng.

"Pah! Did I ask you to speak? How dare you say such things!" The man interrupted him angrily, raising the wooden stick high in his hand, ready to punish Lu Zhanheng.

Tang Yue's heart tightened, and spiritual energy unconsciously gathered on her fingers. She hadn't forgotten the last time her two older brothers were trapped on the mountain, and how Lu Zhanheng had ignored the people in the cowshed's advice and resolutely come to help their family.

Now that he's in trouble, Tang Yue can't just stand by and do nothing.

Just as the villager was about to raise his wooden stick, a slightly authoritative voice rang out, "Stop!"

The villagers froze, turning to look in the direction of the sound. Seeing it was the newly appointed village chief, Li Qingyang, the angry villager who had been about to say something more was immediately silenced by a sharp glare from Li Qingyang. He dropped his stick and took two steps back.

Li Qingyang's gaze swept across the crowd, and whoever he looked at lowered their head. "Our village has never been like this before. Everyone feels bad when a pig dies, but shouldn't we at least ask why?"

What's going on today? Does it mean that beating someone up doesn't violate the law? Li Qingyang's voice was a little cold.

The villagers lowered their heads and remained silent. What could they say? Lately, they were terrified of Li Qingyang's control. They had no choice; to ensure their positions at the medicinal herb factory, who dared disobey Li Qingyang?

“Our village is going to build a threshing ground, not become high-ranking officials. What are you all so smug about? What? Do we think we're more noble than anyone else? We haven't accomplished anything yet. If the army finds out about what happened today…”

"Given our character, do you think the army would agree to build a factory in our village?"

"ah?"

The anger on the villagers' faces was replaced by fear and terror, and just then, someone spotted Chang Yin standing not far away. They were so startled that they cried out, "Oh my god!"

Someone followed his gaze and saw Chang Yin's expressionless face.

The villagers are now in an awkward situation. They weren't like this before. It's just that in the last couple of days, they've become a bit arrogant because they feel that their village will have an industry in the future and that their lives will definitely be better than other villages.

What? They've only just begun, and they've already been discovered. That's incredibly unlucky.

When Li Qingyang saw Chang Yin, he quickly went over to greet him, "Comrade Chang, when did you arrive? The medicinal herb factory has just finished building a fairly high wall. Shall I take you there to see the progress?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand behind his back, and the villagers immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Chang Yin watched the villagers quickly slapping their legs, "Village Chief Li is quite good at leveraging opportunities."

"Ah, haha, there's nothing we can do. As for those people in the cowshed, well, it's hard to say. But everyone's upset about the sudden death of a pig, please forgive me. I don't think those two in the cowshed are bad people, so there's no need to make things difficult for them. I'll find out the reason later."

Chang Yin stared intently at Li Qingyang, then turned her gaze to what was behind Li Qingyang.

Li Qingyang turned around. "Oh, Yueyue? I haven't seen you for several days. Why haven't you gone home?"

Tang Yue nodded her chin towards Chang Yin, and Li Qingyang understood.

"Hey, Comrade Chang, would you like to take Yueyue home first? In a bit..."

"Village Chief Li, I have other things to do today. You can continue building the medicinal herb factory first. I'll come back to check on it after the troops are deployed in a few days."

"Oh, okay, sure."

Li Qingyang seemed to just remember something and quickly said to Tang Yue, "Yueyue, you should go home and check on things."