The pure white fox fur is of the finest quality, lined with the finest brocade, silky smooth and soft, with absolutely no odor.

Jiang Yue stroked the fox fur with great affection; it was the most delightful gift she had ever received in her life.

This year's snow is exceptionally heavy. After just two days of sunshine, it started snowing heavily again.

At the pharmaceutical factory, Da Niu had already listened to her third aunt's advice and arranged for two supervisors to take turns on duty, just waiting for the end of December to give everyone a holiday so that the employees could have a good New Year.

"Thank you for your hard work. I've reviewed this month's accounts, and you've done an excellent job."

Holding the hand warmer, Jiang Yue smiled and praised Da Niu, acknowledging her efforts.

"This is what we should do."

Only by achieving results and relieving her aunt's worries can Da Niu feel that she has lived up to her aunt's expectations and trust.

Jiang Yue got up, closed the ledger, and patted Da Niu on the shoulder before leaving, encouraging her:

"It's time to sort out this year's New Year's goods and year-end bonuses. You and the other managers should discuss it and give me a plan."

"good."

Da Niu stared intently at her third aunt. This time, not only her, but all the other employees of the pharmaceutical factory would receive a substantial bonus!

After leaving the pharmaceutical factory, Jiang Yue thought for a moment and then went to the village chief's house.

Along the way, people greeted her, and she responded with a smile, showing great friendliness.

"Tsk tsk, how come people are so different? Look at that county magistrate, how kind she is. And look at Old Li's wife, she really looks down on people."

"So, Lady Jiang became the county magistrate, and what is Old Li's family compared to her?"

"Shh, don't say anything. If someone hears us, we'll have a fight."

"You're scared? I'm not scared at all!"

"It's not that I'm afraid or not, I'm just too lazy to talk about it anymore. We're all from the same village..."

........

The women were speaking quite loudly, and Jiang Yue, taking it as a bit of gossip, slowed her pace to listen...

Old Li's wife?

Who is it?

Perhaps because there were too many people in the village, Jiang Yue couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

When she arrived at the village chief's house, she received a warm welcome from Aunt Qin.

"Come in and sit down, it's cold outside. You look great in that fox fur coat, and with the hood up, you don't even need an umbrella, just shake it off!"

Old Qin kept rambling on and on, and soon brought over hot water, made a bowl of red date and brown sugar water, and handed it over.

Jiang Yue listened patiently to the old man's rambling, and only after he had finished speaking did she speak up curiously:

"Auntie, where's Uncle Village Chief?"

"Oh, that old man! Old Li invited him over to look at the land for building a new house, but he encroached on a foot of his neighbor's land. Now, the two families are arguing like crazy..."

Old Madam Qin's tone was tinged with dissatisfaction as she spoke.

The dissatisfaction was clearly directed at Old Li and his family. They had no choice but to occupy their neighbor's land, and they were quite unreasonable. Anyone would be annoyed by that!

Jiang Yue took a sip of the sweet soup; it was a little hot. She decided to drink it later and continued inquiring.

"Huh? Auntie, who is this old Li? On my way here, I overheard some villagers gossiping about him."

"You heard it all? Those villagers are really idle. But I can't blame them; Old Li and his family have really been acting out of line lately."

Old Qin took out a fruit platter specially prepared for guests from Huajili, lifted the lid, grabbed a handful of taro, kneaded it in her palm, and then explained while cracking it:

"Do you remember Zhang? The one from Wu Dagui's family."

"Remember."

Jiang Yue didn't stand on ceremony and grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds as well. She nodded in agreement; she couldn't forget this person.

"Old Li's wife is Zhang Shi. By seniority, this woman is Zhang Shi's aunt. Recently, I don't know what happened, but it's said that a relative of theirs made a fortune and gave them a sum of money..."

In the countryside, when people have money, the first thing they think of is building a house, which is both eye-catching and improves their living conditions. Building houses is almost always their main focus.

But what if a relative gets rich and then gives another relative a sum of money for no reason?

I wouldn't say there are none at all, but there are definitely very few.

Jiang Yue trusted her intuition, which told her that something was amiss when things were unusual, and that there was something fishy going on when people acted strangely!

"I'm having lunch at my aunt's house. Your uncle always eats and drinks well at your house, and I feel really bad about it."

Seeing that Jiang looked thoughtful, Old Qin thought it would be better to invite her to stay for dinner. Once the old man returned home, the two of them, being clever, could discuss it and perhaps the problem would be easily solved.

"Oh, this is great! I'm in for a treat today."

Jiang Yue agreed, not wanting to disappoint Aunt Qin's kindness.

"When Youyin gets out of school, I'll ask him to come over to your house and say hello."

Old Madam Qin beamed with joy after being praised; she had even thought of a way out for the other party.

Jiang Yue continued chewing her tea, occasionally gossiping with Aunt Qin about other recent events in the village.

It has to be said that there is a lot of gossip in the village, and even if she wanted to hear it, no one dared to tell her too much.

Only Aunt Qin treated her the same way as before, answering all her questions without holding anything back...

It was freezing cold, and the old village chief had been standing in the cold wind for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

At this moment, he missed his warm bed and his wife's nagging.

After Old Li invited him over, he didn't even serve him a hot tea, let alone a bench!

How come I never noticed before that this old guy was so stingy?

And another thing, building a house is one thing, but why ask the neighbor to come and build on their land?

Is the frame being tilted to one side?

What are you thinking about!

"Pah! Don't think that just because your family has gotten rich and has some stinking money, you can take over my land. Let me tell you, no way!"

"This land clearly belonged to my family decades ago. Later, your father came to my father, and that's how we discussed lending it to your family to build a house. Now I'm just taking back a tiny bit of it."

"Pah, you shameless old bastard! My father paid for this land back then, why don't you mention the money!"

"What do you mean by 'bought'? Don't make baseless accusations without proof."

"Well, you old Li, you've learned to bite now. Fine, you try killing me today if you dare, or I'll go to the yamen and report you!"

"Go ahead and sue me! I'm not afraid of anyone!"

"you--"

......

The Wu and Li families were arguing fiercely, attracting more and more neighbors who were bored and hibernating to come and watch the spectacle...

"Fight! Start fighting already!"

"Oh dear, we're all neighbors, is it really that big of a deal?"

"Stop talking nonsense, just beat them up!"

"Shut up!"

The village chief tried to mediate the fight, but the scene had become chaotic.

Someone threw a cup, and it hit him in the face...

"Oh my god, who hurt the village chief!"

"Quickly bring me a clean handkerchief, this is terrible!"

"Grandpa Village Chief, how are you?"

......

The scene became even more chaotic. The culprit had already hidden himself away and dared not admit that he was the one who smashed it.