That day, Zhang Juntou also came to Xujia Village to check on the situation, as he had promised Village Chief Jiang that he would keep a close eye on things.
With his arm in a sling and groaning, Li Laoshi explained what had happened, saying that someone had come to cause trouble!
Zhang Juntou asked, "What happened? I can't just lead a group of people to search the whole town because that person came into the village and lied!" He needed a plausible reason.
Li Laoshi: "He lied, saying he was Jiang's nephew! When I exposed him, he hurt people!"
Zhang Juntou sighed, "This little thing isn't enough!"
Although he was an inspector and could arrange for people to carry out their duties, he couldn't just order someone to be arrested because some random person came to Xujia Village and a random fight broke out.
Everyone was stunned.
In reality, as things have progressed to this point, it's just that someone has impersonated Jiang Village Chief's nephew to enter the village, and even the suspicion that he was sent by Xu Xiaogu to collect money is still just guesswork.
The man started out chatting honestly, without robbing anyone of money or food. It was only later, when things got heated, that he started fighting with Li. Legally speaking, it's not really a case of that.
Zhang Juntou scolded them for "busy doing nothing" and left, but he also warned the villagers to be more vigilant and to put more people on the lookout.
If that person is dissatisfied and sneaks back to cause trouble, don't act like a hero or a capable person and take action on your own. Just surround them and notify them first so you can catch them red-handed.
Li Laoshi and his companions not only failed to get away with it but also received a scolding, leaving them looking utterly humiliated.
Inspector Zhang is an official, so he can't be too obviously "abusing his power for personal gain," but the villagers have their own way of doing things.
Taking advantage of Jiang Zhi's absence, Xu Changming immediately began to muster his troops, preparing to brave the rain to go to the city to find people: "The Jiang family is incompetent; they caught someone but didn't bring them back."
Since my daughter from the Xu family is married out, her husband must acknowledge this kinship.
He had long complained in private that women were weak when they were village chiefs, and that they were easily dismissed with only fifty taels of silver, which wasn't even enough to go around.
Now the opportunity has come. Jiang made a trip and brought back fifty taels of silver. As an elder in the clan, I would give him a hundred taels. Every household in the village could have a few pieces of furniture made.
At this moment, Jiang Zhi on the mountain was unaware that the festival in Xujia Village was actually a "calamity".
Taking advantage of the fact that the heavy rain prevented her from doing anything else, she was checking the essence that Qiaoyun and Chunfeng had made.
Because the village has farmland and grain, not all of the terraced fields on the mountain were planted with rice seedlings; only a small paddy field was left for seed production.
Moreover, because the soil layer on the slope is too thin, even if all the farmyard manure, including chicken and pig manure, is put into the field after more than two years of continuous planting, it will not be enough. Therefore, the plan is to only plant one season of staple food in the future and plant vegetables all the time.
The slope where the pigsty is located is planted with a large area of honeysuckle and common medicinal herbs, requiring no management.
This reduced the amount of farm work, and Chunfeng and Xu Dazhu didn't have to work too hard, allowing them more time to rest.
It's not really a rest.
Jiang Zhi told Zhang Juntou that mosquito coils would need to be mass-produced in the future, and relying on the people in the mountains would no longer be feasible.
The workshops invested in by the village's fund will naturally be located in the village, so that the village has industry and everyone can make money.
Of course, those were just the most basic mosquito coils. Luxury mosquito repellent coils and various serums should be kept on the mountain, and it would be enough for two families to make them themselves.
Jiang Zhi was checking the sealing of several jars when Xiao Man suddenly returned.
Xiaoman has been working at the pharmacy for the past few months and rarely comes back. He could have taken turns coming back with Wuyang during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, but Xiaoman said that Wuyang should rest more and that he wanted his grandparents to come back when they had time.
Jiang Zhi and Xiao Man's grandfather didn't force them. Since Tian Gui's family was in the village and the Dragon Boat Festival hadn't arrived yet, they asked Tao'er to bring steamed buns to Qingquan Bay.
Grandpa Xiaoman was very satisfied with the Tian family: "Xiaoman's family will be settling in the village in the future, and they will still have to take care of her."
Xiaoman has no parents. When she gets married, the two elderly people won't be able to take care of her granddaughter-in-law during childbirth, so the Tian family will have to help.
Jiang Zhi also saw that Xiao Man and Tian Tao got along well, which put both families at ease, so they didn't care so much about whether or not they came back for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Seeing Xiaoman return soaking wet immediately made both families tense.
As Grandma Xiaoman found him dry clothes to change into, she kept nagging, "Since you were coming back, why didn't you leave earlier? Why didn't you wear a straw hat and a raincoat!"
Xiaoman quickly pulled off her wet clothes, comforting her grandmother as she did so: "Grandma, I'm perfectly fine, a little rain won't hurt me!"
Grandpa Xiaoman chewed on his pipe and said thoughtfully, "The young man has a fiery temper. Getting caught in this little rain is nothing. Grandma, go and make Xiaoman a bowl of scallion and ginger soup."
Grandma Xiaoman watched with great satisfaction as her grandson, now grown up, got dressed before going to the kitchen to make ginger soup to ward off the cold.
As soon as Grandma left, Xiaoman immediately said to Grandpa Xiaoman, "Grandpa, I need to see Aunt Jiang!"
Xiaoman nodded: "I knew your sudden return wouldn't be good. Hurry up, they're on the cliff!"
Upon hearing Xiaoman mention that someone was inquiring about her "cousin," Jiang Zhi realized that Xu Xiaolan was about to make her move!
The reason is simple: she and her current man conspired to take the child away.
If the child is alive, the mother will surely die a violent death.
Originally, she was just going to leave it alone, but Xu Xiaogu couldn't suppress her "homesickness" and provoked her sister-in-law from her own family.
She even brought trouble to her own doorstep, so to prevent future problems, she had to get rid of the male lead.
They really dare to think of getting rid of the male lead!
However, Jiang Zhi absolutely supports this idea.
Anyway, Nie Fantian is out there building his empire, living his own overpowered male lead role.
In male-oriented novels, whoever touches the male lead dies, and in eighteen different ways!
When the big villain appears, Jiang Zhi, the little villain, can finally get away. She is even a little impatient to see Nie Fantian come back and slap her in the face, waiting to watch the show.
However, she quickly lost her smile: "Xiaoman, you said that Tian Gui and the others failed to catch that person, so they immediately went to the pharmacy to tell you?"
Xiaoman nodded: "Yes, Uncle Tian and the others were worried that the person would run to the pharmacy, so they came to tell me to keep an eye on the pharmacy!"
Jiang Zhi sighed. These people were so concerned that they made a mess of things, and this would probably cause trouble for the pharmacy.
That person couldn't find Nie Fantian in the village, so he was definitely not giving up. He hid in the blink of an eye and followed him to the pharmacy. It's the same old trick!
If the female lead in a romance novel belongs to the male lead, then the male lead in "Dragon Overlord" is always the villain.
But the pharmacy is truly his own.
That's untouchable, and the pharmacy is piled high with freshly made powders—that's a lot of money!
If it were destroyed by fire, I wouldn't even have time to cry.
It seemed as if the threat of refugees had resurfaced, but Jiang Zhi showed no sign of nervousness.
This time, she has plenty of help.
There's no need to worry in the village.
There's the cunning Li Laoshi, the protective Xu Changming, the down-to-earth Tian Gui and Xu Genyou, Zhang Juntou and Cao Yicheng, and money that binds everyone together—it's an immeasurable force.
The only things to worry about are the pharmacy and the mountain.
The man who entered the village kept questioning Nie Fantian, saying that if Xu Yuxian and her accomplices wanted to clear up the evidence, they would have to take action against him and Errui.
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