A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

Lin Yinyin was extremely grateful that Wang Erhua had come.

Early in the morning, a delicious aroma filled the cave. Wang Erhua quickly cooked a pot of steaming hot vegetable porridge and steamed fluffy white steamed buns, along with salted duck eggs. Lin Yinyin ate three large steamed buns with great appetite!

After we've eaten and drunk our fill, it's time to get down to business.

Grandpa Li had no intention of going to Lianxi Village. Right now, he was in a great mood for fun. The whole mountain belonged to his granddaughter-in-law, and he was going hunting. He wanted to have roasted meat for lunch. With that medicinal wine, the more he thought about it, the better it seemed.

He felt like he could eat a whole cow!

He wasn't worried about Lin Yinyin's safety at all.

Li Jinye was accompanied by three marines, Li Aiguo and Zhang Jiande. If they couldn't even protect a pregnant woman, they might as well die!

So, the third brother took Old Master Li to the mountains.

The remaining people also had their own tasks, taking the pre-drawn maps and preparing to start claiming land from the west side at the foot of the mountain.

First, drive in wooden stakes with wider spacing, then stretch a thin wire around them to mark out the general area, and then gradually reinforce and improve it later.

With everything arranged, Lin Yinyin, Li Jinye, Wang Erhua, along with Li Aiguo and Zhang Jiande, went to Lianxi Village.

As soon as Lin Yinyin stepped into the village, she sensed that something was wrong.

When the villagers along the roadside saw them, their eyes were filled with strangeness, rejection, and a hint of unconcealed hostility.

Lin Yinyin comforted herself: She came to collect the mountain, which would affect their livelihood, but she could understand that, and she wasn't angry.

The group arrived at the village chief's house and found the courtyard packed with people. It was clear that family representatives had come for a village meeting.

As Lin Yinyin and her group approached, their voices immediately lowered, and the crowd instinctively made way for them. However, their eyes remained fixed on them with hostility.

Lin Yinyin and Li Jinye walked ahead, and just as they were about to step into the courtyard, an elderly woman with gray hair quickly stepped forward and blocked their way.

Her cloudy eyes were filled with hostility. "Hmph! It's you, you little vixen, who's trying to steal our Lianxi Village's mountain?"

I think you're just a capitalist's lackey, here to suck the blood of us ordinary people!

Lin Yinyin's eyes turned cold.

A big one right off the bat?

Is there no other way for the old lady to take the lead?

Haha! Impossible!

Lin Yinyin immediately took a step forward, about to speak, but her wrist was gently pulled by Li Jinye. Lin Yinyin gave him a wink, reassuring him.

In rural areas, old ladies are masters of extortion. They lie on the ground, cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang themselves, leaving no one with any recourse.

But even though she was pregnant, she was still just as beautiful!

Sure enough, seeing that Lin Yinyin remained silent, the old woman assumed she was afraid and became even more arrogant, "I see you're so young, yet you're not learning anything good, coming here with a pregnant belly to do such immoral things! You even want to take over our territory, aren't you afraid of retribution and having a child without an anus...?"

Ugh... such foul language, each sentence more offensive than the last.

Even Li Aiguo and Zhang Jiande couldn't help but clench their fists.

Lin Yinyin didn't react much. "This... shameless old man, did you fall into a latrine this morning? You're fighting with maggots and competing with shit before you start barking like this. You must have eaten at least 800 pounds of shit to smell like this!"

"Are you insulting me?!"

Lin Yinyin rolled her eyes at her. Couldn't she even tell the difference? And she still dared to lead the charge?

The old woman got straight to the point, slapping her thigh and wailing, "This is outrageous! These outsiders are insulting me, even trying to beat this old woman! They're bullying us right here at our doorstep, and they're even trying to take over our territory! I can't live like this anymore—"

As she spoke, she lay down on the ground, using both her hands and feet – a common tactic employed by rural old women to extort money.

Lin Yinyin didn't even glance at the old lady pretending on the ground; her gaze went straight to Wang Laoshi at the back of the crowd.

"Village chief, tell me, how much does an adult in Lianxi Village earn in a year?"

Village Chief Wang was suddenly taken aback. The tone of the story changed too quickly!

He thought Old Lady Li was going to make a scene for ages, but why was she ignoring her? Meeting Li Jinye's sharp gaze, Village Chief Wang replied, "Our Lianxi Village is an outstanding village in Lianhua Town, with an average annual income for adults... 120 yuan per year!"

"Oh, that's not bad."

Lin Yinyin casually replied, then reached into her pocket, pulled out three hundred yuan, and threw it on the ground with a "thud." The brand-new banknotes landed in the dirt, standing out starkly.

Everyone was completely baffled, exchanging bewildered glances, utterly clueless as to what she meant by doing this.

Lin Yinyin glanced at the old woman on the ground, her tone still calm, yet it carried a chilling undercurrent.

"An adult's annual income is 120 yuan, and the elderly are paid half that. Judging from this lady's age, she's about sixty. Assuming an average life expectancy of seventy years in my country, I'll buy out the remaining ten years for six hundred yuan!"

"Li Aiguo!"

"exist!"

Li Aiguo immediately stepped forward. His icy aura instantly spread out, and the villagers subconsciously took a half step back.

"Beat her legs and feet. This 300 yuan is a prepayment. I'll pay the remaining 300 yuan when the discount doesn't apply!"

Lin Yinyin's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear, and it felt as cold as ice crystals to everyone's ears.

"W-what?!"

The old woman on the ground stopped crying. She hadn't even done anything yet, and they'd already crippled her?

She suddenly looked up and glared at Lin Yinyin. Seeing that she was extremely serious, Li Aiguo's face darkened. He rolled up his sleeves and walked towards her step by step with a fierce look.

The old lady's heart trembled. Could this person really be serious?

Lin Yinyin sought out Li Aiguo because he had retired; Li Jinye couldn't do that, as he was returning to the team in two months, so Li Aiguo was the one who had to beat him up.

Old Mrs. Li dared not lie down any longer, and scrambled to her feet.

"You...you dare!"

"I'm an old woman, if you touch me, I'll make you support me..."

Before saying the word "old," Lin Yinyin asked calmly, "Where are the old woman's family members?"

Does anyone want this 300 yuan? I have another 300 yuan, discounted, I'll give it to you right away.

These words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing Old Lady Li's arrogance.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of her eldest daughter-in-law standing in the crowd, eager to try, her face turning ashen.

She had tormented her eldest daughter-in-law a lot, and she had long hated her. Now that she was getting paid for beating her, she probably couldn't wait to strike.

This matter on the hill wasn't hers to begin with. She only took five yuan from the village chief; it wasn't worth risking her own life!

Besides, her life is worth six hundred dollars!

Grandma Li immediately picked up the three hundred yuan on the ground and quickly stuffed it into Li Aiguo's hand.

He smiled at Lin Yinyin and said, "Little girl, it was my fault. I'm getting senile. I shouldn't have scolded you, I shouldn't have stopped you... I'll leave now, I'll leave now!"

As he spoke, he scrambled and crawled out of the crowd.

Wang Erhua mentally gave Lin Yinyin a thumbs up! Awesome!

The most difficult thing to deal with is a shrewish old lady in the countryside; if she says she has a headache, she's just asking for money! Today she's learned this trick!

The surrounding villagers were all shocked to see Lin Yinyin, never expecting that a pregnant woman could be so ruthless and fierce!

Wang Laoshi stood there with a gloomy look in his eyes, and gave a wink to a middle-aged woman in a blue cloth jacket in the crowd.

The woman knew that Lin Yinyin was not someone to be trifled with, so she glanced around and looked directly at Wang Erhua.

Wang Erhua: "..."

Is this a ploy to take advantage of her, this pushover?

Wang Erhua was eager to try!