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

The woman rushed to Wang Erhua and plopped down on the ground.

Lin Yinyin's lips twitched. Didn't she have any other tricks for throwing a tantrum?

It's always just lying down or sitting, can't you come up with something new?

Before she could finish her thought, the woman slapped her thighs with both hands and started wailing, "Oh dear! How am I supposed to live like this!"

Our house is built on the mountain. If the mountain belongs to you, then does the house still belong to me?

We're just a widow and her children; we won't even have a place to live then. We might as well just die! ......

Wang Erhua stood there with her arms crossed, waiting for her to howl for a while before speaking.

"If you're going to wail, then wail louder! Use the same intensity you had when your husband died! At this volume, no one in half the village can hear you. How can you expect anyone to pity you? Keep going, I'm watching!"

The woman choked, staring at Wang Erhua in astonishment, not expecting her to be so calm.

"How dare you speak to me like that! You forced me to do this!"

Wang Erhua took a step forward, put her hands on her hips, and said, "That's how I talk!"

Stop trying to play the victim and act pitiful with me! You think I forced you? Your mother forced you, that's more like it!

Did I pressure you when you were building the house? By the way, you said your house was built on a mountain?

I'd like to ask you, do you have the necessary permits to build this house?

Did you report it to the village?

Is there a land title?

"If you dare to build on the mountain when you have nothing, aren't you embezzling state assets first? You'll get arrested and punished!"

Woman: "......" She doesn't have any permits whatsoever. Who has those these days!

Besides, the house doesn't even belong to her!

Suddenly, she remembered the village chief's words, "They wouldn't move even if they were offered compensation!" Never mind, she didn't know how to respond, so she just pretended not to hear! It's all about not moving, no matter what!

Once the woman understood this, she instantly perked up again, lay down on the ground, and kicked her arms and legs wildly, shouting, "I don't care! What is a land deed or permit!"

That house belongs to my family!

It was built when my husband was still alive!

If you want to enclose the mountain, you'll have to bury me here first!

"God, if you're making me move, you're forcing me to die!"

As he spoke, he rolled over to Wang Erhua's side, trying to drag her into a staged accident.

Wang Erhua reacted quickly, jumping back to dodge. "Are your ears stuffed with donkey hair? Can't you hear me?"

It even burps like a stray dog, and it gets really annoyed by the smell of poop it eats too much! Let me tell you...

Before Wang Erhua could finish her rant, Lin Yinyin walked over and started rummaging through the basket behind Li Jinye!

Grandpa prepared a carrying basket for her when she left home in the morning. Inside, he put a soft cushion, a water bottle, and snacks, just in case she got cold or hungry.

Lin Yinyin rummaged through the basket, actually taking out a hemp rope from her spatial storage and throwing it in front of the woman.

"It's a gift for you, it's free!"

woman:"......"

Wang Erhua: "..."

village head:"......."

Li Jinye: "..." When did they put the hemp rope in the basket?

Li Aiguo and Zhang Jiande: ...This is an eye-opener! Is this really helping someone?

Everyone: "......" Why does this woman always do things the wrong way!

Lin Yinyin stood quietly, her face devoid of any emotion, utterly calm, yet the more she remained like this, the more frightening she became.

Sure enough, she lived up to expectations: "It's the dead of winter, the ground is cold. Since you're going to die anyway, don't suffer any more. Here's the rope, no need to thank me!"

Everyone: "........"

"Oh, by the way. When I came here, I saw a crooked tree near the village entrance. Why don't you go try it there?"

Don't worry, that tree belongs to our mountain, you can use it for free!

The woman opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment.

She looked at Lin Yinyin, who was fair-skinned and delicate, and looked soft and cuddly. How could she be so ruthless?

When Old Lady Li made a scene, she calmly said she'd break his arms and legs if he paid her, but when it came to her, she just gave her a rope.

This girl is so quiet, yet she exudes an inexplicable sense of madness.

No, she died, and she doesn't even have any money left? She's not even as good as that old lady Li!

Just as she had thought, Lin Yinyin added slowly, "Oh, by the way, there's no compensation for suicide!"

Everyone: "......."

Wang Erhua immediately added insult to injury, "Did you hear that? My Yinyin said that there's no compensation for suicide, but there is compensation if our people break her legs!"

Do you want to give it a try?

"If you're too scared to die, then get out of the way and don't block the way!"

The woman on the ground: Fine? She can't outmaneuver her, so she'll back down. Anyway, that house is just the village chief's run-down shack; it has nothing to do with her! She's not going to make that money!

She quickly got up, brushed the dirt off her bottom, and squeezed through the crowd without looking back.

After the woman left, Lin Yinyin quietly looked at everyone, her tone low but still calm, "Are there any other people who want to come up and joke with us?"

The atmosphere in the courtyard became slightly tense, and no one dared to step forward. Even the two most boisterous men in the village hadn't gotten away with it, so it was even less likely they would!

But just then, a voice rang out. "Comrade Lin, please don't be angry!"

The crowd parted to make way for a woman in a clean white shirt.

Her hair was neatly combed, and she had a scholarly air about her.

"He's out! Song, the educated youth from our village, has made his move!" someone whispered.

"Yes, she'll soon become the village chief's daughter-in-law, so she'll definitely stand up for everyone."

Song, the educated youth, walked up to Lin Yinyin and said softly, "Comrade Lin, hello, I am Song Yi."

I know you have all the necessary paperwork, but this mountain is the very foundation upon which our Lianxi Village has depended for generations! If you take the mountain away, how will we all eat in the future?

She pointed to the hillside behind her, her voice filled with heartache, "Our grandfathers used to cut firewood and plant trees on this mountain."

Our ancestors gathered herbs and hunted animals on these mountains.

Which of us young people didn't grow up running around in the mountains with our parents?

Every blade of grass and every tree on this mountain, doesn't hold our affection for it?

Song, the educated youth, had red eyes and pleaded in her voice: "Comrade Lin, could you please be lenient and not take over the mountain?"

Please have pity on our village of 580 people. Firewood in winter, bamboo shoots in spring, wild fruits in summer, and chestnuts in autumn—these are our only means of supplementing our income!

Even the wasteland at the foot of the mountain was dug out by our ancestors and fathers, one hoe at a time.

Please, have mercy and don't cut off the livelihood of 580 people with just a few pieces of paper!

"Yes! Song, the educated youth, is right! We can't fence off that mountain! Without the mountain, we won't even have anywhere to cut firewood in the winter!"

"That's right! Bamboo shoots in spring and mushrooms in autumn are all part of the kids' food income!"

"Yes, and there's that one acre of wasteland my family owns. My old man dug up stones there, and he got so many cuts and scrapes on his skin that he bled a lot!"

"Yes, my family also has one mu (0.16 acres), and the whole village has about 20 mu (1.3 acres) in total!"

The villagers' emotions were ignited, and their eyes were full of hostility as they looked at Lin Yinyin.

Lin Yinyin sized up Song Yi. She had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose, and was about 1.7 meters tall. She looked like a rough woman, but she was not rough at all in her speech and actions.

This woman has become smart; she doesn't throw tantrums or try to extort money, but instead targets the villagers' livelihoods and local sentiments that they care about most.

I'm afraid they'll start to incite anger and stir up emotions next.

(I've added an extra chapter, where are your book reviews? Hehe)