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The news that Jiang Jianwen's family was driven away in disgrace spread like wildfire throughout the entire Jiangjia Village in less than half an hour.

While the villagers were gloating, they were also on edge.

Even blood relatives like uncles and aunts were driven away without warning, and even the dogs were released. What does this tell us?

This shows that Brother Chen is serious about revising the family genealogy this time!

That list of "core clan members" is incredibly valuable!

Whoever gets their name listed first not only brings them honor, but their descendants will also benefit!

In an instant, everyone realized that to secure a good position in the family tree, it wasn't enough to just talk the talk; they had to make real "contributions"!

Thus, an unprecedented and utterly insane "involution frenzy" officially began in Jiangjia Village.

The first to act were the village's seasoned and worldly-wise old hands.

The next day, before dawn, at four in the morning.

Jiang Youfu, the village's head chef, appeared in the kitchen of the village's collective canteen with dark circles under his eyes.

He did nothing else but light three large pots, slaughtered all the old hens he had treasured for over a decade, added various precious medicinal herbs, and simmered three large pots of nourishing chicken soup.

As soon as the soup was ready, he immediately drove his pickup truck and delivered it to the elderly people over sixty years old in the village, one by one.

"Uncle Zhang! Aunt Liu! Open the door quickly! I've brought you a delicious breakfast!"

"I simmered this soup for three hours; it's incredibly nourishing! Drinking it will guarantee you strong legs and a long life!"

His voice was loud and clear, as if he wanted everyone to know that he had done a good deed.

Hu La Hua panicked when she saw this.

Jiang Youfu has seized the "filial piety towards elders" track!

Her eyes lit up, and she came up with an even more ruthless plan.

At three o'clock in the morning, while the whole village was still asleep, Hu Lahua appeared on the main road of the village, wearing a reflective vest and carrying a brand-new broom.

She swept the asphalt road, stretching for several kilometers, from one end of the village to the other, until it was spotless.

Forget about garbage, you can't even see a single fallen leaf from a tree.

When the villagers got up in the morning and opened their doors, they saw the spotless road and thought they were seeing things.

"This road... it looks like it's been washed with water!"

"I heard it was Hu Lahua who got up at 3 a.m. to sweep! All by herself! She swept for two hours!"

"My goodness, is she trying to compete for the village's model worker award?"

With these two leading the way, the atmosphere of the entire village changed instantly.

Involution is everywhere.

One of the streetlights in the village square was broken, and the electrician hadn't even received the repair call yet.

Five or six burly men, carrying ladders and toolboxes, almost got into a fight at the bottom of the ladder over who would climb up first to change the light bulb.

"I was here first! Let go! Let me have a turn!"

"Get lost! I live nearby! This job is mine!"

In the end, Jiang Shitou was the strongest. He pushed everyone else aside, carried the new light bulb, and climbed up. Amidst envious and jealous stares, he completed this "public facility maintenance task."

The newly built public toilets in the village used to be cleaned by designated personnel.

Now, there's no need for it at all.

Every day, seven or eight middle-aged women line up at the toilet entrance, carrying buckets and mops.

The floor inside was cleaner than the floor tiles at home, and the air was filled not with a foul odor, but with a "fresh fragrance" from a mixture of several different brands of toilet cleaner.

Even Jiang Gundao, the village's most notorious lazybones, has "reformed".

This guy somehow got hold of an ill-fitting security guard uniform, with a whistle hanging around his neck. Every day, he would arrive at the village primary school gate on time, stand ramrod straight, and act as a free school safety guard.

As soon as he saw an unfamiliar vehicle approaching, he would whistle and rush over to question it, being more serious and responsible than anyone else.

In just a few days, the moral standards of the entire Jiangjia Village rose at an incredible speed, approaching those of the legendary saintly society.

If you see a penny on the street, no one will pick it up; people will walk around it, afraid that others will see it and it will affect their "contribution points".

At night, everyone left their doors wide open, because no one would steal anything.

There were no more arguments or quarrels between neighbors.

They greet each other with a nod and a smile, and their first words are always "Have you eaten?" or "Do you need any help?" Their politeness is so over the top that it gives you goosebumps.

That afternoon, Su Qing drove her pink G-Wagon, bringing along several close friends from the provincial capital, to the village to inspect the newly opened SPA project.

As soon as the car entered the village, she sensed something was wrong.

The road was so clean it reflected light, and the flowers and plants on both sides were trimmed as if they had been measured with a ruler.

Every villager she encountered on the road gave her a standard eight-tooth smile and waved enthusiastically at her car.

A close friend leaned against the car window, staring at the harmonious scene with her mouth agape in astonishment.

"Qingqing, is your Jiangjia Village like this? Why do the people here... why do they seem like actors?"

Su Qing also found it strange. She parked her car at the entrance of Jiang Chen's yard and went into the living room.

Jiang Chen was leaning back on the sofa, leisurely drinking tea and watching TV.

"Brother Chen, something feels off about the village."

Su Qing sat down next to him, looking completely confused.

"I just saw Aunt Hu La Hua helping Grandpa Wang unclog his sewer on the road. The two of them were laughing like they were in a movie."

"And what's more, Jiang Gundao (a local bully) at the village entrance is actually directing traffic!"

"Have the people in your village... all been brainwashed by aliens?"

Jiang Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this.

He put down his teacup, leaned back on the soft sofa, and looked at Su Qing, who looked puzzled, before slowly explaining.

"What brainwashing?"

"That's the power of money, plus honor."

"It's more effective than any other form of ideological education in the world."