The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

"There are those ministers who are full of literary talent and are spreading rumors about you. If it were me, I would have fought back long ago."

"What is rumor-mongering?"

Mu Zhongting had never heard of this word.

"Spreading rumors means accusing you of something you didn't do, and giving you a false charge."

"That's true. We have refuted it, but the emperor doesn't believe us at all."

"He hasn't been beaten enough, so his skin is tight. Just loosen it up a bit."

The two chatted along the way and unknowingly returned to Luojia Village.

Knowing that they were coming back today, the other villagers of Luojia Village had already been waiting for them at the entrance of the village.

Seeing Lan Ning shouting excitedly from afar.

"Lan girl is back, Lan girl is back."

She was surprised to see so many people coming to welcome her when she went out.

Lan Ning pretended to be romantic and flicked his bangs with his index finger, revealing a wicked and domineering smile.

"Sorry for the long wait, fellow villagers."

"Hey, grandma's dear granddaughter, you're finally back."

A sharp voice broke through the crowd, sounding particularly abrupt.

Everyone frowned immediately when they heard the voice. This old girl hasn't come out to make trouble for a long time. What happened that brought her here today?

Lan just came back, and she can’t let this old guy ruin her mood.

The road that had many gaps in front of Grandma Zhang just now immediately became tightly closed. The villagers used their bodies to build a human wall in front of her, making it impossible for her to break through the confinement and rush to Nanning.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Hurry up, let me go. I'm here to see my granddaughter. Why are you stopping me? Get out of my way."

Hearing this annoying voice, Lan Ning stood still and did not move forward. Mu Zhongting still had a smile on his face, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Grandma Zhang was full of icy intent.

Before this voice lasted long, another voice sounded behind them, and suddenly, someone grabbed Grandma Zhang's neck.

"I just went to the toilet and you came here. You can crawl very swiftly even though your legs can't walk. I want to see which of your sons carried you here. I advise you to hide well, or I will find you later. I will let you have a meal of bamboo shoots and fried meat."

The woman's cold voice became gentle again after she said this.

"Lan girl, you are back, thank you for your hard work along the way.

I will take this old man back first, so as not to disturb your rest."

"Aunt, thank you for your hard work. Come to my house for dinner later in the evening."

"Okay, I'll definitely come."

After saying that, she pinched the grandmother's collar and slipped back to Zhang's house.

Grandma Zhang's legs were broken, so she couldn't walk at all. Normally, she had to either crawl or be carried on her son's back to go somewhere. This was the first time she was carried around by the collar like an object.

The grandmother felt completely humiliated, but there was nothing she could do no matter how she resisted this damn woman.

It's very strange. No matter how they resist, this person can make their family members obey him.

Lan Ning was very satisfied seeing his aunt had changed so much.

That's right. That's what women have to do. Only when they stand up for themselves can they avoid being bullied.

Seeing her satisfied expression, the people from the village who came to greet her seemed to understand something instantly. From then on, they developed a new way of controlling their husbands without any guidance, which was viciousness.

After returning, Grandma Lan and a few others gave Lan Ning a lot of loving caressing and found that there was nothing wrong with her. She was still as healthy as a calf, the only difference being that she was a little thin. It would be better if she were a little fatter.

She has not been at home recently, so no major problems have occurred, but there have been a few minor problems. For example, she discovered that several people in the neighboring village were caught secretly taking their vegetables and selling them.

At first they didn't know about it, but some customers went to their snack bar and said that the food they bought didn't taste like the one in their restaurant.

Hmm? Bought food? Where did they buy it? No one told them that the store sold the ingredients.

The waiter in the store asked with a smile, and the man told him that there was an alley in front that sold special good things, which were not easy to see outside, so he bought them there. He had bought corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes from that man.

The waiter smiled and said of course that the recipe in their store is exclusive and it is not possible to make such delicious food at home.

In the evening, he told Xie Lan and Xie Ning about this matter.

The two told Meng Anran about this when they went to get the ingredients the next day.

This is a big deal. Their land is all rented by those people, and the food in it is also theirs. Who on earth would secretly take their things out and sell them for silver?

So during that period of time, the people who were busy planting in the fields would always see Meng Anran and Bai Tian strolling around the fields, chatting and laughing.

Since their attention was not paid too much to them, these people did not take it seriously.

They still kept themselves busy with their own things, flirted with others when they should, went home to eat when they should, and left work when they should, completely unaware that their eyes were always following everyone's movements, intentionally or unintentionally.

After wandering around these villages for three days, they finally discovered something wrong.

At about four or five o'clock in the morning, someone was stealthily walking towards the county town with a backpack on his back.

Meng Anran's kung fu was very good. He followed the man for a long distance without the man noticing. As a result, before he reached the county town, he saw another familiar person in front of him carrying a heavy backpack. It was obvious that there were a lot of things in it. It seemed that this person was also a bit suspicious.

The two people were from two different villages and didn't know each other, but their destination was the same place, which was a hidden alley.

Seeing that there was no one they knew inside, and looking around but no one noticed them, the two of them walked in one after another, found their old seats and squatted there, using sly eyes to speak secret codes to every passerby.

"I have some good stuff here. Do you want to take a look? You can't buy it outside."

These words were very tempting. Although they didn't know what the good thing was, and although they didn't know whether they could use it, they couldn't help but move towards it once they were seduced by these words.

At first glance, it turned out that the ingredients were from a very popular and unique shop in the county.

Those people's eyes lit up, this is a good thing that can't be bought anywhere else.

So the deal was done easily.

Every time they came, the two baskets of good stuff would be sold out in a short while. A few days later, another group of such people would be found. In total, it took more than 20 days to catch a total of seven such evil people.