Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

The villagers waited in the village for more than a month, but the women did not return. Gradually, they became more at ease and even began to form cliques to compete for the position of clan chief. The clan chief's house was now just an empty shell, but it was a good house, and all the relationships could be restored after becoming the clan chief.

Xiong Bufan was completely unaware of this, indulging in the blissful days following his hard work.

The people of Jiaolong Village were hung up for three days before being brought down. Those who were lucky enough to survive were all thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

The women gradually took control of the village's finances. Some people were dissatisfied, but Xiong Bufan beat them up and hung them from the eaves for everyone to see, making an example of them. Slowly, the former bandits became obedient and lost all thoughts of resistance.

After all, their leader was ruthless, and the women were even more vicious.

The day after they were released, someone tried to harm the woman on the island. The woman screamed and shot the man in the groin with a pistol that belonged to the eldest son of the boss.

The leader, knowing the man's evil deeds, beat him up again and finally chopped him up and threw him into the sea to feed the fish. During that time, they dared not eat fish, for fear of reuniting with their former comrades inside the fish's bellies.

Now, the women of Jiaolong Village are all proud and confident, even acting as if they are firmly in charge of the village, something they never dared to imagine before.

Xiong Bufan, on the other hand, stayed in his room every day. He didn't want to move around in the winter, especially since the New Year was approaching. For children, the New Year is all about receiving red envelopes and playing.

Panpan officially took over Xiong Bufan's daily life. She was not good at managing a household and could not read, so it was better to leave all of this to Jiang Yue. Let that woman do whatever she wanted. If she did something wrong, the boss would beat her up.

Most of the women were illiterate, and the most educated among them was Xiong Bufan, because no matter what, she had attended university.

Jiang Yue is learning slowly, and she is showing great enthusiasm for managing the housekeeper and the mountain stronghold.

Life in the mountain village gradually stabilized, and the first New Year arrived.

Xiong Bufan ran wildly on the island in his new clothes. He was chubby and fair-skinned, and had grown much taller than he had a few months ago, showing that he was doing well.

The women's faces have filled out, and they no longer have that numb look from before. Now, everyone's face is full of energy.

The saying "Women can hold up half the sky" has become a reality.

There is very little farmland on the island, and the amount of grain grown is simply not enough to feed the more than 300 people of Jiaolong Village. Fishing cannot guarantee a daily catch either.

Jiang Yue was worried every day looking at the bills, so much so that she was losing her hair. If there was no income, they would all have to leave soon. She should ask the master what to do.

If we were to leave the island we've worked so hard to conquer because of food shortages, it would truly be a joke.

Jiang Yue took the account book to Xiong Bufan's room and asked, "Master, what do you think we should do next?"

Xiong Bufan glanced at Jiang Yue standing to the side and said calmly, "Just do what needs to be done." She wouldn't take out her money voluntarily; she still needed to buy some good food.

Jiang Yue explained again, "Sir, we're out of money."

Panpan, being perceptive, put down her things and left the room. These were matters she shouldn't be listening to, and even if the master was willing, she had to avoid suspicion.

Xiong Bufan asked Jiang Yue, "Who are we now?"

Jiang Yue didn't know why Xiong Bufan suddenly asked this, but she still tentatively replied, "Water bandits?"

“Yes, we are river bandits. What do river bandits do? They collect protection money. Go find someone to arrange it.” After saying that, Xiong Bufan went off to play by himself, leaving Jiang Yue standing there dumbfounded.

To be honest, Xiong Bufan had never seen anyone as stupid as Jiang Yue. There were so many people on the island. Even if they went to work in town, each person could earn one silver dollar in ten days. So, three hundred people could earn nine hundred silver dollars in thirty days. That would be an incredible windfall.

Moreover, they were river bandits. If they were made to work during the day and rob at night, Xiong Bufan couldn't imagine how much silver she could earn.

Kongkong: "Bufan, you're treating people like donkeys. Even donkeys get rest, but these people are working non-stop."

Xiong Bufan was surprised that Kongkong knew what she was thinking. Actually, she was too excited and blurted out her thoughts.

Jiang Yue's eyes lit up. She thought her husband was a genius. Now they would never have to worry about the village declining again.

Kongkong: You two are really inhuman! One of you is acting like a dog and the other like a bear. You're even more capitalist than capitalists.

The longer it dragged on, the more money Jiang Yue felt she would lose. After exchanging a few words with Xiong Bufan, she hurriedly left to implement the plan.

Xiong Bufan lay back on the bed and reached for the dried fish in the dish. But when he turned around, he saw Xiao Hei standing not far away. He paused, his hand holding the food still. "Why do you walk so silently like a ghost? You scared me to death."

Xiao Hei chuckled: "My lord, I was born a ghost messenger."

Xiong Bufan stuffed a dried fish into his mouth. "Why are you here instead of resting during the day?"

The two months before and after the Lunar New Year are the busiest times for ghost messengers, as they have to manage ghosts returning home to visit their families and collect festival gifts.

Xiao Hei: "Sir, the world is about to descend into chaos."

To prepare for what's to come, we'll be going for group training, so I might disappear for a while to say goodbye to the adults.

"Okay, go ahead." After saying that, Xiong Bufan took out a few talismans from his pocket and gave them to Xiao Hei, telling him to cultivate well and then work hard.

"Thank you, sir."

Xiao Hei took the talisman and disappeared from the room.

Panpan waited until there was no more noise in the room before going in to continue her own business. Nothing else mattered to her; all she needed to do was take care of the master.

After the first month of the lunar calendar, Jiaolong Village officially began its busy days.

Seeing that Xiong Bufan and his group had not returned to the clan chief's residence, the villagers began to slowly elect a new clan chief and strengthened the education of women's virtues in the village, determined that there would be no more women who broke the rules, nor any women who dared to dream of becoming the clan chief.

The women in the village began to blame Zhang Xuemei, saying it was all because she hadn't taught Xiaoxing well, which had allowed the girl to run wild; otherwise, they wouldn't have suffered like this.

Zhang Xuemei was also innocent; she was beaten, and Liu Dabao was also injured. She didn't know how she was going to get through this.

Since becoming disabled, Liu Dabao has become listless and spends his days lying at home doing nothing. When he does get up, he just smokes in the yard. Zhang Xuemei goes to work in the fields every day and then cooks for Liu Dabao when she comes back. The two of them have given up on having a son. Actually, it's because Liu Dabao is no longer able to have children.