Reborn in the Great Northern Wilderness in 1982, I farmed and hunted to support my whole family.

Li Mu's outburst also made the fat woman anxious.

"Hey! You ungrateful wretch, my daughter is so wonderful. And you, you little brat, don't even like her? Let me tell you, the fortune teller said my daughter was born with a life of wealth and honor."

The fat woman pointed at Li Mu's nose, jumping up and down and shouting.

Li Mu remained unmoved, and instead moved closer to the stove.

Just then, a very deep male voice came from outside the courtyard, "Siya, what are you doing?"

Upon hearing the voice, the fat woman's angry face instantly transformed into a smile, and she turned to greet the person who had spoken.

"Fifth Brother, you're here. I was just teasing my nephew."

"You're being ridiculous! Let me tell you, forced marriages are no longer allowed." The man the fat woman called Fifth Brother was none other than Gao Wu, the village chief of West Village.

He's been busy with meetings in the county these past two days, though the villagers have heard some rumors about the Gao family's affairs.

However, it wasn't that he didn't care; he just didn't have the time.

Who would have thought that things would escalate to the point where an outsider would have to take charge of this matter?

"Kid, so you're going to pay five hundred yuan to buy out the severance of ties between Gao Shanzi's family and Old Master Gao's family?"

Gao Wu deliberately raised his voice, both to highlight his status and to give Li Mu a heads-up.

Simply stopping the Gao family from harassing us isn't enough; it would be best to sever ties with them.

However, he and the fat woman were not even distant relatives, and the village elders were still alive.

Even if he were the village chief, if he dared to bring this up, he would still be the target of their gossip.

"I, as an outsider, can't make the decision about severing ties; we'll have to wait for my brother Ga Zi to come back." Li Mu accepted Gao Wu's offer.

However, he must maintain a proper sense of propriety and not overstep his bounds.

“That kid…” Gao Wu hesitated, unsure whether he should say it, since asking about life or death was not a good thing to say.

Gao Wu hesitated, but then his hunched back suddenly spoke to the man, "You have news about Ga Zi."

"What? Brother Ga Zi got into trouble?" Li Mu asked with a look of surprise, cursing himself inwardly for speaking out of turn.

He quickly added, "He can't get into trouble. If he does, my five hundred yuan will be wasted."

"No, no! What could possibly happen to him? He's well-fed and clothed in the army," the fat woman quickly added.

The hunched-over man chimed in, "That kid's such an ingrate, he's been in the army for so many years and hasn't come back."

"That's right, everyone says the army provides allowances, but we haven't seen a single penny." The fat woman said indignantly, as if she were telling the truth.

But Li Mu knew that without his elder brother Gao's allowance, the fat woman and her daughter would have become as fat as balls of flesh.

The only one who doesn't seem to benefit from her big, clumsy son growing so fat is her hunched-over husband.

But often, those who seem to gain nothing are the biggest beneficiaries.

Thinking this to himself, Li Mu said in a very indifferent tone, "In that case, the village chief will be a witness and let them sign the note quickly."

After saying that, Li Mu stuffed the money back into his pocket and pointed to the note in the fat woman's hand.

Gao Wu watched Li Mu's actions, a glint of cunning flashing in his eyes.

"Siya, please sign!"

With Gao Wu's words, the fat woman stopped dawdling, grabbed Gao Shanzi and Gao Cuihua and her husband and quickly signed the document, then pressed her fingerprint on it using the Indonesian document that Gao Wu had brought.

Just as they handed the signed note to Gao Wu, wanting Li Mu to give them money, five members of the inspection team walked in through the door.

Gao Wuyi frowned slightly upon seeing them.

You know, no matter when, people don't want to see the inspection team come to their door.

Because whenever they come to our door, it's never anything good.

Before Gao Wu could even ask what was going on, Li Mu ran up to him, snatched the note from his hand, and handed it to the inspector at the front.

“Gao Shanzi and his family are here. They are the ones harassing military families, and they also intimidate, threaten, extort, and blackmail them.”

Upon hearing this, the person who received the note immediately looked down at it.

The reasons for the above events, the amount of money involved, and the terms of the exchange are all clearly stated.

"The evidence is conclusive; take all four of them away."

At his command, the four men behind him immediately rushed towards Gao Shanzi and his group.

Upon seeing this, the fat woman immediately shouted to Gao Wu, "Fifth Brother, you've been a witness, so please say something for us!"

Gao Wu didn't want to care about them at all, but since he was involved, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask.

But as soon as he uttered the word "comrade," Li Mu interrupted him.

"Comrades, I asked them to invite the village chief. I was able to get the evidence thanks to the village chief covering for me."

When the inspector heard Li Mu say this, the cold look in Gao Wu's eyes softened slightly.

However, he didn't forget to make things clear.

"Their oppression and extortion of military families is not a big problem; at most, they'll be locked up for two or three years."

What?! Two or three years?

The fat woman was stunned, and Gao Shanzi turned around and glared fiercely at Li Mu.

"Kid, you dare to trick me? Wait till I get out and I'll make sure you're dead."

Li Mu scoffed, "We'll talk when you get out! Don't forget, all these years you've been embezzling Brother Ga's allowances, you should be eating peanuts by now."

After saying that, Li Mu turned to the inspectors and smiled, saying, "Thank you all for your help. I will definitely thank you properly once the matter is cleared up."

"No need, this is what we should do," the inspectors said in unison.

The people of this era are the most honest and upright.

Before they finished speaking, they had already put silver bracelets on Gao Shanzi and the fat woman.

Gao Shanzi still wanted to struggle, but when he turned around and saw a line of soldiers suddenly appear outside the door, he immediately became as listless as a chick that had caught the plague.

Li Mu hadn't expected that when he simply asked Tian Xiaohu to call the inspection team, the military personnel would also arrive.

That Brother Gao...

Li Mu carefully examined the faces of everyone in the army, but unfortunately, he didn't see Gao Ga Zi's rugged yet handsome face.

Instead, they saw Tian Xiaohu looking silly as he touched the military jeep, almost ready to lie down on it and kiss it.

Li Mu rolled his eyes speechlessly, walked a few steps to Tian Xiaohu, and kicked him in the butt.

"What are you doing!"

"Brother Mu! Why did you kick me?" Tian Xiaohu looked aggrieved, but he was really enjoying the Jeep.

"What do you mean, 'what are you doing'?" Li Mu was amused and about to scold Tian Xiaohu when a man wearing a very neat military overcoat walked up to him and suddenly saluted him.

Li Mu subconsciously returned the greeting.