I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 201 - 198: Major Incident in Qingshan Village

Most of the people going up the mountain were strong men. All the axes, saws, and machetes in the village were brought along. Everyone was familiar with the terrain, and after understanding the requirements, they divided into four teams to operate in designated areas.

Jiang Jian Country: "Does everyone remember? Green wind trees, maple trees, wild chestnut trees, bitter camphor trees... these tree species, with a diameter of about twenty centimeters, should be checked against the twenty-centimeter thin hemp rope you each have. If they meet the criteria, chop them down, and saw them into one and a half meter sections. Saw as many sections as you can from a single tree. Each team is responsible for recording how many trees are cut down and how many sections are sawn.

No one goes down the mountain at noon. You all have dry food and water with you, so take care of yourselves. Gather here again before sunset. Does anyone have questions?"

"No! Jian Guo, we all understand clearly."

"Great, then head to your assigned mountains as per the draw."

But as his words fell, the villagers who claimed to understand clearly did not move, puzzling Jiang Jian Country.

"Why aren’t you moving? Waiting for me to carry you up the mountain?"

The villagers chuckled awkwardly, and under pressure, they weakly pointed at Jiang Jian Country... No, it was behind Jiang Jian Country at Jiang Mingyue. "Um, can Ming Yue join our team?"

Besides, this was the heartfelt voice all three other teams expressed simultaneously.

Jiang Jian Country was stunned for a moment, then cracked a grin: "Dream on! Get moving." Get lost! My sister naturally stays with me.

In fact, at this moment, Jiang Mingyue didn’t have to go up the mountain anymore, but thinking over it, she felt uneasy. She needed to teach this team more before she could let go.

It was a busy stretch of three days, during which all the trees meeting the requirements were cut down on the mountain. After counting them, Jiang Jian Country led people to check all the cut trees again, ensuring they were all placed in proper drying positions and the posture was correct. According to his sister’s instructions, it would take about a month to dry out half the moisture. This month matched their rush harvesting and grain handover tasks, and after being busy, they could clear out a place in the southern Baihua Forest wasteland, use defectively fired bricks from the brick factory as fencing, and establish a mushroom farming base and mushroom sauce processing plant.

Things seemed to be developing well, but unexpectedly, the police came to the village. Villagers in this era, upon suddenly seeing uniformed individuals, were mostly reverent. However, at the same time, they wished such people would never have any connection with them.

Still, in fact, a major incident occurred in Qingshan Village.

Someone reported Jiang Beihua for murdering his third brother, Jiang Beiyang.

This news was so shocking that the villagers couldn’t digest it for quite some time, until a team brought Jiang Beiyang’s body down the mountain and took Jiang Beihua away. Only then did everyone come to their senses but remained silent, as they simply couldn’t believe such an outrageous thing happened around them. To them, life was about having a simple happiness of getting a meal and looking forward to the next one; who would do such heinous acts?

With this, Qingshan Village’s good reputation was going to take a hit. Even if the party secretary requested confidentiality from the higher-ups, it wasn’t up to the official to keep it sealed; someone always couldn’t keep things tight-lipped.

In this regard, Jiang Family’s Xiao Mingyue, the newly appointed publicity officer, spoke, assuring everyone not to panic or worry. We live a righteous and upright life. We work hard and no one can negate our achievements. It’s not our wrongdoing; this era doesn’t involve collective punishment. Everyone should stay spirited and continue with what they need to do, and if the higher-ups call for questions, don’t be afraid, just speak the truth and trust the law.

Her words didn’t need to be personally conveyed; countless loudspeakers relayed them to every household’s ears.

With Jiang Family’s Xiao Mingyue’s stabilizing presence, previous fear gradually dissipated. They resumed working diligently like bees, leaving home early to return late to ensure a good life for their families.

So far this month, the brick factory has produced three kilns, earning a sales payment of 6,000 yuan, and plans for building a school have entered the agenda.

Jiang Mingyue was busy discussing school matters with Shu Wenquan while guiding the matters concerning timber; on this front, Jiang Jian Country formed a new patrol unit, keeping a close watch on the timber drying on the mountain every day, while the village began another harvest sprint.

Jiang Mingyue also made room in her mind to focus on Jiang Beiyang’s case.

That day, seeing Jiang Beihua taken away up close, Jiang Mingyue attacked his sea of consciousness, thus understanding the whole story.

On the eighth of this month, she carried antibacterial pine mushroom into the committee office. At that time, it was rumored that Jiang Beiyang was sent to a madhouse in town for treatment by his good brother Jiang Beihua, and everyone believed it, including Wu Cuilan and her group.

But the fact was, Jiang Beihua locked him in the abandoned woodshed in the backyard of the old house, a place long deserted and covered in thick spider webs.

And this was unknown to all, except Hehua. She got divorced and left the Jiang Family, but don’t forget she cooperated with Liu Siyuan. This Liu Siyuan person was somewhat complex; his network was messy, dealing with both ruffians and gentlemen.

And the Ermao San Gou, who were warned by her and Shu Wenquan during their trip to Liu Village, were also Liu Siyuan’s subordinates. These two weren’t up for much, but they were masters at petty theft. With Liu Siyuan’s orders, they created opportunities for Hehua, making it easy for her to watch Jiang Beihua’s every move in the village.

Jiang Beiyang was locked up like a pig or dog by Jiang Beihua for a week. On the night of the fifteenth, taking advantage of the moonlight, Jiang Beihua stuffed him into a burlap sack and dumped him on the mountaintop.

Initially, all he wanted was to keep this shameful brother out of his sight, but as things progressed, he derived a thrill from controlling a person’s life and death, an experience that fascinated him — like dumping someone on a mountaintop, tying them to the edge of a cliff, with a smelly sock in their mouth, rendering Jiang Beiyang’s struggles and shouts meaningless.

The sight of such a struggling beast truly pleased him, so the demon inside grew another level. Three days later, having had enough fun, also because there were always people patrolling the mountain these days, making him feel a sense of crisis — it’s fair to say demons still cherish their lives.

If discovered, it would mean awaiting death, but he wouldn’t wait for death. Yet with things at this juncture, he had no retreat. For some reason, the maddened brother, after days of torture, came to have increasingly clear eyes, heightening his sense of crisis, eventually leading to the decision to push him off the cliff, a non-stop cycle.

After all, under the cliff were brambles and wild beasts; it wouldn’t take long before this Jiang Family joke would become a pile of bones, and he was thankful for his initial steps, almost by a stroke of luck — brother was sent to the madhouse, and this setup meant even if Jiang Beiyang died or disappeared, it wouldn’t be immediately noticed, giving him time to fabricate better excuses to deal with those dragging family members.