A long and narrow Jin River, like a curved line, with Shannan Township on one side and Jinchuan Township on the other, separated by the river, two worlds apart in wealth.

  Jinjiang Township has been renamed Jinjiang Town. Jinjiang Street is an ancient water town with a history of over 800 years, and it is now famous for its well-developed shoe-making industry.

  Li Chun Nan, the brother-in-law of Tian Liang, is not only a well-known shoe factory owner on Jin Chuan Street, but also the Party Branch Secretary of Jin Chuan Street Village.

  Shannan Township belongs to the mountainous area, because of poverty, many people have moved to JinChuan Town to live, and Xiang's family is no exception. From Xiang Zhen Tian Lao Ye Zi below, the whole family moved to Jin Chuan Street. Li Chun Nan took the lead, each brother raised funds to buy an old house, which happened to be next to Li Chun Nan's home. The yard was not big and there were not many rooms, it was a bit crowded, but seven brothers living in one courtyard was also a rare harmony.

  It was just getting light, and Xiang Tianliang and Li Chunnan returned home.

  The two of them didn't have time to rest because their sister Qiu was keeping their mother, Yu Xianglian, company and had been waiting there all night without sleep.

  I saw Yu Xianglian and suddenly felt a pang in my nose. It had been half a year since we last met, and it seemed that there were even more white hairs on Mother's head.

  The son came back, and Yu Xianglian finally couldn't hold it in anymore, tears streaming down her face.

  "It's daytime, you can save your dad..."

  "Mom, don't worry, Dad will be back soon."

  Xiang Qiu also accompanied her in crying, and as they cried, the mother and daughter hugged each other again.

  After comforting him for a few words, he didn't put down the bag on his body and pulled Li Chunnan to sit down towards the bright sky. "Brother-in-law, you tell me in detail what's going on?"

  He knew his father Yunlai, a man almost sixty years old, used to grow grain but now grows vegetables, squatting in the land he contracted every day. He was timid and honest, the only one of the seven brothers who had never practiced martial arts. In his daily life, he wouldn't even step on an ant, let alone someone who would faint at the sight of blood, how could he possibly rush into the town government to fight the mayor?

  Li Chunnan said: "After Liu Aunt became pregnant, she hid in the broken wooden house by the edge of Dad's vegetable garden. Nobody knew about it, but somehow the people from the town found out. Yesterday, before dawn, Town Chief Chen Guojun brought people from the family planning office and took Liu Aunt to the town hospital. She was a well-known case of over-quota births, with four kids already. There was no need for any procedures, and in less than two hours, they had performed an abortion and sterilization. Your uncle came back from playing mahjong at a friend's house all night, furious and cursing everyone. In the end, he stubbornly claimed that Dad had reported them. Your sister couldn't take it anymore and said, 'Sixth Uncle, if you have the guts, go find Town Chief Chen! Taking out your anger on family members, what kind of skill is that?' Sixth Uncle's face turned black when he heard this, and he stomped his feet, grabbed a wooden pole, and rushed out."

  Xiang Tianliang glanced at Qiu with a mixture of tears and laughter, unable to help himself. Liu Shu, Xiang's uncle, was uneducated, had a quick temper, and was a bit dull-witted, earning him the nickname "One Root Tendon". In a fit of rage, he grabbed his carrying pole and rushed out, definitely not for anything good.

  Li Chunnan continued: "At that time, except for my father, all the men in our family had gone out. Seeing that things were not going well, my father hastily chased after Sixth Uncle to try and bring him back. Who knew that Sixth Uncle had already taken action? The town mayor, Chen, was leading a group of people from the Family Planning Office back into the town, and they were still standing on the steps at the entrance. Sixth Uncle went over with his carrying pole and knocked down three people. At that moment, he even knocked Mayor Chen unconscious. When my father arrived, Sixth Uncle and seven or eight other townspeople had already formed a big fight. The townspeople didn't know that my father was there to break up the fight, so they thought he was helping out and also sent him to the police station after the police arrived."

  Xiang Tianliang asked: "Brother-in-law, how are Chen Zhenchang's injuries?"

  Li Chunnan shook his head, "Including Chen Zhenzhang, a total of five people were injured and are being treated at the town's health clinic. I'm still inquiring about their specific injuries."

  Xiang Tianliang's heart skipped a beat, "Brother-in-law, you and Chen Zhenlong don't seem to get along, do you?"

  Li Chunnan smiled foolishly and said, "I've told you, otherwise, as the party branch secretary of Jin Chuan Street Village, I would have lost face."

  Xiang Qiu muttered on one side: "What are you bragging about? Your father-in-law was caught, why didn't I see you go to the town to make a fuss?"

  "Women's intuition." Li Chun Nan muttered softly.

  Xiang Tianliang saw the situation and was afraid that his sister and brother-in-law would fight, so he quickly took off his shoulder bag, first pulled out 10,000 yuan and put it in his own pocket, then handed the bag to Xiang Qiu. "Sister, there's still 300,000 yuan in the bag, which I borrowed from the bank and friends. Now I'm giving it to you, take mom to rest, men's affairs will be handled by us men."

  Xiang nodded towards Qiu, took her bag and supported her still-sniffling mother Yu Xianglian as they left the main hall. A rural woman who had never even been to Qinghe City in her life couldn't handle such a grand scene.

  "Brother-in-law, my sister's temper is enough for you to bear." Xiang Tianliang grinned from ear to ear.

  "Hey, can't say that. I lost my left hand in battle, but your sister still pursued me relentlessly, all the way to the front line trenches. This love is a lifetime of love."

  "Haha, I get it now, my sister's temper is all because of you."

  "Haha, with a shrew at home, make fewer mistakes, this principle you should also learn." Li Chun Nan couldn't stop smiling foolishly.

  He asked Li Chunnan for a cigarette, lit it up and then asked Tianliang again: "Brother-in-law, how many factions are there in Jin Chuan Town?"

  Li Chunnan smiled and said: "There are only two factions, the secretary and the mayor each have one faction, they are very tight, others also want to form a faction, but they don't have the qualifications."

  "So you're following the secretary now."

  Li Chunnan nodded and said: "The secretary of the town party committee, Zhang Qiming, is also a military background, we get along very well, he has been taking care of me in all aspects."

  Xiang Tianliang also nodded, his brother-in-law looked silly on the surface, but was actually a clever person. He had been a soldier and fought in battles. Apart from being a peasant entrepreneur, he was also a village party branch secretary, a position that everyone acknowledged was difficult to hold, and he was doing well in it.

  Follow closely and generally there's no problem, the village branch secretary understands this principle best.

  After taking a few puffs of smoke, Li Chunnan continued: "If this matter were to be placed on Secretary Zhang's shoulders, it could be said that nothing would happen, after all, we are friends. But as for Mayor Chen, he was originally a bit unreasonable, and now I have even less to say to him. He is clearly trying to make a big deal out of this and force me to surrender."

  "Where is the police station?"

  Li Chunnan smiled slightly, "Director Shao Sanhe is my old comrade-in-arms, we were together in the Cat Ear Cave, I even saved his life. But he's also in a difficult position, County Head Chen reported the case to the Public Security Bureau, Shao Sanhe wants to handle it as a public security case, but the county bureau sent people who want to make it a criminal case, so both sides are stuck."

  Xiang Tianliang asked again: "What does Secretary Zhang mean?"

  "According to Secretary Zhang, Town Head Chen was just hit on the buttocks with a carrying pole and shouldn't be seriously injured, most likely he's faking it. The others also only had some superficial wounds. As for the whole case, Dad didn't participate in the beating, he went to mediate, so there shouldn't be any problem. But Six Uncle is in trouble, if Town Head Chen doesn't back down, it's very possible that a criminal case will be filed,"

  "Can you get Sixth Uncle out by spending some money?" Tian Liang asked.

  "I'm working on it now, but I think there will be difficulties," said Li Chun-nan.

  After some thought, he said to Tian Liang:

  "Sister's husband, I'll go look for Li Zishu first."