Of course, Wang Daniu would not listen to Liu Shi's words. If Sister Mengyue said there was water underneath, there must be water. If the water was dug up soon, the village would no longer have to worry about lack of water.

So Wang Daniu took the tools from Liu and started digging again.

"I said stop digging, stop digging, can't you hear me?"

Seeing that no one was listening to her, Liu started yelling again.

"Liu, shut up."

The village chief was standing nearby giving orders and was furious when he saw Liu coming over to cause trouble.

"Village Chief, you can't dig any further. There's no water down there. Li Mengyue lied to you."

In fact, the village chief couldn't tell whether there was water or not, so he asked someone to dig a well, mainly because he had a kind of supernatural confidence in Li Mengyue.

You know, his ancestor had told him in a dream that Li Mengyue was the noble person in the village. As long as he followed the noble person's footsteps, the whole village would become rich in no time.

As the village chief, he was willing to believe in this illusory dream mainly because Li Mengyue's work had indeed improved the lives of the villagers.

Not to mention other things, just the sale of locusts brings a lot of extra income to every household.

In the past, I was reluctant to eat fine grains and meat, but I would spend a few copper coins to buy some to satisfy my family's cravings.

He also made school bags, bought unsaleable wasteland and hilltops in the village, and planted fruit trees. He also saw Yue Yatou use the three acres of dry land she got from the family division to make soft and tender tofu with the soybeans produced.

He knew all these things clearly, and they made him more convinced of Li Mengyue.

But the main thing is that he is already old, and neither his eldest son nor his youngest son is suitable to be the village chief, so he has never found a suitable successor.

Ever since he saw Li Mengyue doing something, he thought it was time to make a decision.

Digging the well this time will help Li Mengyue establish his prestige in front of the villagers, and he will never allow anyone to destroy it.

Seeing that Liu was determined to jump into the pit, the village chief suddenly became a little annoyed.

"Where's Wang Lai? Tell him to come over and take his wife away. If you can't control her, I don't mind letting him know how powerful the village rules are."

"Hey, hey, hey, village chief, I'm here. My wife is a little mentally ill. Please don't hold grudges against me. I'll take her away right away."

"Let's go. Don't you think it's embarrassing to be here?"

"I won't go. There's no water below, so I can't dig."

"Hey, what I say doesn't work, does it?"

Wang Lai saw that Liu, who had always been obedient, had become rebellious and was trying to escape from him. This was too much. He would wait and see what happened next day and give her a good beating.

"Teng, you won't leave, right? I'll tell you what I did to those three money-losing guys. Don't regret it."

"Don't touch them. I'll go with you. I'll follow you."

Wang Lai saw that his threats had worked, and whispered in Liu's ear in a vicious voice, "You bitch, now you're obedient! Come with me now, and I'll give you some pain."

When Liu heard this, her body shuddered violently, and the blood in her body stopped in an instant. She seemed to hear the sound of her bones crying out in pain.

But for the sake of her three daughters, she had to obey, otherwise she was afraid that Wang Laizhen would ignore her and attack her daughters.

No matter what, they are just flesh and blood that fell from his body, and no one cares about her.

After Liu followed Wang Lai away, the people digging the well continued. After three hours of digging, they still didn't see any water, and gradually some of them began to slack off.

They thought Li Mengyue might have made a mistake. The wells in the village were almost dry, so how could there be water here?

But because the village chief was present, they had to continue digging.

The village chief saw the sun rising high in the sky. Thirty or so young men took turns digging. The depth had exceeded ten meters, but there was still no water. He became anxious.