I can't study and don't want to farm, so the only way to feel comfortable and confident is to steal from others.

Every time he took the villagers out, he could successfully rob a lot of food, which could last for three to five months or half a year.

However, he did this frequently, and with the help of the government, he and his men did it secretly, so he was not caught in the past ten years. Instead, the number of people in Zhulin Village increased, and the village developed more and more.

It’s just that while other families in the village have new children every day, his family’s population is getting smaller and smaller.

First, the youngest son died of illness, and then the eldest son followed him to go to other places to get food. The whole journey was relatively smooth, except that they passed a mountain on the way back.

His eldest son somehow fell off a cliff and his body was not found. Only one son, Si Jin, was left behind. His eldest daughter-in-law could not bear the shock and ended her life with a rope.

The daughter was at the age of marriage, and there were matchmakers who came to her house, but she thought that her father was the village chief and she had a strong sense of superiority. She always felt that she would marry a high-ranking official in the future.

At the very least, she would marry in a town and live the life of a young lady.

But as he got older, gradually no matchmakers came to his house anymore, and he married a 10-year-old girl.

Although the villagers did not dare to say anything in front of his daughter due to his authority, they still pointed fingers at her in private and said things like she would never get married.

He knew that his daughter was indeed old, and he was ashamed, so he didn't care what the villagers said.

Later one day, his daughter went to the river to wash clothes and accidentally fell into the river. She was not rescued in time and lost her life.

And he and his wife, who had worked so hard to raise Si Jin to such a big age, died in Xinghua Village just when he was old enough to get married.

The key point is that his wife caught a cold four months ago and died.

It can be said that before coming to Xinghua Village, he and Sijin, the grandfather and grandson, depended on each other for survival. Now that his grandson is gone, he must avenge his grandson no matter what and cannot let his grandson's death be in vain.

Thinking of this, he did not let the villagers of Zhulin Village take action again, but turned his attention to Village Chief Li.

"Village Chief Li, my grandson's death was caused by your village. You won't deny it, will you?"

Village chief Li actually wanted to deny it, but he also knew that Zhu Sijin had indeed died in Xinghua Village in public, and no matter who did it, no one could deny this fact.

"I admit it."

"Hey, just admit it. My grandson Si Jin wanted to help the King get a lot of food."

After hearing what Zhu Lei said, Village Chief Li had nothing to say. Although the words of refusal were on the tip of his tongue, he swallowed them back and could only nod slightly.

Zhu Lei knew that Village Chief Li agreed to his request, and turned to the people of Zhulin Village.

"Village Chief Li agreed. All the food belongs to us. We don't need to pay a penny."

Village chief Li was dumbfounded at this time. He just agreed to sell all the grain to Zhulin Village. Anyway, the grain would be in the hands of King Chen.

The Prince of Chen guards the border and protects the common people. Even if they wanted to help before, they had no way to do so.

But now, they are absolutely willing to let the food in their village be eaten by the soldiers under King Chen.

And he was not worried at all that Zhu Lei would embezzle the food. After all, there was a Mr. Liu next to him, who was a subordinate of the young lady of the prime minister's mansion.