Wang Dahu was sleeping soundly when Wang Guangping kicked him and he jumped up with a roar.
"What's wrong? Who?"
When Widow Liu saw that her crime was about to be exposed, she immediately sat down on the ground, slapping her legs and bursting into tears.
"My Dalong is currently in a state of uncertainty, what are you saying, Village Chief?
"Dalong, my son, you have a mother above you and a wife and children below you. If anything happens to you, our family will really be broken up..."
Wang Guangping used to not feel too deeply when she saw her being unreasonable with others.
At this moment, her crying made her temples throbbing and her head aching.
The people who came to help find Wang Dalong were resting on the grass by the river, staggering from side to side.
Suddenly, they heard Wang Guangping getting angry and saying such serious words. They didn't know what was going on and all looked over.
Ye Qingyuan was still holding Wang Guangping's hand, but his eyes were always looking at the waterwheel.
He came here today to fetch water using a water truck, so he paid special attention to the water truck.
After looking up and down for a long time, Ye Qingyuan finally found something wrong.
"Village head, could the waterwheel be broken again?"
As soon as Ye Qingyuan said this, there was an uproar on the riverside.
"Weren't they all fixed yesterday?"
"Yes, I used it at home yesterday afternoon. It works great. I feel it takes less effort to pedal than before!"
"Qingyuan, don't say that carelessly!"
There are still about ten days left before the autumn harvest, and almost every household in the village has to water the crops again before then.
So after hearing Ye Qingyuan's words, everyone's attention immediately focused on Wang Guangping.
Wang Guangping frowned, but didn't know how to answer.
When everyone saw Wang Guangping's face turn pale, they gradually had a bad feeling in their hearts.
Could it be that the waterwheel repaired by Ye Laosan is so fragile that it broke down again after just one afternoon of use?
Everyone quickly shifted their gaze from Wang Guangping's face to the waterwheel.
Immediately someone with sharp eyes shouted: "Look everyone, there is an axe on the waterwheel!"
“Why is there an axe on the waterwheel?”
"Let me go up and take a look!" A young man could no longer sit still, so he stood up, lifted up his shirt and tucked it into his belt, then climbed up the waterwheel frame.
When he went up and saw the condition of the water truck, he couldn't help but curse.
"Fuck, who the hell did this!"
"Jin Dou, tell me quickly, what's going on?"
Wang Jindou was so angry that his face turned pale. He said angrily, "Someone chopped the waterwheel into pieces."
"Who did it?"
"Could it be that the neighboring village deliberately came to destroy our waterwheel?"
"Why would they mess with our waterwheel if they have nothing better to do?"
"I heard their village also planted a lot of peanuts this year. If our village's peanut production decreases, their peanuts will be able to sell at a higher price!"
"If you say so, it's possible..."
Just as the villagers were talking anxiously, Wang Jindou made another new discovery.
"Why does this axe look familiar? Doesn't it belong to Wang Dalong's family?"
When Widow Liu heard this, she jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Jin Dou, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want. Every family in the village has an axe, so how come it belongs to me?"
Wang Jindou recalled: "This axe belongs to yours. I borrowed it before and I remember it very clearly. The handle of your axe was black.
"I asked Dalong what happened, and he said he was standing next to the stove last night and accidentally fell over and got burned by the fire.
"Yes, it's this axe. I remember it clearly. There's no mistake."
Wang Jindou spoke with great conviction, and only after he finished speaking did he slowly come to his senses.
Why is the axe in Widow Liu's house on the waterwheel?
"Fuck, was it Wang Dalong who broke the waterwheel?"
"What?"
"Wang Dalong?"
"Why?"
"What good would it do him to break the waterwheel?"
The villagers talked and argued for a long time but could not come to a conclusion.
After everyone gradually quieted down, someone suddenly asked cautiously, "So Wang Dalong accidentally fell into the river while destroying the waterwheel?"
The riverside suddenly fell into silence.
Finally, someone couldn't help but ask Wang Guangping: "Village head, what's going on? Please tell me something!"
Everyone's attention was focused on Wang Guangping again.
After all, when everyone was called to help find someone, the village chief was already at the riverside.
"I dropped my purse by the river yesterday. I found it after dinner and quickly came over to look for it with a lantern.
"I just walked over there, before I even got down the hill, when I saw the light of torches by the river..."
Wang Guangping recalled the situation at that time, and many details emerged in his mind.
"At that time, the torch must have been held up by someone to illuminate the top of the waterwheel.
“But I was far away at the time and didn’t look too closely.
"I shouted, asking who was by the river, and then I saw the man by the river suddenly throw the torch to the ground and stomp it out.
“I felt something was wrong and ran over to check what was going on.
"When I got there, I saw Wang Dahu lying on the bank of the river, saying his brother had fallen in.
"I didn't have time to think about anything else at the time. I just told him to go back to the village and get help!"
After listening to Wang Guangping's words, anyone with a common sense would understand what was going on.
The two Wang brothers came in the middle of the night to disrupt the city blockade, but were caught by Wang Guangping who came back to look for his wallet. Then Wang Dalong fell into the river from the water truck.
But what puzzled everyone was why the Wang brothers destroyed the village windmill?
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