This matter could be a big deal or a small deal. If Granny Li had just been burning incense and chanting Buddhist prayers at home, the villagers would have just turned a blind eye and let it go!
But now, given the mess Ning Jing was covered in, and the person involved refusing to back down, Tan Dingguo is unlikely to let Granny Li off so easily.
If he just lets it go like this, and Ning Jing makes a scene in the county, given the current crackdown on this kind of thing, he probably won't even be able to keep his position as village chief.
The work of building the reservoir was already exhausting, and this old woman Li came along to cause trouble for no reason. She was truly hateful.
After Tan Dingguo went to the brigade headquarters with the young men who were escorting Granny Li away, he began to interrogate Granny Li with a stern face.
At first, Granny Li talked nonsense, making up stories about Ning Jing being a monster, not a human.
Seeing that she wouldn't shed a tear until she saw the coffin, Tan Dingguo slammed his fist on the table and said sternly, "Old woman Li, if you don't confess honestly, you can expect to be beaten to a pulp!"
"Let me tell you, a major document has been issued from above, specifically targeting people like you construction enthusiasts who need to be severely punished."
Hearing the sound of the village chief slamming his hand on the table, Granny Li, who had been stubbornly refusing to speak, trembled in fright. Upon hearing the village chief's words, she immediately went limp.
Granny Li knows her own worth perfectly well.
As for whether she believed in Buddhism or not, it wasn't that she didn't believe, but Granny Li knew very well that all the things she had done in the past were for money, and she had never seen any ghosts or monsters.
It's just that others have something to hide. After she pretends to test them, she can scare them into obediently listening to her.
In addition, poor families in the countryside in the past could not afford to hire doctors or go to the hospital for treatment and childbirth.
Especially when it comes to childbirth, they almost always give birth at home.
One time, when Granny Li went to perform her charade, the woman in that family was about to give birth.
She went in and performed a shamanic ritual, and then the woman in that family gave birth to a big, healthy boy, for which she received a lot of reward money.
From then on, she not only pretended to be a ghost, but also worked as a midwife.
In the course of her business as a midwife, Granny Li did many immoral and unethical things.
However, because of this, she earned quite a lot of money.
Although she shrank back and hid her tail after the founding of the new China.
With the money she earned before, she could live comfortably for the rest of her life even if she stopped working.
However, human nature is greedy.
In addition, what she had previously acquired were silver dollars and gold and silver, which were not very convenient to exchange for banknotes.
After all, she was an old widow who often took good things to the bank to exchange for money; it would be strange if people didn't pay attention to her.
Granny Li wasn't stupid; she naturally knew that those things should only be taken out as a last resort to tide her over.
Now, Deng Fengzhi took out twenty yuan and asked her to do this.
Granny Li thought about it and realized it wasn't difficult; she was used to doing this kind of thing.
Unfortunately, she forgot that the times are completely different now compared to the chaotic period of the past.
Although the phenomenon of valuing sons over daughters is still prevalent in rural areas, propaganda teams often come to the villages to spread such superstitious beliefs, and people other than the older generation may still believe in them.
Those who went to repair the reservoir this time were all young people aged 20 to 30. People of this age, even if they have ideas in their hearts, will not think as much as the older generation.
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