The village chief kept an eye on Mengyue all the time. Wherever Mengyue looked, he would follow.
"Hey, this footprint is so big, it must be a man's."
The villagers who were watching also saw the footprints and echoed the sentiment.
"It's a man's. Women's feet aren't that big."
"What should I do? How can I find out who it belongs to?"
"I wonder if she is from our village."
"You're talking nonsense! How could you be from our village? Everyone knows how useful waterwheels are for irrigation. If it weren't for the waterwheels, we'd probably still be carrying water to irrigate the fields. And if it weren't for the bamboo pipes that bring water down from the mountains, there's no doubt we wouldn't have a good harvest this season."
"I understand what you're saying, and I can't guarantee anyone has bad intentions."
"Village Chief, I feel the same way. We can only know a person's face but not his heart. Who knows if someone is doing this on purpose?"
The village chief looked at everyone talking at once, but he didn't answer. He turned around and asked Mengyue in a low voice, "Yue girl, what do you think?"
"Grandpa Village Chief, I have an idea. I wonder if you agree."
"Girl Yue, don't worry, just say it."
“You can ask all the adults in the village to come and stand on the footprints.”
After Meng Yue said this, not only the village chief, but also the onlookers understood what she meant, and then some people took the lead in standing up.
"I have no objection. I'll stand on the platform right away."
"Look, it's not me."
"I'm coming too."
Then all the villagers near the river tried it.
The result is obvious, no one's footprints match.
Of course, this does not mean that it was not done by the villagers, it only means that it was not done by these people by the river.
"If there is food, take the gong and gather all the villagers to the river."
"Okay, Dad."
The efficiency of the grain transport department was quite high. Within a quarter of an hour, the riverside was crowded with people, young and old, men, women and children.
At this time, many people were confused and didn't know why the village chief asked them to come over.
However, those standing in front had already seen the miserable state of the waterwheel and bamboo pipe.
The people who came later also learned about this from insiders, and most of them had the same reaction, hating the person who did the bad thing.
Of course I am willing to cooperate and find out the person who caused the damage as soon as possible.
However, there was one person in the crowd who was hesitant and wanted to sneak away when no one was paying attention.
Goudan's mother was chatting with Dazhu's mother when she was suddenly bumped into. She stopped talking and saw Liu-shi walking out of the crowd with her head lowered. She said casually, "Hey, Liu-shi, it's not our turn yet, you can't leave yet."
Unexpectedly, Liu jumped up and down as if she was stung by a bee, and yelled loudly.
"When did I say I was going to die? Which eye of yours saw me die?"
Goudan's mother didn't think anything of it and just asked a question casually.
If Liu had talked to her nicely, she wouldn't have cared. But now seeing Liu's guilty look, she felt that something was wrong and she couldn't let Liu leave.
So he gave a wink to Dazhu's mother, Yan's mother, and Beibei's mother, and they worked at Yan's house every day.
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