From winter to the autumn harvest of the following year, for more than half a year, the villagers have nothing to eat and drink.
Thinking of this serious consequence, the village chief could not hide the look in his eyes when he looked at Wang Lai.
"Wang Lai, why did you do this? Do you know how badly the waterwheel and bamboo pipes were damaged?"
Wang Lai looked at the shoe prints on the ground, which overlapped perfectly with the soles of his shoes, but he still didn't believe it.
My head was buzzing, so I naturally couldn't hear what the village chief said.
Seeing that Wang Lai had done something wrong and still looked indifferent, the village chief stopped being angry and laughed instead.
The villagers standing on both sides were also shocked when they saw this result.
Although Li Mengyue suggested measuring footprints, they did not take it seriously. They simply did not believe that the person could be from the village.
It turns out they were wrong, very wrong.
This is definitely the work of people from this village.
"What's going on? Wang Lai must have been kicked in the head by a donkey. Doesn't their family have water?"
"How is that possible? The Wang family's three acres of land had already been watered long ago. And when they were watering, Mrs. Wang complained that the water was not enough and insisted on watering for two more hours."
"Then why Wang Lai did this, I can't figure it out."
"Everyone's like that, me too. I thought it was someone from another village, jealous that ours got the first crack at irrigating the fields, and that they were deliberately sabotaging it. I never imagined it was someone from our own village who did it."
"Yes, no matter what, the village chief will not let Wang Lai off easily."
"Well, if it's something else, forget it. But this is a matter that concerns the entire village. If the village chief takes it lightly, it will depend on whether we agree or not."
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Although the villagers did not understand why Wang Lai did this, they could not suppress their inner anger.
Since Wang Lai was indeed related to the destroyed waterwheel and bamboo pipes, he could not expect to escape unscathed. The wrath of the entire village was not something Wang Lai could bear.
Seeing that Wang Lai refused to explain and ignored him, the village chief ordered someone to kidnap Wang Lai.
"Come here, tie up Wang Lai for me."
Wang Lai only came to his senses after his hands were tied behind his back. It was obvious that he was also scared silly.
"Village Chief, it really wasn't me. Why did you ask someone to kidnap me?"
As Wang Lai spoke, he struggled, trying to loosen the rope on his hands.
However, the knotting techniques that Li Nian and Li Yan learned from Li Mengyue in the mountains were not something Wang Lai could untie.
As expected, the rope tightened around Wang Lai's wrists.
Wang Lai also realized the trick on the rope at this time and immediately stopped struggling.
Instead, he looked at the village chief and said excitedly: "Village chief, I was sleeping at home last night and didn't come out at all. How could it be me?"
No matter what Wang Lai said, the village chief and villagers all believed that it was Wang Lai who destroyed the waterwheel and bamboo pipe.
The village chief ordered people to repair the waterwheel and bamboo pipes, while he had Wang Lai taken to the ancestral hall.
Mrs. Wang knew her son very well. He was indeed a little lazy and only thought about making a fortune all day long.
But her son was very timid and didn't even dare to kill a chicken, so how could he have the courage to break the waterwheel and bamboo pipe?
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that her son was framed. Not only did the village chief not look for the real culprit, he even dared to make fun of her son, treating him as if he were dead!
Seeing Wang Lai being pushed towards the ancestral hall, Mrs. Wang ran over and shouted, "Get out of here! Don't touch my son!"
Li Nian was pushed hard by Wang Po and retreated to the side.
Mrs. Wang pushed Li Nian away and began to untie the rope for Wang Lai.
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