After looking at the people in the village, the village chief said, "Those who have tried the footprints should stand on the left, and those who have not tried should stand on the right."

In Xinghua Village, the authority of the village chief cannot be violated.

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the villagers stood up as required.

Only three people did not move, which seemed extremely abrupt.

Mrs. Wang was unwilling to give in and wanted to make another fuss, but was stopped by Wang Lai.

As Wang Po is a woman, the village chief will not care too much about it, but he is different. From now on, whether it is cleaning the river or digging the reservoir, he will have to participate, and he cannot be lazy.

What if the village chief takes revenge and assigns him to do heavy work?

So when Wang Lai saw that the village chief was angry, even though he was tempted by the ten taels of silver and Li Lingling, he had to give up the idea.

When his mother wanted to find the village chief, he stopped her in time.

"Mom, can't you see that the village chief is angry? Let's stop making trouble, okay?"

"Son, who am I making a fuss about? It's because of you, a debt collector."

"Yes, yes, it's all my son's fault, but there's no reason for us to make a fuss anymore. If I really cross the village chief's bottom line, what should I do if he wants to make things difficult for me?"

"He dares."

"How do you know the village chief doesn't dare? The village chief has the final say on all matters in the village. We can't do anything about it."

No matter how reluctant Wang Po was, she had to put aside her reluctance.

In just a moment, all the villagers lined up.

The village chief saw that it was Wang Po and the other two again, and his face became very gloomy. He said unhappily, "If you don't want to stay in the village, you don't have to listen to my arrangements."

"Village chief, no, no, we will stand here right now, right now."

"No need, let's start with the three of you. Wang Lai, you go first."

When Wang Lai heard the village chief speak, he dared not disobey and walked towards the direction of the footprints.

He had just taken two steps when his arm was grabbed by Liu.

Wang Lai turned his head and saw a look of horror on Liu's face. He said with disgust, "You bitch, why are you pulling me? Are you itching for trouble?"

Liu stammered and wanted to say something, but when she heard Wang Lai's words, the scenes of being beaten in the past came to her mind, and she immediately let go of her hand.

Wang Lai pulled his arm out of Liu's hand and walked towards the place where the footprints were.

At this time, all the villagers looked at Wang Lai's feet until the footprints on the ground overlapped with Wang Lai's shoe prints.

Not only did the villagers not believe it, even Wang Lai thought it was fake.

Wang Lai quickly retracted his foot, shouting, "Impossible, this is not mine, it's not mine."

"Wang Lai, the evidence is irrefutable. What else do you have to say?"

"Village Chief, it's not me. It's really not me. I don't know what happened."

The village chief was already annoyed with Wang Lai, who was lazy and gluttonous and often beat Liu.

What he despised most in his life was this kind of coward who blamed all the problems on his wife and children when he had no ability.

Although he couldn't stand Wang Lai beating Liu, even though he was the village chief, he couldn't interfere in other people's family affairs.

Besides, in rural areas, it is common for men to beat women. He has no ability to stop it, so he can only turn a blind eye to it.

But he really didn't expect that Wang Lai not only took shortcuts in his work, but also dared to harm the entire village.

He was not lying at all. The waterwheel and bamboo pipes were indeed related to the lives of the entire village.

You know, without water, crops in the fields cannot grow.

If we can’t harvest the crops, everyone will have nothing to eat, but they can still hold on until the cold winter comes.

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 own 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 looked indifferent, the village chief stopped being angry and laughed instead.

The villagers standing on both sides were also shocked when they saw the 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 turned 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 need water?"

"How is that possible? The three acres of Wang's land had already been watered. When watering, Mrs. Wang complained that the amount of water was not enough and insisted on watering for two more hours."

"Why did Wang Lai do this? I can't figure it out."

"Who isn't? I am the same. I thought it was someone from another village who was jealous that our village got the first water to irrigate the land and deliberately came to cause damage. I never thought 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. This is a major matter concerning the entire village. If the village chief wants to take it easy, it depends on whether we agree or not."

……

Although the villagers did not understand why Wang Lai did this, they could not hide their anger.

Since Wang Lai was indeed related to the destroyed waterwheel and bamboo pipes, he could not expect to get away with it unscathed. The anger of the entire village was not something Wang Lai could afford.

Seeing that Wang Lai refused to explain and ignored him, the village chief ordered people to tie up Wang Lai.

"Someone, tie up Wang Lai for me."

Wang Lai came to his senses only after his hands were tied behind his back. It was obvious that he was also frightened.

"Village Chief, it really wasn't me. Why did you ask someone to kidnap me?"

As Wang Lai spoke, he struggled, trying to free his hands from the rope.

However, the knotting technique that Li Nian and Li Yan learned from Li Mengyue in the mountains was not something that Wang Lai could untie.

Sure enough, the rope tightened around Wang Lai's wrists.

Wang Lai also realized the trick on the rope and stopped struggling immediately.

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 the villagers all believed that it was Wang Lai who destroyed the waterwheel and bamboo pipe.

The village chief asked 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 damage the waterwheel and the 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 target her son and treated her as if she 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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