Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

But before she was punished, she couldn't let this couple off easy.

Anyway, the fact that she destroyed the waterwheel and bamboo pipe is an established fact.

So Liu took advantage of the situation, picked up a thick stick from the ground, and hit Wang Lai on the head.

Given Liu's hatred for Wang Lai, this blow would definitely not be as simple as just a bloody head.

At this critical moment, Widow Chen saw this scene and subconsciously shouted two words.

"Be careful."

Wang Lai turned his head and saw Liu holding a stick as thick as his arm. He was so scared that his soul left his body and he dared not move. His pants were even a little wet, and there was a faint smell of urine coming out.

When the villagers thought that Wang Lai had escaped the beating this time but could not escape Liu's hidden stick, Li Mengyue threw a small stone in time.

"Ding!"

The stick in Liu's hand moved an inch outward.

The stick fell to the ground without hurting Wang Lai at all.

Wang Lai had a close call with death, and the person who beat him was Liu, who allowed him to beat and scold her. How could he endure it? He immediately started cursing.

If his hands had not been tied, the villagers standing by and watching would have believed that Wang Lai would definitely beat Liu.

Liu was desperate and Wang Lai's insults were of no concern to her and did not cause any ripples in her heart.

The village chief cannot interfere in the affairs between a couple, but Liu's attempt to sabotage the village's development must be severely punished, otherwise everyone will follow suit and how can they live?

Also, if we just handle it with care, the villagers will not agree.

So the village chief spoke.

"Liu damaged the village's waterwheel and bamboo pipes. This is unforgivable. He must be beaten with 20 sticks and kneel in front of the ancestral hall for three days and three nights."

"hiss!"

The villagers were shocked by the words of the village chief. Not to mention whether twenty sticks could take Liu's life, it would be unbearable even for an hour in such hot weather.

However, everyone tacitly kept silent and did not speak up to plead for Liu.

It was Liu who did the wrong thing first. Now the village chief has ordered the punishment of Liu. Even if they wanted to, they dared not refute the village chief's words.

"Li Yan, Li Nian, take action."

"Yes, village chief."

The scene of Wang Lai kneeling in the ancestral hall was re-enacted.

The only difference is that this time the person who got beaten was Liu.

Liu did not resist and lay down on the bench obediently.

Li Yan raised the stick and was about to hit Liu's butt.

Liu closed her eyes, prepared to have her skin torn into pieces.

But then a cold voice was heard among the crowd.

"Village Chief, please wait a moment."

Li Yan has always felt that men who beat women are cowards.

Now the village chief asked him to beat Liu, and even though Liu deserved it, he still couldn't bring himself to do it.

But he could not go against the words of the village chief. When he was extremely hesitant to put down the stick, he heard a voice asking him to stop.

So Li Yan immediately put down the stick and turned his gaze to Li Mengyue.

The village chief was a little unhappy when he heard someone interrupting him, but then he saw that the person who stopped him was Li Mengyue.

The anger in his heart immediately disappeared, and he asked Li Mengyue with a smile.

"Girl Yue, what's wrong? If you have anything, just tell the village chief."

Li Mengyue was touched when she saw the village chief openly showing his preference for her in front of everyone.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I have a suggestion. Liu was wrong to cut down the waterwheel and bamboo pipes. But the waterwheel can still be used after repairing it, and the bamboo pipes can be replaced by cutting a few bamboos."

"There is no need to give such a severe punishment. I don't need to tell you. I believe everyone knows that even if Liu endured twenty sticks and kneeled for three days and three nights, he would definitely die."

At this point, the village chief still had something he didn't understand, so he asked in a gentle voice, "Girl Yue, what do you think we should do?"

"Grandpa Village Chief, since Liu dared to destroy the waterwheel and bamboo pipes, there is no guarantee that others will not follow suit, so someone needs to watch over them at night."

"Yue girl, I know what you mean."

The village chief looked at Liu and said seriously, "Liu, did you understand what Miss Yue said?"

No matter how dumb Liu was, she could understand the implication of Li Mengyue's words, and it would be a lie to say that she didn't feel anything at all.

But this did not prevent her from continuing to hate Li Mengyue.

"Li Mengyue, don't think that if you give me some favors, I will be grateful to you. It's impossible, absolutely impossible."

To be honest, Li Mengyue never cared about Liu at all, and didn't take what Liu said to heart.

The reason why she suggested letting Liu see the waterwheel and bamboo pipe was that if there is one, there will be two, and we have to be on guard.

Liu happened to come across this, so she just went with the flow and did this.

She also had another consideration in doing this, which was that the village would develop better and better in the future.

In this day and age, it is impossible to prevent people from picking up things on the road or leaving their doors unlocked at night. Therefore, it is important to form patrol teams to protect the property safety of villagers.

Of course, at present every household in the village has little property, so when rats come, they will have to leave with empty stomachs, so there is no need for that.

However, she believes that it won’t be long before patrols become a standard feature of the village.

She was afraid that the villagers would find it difficult to accept, so she started with Liu and asked her to be the first to guard the village's public property, the waterwheel and the bamboo pipe.

But Liu had already said so much, and it would be a bit unfair to her if she didn't do more.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I think it's inappropriate for Liu to stay by the river alone at night. Why not let Wang Lai come along?"

After dealing with Liu's matter, the village chief was worried about Wang Lai and Widow Chen. What they did was indeed wrong.

But since he took office, he abolished the bad habit of sinking water into the pond. Over the years, the village has maintained a good atmosphere and no one dares to have casual relationships between men and women.

However, he also knew that men's bad habits always existed. When people couldn't even get enough food to eat, how could they have the time to think about other things?

The saying that when you are well fed and warm you will think about sex is quite true.

This year their village was only slightly better than before, but someone started to cause trouble.

If it is not severely punished, it will invisibly encourage unhealthy trends and evil practices.

He had no objection to Li Mengyue's suggestion that Wang Lai and Liu stay by the river at night to guard the waterwheel and bamboo pipe.

On the contrary, he thought it was a good idea. Didn't Wang Lai like to look for Widow Chen? He could be assigned more work during the day and let him stay by the river at night.

He just didn't believe that Wang Lai had the time and energy to look for Widow Chen.

Didn't Liu want to cut down the waterwheel? But she was asked to guard it. This kind of inner torture was much better than being beaten.

When Wang Lai and Liu heard about the arrangements made for them, they did not dare to refuse, no matter how reluctant they were.

After all, the current result is much better than before, and they cannot be ungrateful.

The onlookers had never expected that just searching for the culprit who destroyed the waterwheel and bamboo pipe would lead to so many consequences.

Each day is more exciting than performing a big opera.