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

However, the chaotic scene temporarily returned to calm due to Zhu Sijin's death.

But everyone knows that this is just the calm before the volcanic eruption.

Sure enough, Zhu Lei, who was kneeling on the ground, shouted the order at the top of his lungs.

"People from Zhulin Village, beat them up, beat them hard, and avenge Si Jin."

"Yes, village chief."

But before the people from Zhulin Village could take any action, Village Chief Li walked up to Zhu Lei.

"Zhu Lei, your grandson died in Xinghua Village. No matter what the reason was, we are all at fault."

"Of course it's your fault. If you hadn't been so slow to hand over the food and hadn't disobeyed and driven Li Mengyue out, my Si Jin wouldn't have died. It's all the fault of your Xinghua Village."

"Zhu Lei, calm down. If you hadn't brought people to our village to rob food, how could this have happened?"

Zhu Lei certainly knew that he had a lot to do with his grandson's death, but so what? He could never admit that he was the one who killed his grandson.

No matter what, he had to pin the blame on Xinghua Village for his grandson's death, so that he would have a reason to cause trouble for Xinghua Village in the future.

He had heard that every household in Xinghua Village now lived a good life, even better than their Zhulin Village.

This won’t do. Zhulin Village must be the largest village in Qingshan Town, and its living standard must exceed that of the other seven villages. It must not be undermined by Xinghua Village.

He knew that he was getting older every year, and his physical strength and energy were not as good as before. Especially this year, he clearly felt that he was old and could no longer lead the villagers to the original place to steal food like before.

However, under his leadership, the people of Zhulin Village became lazy and were not willing to do any work in the fields.

He knew very well that even if there was no locust plague this year, there would not be much harvest from the fields.

After all, he had never seen the grass in the field be taller than the crops and still achieve a good harvest.

But there was no food, many places were hit by locust plagues, and his poor health meant he could not support himself by taking the villagers to farther places.

But it won't be long before winter comes. Even if the village prepares enough firewood for heating, people will starve to death without food.

The fact that Zhulin Village has grown to its current size and become the largest village in the entire Qingshan Town is closely related to his efforts.

It can be said that Zhulin Village is the result of his life's hard work. He will never allow it to disappear like this. He wants to see Zhulin Village develop better and become the largest village in Wuning County and even Qingshan Prefecture. This is his lifelong wish.

And he paid a heavy price for this goal.

You have to know that he has no other skills but a lot of strength, and he doesn't want to farm honestly. In addition, he learned a few tricks from others when he was young, so he is much stronger than ordinary people.

By chance, he tasted the sweetness of robbing things. It did not require him to wait for several months like farming, and he did not have to fetch water, apply fertilizer, and weed in the meantime, and even this did not guarantee a good harvest.

Once there is drought or flood, or a locust plague like this year, there will be no harvest and people will have to live in misery with tight belts.

His grandparents and father's generation all lived like this, and he was fed up with it and wanted to change.

Just studying is definitely not going to work. Not to mention whether he is cut out for studying, he can't even afford the money to go to school. How can he study?

I can’t study and I don’t want to farm, so the only way to feel relaxed and comfortable is to steal from others.

Every year when he took the villagers out, they could successfully bring back a lot of food, which could last for three to five months or even half a year.

However, he did this frequently, and with good arrangements made with the government, and he and his men did it secretly, he was not caught in the past 20 years. Instead, the population of Zhulin Village increased, and the village developed better and better.

It’s just that while other families in the village have new children every year, his family’s population is decreasing.

First, the youngest son fell ill and died, and then the eldest son followed him to go to other places to get food. The whole journey went smoothly, except that on the way back, they passed a mountain.

For some unknown reason, his eldest son fell off a cliff and his body was never found. Only a son weighing four pounds was left. The eldest daughter-in-law could not bear the blow and ended her life with a rope.

When my daughter reached the age for marriage, a matchmaker came to her house, but she thought that her father was the village chief and she had a strong sense of superiority. She always felt that she would definitely marry a high-ranking official in the future.

At the very least, I'd marry into a town and live the life of a lady.

But as she got older, gradually no matchmakers came to her house anymore, and she became a twenty-year-old old maid.

Although the villagers did not dare to say anything in front of his daughter due to his authority, they still pointed fingers at his daughter in private and said things like she would never get married.

He knew that his daughter was indeed old, and he was ashamed, so he didn't care what the villagers said.

Later one day, his daughter went to the river to wash clothes and accidentally fell into the river. She was not rescued in time and lost her life.

He and his wife had worked so hard to raise Si Jin to such a big age, and when he was old enough to get married, he died in Xinghua Village.

The key point is that his wife caught a cold four months ago and did not survive.

It can be said that before coming to Xinghua Village, he and Sijin, the grandfather and grandson, depended on each other for survival. Now that his grandson is gone, he must avenge his grandson no matter what and cannot let his grandson's death be in vain.

Thinking of this, he did not let the villagers of Zhulin Village take action again, but turned his attention to Village Chief Li.

"Village Chief Li, my grandson's death was caused by your village. You won't deny this, right?"

Village chief Li actually wanted to deny it, but he also knew that Zhu Sijin had indeed died in Xinghua Village in public, and no matter who did it, no one could deny this fact.

"I admit."

"Okay, just admit it. My grandson Si Jin's wish before his death was to help King Chen get a lot of food."

Hearing what Zhu Lei said, Village Chief Li had everything he didn't understand, but when the words of refusal came to his lips, he swallowed them back and could only nod slightly.

Zhu Lei knew that Village Chief Li agreed to his request, and turned to speak to the people of Zhulin Village.

"Village Chief Li agreed. All the food belongs to us. We don't need to pay a penny."

Village chief Li was dumbfounded at this time. He just agreed to sell all the grain to Zhulin Village. Anyway, all the grain would end up in the hands of King Chen.

The Prince of Chen guards the border and protects the common people. Even if they wanted to help before, they had no way to do so.

But now, the food in their village can be eaten by the soldiers under King Chen, and they are totally willing to do so.

And he was not worried at all that Zhu Lei would embezzle the food. After all, there was a Mr. Liu next to him, who was a subordinate of the second lady of the prime minister's mansion.