Mountain Granny, please take a look. There are still two dried corpses hanging on the big tree at the village entrance. He says it's a punishment for being disloyal to you!
Not to mention leaving the village to make a living elsewhere, even accidentally stepping over the line is considered as fleeing privately. The lighter punishment is twenty strokes; the heavier is having your house raided, imprisoned, and beaten daily until death!"
With the precedent set by the couple, other villagers also came forward, seeking a way out.
"Mountain Granny, back then my parents and I were exiled to the forest, living in fear. You said Stone Beam Village had divine protection, fields to farm, and houses to live in, and brought us here. We were grateful.
But... living here as slaves to the Liang Family, it's worse than being wanderers.
