Leading the way were Li Yuanzhao and several other educated youths. Jiang Xiaoxiao, supported by Song Yan, had red eyes. The other women from the village followed behind them.

Cheng Qianjin had a very bad feeling.

I don't know what they were saying, but one of the commune's cadres led them inside.

Cheng Qianjin quickly ran out to greet them, "Why did you all come to the commune together?"

Li Yuanzhao, who was in the lead, remained silent, and the others did not answer him either.

Duan Decai chased after them, and it was clear they knew each other. "Are they from your brigade?"

A whole bunch of people coming together, that's quite a sight!

"The leader is Li Yuanzhao, an educated youth..." Cheng Qianjin only introduced one person.

If Cheng Qianjin can't see that they're after Jiang Xiaoxiao, he's a complete idiot.

Judging from their demeanor, they're not here to cause trouble, but to report something. They shouldn't be acting like this if there's nothing wrong.

"Oh, it's Li, the head of the weaving group!" Duan Decai said.

“I’m not the leader of the knitting group!” Li Yuanzhao said calmly.

"Ever since Cheng Qianjin became the Party Secretary, Li Zhiqing is no longer the group leader!" Erzhuang's wife was filled with unspeakable anger. The recent separation of the family had been her most difficult time. With the money from the weaving group, her life had been much better. But the weaving group was about to be ruined by the Cheng family.

Cheng Qianjin was somewhat embarrassed. "Didn't Li Zhiqing resign on his own?"

"Cheng Xiuyun stuffed all the substandard stuff in, preventing Li Zhiqing from controlling the quality. She had people pointing fingers at Li Zhiqing and yelling at him. No wonder he couldn't keep up with the work!" Chen Xiaodong's wife said angrily.

Duan Decai suddenly felt uneasy. "What does Cheng Xiuyun do in your weaving group?"

"Cheng Xiuyun is all-powerful in the weaving group. She pointed at Huang Guoqing and Pan Bo and told them to get lost, but forced her own men in. As a result, all the materials and dyes were wasted," another woman said.

Song Yan and Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at each other, and now they were talking about the knitting group.

People lost their own interests, so they gave up their silence.

Everyone got angry and started talking all at once about Cheng Xiuyun.

How could such a commotion not alert the commune secretary?

"Comrades, I am the secretary of the commune. Who has angered us women comrades?" the commune secretary asked.

The commune secretary was considered a high-ranking official by the common people, and the chattering woman fell silent.

Li Yuanzhao: "Hello, Secretary! I'm an educated youth from Qingshan Brigade. After a male youth in the brigade harassed a female educated youth and was reported, he was detained in the police station for a day before being released. He even boasted that his uncle is the secretary, and no one can do anything to him?"

Cheng Qianjin was terrified when he heard this. "I understand you were in a bad mood before, but you can't talk nonsense."

“Who’s talking nonsense? That’s exactly what your nephew said. I heard him say it,” Sister-in-law Cheng said first.

“I testify that I heard it.”

"I heard it too."...

Several women testified on Li Yuanzhao's behalf.

Li Yuanzhao: "Cheng Yi said that because he has something to rely on."

After Cheng Yi committed indecent acts, he was taken to the police station. When the police officers went to the village to investigate, they only visited Cheng Yi's relatives' homes…

Li Yuanzhao had an exceptionally sharp tongue; she rattled off a string of words. The village women kept chiming in with their own opinions.

The company secretary didn't recognize Cheng Qianjin, but he could tell from everyone's conversation, "You're the secretary of Qingshan Brigade? Is the one who's being a thug your nephew?"

“There’s a misunderstanding here…” Cheng Qianjin’s face was covered in sweat.

Would Li Yuanzhao let him get away with it? She told him what she had heard from the police. "I only heard about it. At first, I didn't believe it, but the thug came back the next day, how could I not believe it..."

The women who came along never expected Cheng Yi's family to say that.

"Secretary Cheng, how dare you say that Song, the educated youth, coaxed Cheng Yi into doing chores under the guise of dating? Did you say Cheng Yi did the chores yourself?" The woman's smears were practically spraying onto Cheng Qianjin's face.

"Come on! He didn't show up for eight out of ten days of work in the brigade. Song, the educated youth, even dated him to get him to work. Who would be so shameless as to lie?"

"He's number one at being cunning and sly, and he's definitely involved in petty theft. He's the kind of guy who's never even considered getting a wife..."

"Isn't he so capable of clinging to a wife?"...

The commune secretary asked Cheng Qianjin, "You're from Qingshan Brigade, you should know the situation, right?"

"Why are you asking him? All he does is protect his own family. He put his niece in charge of the weaving group, and she's just a gossipy old woman. She's going to ruin the weaving group."

"Our Qingshan brigade is doing just fine. Why are we getting a new Party Secretary here?"

“Cheng Qianjin’s niece ruined a lot of materials and dyes.” Erzhuang’s wife said this with a sob in her voice.

"Who made Cheng Qianjin the Party Secretary? He's really ruined my life."

Duan Decai's forehead was sweating.

At this moment, a cadre from the commune ran out. "Secretary, the county public security bureau called. They said the police station couldn't answer the phone, so they called here. They want us to send someone to bring Cheng Xiuyun back."

Cheng Xiuyun is from Qingshan Brigade. She caused a scene at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday because Director Liu of the county supply and marketing cooperative refused to accept the woven goods she sent. He said, "Because those things are all substandard." The clerk finished speaking, glancing at Cheng Qianjin and then at the people from Qingshan Brigade.

Li Yuanzhao: "Distinguished leaders, Jiang Xiaoxiao has accused Cheng Yi of indecent behavior, but the police station has failed to handle the matter fairly. We are here to ask you to uphold justice."

…

The commune leadership immediately convened an emergency meeting.

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