At this moment, Shi Hongye slowly came to her senses. Upon hearing about the affair, she was still wondering who the affair was when she realized something was wrong.

"Ah!" She quickly grabbed some clothes to cover herself.

Shi Hongye's scream also woke up the butcher.

"Ah!" Butcher Ma screamed, startled by the sight before him. How could there be so many people?

When Butcher Ma's mother saw that her son had woken up, she grabbed Shi Hongye and beat her, saying, "Did you seduce my son, you vixen?"

Slap! Slap! Slap! The sound of slapping faces echoed incessantly.

"It wasn't me! It wasn't me!"

"You still dare to say it wasn't you! You must have seduced my son. Son, tell me! Did she seduce you?"

At this moment, the brigade leader heard the commotion and rushed over, and the villagers also gathered around.

"Captain, they're selling adulterous women in this warehouse in our village," Wang Zhaodi said.

"Isn't this Butcher Ma from the next village? What are you doing in our village?"

"I had long seen that Shi, the educated youth, was not a peaceful person, but I never expected him to have an affair."

"We can't let them get away with this; they're corrupting the morals of our village."

"Quiet down, arrest them and hand them over to the commune." The brigade leader spoke, and the people began to tie them up.

The butcher's mother rushed forward to stop them, shouting, "You can't take my son away! I'll fight you to the death!" and tried to rush into the crowd.

"Take them all with you!" the captain ordered, ordering his men to restrain the butcher's mother.

Zhuang Zhimeng also came to watch the spectacle; she wanted to see with her own eyes how Shi Hongye was treated by the villagers.

In those days, having an affair could very well get you punished, and the villagers would definitely not let her off the hook.

When the brigade leader returned, he said that Butcher Ma had been sentenced to 20 years and Shi Hongye to 10 years, and both of them were to be sent to the poorest border regions to do manual labor.

The brigade leader looked very grim; he must have been criticized at the commune level. The Anyang brigade had been involved in several incidents.

As for Butcher Ma's mother, she was found to be involved in speculation and profiteering and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. When asked why she went to the village, she said that someone wanted to make a deal with her, but she didn't know what the person looked like.

Before setting off, they had to take turns being criticized in several villages for a month while wearing tattered shoes. Everyone had to spit on them and throw rotten vegetable leaves at them to show their contempt.

They shaved their heads in a yin-yang style as a warning to the villagers about their shameless behavior.

Shi Hongye harbored resentment, knowing it must have been Zhuang Zhimeng's doing. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? But she had no chance for revenge.

Every day, different people would spit on her and throw vegetable leaves at her; she felt like dying.

After a few days, the villagers still talked about it over tea and after meals, and Shi Hongye's reputation was completely ruined.

Zhuang Zhimeng remained calm upon hearing this; she would never show mercy to those who wanted to harm her.

A month later, the villagers gradually stopped mentioning Shi Hongye, as if she had never existed.

The staff quarters of the Beijing Iron and Steel Plant.

Hao Caiyun took the package home again.

"Did your daughter send you something again?"

"Of course! I told the child not to worry about home, that we have everything we need. But this child is so filial, always wanting to send back anything nice, and won't listen to anything I say..."

"That's because Zhimeng is a filial child; you are truly blessed."

"Tch! Maybe they just want money! I've heard that life in the Northeast is tough, they have nothing, so they're probably trying to get money from you by offering free mountain produce."

Hao Caiyun was too lazy to argue with them. "I have to go home and see what Zhimeng sent us back. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go home right away." With that, she waved her hand and went upstairs.

When I got home, I saw the package Hao Caiyun brought in and knew that my daughter had sent something back again.

"What did Ya Ya send back this time?"

"Open it and take a look!"

Zhuang Xingzhou opened the package and saw that there was quite a lot of stuff. There were 5 jin of meat strips, 20 jin each of soybeans and mung beans, 20 jin of wheat flour, and several jars of honey.

Zhuang Zhimeng recently obtained this honey, so she sent it back to her family to try.

Hao Caiyun read the letter first, and after reading it, she excitedly pulled Zhuang Xingzhou aside and said, "Your daughter is amazing! She found you a son-in-law!"

"Hmm! It's good that she found a son-in-law... What? She's dating? Who is she dating? Who is he, and what does he do? How could she be dating someone? Was she forced into it?" Zhuang Xingzhou asked excitedly.

"You're asking me? How could I possibly know? I'd like to ask you the same thing! Here! The letter is right here, take a look for yourself." Hao Caiyun handed the letter to Zhuang Xingzhou and then went to pack her things.