"Aunt Chen, are you and Uncle going to watch the denunciation rally together?"

After breakfast, Zhou Taohua came running over excitedly, carrying a small cloth bag.

When I greeted Chen Juan, I thought to myself again, "Aunt Chen," and secretly rejoiced: only city people call each other "Auntie," while in the countryside they call each other "Auntie" and "Auntie."

Chen Juan heard yesterday that today is the last day of the criticism meeting for Zhou Tiemin's family. After the commune finishes criticizing them, they will be sent to the farm for reform.

It's no wonder that when Shen Qingming learned of his and Lao Ruan's arrival yesterday, he ran out of the Zhou family compound, which was being guarded by the villagers, to plead for them.

Thinking about the harm that Shen Qingming had done to her daughter, how could Chen Juan not agree?

Having accepted Zhou Taohua's invitation, he walked towards the commune with the others.

When they arrived, Zhou Tiemin's family, along with Shen Qingming, already had wooden plaques around their necks, listing their respective crimes. An elderly leader was on stage, using a loudspeaker to publicly accuse Zhou Tiemin's family of their crimes.

When things get exciting, the people below will throw whatever they're holding at the person.

The onlookers were mostly holding clods of dirt they had picked up from the ground. After all, these things were worthless, could be found anywhere, and most importantly, they hurt quite a bit when they hit you.

Things like manure, fruit peels, and rotten eggs are things that nobody would throw away.

After all, these things can be exchanged for money at a scrap yard, so who would be willing to use them to hit someone?

Shen Qingming, who was being forced to kneel on the ground, saw Ruan Miaomiao in the crowd from afar. He kept shouting, wanting her to come and rescue him.

However, Ruan Miaomiao pretended not to see Shen Qingming's pleading eyes.

She took out some salt-roasted pumpkin seeds from the small cloth bag Zhou Taohua had brought, shared some with Chen Juan, and chatted with the people next to her while eating the salt-roasted pumpkin seeds.

In fact, the denunciation rally had been going on for several days, and not everyone who came was there to watch the denunciation. Many people were there to take the opportunity to see the spectacle, meet relatives and friends from other villages, and catch up with each other...

"Hey, Miaomiao, didn't you say that Zhao Xiuyun married a man from the village?"

We've been here for days, how come we haven't seen her?

After Shen Qingming and his group were escorted to the farm, everyone dispersed. On the way back, Chen Juan couldn't help but ask.

Mothers always think a lot. Back then, it was Zhao Xiuyun who seduced Shen Qingming to deceive her daughter.

Now that she has witnessed Shen Qingming suffer retribution, Chen Juan also wants to see what happens to Zhao Xiuyun.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Taohua's eyes widened immediately, and she said in surprise, "Yes, I also feel like it's been a long time since I've seen Zhao Xiuyun and Zhou Weijie, Erlaizi."

The villagers walking back to the production team with them chimed in, all saying they hadn't seen Zhao Xiuyun and the other two for a while.

"Could something have happened to them?"

Among the crowd, a villager raised this question.

He instantly gained everyone's approval. Once they entered the village, no one went home; instead, they headed towards Zhou Weijie's house.

"Zhou Weijie, Zhou Weijie..."

"Second Laizi, Second Laizi..."

"Zhao Xiuyun, Zhao Xiuyun..."

...

The villagers called out from outside for a long time, but no one inside responded.

Now, everyone's expressions became even more panicked: Could something have happened?

Some bold and impatient individuals had already kicked open the half-closed courtyard gate and gone inside.

Stepping through the thick snow, I reached the door and saw a lock hanging there. I couldn't help but ask:

"The door is locked. Did they go to visit relatives?"

"impossible!"

Qin Chunhong was also in the crowd. Upon hearing Zhou Tieniu's words, she immediately retorted: "They didn't even go to the brigade leader to get a letter of introduction. Where could they go to visit relatives?"

After all, Zhou Weijie was practically raised by my family; he has virtually no relatives.

If they were relatives of Er Laizi, then it wouldn't be Zhou Weijie's place to visit them.

It doesn't make sense that they would share a woman and also be willing to share relatives.

Therefore, even if they were visiting relatives, it could only be to visit Zhao Xiuyun's relatives.

However, Zhao Xiuyun is from Haicheng. If the three of them want to go back to Haicheng, they can't do so without a letter of introduction..."

Qin Chunhong's words made everyone present suddenly realize something was amiss:

"If it wasn't a visit to relatives, where could the person have gone?"

"The door lock is on the outside, which proves that the person is not inside."

"But in the dead of winter, with ice and snow everywhere, where can they go if they don't stay at home?"

...

As everyone was discussing, Ruan Miaomiao suddenly thought of a possibility:

"Could it be that there are still people inside, and someone has locked them in?"

Ruan Miaomiao thought that death might have occurred, but she couldn't say it directly for fear of arousing suspicion.

After all, this era is relatively peaceful, unlike the apocalyptic world she transmigrated to, where people can kill each other at the drop of a hat.

"Yes, let's kick the door open first and see what's inside."

As soon as someone spoke, someone else immediately stepped forward and kicked the door open.

With a few kicks, the already flimsy door lock came off, and the people in front immediately squeezed in.

Two seconds later, a violent scream erupted from inside.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

...

Those behind couldn't see what was happening, so they could only ask questions directed inside.

Once the person inside came to their senses, they immediately ran outside and started vomiting, saying as they did so:

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