Because she refused to submit to Niu Shengyun, she was suppressed and harassed thereafter.

She and the other educated youth lived in the educated youth center, but her bed was broken and had only three legs.

She found stones and bricks to support the bed, but from time to time the stones and bricks would disappear, and the bedding would be stained with dirt.

The roof above her bed was leaking, and whenever it rained, her bed became wet and she couldn't sleep.

The same is true for labor.

When mowing the grass, other educated youth would earn ten work points for mowing 100 kilograms, but she had to mow 200 kilograms.

When harvesting corn, other educated youth could earn ten work points by harvesting ten baskets, but she had to harvest twenty baskets.

When transplanting rice seedlings, other educated youth would earn ten work points for transplanting four mu of land, but she had to transplant one mu of land.

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This meant that she could not finish the farm work during the day and had to work until dark or even late at night every day.

At the beginning, a few educated youth saw that her life was not easy and helped her with some farm work.

But the educated youth who helped her with farm work also suffered the same difficulties, and no one dared to help her anymore.

She could understand them. How could they help her when they couldn't even protect themselves?

Some frivolous and shameless villagers, seeing her busy in the fields until dark every day, became malicious.

Some of them pretended to help her with farm work, but actually wanted to get something from her, and some took advantage of the dark night to violate her.

Later, she went and bought a dagger and carried it with her for self-defense.

Since then, such incidents have become less common.

But there were even more people scolding her, especially the men, who made up rumors and slandered her when they couldn't get her. Her reputation in the village was that of a slut who slept with anyone.

Not only that, other educated youth could take leave to rest and see a doctor when they were sick, but she couldn't; other educated youth could go home to visit their families once every one or two years, but she couldn't.

In this way, I gritted my teeth and lived day by day for more than a year.

On the evening of November 5, 1975, she returned from the fields and met the village women's director on the road.

In the village, the women's director left a better impression on her than on others because she never scolded or spitted on her like other women did.

Moreover, in this ignorant and brutal place, men think it is natural to beat women, and women who are beaten also think it is natural for them to be beaten.

Only this women's director told them that men and women are equal and women hold up half the sky.

She thought that the director of the women's department was at least an educated and sensible person.

That night, the director of the women's department was very happy to see her. "Oh, that's great! I can run into Wen Zhiqing here. I was planning to go to the Zhiqing community to ask one of them to help me."

Wen Qiuning asked her, "Director, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Someone smudged a spot on the village office's blackboard. Can you help me rewrite it?"

Wen Qiuning was still on guard. She said, "It's too late to write. I'll do it tomorrow morning."

"I'll use a flashlight to help you write!" the women's director said anxiously. "The township leaders will be here early tomorrow morning. If they see the blackboard in this state, who will take responsibility?!"

Wen Qiuning said, "Then I'll get up early tomorrow morning and come to the village office to write."

The director of women's affairs complained, "Are you afraid I'll hurt you? It's because I can't write well and there's no one at the village office right now, otherwise why would I go all the way here to ask for help?"

Hearing that there was no one in the village office, Wen Qiuning became much less guarded.

Besides, at this time, everyone has gone home to have dinner and go to bed.

Wen Qiuning agreed to the woman's request.

The two men walked to the village office with flashlights, and sure enough, it was pitch black inside, with no one there.

The director of women's affairs asked Wen Qiuning to wait for her in front of the blackboard while she went to the office to find chalk.

In the dark night, Wen Qiuning stood alone in front of the blackboard with a flashlight. The blackboard really cost a dollar.

Just as she was studying the blackboard newspaper seriously, she was suddenly hugged from behind and her mouth was covered.

She struggled desperately, but the man behind her was much stronger than her and dragged her into a room, and the flashlight in her hand fell.

The man pushed her to the ground and ripped her pants.

Wen Qiuning cried for help and struggled desperately. The man grabbed her hair and slammed the back of her head to the ground, saying smugly, "No one will come to save you!"

She recognized the voice as Captain Niu Shengyun, and she instantly realized that she had been deceived!

In the darkness, she fumbled out a dagger from her bag and stabbed it hard. She didn't know where she stabbed Niu Shengyun, but she heard him howl in pain.

The force pressing on her suddenly disappeared, and she fled from the room in panic.

But the flashlight she dropped on the ground was gone, and when she looked again, there was no women's director there.

She fled back to the educated youth camp in a panic, trembling.

She needs to call the police and have them punished!

She asked two male educated youth to accompany her to the village police station to report the crime. They walked for most of the night before arriving at the police station.

The police took her statement and drove them to the village office the next day to investigate the situation.

Niu Shengyun and the women's director were both in the village office. They both denied what happened last night without any panic, as if they really had nothing to do with the matter.

The director of the women's department criticized her righteously, "Wen Zhiqing, you're an educated person, how can you slander others so recklessly? Captain Niu just criticized you a few days ago, saying you weren't working hard enough, and you're taking revenge like this?"

"Let's talk about me now. I thought I was caring and attentive enough to you female educated youth. How did I offend you that you are wrongly accusing me like this?!" The director of women's affairs said confidently, "I was at home all night last night and didn't come out. When did I see you?!"

The women's director who always talks about morality turns out to be such a person!

Wen Qiuning didn't bother to argue with her and took the police to check the room from last night. It was cleaned thoroughly and no traces were left.

Wen Qiuning asked the police to check Niu Shengyun's body again. She was sure that she had stabbed him last night, but she didn't know where exactly.

The police told her sternly, "We'll check whoever you say we'll check! If you continue to slander others like this, we'll arrest you!"

Then, he left without looking back.

Niu Shengyun gave the three of them a cold look, turned around and went back to the office. The director of the women's department was still criticizing her in a sanctimonious manner.

Naturally, the two male educated youth who accompanied her to call the police were also harassed for a long time.

All the educated youth stayed away from her and watched coldly what she suffered.

Not only that, the village also held a criticism meeting. She stood on the stage and was insulted and spat on by everyone!

She seemed to have returned to her childhood. Many times she was tricked out by other children, and they beat her, urinated on her, and called her a bastard with no father.

Wen Qiuning sneered at herself in her heart. How could she still trust others?!

At that moment, she told herself that she could not trust anyone!