Upon recognizing the person as Granny Gu, she quickly ran over, crying, and buried her face in Granny Gu's arms, sobbing as she said:

"Grandma, I'm suffering! My parents sacrificed their lives, and I'm all alone now. I finally came to our brigade. I listened to the elders in the military compound. As long as I work hard and don't cheat in our brigade, I can eat my fill."

I've listened to my elders and eaten my fill. But, but, Seventh Grandmother! Someone's come and steal my food again!

"I didn't, Li Mianmian, don't talk nonsense. When did I ever steal your food? I just came over to ask you for some food."

"What you want to eat is to steal Li Zhiqing's grain, isn't it? Everyone's grain supply is limited."

Yes, yes.

"Grandma, when I don't give her food, she says I've already bullied her, and she even cries at her own doorstep, saying that if I don't give her food, she'll starve to death. I'm not her parents, why should I give her food? She earned it all with her own hands!"

"Grandma, I'm not even 15 years old yet, why should I take care of her? She's two years older than me! Waaah!"

The brigade leader, leading his men, heard Li Mianmian's crying from a great distance. The women following behind said:

"Captain, let's hurry! How could they have bullied Li Zhiqing like this! It's like he's lost his parents!"

"Isn't it because both my parents are dead?"

At that moment, she herself was crying out, "Father! Mother! Why didn't you take your daughter with you when you left? Not only are you leaving your daughter to suffer alone, but people are also stealing your food! What will your daughter eat? I would have been better off going with you!"

"What nonsense are you spouting, child? Your parents were martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country. They were soldiers, and you are the descendant of soldiers, the descendant of martyrs. Who would dare to bully you? You can't just talk nonsense."

"Auntie Qi is right, Mianmian! You can't cry anymore, or your parents will worry."

"yes!"

"yes!"

"What exactly happened? Who bullied Li, the educated youth?"

"I didn't, I didn't, I really didn't."

Chen Enpeng witnessed the whole scene, and now that Li Mianmian was crying so hard she almost fainted, he said...

"Let me explain."

Those who followed behind the brigade leader never expected that after Chen Enpeng recounted the story, this educated youth, Ruan, was lying in her room, starving and unable to bear it. She went to Li's house to ask for food, but when that didn't work, she started trying to get close to him. When that didn't work, she stood at Li's door crying and saying that everyone was going to starve her to death. What kind of person is this?! No one in their brigade had ever starved to death even during the most difficult times.

Upon hearing this, several women who had come over with the brigade leader said:

"Young educated youth Ruan, don't speak without evidence. Our brigade didn't have a single person starve to death even during the most difficult years."

"What? How can you cry like that if you don't get any? Besides, Li, the educated youth, isn't your parent. Why should he give you food?"

"That's right, Li, the educated youth, is two years younger than our eldest son, yet he earned more work points than him when he was working."

"Exactly, Li Zhiqing is only 15 this year. She looks younger than you. How dare you ask her for food?"

"That's right. I was the one who taught a few of you from the educated youth compound to cook this morning. How could there be no food? Besides, I heard from my husband yesterday that when you came, it was the busy farming season for our brigade, and the rations we gave you were the highest, 45 jin each. How could there not be enough to eat, and you even had to ask Li, the educated youth, for his rations?"

"That's right, that's right."

"Tell me why!"

"I didn't. I was just lying on the kang (heated brick bed) perfectly fine. It's all their fault. They were the ones who cooked at home when they weren't cooking."

I had only had a bowl of porridge in the morning and was already hungry. I had planned to eat after the other educated youth finished work, but they made food for me. I was already hungry, and their cooking only made me hungrier.

Besides, I can't cook. I'm not only classmates with Li Mianmian, but we're also from the same military compound. What's wrong with eating some of her food?

And what does this have to do with you? It's like you're meddling in other people's business.

"I called the military region to complain that Ruan Yuanyuan is bullying me."

"Go ahead and sue! You think you're so great? You still think that when your parents were alive, everyone in the entire military compound praised you? They're long dead; when people die, it's like a lamp going out."

"You insulted the martyrs, you just wait!" With that, I stepped out of Grandma Qi's arms.

"You insulted a martyr, do you have any evidence? You're a cursed star who brought death to your parents!"

"Fine, you not only insult martyrs and their children, but you also promote feudal superstition. You wait, I'm going to sue you right now."

"You're talking nonsense. How did I promote feudal superstition?"

"You just said that, and everyone can testify to it."

"Li Mianmian, don't think you're scary just because you know a little kung fu. This isn't a military compound, and there aren't any members of the Shen family protecting you. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, your Uncle Shen and his wife have been sent to some godforsaken place somewhere. Who's afraid of you?"

"Okay, so you're not afraid, are you?"

"Not afraid"

"Uncle Captain, I don't care what others say about me, but they absolutely cannot insult my parents. They were revolutionary soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend the country. Fellow villagers and elders, please bear witness for me."

"Okay, Li Zhiqing, don't worry, I'll be your witness."

Me too.

Me too.

"Yes, everyone can testify for Li Zhiqing."

"Ruan Zhiqing, do you really think you did nothing wrong?"

"What did I do wrong? Besides, everything I said was true."

"Okay, then do you know that insulting martyrs is a criminal offense?"

"You're talking nonsense."

“Ruan and Li are not talking nonsense. Our country’s laws stipulate that those who insult martyrs: those who publicly insult martyrs and whose circumstances are serious shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.”

"You're talking nonsense, you're all in cahoots!"

"As for you, Chen, you're not wrong. Our country does indeed have this law."

"Is Chen Mingqiao telling the truth?" Chen Xi asked.

"real"

"Ruan, it's not just insulting martyrs that can lead to imprisonment; even insulting their families is punishable. Our country's laws clearly stipulate that insulting a martyr's family is the same as insulting an ordinary person—it constitutes the crimes of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' and 'insulting others.' The administrative penalty for insulting others is up to five days of detention or a fine; publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to defame them, if the content of the insults is fictitious, can constitute an infringement of reputation rights, constituting defamation or insult, and can be prosecuted."

"By the way, Ruan, you just said that Li, the educated youth, caused the deaths of his parents and was a cursed star. This falls under the category of feudal superstition and is also a violation of laws and regulations. It could result in imprisonment for three to seven years and a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the sentence could be imprisonment for seven years or more, or life imprisonment, and a fine or confiscation of property; if the circumstances are less serious, the sentence could be imprisonment for up to three years, detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights, and a fine, or a fine alone. As for the specific sentence, it depends on what the Public Security Bureau determines."