When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor was changing Zhong Furong's dressing in the ward. She was in excruciating pain, and everyone standing at the door felt their scalps tingle when they heard it.
Yun Huaying was tall, and she could see the situation in the ward by just standing on tiptoe. Zhong Furong was wrapped in gauze like a mummy, and her injuries were particularly severe. Even after using medicine yesterday, she was still bleeding. The gauze was bloody, and she could smell a strong smell of blood even when standing at the door.
The captain glanced around the ward, thinking about what Yun Huaying had said earlier, and said to the educated youth who had come to visit, "It's not convenient to visit her in her current condition. I think she's emotionally unstable, so you'd better not go in and irritate her."
Wang Huiyu and the others had brought gifts with them, and she whispered, "Captain, how about I stay and put these gifts here later?"
"Take it back first."
The captain didn't want their good intentions to go to waste, but he couldn't say it out loud, so he made an excuse: "Giving her these things now would only irritate her. I've already notified her family; her parents will be coming over in the next two days. Once she's calmed down, we'll find time to visit her later."
"OK."
Wang Huiyu listened to his instructions and stood at the door to take a look into the ward. She saw that the gauze the doctor had removed was soaked with blood. Zhong Furong's throat was hoarse from the pain. Seeing this, she felt very uncomfortable and said quickly, "Let's go. We'll come back in two days."
After leaving the hospital, everyone went to the county party committee office building to "petition" on behalf of Zhao Xuelin. As for the team leader himself, everyone asked him to go back to the production team directly to avoid suspicion.
Zhao Xuelin, who was driven back by them, was so fast that he almost laughed out loud on the way back.
When the leading cadres of the county party committee learned that the educated youth from the Dongjiang Brigade had arrived in a group, they thought something big had happened again. However, after seeing them, they were shocked when they realized that they were there to speak up for the brigade leader Zhao Xuelin.
Recently, the Dongjiang Brigade of the Red Star Commune has been in trouble one after another. The leading cadres have indeed thought of dismissing Zhao Xuelin from his post, but today this group of educated youth came to petition for him, and the words between the lines were all praising the hard work and merits of him as the brigade leader. As for those who got into trouble, they all felt that it was their own bad intentions that brought trouble to the production team and affected the reputation of the Dongjiang Brigade.
The county party committee and the commune naturally accepted the demands and petitions of the educated youths. The county party committee secretary also promised them that he would carefully investigate the affairs of the Dongjiang Brigade. If the accident of the three educated youths was indeed unrelated to the village cadres and was mainly their own fault, they would consider it appropriately and would not let the village cadres bear the punishment alone.
After Li Bin and Wang Huiyu, as representatives, had discussed the matter with the county leaders, Yun Huaying, who had been standing in the back in silent support, raised her hand and said, "Secretary Meng, I'm Yun Huaying, an educated youth from the Dongjiang Brigade. I have something else to report. It concerns Comrade Liu Xiu, but I'm not sure if it's true. I heard it from someone else."
"Is that Liu Xiu who was seriously injured by a tree trunk while walking on the street?" Secretary Meng asked her.
"Yes." Yun Huaying nodded.
"you say."
"I heard it from a friend. His friend had a drink with a colleague of Liu Xiu's cousin Yao Dachun. After drinking, Yao Dachun's colleague said that Liu Xiu was not the real Liu Xiu, and she came to the countryside under Liu Xiu's name."
"What?" Wang Huiyu and others were all surprised.
Secretary Meng also frowned: "Yun Zhiqing, are you sure?"
"I heard it from a friend, and he heard it from his friend. He also said a lot more, and I think it should be true."
"What else did you say?" Secretary Meng asked.
"He said Liu Xiu was an illegitimate child, the product of her mother's affair with a married man, and her biological father was a prominent cadre in the local area. Liu Xiu's mother had originally wanted to take her daughter to a higher position and replace the original wife, but the original wife's family was very powerful and influential in the local area, and Liu Xiu's mother was no match for them. The entire family was controlled by the original wife. It was the original wife's daughter who should have gone to the countryside, but they forced Liu Xiu to go in her daughter's place, regularly mailing her living expenses and food every month, and arranging jobs for her uncle and cousin."
"No way?" The educated youth were all stunned.
"I also heard it from others, but I think it is more true."
Yun Huaying had not planned to say it before, but she thought that Liu Xiu's matter had caused trouble for the team leader, so she might as well tell it, and the county leaders would consider it accordingly. After the Youth League Office confirmed it, they didn't have the face to cause trouble for the team. After all, they themselves were not rigorous in their work, and the village cadres under them should not take the blame for their dereliction of duty.
Secretary Meng had noticed her before. This female educated youth was quiet but very imposing. Her sudden announcement of this news wouldn't be without purpose. "Yun Zhiqing, you should have heard about this a long time ago. Why did you choose to tell us today?"
"Originally, Liu Xiu was badly injured and paralyzed for no apparent reason and returned to the city. I don't need to talk about her anymore. I just remember that she had caused a lot of trouble in the production team before, causing trouble for the village cadres and making the local people and educated youth very dissatisfied."
"Now that she's back in the city, seriously injured, she's left a mess for the village cadres. Her scoundrel cousin also tricked Zhang Lin away, causing trouble for the production team. Whether it's her own problem or Zhang Lin's, she holds the greatest responsibility. There's no reason for the production team cadres to take the blame for her."
Her reasons were supported by everyone. Wang Huiyu hated Liu Xiu the most, and he was the person she quarreled with the most. She thought that Liu Xiu was an illegitimate daughter who was not allowed to be seen in public, and who had always boasted and shown off in front of them. She was so angry that she started to complain.
"Secretary Meng, you don't know how bad Liu Xiu's character is. No one in the entire Dongjiang Brigade likes her. She used to get along well with Liu Ping, but they later fell out. She also had something to do with Liu Ping being sent to a farm for forced labor."
"She was lazy and greedy, not very active at work, and had a bad attitude. She refused to obey the village cadres' assignments and slacked off every day. She was also a constant source of trouble, provoking a fight one day and a divorce the next. She argued with us educated youth daily and caused discord. She was a complete troublemaker, and everyone in the team, young and old, young and old, hated her."
"We had previously requested that the team transfer her, and the team leader and Secretary Tian also came to the Youth League Office to raise this matter, but the Youth League Office did not agree."
"I think Liu Xiu's identity is most likely a replacement. She did tell us that her elders were cadres, and she received living expenses and food mailed on time every month. When she left a while ago, only her mother came; her father didn't show up at all. She is most likely an illegitimate daughter who is not allowed to be seen in public."
“…”
Everyone started talking at once, and Secretary Meng finally promised to let the Youth League Office investigate the matter. No matter what the result was, the county party committee would not remove the village cadres of the Dongjiang Brigade.
The purpose of their visit today was achieved, and they returned satisfied, a group of people leaving happily.
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