After the luggage was put on the rack, Lin's mother burst into tears with sadness. Lin Shan, who was already emotionally unstable, also covered her face and cried. The three Lin family members, father and son, tried to persuade them, and the atmosphere of parting was suddenly created.
Yun Huaying helped to put the luggage in place, sat down casually on the seat next to her, put her schoolbag on herself, and watched quietly without saying a word.
Han Zheng had already guessed her identity. It made no difference whether she had a father or not. The elders who loved her had long since passed away, leaving her no different from an orphan. Seeing her sitting quietly without saying anything, he figured she must be feeling bad, so he sat down across from her and pulled a few White Rabbit candies from his pocket and gave them to her.
Yun Huaying hadn't eaten White Rabbit Toffees for a long time, and she didn't really like sweets, but Toffees were considered pretty good candies these days. She took one and said, "I'll just have one."
"Take it." Han Zheng stuffed it into her hand.
Yun Huaying took it, but didn't put it in her pocket. She placed it on the small table, intending to share it with Lin Shan later. She casually chatted with him, "How long does it take to get to Yang County?"
"If there are no special circumstances on the way, it will take six hours to reach Changshi. From Changshi, it will take another hour and a half to transfer to the bus to Yangxian. It will be almost dusk when we reach Hongxing Commune."
The train didn't stay in the county town for long. About five minutes later, the conductor started broadcasting, asking the elder relatives who were seeing them off to get off the train, as the train was about to depart.
The Lin family gave repeated instructions and got off the train reluctantly. They did not turn back until the train started and left.
Lin Shan had just cried her heart out, and only came over to sit with them after she calmed down. Seeing Yun Huaying looking so natural, as if nothing had happened, she envied her mentality and felt a little sorry for her.
After she sat down, Yun Huaying handed her two candies and advised: "Have fun, just think of it as a trip to a different place."
Lin Shan's mentality was far worse than hers. She smiled a smile that was uglier than crying. "If it were just a trip, we would always come back after the trip. But since we're in the countryside this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to come back."
Every year, a group of people in the county town respond to the call to go to the countryside, but few come back, especially the first group of people who went to the countryside. Most of them have already married and had children in the countryside, and the hope of their return is very slim.
Yun Huaying has the memory of rebirth and knows that there will be a great opportunity to return to the city in a year, but she cannot reveal it.
Even if she told it, no one would believe it, so she just kept quiet.
She had already embarked on the journey to the countryside. Li Hongxia and her daughter in the county town had been taken to Hongqi Square. Another party involved, He Lu, was also brought over. The scene was surrounded by people.
Li Hongxia and Fang Xue were as embarrassed as they were usually.
The clothes they were wearing yesterday were torn into shreds by He Lu's wife, and they were wrapped in bed sheets when they were taken away by the comrades from the Women's Federation. This morning, Fang Shuang brought them clothes. Although they were wearing the nice clothes they usually liked, they could not hide the mess and dirt on their bodies.
Except for Mrs. Fang, all the other members of the Fang family were present. Fang Zilin and Li Qiaoling did not want to embarrass themselves, but the comrades from the street office and the Women's Federation required them to go to the scene to listen to the verdict and receive education, so they had to find a secluded corner where no one would notice them and squat there.
Li Hongxia sat on the ground as if she had lost her soul, her eyes dim and her fat body trembling. She listened to the accusations and insults from the people around her, and her head was exploding with pain. She didn't dare to look up to see anyone.
She had memories of fooling around with He Lu, but she also remembered that she had told him clearly some time ago that she had cut off all contact with him. But now she couldn't remember why she went to see He Lu again yesterday. She asked Fang Xue last night, but she didn't remember it either. The mother and daughter just thought that their heads were hit by He Lu's wife.
She herself knew that her life was over and her marriage with Fang Ziqiang was completely over. She regretted it to death, but it was no use regretting it anymore.
As many people speculated, after He Lu and Li Hongxia were severely criticized, they were sent to a remote farm for three years of labor reform.
Although Fang Xue was over sixteen years old, she was still a minor. Her behavior was immoral but not illegal. This time she was only given a profound education, and was asked to submit ideological reports for three consecutive months. Fang Ziqiang then took her back for education.
The two people who were sent to the farm were not sent away immediately. They were given a day to deal with their personal matters.
The house in Heping Community is already owned by someone else, and the housing allocated by Fang Ziqiang's unit has been rented out. They have nowhere to go now and can only come to Fang Zilin's house.
Li Hongxia had just entered the house and hadn't even stood firmly when she was slapped hard in the face.
“Bang!”
This slap used up all of Fang Ziqiang's strength.
Li Hongxia was completely unprepared and was slapped to the ground by him. Before she could raise her head, he kicked her hard.
“Ah…Ah…”
When the pain came, Li Hongxia finally found her lost soul. She rolled on the ground in pain and screamed for mercy.
"Beat her to death, beat this bitch to death for me."
Old Mrs. Fang, who was taken back home this morning, was shouting loudly. She had a rib broken by Yun Huaying before, and should have been lying in bed, but now she had gotten out of bed, half leaning and half lying on a bamboo chair. Her face, which was already mean and gloomy, now looked as hideous as a ghost and very scary.
Apart from Fang Shuang and Fang Jun's verbal persuasion, no one else spoke up to stop them. They all looked at Li Hongxia as if they were looking at a piece of garbage that couldn't be dirtier.
Seeing Fang Ziqiang kicking her a dozen times, causing Li Hongxia to double over and scream, Li Qiaoling quickly pushed the man away and said, "Go and pull your brother away. If someone dies, our family will be finished."
Fang Zilin was also afraid that someone would die, so he listened to her and went over to pull Fang Ziqiang away.
Fang Ziqiang is a man who cares about his reputation. Today, many people called him a cuckold in front of him. He felt that his face was trampled and crushed at that time. All this was thanks to Li Hongxia. He could not vent his anger unless he killed her.
Thinking about the truth revealed by He Lu, it turned out that they had been in cahoots for a long time and had been hanging out together in secret for more than twenty times, while he was kept in the dark and was still on good terms with He Lu and had business dealings with him. Fang Ziqiang was so angry that blood oozed from his throat. He kicked Li Hongxia a few more times and grabbed Fang Xue, who was guarding the door for them, and beat her up.
The incident spread to the whole county and the green hat on Fang Ziqiang's head could no longer be removed, and the nickname "green turtle" was confirmed.
In order to avoid being laughed at for the rest of his life, Fang Ziqiang vented his anger and, without caring about Li Hongxia's body, dragged her to the Civil Affairs Bureau and issued a divorce certificate on the spot.
Their family's story had spread far and wide, and even the staff at the Civil Affairs Bureau had heard about it. After they finished the paperwork, the staff member asked, "Deputy Director Fang, of your four children, except for your eldest daughter, the other three aren't your biological children. They're Li Hongxia's children. Now that you're divorced, what do you do with these three children? Do you want to complete the paperwork together today?"
Fang Ziqiang was only concerned with divorcing Li Hongxia and hadn't considered the issue of their three children. He said with a stern face, "Let's handle the household registration for the three children later."
"Okay." The other party didn't say much.
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