Li Fangren was standing behind her parents, but she was not that tall so she was blocked.
Yun Huaying didn't see her, but others did. Someone called out to her, "Li Fang, does Fang Xue often tell you about her Uncle He? Are you guarding the door for Li Hongxia?"
Li Fang is also a sixteen-year-old girl. She can understand such things. Her face is very embarrassed and she wishes she could find a hole to crawl into.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, what was there to understand? The group of people looked at Li Fang's mother with contempt.
"Go back."
Li Fang's father got angry on the spot.
Li Fang didn't dare to stay here anymore and immediately ran back home, running very fast as if she was escaping for her life.
Li Fang's mother had a complicated expression. Before the man yelled at her, she looked worried: "I really didn't know they were involved. It was He Lu who wanted to talk to Fang Ziqiang about cooperation, so I played a role in it."
"Deputy Director Fang has a green prairie on his head, but he has become a green turtle. You have made a great contribution. He will definitely remember your contribution. You just wait for his reward at home." Yun Huaying blatantly insulted her, pushed away the others, and went straight upstairs to go home.
Li Fang's mother's face was extremely ugly. She really didn't know about the bad things that happened between Li Hongxia and He Lu. Thinking about the viciousness of Fang Ziqiang, she was so scared that her legs went weak on the spot.
Seeing the contemptuous looks others gave her, she yelled angrily, "I just introduced them to each other. I didn't do anything."
"Who would believe that?"
Another woman who didn't get along with her curled her lips, turned around and asked other neighbors to go watch the fun.
There were no entertainment activities at night these days, so the gossipy neighbors gathered in groups of three or five and rode their bicycles to the brewery to watch the fun. Li Fang's mother also wanted to check it out, so she grabbed the man and followed them.
When they arrived in a mighty procession, the excitement at the brewery was not over yet. However, Li Hongxia and her daughter were no longer tied to the electric poles. They were wrapped in dirty and worn sheets. Their heads and bodies were slovenly. There were probably hundreds of people surrounding them, pointing fingers and cursing at them.
Not only were the mother and daughter in a miserable condition, but her lover He Lu was not much better off. He was only wearing a pair of shorts, his body was covered in bloodstains and bruises, and his mouth and eyes were swollen. It was obvious that he had been beaten.
Li Fang's mother squeezed in with great effort and just happened to hear the leader of the brewery scolding two people by name. She was so frightened that her heart was trembling.
Her husband came over right after her. Seeing that what Yun Huaying said was true, he slapped her on the arm and scolded her coldly, "I told you a long time ago that Li Hongxia is not a good person. I also told you not to have too much contact with her. Now you are called a pimp by others."
"How could I have known they were so shameless?"
Li Fang's mother was also very aggrieved, gnashing her teeth. "I was thinking of doing He Lu a favor and getting him to connect with Fang Ziqiang so I could transfer to a new position and also arrange a temporary job for Li Fang. I had no idea they were secretly involved."
"It's no use talking about this now. Go to your superiors tomorrow and explain the situation. Sever all ties with their family. And don't let Li Fang have any contact with Fang Xue anymore."
Li Fang's father glanced with disgust at Fang Xue, who was wrapped in a bed sheet and lowered her head. His expression was very unpleasant. "A girl of sixteen or seventeen, keeping watch for her mother and her lover, it's shameful to tell anyone about it. Fang Ziqiang is a state official, and I don't know what kind of family education he has. He is really lacking in morals."
They were standing in the front, not far from where the Fang family was standing. His voice was loud, and Fang Zilin and the others all heard it. His already gloomy and dark face became even darker.
Li Fang's mother also saw them now. She looked around but didn't see Fang Ziqiang. She pulled the arm of the man next to her and asked, "Why isn't Fang Ziqiang here?"
"If you stay here as a cuckold at this time, won't you just end up getting your face thrown on the ground and people spitting and cursing at you?" From a man's perspective, Li Fang's father understood why Fang Ziqiang avoided him.
Fang Ziqiang followed the group here at first, and after getting close to confirm, he beat up Li Hongxia and her daughter.
Later, He Lu's wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law and others scolded him, even scolding the ancestors of the Fang family. They also dug up his past with Yun Jinghong, and pointed at his nose and scolded him. Naturally, he couldn't stand it as he always valued his face more than his life. He quarreled with them and then avoided them.
This matter has become so serious and involves Fang Ziqiang, he can't just avoid it by avoiding it.
Li Hongxia was his nominal wife, and Fang Xue was his nominal adopted daughter. In the end, he had to sign for their punishment and education.
The leaders of the brewery decided to expel He Lu on the spot. However, their promiscuous relationship was a serious ideological and work style problem in that era, and parading and criticizing them was inevitable.
However, it was already late today, and comrades from the street and Women's Federation took Li Hongxia and her daughter away. The education conference was scheduled for tomorrow, and the Fang family also told Fang Ziqiang to come in person tomorrow morning to handle the aftermath for the mother and daughter.
The neighbors in the family quarters watched the fun with great enthusiasm, and by the time they came back in groups of three or five, it was almost nine o'clock.
Yun Huaying has been busy in the space recently. She spent some time planting a new batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and then planted all the medicinal seeds she bought from the black market. She also practiced martial arts in the space for two hours. When her whole body was soaked with sweat, she went out to get some water for a bath.
"Yun Huaying, you haven't slept yet."
Aunt Hao had just come back from watching the fun and saw that she was still awake, so she came over and knocked on the door.
Yun Huaying was curious about what was going on over there, so she walked over to open the door, wiping her wet hair while asking, "Aunt Hao, did you guys just go over to see what was going on?"
"I went."
She went with her son, daughter-in-law, and daughter, but the elderly people in the family did not go.
Seeing her mother-in-law coming over after hearing the noise, she immediately went over to support her and said to the two of them, "When we got there, Li Hongxia and Fang Xue were not tied to the pole. However, I heard from the family members at the brewery that they were indeed stripped naked by He Lu's wife. They were only wearing a vest and shorts, with their white flesh exposed."
"He Lu's wife is no pushover, and her parents are also powerful figures. They beat He Lu until his face was bruised and bloodied. I heard Li Hongxia was also beaten by her, with several clumps of her hair pulled out and her entire body covered in blood. Fang Xue wasn't much better off, her body covered in slop, rotten eggs, and rotten vegetable leaves. It was so filthy you couldn't even see her face."
"What will be the final outcome?" Yun Huaying only cared about this.
"He Lu was fired from the brewery, and Li Hongxia and Fang Xue, mother and daughter, were taken away by the Women's Federation and street officials. Their promiscuous relationships are corrupting social morals, and they'll be subjected to a struggle session tomorrow in Red Flag Square. We just ran into Deputy Director Zhao of the G Committee on our way back, and he told us that He Lu and Li Hongxia will most likely be sent to a farm for labor reform."
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