"Aunt Hu, I didn't tie you up for my mother's sake. Otherwise, with your current crime, I would have asked you to help me get to the county town." The militiaman squinted at Aunt Hu and said, "I can't explain it to my family, so I'm telling you to stop blackmailing Du Zhiqing. He's already compensated you. Don't be so greedy."
Su Jin heard several militiamen persuading Hu Laonian and Aunt Hu on the road, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Xiao Jin, I see that the militiamen seem to understand what's going on." Lu Shan poked Su Jin beside her and said, "Since the Du Zhiqing incident broke out, the relationship between the Zhiqing and the villagers has become increasingly awkward. Unless we're working in the fields, we usually don't interfere with each other, for fear of being caught and gossiped about."
"This should have happened a long time ago. The village chief was trying to smooth things over before, but if Du Qingsong hadn't been so resolute, things wouldn't have happened this way." Zhang Ying whispered, "Look, the village women's director always encourages reconciliation, not divorce."
"It's like this now, even in Ayi's team, the political commissar and sister-in-law are the same." Su Jin informed the people around him.
When the members of other teams saw the Hu family going to the county town, they immediately carried bamboo baskets and went to the back to see the gossip.
When she was nearing the city gate, Su Jin looked back and was almost scared to see that there were dozens of people following her.
"The village chief has embarrassed himself again this time!" Su Jin knew that Lu Boyuan was very concerned about his reputation. Lu Shiyi always said that the Hu family and Du Qingsong would have a hard time.
Du Qingsong paid compensation and made concessions for Lu Boyuan's sake, and Lu Boyuan would no longer have any complaints against Du Qingsong.
The situation of the three members of the Hu family was different. The Wang family bought them out with money, but Hu Erya was sold.
Before, Hu Xiaodi asked several matchmakers to help him find a marriage. Families in other villages who wanted a high betrothal gift had arranged marriages for their daughters. But when the incident of Hu Xiaodi looking for someone to sell Hu Erya broke out, no one came to his door.
When Peng Sanjin heard from his subordinates that Lu Boyuan had brought the Hu family back again, his face immediately turned gloomy.
Su Jin looked at everyone gathered at the door of the Pigeon Committee. She and several educated youth stood in the first row. Seeing Aunt Hu sitting on the ground, she began to worry.
They believe that the village is being unfair to them and hope that the honest people in the Pigeon Committee will open their eyes and deal with the matter.
"We only accept evidence. We've mediated for you before, and Du Zhiqing even compensated you. Morally, Du Zhiqing has done enough." Peng Sanjin was about to praise Du Qingsong's kindness. "Is Hu Erya going to be sent to the Northwest Farm, or do you want to send Hu Erya to a more difficult place?"
Hu Xiaodi's eyes moved quickly. Peng Sanjin was overthrown by their Hu family. If they no longer cared about Hu Erya's affairs, could they sell Hu Erya?
"Oh my God, can we arrange a marriage for Hu Erya so that she can live in the mountains from now on?" Aunt Hu and little brother Hu had the same idea. Hu Erya had almost no value now and could only be sold to someone else again.
Peng Sanjin frowned and looked at Lu Boyuan who lowered his head and didn't look at him.
"Captain Four, some members of the village lack awareness. It's your team's fault." Peng Sanjin began to speak in an official tone.
"Director, the armored men don't listen to me, the village chief, and they go back on their word after they've already agreed. Please find out who instigated this so we can take precautions!" Lu Boyuan just threw in the towel.
Du Zhiqing held his wife's hand and listened to Lu Boyuan's words with a bitter taste in his mouth.
"Director, if the Hu family continues to cause trouble, my newly married family will fall apart. I severed ties with my wife for seven years because of Hu Erya's schemes. If it weren't for my wife's unwavering faith, I might have lost my entire life!" Du Zhiqing looked at the Hu family with hatred in his eyes. "I would rather go to jail than get entangled with their family. It was Captain Four who had the elders persuade me and the Women's Director threaten me into marriage."
Du Qingsong's wife reached out and squeezed his hand, hoping to give him strength and let him express all the distress in his heart.
"Du Zhiqing is right. It's a good thing the team leader replaced the director of women's affairs. Otherwise, who knows how many wives would have been beaten to death in the village." Several divorced and remarried village women complained.
"That's right. The previous women's director had a good relationship with Aunt Hu. She was just too gullible and always wanted to avoid any trouble. As long as she didn't beat my wife to death, it would be fine. It's really easy to say without any hesitation. If you can't make ends meet, who would think of divorce? It's shameful!" said a woman in her 30s. "In my ex-husband's house, I was just a servant, working like a top. After divorcing and remarrying, I realized that husband and wife can still work together!"
Director Peng felt overwhelmed by the crying complaints of several women, and directly put a lot of the blame on Aunt Hu.
"Don't talk nonsense! How could I let anyone beat you? I just wanted to persuade you not to get a divorce. It's so embarrassing! Many of your children can get married now." Aunt Hu refused to admit she was wrong. If she did, her life would be even more difficult. "What evidence do you have? Besides, wasn't the director of women's affairs sent to a farm by the educated youth?"
"People have been beaten to death, and yet they're not being sent to the farm?" Peng Sanjin looked at Lu Boyuan coldly. "Have them lock up the three of them together? Everyone's busy with National Day activities, so who has time to interrogate them?"
After hearing about Peng Sanjin's reputation, Aunt Hu immediately lay on the ground and acted like a spoiled child, determined not to be locked up, otherwise, who knows if she would ever be able to get out.
"You attacked the staff at the door, how could I not deal with you? Ask other communes, which director can be as tolerant as I am?" Peng Sanjin was too lazy to pay attention to these people. As long as they didn't do anything excessive, Peng Sanjin almost didn't care.
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