Zhou Cunren counted them one by one: "I am an old man with half of my body buried in the ground. I never thought about seeking medical treatment. These are the rice and eggs they bought for me. They also sent me some fruits every now and then and visited me in the hospital. They also bought me a lot of paper so that I can write books when I have free time..."
The patients in other beds also echoed: "Yes, the young couple really come to the hospital to visit the old man whenever they are free. They are so filial! We thought they were Mr. Zhou's son and daughter-in-law before, but it turns out they are not! They are really good comrades..."
Everyone who heard this was surprised.
This...what is going on?
It turned out that Ye Qingshui didn't have a tumor, but that the couple had been helping the old man silently?
This incident really exceeded everyone's expectations.
They could never have imagined that Ye Qingshui, whose family conditions had just improved, would selflessly help a seriously ill old man.
At this time, the director of the Women's Federation, who had a good memory, recognized Zhou Cunren. Wasn't he the... down-and-out intellectual who had worked with Ye Qingshui to invent the water-finding instrument?
"Oh, it's Teacher Zhou. I remember you... I met you at the commendation ceremony last year."
After the director of the Women's Federation said this, the others also remembered Zhou Cunren.
Ye Qingshui and this old man have a master-disciple relationship, no wonder he brought him to the hospital and visited him often.
Everyone in the ward knew Ye Qingshui, so it seemed that the miscarriage had nothing to do with her.
"Did she...look like she was pregnant before?" someone asked involuntarily.
Zhou Cunren frowned and said angrily, "Of course she is not pregnant. I didn't know about such great news. What are you doing here today?"
The director of the Women's Federation was responsible for mediating disputes in the village. Although she had always had a problem with Ye Qingshui, after hearing this, she couldn't help but feel ashamed of their previous thoughts. They had wronged a good comrade who was willing to help others.
"It's okay, it's okay. We just came to see Mr. Zhou..." the director of the Women's Federation said with a smile.
Several people helped Zhou Cunren to get hot water, wash clothes, and clean the ward.
They were able to get away after an hour and went to the gynecology department.
The director of the Women's Federation checked the records of the gynecology department that day. Although there was no exact record of the abortion operation, the stubs were all written with pseudonyms. After all, abortion was still a very private matter these days. If it was really He Fang, an unmarried girl, who had the operation, she would definitely not easily leave evidence.
So they took He Fang's photo and asked the doctor who performed the surgery that day.
The doctor looked at the photo and nodded hesitantly. "I remember this girl. I asked her why she didn't want a child at such a young age. It was her first child. The idea of favoring boys over girls is really unacceptable."
She shook her head.
A loud rumbling sound fell on the hearts of these five people.
On the way back, they had different thoughts.
The man said indignantly: "If we hadn't come here, wouldn't we have been deceived?"
"Fortunately, it was rescued in time and no greater damage was caused. This He Zhiqing..." The director of the Women's Federation had a serious look on her face:
"This is a terrible behavior. This time we should set an example."
…
He Fang has been hearing rumors about Xie Tingyu being cuckolded getting more and more serious these days, so he has hardly been working, fearing that people will point fingers at him and accuse his wife of cheating on him.
He Fang felt both happy and heartbroken.
She let out a long sigh, “It hurts, it hurts...Brother Yu, the more sad you are today, the happier you will be after the divorce.”
She would not be like Ye Qingshui, always causing trouble for him and making him bear such accusations.
Xie Tingyu must be very angry and sad now, so He Fang wants to go and see him.
He Fang couldn't hold back her excitement at the thought of meeting her beloved man. She put on makeup for the first time, lightly applied lipstick, and combed her hair neatly and slicked it down.
It was no different from usual time to get off work. He Fang walked happily across the ridge of the field towards Ye Qingshui's house with her head held high.
But today seemed different from the past. He Fang felt that she was attracting more attention than usual. She could feel their frequent glances at her.
Maybe it was because it was the first time she put on makeup! He Fang couldn't help but feel proud when she thought of this.
"Oh, she's still laughing. She really doesn't know how to write the word shame!"
"She's smiling at you!"
"I don't know how her parents could have given birth to such a vicious person..."
"Damn it, I can't hold it in any longer. I'm going to ask her how she has the nerve to come out. I'm almost dying for Shuiya!"
Before He Fang could even smile, she soon noticed something strange. These people... had indignation on their faces and looked at her with extremely angry eyes. What was going on?
She was soon surrounded by a mob of people who were out of control and pointing fingers at her.
"He Zhiqing! How has Shuiya ever let you down? Why are you harming her like this?"
"Bah, she looks like a well-educated woman, but she secretly hooks up with wild men everywhere and even gets an abortion!"
"Look, you framed Shui Ya, have you cleaned up your own ass?"
What are they... talking about? The villagers' insults continued to pour into He Fang's ears. A sheet of abortion surgery was thrown in her face. She took it down and saw that the signature was not Ye Qingshui, but... her name?
He Fang never imagined that one day she would be framed!
But the person who had the miscarriage... was obviously Zhao Yan.
"No, it's not me. Let me explain..." He Fang argued.
Her face flushed with anger, and as she glanced at the angry villagers, she swore angrily, "If I had an abortion, my tongue would be pulled out and I would go to hell!"
One member immediately sneered: "Ah, you are still feudal and superstitious! Someone as vicious as you who throws dirty water on others, the words you say are more beautiful than embroidered flowers, bah, you liar, who knows which one is true and which one is false!"
"As an unmarried girl, you're afraid of going to jail for having affairs, so you're blaming her... Don't you think about it? She's married and well, how sad she must be because of your divorce? She's worthless and not as valuable as you, right?"
"No, it's not like that..." He Fang frantically tore up the fake abortion list and yelled, "Zhao Yan is the one who went for the surgery!"
"You are such a literati kid, you are full of lies. You didn't say that when you falsely accused Ye Qingshui before! Now that Shuiya has cleared her name, you falsely accuse another person. Do you think we are easy to bully?"
"Bah, if there was no evidence, would we scold you like this? It wouldn't be too much to poke your spine and throw you into jail!"
"What evidence?" He Fang seized on this point and asked at the top of her voice.
"Of course the director of the Women's Federation and others personally went to the hospital to investigate. The doctor who performed the surgery on you still remembers talking to you! You did go to the gynecology department that day. Why did you frame Ye Qingshui? Ye Qingshui was clearly there to visit a patient. He is innocent. Do you think he is the same as you?"
He Fang only felt a sudden blackness in front of her eyes, and a faint taste of blood rose in her throat.
She fainted.
Someone shouted, "Oh my! He Zhiqing just had an abortion and is weak. She fainted!"
Everyone was speechless for a moment, but as they watched He Fangzhen lying on the ground motionless for a long time, they were afraid that something might have happened, so they were willing to carry her to the clinic.
…
It turns out that Ye Qingshui was framed and the person who had the miscarriage was He Fang!
The news spread like wildfire throughout the village.
The people in Yejia Village were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped.
After hearing that the person was taken to the health center, the director of the Women's Federation was still afraid that she had wrongly accused someone, so she personally asked a doctor to verify He Fang's innocence. The result was... this female educated youth who was always smiling was actually having promiscuous relationships in private, and she was no longer an innocent girl!
Ye Qingshui was not in the village at that time, so she missed this earth-shaking news.
Because she ran to the county before dawn, Liu Yilian, who worked at the animal husbandry station, gave her two kilograms of lamb ribs.
"Do you want this? It smells strong, and I saw no one else was interested, so I asked for it."
The lamb ribs have a strong smell and little meat, so southerners are not used to them and do not like to eat them. However, Ye Qingshui likes them very much. Sheep is a treasure from head to toe, and the soup made from lamb ribs is very nourishing. She nodded repeatedly and said happily:
"Yes, yes!"
She accepted the lamb ribs with great joy and mentioned: "I have invited a few female comrades from the educated youth group to have dinner at my home. Yiliang, if you are free, come along. I will stew lamb ribs for you. It is delicious!"
Liu Yiliang readily agreed.
He knew that as long as he was more careful to pick up some bones and meat for his sister-in-law, she would definitely invite him to her home for dinner. He grinned:
"Okay! Thank you so much for the hospitality, sister-in-law!"
Ye Qingshui went to the store and bought five taels of pork and added three taels of sesame oil.
When Ye Qingshui returned with a full load, she saw Zhou Tingting sitting in the yard helping her grandmother peel pea sprouts.
When Zhou Tingting saw Ye Qingshui, she looked up in surprise and waved at her excitedly.
"Shui Ya, you have finally cleared your name, you know that!"
Ye Qingshui was a little surprised and shook his head.
The old lady and Zhou Tingting angrily repeated what they said to Ye Qingshui one sentence after another.
After Zhou Tingting finished speaking, she was filled with emotion: "I never thought that she was the one who framed you. What's funny is that she was still trying to defend herself and seemed not to believe that anyone could find her. As a result, she fainted, and the director of the Women's Federation happened to examine her, and she really was..."
After hearing this, the old lady covered Zhou Tingting's mouth and said, "You are a young girl, don't listen to these dirty words."
The old lady praised her grandson-in-law, "Fortunately, Xiao Xie has a good temper and is willing to believe Shui Ya. Otherwise, our life would have been ruined by these rumors. How heartbreaking..."
The man who was working silently at the side heard the old lady's praise, curled his lips, wiped the sweat off his face, lowered his head and continued chopping wood.
Ye Qingshui had not expected that this was what Xie Tingyu meant by "give others a taste of their own medicine".
She glanced at the man, and her eyes met his. There seemed to be a smile in his dark eyes.
Ye Qingshui's heart finally settled down completely.
…
Yejia Village began to receive the first batch of educated youth in 1969, and it has been eight years now, and there has never been such a scandal. Immediately, the village cadres held a meeting to take seriously the serious incident committed by Comrade He Fang.
If this had happened a few years ago, the man who had promiscuous relationships with both men and women and persecuted poor peasant comrades would have been severely punished even if he had not died.
But nowadays society emphasizes the law and people cannot be punished casually, so they had no choice but to send He Fang to the public security bureau.
When He Fang heard the news, it was like a bolt from the blue.
When the police grabbed her hands, she resisted violently and shouted, "It wasn't me! I didn't do those things! I really didn't!"
But no one believed her anymore.
The person He Fang had been having affairs with soon came to light. He was an ordinary male educated youth in the educated youth center. Both of them were arrested and sent to prison.
A week later, He Fang was sentenced to ten years in prison for having promiscuous relations.
Because relationships between men and women were strictly controlled in that era, and this incident also involved the persecution of orphans of martyrs, it had a bad impact, and he could not escape ten years in prison. But the male educated youth was only sentenced to five years.
The educated youth from Yejia Village once went to visit her in prison. At that time, Xie Tingyu and Ye Qingshui happened to be free, so they went together.
He Fang was very excited when she met the couple.
She angrily cursed Ye Qingshui, "You bitch, why did you do this? You ruined my life. You have such a cruel and vicious heart. I curse you %#&*@#￥..."
Xie Tingyu covered his wife's ears at the right time. After He Fang finished scolding him, he said calmly:
"When you harmed Qingshui, did you ever consider her for a moment? You are the only one allowed to harm others, but others are not allowed to defend themselves?"
The couple also went to see another male educated youth. After the visit, Ye Qingshui said to Xie Tingyu with a sob: "I didn't expect that she would be like that..."
"I think she likes you very much..."
He Fang really thought about Xie Tingyu a lot. How could she like Xie Tingyu from the bottom of her heart and feel that he was the best match for her, but then go back and mess around with other men? In comparison, Ye Qingshui felt that he was really pitiful.
After the divorce, she never looked for another man.
Xie Tingyu's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he seriously defended his innocence, "I don't like her."
Ye Qingshui laughed. She looked up at the sky. The sky was clear and the air was fresh. The evening clouds were burning like a dream, red like fire, yellow like gold, and the clouds were brilliant. Bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun and feeling the cool breeze from the mountain stream, she felt unprecedented relaxation.
It turns out that the person who did something wrong back then was not her...
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Pingshengjun smiled and offered with both hands: Come~ He Fang, come and get your lunch box
He Fang: I won’t! I haven’t seen a divorce with my own eyes! I won’t accept it! I won’t reconcile!
Brother Yu & Shui Ya: "..."
Our divorce is none of your business?
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