On the second day, just after daybreak, the Changhong Brigade's radio program started to sound, even earlier than the crowing of a rooster.

"Comrades of the Changhong Brigade, there will be a meeting at 10:00 this morning. Please be sure to attend."

Secretary Liu's tired voice came from the radio.

Last night, he and his comrades from the militia platoon worked until two or three in the morning, interrogating the three male educated youths and Zhan Hongyan separately. After understanding the whole story clearly, Secretary Liu almost vomited blood.

"This Zhan Hongyan is simply outrageous. She is bringing out the old society's ways!"

After liberation, the state completely took over the academy. Those who used to do this kind of business had to be humble and did not dare to go back to their old jobs. They carefully concealed their dishonorable identities. Unexpectedly, their Changhong Brigade had a solo exhibition.

What a "talent" he is. He actually took the initiative to come to the educated youth to sell things. Return it to her, damn, three people at a time!

It's even more chaotic than a mass grave!

Changhong Brigade has such a person. If this matter gets out, it will be a great shame and humiliation!

Secretary Liu did not dare to waste time and rushed to the Public Security Bureau without stopping, requesting that Huang Jianjun be escorted over so that the matter could be quickly concluded while the meeting was held early in the morning, and the scandal could not be spread to other brigades as much as possible.

In the 1970s, in order to popularize the law, criminals were usually dragged out for meetings to serve as a warning, which is equivalent to the live broadcast of court trials on certain audio platforms today.

However, in the 1970s, at the conventions, the crowd and the criminals were face to face, and the scene was more intuitive. Some death row prisoners were even executed on the spot after the conventions, allowing the crowd to watch. Criminals were shot to death, thus achieving the purpose of warning.

"Grandma, were you woken up too?" Zhan Xinyue was worried about her grandmother. They slept in the same room last night. In case the old lady had a headache or fever at night, she could provide treatment as soon as possible.

"Yeah." Grandma Sheng yawned.

"Grandma, does your head still hurt? How do you feel? Are there any other discomforts in your body?" Zhan Xinyue asked several questions in a row.

"It's okay. I feel much better after a good sleep. Xinyue, you're taking the medicine very well."

When she came back last night, Zhan Xinyue cleaned the wound for her grandmother, applied the herbal medicine again, and boiled some internal medicine for her grandmother to drink.

“That’s good.” Zhan Xinyue took the old lady’s pulse with her finger and took it off after a minute. She was relieved only after making sure that the grandmother was not feeling unwell.

"Grandma, there will be a lot of people at the conference and the air is bad. You don't have to go. Just take a nap at home. I will ask Secretary Liu for leave."

"Okay." The old lady nodded. She was old, and although hitting her head wasn't a big deal, she did need rest.

Zhan Xinyue nodded and opened the window, letting the cool morning breeze blow in and dispel the smell of medicine in the house.

Grandma continued to sleep, Zhan Xinyue went to the kitchen to boil the medicine and made breakfast. When the medicine was ready, Zhan Xinyue took out the medicine and brought it to grandma's room. After waking the old lady up and drinking the medicine,

"Grandma, breakfast is warm in the pot. If you can't eat it now, you can eat it later. Go to the brigade headquarters and come back immediately after the meeting."

"Okay, go to the meeting without worrying." Grandma looked better and posed with a smile.

The radio sounded again, urging everyone to hurry to the brigade headquarters. Zhan Xinyue finished two steamed cakes in five mouthfuls, drank three mouthfuls of porridge, and followed the crowd towards the brigade headquarters. In less than five minutes, they arrived at the front yard of the brigade headquarters. At this time, almost everyone was there.

In the countryside in summer, it is not hot. But there are too many people on the playground, and they exhale more carbon dioxide, which makes it hot.

Some people don't pay attention to hygiene and can go without bathing for a week in the hot summer. They have bad breath, sweat, body odor, and urine mixed together. The smell is simply unbearable.

Zhan Xinyue stood in the crowd and almost suffocated. For the sake of her lungs, Zhan Xinyue moved her feet and walked to a place where there were more women and away from the sweaty smell of men.

"Auntie Liu, do you know why we are holding a meeting today?" a woman asked mysteriously.

Where there are women, there is gossip. Zhan Xinyue just approached and heard everyone talking about what happened last night.

"I know." Aunt Liu blinked, "My man went up to rescue someone last night, and Zhan Hongyan did something very shameful, and was caught by the grandmother of Group Leader Sheng. Zhan Hongyan was afraid that the old lady would tell others about it, so she wanted to silence her."

"Ah, what shameful thing did Zhan Hongyan do?" the women, who didn't know the inside story, asked anxiously.

"The man said that Zhan Hongyan had sex with three men. The man said that when they left, Zhan Hongyan's jacket was still hanging around Fang Jiaming's waist. Zhan Hongyan was, you know, drooling. I've said this before, but you didn't believe it when you saw how slutty Zhan Hongyan was."

The short-haired woman who asked the first question was beaming with joy, as if she were there.

Chen Juxiang was also in the crowd. Her face was bruised, her hair was messy, and her eyes were numb.

Last night, Zhan Aiguo was pulled out from under the quilt by Secretary Liu and scolded harshly, accusing him of not fulfilling his responsibilities as a father, not educating Zhan Hongyan well, and doing such a shameful thing, bringing shame to the entire Changhong Brigade.

Zhan Aiguo did not dare to resist Secretary Liu. As soon as the others left, he grabbed Chen Juxiang and beat her up, especially on her face, which was covered with all kinds of blood.

"Hey, isn't this our brigade's celebrity, Zhan Hongyan's mother, Comrade Chen Juxiang?"

Aunt Liu was a shady woman. She gave birth to three daughters, but the men in the family said nothing. However, Chen Juxiang ridiculed her several times, saying that she had no children and no one would see her off if she died.

"Auntie Juxiang, why are you silent? Didn't you always say that you were pregnant but gave birth to both a son and a daughter? Hahaha, now it seems that you were indeed pregnant and gave birth to the first death row prisoner in our Changhong Brigade after liberation!"

Aunt Liu's husband is a militiaman. He accompanied Secretary Liu to the Public Security Bureau and learned that Zhan Hongyan had been sentenced to death.

In the 1970s, the death penalty was very simple and there was a special committee to review it. Coincidentally, when Secretary Liu went to the Public Security Bureau, he happened to meet the director in charge who was also handling the case at the Public Security Bureau. Secretary Liu explained the situation of Zhan Hongyan one by one.

The director was furious after hearing this. He had finally abolished the brothel, but someone actually took advantage of the situation to spread the case and beat up the head's grandmother in an attempt to silence her. He was so angry that he sentenced Zhan Hongyan to death and executed her immediately.

Aunt Liu's husband was at the scene. After hearing what happened, he came back and told his wife the first thing she did.

"What did you say?" Chen Juxiang's numb eyes turned into an anxious look, and she grabbed Aunt Liu's hands and shook them hard.

"My daughter is going to be sentenced to death? How is that possible? What should I do? She said she wanted to live a good life. What should I do if she dies?"