Now that his misdeeds have been exposed, Wang Mazi's legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground under the hateful gazes of the crowd.
He was heartbroken, his finger trembling as he pointed at his mother, crying out in tears, "Mother! How could you do such a foolish thing!"
"How could you steal the brigade's grain?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he began to slap himself hard across the face, the sound of the slaps echoing loudly in the quiet wheat field.
After just a few slaps, his cheeks quickly swelled up, the swollen areas a frightening red.
He cried uncontrollably, sobbing and lamenting, "It's all my fault! I'm so useless, I can't even support my own family, which forced you to steal grain. It's dragged everyone down and ruined the whole village!"
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault!"
After saying that, he knelt down in front of everyone with a "plop" and continued to slap himself hard. The loud slaps seemed to strike everyone's hearts with each blow. He also kowtowed hard, the dull thud of his forehead hitting the ground leaving everyone present with mixed feelings.
Xie Yan watched coldly, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, and inwardly sneered, "What a shameless and ruthless person!"
He glanced around discreetly and noticed that many people were already moved, their eyes beginning to show a hint of reluctance.
Xie Yan sneered. He didn't believe Wang Mazi was unaware that his mother had stolen grain.
Wang Mazi's wife glanced at the disheveled man on the ground, and without even thinking, she knelt down next to him with a "plop" and kowtowed to apologize.
But this person seemed to have been in poor health. Before he could even cry a few times, he suddenly couldn't breathe, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
This sudden turn of events instantly threw everyone into a panic.
Even if everyone was furious, they couldn't just stand by and watch someone get hurt right in front of them, since they were all from the same village and everyone knew she was in poor health.
So everyone hurriedly urged Wang Mazi to carry the man to Zhao Dezhi's house, because they couldn't let anything happen to him.
Finally, Wang Mazi and his family hurriedly left with Zhao Dezhi.
Xie Yan silently glanced around, observing the subtle shift in everyone's attitudes, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking to himself, "The Wang family really has some tricks up their sleeves; they're quite shrewd."
Since they couldn't find a way to deal with Wang Mazi's family for the time being, everyone turned their angry gazes toward Wang Yindi.
But Wang Yindi showed no remorse whatsoever. Instead, she laughed arrogantly, which contrasted sharply with the old lady crying sadly next to her. Everyone's anger intensified, and they looked at her with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire.
Wang Yindi tilted her head back and laughed smugly. Anyway, she was pregnant, so what could she do to her?
Even if the child is still sent to a labor camp after birth, it will be no different from before.
Looking at the hateful and regretful eyes of the crowd below, she felt inexplicably pleased.
Hahaha, if there's no food this year, a few people might actually starve to death, how wonderful!
These people used to step on her and her man to get their own benefits, but they didn't treat her well. This is karma! They deserve it!
Wang Yindi's glaring smile completely enraged the crowd below.
Everyone's eyes were bloodshot. They bent down to pick up clods of dirt from the ground, ready to throw them at Wang Yindi. At that moment, they even felt like killing her.
Upon seeing this, Yu Shan's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted, "Do you still want food?!"
The young people were so angry they were hot-headed, but when they heard about food, they shouted back without thinking, "Yes!"
Of course I want to! How could I not?
"But there's no more food to distribute now, Captain!" A tearful response came from the crowd. Everyone looked at the captain, their eyes red and filled with despair and helplessness.
Yu Shan looked up at the group of villagers, who were filled with grief and indignation, raised his hand to stop their discussion, and said loudly, "If you want to, put down the clods of dirt you're holding!"
"The government won't abandon us; the commune will give us some food."
"Those who want food, listen to me!"
After hearing this, everyone hesitated for a moment, but seeing the captain's determined eyes, they slowly put down the clods of dirt in their hands.
Upon seeing this, Yu Shan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
These reckless guys don't even realize there are police officers standing right next to them. If they throw this clod of dirt at them and accidentally injure a police officer, things could get really serious.
Seeing the villagers drop their clods of dirt, the police officers quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
They were genuinely terrified just now. The clods of dirt thrown by so many angry people were quite powerful; just thinking about them hitting them made them shudder.
Seeing that they couldn't lay a hand on Wang Yindi on stage, everyone turned their attention to Wang Yindi's parents and family.
Feeling the angry gazes of everyone, the Wang family members turned pale with fright and hurriedly tried to distance themselves from Wang Yindi.
Father Wang shouted at the top of his lungs, "This slut has nothing to do with our family anymore! She's a married daughter, like water spilled from a cup!"
"It has nothing to do with our family anymore."
Wang's mother also joined in the wailing and shouting, "Yes, she was fine when she was at home, but she became like this as soon as she got married. It's obvious that Wang Xiao taught her this."
"That brat has really ruined our family's life!"
"Our family was also a victim!" she said, and then burst into tears.
Seeing the Wang family's reaction, the others decided not to make things difficult for them any further.
Finally, the brigade secretary stepped forward and soothed everyone's emotions with kind words.
After everyone calmed down a bit, the police took Wang Yindi and the old lady away. Since then, no one in the village has ever seen them again.
Xie Yan learned from Yu Shan that the two had been directly exiled to a desert area to participate in a farm for windbreak and afforestation, which, to put it bluntly, meant planting trees.
I heard that the workload there is extremely heavy, the environment is so harsh that it's unbearable, and the food is absolutely terrible.
Those two are truly blessed!
After being sent to the forest farm, Wang Yindi was momentarily stunned.
She was filled with doubt; wasn't she pregnant?
Wasn't it said that we should wait until after the baby is born before taking any action?
How could they send her to a place like this?
It wasn't until she lost her child from exhaustion during the arduous labor that Wang Yindi truly understood that there were vast differences between different farms.
The child was not her lifeline.
She had previously thought the farm was like hell, but compared to this place, it was like heaven.
Her chapped lips trembled slightly as she bit her already cracked lips, causing the scabbed wounds to split open again, but no blood flowed out.
The sharp pain in her lower body brought her previously numb mind back to a more awake state.
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