Chapter 126
Jiang Ning had suspected Jiang Hehua in her previous life. Since not many people knew about this matter, she was able to use the process of elimination to eliminate a few people who might have spread such rumors.
But she eventually ruled out Jiang Hehua, and her main suspect was still Jiang Yueqin. She thought it was Jiang Yueqin who told the truth.
Because Jiang Yueqin was willing to take her, a fellow villager, to such a place, she had a bad heart, and she had the motive to do this after she escaped.
No matter who she told in the village, or in other villages or among relatives, as long as that person was from No. 1 Middle School, the rumor could be spread to everyone.
And she did not let Jiang Yueqin go in her previous life.
In fact, no matter whether she lets her go or not, what good can Jiang Yueqin have in her future after falling into that place? The ending is inevitable.
But she never thought that it was Jiang Hehua.
The reason why she excluded Jiang Hehua in her previous life was that from childhood to adulthood, the number of times they had spoken to each other did not exceed ten sentences.
They are not even in the same grade, not in the same school, and rarely see each other. Why would she do such a thing?
Although she had some of the qualities to spread rumors, she had no motive to do so.
They had no conflicts of interest, she had never offended her, and they even had very few intersections, like two unrelated parallel lines.
In her impression, Jiang Hehua was always a proud girl like a swan, with her head and chin always held high, walking forward proudly, with a snow-white face, a snow-white shirt, and a bright red scarf that she wore meticulously.
It was not until many years later that they met again on the road to the village. By then, she was already a well-known and successful person in the village. When she saw Jiang Hehua, she smiled and greeted her: "Are you back?"
Jiang Hehua seemed to be stunned when she saw her. She didn't smile, but just nodded: "Well, I'll go home."
We passed each other again.
We never met again after that, not even during the Chinese New Year.
Many years later, I heard some news about Jiang Hehua from Jiang's mother. She said that she was admitted to a 211 university in Nanshi and now works in the township government. Her father-in-law seemed to be a small leader in the township government.
Who would doubt someone who has no intersection with her life at all?
But she found that one could never use normal people's thinking to judge abnormal people's thoughts.
It's like she will never understand the mentality of those people who make up dirty rumors about people they don't know at all online to attract attention.
So when she saw Jiang Hehua, she was both surprised and not surprised.
She was surprised because she felt that Jiang Hehua would not do that and she didn't understand.
She was not surprised because at this point in her life, she had some guesses, but she was not sure.
But the police gave her an answer.
She asked Jiang Hehua why.
Jiang Hehua was completely panicked at this time, her hands were shaking, and when the police questioned her, she was finally scared to tears and cried, "I don't know, I don't know anything. During the summer vacation, the police came to our village to investigate Jiang Yueqin, and then I learned that Jiang Yueqin almost cheated Ningning and was exposed by Ningning. I only said that the first person she wanted to cheat was Ningning. I didn't spread rumors, I really didn't spread rumors, and I don't know why they spread such rumors, but I really didn't say that."
All she could think of at this moment was to call her parents.
She kept crying. After this happened, the school also contacted her parents.
The first reaction of the brigade secretary and Lotus's mother when they heard this was: "Impossible!"
Jiang Hehua has always been a good girl in their eyes since she was young and is their pride. It is impossible for her to do such a thing.
The brigade secretary and Mother Lotus did not dare to hesitate for a moment. Since there was no boat, they rode their bicycles to Tanshan, then transferred to Shuibu Town from Tanshan, and then went to the police station in Wucheng.
Not only Jiang Hehua's parents, but also the parents of those boys were called to the school by the school leaders of No. 1 Middle School.
When Jiang Hehua's parents arrived at the police station, the first thing they did was to look for Jiang Ning. However, Jiang Ning had already been protected by the school leaders of No. 1 Middle School and had returned to school. She had missed too many classes before, and the course progress at No. 1 Middle School was very fast. Jiang Hehua was only inattentive and out of shape for a week, and it would be difficult for her to catch up later. What's more, Jiang Ning had missed more than 20 days of classes, and she had competitions coming up, so she would miss even more classes.
So Teacher Wang advised her to go back to school: "We will take care of this matter. We will call you when there is something else. Go to class and don't fall behind in your grades."
For teachers, no matter what happens to students, it should not affect their studies.
Jiang Ning also made his attitude clear: "If I don't explain this matter clearly, it may affect my whole life, so I firmly demand strict handling. If necessary, I will sue them!"
The words "sue them" made the teachers and leaders of No. 1 Middle School fully aware of how angry and concerned Jiang Ning was about this matter. She also expressed to the teachers her determination that she would never forgive or let it go, and asked them to handle the matter with a more severe and serious attitude.
Teacher Wang looked at the students he admired and pursed his lips: "Go to class, I will help you deal with it." He then said to the director of the political education department and Director Wang: "These students must be dealt with seriously!"
The director of the political education department is more serious than Teacher Wang, otherwise he would not patrol the school every night with a flashlight to catch students in premature love and enforce school discipline. Even Teacher Ji is afraid of him. He also said: "This year's class of students is much more difficult to manage than in previous years. Such things have never happened in previous years. Listen to what they say? Filthy words and foul language! This time we must use this incident to kill this evil trend!"
Teacher Wang and the director of the political and educational department both wanted to expel the boy who fought, and the other boys would also be given serious warnings and placed on probation.
At this time, the school considers giving a serious warning or placing the student on probation as very serious treatment methods, because a serious warning will be recorded in the student's file, and such a mark will remain on the student's file for the rest of his life, which may affect his civil service exam and even his college entrance exam. If the student is placed on probation again within a year, he will be directly persuaded to withdraw or expelled.
But Director Wang felt that expulsion and demerit were too severe and would directly affect the student's life: "The boy was beaten and those boys didn't do anything. It would be better to record their demerit and keep them in school for observation."
But both Teacher Wang and the director of the political and educational department insisted on giving a serious warning and it must be recorded in the file.
Teacher Wang had a very good reason: "We must not allow bad practices to continue! If we simply let this happen, they will do it again and again. Jiang Ning is a student who was just praised by the whole school and received a first-class scholarship. They dare to spread rumors and insult her like this. What about other girls?"
Director Wang has a gentle temperament, but Teacher Wang has a very strong personality.
Finally, they submitted this suggestion to the principal's office. Principal Sun, who was also very tough in his methods, directly expelled the boy who was beaten. He also recorded serious warnings and gave the other several students probationary punishments in their files, and the whole school was informed.
All of a sudden, the entire impetuous atmosphere of No. 1 Middle School was changed, and the first-year students were frightened and became so obedient that they dared not spread any rumors anymore.
Not only did No. 1 Middle School expel the boy who was beaten, but Director Wang also strongly demanded that Jiang Hehua be expelled and that the other students who spread the rumors be given warnings.
The students of Wuzhong had been severely scolded by Director Wang before, and were so scared that they dared not say anything. They did not expect that they would face such serious consequences afterwards.
Neither Hehua's mother nor the brigade secretary had expected that Wu Zhong would actually expel Jiang Hehua so seriously. They were both dumbfounded.
The brigade secretary distributed cigarettes to the directors of Wuzhong and No. 1 Middle School, and asked them with a smile what happened. Director Wang was so upset by these students that he didn't take the brigade secretary's cigarette. He wiped his high forehead and short hair and said impatiently, "Ask Officer Liu."
Then the brigade secretary and Lotus' mother found out what Jiang Hehua was doing.
Mother Lotus immediately thought of the time during the summer vacation when Jiang Hehua asked them about Jiang Yueqin and Jiang Ning, but they didn't take it to heart at the time. Instead, they warned Jiang Hehua to stay away from those people in the eldest house and not to trust other people's words, even those they were familiar with, because many people would cheat on their acquaintances.
But they never expected that Jiang Hehua would have such an idea.
But of course they couldn't say that. Lotus's mother anxiously asked the police: "Officer Liu, is there any misunderstanding here? Our Lotus and Ningning are sisters from the same clan who grew up together. Their relationship is like that of real sisters. She can't do such a thing. It must be a misunderstanding."
Officer Liu has encountered many cases and has seen all kinds of people and all kinds of things. He said expressionlessly, "Whether it is a misunderstanding or not is not up to you to say. We need to look at the evidence. Based on the evidence we have collected so far, your daughter is indeed the source of the rumor."
Now is the period of severe crackdown. Petty theft and fights are being treated as major cases. Spreading rumors would be a minor case if it happened in normal times. But now if the person involved in the rumor refuses to confess, it is a major case of defamation.
Officer Liu said: "If it is counted as defamation, your daughter will be sentenced to at least several years in prison."
These words stunned Lotus' mother and the brigade secretary. They originally thought that being expelled from Wuzhong was a disaster, but they didn't expect it to be even more serious.
The brigade secretary said in disbelief: "How could it be so serious?"
The police officers at the police station said expressionlessly, "How can it not be serious? What is the situation now? The general leadership only proposed the severe crackdown at the March meeting. Just think about what happened during the years 1983 to 1985!"
The brigade secretary sat in his chair in a daze.
As the brigade secretary, how could he not know how serious the crimes committed during the crackdown were? From 1983 to 1985, anyone caught for petty theft or fighting would just eat peanuts. In Jiang Hehua's case, although she didn't have to eat peanuts, if she was really caught and locked up for a few years, her life would be ruined.
Hehua's mother was also frightened. She didn't care whether Jiang Hehua was fired or not. She only asked that Jiang Hehua not go to jail.
She collapsed and slapped Jiang Hehua on the back a few times: "Didn't I tell you not to ask about those messy things? You are a high school student, just study hard! Why do you care about so many things? Why are you so talkative! Think about the specific situation for me, think carefully about what you said and what you didn't say!"
Jiang Hehua was so scared that she broke down and cried, "I didn't, I really didn't, I didn't say that, I didn't spread rumors! I only said that Yueqin kidnapped Ningning, I didn't say those rumors, they spread them themselves!"
Jiang Hehua did not say it directly, she just made it ambiguous on purpose to guide the reader.
But among the people being questioned, there were also several students who were at the school gate with her. I don't know if they had confused memories or couldn't remember the details, but they all said clearly that it was Jiang Hehua who said it. In particular, the girl in Class 10 who was in the same class as Jiang Hehua said clearly that Jiang Hehua said words like "selling~that thing" and "being a prostitute".
Jiang Hehua cried and said, "I didn't say that about Ningning, I was talking about Yueqin!"
But everyone said it was her who said it.
The campus of Wuzhong was in a state of panic for a while because the police called many students in for questioning. Many people were glad that they did not spread rumors, otherwise they would be the ones arrested by the police and warned by the school.
The most shocking thing is Class 10 of Wuzhong.
They had all heard the rumor before, but they never expected that the source of the rumor was Jiang Hehua.
"What does she want? Why would she make up such rumors?"
"What's the point? Jealousy."
Jiang Hehua has a mediocre relationship with her classmates because of her arrogant but actually inferior character.
Only Ruan Hong didn't find it strange at all. In fact, when she heard the rumor, she suspected that it was Jiang Hehua who spread it, because apart from Jiang Hehua, no one else knew about the affairs in Jiang Ning Village.
Jiang Hehua didn't feel surprised at all that she received such a lesson. Instead, she felt that she deserved it.
From the first time she stood in front of the joint entrance examination list and saw Jiang Ning's name, she felt something was strange.
There is no breakthrough at the police station, Jiang Ning refuses to give in, and Jiang Hehua is still in detention. The brigade secretary knows that the situation is not that serious, and the main thing now is to find Jiang Ning. As long as Jiang Ning gives in, then it won't be a big deal.
He and Lotus's mother went to the gate of No. 1 Middle School to look for Jiang Ning, but the security guard would never let them in. They came again and again, but never saw anyone.
They anxiously called Jiang's father and mother, hoping that they could persuade Jiang Ning to let go and stop caring about the matter.
Father Jiang called the brigade headquarters several times. The brigade headquarters’ phone had Father Jiang’s call records, so it was not difficult for him to find Father Jiang.
Dad Jiang suddenly received a call from his hometown. He thought it was Jiang Ning and Jiang Bai calling, but he didn't expect it to be the brigade secretary.
He thought something happened in his hometown, but he didn't expect that the brigade secretary was talking about Jiang Hehua accidentally talking about Jiang Yueqin, and others heard it and spread the rumor. Now Jiang Ning called the police and the police arrested Jiang Hehua.
He described the seriousness of the incident in a lighthearted way: "As for the Yueqin incident last year, the police somehow found her this year and went to the village to investigate Jiang Yueqin's affairs. Hehua was curious and listened to it. We didn't let her know about it, so she was confused and probably talked about Jiang Yueqin. Somehow, her classmates heard it and dragged the matter onto Ningning, so the misunderstanding arose."
The brigade secretary sighed and said, "Guoping, our two families are brothers from the same family. Going back several generations, we have the same ancestor. Hehua really didn't mean it. How could she say such a thing? Now Ningning has called the police, and it's a crackdown. If Ningning doesn't give in, Hehua will probably be sentenced to several years in prison."
He praised her, "You are the strongest among our generation. When you opened a chicken farm, it was well-known not only in the surrounding area, but also in Wucheng. If it weren't for an accident, I wouldn't have been the party secretary. The party secretary position is already in your pocket. Maybe you will become the mayor or district head like my fourth brother!"
Father Jiang had been burdened by debts for years, and had long lost the high-spirited spirit of his youth. He was flattered by the brigade secretary's words, and was immediately overwhelmed. He said modestly: "When we were young..." The two recalled their past. Finally, Father Jiang smiled and said to the brigade secretary: "Don't worry, I'll call Ningning about this. We are sisters from the same clan, and Ningning and Hehua will help each other in the future. Since it's a misunderstanding, just let me know."
The brigade secretary was in charge of several villages in their Linhe Brigade. Jiang's father didn't dare to offend the brigade secretary, otherwise he might make trouble for his family in the future, and their family would have a hard time in the village. So he was very concerned and quickly called No. 1 Middle School.
The last time he looked for Jiang Bai, he asked Wu Zhong's teacher for the phone number of No. 1 Middle School, so it was easy to get through the call.
When the teacher at No. 1 Middle School heard that it was Jiang Ning's father, he thought that Jiang's father knew that Jiang Ning was spread rumors at school and felt wronged. He was worried about his daughter, so he called to comfort Jiang Ning. He also readily helped Jiang's father to call Jiang Ning.
As soon as Jiang Ning heard that it was Jiang's father calling, she knew what Jiang's father wanted to say to her without even listening.
It's amazing to say, when most parents know their daughter has had a conflict with others, they usually stand from their daughter's perspective to condemn others, but Jiang's father and mother can always stand from the perspective of the perpetrators, sympathize with them, ask her to be tolerant and forgive, and be generous with her generosity to build their own good reputation.
Every time she broke down and asked them: "Are you my parents or their parents? Why do you always stand on others' side to criticize me, but never think about me at all!"
They would teach her earnestly: "Child, you have to think about others too. It's not easy for them either..."
Jiang Ning herself discovered that nothing in the outside world could hurt her anymore, but even if she lived again, her father could still be the knife that stabbed her.
But they are your parents. They have a social status that naturally suppresses you and a natural moral high ground, which allows everyone to accuse you of being unfilial.
She didn't even want to tell the teachers nonsense like, "If someone claiming to be her parents calls her in the future, don't ask her to answer the phone," because it wouldn't work and they would instead become Jiang's father and mother's side and persuade you instead.
There will always be people who will advise you with words like "There are no wrong parents in the world" and "Your parents are doing this for your own good."
They don’t know what you have been through, or the full story. Even if they do know, as long as they are your parents, they can be forgiven. There will be people who will advise you to forgive and understand the difficulties your parents have faced.
Everyone in the world has a hard time, except you.
She came to the teacher's office, picked up the phone, and said loudly: "Hello? Hello? What did you say? I can't hear you! Is the signal bad?"
So Jiang's father on the other end of the phone said again: "Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Hello? Hello?" Then he hung up the phone.
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