Fu Baoer did not wait for the news of Zhou Xueyan's sentencing, but received a notice of suspension of classes. Several teachers were taken away for investigation and all schools were suspended. Even her sister-in-law who worked in the city asked someone to bring her a message saying that their factory had stopped working and she could not return for the time being and had to be investigated.
Whether in the village or in the city, people were in panic.
Zhaozhao, Chengru and Chengjie were junior high school students who went to the city to participate in the movement. When they came back, they all looked unhappy, obviously having seen many things that were unbearable for them.
They said the garment factory was closed, the factory leaders were being interrogated, Shen Qiaosheng was nowhere to be found, but his name was engraved on the pillar of shame. Fu Baoer was very worried about Fu Xiuzhi's situation.
However, as expected, the thing that worried the family the most happened. Fu Xiuzhi was reported by Wang Huizhu.
Because of the incident with Shen Qiaosheng, Fu Xiuzhi was implicated.
The Fu family had been poor peasants for three generations, but their background was clean. When people from above came to investigate, Fu Manshan dug out the glorious symbol that he had treasured for many years.
A "grain borrowing certificate" from the Red Army period.
"Leaders, our family has absolutely nothing to do with capitalist ideology. My daughter also comes from a farming background. She was chosen to work in the garment factory because of her skills. Look at this."
The investigators took the grain loan certificates and looked at each other. They knew that this was a regulation during the Red Army period that prohibited taking even a single needle or thread from the masses. Faced with the enthusiastic help of the people, the soldiers had no choice but to leave these "IOUs".
After the founding of New China, few people actually exchanged it for food. Instead, they kept it as a treasure, which was considered a very honorable thing.
"My aunt was even commended. During the flood of 1962, she risked her own life to save many people! She's a glorious worker!"
Fu Baoer's words made the investigators hesitate. After discussing it, they finally said, "Since that's the case, Comrade Fu Xiuzhi must have been deceived. Let her write a written self-criticism, sever ties with Shen Qiaosheng, and deeply reflect on herself and condemn his actions. Once she realizes her mistakes, we won't pursue the matter further. However, she must never have any contact with Shen Qiaosheng again!"
Fu Manshan and Jiang Fengxia breathed a sigh of relief and agreed immediately, saying that the most urgent thing was to release their daughter first.
However, Fu Xiuzhi was a stubborn person and she refused to break off her relationship with Shen Qiaosheng.
It wasn't until November that a letter from the capital was unearthed.
This letter should have actually been received in August, but the chaos at that time made people have no time to care about these things. The letter was sent to Fu Xiuzhi, but the sender was not Shen Qiaosheng.
The letter was read out on the spot.
Fu Xiuzhi felt her heart ache as the man read out the contents of the letter word for word. Shen Qiaosheng said that he was the wicked Ziben family and approached Fu Xiuzhi only to corrupt her mind and soul, deliberately deceiving her feelings...
She heard someone questioning her, asking if she was willing to sever ties with Shen Qiaosheng and stand up to criticize and accuse him. Fu Xiuzhi heard her own barely audible voice and softly said that she was willing...
When Fu Baoer saw her aunt again, she couldn't recognize her. She was so thin, with wounds all over her body. There was a scar on her forehead, and there was no light in her eyes. She looked even more pitiful than when she divorced.
Jiang Fengxia and Fu Manshan just sighed. They didn't expect that their daughter and Shen Qiaosheng would reach this point today. One swore to defend their love to the death, and the other left such a letter to help her lover escape.
Every night, Fu Xiuzhi couldn't fall asleep because she thought of this letter. She couldn't let Chen Qiaosheng down. She couldn't remember how she shouted those slogans. She only knew that she didn't dare to cry, and she couldn't cry...
The garment factory closed, and Fu Xiuzhi returned to Qingshan Village. Besides going to work every day, she also had to undergo daily criticism and education. Furthermore, she had to join other people with bad backgrounds in cleaning the yards, fetching water, feeding pigs, and cleaning toilets for the families of martyrs and the five-guarantee households in the village...
To Fu Xiuzhi, those slanders, insults, and ridicules were like a feather gently brushing her ears, a little itchy, but nothing to worry about.
At the end of the month, several people came from the village, escorting an old man and a young boy, and knocked on the door of the village office.
Chen Zhifang and Wang Youtian received the instructions last week, so it was no surprise. After completing the handover procedures, they took the two people to the dilapidated house in the village that had been uninhabited for many years.
The house has been in disrepair for a long time and is leaking everywhere. Its only advantage is that it is close to the river and not many people live here.
“Chen Xiuqi, you and your grandson will live here,” Chen Zhifang pointed inside, “Everything is here, come and find me if you need anything.”
Shen Xiuqi did not dislike the environment here. He thanked him politely. Fortunately, Secretary Chen did not seem to be a difficult person to get along with.
I don’t know how many methods the son used to arrange for the grandfather and grandson to live in Qingshan Village.
Chen Zhifang appeared to be fine, but he actually felt sorry for the father and son. The files he received were very detailed. The old man, Shen Xiuqi, was born in 1908 and went abroad with his family in 1912. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the chairman of the Overseas Chinese Rescue Association and made many contributions to China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he continued to receive remittances from overseas Chinese. Later, he returned to China with his family, invested in factories, and made many contributions to the foreign exchange industry. However, he ended up in this situation.
Chen Zhifang told himself that any help he could get would be good, as long as he didn't do it too obviously.
Shen Xiuqi and his grandson Shen Suizhi respectfully sent Chen Zhifang away, and then he could no longer hold on due to his weak body and lay down on the shabby and narrow bed.
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