Liang Lizheng watched the scene in panic. He caught a glimpse of the factory director and Director Yuan approaching, and immediately yelled, "Director Yuan, please speak up for us. We may have spread rumors without knowing the truth, but are the people involved in the rumors blameless?"
As soon as these words were spoken, many people started to make a fuss.
"Yes, Director Yuan, I was accused of frivolous behavior before, and you criticized me severely."
"Yes, at the last meeting for us women, they listed several typical cases and made them cry, but they didn't do those things at all."
"Yes, I remember you saying things like flies don't bite seamless eggs and that one hand can't clap. Now that you've been slandered, shouldn't you reflect on yourself?"
"I think you just want to force good women into prostitution. The poor comrade was frightened by you and cried all night."
"How pitiful! Director Yuan persecuted him like this."
"Chengzhang, you have to stand up for that comrade. She was just working and was called into the conference room. I don't know how badly she bullied her. Her clothes were torn to shreds."
"Yes, we are not making this up. It was really torn. A large piece of cloth on her back was torn off."
"I work in the same workshop as her. I saw that dress still hanging in our workshop. If you don't believe me, you can go and see it."
Director Yuan's ears were filled with curse words, and she was on the verge of collapse because she was in front of the factory director. She wanted to escape like she did in the cafeteria before, but the factory director looked at her with a terrifying look. When she was thinking about fainting, Old Mrs. Xia's eyes rolled back and she fainted.
"Oh, Comrade Xia has fainted, hurry up and take him to the hospital."
"Are you scared by Director Yuan? The look in her eyes just now scared me as an outsider."
"She wouldn't really be threatened by Director Yuan, right?"
"It's so pitiful. Even at this age, he still has to encounter such a thing."
"Send her to the hospital first."
Director Yuan was even more panicked than them. She knew that what happened in the conference room was not what they said. In her memory, it was just an ordinary conversation, just like the people she had contacted before because of other rumors.
But she didn't know why things had developed to this point. It was obvious that those people had just swallowed their anger before.
Director Yuan then recalled Old Lady Xia's past great deeds, such as rushing into her husband's factory and beating people in front of the factory director, driving out her eldest son's family, setting fire to the house on New Year's Day, and becoming the first woman in their area to get divorced after the New Year.
How could such a person be an honest person? This time, she really hit a wall.
Old Mrs. Xia woke up on the way they were carrying her to the hospital. Because she was pretending, she was too embarrassed to go to the hospital and it would be embarrassing if she was found out, so she woke up after walking for a while. After waking up, she pretended to know nothing. When she heard them denouncing Director Yuan on her behalf, Old Mrs. Xia was still very grateful.
Although, they are most likely the same group that spread the rumors before.
As for why Old Lady Xia fainted, it was because she saw Director Yuan about to faint, so she wanted to get ahead of her. She was afraid that if Director Yuan fainted, those words would be directed at her, even though this matter was not her fault from beginning to end. The cause was Director Yuan calling her into the meeting room to criticize her without asking any questions.
But most people sympathize with the weak. If Director Yuan fainted in front of everyone, everyone might start to say something bad about her. After all, she has fainted, so what else can be said?
So, she took the initiative, hehe.
There was a clear announcement about this incident the next day. Because Director Yuan had a bad influence in this incident, as the director of the factory office he was unable to convince the public and had made inappropriate remarks many times, he was punished and demoted to deputy director.
The new factory director will be announced at the mid-year workers' meeting, and the workers' opinions will also be heard.
The person behind this rumor is currently under investigation by the public security department, and we don’t know who it is yet. However, the factory director said that the punishment will be increased.
The people who were most happy about this incident were the workers who had been bullied by Director Yuan. But before they had time to be happy, they heard that Deputy Director Yuan would be acting as director.
Then Director Yuan's demotion was completely meaningless. Everyone discussed it privately, and some even went to Old Lady Xia to talk behind her back, trying to encourage her to make trouble again.
Old Mrs. Xia is not a fool who can be easily fooled. The superiors have already made their opinions on how to deal with the matter. If she makes a fuss about something that has been set in stone, wouldn't that cause trouble for the factory director and the superiors?
So, she refused, but if Director Yuan gave her a hard time in the future, she would make a big fuss. She would retire in a few years, so what was she afraid of?
She is a worker. Workers retire at the age of 50, and managers retire at the age of 55. Her retirement is not far away.
Two days later, Chen Xiangbei hurriedly sent someone to tell Old Lady Xia early one morning that there was some progress.
Old Mrs. Xia was working seriously and came out when she heard this.
"Mom, I have found the woman with the leg disease you mentioned, but I'm not sure. I asked several groups of people, and she seems to be the most suitable one in the east of the city." Chen Xiangbei pulled her and said hurriedly.
Old Mrs. Xia was also anxious, "Where does she live? Is she okay? Is she in good health?"
Chen Xiangbei panted: "Listen to me, although I found such a person, but...but..."
Old Mrs. Xia was almost driven crazy by his stuttering. "But what is it? Tell me."
Chen Xiangbei: "But she is Tian Chengping's mother."
Old Lady Xia opened her mouth so wide that it looked like she could swallow an egg. "Whose mother is this?"
Chen Xiangbei: "Tian Chengping."
Old Lady Xia: "Is it Tian Chengping, the one we had a fight with that day and sent him to the police station, causing him to lose his job?"
Chen Xiangbei nodded. "I was originally going to look for this woman yesterday, but later I heard she went to the Public Security Bureau, so I followed the road to look for her. I saw her coming out with her head down, walking one after the other with Tian Chengping. Tian Chengping even kicked her and cursed her all the way."
Old Lady Xia: "Did you see it clearly?"
Chen Xiangbei: "Of course, but I only heard you describe her general appearance, I'm not sure if it's her. Where they live, the neighbors all call her Aunt Lame or Aunt Tian. No one knows her name."
Old Lady Xia: "I'll go take a look. I'll ask for leave now. Wait for me."
Chen Xiangbei nodded heavily. If that woman was really his mother's sister, his aunt, then she was truly miserable. What Chen Xiangbei didn't say was that the woman was wearing very thin clothes on such a cold day. She had chilblains on her hands and face. She was shivering and looked so pitiful.
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