Liu Baogen's family, because he had such a promising son in the army, Liu's mother had an unusual posture in the village in the past two years.
Even Liu Baoqin benefited from it. Among the young sisters of similar age in the village, she enjoyed a special status.
As for Linglong, in the eyes of the villagers, she is an honest, well-behaved and capable girl.
Many people think that it was because Liu Baogen's family was willing to "adopt" Linglong that they accumulated blessings, and in return they got such a beautiful daughter-in-law like Linglong.
The villagers didn't think Liu Baogen had a future, and Linglong was not worthy of him. On the contrary, everyone in the Liu family, except Liu's father, looked down on Linglong more than the other.
After hearing this big news, few people expressed their concern for their family. Instead, some uncles and aunts were worried about Linglong's safety.
"Hongdou is such a pretty girl, could she have been kidnapped?"
"Alas, this girl shouldn't have come into the city."
As for knowing that Liu Baogen was punished, there were quite a few people who gloated over his misfortune.
Liu Baomin's family refused to give a single word.
Before Liu's mother came to cause trouble, Liu Baomin had already mentioned this matter at home.
At that time, he still didn't think there was anything wrong with him. He just cooperated with the PLA volunteers' investigation and told the truth.
Liu Baomin was still young, lacking in experience, knowledge, and wisdom. His father had been an accountant in the village for many years, and his sister had married a cadre in the city. These were not ordinary people's horizons.
Soon, I figured out the key points.
He also made it clear to his family that this matter really had nothing to do with their Baomin. The army was going to investigate, and it was not something that would be let go just because Liu Baomin didn't speak out.
At the root of this problem, it is Liu Baogen who has the problem. If he had no problem, how could the army punish him?
So even if Liu Baogen's family brought it up, they would insist that this matter had nothing to do with their family.
With his wise analysis, Liu Baomin's family felt more confident when facing Liu's mother who came to make trouble.
"Humph, you still have the nerve to criticize my Baomin. Why don't you criticize your family for being incompetent? If your Baogen hadn't been dragging his feet and not coming to work with Hongdou, would he have violated discipline and been punished?"
Mother Liu would never admit that her son was wrong, so she could only point the main blame at Linglong.
However, some people don't like to hear this, such as the village party secretary and his wife who know the inside story.
Originally, when they heard that Liu's mother and Liu Baomin's family had a quarrel, they dared to come and try to mediate.
As a result, when he heard that Linglong was missing, Liu Baogen was punished by the army because of Linglong's child bride incident.
Thinking about how they secretly covered for Linglong and even issued a letter of introduction, he felt a little guilty.
They thought they must have made things worse. Linglong went to the army to ask Liu Baogen for forgiveness, but the army learned about the child bride incident and was later punished.
But if you think about it carefully, they also think Linglong is quite innocent.
They felt that what Liu Baomin's mother said was quite right. If Liu Baogen had not dragged his feet in coming to do the job, how could this have happened?
In particular, they also knew that Linglong planned to go to the army to find someone because of the letter from Liu Baogen asking for a "divorce".
No matter how you look at it, Liu Baogen is more at fault.
The village party secretary felt uncomfortable, but thinking that it was he who issued the letter of introduction, he held back and didn't say anything for the time being, but his wife couldn't hold back.
She was smart enough not to mention the couple's covering up for Linglong, but she just said, "Don't put all the blame on Hongdou. That girl Hongdou is really pitiful, alas."
Her sigh made everyone around her feel that there was something else behind her words.
The village party secretary hurried to pull his wife, but was pushed away.
"Why are you pulling me in? I'm going to tell you. You don't know, Baogen not only dragged his feet but also sent a letter to Hongdou, saying that he wanted to divorce her."
"What?"
"divorce?"
"Is it real or fake?"
"Aunt Guihua, how do you know?"
The villagers started asking questions one after another.
When Liu's mother heard the "divorce" letter, she secretly cried out in dismay.
Liu Baomin's mother became excited.
"Osmanthus, tell me what happened."
"Alas, Hongdou won't let me tell you. Anyway, we both saw the letter, right, his father?" She looked at her husband.
What could the village party secretary do? Since his wife had said this, he could only nod his head.
In fact, Aunt Guihua didn't know many Chinese characters. She still learned common Chinese characters in a literacy class. It was only after the village party secretary confirmed that Liu Baogen had written it that she was sure of it.
The fact that she was so secretive and didn't elaborate made everyone think it was more real.
"You're talking nonsense. Our Baogen just couldn't get leave at the moment, so he didn't come. And the divorce letter is all fake." Liu's mother felt that it was impossible for the village party secretary and his wife to have that letter, and she immediately denied it.
She couldn't let her son's punishment from the army make matters worse and ruin his reputation in the village.
She even began to regret not listening to her husband's advice and impulsively ran to Liu Baomin's house to vent her anger.
"Anyway, we saw it." Aunt Guihua also insisted on her statement.
Liu Baomin's mother chimed in. "Hmph, if there hadn't been that letter, Guihua and the Party Secretary would have been so bored that they'd have fabricated a divorce letter."
Think about it, everyone, yes, plus the village party secretary has more prestige, so they also updated their statements.
Seeing that she couldn't get any help from Liu Baomin's family, and that continuing to make trouble would only harm her son, Liu's mother could only stubbornly say that it didn't happen, and then left in anger.
When she was almost home, Liu Baoqin, who had been hiding in the distance, appeared and followed her.
Looking at her useless daughter, Liu's mother was filled with anger again.
Where did the person just run off to? I don’t know where he came out to help.
Linglong had done something so unscrupulous as to leave the Liu family without considering the consequences. The villagers' attitude towards her would change drastically, but by some strange coincidence, not only did her reputation not suffer any damage, but she was even pitied by the villagers.
It can only be said that she has always been kind-hearted and has won popularity, but Liu's mother is not very popular because of her father's arrogance and style.
He didn't get anything for venting his anger, so he went home and yelled at Liu's mother. But he felt sorry for the things at home, so he couldn't really break anything, and he felt even more frustrated.
He kept scolding Linglong.
"This damn girl actually leaked Baogen's letter. She must have planned this all along. This black-hearted thing, if I had known this would happen, I would have killed her right away."
The words were just on the tip of her tongue, but when she saw her husband smoking silently, she swallowed the words back.
I almost let it slip.
"There must be some misunderstanding." He still refused to believe that his kind-hearted adopted daughter would harm their family.
But he didn't know what his family did to Linglong after he passed away in his previous life.
"Hmph, I really don't know what kind of nonsense she has fed you. Just believe her." Mother Liu was so angry that she almost died.
Feeling unhappy, she dropped her things and went into the house, locked the door, then opened the box and took out the things she had hidden.
"Humph, luckily we still have these."
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