The leader glanced at Lin Chuchu seemingly casually.
In that one glance, Lin Chuchu was certain that her guess was true.
Liu Xiaonuan instinctively grasped Lin Chuchu's hand, her voice trembling.
"Sister Chuchu, is that child really going to be abused?"
How she wished it were all a lie? If one day she became a martyr, would her child also be bullied and abused?
Lin Chuchu squeezed her hand again, her lips pressed tightly together.
"Let's hear what the leader has to say."
Soon, everyone had arrived. The leader clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention to himself.
"I have called everyone here today to say something. Starting today, we will set aside one hour each afternoon for a class on ideological education. No one, regardless of gender, whether they are soldiers or researchers, is allowed to be absent."
"At the same time, all military family members, as long as they are 3 years old or older, should listen along."
After the commander announced the decision, the crowd below fell silent, with both soldiers and researchers looking on in confusion.
Logically speaking, they are all past the age of studying, so why are they suddenly being given ideological education classes?
"You're all very curious, aren't you? I called you here today to show you what a heartless and treacherous beast you really are."
After they finished speaking, the two of them were led onto the stage. One of them was the woman Lin Chuchu had met that day.
He looked even more disheveled than when I first saw him; the man was unshaven and looked dejected, clearly having been interrogated.
"Three years ago they adopted a child. Based on our trust in them, we decided to let them raise the child after a thorough review."
The commander glared at the two men through gritted teeth.
To speak out about the mistreatment of adopted children.
The leader took a deep breath, his eyes glistening with tears.
The child is innocent! How could the man stand by and watch his wife abuse the child?
Everyone glared angrily at the two of them, wishing they could tear their lives apart.
"Hit him! He's a bastard!"
The crowd below the stage wanted nothing more than to rush up and beat him up.
They were all soldiers, and in their view, since they had adopted the child, they should treat him well.
The commander raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said, "Everyone, you'll have a chance to beat him up later. Now, what I want to say is that this person stole someone else's opportunity to enlist."
The man's parents were village officials, and when the army was recruiting, they only gave their village one spot.
All the young men in the village signed up. The young man who met the requirements had a name that differed from his by only one character. As a result, the young man's parents forced him to commit suicide. His elderly parents, unable to bear the blow, also died less than a month later.
The man, instead of doing his job properly, enjoyed the honor of the young man who had died, and abused the orphaned children of the martyrs he had adopted.
At this moment, everyone's anger reached its peak. The leader no longer stopped them, but let those people rush up and punch and kick the man.
The men were like puppets, not fighting back, letting them do whatever they wanted to them.
The woman was pinned to the ground by some family members, her mouth slapped hard, from painful screams to finally having no strength left to cry.
This scene is different from when the Red Guards criticized others back then, but it's even more ruthless.
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I was wrong, sob... I'll never do it again, please forgive me..."
His kneeling and begging for mercy did not soften anyone's heart; instead, the crowd became even more ruthless.
Lin Chuchu and the others didn't go up to join in the fun, but they felt very relieved.
If they can't even handle that? What about children who are abused for a long time?
Children are innocent. Since you've already decided to raise them, why not raise them properly?
Lin Chuchu felt a pang of heartache as she looked at the child's thin and timid figure.
Childhood trauma is difficult to heal, and it can be hard to escape for a lifetime.
Ten minutes later, the commander finally called a halt. Given what the other party had done, they deserved to be beaten to death, but the couple should be punished by law.
Of course, the leader did not forget the man's parents, and the cause of these tragedies lies with the man's parents.
If it weren't for them, that family of three would still be alive and well, and wouldn't have been so arrogant as to harbor such malicious intentions.
All of this will be punished accordingly.
However, they cannot be the ones to do it.
The couple was taken away and never appeared in public again. Their child was sent back to their hometown and raised by their relatives.
Living under someone else's roof, one is also bullied, just like they bullied that child.
The adopted children stayed and attended the kindergarten in the residential compound. A caring team composed of women regularly kept an eye on the children's situation.
At the same time, we provide psychological counseling for the child, hoping she can grow up healthy.
The daily ideological education class was scheduled for an hour before the end of the workday, and everyone listened attentively.
Different course groups were established at the research base, military base, and family compound, and the course content was constantly adjusted according to the literacy level of the participants.
Some young people are okay, but older people have a lower ability to accept it.
The preference for sons over daughters is deeply ingrained and difficult to change in a short time.
In such cases, long-term ideological education is needed. We don't expect all their ideas to change, but at least we must prevent child abuse from happening again.
The Mu family members also had to attend ideological education classes, but fortunately, they were very quick to learn and only needed to attend the shortest possible classes.
The story of the orphans has been circulating in the base for a long time, hoping to serve as a warning to everyone, prompting them to examine themselves and monitor those around them.
For a time, the relationships among family members in the base became much more harmonious, and the relationships between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, mothers and sons, etc., improved.
Lin Chuchu will naturally participate, as will the members of her bodyguard team.
However, their courses were the shortest, requiring only three days.
Lin Chuchu later saw the child and asked Da Bao and Xiao Bao to take better care of him.
That child is so pitiful.
The two children have grown up and have developed a certain moral compass, so they patted their chests and promised that they would never bully that child again.
And they would protect the child when she was bullied.
Lin Chuchu was very happy, feeling both pleased and proud of her two children's thoughtfulness.
Ideological education classes are not only held at their base, but are carried out in all military factories and enterprises throughout China.
Moreover, some neighborhood committees have organized literacy classes to try to change people's outdated ideas as much as possible.
For a time, the social atmosphere improved somewhat.
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