After listening to Shen Qianqian's explanation, the Women's Federation staff immediately turned their scrutinizing gaze to Qi Qi.
The voice said, "Are you Qi Ran? We are staff members of the Women's Federation. Because you are suspected of spreading superstition, we need to punish and educate you accordingly."
"Why should I? What evidence do you have to prove I did it?" Qi Ran felt that Shen Qianqian had no evidence to prove that she did it. Besides, she had Chen Qin do the publicity in the village, so the investigation wouldn't trace it back to her.
The Women's Federation staff didn't waste any more words with her. They took out the recorder that Shen Qianqian had used to report the incident, pressed the play button, and Qi Ran's voice came through clearly.
"So what if I said it?"
"The women's federation members are even going to eat vegetarian food with us!"
As soon as Qi Ranqi spoke, she opened her mouth to refute him, but faced with the undeniable evidence, she couldn't utter a single word.
The passing aunties stopped and criticized Qi Ran upon seeing this.
"Have you heard? She's the one who's been telling everyone in the village that pregnant women need to eat vegetarian food. My sister-in-law is pregnant recently too, and she's been going on and on about eating vegetarian food like crazy."
"Tell her to stop eating! Last night, the brigade leader's wife listened to her and ate vegetarian food every day, and ended up in the hospital!"
"Qi Ran is really despicable; he spends all his time causing trouble for the villagers!"
The surrounding people's accusations against Qi Ran caused Qi Ran's system to start again.
A frantic reminder popped up: [Host's reputation has deteriorated, luck points will be deducted soon!] Qi Ran was on the verge of tears; how could her hard-earned luck points be deducted?
In her panic, she grabbed a staff member from the Women's Federation: "Comrade, I also believed the superstitions that others spread!"
Everyone turned to look at her, waiting for Qi Ran to continue.
Perhaps thinking about how her hard-earned luck points were about to be deducted, Qi Ran couldn't hold back her tears any longer: "My second brother's wife told me about this 'birth essence'! Look, I'm pregnant too, how could I possibly come up with such a vicious thing to harm other people!"
"But why would your second sister-in-law want to harm you for no reason? Don't you two have a good relationship at home?" Shen Qianqian asked, seizing the key point.
Qi Ran cursed Shen Qianqian's meddling in her heart, but tears kept streaming down her face: "Because she married into the Lu family around the same time as me, but has never had a child, so she's jealous of me. I was out of my mind at the time to believe her nonsense!"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask other people in the village and see who was the first to say 'born vegetarian'!"
Qi Ran now intends to implicate Chen Qin and deny that she did it, no matter what. As for Chen Qin saying behind her back that she asked her to do it, that doesn't matter.
After all, Chen Qin didn't have the same ulterior motives as Shen Qianqian. She knew to keep evidence.
"This...you should get up first." The Women's Federation staff member, hearing Qi Ran's distressed expression, was at a loss as to whose words to believe.
Seeing that the staff member was still hesitant, Qi Ran quickly added, "Comrade, you have to believe me! If I were promoting something called 'birth essence,' what benefit would I get from promoting it?"
This question stumped everyone present except for Shen Qianqian. They were all unaware that Qi Qi had a system, and naturally, they didn't know that Qi Ran could increase her luck value by getting everyone to join the vegetarian camp.
The staff member from the Women's Federation sighed deeply: "We understand. You can go home now, and we will conduct further investigations."
After saying that, they turned and went to the village to investigate, and also to teach those who had been brainwashed by the "birth vegetarianism" ideology a lesson. "Fifth sister-in-law, you're still too green to fight me!" Qi Ran said, watching the Women's Federation staff walk away.
Ying regained her previous air of confidence.
"I hope you can be just as smug when you're facing your second sister-in-law." Shen Qianqian didn't waste any more words with Qi Qi; she was determined to catch Qi Ran's little braid this time.
Although Qi Ran has now shifted the blame to Chen Qin and is vehemently denying the matter, Shen Qianqian doesn't believe that Gao Lin, who is lying in the hospital, has nothing to do with it.
"Captain, let's go to the hospital to see Sister Lin again," Shen Qianqian said to the captain.
The brigade leader felt very gratified. His wife had offended many people in the village, so it was truly rare for someone to care about her like this!
Qi Ran felt a little resentful seeing how well Shen Qianqian got along with the brigade leader's family. She had originally wanted to go along too, but then she remembered that Gao Lin had just lost her child.
Even if I go to the hospital, it will only bring bad luck. It's better to avoid the news for now.
On the other hand, the Women's Federation staff investigated about ten households in succession, and the information they received was indeed as Qi Ran had said—Chen Qin really was the first person in the village to promote vegetarianism.
While Chen Qin was working, she quietly hid under the shade of a tree to avoid the heat, when staff from the Women's Federation suddenly came to her door.
After they presented the relevant documents, Chen Qin's legs went weak when she saw them clearly.
"What...what did I do wrong?" Chen Qin asked, her lips trembling. She was sure she hadn't done anything wrong; at most, she was just a little lazy and gluttonous.
"You are suspected of promoting superstitious beliefs such as 'birth vegetarianism,' and will be punished and given a verbal warning," said a staff member of the Women's Federation.
Upon hearing the words "prenatal vegetarianism," Chen Qin realized what was going on. No wonder her sister-in-law had asked her to help promote it; it turned out that when something went wrong, there were too few people to take the blame!
"This isn't what I said; it was my sister-in-law who told me to spread the word about it in the village. She even said she'd give me fifty yuan at the end of the month if it was done," Chen Qin explained.
"And what about the money she gave you?"
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