Chapter Thirty-Nine: It would be better to be dead.
Lin Baozhu stood aside, chuckling to herself. The accountant's wife used the word "again" very well.
"Zhao Xiaoyu, you really haven't changed your ways. When my daughter was engaged to Bi Yuntao, you seduced him and caused our two families to become enemies. Now that you've gotten what you wanted and married him, why are you giving up your good life and going to the cowshed to seduce the old man? What, Bi Yuntao can't satisfy you in bed?"
"No, I was just passing by...who knew that old man Yan wanted to do something to me...waaaah...I struggled and screamed, and when he couldn't force me, he ran to the village and said that I knocked on his door and seduced him,"
Looking at Zhao Xiaoyu, who was trying to shift the blame, Lin Baozhu sneered and said, "Just now, when I was carrying firewood, I saw a figure at the entrance of the cowshed. That person was offering Old Man Yan a vegetable pancake, but Old Man Yan refused. The person then threatened to shout that he was being molested if he didn't accept it..."
Lin Baozhu's words were like a thunderbolt striking everyone's hearts.
"You're talking nonsense, you're definitely in cahoots with Old Man Yan..."
Before Zhao Xiaoyu could finish speaking, Lin's mother raised her hand and slapped her twice across the face: "You were caught seducing the old man, and now you want to turn the tables and smear my Baozhu? Do you really think everyone in the village is blind and can't see the vegetable pancake in your hand?"
Old Yan stood in the crowd, nodding frantically: "Yes, yes, yes, the eyes of the masses are discerning. I was inside applying medicine to Zhang Wenzhuo, the medicine had just been applied and hadn't even been bandaged yet, when I heard someone knocking on the door. As soon as I opened the door, you started saying some ambiguous things. If you don't believe me, you can go into the cowshed and see if Zhang Wenzhuo still has that herbal paste on his body..."
Seeing that Old Man Yan didn't seem to be lying, the accountant's wife continued, "If what Old Man Yan said is true, then how vicious is Zhao Xiaoyu! These people have already had a hard time after being sent down to the cowshed. If we don't know the truth and report it to the commune, Old Man Yan might be shot. What a huge grudge that is!"
Lin's mother loudly echoed, "If you ask me, this kind of person should be dragged away and criticized along with Old Lady You!"
Douyou
"Street, everyone, when you get back, keep a close eye on the men in your families. Make sure they don't get targeted. What if someone gets angry and accuses your men of indecent assault? You'll be widowed then!"
"Let's all keep quiet and go check on Zhang Wenzhuo first. If he really has medicine on his body, we'll report it to the commune and accuse Zhao Xiaoyu of trying to seduce the old man but instead falsely accusing him of trying to take advantage of her. If we don't teach this kind of person a lesson, who knows what outrageous things she might do in the future! Every family has boys, and this crime of hooliganism can really kill people."
As he spoke, he started walking towards the cowshed, and the others followed suit...
Lin Baozhu dragged Zhao Xiaoyu along with the crowd, completely disregarding the fact that Zhao Xiaoyu was crying so hard she was almost breathless.
Zhao Xiaoyu burst into tears. She couldn't understand how things could have turned out this way. How dare that stinking intellectual from the cowshed run into the village and shout like that?
He was not afraid of the Red Guards
Is the ice attack becoming increasingly severe?
Old Yan watched Zhao Xiaoyu's panicked face without showing any emotion, and sneered inwardly, "Does he really think he's a pushover who can be bullied and won't fight back?"
Those Red Guards
When Bing bullied him, it wasn't that he didn't dare to fight back, but that he couldn't. The main reason was that his son was still working in Beijing. If he resisted even slightly here, the matter would be blown out of proportion. Even though his son had "severed ties" with him, who could guarantee that those beasts wouldn't target him because of blood ties?
It's true that he lived in a cowshed, but that doesn't mean that just anyone can bully him!
When the group arrived at the cowshed, they indeed saw Zhang Wenzhuo lying on the earthen bed with a worried expression on his face, his waist covered with a thick layer of thorny vegetable paste.
The accountant's wife glanced at Zhang Wenzhuo and exclaimed in shock, "He really is applying medicine. Zhao Xiaoyu is a vicious woman. When she couldn't force him, she wanted to kill him. Luckily, Old Man Yan knew to ask for help. Otherwise, if Zhao Xiaoyu had accused him of being a hooligan, he would have been dragged to the execution ground and shot tomorrow, given his status."
One sentence made the whole village dislike Zhao Xiaoyu even more!
Someone in the crowd shouted, "The captain is here!"
Then came the brigade leader's booming voice: "What are you all doing in the cowshed so late at night instead of going home to sleep?"
"Captain, this is outrageous! Zhao Xiaoyu knocked on the old man's door late at night, and when he refused to come out, he ran out for help. But Zhao Xiaoyu insisted that Old Man Yan was being a pervert. How many years has Old Man Yan been in our village? If he were really that kind of person, people in the village would have suffered long ago."
Zhao Xiaoyu covered her face. She knew it was too late to tell the truth now. She could only insist that Old Man Yan had tried to harass her; she was an educated youth sent to the countryside to build rural areas, while Old Man Yan was a "stinking intellectual"—one of those Red Guards.
Ice needs to be approved
Struggle is also a criticism
Fight them.
Once she made up her mind, the fear on her face disappeared.
The captain shouted sternly, "Zhao Xiaoyu, what are you doing now? Don't you want a peaceful life? Why do you have to cause trouble every day? What's going on?"
He didn't quite believe that Zhao Xiaoyu would seduce an old man; there might be something shady going on.
Besides, he didn't want any more scandals to happen in the village. Last time he went to a meeting, he was laughed at by people from other brigades.
“Captain, I didn’t. I was just passing by the cowshed today when Old Man Yan tried to take advantage of me. I admit that everyone is disgusted by what happened between Brother Tao and me, but you can’t just listen to Old Man Yan’s side of the story.”
"Old Yan has been here for so many years. He's an honest and upright person, doing his job properly. Unlike you, who only stayed a short time before seducing Bi Yuntao and almost killing Baozhu. In our eyes, you have no integrity whatsoever. Brigade Leader, Zhao Xiaoyu is a menace. This kind of person should either be sent back to the educated youth office or sent down to the farm! Otherwise, tomorrow we'll all go to the commune to report her for harassing that scoundrel of an intellectual and having an affair..."
The villagers were all indignant. Although they hated the intellectuals, they hated Zhao Xiaoyu even more. Every family had men of marriageable age, and they dared not take the risk.
Lin Baozhu stood in the crowd, looking at the isolated and helpless Zhao Xiaoyu, and curled her lips. She had slept with Bi Yuntao without any matchmaker back then, and now she was finally reaping the consequences of her actions.
The brigade leader took a puff of his pipe, looking at the indignant crowd. He knew that if he tried to smooth things over, the villagers would collectively report him to the commune tomorrow, and he, as the brigade leader, would be criticized again.
Forget it, it's all Zhao Xiaoyu's own fault. As for how the commune will handle this, that's their business.
"Alright, I'll hand him over to the commune tomorrow. As for the specific punishment, we'll have to see what the leaders decide."
Hearing the brigade leader say this, a resolute look flashed in Zhao Xiaoyu's eyes. She could not be sent to the commune no matter what. Brother Tao could not have a wife with a stain on her reputation!
"Since nobody believes me, I might as well be dead!"
After saying that, she ran and bumped into a tree nearby...
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