Chapter 37: Did I do something wrong?
After Guo Xiuqin finished speaking, she went directly to Wang Lianhua's house. Guo Xiuqin was the women's director of Lujia Village. She went to school and received education in the organization. Most importantly, her sister-in-law's younger sister married the cousin of the director of the commune's revolutionary committee.
Although the relationship was complicated, she was capable. A woman who married from outside the village could become the women's director and receive benefits and wages every month. She was not without any ability. She was very fair in what she said and did, which convinced the people in the village.
Shen Meng blinked a few times, and finally squeezed out a few tears, which dried up in an instant. She sighed and gave up showing weakness, so when Guo Xiuqin came out of Wang Lianhua's house, she put on this face filled with righteous anger.
"The village chief was busy handing over public rations to the food station, so I came here today. Mingyang didn't explain it very clearly on the way. What happened, sister-in-law Chen, please tell me."
Chen Zhaodi has been a tough girl for many years, but she still gets nervous when she sees Guo Xiuqin, who is a dozen years younger than her.
"It's nothing serious. It's normal for a family to have some bumps in their lives. Who knew Shen Meng was useless? Hearing about Lianhua's situation, he was so scared that he asked Mingyang to look for you. It's a pity for you to make the trip. It's nothing serious."
"Second Aunt, how can you lie with your eyes open? Director Guo, you are the most fair person. You can't stand us women being bullied. This is not the old society anymore. Women are oppressed at every turn. I didn't do well in the past, and Daqing and Erqing felt sorry for Mingyang's cousins and helped my family and Mingyang's children. After I got better, I wanted to thank them, so I made some dumplings stuffed with cabbage and gave some to Daqing and Erqing. As a result, Daqing, the child, was very upset. Out of kindness and concern for her mother, she took it back. Sister Lianhua couldn't bear to eat it and gave it to Yaoyao. Unexpectedly, Sister Jingui saw it in the morning and was furious. They said Sister Lianhua hid food and money. Second Aunt and Sister Jingui beat her to death. So did Brother Yonggang, who kicked her several times. Xifeng couldn't pull them apart alone. Sister Lianhua was beaten badly and the children were scared half to death. Director, you can't just ignore it!"
"You're talking nonsense. I...she...Director, I didn't do that. I didn't do anything. It was my second brother who beat her himself. He beat his own wife whenever he wanted. It has nothing to do with me!" Zhao Jingui's face turned pale with anxiety.
Chen Zhaodi's face was also very ugly. She originally wanted to fool around and let it go, but she didn't expect that Shen Meng, this troublemaker, just didn't want to make their family have an easy life, so she revealed everything.
"Xiuqin, this is a family matter. How can a couple not be a family? It's not a big deal. Lianhua will be fine after lying down for two days."
Director Guo was flattered and immediately straightened her back. Shen Meng was a little smart in the past, and she had a good relationship with her. Besides, her husband was a regimental commander in the army. Others didn't know, but she knew that she had power in her hands. As long as she had a good relationship with Shen Meng, if anyone's family had a boy who wanted to join the army in the future, they could ask her for help.
"Hmph, if it was really a quarrel between a young couple, it would be fine, but sister-in-law, go and see Lianhua. If it weren't for Xifeng, she would have been beaten to death. She is the daughter-in-law of your Lu family, and the woman who gave birth to three children for your Lu family. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. Sister-in-law, don't you brag every day about your ability to manage several daughters-in-law? Are you so capable? It's over. How could Lianhua hide the food and money? And you, Jin Gui, as the eldest sister-in-law, not only did you give her advice, you even hit her. Is she your sister-in-law or your punching bag? And when you scolded Yaoyao, I heard it from a distance. Aren't you women? You look down on girls like this. I can't let this matter go easily. I must make an example of her."
"Hey, Xiuqin, we are from the same village, you can't be the one who does the same. Their father died early, and it was not easy for an old woman like me to raise the children and help them get married and have children. Now I can't even treat them like a mother-in-law when I'm old. Besides, when we were young, didn't the old ladies treat us like this?"
Chen Zhaodi didn't understand, she really didn't understand. When she was young, her mother-in-law beat and scolded her. She finally became a mother-in-law, and she used the methods she learned from her mother-in-law. Why did they catch her and make an example of her?
"What era is it now? You still torture your daughter-in-law? This is a new society. The leaders have said that women can hold up half the sky. You beat Lianhua like this. Now half the sky has collapsed in your family. You have to make trouble to live a good life. You will be busy planting wheat soon. Sister Lianhua can't earn work points with her injuries. Director, I'm really afraid that after we leave, Sister Lianhua will be tortured again." Shen Meng lifted her hair and said to Guo Xiuqin.
"You are right, sister-in-law, Jin Gui, you beat people like this, the organization will definitely criticize you, and you have to compensate Lianhua. I will report the situation here to the organization, you just wait for the notice. Xifeng, you did a good job, you should take good care of your second sister-in-law, if anyone dares to give her a cold look, come to me, Yonggang, what are you still doing, hurry up and find Doctor Lu, do you really want your child to be motherless?"
Guo Xiuqin's words were very weighty, there was no need to quarrel like Shen Meng, what she said was the truth, no one in the Lu family dared to say a word, Chen Zhaodi was jumping like a chicken just now, now she was standing with her hands waving like a grandson.
At noon, Shen Meng simply cooked a pot of tomato, egg, corn noodle dumpling soup and went back to the house. The children saw that her face was not right, but they did not dare to say anything, for fear that she would suddenly jump up and turn back to her old appearance.
Shen Meng sat on the kang for a long time without moving. Wang Lianhua was beaten really badly. Her face was blue and purple. Daqing and the three children lay beside her and cried, frightened like little beasts.
She did not expect that she would bring such a great disaster to Wang Lianhua just by showing goodwill. She knew that the countryside in the 1970s was very poor, very poor, but she did not let this word remember in her heart. She did not expect that a dumpling made of mixed grains could bring a disaster to people.
Shen Meng examined herself for the first time, and examined her own thoughts. Was she wrong to send dumplings to people last night? Should she keep her good things tightly? She suddenly remembered that when Mingfang went out in clean clothes, many people in the village did not praise her, but said a lot of sour words in a sarcastic tone. The little girl did not go out for a day.
How did she tell Mingfang at that time?
"It's not your fault. It's because your father is excellent. They envy you and are jealous of you, but they are not as good as you."
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