The old tailor looked at the half-dried grape skins, then raised his eyes to look at Secretary Wang, and asked with his goatee, "Which bastard stole my grapes?"
His grapes were in the yard, and he couldn't watch them all the time. He would always eat and work in the house. Especially at night, when he slept for a long time, he wouldn't know if someone climbed over the wall.
There weren't many grapes on the rack, but he didn't count them one by one. If one or two bunches were missing, he wouldn't be able to tell, and he wouldn't be able to find out.
Secretary Wang looked at him and asked, "It seems... you don't know about this?"
The old tailor snorted, "If I knew, would I let this bastard get away?"
Secretary Wang cleared his throat and wrapped the grape skins again, "The person who reported it said that it was from the Fengyan Brigade, the granddaughter of Secretary Ruan Zhigao, her name was Ruan Xi. We have to go find her and ask..."
"Stop, stop, stop, stop..."
Before Secretary Wang could finish his words, the old tailor raised his hand and said "stop" repeatedly.
Secretary Wang stopped talking, and the old tailor frowned and asked, "Who did you say just now? The one who stole my grapes?"
Secretary Wang thought he was old and hard of hearing because of his age, so he raised his voice a few degrees and repeated solemnly, "The granddaughter of the secretary of Fengyan Brigade, her name is Ruan Xi."
"Nonsense!"
The old tailor slammed the small table at hand, which scared Secretary Wang and others.
Ruan Xi had been a bystander, but after listening, she found that she was the protagonist of this theft. There was only speechlessness and a sense of ridiculousness on her face.
She cleared her throat, looked at Secretary Wang and said, "Secretary Wang, I am the Ruan Xi you are talking about."
What?
Secretary Wang turned his head and looked at her - what was going on?
The thief who stole things was in the old tailor's house?
The old tailor said unhappily, "She is my new apprentice. When she came home last night, I picked a bunch of grapes for her. How can this be considered stealing? Tell me clearly, who reported it?"
Secretary Wang didn't say anything yet, Ruan Xi said, "It must be Sun Xiaohui, my second mother."
This...
Secretary Wang was silent...
Ruan Xi held her breath and gritted her teeth, and suddenly punched the table with her clenched fist.
After punching, she stood up, picked up her schoolbag and walked out.
After walking a few steps, she turned back and said to Secretary Wang coldly, "You want to find out the truth, so come with me to find Sun Xiaohui. I didn't steal anything, you have to clear my name and not let her slander me."
Secretary Wang had already found out the truth, and the matter had come to a conclusion. He didn't really want to confront Sun Xiaohui again, thinking that the matter would just pass. This was just a misunderstanding, and it wasn't a big deal.
Ruan Xi saw from Secretary Wang's expression that he didn't want to bother with it any more, so before he could find an excuse, he quickly said, "If you don't go, she will probably think you are protecting me and will report it to the higher authorities."
Secretary Wang glared, "How dare she do this?"
Ruan Xi's fingers pinched the strap of her schoolbag, "Why wouldn't she dare? She dared to report me to you for stealing grapes without any evidence, relying on her own imagination and malicious speculation."
Secretary Wang lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Let's go together!"
He was not afraid that Sun Xiaohui would report him again, after all, the truth is the truth. It's just that he didn't want to bother with this matter any more, thinking that it would be better to make it clear and solve it all at once, so as to avoid other complications.
Ruan Xi put on his schoolbag and went to the farmland of Fengyan Brigade with Secretary Wang and others. Each member of the team had a different division of labor. Some dug copper in the mine, some applied fertilizer in the field, and some pulled weeds in the field.
Sun Xiaohui, on the other hand, pulled weeds in the corn field with a group of women.
They found the edge of the corn field. The corn stalks were so tall and the leaves were so lush that they couldn't see if there was anyone inside. Ruan Xi rolled up the horn and shouted several times into the field: "Sun Xiaohui! Get out!"
A few minutes after she shouted, Sun Xiaohui came out of the corn field wearing a sun hat.
Seeing Secretary Wang and a few others, as well as Ruan Xi, who had a dark face and deep eyes, she subconsciously felt that something bad was going to happen.
But she still took off her straw hat and walked in front of Secretary Wang and Ruan Xi, fanning her face with the straw hat and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Xi's face was full of temper. While looking at Sun Xiaohui, she threw the newspaper in her hand to the ground. The newspaper ball just fell at Sun Xiaohui's feet and loosened, spilling a handful of grape skins.
She stared at Sun Xiaohui: "What's wrong?"
As soon as Ruan Xi finished speaking, several women's heads popped out of the cornfield. They all heard the noise and heard that Ruan Xi was looking for Sun Xiaohui to quarrel, so they tacitly crawled out of the field to see the excitement.
Seeing the grape skins scattered on the ground, Sun Xiaohui said confidently: "You stole something, you should be educated!"
Ruan Xi still stared at her, "Who told you that I stole the grapes? These are my master, the old tailor of the Jinguan Brigade, he gave them to me to eat. You have no evidence, how can you say that I stole the grapes?!"
More and more women came out of the cornfield, slowly gathered together, and began to whisper to each other.
Sun Xiaohui sneered, then turned around and smacked her palms at all the women who were watching the excitement, "Tell me, everyone, is this a big joke? She actually said that the old tailor was her master and gave her grapes. Is it possible?"
Many women nearby shook their heads, "It's really unlikely."
Ruan Xi stared at Sun Xiaohui fiercely, and before she could say anything, Secretary Wang cleared his throat and said, "Speaking of this, I have to come out to prove it. We just came out of Master Song's house, and Master Song really accepted Ruan Xi as his apprentice. . And about the bunch of grapes last night, Master Song also said that he gave it to Ruan Xi. "
Hearing this, Sun Xiaohui's eyes widened, "Hey, Secretary Wang, if she stole something, you didn't punish her, but why did you help her to lie? I'm her second mother, and I didn't cover up for her. This kind of thing can't be covered up, it will hurt her. You're not helping her to cover up for her grandfather's sake, are you?"
Sure enough, if this matter is only given the results of the investigation and not explained in person, who knows what kind of remarks will be spread. Even if he follows her now, Sun Xiaohui can still only believe what she wants to believe.
As long as things don't match her imagination, she thinks someone else is up to something.
Secretary Wang's face darkened. He looked at Sun Xiaohui and said, "Comrade, what are you talking about? We cadres act according to our conscience, according to evidence, and according to the truth! We don't do things to save face for anyone!"
Sun Xiaohui was not afraid of him at all. "Don't yell at me. What's the point of yelling at me? Ask the others present and see if they believe what you and this girl say. Everyone knows who the old tailor is!"
After she finished speaking, a woman said, "If it's really what you said, why don't you ask the old tailor to say something? Who wouldn't believe it if the old tailor spoke in person?"
Hearing this, the cadre next to Secretary Wang said, "Mr. Song is old and has difficulty walking. He usually goes up and down the mountain. "When you go to someone else's house to make clothes, they usually ask someone to carry them over. Why bother him?"
Sun Xiaohui sneered, "You are just talking nonsense! Anyway, the old tailor is not here, so you can say whatever you want. If you are not afraid of the old tailor coming over to confront you, just carry him over. I think you are just too guilty to shout!"
Ruan Xi gritted her teeth and held her breath, looking at Sun Xiaohui: "Then you wait for me, I will find someone to carry him now!"
As a result, before she turned around after she finished speaking, she heard the voice of the old tailor behind her. His voice was not as full of energy as usual, and he sounded weak and panting. He said under his breath: "No need to lift! I can do it myself!"
Hearing the voice, everyone turned their heads to look over.
Ruan Xi turned around and saw the old tailor walking towards her with a snake-head cane in his hand.
Many of the women watching were surprised, and some of them started to speak:
"Look, is it the old tailor?"
"Is my eyes playing tricks on me? It's really the old tailor!"
"He usually stays out and hangs around. He doesn't interact with people except making clothes. Why is he here?"
"Did he really accept Xiao Xi as his apprentice?"
"Isn't it impossible? Maybe he came to accuse Xiao Xi of stealing grapes."
"You'll know from what he says."
...
While the women were talking, Sun Xiaohui's expression was fluctuating and changing. In the end, she also thought that the old tailor might have come to accuse Ruan Xi, so her expression relaxed a little.
Ruan Xi ignored what the onlookers were saying. She quickly came to her senses and ran to the old tailor. She held his arm and said, "Why did you come here by yourself?"
The old tailor took two steps and stopped to take a long breath.
He panted and said in a hoarse voice, "You have to take my clothes. I can't let anyone bully you!"
He turned around and asked directly, "Who is Sun Xiaohui?"
"!!!"
The onlookers and Sun Xiaohui were all stunned and almost dropped their eyes in shock - the old tailor did not come to accuse Ruan Xi of stealing grapes, but came here to support her! He really regarded Ruan Xi as his own apprentice!
Looking at the old tailor, Sun Xiaohui's expression collapsed instantly, and she was still unwilling to believe and dared not believe it. She just burst out with one sentence - this is impossible! How is this possible?!
If such a thing could happen, the sun would rise from the west, and a hundred of them would rise at once!
Seeing that no one answered, the old tailor asked again: "Who is Sun Xiaohui?!"
Sun Xiaohui was called back to her senses, but she held the straw hat in her hand and didn't say a word. She hunched her chest and shrunk her head, wishing she could turn around and dive into the cornfield next to her. She also hated herself for just shouting for the old tailor to be lifted up for a confrontation.
It can be said that the feeling of having someone to support you is very good. Ruan Xi unconsciously picked up more momentum. Standing next to the old tailor, he raised his hand and pointed at Sun Xiaohui, "Master, she is Sun Xiaohui, my second mother."
"Second mother?" The old tailor spat, "Hammer!"
After spitting, he looked at Sun Xiaohui and said, "You have seen and heard clearly today. This is my formal apprentice. I will not change my mind. The grapes I took home last night were for my apprentice. Do you have anything else to say?"
People were blocking her eyes, and invisible slaps were slapping her face. What else could Sun Xiaohui say?
Being stared at by so many people, she felt her face burning. She quickly put on the straw hat in her hand, turned around and was about to go into the cornfield, saying, "I don't have time to chat with you here. I have to get to work."
But just as she was about to turn around, the officer next to Secretary Wang pulled her back.
Sun Xiaohui slapped the officer's hand away frantically, tugged at the corner of his clothes and said, "What are you doing?!"
The officer said, "You haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Sun Xiaohui raised her hand and pulled down the brim of her hat, "Isn't it all clear? I misunderstood Xiaoxi, but I didn't mean to slander her. If it wasn't for Mr. Song coming out and saying that, who would believe that Mr. Song would give her grapes to eat?"
Secretary Wang took up his posture and proper attitude and told Sun Xiaohui, "Since it has been confirmed that it was a misunderstanding, then you should apologize to Ruan Xi and let this matter be over."
As an elder, she had to apologize to a junior in front of so many people? Did she have no face?
Sun Xiaohui was unwilling to do so and said, "I have already admitted that I misunderstood her. What else do I need to pay for? I am her second mother. I should beat her, scold her and discipline her. What's wrong with misunderstanding her?"
Secretary Wang was about to speak, but before he could finish his words, two people, one old and one young, suddenly rushed out of the crowd. The young one followed the old one and walked quickly. The old one looked fierce.
Secretary Wang was not known to the outsiders, but Ruan Xi, the women watching and Sun Xiaohui knew him. The old one and the young one who rushed out, the old one was Ruan Xi's grandmother Liu Xinghua, and the young one was Ruan Xi's cousin Ruan Jie.
Everyone forgot to say hello. Liu Xinghua rushed to Sun Xiaohui with a dark face. Before anyone could react, she gritted her teeth and slapped Sun Xiaohui hard on the face.
"Pa——"
Four finger marks instantly swelled up on Sun Xiaohui's left face.
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