Chapter 40

Recently, some discordant voices suddenly emerged among the voices of sympathy and admiration for Xu Wen.

The general idea is that Xu Wen is a woman born with bad luck and will not marry well.

It is said that Xu Wenxian went on a blind date with Wen Yiming, which resulted in Wen Yiming being sent to jail.

Lu Yuanzheng was killed as soon as he married her.

When these rumors first came out, Xu Wen thought they were funny. Is there anyone who would believe such ridiculous words?

Facts have proven that there are people who really believe it.

Xu Wen doesn't care, but the Xu family can't help but care.

Zhu Meizhen started an argument with someone in the production team and threatened to tear the mouth of the person who gossiped.

But the Xu family can't always quarrel with everyone. Even if people gossip about them behind their backs, they can't do anything about it.

Zhu Meizhen was so angry that she cried every day at home. "Why is her life so miserable? She met a black-hearted person like Wen Yiming when she went on a blind date! She finally found a reliable man but he died! She became a widow at such a young age, but these greedy people didn't let her go. Isn't this just rubbing salt into her heart?"

Xu Wen originally didn't want to care about these rumors, but the Xu family's life had obviously been affected by the weight loss, and the atmosphere in the family was not right.

When the Xu family went out, people looked at them with inquiring eyes.

What made people most uncomfortable was that a group of people were talking on the side of the road, but when Xu's family passed by, everyone suddenly fell silent.

It's hard not to think too much about this situation.

The most important thing is that Dongsheng came back one day in a depressed mood and asked her: "Mom, did you really kill Dad? Can you bring Dad back?"

No matter how kind-hearted Xu Wen was, she would still get angry after hearing such heart-wrenching words. Besides, she just didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, it didn't mean she really had no temper.

Xu Wen, who was furious, patiently explained to Dongsheng: "Dad died while protecting the country's territory. He was a hero. It was not Mom who killed him. Mom loved Dad as much as you do, and of course she hoped he would come back."

Dongsheng raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes: "If I die, I can never come back again? Then will I no longer have a father in the future?"

Xu Wen didn't reply to him, but held him in his arms and coaxed him softly: "From now on, you still have me."

Dongsheng leaned on Xu Wen's shoulder and cried heartbreakingly.

After coaxing Dongsheng, Xu Wen did two things.

The first thing she did was to take out the candy left over from her wedding and give it to Xu Qie, and at the same time she gave him a task: to go to the school and find out the source of the rumor.

The adults were all wary of the Xu family, so even if the Xu family went out to inquire, others would just say they had heard about it or that they had never heard about it and didn't know.

Children, however, are not so cunning and are easily tricked.

The commune is not big, but not small either. If we really want to find the source, it is not impossible.

If one piece of candy can’t solve the problem, then give ten pieces. Whoever provides more online connections will get the candy.

For example, Doudou heard it from his mother, his mother heard it from his aunt, his aunt heard it from her neighbor... and so on, you can always find the source.

The second thing was that Xu Wen wrote an article and sent it to the newspaper.

She had good writing skills and her stories were eye-catching. The newspaper accepted her story and paid her a fee.

Not long after, Xu Wen saw his article in the newspaper. The title was particularly eye-catching.

"Is the top scorer in the college entrance examination Xu Wen a bad luck husband? The warrior will die with his eyes wide open after a long journey!"

Sub-title: A soldier sacrificed his life for his country but was said to have been killed by his wife. Which is more heartbreaking: feudal superstition or rumors?

Xu Wen narrated his experience in the simplest words.

One of the passages reads: [I don’t mind the slander I have suffered, but I mind that my lover Lu Yuanzheng has suffered such injustice. He clearly sacrificed his life for his country on the battlefield and is a hero worthy of everyone’s respect. But such a hero is just a person who was killed by an “unknown person” like me in people’s mouths.

A single word "克" wiped out the blood, sweat and sacrifices made during the long journey.

Our children are also suffering and in great pain because of this.

Because in the eyes of the child, his father is no longer a hero, and his mother is just the executioner who killed his father.

And what did I do wrong to deserve such humiliation?

Lu Yuanzheng and I separated on the day of our wedding. He received an order to end his vacation early.

This article caused a huge sensation and was widely discussed among the public.

Naturally, it has also attracted the attention of relevant departments.

We demanded from top to bottom that this matter must be thoroughly investigated and the families of the martyrs must not be disheartened.

Orders were issued one level at a time to the cities, counties, and communities.

The president personally went to Xu Wen's home to express his condolences.

Before the president arrived, Xu Wen just arrived and they found the source of the rumor.

It turned out to be the Lu family production team. To be more precise, it was the Lu family.

Lu Yuanzheng’s aunt and aunt.

Xu Wen handed the two men over without saying a word and asked the society to give them justice.

The president was furious and asked someone to bring the uncle's family over.

Xu Wen asked Dongsheng to open the door so that the neighbors could watch.

They were the ones who spread the rumors, and they were also the ones who spread the results of the matter.

When the eldest uncle heard this, he slapped his aunt in public without saying a word, and then slapped his younger uncle.

The uncle cried out: "Brother, I really didn't know about this."

"I should beat you because you don't know! Who told you not to take care of your wife?"

The uncle muttered, "Didn't you manage it well?"

The eldest uncle heard what the younger uncle said, and without saying anything, he slapped himself in the face at Xu Wen: "Wen Wen, this is the uncle's fault! I didn't take good care of your aunt and your uncle. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter."

He moved too fast and Xu Wenshi had no time to stop him.

The uncle turned around and questioned the aunt and the aunt: "Why are you two treating people so badly? These words are so hurtful, don't you know what's going on? You don't even mention that Yuanzheng was a martyr. Just because Xu Wen is your niece's wife, you shouldn't spread such wicked words! The merits that Lu Yuanzheng earned by risking his life are chewed up by you two women, and it becomes that he died in vain?"

My aunt and my sister never dreamed that Xu Wen could find them out. Plus, people from the commune and the team were all there, so they were so scared that they could only sob.

"Why are you crying? Xu Wen didn't even cry, so how dare you cry? Tell me! Why are you doing this?"

The two of them just cried and didn't say anything.

"You said!" The uncle pointed at the aunt angrily.

My aunt shuddered. Her fear of my uncle had penetrated deep into her bones over the years. She quickly said, "It was my sister-in-law who instigated me to do this."

Auntie was anxious: "Sister-in-law, you can't push the matter away so cleanly! Didn't you spread the gossip first? It was you who said that there were many people coming and going in your house all day long, so it was easy to spread the news."

"Was it your idea? You said that Xu Wen must leave Dongsheng to us when she goes to college? If you don't want to raise Dongsheng, you will say that it will damage Xu Wen's reputation, and she will not be able to remarry, so she won't send Dongsheng to us."

Auntie was silent for a moment, feeling guilty, and then retorted: "Don't you think so? If you wanted to take care of Dongsheng, would you rush to my house to discuss it with me? And why are you so active in spreading gossip outside?"

"Enough!" The uncle roared, his hands shaking with anger. He turned around and bowed to Xu Wen: "Xu Wen, I apologize to you. It's my fault for not taking good care of your aunt. I'm sorry for Yuan Zheng's trust."

Xu Wen snorted coldly: "What's the point of apologizing? Now Xu Wen's reputation has been ruined by you. How is she going to live in the future?"

The president also spoke up: "Old Lu! You are an old captain, but you are still so confused. That child is your Lu family's, you should take care of her. Even if you don't want to, you can discuss it with Comrade Xu Wen, and you should not ruin the girl's reputation! Comrade Lu who died is the pride of your Lu family. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning? In my opinion, how can you manage the brigade if you can't even manage your own family? Let others do the captaincy first, and you take care of your family first. As for you..."

The president pointed at his uncle and his wife and said, "It seems that they are too full to have the energy to make such a plan. Deduct three months' food rations from each of their families."

My uncle didn't say anything.

My aunt, uncle, and aunt all pleaded for me.

"Boss, this is all my fault as a woman. It has nothing to do with Lao Lu. Please don't fire him! He has been the team leader for more than 20 years. If you fire him like this, how will the team members view him?"

The president snorted coldly: "When you spread rumors, why didn't you think about how others would view Comrade Xu Wen?"

My uncle also begged for mercy: "Boss, isn't it too much to deduct food rations for three months? Our family won't have enough to eat!"

"You should be a little hungry so that you don't have so many evil thoughts to plot against others. I also heard that the child almost died when he was handed over to you! You are the biological grandfather and grandmother of the child, how can you be so heartless?"

After the president finished speaking, he turned to Xu Wen and asked, "Comrade Xu Wen, do you think this is okay? Do you have any other requests?"

Xu Wen first asked Xu Wen to take Dongsheng out and close the door.

"President, you have to bear witness here today. Whether I go to college or not, I will never abandon Dongsheng to anyone. He is my son!"

The president was stunned for a moment, then agreed, "Okay." He couldn't help but point at the four people from the Lu family, "You four are all over 200 years old, but you're not as conscious as young lesbians."

The uncle immediately said, "How can you take the child to college? Just leave Dongsheng at home and we will take care of him! I promise that what happened last time will not happen again. This is our grandson, and it is our responsibility to take care of him."

Xu Wen shook his head: "He is not your grandson."

The dozen or so people in the courtyard suddenly became quiet.

"This child is the child of Lu Yuanzheng's comrade-in-arms. Both his parents are soldiers. He is an orphan of a martyr and grew up in the compound. Lu Yuanzheng returned to the village to entrust his child to you. He kept his background a secret because he was afraid that you didn't really love Dongsheng. Now it seems that he still trusts you blindly. Even if he is his own flesh and blood, you don't seem to care much."

Xu Wen curled his lips sarcastically: "You don't have to think about how to shirk responsibility in the future. Dongsheng has nothing to do with you and needs your support. However, I hope you can keep secret what I said today. Of course, I'm afraid you can't trust your mouth. It doesn't matter. Anyway, I will go back to school after the New Year, and I will take Dongsheng away."

The president was also confused.

No one would have thought that this child had nothing to do with Xu Wen and was a complete orphan.

After a long while, the president gave Xu Wen a thumbs up and said, "Comrade Xu Wen, well done! In this way, the club will also pay for part of Dongsheng's living expenses in the future."

Xu Wen hesitated and shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, President, but I can't accept it. The reason why Lu Yuanzheng adopted this child is that he didn't want him to know that he was an orphan. If the society wants to give him living expenses, it will inevitably go through many people, and then it will be an open secret. I still hope that as few people know about it as possible. You can just treat him as my own son."

The president nodded and said, "You are very thoughtful." He turned to them and asked, "Do you understand? If this gets out, everyone present will be held responsible. No one can escape."

In addition to stripping my eldest uncle of his position as team leader and withholding the food rations from my younger uncle's family, he also posted a notice criticizing both my eldest and younger uncle's families throughout the commune.

This is a severe punishment.

And it’s not over yet.

Some newspapers and radio stations followed up and reported on this incident.

Every day, there are letters from all over the world cursing my uncles.

They are the ones who eat human blood.

The members of the commune would talk about blaming the families of their uncle and uncle after dinner.

Xu Wen and Dongsheng's life gradually returned to normal.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, a phone call suddenly came in to the commune, which was then transferred to the brigade, and the call was specifically asking for Xu Wen.

Xu Wen answered the phone.

The person on the other end of the phone asked, "Excuse me, is this Comrade Xu Wen?"

"Yes, who are you?"

"Hello, sister-in-law. I am Lu Yuanzheng's comrade-in-arms. He is not dead yet!"