With a stern face, he said in a cold voice, "What are you doing now? Are you all just bored and have nothing better to do? If you're so bored you feel uncomfortable, then go and carry some manure."
Because of her husband, Shen Zhaodi was very familiar with the brigade leader, so she was naturally not afraid of his insignificant threat.
However, he cleverly preemptively complained: "Captain, this is not my fault. In fact, I should have come to you to get justice for me."
My husband Xiangjun bought me a new dress a few days ago when he went to town, but I haven't worn it even once. But today, I saw that this little slut was wearing it.
"Captain, you know how hard it is for us country folk to get cloth ration coupons! This cloth was bought with coupons that my son Xiangjun pulled strings to get. How can I not be angry, Captain?"
Shen Zhaodi only talked about how difficult it was to buy the clothes, but didn't mention a word about the incident of her and her mother hitting someone.
Yang Wanqiu felt increasingly uneasy as she listened. Sure enough, after Shen Zhaodi finished speaking, the way the captain and the people around her looked at her changed.
Before Yang Wanqiu could even defend herself, the brigade leader asked in a cold voice, "Yang, you should also tell me where you got these clothes."
Shen Baogen naturally didn't believe that Yang Wanqiu would steal clothes from Shen Zhaodi's house. However, he really disapproved of Yang Wanqiu's behavior of taking advantage of others under the guise of dating, so he was naturally not happy to see Yang Wanqiu's expression at this moment.
However, Yang Wanqiu also felt that she was very innocent in this matter.
The clothes were a gift from Shen Wenge. She had only accepted a gift from her boyfriend, and yet she was beaten for no reason. That's why she felt wronged.
Now that the captain was speaking to her in such a tone, Yang Wanqiu was angry, and her tone naturally became less than pleasant.
Yang Wanqiu said sarcastically, "That's an interesting question, Captain. This dress is naturally a gift from my boyfriend, Shen Wenge. Otherwise, do you think a lowly educated youth like me could steal a new dress that Accountant Wang's family has never worn before, given their grand house?"
Yang Wanqiu emphasized the words "grand mansion" and "new clothes she had never worn" to express her dissatisfaction with the brigade leader.
Shen Baogen was a shrewd man, so he naturally understood what was going on. However, what the other person said was not wrong; he did not like Yang Wanqiu's opportunistic behavior.
But with so many educated youths present, and Shen Zhaodi being a family member of a brigade cadre, if he doesn't handle things properly, he'll be branded as biased towards the villagers and the brigade cadres.
So Shen Baogen had to suppress his resentment towards Yang Wanqiu and turned to Shen Zhaodi to ask, "You heard it too, Yang Zhiqing said that this dress was given to her by your family during the Cultural Revolution. What do you have to say about this?"
Shen Zhaodi naturally knew that the clothes must have been secretly taken by her good-for-nothing younger brother and given away.
She and her mother just wanted to find an excuse to teach Yang Wanqiu a lesson and embarrass her.
However, she couldn't admit it at the moment, so she stubbornly denied it, saying, "How would I know how these clothes ended up in her hands? I only know that these are brand new clothes that I've never worn before. Now that she's worn them out, Yang Wanqiu has to compensate me with a new set of clothes."
Now that things have come to this, there's nothing Yang Wanqiu doesn't understand. Upon further reflection, she realized that Shen Wenge's repeated refusal to take her home to meet his family meant that the Shen family simply didn't approve of their relationship.
If that's the case, then why is she wasting her time with Shen Wenge?
It should be noted that the person capable of helping her return to the city was Shen Wenge's brother-in-law, not that good-for-nothing Shen Wenge.
Furthermore, Shen Wenge's actions just now—when he saw his mother and sister rushing over, instead of thinking about how to protect her, he abandoned her food and ran away.
Yang Wanqiu, who had originally approached Shen Wenge with a specific purpose, immediately realized that her plan to return to the city through the Shen family was not going to work.
So Yang Wanqiu, after only a brief moment of consideration, decided to give up on Shen Wenge.
After hearing Shen Zhaodi's words, he retorted without any politeness: "It doesn't matter if you don't know. Since you say that you lost these clothes, then we'll just report it to the police. Let the police see how you're going to settle this matter of hitting me for no reason."
Yang Wanqiu knew that no matter how useless Shen Wenge was, he was, after all, the only male heir of the Shen family.
The Shen family might be willing to withhold money from him and discipline him appropriately, but they certainly wouldn't want him to go to jail.
This can be seen from the fact that although Shen Wenge has recently run out of money, he is still living a good life in terms of food, clothing and daily necessities.
Ultimately, the Shen family was just keeping an eye on her; they simply replaced the money they usually gave Shen Wenge with goods.
As long as the two elders of the Shen family keep a close eye on things, Shen Wenge can eat whatever he wants at home. But as long as the food doesn't leave the Shen family's gate, she, who is dating Shen Wenge, won't get any benefits.
The more Yang Wanqiu thought about it, the angrier she became. She secretly made up her mind that she would never want Shen Wenge, that cowardly man, again.
Moreover, she absolutely cannot let this beating go unpunished; she must make the Shen family pay the price.
Having figured all this out, Yang Wanqiu said to the brigade leader, "Brigade leader, this uniform was given to me by Shen Wenge, but I don't know where he got it from."
However, I implore the captain to stand up for me and my daughter, Shen Zhaodi, for assaulting me without any explanation, simply because I was wearing clothes.
Shen Baogen knew that none of these young educated youths from the city were easy to deal with.
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