He described the city as so wonderful, with apartment buildings and toilets inside the buildings, where your bottom wouldn't get cold even in winter.
There are cars available right outside, and you can also take public transportation. There are also department stores that sell foreign goods.
People in the city don't need to farm; they just work in factories every day. They not only receive work clothes, but also receive gifts during holidays and festivals.
If you could study at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, you could work in an office after graduation. That office would be even better than the brigade headquarters. Your daily work would consist of drinking tea and reading newspapers.
The city he described was so wonderful that she was willing to give up her daughter and go with him; it was a new world she had never even dreamed of.
So she was tempted; she wanted to live that kind of life. Even after she was arrested, she never gave up hope.
But what did that man just say? Did she seduce him? A widow who has given birth—could such hurtful words really come from that gentle man?
"Cuifen, do you see this? This is the man you've been longing to follow. You're willing to abandon Chunzhi for this. Now look at him, is it worth it?"
Just then, Aunt Zhang's voice came from below the stage, as if she had returned from somewhere.
Looking at her daughter-in-law, whom she had once treated like a daughter, it would be a lie to say that Aunt Zhang wasn't disappointed.
Upon hearing Aunt Zhang's voice, Liu Cuifen, who hadn't cried at all from beginning to end, suddenly burst into tears from her previously empty and lifeless eyes.
Yes, was it worth it? Looking at her mother-in-law's face, which looked almost ten years older in an instant, and thinking about the scene of her daughter crying out that she knew her mother, Liu Cuifen really regretted it.
For such a vague dream, for the wonderful life that man spoke of, she was going to abandon her kind mother-in-law and obedient daughter. She had even forgotten the kindness her brother had shown her when he was alive.
She deserves this fate; it's all retribution!
Turning her head, she glared fiercely at the man who had deceived her, and then rushed towards Zhao Qianjin like a madwoman.
It didn't matter that her hands were tied; she still had her mouth. Liu Cuifen unexpectedly bit Zhao Qianjin's face when no one was on guard.
When Zhao Qianjin's pig-like screams came from his direction, everyone reacted and hurriedly pulled Liu Cuifen away.
But then they saw that Liu Cuifen had bitten off a piece of flesh from Zhao Qianjin's face.
Spitting out the meat from her mouth, Liu Cuifen, her mouth full of blood, stared fiercely at Zhao Qianjin. Her eyes were like those of a demon from hell, sending chills down the spines of everyone around her, let alone Zhao Qianjin, who was being stared at so intently.
Seeing Liu Cuifen bleeding from the corner of her mouth, Zhao Qianjin was truly terrified.
At first, he only heard that Liu Cuifen had money, and thought that he wouldn't be able to return to the city anytime soon anyway.
Rather than finding a fellow educated youth to suffer together, it's better to find someone rich and less fortunate than yourself, and enjoy good food and drink together.
He can just leave when he returns to the city. Where will this illiterate rural woman find him then?
At first, Zhao Qianjin really just wanted to scam some food and drinks, but later, through their interactions, he discovered that Liu Cuifen had more money than he had imagined.
In addition, her ex-husband's status as a martyr meant he had influence not only in the brigade but also in the commune.
You should know that her husband sacrificed himself to save a high-ranking official.
So Zhao Qianjin had another idea at this point: he wanted to return to the city through Liu Cuifen's connections.
Ideally, I could get a spot at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, which would guarantee me a job after I returned to the city.
The more Zhao Qianjin thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed. He began to use sweet words to coax Liu Cuie, saying how wonderful the city was.
Over time, he discovered that this silly woman would believe anything he said, but she just wouldn't let go of the money in her hand.
Having no other choice, Zhao Qianjin thought that if things didn't work out, he would take her back to the city with him. This led to Aunt Zhang overhearing the two plotting to abandon the child and return to the city with her.
It was all thanks to Aunt Zhang for discovering it beforehand; otherwise, if Liu Cuifen had gone to that leader based on the life-saving grace, she probably would have gotten what she wanted.
When all that's left is the elderly Aunt Zhang and her young granddaughter Zhang Chunzhi, that would be truly pitiful.
So no matter how pitiful the two people on stage look, no one will sympathize with them right now.
In the end, no matter how much Zhao Qianjin begged for mercy, the brigade cadres and villagers unanimously agreed to send Zhao Qianjin back to the educated youth office on the grounds that he had seduced the widow of a martyr.
Although they probably won't be able to be recognized as an advanced brigade next year, most people in the village still have a conscience.
The fact that the village has been recognized as an advanced brigade every year for the past few years is not unrelated to the leader that Zhang Chengqian saved.
Therefore, everyone unanimously decided that Zhao Qianjin, a villain who dared to covet the widow of a martyr, should not be let off lightly.
It was only at this moment that Zhao Qianjin realized the extent of the trouble he had gotten himself into.
But it was too late to regret it. Zhao Qianjin knew that if he were sent back to the educated youth office under such a pretext, his fate would definitely not be good.
As for how Liu Cuifen was handled, the village secretary did not go too far in taking Zhang Chunzhi's feelings into consideration.
After consulting with Aunt Zhang, they sent the man to the cowshed to be responsible for cleaning it every day.
This punishment was already lenient because she was Zhang Chunzhi's biological mother.
If we really kill her or send her to a lower-level area, then Chunzhi will be too pitiful.
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