The other educated youths didn't know what the last few discussed in the house, but a few days later Wang Wenfang left Qingshan Brigade.
During the few days before she left, Wang Wenfang stayed in the house almost without ever leaving. On the day she left, she left very early, and no one saw when she left or where she went.
The others only found out she had left from Zhong Lingling, who had brought someone back.
After seeing his sister off, Wang Wenqi returned and saw Zhong Lingling busy tidying up the room where his sister had stayed. The question that had been weighing on his mind for several days finally came out of his mouth.
"Lingling, the night Wenfang had her accident, she wasn't behaving properly, like she had taken sleeping pills. Did you really not give her any medication those two days?"
To be honest, Zhong Lingling didn't really like her sister-in-law Wang Wenfang, so she was actually happy after she was seen off today.
So when Wang Wenqi asked this question, Zhong Lingling didn't think much of it. Instead, while packing up the things Wang Wenfang hadn't been able to take, she casually replied, "No, I've always kept the medicine locked in the cabinet. Whenever Wenfang can't sleep, I only give her two pills. Brother Wenqi, why did you suddenly ask about this?"
"It's nothing. Wenfang was here a few days ago, and she was in a bad mood, so I didn't ask too much. But I'm sure Wenfang was drugged the night she had the accident. Lingling, do you know who else in the educated youth compound besides you has sleeping pills? Especially Yang Wanqiu, does she have sleeping pills?"
Although his sister benefited from this incident, fulfilling her dream of joining the army, he would not let anyone get away with it if someone had deliberately harmed her.
At first, Wang Wenqi even suspected that Zhong Lingling had given his sister the medicine, but through his observation over the past two days and his understanding of Lingling, he was certain that Lingling had not given him the medicine.
Then there must be someone else who harmed his sister. In fact, Wang Wenqi already had someone he suspected, but he had no evidence.
Actually, it's not hard to guess what happened. The one who took advantage of the younger sister was that scoundrel Shen Wenge. Shen Wenge and Wenfang were two people who had absolutely no connection, but he was the one who kept pestering Yang Wanqiu.
So if such a thing happens, whether they relentlessly pursue the matter and Shen Wenge is ultimately framed and executed, or they compromise and Wenfang is forced to marry Shen Wenge, the biggest beneficiary will be Yang Wanqiu.
Moreover, the fact that Wenfang's incident happened at her place makes it even more suspicious that Yang Wanqiu didn't go back to her own room that night, but instead coincidentally stayed at the old house.
In any case, Wang Wenqi didn't believe a word of Yang Wanqiu's later explanation that she didn't go back because she had a headache from drinking.
You have to understand that the old house and Yang Wanqiu's house are only a few steps apart. How drunk must someone be to be unable to walk even those few steps, forcing Yang Wanqiu to choose to sleep in such a cramped old house?
It is precisely because of so many suspicious points that Wang Wenqi now considers Yang Wanqiu to be the prime suspect.
Zhong Lingling, however, didn't think as much as Wang Wenqi. After hearing Wang Wenqi's question, she thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know if Yang Wanqiu has sleeping pills, but Fang Qing should have some. Brother Wenqi, do you suspect that someone in the educated youth compound drugged Wenfang? That's impossible, right? Wenfang and Fang Qing don't have any grudges. Why would she want to harm Wenfang like that?"
"It shouldn't be Fang Qing who returned Wenfang's medicine, but Lingling, how did you know Fang Qing had sleeping pills? Based on your understanding of Fang Qing, is it possible that she gave the medicine to someone else?"
"I heard about this from Sister Shumei. When I went to pick up the package last time, she mentioned that Wenfang couldn't sleep well at night, so she asked her family to send her sleeping pills."
Sister Shumei mentioned that Fang Qing also had a habit of taking sleeping pills. It seemed her pills were prescribed at the town hospital; apparently, she knew a doctor there. Sister Shumei even said that if Fang Qing needed medication in the future, she could ask her for help, so she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of having her family send it from so far away.
With a clue, the investigation could proceed more easily. Because the Shen family had paid a considerable price for this matter, Wang Wenqi felt that he was definitely not the only one who wanted to find out who was behind it all; Shen Wenge would probably want to know as well.
He had heard that Shen Wenge had a cousin who worked in the Public Security Bureau, so it should be much easier for him to investigate things than for Shen Wenge.
Thinking of this, Wang Wenqi said, "I'm going out for a bit," and then hurriedly ran out.
Chen Shuning has been exhausted these past few days. Although he hasn't been working, he hasn't been idle either. The day after Liu Shumei and her husband got married, the weather cleared up. Although it was still cold, it stopped raining.
Therefore, the villagers and educated youth resumed their daily work routines. However, compared to the autumn harvest, the work was much easier now, consisting mainly of drying grain and shredding corn.
Logically speaking, Chen Shuning should have been able to cope, but having witnessed how cold the winter in Heilongjiang Province was these past few days, Chen Shuning, who has always lacked a sense of security, was still afraid of freezing in the winter, even though she had a lot of firewood and coal. Every day after work, she would still go up the mountain with the other educated youth to collect firewood.
After returning home, Chen Shuning was busy with pickling vegetables, making sauerkraut, and preparing vegetables for winter storage. In short, Chen Shuning was busy with both pain and joy, just like a squirrel that was just getting through the winter.
Because of the sudden drop in temperature, the original date for delivering public grain was postponed considerably, but the public grain still had to be delivered.
On the day of delivering the grain tax, almost everyone in the village who could walk went. Although Qingshan Brigade had a tractor, the main force for delivering the grain tax each year was still the village's oxcarts and handcarts.
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