At exactly two o'clock in the afternoon, Bai Zhenggan began to preside over the villagers' meeting.
"Fellow villagers, comrades, I have called you all here today for two things. The first is the spiritual civilization construction of our village. It has been a little sluggish recently, and this is not acceptable! Don't think that we can relax just because our village has been rated as a civilized village..."
Bai Zhenggan’s original intention was not to criticize “certain people” by name.
Jia Xiaohong, the female educated youth sitting in the audience, felt indignant. She couldn't stand Jiang Hongzhi's partiality to Yan Naqian, and came up with a method of sharing work points, which was equivalent to making all the educated youth in the station support the lazy and spoiled Yan Naqian. However, her protest in the educated youth station today did not reach a consensus -
After all, there are more male educated youth in Ruyi Village, and almost all of them have a good impression of the beautiful Yan Naqian. They think that it is not a big problem for Yan Naqian, who is beautiful and knows how to act coquettishly, to be absent from work for more than ten days in a month.
At this moment, Jia Xiaohong could no longer hold back her anger, so she stared at Song Zhi for a long time and spoke enthusiastically, "Uncle Secretary, I think our village has always been pretty good, except today... Today a new educated youth came to the village and beat us up without saying a word. Uncle Secretary, can we ask this new educated youth comrade - why did you beat us?"
This is asking a question even though you already know the answer.
Yan Naqian sat in the corner, biting her lower lip and glaring at Jia Xiaohong hatefully.
Everyone's eyes fell on Song Zhi.
Song Zhi said truthfully: "I came to the village to report today. When I found the educated youth station, I heard a female comrade shouting for help, and then I saw an old man doing something bad... I took the old man out of the house, and he hit me. I couldn't avoid it, so I fought back. The educated youth who came back from work attacked me and said I hit an old man..."
Jia Xiaohong glanced at Yan Naqian who was hiding in the crowd and asked loudly, "So, may I ask, what bad things is that old man doing?"
Song Zhi was silent for a while, "He is bullying a female comrade."
“Wow——”
The scene exploded instantly!
"An old man who bullies lesbians?"
"If it's not Bai Shi Pit, then who is it?"
"Catch him! Otherwise, all the women in the village will suffer!"
"Who did he bully this time?"
"Since he was bullying people at the Youth Educator Station, it must be one of those female Youth Educators!"
Jia Xiaohong said loudly: "Comrade, may I ask... which female comrade did he bully?"
Song Zhi, "I didn't know that female comrade. The light in the room was very dim, and I couldn't see what she looked like."
At this time, Bai Taoji walked up to Yan Naqian, took Yan Naqian's hand, and dragged her forward.
Yan Naqian was startled and struggled desperately, "Taotao! Bai Taotao, what are you doing..."
Bai Taoji didn't answer, but dragged Yan Naqian to Bai Zhenggan.
Bai Zhenggan also whispered, "Taotao, stop making trouble and go play somewhere else!"
Yan Naqian suddenly realized something, her face turned pale, and she said to Bai Taotao anxiously: "Taotao, Taotao, let's go down, we don't want to stay here..."
Bai Taoji said word by word: "Dad, my elder sister taught me that if someone asks me where I went, I should say I went to the Youth Station! If someone asks me who I met, I should say I met Bai Shiteng! If someone asks me what Bai Shiteng did, I should say... Bai Shiteng gave me a candy, wanted to kiss me, and asked me to say I agreed!"
The whole audience was silent.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Yan Naqian.
——Everyone in the village knows that Taotao is a little fool and she can't lie at all. So, it was Yan Naqian who taught Taotao to say this? The lesbian bullied by the old man is Yan Naqian?
Yan Naqian was extremely embarrassed, her face flushed red, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Someone shouted, "Bullshit! I'm not that kind of person!"
This person is Bai Shikeng.
Most families in Ruyi Village have the surname Bai. Baishiteng also has the surname Bai. His full name is Sikang. According to seniority, Baishiteng is Bai Taotao's grandfather.
This guy always does petty thefts and harasses women, but he never touches his own family.
Bai Shikeng said loudly, "I, Bai Sikang, always keep my word. Today, I went to the Youth Station to see if I could get something for free. But I didn't get anything. Instead, I saw Yan Naqian, that little bitch, lying on the bed in her clothes in the men's dormitory. I was afraid that she was feeling uncomfortable, so I went over and touched her... I really only touched her once... Don't laugh! Don't laugh! I was afraid that she would have a fever! Really!"
The men and women had already burst into laughter.
Yan Naqian was on the verge of collapse.
Bai Shitikeng continued, "... Then a young man came out from nowhere, picked me up like a chicken, and dragged me out of the house, throwing me on the cement floor outside... My waist is broken! I tell you, you have to serve me and compensate me. From today on, I can't get out of bed. I have to lie in bed every day and drink chicken soup for every meal..."
His scoundrel and rogue appearance was suddenly revealed.
Bai Dongsheng's eyes were red, and his big hands, which were like palm-leaf fans, were clenched into fists as big as casserole pots. He asked Bai Shiteng viciously, "...did you touch my peach?"
Bai Shitikeng was so frightened that he was shaking all over, and he kept shaking his head, "I'm not a beast! Taozi is my granddaughter. No matter how bad my character is, I would never do this, absolutely not..."
The women nearby began to persuade him.
"Don't be upset, Dongsheng. Taotao stayed at home this morning. We can testify to that!"
"Yes, we can all testify for Taotao!"
"You know who Bai Shiteng is. Don't bother with him. No matter how bad he is, he wouldn't dare to touch our Bai family."
"Don't fall for other people's tricks, Dongsheng. Taotao is just a child. She doesn't even know who Baishikeng is. Only outsiders would teach her like this. We in the family call people by their seniority!"
Some women have already asked Bai Taotao, "Taotao, who is Bai Shikeng?"
Bai Taoji didn't know before, but now she knows. However, she still stared with a pair of extremely clear eyes, shook her head, thought for a while, and asked again: "Aunt, what does kissing mean?"
This caused another uproar!
Although Bai Taotao is already seventeen years old, everyone in the village treats her as a child of four or five years old. Seeing such a pure and innocent child say such words, the women glared at Yan Naqian indignantly and tried to coax Bai Taotao -
"Be good, Taozi, we won't listen to those vile words! They'll ruin our ears!"
"Don't tell anyone about it anymore. It'll make your mouth sore!"
"Taozi, don't play with Yan Naqian anymore. She is not a good person!"
"Come here, Taozi, let's eat peanuts and ignore those who don't love themselves!"
Bai Shikeng was frightened by the angry Bai Dongsheng. He knelt down and swore to the sky, "Dongsheng, believe me, I really didn't see Taozi this morning. If I saw her this morning... No, if I touched her, I will be struck by lightning and no one will come to collect my body!"
——Bai Shitikeng has no father or mother, no brothers or sisters, and he has never been married and has no children. His life, old age, sickness and death all depended on the support of the Bai clan, so even if he did something extremely bad, he would never bring harm to his family.
In addition, his grandparents and parents would rather be tortured to death by the Japanese than speak out in order to protect the villagers and food before liberation, so he became an orphan. Therefore, the villagers of Ruyi Village are particularly tolerant of him.
After hearing him swear such a solemn oath, most villagers believed him and advised him to...
"Well, let's just leave it at that! He's old, how can we punish him? It's too easy for him to go to jail!"
"That's right! If you ask me, Yan Zhiqing herself has a problem too. It's fine that she doesn't go to work in the daytime and sleeps in the room of the other educated youths, but why isn't she wearing any clothes? Doesn't she know that the educated youth station is a dormitory? How dare she do that with so many people coming and going here!"
"The point is, she slept in the male educated youth's bed without any clothes on!"
"Si Kang said he only touched her to see if she was sick. That's understandable!"
"That's right! Anyway, the new educated youth has also beaten up Si Kang, so let's just vent our anger on Yan Zhiqing!"
Yan Naqian's eyes were covered with tears, and she sobbed, "In your eyes... a girl's reputation is, is it so worthless?"
Aunt Huasheng rolled her eyes at Yan Naqian and said, "What reputation do you have? The reputation of sleeping naked in the dormitory for male educated youth? Or the reputation of framing Tao Tao? Humph, you are lucky today that Tao Tao's mother is not here! If Tao Tao's mother was here and knew that you harmed her little Tao like this... I tell you, you are dead!"
Yan Naqian bit her lower lip with a pale face.
The village chief and Bai Zhenggan discussed in low voices for a while and reached a consensus.
"Everyone, please be quiet!" the village chief said loudly.
The crowd, which was in a state of chaos, finally calmed down.
The village chief said, "Comrades, let's vote! There are two attitudes, one is to handle official matters impartially, and the other is to make a big deal out of a small matter. As for handling official matters impartially, we will send Bai Sikang to the police station and let the police investigate. After all, we cannot let Yan Zhiqing suffer any injustice! Then, we will also thoroughly investigate the matter of Yan Zhiqing instigating Taotao to give false testimony!"
"This attitude of making a big deal out of a small matter means that this is an internal conflict among our people and we should solve it ourselves. Let Bai Sikang apologize to Yan Zhiqing, let Yan Zhiqing apologize to Bai Taotao, let the newcomer Song Zhiqing and the other educated youths who participated in the fight apologize to each other, let's understand and respect each other... Everyone can think about it, we will express our stance in half an hour!"
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the villagers began to murmur:
"If you ask me, it would be a good idea to send Si Kang to prison. Let him eat prison food, and we can save five kilograms of rice a year!"
"I agree too. We should handle official business impartially! When Bai Sikang goes to prison, I want to see how Yan Naqian explains to Taozi's mother!"
"There were also fights among the educated youth! They went to the countryside to receive education, but ended up fighting. They should be put in jail together!"
"It would be a shame if the educated youth were sentenced to prison for fighting! They are intellectuals."
"Hey, it has nothing to do with us. Whether they settle it publicly or privately, we are just here to watch the fun!"
Yan Naqian was also at a loss.
She felt that now that things had gotten to this point and that it was already known to everyone that she had been molested by Bai Shiken, it would be better to handle the matter impartially. As for whether the educated youth fought for her or violated discipline or went to jail, it had nothing to do with her. The important thing is to clear her name and let people know that she is the victim.
As for whether she instigated Bai Taotao to give false testimony, Bai Taotao is a fool and there was no one else present at the time, so she should be able to get away with it... As long as she insists that she did not instigate Bai Taotao, I believe that little fool will have no witnesses either.
At this time, Jiang Hongzhi squeezed over and pulled her aside, "Naqian, let's settle it privately!"
Yan Naqian was stunned and looked at Jiang Hongzhi with tears in her eyes, "Why? Do you think that anyone can violate me?" She felt a little contemptuous in her heart: Humph, you are just afraid of being implicated!
"No, it's not," Jiang Hongzhi said anxiously, "Naqian, listen to me..."
It turned out that two years ago, a daughter-in-law from another family went to the police station to report a case, saying that Bai Shitikeng had molested her. The police arrested him for investigation, but released him soon after. It was said that he was in poor health, had heart problems, and seemed to have other serious illnesses.
Baishikeng was full of illnesses and did not meet the conditions for detention or shelter at all.
Jiang Hongzhi said: "Even if we choose to handle the matter impartially this time, even if the police get to the bottom of this matter, Bai Shikeng may not meet the conditions for arrest, and he will most likely be released on medical parole."
Yan Naqian's heart sank.
"Then I..." She was about to cry.
Jiang Hongzhi said softly, "Let's settle it privately. Based on my experience, you can make some requests to the village, and as long as they are not excessive, they will agree."
Yan Naqian cried, "But..."
Jiang Hongzhi, "Naqian, I believe in you, and I won't have any thoughts about you because of this incident..."
Yan Naqian rolled her eyes and sobbed softly, "Hongzhi, I'm so scared! So many people are looking at me, I'm so nervous and scared that I can't even speak."
Jiang Hongzhi felt pity and said softly, "It's okay, I will help you. If you feel uncomfortable facing them, you can tell me your request and I will help you negotiate."
Yan Naqian breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking for a while, she raised her head and said shyly, "Hongzhi, I'll leave it to you. A private settlement is also possible. I need fifty yuan and cloth coupons and cake coupons."
Jiang Hongzhi looked at her steadily, and nodded after a while, "Leave it to me."
"Thank you Hongzhi... I'll leave it to you then." Yan Naqian said in a low voice.
Jiang Hongzhi, "Then you go and rest first. I'll come back to you after I'm done with this."
Yan Naqian smiled at him with tears in her eyes, took a few steps, and her eyes were involuntarily attracted to Song Zhi standing on the podium. She looked at Song Zhi for a while, then lowered her head and hurried away.
As soon as Yan Naqian left, Jia Xiaohong came over and said to Jiang Hongzhi casually, "Is this your goddess? It turns out that she was sleeping naked in the men's dormitory and was seen by Bai Shikeng, who molested her... Hey, was she sleeping in your bed?"
Jiang Hongzhi's face turned pale.
Of course not.
His bed is clean and tidy, and it is the same when he goes to work in the morning and when he returns home at noon.
Jia Xiaohong continued, "She was almost molested, but the solution she thought of was to instigate the little fool to take her place? Then when the truth was revealed, she righteously demanded a public settlement to restore her innocence. Now that she knows there is no hope of a public settlement, she demands compensation to settle the matter privately? Jiang Hongzhi, your goddess is really... quite pragmatic!"
"I just don't know, when she made the decision, did she consider that you, who fought for her... might be sentenced and sent to prison, and your future would be ruined?" Jia Xiaohong asked.
Jiang Hongzhi frowned, "We are all educated youth. We have met each other by chance. We should always understand, respect and help each other!"
Jia Xiaohong smiled, "I'm glad you don't mind. But speaking of helping each other, I'm very curious. Hey, you helped her so many times, has she... helped you?"
Jiang Hongzhi: …
Jia Xiaohong glanced at Jiang Hongzhi with a disdainful smile, "Jiang Hongzhi, don't you think it's always been your one-sided effort? She never promised you anything, everything was done willingly by you!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Jiang Hongzhi said impatiently.
Jia Xiaohong giggled, "Jiang Hongzhi, you are a smart person, otherwise you would not have become our leader. You know very well whether I am talking nonsense or not. Oh, and don't forget the new educated youth Song. He is so handsome and has a good temperament. He is a thousand times better than you!" After that, she left.
Jiang Hongzhi looked up and stared at Song Zhi.
He was not blind, so how could he not notice that Yan Naqian's attention was all on Song Zhiqing, the man who saved her? During this whole afternoon, she didn't know how many times she had peeked at Song Zhi!
Jiang Hongzhi clenched his fists in anger.
——What Jia Xiaohong meant was that Yan Naqian was too selfish and only considered herself and never considered others.
Jiang Hongzhi was not unaware of Yan Naqian's character.
However, Yan Naqian is very beautiful and knows how to act coquettishly. Looking at her beautiful face and talking to her for a few minutes will make people feel particularly comfortable. Moreover, her family background is very powerful. Only by marrying Yan Naqian will he be able to leave the countryside and return to the city with her in the future.
Jiang Hongzhi has been courting Yan Naqian for more than a year. He thought that after another year of dating, he would be able to confess his love to her and then report to the organization and marry her. But who knew that someone would suddenly appear?
Haha, he won’t give Song Zhi any chance!
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