Chapter 150 The consequences are unpredictable
"A few days ago, someone reported Comrade Qiao Mo, a member of our educated youth camp, for hunting pheasants in the mountains to supplement her meals. They said she was undermining socialism. The former militia captain led the militia to search the area, but found nothing... Later, Comrade Qiao Mo reported the captain under her real name, alleging that she was hunting wild rabbits in the mountains and encroaching on collective property, and demanded a thorough investigation."
"I didn't expect to find rabbit meat stewing in a pot and a fresh rabbit skin in his home. The eldest son's father admitted that he had hunted the rabbit."
"The brigade leader dismissed him from his position as militia leader on the grounds that he had failed to properly control his family. He was also fined one month of forced labor in the cowshed and his family was given 100 work points."
"Originally, this matter had nothing to do with me. But this morning, I was collecting grass for pigs by the river when my eldest son's mother and wife came up to me and said that I had reported Comrade Qiao Mo, causing their family to suffer. They wanted me to pay them 100 yuan in compensation. I refused, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law forced me to beat them up."
"Wow, Qiao Mo and I are both educated youth. How could they report her for no reason? It's because they want to suppress the educated youth. When one plan fails, they come up with another. They didn't expect us educated youth to be clean and have nothing to hold against us."
"Instead, when his family was hunting in the mountains, they were seen by Comrade Qiao Mo who came up the mountain to chop firewood. He took advantage of them and wanted to throw the dirty water on me and get back at me. How could there be such a vicious person in this world?" Liu Ruoling cried bitterly. Her words were seven parts true and three parts false, but she cleared herself of the blame.
"Do you mean that some leaders of Dongshan Brigade deliberately suppressed the educated youth?" Secretary Liu asked with a frown.
"Well, the last time we were building a road in Lingyun Mountain, three people were transferred to the educated youth point. During the wheat harvest, the educated youth group was assigned a lot of tasks, and the locations were all on remote hillsides. The educated youth group worked from morning till night, and could not even come back for lunch before they could barely finish the work. Those days, the educated youth were almost exhausted to death..." Liu Ruoling recounted the injustices the brigade had done to the educated youth one by one.
"If that's the case, why didn't anyone come forward to report the situation?" Secretary Liu didn't quite believe her. He remembered that ever since that group of educated youth caused a big commotion, although the people in Dongshan Brigade were indifferent to them, they didn't dare to treat them harshly.
"The educated youth in our educated youth site all think that the leaders of the commune are busy with all kinds of things, and they don't want to disturb them for such a small matter. They think that no matter how many things there are, as long as they can get through it, it's fine. Besides, the cause of this incident is somewhat related to the educated youth, so it will be fine after they vent their anger. Today, I couldn't hold back and ran over in a fit of rage..." Liu Ruoling said embarrassedly.
"What's the reason? Could it be that you educated youth have done something that infringed upon the interests of the villagers?" Secretary Liu looked at her meaningfully.
"No, no, the educated youth in our youth camp are all very honest and just want to live a good life. It's just that something unexpected happened during the first month of the year..." Liu Ruoling told the story of the dispute between Chu Maoshen and Xiaomei again.
"Because of this incident, the team leader asked Comrade Chu Maoshen for 200 yuan on behalf of his family, saying it was compensation for Xiaomei. He also promised not to bring up the matter again. However, his family didn't keep their word. Not only did Xiaomei pester Chu Maoshen for every reason, but they also took their anger out on the educated youth who lent money to Chu Maoshen to help him through his difficult times."
"Just like this time when people were transferred to Lingyun Mountain to build a road, three people were transferred from our educated youth site. In addition to Chu Maoshen, the other two were the educated youth who lent him the most money. Before, Xiaomei threatened us that if we wanted them to come back, we had to be honest and listen to her uncle and quickly get back the money we lent to Chu Zhiqing..." Liu Ruoling hated her family for draining Chu Maoshen's family fortune and reducing her quality of life, so she simply spilled the beans.
"Are you sure Comrade Chu Maoshen didn't commit suicide?" Secretary Liu quickly grasped the key point.
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