The educated youth were still arguing.
Li Wenyuan stood aside silently, feeling helpless.
He also understood that those educated youth who chose to forgive did so only because they were concerned about the people and things in the village and wanted to make a big deal out of a small matter.
If this matter is not handled properly, conflicts may arise among the educated youth.
Just when he didn't know what to do, he caught a glimpse of Gu Weiliang and others standing aside.
Li Wenyuan knew that Li Xueyu and the others were from Beijing and had powerful family backgrounds. Recently, he saw Gu Weiliang getting very close to them and seemed to be very familiar with them.
Although Gu Weiliang has been in the countryside for two years, he is usually taciturn and rarely interacts with other educated youth.
Unexpectedly, he gets along so well with Li Xueyu and others now.
It was as if they had known each other for a long time.
Could it be that Gu Weiliang also comes from a high-ranking official family?
Li Wenyuan was a little curious, but he also knew that this was someone else's private matter, so he kept his curiosity in his heart.
Now it concerns the decision of all the educated youth, and since Li Xueyu and the others have backgrounds, he wanted to ask them what they think: "Li educated youth, what are your thoughts on this matter?"
What does Li Xueyu think?
Of course, no matter who comes, Li Fuyong will be sentenced.
How dare you give them drugs? You must be tired of living!
Considering their family backgrounds, especially Zhang Luyao's identity, if their families knew that they had suffered such a vicious incident as mass poisoning here, I'm afraid that the leadership of this area would be in trouble!
This time, it was only Li Xueyu who came forward alone to find someone to handle the matter, so only Li Fuyong and Wang Yamei were arrested.
If Li Fuyong is still acquitted after this, his name "Li" should be written upside down.
So he answered directly: "You don't need to argue anymore. Li Fuyong's guilt has been determined! Now the village chief and his men are trying to control us with a random decision. This will happen countless times in the future. Only by standing firm to the end and letting the villagers know that we are not to be trifled with will we not be bullied so easily! After all, we still have the commune leaders and the Youth League Office above us. No matter what happens, they should make the decision for us!"
Seeing that everyone seemed to be thinking but didn't refute, Li Xueyu continued, "Let's confront the village chief and his people directly! Just tell them that we don't accept their demands!"
The other educated youths agreed, saying, "That's right. We can't just give in when things get tough. If we keep giving in, what are we going to do when we have nowhere left to retreat?"
"Yes, we are all following the policies and rules! They can't bully us for no reason!"
"They want to shield criminals, but we won't allow that!"
Some were hesitant: "What if the village holds a grudge against us and blocks our family leave and letters of introduction in the future?"
"I'm afraid we won't have a good life in the future!"
As educated youth settled in the village, they needed leave and certificates issued by the village committee.
There are examples of villages deliberately making things difficult for educated youth!
Many very remote villages would bully the educated youth. Not only would they assign all the dirty and tiring work to them, but they would also give them the least and the worst work points and food.
What’s worse, the packages sent by the educated youth’s families would be embezzled by village cadres, and even the letters would be opened and the money and tickets inside would be taken away.
Also, requests for leave, whether it is family leave or sick leave, are often rejected.
Many educated youth had no way to complain and could only be angry but not speak out!
The Cultural Revolution has been going on for so many years, and similar things always get spread.
Many of the educated youth’s classmates or neighbors also went to the countryside, so they could more or less hear about this kind of thing.
Li Xueyu had also heard stories of educated youth being bullied by villagers, so he immediately declared his stance: "Don't worry, I have an uncle who works in the county government. If the villagers really try to bully us, and the commune doesn't intervene, I'll call my uncle and ask him to intervene!"
This was like a reassurance, and the educated youth felt relieved immediately!
Li Xueyu and his companions obviously have backgrounds. With them around, the villagers would not dare to bully them openly!
After making the decision, Li Wenyuan took them to the yard and expressed his opinion to the village chief.
"Village Chief, Accountant Li, the result of our discussion is that we do not agree with your decision! Restricting personal freedom is illegal. If the village insists on restricting our freedom, we will report this to the Youth League Office! Then we will see which side the Youth League Office stands on!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief didn't react. Accountant Li's face suddenly darkened. "This is the village's decision. We don't need your consent! This is all for your own good, and we only ask you not to leave the village for three days! There's nothing wrong with that. The village's decision is correct!"
Accountant Li was sure that the educated youth's freedom would only be restricted for three days. Even if the commune knew about it, they would not care about such a small matter.
Of course, his main purpose was not to prevent the educated youth from moving freely, but to use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with them.
Little did they know that this group of educated youth would not play by the rules and would directly go to the Educated Youth Office to report the problem.
What a bunch of young fools!
Accountant Li didn't intend to argue any further. Without waiting for the educated youth to object, he continued, "If you insist on violating the village's decision, don't say the village doesn't like you. If you need a certificate, a letter of introduction, or ask for leave, the village will consider it carefully!"
Sure enough, Accountant Li really intended to use this to threaten them!
The educated youth had one home visit leave every year to go home and visit their parents and relatives.
When they went to the countryside, they were only in their teens. After being away from home for a long time, they missed their parents very much.
Accountant Li used the excuse of visiting relatives leave to really control the educated youth.
The educated youth looked at Accountant Li with very unfriendly eyes at this moment.
Accountant Li ignored the educated youth's reactions and continued, "This time, because of that drugging incident you guys caused, the village's reputation has been damaged..."
"What do you mean we caused this? It was clearly someone who poisoned us!"
"That's right! We are the victims! Accountant Li, don't confuse right and wrong just because the person arrested for poisoning is your nephew!"
"That's right, if you have such doubts about this matter! You can just wait for the results of the Public Security Bureau's review! The police can tell you the truth in person!"
The educated youth are now very angry. First they planned to restrict their personal freedom, and then they threatened them with asking for leave and issuing certificates.
They are all in their teens, how could they be so cunning? They have so many pent-up emotions that they exploded all at once!
No matter who you are!
I just want to confront you!
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