Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23...
Chapter 23
As soon as the Revolutionary Committee members entered the village, they met Yu Tao. They asked Yu Tao if there was a educated youth named Weisheng Yiran in the village. Upon hearing that there was such a person, they asked Yu Tao to take them to the village chief's house.
Yu Tao had gotten up early and steamed a pot of flower-shaped buns. She had just brought them to her parents-in-law, and as she was returning home with a basket of dates they had given her, she ran into the Revolutionary Committee. The village head and his wife were concerned when they saw their eldest daughter-in-law return, trailed by members of the Revolutionary Committee.
There are many people in our village who have never been to a photo studio, not even throughout the year. The female educated youth brought cameras to the countryside to take photos for the villagers for free. Such a spirit of contribution...
After talking about the photo-taking incident, the village chief emphasized Weisheng's "ability" again.
Apart from anything else, she was probably the only female educated youth in the surrounding area who could drive and repair a tractor.
By the way, she also developed a set of tools specifically for the autumn harvest.
It was impossible for the people of the Revolutionary Committee to leave just by listening to the village chief's one-sided words. Fortunately, the village party secretary and the production team leader heard that someone wearing red armbands had entered the village and rushed over.
The three of them said in unison that Weisheng was not a bourgeois person, and told them that Weisheng was developing photos for the whole village, and that the people in the Revolutionary Committee were not arrogant. Seeing that the village cadres had guaranteed them, they did not stay in Kaoshan Village and went home directly.
After these people left, the village chief and the other two talked for a while, and then decided to go see Weisheng and talk about what happened today through the doors and windows.
Because Weisheng was a female comrade and was going to the home of a military family member while the men were not at home, the village chief also asked his wife and the director of women's affairs to go with him.
Weisheng sat on the door panel, using his weight to press Jin Menglan down so she couldn't get out, and told her the whole story of how Jin Menglan came to look for her.
The Revolutionary Committee members, whether entering or leaving the village, never had any contact with Jin Menglan. So, if they had no contact, how did she know they were coming for Weisheng?
It can be seen that even if she was not the one who wrote the anonymous letter of complaint, she was also one of the educated youth involved in this mess.
Thinking of this, the village party secretary first looked at Weisheng, then at Jin Menglan, whose face was red from shame or from trying to suppress it, and said earnestly: "Old Jin's girl, why are you becoming more and more ignorant? Weisheng has only been in the village for a short time, and he has done so much for our village. Why are you repaying kindness with hatred..."
The women's director nearby also had something to say, and seeing the village party secretary start, she chimed in, "I'm not saying anything, but even ten of you can't compare to Weisheng. What good will this do you?"
In the village, everyone would address other educated youth by adding their surname before "educated youth." For example, Li Zhiqing, Zhang Zhiqing, and Chen Zhiqing. But because Weisheng Yiran was awkward to address with both her surname and given name, she found the name awkward. After Weisheng realized it was a tongue twister, she asked everyone to call her Weisheng.
Others thought they were calling Weisheng's last name, but only Weisheng herself knew that it was her full name.
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Weisheng sat, Jin Menglan lay down, and the others stood in the outer room, talking about the difference between Jin Menglan and Weisheng. It was as if Jin Menglan's jealousy of Weisheng was a kind of unrealistic ambition and overestimation of her own abilities.
Weisheng just sat there, occasionally tilting his head to glance at Jin Menglan under the door, with pride and contempt in his eyes.
Look, everyone knows that you are inferior to me in everything!
Jin Menglan, who had been blushing and losing her temper, became even more hateful and angry when she saw Weisheng provoking her like this.
Just as the village chief was debating whether to persuade Weisheng to get down from the door, Jin Menglan recklessly shouted in the direction of the village chief and the others, "She is not Weisheng Yiran, she is Weisheng Yiran's sister—Weisheng Anran. She's a fake, she's fake, fake!"
On the right track!
Seeing Jin Menglan being so understanding, Weisheng was stunned for a moment, then showed an expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Don't tell me who I am, nor that we sisters are twins. Just say that the quota for going to the countryside is allocated according to the number of people in the family. The city doesn't care who in our family goes to the countryside and who stays in the city, as long as someone goes to the countryside, it's fine.
If I say I am Wei Sheng Yi Ran, does that mean I am not? If I say I am not Wei Sheng Yi Ran, does that mean I am not? Even if we take a step back, can you tell which is which if twins stand in front of you? If you are talking about whether it is true or not, are you just pretending to be crazy?
Seeing Weisheng still making excuses, Jin Menglan seemed to be encouraged and continued to shout to everyone, "Look, she admitted it. She is fake. Uh-huh~~~"
"Don't confuse people." Weisheng lifted his butt and sat down again, suppressing Jin Menglan's unfinished words with his weight before continuing, "Why don't you explain why you reported me? And why did you deliberately destroy the photos of the entire village?"
Yu Tao's mother-in-law, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly cried out when she heard Wei Sheng say this: "What, the photo is destroyed?"
When Wei Sheng saw the question, he nodded solemnly, "Yeah, part of it was destroyed."
"Oh my goodness, you're such a spendthrift! You've ruined all these great photos!" Yu Tao's mother-in-law was about to yell "God!" but then realized that was just superstition. But no matter what she yelled, the thought of the family photo she was sending to her eldest son being ruined made her want to grab Jin Menglan's hair and slap her hard.
How difficult it is to take a family photo in your own yard these days!
The more she scolded, the angrier she became. Finally, Yu Tao's mother-in-law rushed under the door, grabbed Jin Menglan's long braid and tried to drag her out from under the door.
The door panel and Weisheng together weighed about 100 pounds. In this situation, pulling the braid out... Weisheng simply covered his ears and waited for the first wave of screams.
"Ah~~~, it hurts, please let go, ahhhhhhhh~~~ let go."
Jin Menglan screamed and reached out to scratch the hand that was grabbing her braid, but she didn't catch the hand, but grabbed her own braid. So to relieve the pain, Jin Menglan grabbed her own braid and started a tug-of-war with Yu Tao, her mother-in-law.
Although Yu Tao was a cowardly person, she rushed forward without thinking when she saw her mother-in-law fighting with someone.
She looked around, and finally reached out and grabbed the hair between Jin Menglan's head and hand to help her mother-in-law pull it out.
Jin Menglan, her scalp aching, scratched Yu Tao's hand, digging her nails into the flesh after it bled. Wei Sheng picked up a small hammer and was about to hit the offending claw, but the women's director, seeing the situation was not going well, rushed over and tried to stop the fight verbally.
It's the kind of way of trying to stop a fight where you don't offer your hands, but just stand aside and yell, "Stop fighting!"
Seeing this, Weisheng stopped the hammer a few centimeters away from the claw and said to the women's director, "Okay, I'll give you face." Then, before anyone could react, he pulled the women's director over and asked her to sit on the door panel with him.
As a middle-aged woman of some stature, the director of women's affairs sat down with her butt, and actually pressed Jin Menglan to vomit.
Because Jin Menglan was facing up with her face pressed against the door panel, the things she spit out not only fell on the door panel but also all over her face.
The originally chaotic outer room seemed to have pressed the pause button in an instant. No matter whether they were far away or near, everyone was stunned, staring at Jin Menglan and the sorghum grains falling along the door panel.
Weisheng: …it turns out she had sorghum rice this morning!
Women's Director: I shouldn't be that heavy, right?
Because Jin Menglan spit out, Yu Tao, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, subconsciously let go: Why is it so disgusting~
Village head/village party secretary/production team leader: Let’s sell all the sorghum harvested in the village this year to the grain station.
Not sure if it was because she was pressed for too long or because she felt disgusted by herself, but Jin Menglan looked around and then fainted completely.
Seeing Jin Menglan fainted, Weisheng directly pulled the women's director down from the door panel. Regardless of what others thought, she walked seriously to the three village heads and said righteously:
"I definitely don't want this door anymore. Jin Menglan must compensate me with a new one. And the village must also give me an explanation for why Jin Menglan reported me. There's no grudge between us, how scary."
Who says it isn’t?
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The women's director found a few women to carry Jin Menglan back to the Jin family using old door panels. The village chief went to find the village carpenter and asked him to make a new door for the west room of his eldest son's house. The cost would be deducted from Jin Menglan's work points this year.
Coincidentally, the carpenter had a ready-made door. Seeing that the village chief and Weisheng needed it urgently, he took his son to carry the new door over.
Just as the new door was being installed in the west room, the villagers gradually learned what had just happened.
Some people, like Yu Tao's mother-in-law, felt sorry for their family photos, and cursed Jin Menglan in various ways, and came over in groups of three or four to inquire about the news.
Are there any of our photos among those that were destroyed?
What? I don’t know yet! Can I retake the ruined photo?
Weisheng: "You all know how much it costs to take a photo in town. I'm just a small person, and I provide the camera, film, photo paper, and chemicals. I develop the photos in the dark, and I don't charge a penny. I've done the best I can.
Nowadays, families are struggling, and I don't have the budget for reshoots. Now it all depends on what the village committee has in place. You can't just ignore someone who's doing harm to the village, right?
After hearing this, the villagers realized that this was indeed the case, so they went to the village chief to inquire about the news.
Only after everyone left did Weisheng remember his pot of snail noodles.
She was originally quite hungry, but after Jin Menglan vomited, she was afraid that she would not want to eat by this time tomorrow.
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On the other side, in the village committee compound, the village head, the village party secretary and the production team leader also talked about what happened today.
The village chief didn't know what he was thinking about, and suddenly slapped his forehead. Then he told his guess to the surprise of the other two.
"Why do you think that girl brought a camera to the village? And why did she take pictures of everyone in the village for free?"
The village party secretary and the production team leader exchanged glances, then looked at the village chief. "Have you thought of that?"
The village chief said, as if he was the only one sober among the drunken crowd, "Of course, it's to make her twin sister recognize all of us in the village."
"Ah?" What does it mean? Why don't I understand?
Seeing that the two of them looked as if they didn't understand, the village chief continued with a sense of superiority: "This year, the elder sister will go to the countryside, and next year, the elder sister will stay in the city, and the younger sister will go to the countryside to work in the fields. After all, they are twins and look the same. The two sisters can take turns and no one will notice."
Village Party Secretary/Production Team Leader: This is also possible!
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