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Everyone looked at Zhao Xiaoli with disdain. Others might be bribed by Li Xiyue, but Xu Xiangyang would never do that.
Xu Dawei pulled Zhao Xiaoli aside, "Don't talk nonsense, Xiangyang would never do such a thing."
Su Guixiang, the woman brought by Sun Xia, spoke up at this moment, "Captain, I saw it too."
Zhao Xiaoli clutched her hands. She had clearly looked around and there was no one there. How could two people have seen her?
She's panicking, what should she do? What should she do?
Su Guixiang continued, "After finishing my morning work, I realized that I had dropped my handkerchief, so I went back to the field to look for it. I saw this educated youth, Zhao, acting suspiciously in the field, so I watched him for a while out of curiosity."
Zhao Xiaoli bit her lip tightly, her heart pounding so hard she felt like it was going to jump out of her mouth.
"We found her holding a can and smashing it, deliberately throwing the glass shards into the field," Su Guixiang said loudly.
"Nonsense, I didn't do it on purpose. I just tripped and broke the can..." Zhao Xiaoli instinctively retorted when she heard the other party's false statement.
But he quickly realized he had said the wrong thing and covered his mouth.
But it was too late; everyone had heard what she said.
Xu Dawei couldn't believe it. "You did this?"
He trusted her so much and helped her testify against Li Xiyue, but he never expected that Zhao Xiaoli was the one who did it. She really cried wolf!
Li Xiyue's face showed an expression of expectation. She had asked Sun Xia to find someone to testify against Zhao Xiaoli, so that Zhao Xiaoli would confess without being asked.
Under high pressure, people's brains don't react as quickly, making it easy for them to slip up.
Moreover, Zhao Xiaoli was guilty and, seeing the other party distorting the facts, she didn't have time to think and instinctively defended herself.
Seeing that the truth had come to light, Xu Guoqiang stared sharply at Zhao Xiaoli and said, "Hurry up and confess what happened!"
Knowing she could no longer hide the truth, Zhao Xiaoli told the whole story, crying, "I was starving, so I stole Li Xiyue's canned food. I saw no one in the field, so I thought I'd eat it secretly. But I slipped and broke the can. I really didn't know the glass fell into the field. I didn't mean to hurt the cow."
"I was just too scared, and I lost my mind for a moment. I thought that if Li Xiyue took the blame, the investigation wouldn't find me."
At the time, she thought that since she didn't have any canned food and no one saw her stealing it, she could take the initiative and pin the blame on Li Xiyue. If Li Xiyue took the blame for her, she would be safe and sound.
Who knew someone would see it? It's like even God wasn't on her side.
"You've gone too far! Li Zhiqing did nothing wrong, yet you're framing her. If someone hadn't seen it, Li Zhiqing would have taken the blame and been punished for you!" Sun Xia pointed at Zhao Xiaoli angrily.
Grandma Yu was still worried, so she came over anyway. She came out and scolded, "This old woman can tell you're no good just by looking at you. You're full of bad ideas and have the behavior of a bad element. Our people are so honest and kind, we can't tolerate someone like you!"
"If such people remain among the masses, they will only hinder the revolutionary path and disrupt labor production."
"Who knows what she'll throw into the field next time? It won't just be the old ox that gets hurt, it'll be us too."
"Yes, yes, she must be severely punished."
"Send her to the cowshed to carry manure."
The crowd pointed at Zhao Xiaoli and began to berate her. Zhao Xiaoli was so frightened that she trembled all over. The cowshed was dirty and smelly, and she didn't want to go there.
"Captain, our dormitory has been robbed! Li and I have lost all our money and tickets!" Huang Xinrui said, squeezing out from the crowd with a mournful face.
Upon hearing this, the villagers all pointed at Zhao Xiaoli and said, "She must have stolen it."
"This Zhao educated youth not only steals food but also money; he's shameless."
"She looks respectable, but she's actually a thieving old woman."
Zhao Xiaoli was terribly wronged. "I didn't steal any money. I only took a can of food and a meat bun."
But who would believe a thief?
"How much money and tickets were lost?" Xu Guoqiang ignored Zhao Xiaoli and asked Huang Xinrui.
“I lost fifty yuan, a half-jin grain coupon, a two-liang oil coupon, and a two-liang meat coupon. Every month I lost one hundred yuan, two one-jin grain coupons, two two-liang oil coupons, and two one-jin meat coupons.”
After saying that, she winked at Wang Jiaxing, who was standing next to her, signaling him to quickly say that he had lost money as well.
Wang Jiaxing understood and raised his hand, "Captain, I also lost ten...twenty yuan."
Zhao Xiaoli's eyes widened. "Nonsense! She never went to Wang Jiaxing's house. They're framing her!"
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