"You, you, shrew, shrew, how can you hit people!" He reacted and immediately wanted to fight back.
Dong Huaihua was quick-witted and kicked him hard from the side, shouting in a low voice: "You better keep your damn mouth shut, see what happens if everyone gathers around!"
Zhiqing Chen indeed shut his mouth, his face ashen, but he didn't dare to say anything.
Lin Lan said coldly: "Do you think just because you coaxed the ignorant Xiuyun into keeping the secret, others wouldn't know? You and her meeting secretly, the children have seen it several times. Do you want me to bring them to confront you?"
"You believe children's words? Who doesn't know they only know how to lie and watch the fun?" Zhiqing Chen put on a posture of suffering a great injustice from heaven, but helplessly, he was blocked in the corner by two fierce women and couldn't leave even if he wanted to.
The key was Lin Lan's expression, which clearly said, Just try running, little rascal, see if I don't have my man dislocate your arms!
Dong Huaihua said agitatedly: "If you did it, you have to take responsibility. You have to marry her whether you want to or not. If you don't, you'll be struggled against, and you'll never be able to return to the city or leave our Shanzucun for the rest of your life. Don't think that just because I'm the women's director, I'm not a cadre. Let me tell you..."
Zhiqing Chen's face turned the color of dirt, and his body started trembling. Only then did he realize the severity of the situation.
Lin Lan also supported this decision. These rural girls were truly very, very innocent and ignorant, and hadn't seen the world. When the zhiqing sang a few songs, said a few nice words, and flirted a bit, they would basically fall for it.
At first, they would make solemn pledges of love, saying they couldn't live without them. But once they got their hands on them, they basically treated them as tools to pass the time and relieve loneliness, completely impossible to take responsibility.
But the girls were too innocent and were coaxed by the men. Thinking of the men's reputation, future, and lives, and terrified they would be beaten to death or sentenced, they swallowed all the bitter fruits themselves.
In the end, the severe cases were the women refusing to confess to the death, passively or actively drowning themselves in the river, hanging themselves, and dying miserably.
If this matter wasn't resolved properly, the ending would be the Liu family losing face, the villagers pointing fingers and watching the fun, and finally, Liu Xiuyun, unable to bear the gossip and her family's cold stares, throwing herself into the river to commit suicide.
Even if Liu Xiuyun was innocent, ignorant, and at fault, Lin Lan didn't want to see such a result. Thinking of that warm little girl, she felt this Zhiqing Chen was too hateful.
If you don't dare to take responsibility, don't flirt!
Although a forced melon isn't sweet, if not forcing this melon would lead to death and ruin the reputation of a whole village, then this melon had to be forced.
After all, the melon was planted by this scumbag Zhiqing Chen!
To avoid being seen and suspected, they didn't say much more, just warned Zhiqing Chen to stay put and that they would look for him at any time.
Seeing this, Zhiqing Chen immediately turned and ran away.
Lin Lan discussed with Dong Huaihua whether to ask Han Yongfang for help, but Dong Huaihua was afraid that too many people talking would lead to trouble if too many people knew.
"You don't know, some people in our brigade are particularly difficult to deal with, especially Han Yonglu's family. If he finds out, he'll definitely make a huge scene."
She told Lin Lan about the grudge between the two families.
During the years of natural disasters, neither of them were team cadres yet. Han Yonglu led his laopo and children to the fields to steal corn and sweet potatoes, but was seen by Liu Guifa. Liu Guifa wouldn't let it go and told him to turn himself in at the brigade headquarters, otherwise he would expose him.
Han Yonglu absolutely refused to turn himself in and wouldn't put down the grain, so the two started fighting. He had his laopo and children with him, and relying on their numbers, they beat Liu Guifa. Liu Guifa then exposed him. After that, Han Yonglu was criticized by the whole village.
From then on, the two families formed a grudge.
The countryside is like this. Sometimes, no matter how big the grudge, it seems it can be laughed off as time passes.
But sometimes, some people can hold a grudge for a lifetime over a small matter, not speaking for a lifetime, and the two families remaining hostile to each other.
Liu Guifa hadn't thought about keeping the stalemate going, but Han Yonglu refused to let it go, insisting that Liu Guifa had malicious intentions and wanted to starve their whole family to death to claim credit.
Especially later when Liu Guifa became the security director, Han Yonglu believed even more that he got the position by claiming credit.
Coupled with many intentional or unintentional frictions later, the two families naturally stopped speaking even more.
Fortunately, they lived far apart and weren't in the same production team, so not speaking was fine.
But now that Liu Xiuyun was in trouble, if Han Yonglu knew, he naturally wouldn't let it go.
Lin Lan also felt the situation was serious. "If it really comes down to it, wait until my third brother comes back and ask him to help us pressure Zhiqing Chen to quickly propose, get engaged, and settle the marriage."
Marrying and then divorcing was still more beneficial to the Liu family than being unmarried with a big belly.
Divorce, widowhood, and pregnancy out of wedlock—there was a chain of contempt for all these.
In this era, pregnancy out of wedlock would be considered indiscreet, a problem of lifestyle, and would be branded as a broken shoe, or even directly charged with the crime of being a broken shoe.
The two parted ways and went home to cook.
When Lin Lan arrived home, Erwang and Maisui had already finished cooking.
Dawang was sweeping the courtyard, shoveling the chicken manure into the vegetable beds.
Sanwang curiously watched Xiaowang blow the harmonica, fiddled with the flute for a while, and then threw it away impatiently. "This thing is just a fire poker!"
It was cold now, so Sanwang couldn't go into the river, and Lin Lan temporarily relaxed her vigilance against him.
After Dawang subdued Zhuzi, Zhuzi subdued the other children, and the children all listened to him. Now that he had secured his position as the leader of the children in Shanzucun, he was also behaving for a while.
Apart from still being somewhat reluctant to go to school, he had no other faults.
Maisui was serving the food, but Erwang looked gloomy, holding a notebook, writing and calculating, looking as if he had lost his soul.
Lin Lan patted Erwang's shoulder. "Son, what are you thinking about?"
Erwang sighed. "Niang, is our family about to not be able to open the pot?"
Lin Lan: ... Chief Steward Erwang, don't worry, your die and niang won't let you starve.
"Let me tell you some good news. The women's director and I are going to propagandize physiological hygiene knowledge together. From now on, I'll get 12 work points every day, more than the men!"
"Really?" Erwang was stunned. Niang is this capable?
Lin Lan nodded, seizing the opportunity to educate them. "That's why I tell you to study hard. Knowledge is power! Knowledge is money! Everything you want is in knowledge." Finally, she even waved her fist to strengthen her momentum.
Erwang and Maisui were incredibly full of admiration. Their niang hadn't been to school, but just by learning a little bit from them, she could actually go do propaganda work for the commune members.
How amazing was that.
"Niang, you're so amazing, you're really so amazing!" The two children grabbed Lin Lan's hands and said excitedly.
Lin Lan said proudly: "Of course. Didn't you notice I study even harder than you students? With education, you don't have to exert physical effort, and you earn more money."
She cast a sidelong glance at Dawang.
Dawang, who was shot while lying down: "............"
Sanwang giggled: "Niang has education, die has strength, and I can swim."
Xiaowang came in blowing the tune of "One Two One, One Two One." "I'll play the harmonica for niang."
Lin Lan patted his head. "Xiaowang is very amazing. Later when we go propagandize, we'll need performances, and then Xiaowang will follow Teacher Huo to play the harmonica. When niang finds time, I'll go tell Teacher Huo and ask her to teach you."
Xiaowang's beautiful large eyes looked up at Lin Lan, as if stars lived inside them.
Lin Lan then reminded the other children, "Your die isn't coming back for dinner, you all eat. After eating, do your homework."
Han Qingsong had been quite busy recently and basically didn't come back for dinner, telling them not to wait.
Hearing their die wasn't coming home, most of the children breathed a sigh of relief and dared to chatter while eating.
Seeing them acting like monkeys ruling as kings when the tiger wasn't home, Lin Lan was truly both angry and amused.
"I say, why aren't you afraid of me? When the tiger isn't home, the monkeys rule as kings, huh."
Dawang suddenly burst out laughing, startling the whole family.
He actually knows how to laugh?
It's better than him keeping a straight face like his dark die!
Lin Lan quickly handed him a towel: "Look at this porridge sprayed everywhere."
Maisui and Erwang, sitting opposite Dawang and Sanwang, were directly sprayed with porridge and immediately cried out.
Sanwang also laughed heartily. "Niang, my dage said you're a monkey. When my die isn't home, you're the king, hahaha!"
Lin Lan: ... So in their eyes, she's a female monkey, not a tigress, and they aren't afraid at all.
She immediately put on a fierce expression. "I'm a tigress, are you afraid?"
Xiaowang pouted, came up, and gave her a loud kiss, then carefully wiped away the grain of millet he had kissed onto Lin Lan's face.
Lin Lan's heart melted, and she hugged Xiaowang. "Aiya, my little sweetheart." Then she glared at Dawang and Sanwang: "You're wrong. Even when your die is home, I'm still the king, so I'm the tiger."
Sanwang immediately said: "Then my die is a monkey?"
Lin Lan gently tapped his head with her chopsticks. "Nonsense again, you're clearly the monkey."
"Then if you and my die are both tigers, why am I not a little tiger but a monkey?" Sanwang refused to accept it.
Erwang laughed at him: "You're a loach, neither tigers nor monkeys can swim."
Maisui also laughed. "The teacher said the dragon has nine sons, and each is different. Maybe die is a dragon, niang is a tiger, and you guys are monkeys and loaches, hahaha."
Dawang cast a glance at her and said slowly: "The dragon has nine sons, and each is different, that's because he has 9 xifu."
Maisui: ... Hehe, so cold, I think you're asking for a beating.
Lin Lan: "Hurry up and do your homework after eating."
While they were doing their homework, Lin Lan also washed two pears, cut them into pieces, and made skewers out of discarded chopsticks for them to eat with.
Sanwang reached out and grabbed them, completely impatient to use those things.
Lin Lan noticed Dawang was only gesturing and not writing.
She picked up everyone's notebooks to take a look.
Although Maisui's handwriting couldn't be called beautiful, it was neat and tidy, showing she was trying hard to make it look good.
Erwang's handwriting was also not bad. Although not as neat, it had more character.
Dawang's handwriting was simply a replica of his die's, not only sharp but also carrying a rebellious and stubborn temper.
Sanwang's was simply too horrible to look at; calling him a loach was not an exaggeration at all.
Lin Lan: "Sanwang, why is your notebook so black? Why do you always smudge the words after writing them?"
After writing with a pencil, he smudged it with his fingers, making the whole notebook black and smudged, simply too horrible to look at.
Sanwang said righteously: "The teacher always makes me write more! He's bullying me!"
Lin Lan had no choice but to have a talk about life with student Sanwang, and casually threatened him that if he wasn't obedient, when his die came back, this and that would happen, he wouldn't get good food first, and he wouldn't be allowed to go into the river all next summer.
Student Sanwang finally got on the kang with a look of having nothing left to live for. "Xiaowang ah, when will you grow up."
Xiaowang: "I'm already grown up."
Sanwang: "Then when are you going to school."
Xiaowang: "When I go to school, I won't make niang angry."
Sanwang: "... Goodbye, going to sleep."
Old mother Lin Lan sent the children to sleep, checking on them one by one, paying special attention to the girl Maisui, telling her to cover herself well with the quilt at night to avoid catching a cold.
With her caring so much, Maisui felt warm in her heart, feeling close to her niang, and slept exceptionally sweetly.
After settling Xiaowang, she took care of her personal hygiene and then got on the kang.
First, she used her left hand to write a propaganda plan full of typos, and then took Dawang's pants to mend them for him.
Dawang had been growing relatively fast recently, and the pants were a bit tight around the buttocks and thighs. Unable to make new pants right away, she unpicked the sides and inserted a patch.
This was also a common practice for everyone.
However, other families didn't care about color matching, just using whatever cloth they had, which looked particularly ugly. Lin Lan, however, couldn't do that; she strived for color harmony and unity, and it had to have an aesthetic appeal.
After sewing for a while, she looked outside. It was pitch black, and there was a faint pattering sound in the wind. It must be raining. She wondered if he was still in a meeting or hurrying home?
After nine-thirty, Lin Lan heard the main gate move and knew Han Qingsong was back.
She immediately got off the bed. The fire in the stove was still smoldering; poking it open and adding a handful of straw would heat the food.
There was still warm water in the pot. When Han Qingsong came back, he could wash up to dispel the cold and avoid catching a cold, and she could heat his food at the same time.
Han Qingsong parked the bicycle and came in from outside. Although it was a light drizzle, his clothes were also wet.
"Quickly take off your clothes, wash up, and change into clean ones." Lin Lan poured water for him, took the lunchboxes, and put them in the pot to heat up.
As usual, he brought back two boxes of meat dishes, both from the county cafeteria.
Lin Lan told him to eat one box and save the other to improve their meals tomorrow.
Although Han Qingsong had eaten in the county, it had been over five hours now, and he was truly hungry.
Lin Lan didn't want him to go to sleep on an empty stomach, so she always made him eat a bit more.
After tidying up, Han Qingsong ate. Besides the coarse grain steamed buns, there was also the assorted pickled vegetables invented by Lin Lan and Erwang. It was actually various pickled vegetables chopped up and mixed together, then tossed with chili oil. It was very refreshing and went perfectly with rice.
Lin Lan put the other box away and said happily: "Your frequent business trips aren't without benefits. Look, our family's meals have improved, this is a big subsidy."
Other families couldn't eat meat a few times a year, only able to have a feast during holidays. Their family could now eat it every few days.
It was very luxurious.
Seeing her smiling so brightly, Han Qingsong also felt warm in his heart, feeling that this job was increasingly meaningful and he had more drive.
After eating and washing up, they got on the kang.
Lin Lan told him about Liu Xiuyun again.
"That Zhiqing Chen is too hateful, actually having the nerve to deny it? Xiuyun is also weak, being coaxed by him to keep it a secret for him. Director Dong and I were so angry we beat him up!"
Han Qingsong pinched her waist. "Did he fight back?"
Lin Lan smiled and said: "With a man like you, how would he dare."
Hearing her speak so proudly, Han Qingsong let out a low laugh and gently rubbed against her ear.
"If you ask me, this matter isn't a big deal, but it looks very serious in the village. We still have to help the security director's family."
Although he was upright and had good relations with people, it was precisely because of his uprightness that he made many enemies.
If Liu Xiuyun was truly publicly exposed as being pregnant out of wedlock, it would be a fatal blow to their family. Some people valued face more than their lives, unlike her.
Han Qingsong: "I'll go talk to that zhiqing?"
Lin Lan was waiting for this sentence. "Great, your intervention will definitely be more effective than anyone else's."
Lin Lan: "Oh right, I also have to tell you a good thing."
Han Qingsong gave an "mm," but his mind was no longer on the topic.
"The brigade is going to conduct physiological hygiene propaganda, and Director Dong took the initiative to ask me for help. The party secretary also agreed and will even subsidize my work points. From now on, I'll have 12 work points!" She was quite a bit proud.
Han Qingsong kissed her: "Very amazing. Our family's work points all depend on you."
Lin Lan smiled, hooked his chin, put on the appearance of a master, and said exaggeratedly: "Come, give this master a smile!"
Han Qingsong looked at her with burning eyes, the corners of his lips curling up, and the smile in his eyes turned into desire.
Lin Lan quickly said: "It's very late, go to sleep quickly."
That thing isn't good even if it's not good, and there aren't enough of them anyway, so we should still be temperate. The doctor said young people should know how to cherish their bodies and be temperate!
However, obviously for Director Han, temperance did not exist.
The next day, Han Qingsong ate breakfast at home and wasn't in a hurry to go to work. He first went to work in Lin Lan's place and took the opportunity to look for Zhiqing Chen.
As a result, he couldn't find him. The other zhiqing said Zhiqing Chen suddenly received a telegram from home yesterday saying his father was seriously ill, and he got a letter of introduction and left on leave in the middle of the night.
Han Qingsong first went to tell Lin Lan.
Lin Lan was anxious: "This scumbag actually ran away in the middle of the night! We should have broken his legs yesterday!"
She threw down the dried sweet potato. "No, go catch him and bring him back. This bastard, wanting to wipe his mouth and pat his butt to leave after eating, that won't do."
Han Qingsong held her arm. "Don't get angry, I'll go find him for you."
The fastest way was for him to chase after him directly, but it was inconvenient for one person. He would first ride to the commune to find Luo Haicheng, and then make some arrangements.
Sending a telegram from the commune to Liu Jianyun, asking him to take people to the train station, would be faster than anything.
Lin Lan figured that with Han Qingsong helping, the problem shouldn't be big, so she went to find Dong Huaihua.
Dong Huaihua was also pacing anxiously. "This bastard thing, we kept quiet for the sake of reputation, and no one was watching him. Who would have thought he was so cunning, actually running away, damn it."
They first went to find Xiuyun's niang and hid aside to tell her.
Hearing this, Xiuyun's niang was so anxious her face turned pale. "What do we do then? Why is my Xiuyun's fate so bitter? If her die finds out, won't he beat her to death."
Seeing her getting anxious, Lin Lan guessed she had no ideas, so she reminded her to stay steady and absolutely not leak the news, lest it be used by others.
Xiuyun's niang slapped her thigh anxiously. "Aiya, if I had known, I would have... I would have just quickly let Xiuyun marry Old Yang from the back village."
Old Yang from the back village?
Old Yang from the back village was beaten when he was little and had some mental problems. He hadn't married for so many years and was an old bachelor.
An old bachelor wouldn't understand these things very well. Having a child seven or eight months after marriage, just saying it was premature wouldn't be a problem.
Lin Lan was also amazed by Xiuyun's niang's imagination. Finding someone to be a scapegoat when encountering a problem was already unkind, and as a result, she wanted to marry her guinv to an old bachelor with mental problems.
It seemed propaganda was truly imperative! It couldn't be delayed any longer.
"My third brother went to catch him, let's wait a bit longer."
Hearing that Han Qingsong intervened, Xiuyun's niang actually breathed a sigh of relief, and her originally sallow face recovered a bit of color.
Lin Lan: "..." Do you guys have some misunderstanding about my third brother?
Xiuyun's niang was originally a bit distracted, but now she also quieted down and actually went to work steadily. She was a good hand at slicing sweet potatoes, slicing left and right, cha-cha-cha, and the sweet potato slices flew out like snowflakes.
Lin Lan had a feeling she was slicing Zhiqing Chen.
With Han Qingsong stepping in, Dong Huaihua also felt insured and wasn't anxious at all, pulling Lin Lan to chat about the propaganda.
Lin Lan told her the plan she had made, and Dong Huaihua got excited and pulled Lin Lan to study the details.
When they entered the village, they saw the vice-captain of the second team leading his son Han Qingfeng, his erxifu Zhao Guixiang, and others running ahead. "Quick, don't let her escape!"
They were fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Dong Huaihua's face instantly changed color, her voice trembling. "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, how did he find out."
They were originally conducting this matter secretly, letting the two get engaged and married without outsiders knowing, which was the safest method.
Who knew Han Yonglu would intervene, rendering all their previous arrangements useless. It would definitely become known to the whole village.
She pulled Lin Lan and sprinted toward Liu Xiuyun's house, not even listening to Lin Lan telling her to go stop them while she went to call people.
Han Yonglu brought people and excitedly headed to Liu Guifa's house, determined to catch Liu Xiuyun and struggle against her as a broken shoe!
They moved fast. When they rushed into the Liu family's house, Liu Xiuyun was still making steamed corn bread at home. She hadn't gone to work these past few days, claiming to be sick, and her niang told her to cook at home.
"What are you doing?" Seeing those people rushing in fiercely, Liu Xiuyun shuddered in fear.
Han Yonglu's eye sockets were red with excitement, and he shouted loudly: "Tie up this shameless broken shoe for me, the whole brigade will hold a meeting to struggle against the broken shoe!"
Liu Xiuyun trembled all over, the blood in her body instantly drained, her face turning deathly pale.
Han Yonglu was even more proud, directing his erxifu to tie Liu Xiuyun up so she wouldn't escape.
"Liu Xiuyun, I advise you to quickly confess the adulterer too, and we'll catch him together to struggle against the broken shoe and the hooligan! Otherwise, your crime will be aggravated!" he shouted excitedly.
"You, you... let me go." Liu Xiuyun struggled, but she was no match for Zhao Guixiang and the others, and was tied up solidly.
Dong Huaihua pulled Lin Lan's hand and rushed in. "Uncle, what are you doing?" She pushed Han Qingfeng and the others away, went to pull Liu Xiuyun's rope, and said exasperatedly: "Untie it, untie it!"
Lin Lan followed behind Dong Huaihua and was also about to go up and help untie the rope.
Zhao Guixiang pushed Lin Lan's chest, making Lin Lan stumble. She roared with a rough voice: "What are you doing, what are you doing, are you in cahoots with the broken shoe?"
Zhao Guixiang was a short, stout, dark, and rough woman. In this era of food shortages, it wasn't easy to eat oneself into this shape.
Lin Lan hadn't done anything behind Dong Huaihua yet. She hadn't expected Zhao Guixiang not to push Dong Huaihua but deliberately push her. This was bizarre.
Han Qingfeng, standing next to her, supported her. "Be careful."
Lin Lan shook him off. She was a head taller than Zhao Guixiang, so naturally, she unceremoniously pushed back. "Who are you? Why did you push me? With such a dirty mouth, did you grow up eating shit?"
Saying that, she pushed Zhao Guixiang's head hard, making Zhao Guixiang fall on her butt.
Zhao Guixiang hadn't expected Lin Lan to dare push back. In the production team, no one dared to act tough with her yet.
That push of hers was deliberately aimed at Lin Lan, deliberately pushing Lin Lan's chest. Seeing her sticking out her perky and full chest every day, she found it particularly offensive!
Moreover, Lin Lan had also offended her younger sister, Zhao Guilian.
Seeing Lin Lan fight back, she jumped up and swung her dark palm toward Lin Lan. "You slutty woman, I think you and the broken shoe should both be struggled against!"
Han Yonglu and Han Qingfeng were startled and quickly shouted to stop her: "Don't hit people!"
With a crisp smack, the slap was both ruthless and crisp.
...
Zhao Guixiang's large face swayed to one side.
After slapping her, Lin Lan immediately and nimbly hid behind Han Yonglu, threatening: "Uncle, if she dares to touch me again, my man will go smash your whole family! If you don't believe me, just wait and see!"
Han Yonglu; Han Qingfeng: "............"
Zhao Guixiang chased after Lin Lan. "Stinky woman, don't run, stand still for me!"
Lin Lan spat at her: "Are you stupid? Stand still and not run waiting for you to hit me? Besides, you're clearly stinkier and uglier, stinkier than the livestock raised by your second team, and you have the nerve to call me that!"
Zhao Guixiang went mad and wanted to chase her to hit her, but the others didn't dare to help.
Lin Lan had a slender figure. Although her chest was a bit large, her waist was thin and her legs were long, with good proportions. Coupled with her frequent activities, she ran very lightly. Although Zhao Guixiang was stout, she was short and had short legs. Panting heavily, how could she catch up with Lin Lan.
Han Yonglu's face was incredibly ugly, but he didn't dare to touch Lin Lan. Let alone making a move, he didn't even dare to curse.
That day, Han Qingsong had suppressed Zhang Heilv completely and played with the gun smoothly. How could he dare.
And he heard that Han Qingsong had also arrested a captain these past few days, saying he was going to be executed. This was a star of calamity, of course he didn't dare to provoke him.
The woman of his family was also a shrew, even more unprovokable.
"Qingfeng, control your poniang!" He glared at his son.
Han Qingfeng's gaze, however, had been fixed on Lin Lan. He and Han Qingsong were of similar age, and because of their names, they had been intentionally or unintentionally compared since childhood. So he had always been very careful, whether it was working or doing anything else, striving to perform well and surpass Han Qingsong.
Later, when Han Qingsong became a soldier, he also went to become a soldier. As a result, three years later, Han Qingsong was promoted, but he had to demobilize and return home to become a militiaman.
And the xifu Han Qingsong married was also prettier than his own poniang.
In the past, Lin Lan was shrewish and troublesome, threatening suicide all day long, and he still felt quite a sense of superiority. Although Han Qingsong was more capable than him, and his xifu looked pretty, she was a sick poniang.
Later, when Han Qingsong transferred to civilian work, he felt it was nothing more than that. As a result, Han Qingsong transferred to become a director. Not only that, but his xifu had also changed for the better!
Now she was beautiful and pretty, with a sharp tongue, simply like an educated person from the city.
He felt sour in his heart, with envy and jealousy, and couldn't help but wonder if he had such a xifu... Especially when the two were in the same frame, it made his own short, dark, thick, and stout rough poniang even more unwatchable. The contrast was simply tragic.
In the invisible contest between him and Han Qingsong from childhood to now, he had suffered a complete defeat in every round.
For an ambitious person unwilling to be mediocre, such a result was always unwilling to be accepted.
Han Qingfeng shouted at Zhao Guixiang to stop. "Don't delay the main business."
They still wanted to arrest Liu Xiuyun, but Dong Huaihua tried her best to stop them. "If you dare to arrest people randomly, the party secretary won't allow it either."
Han Yonglu originally wanted to take advantage of Han Yongfang and Liu Guifa not being home to arrest her. He hadn't expected Dong Huaihua and Lin Lan to come, so they didn't dare to act rashly.
They weren't afraid of Dong Huaihua, but they were afraid of Han Qingsong.
"She's a broken shoe, she's already pregnant, and she still wants to deny it? Getting pregnant without being married is being a broken shoe! Catch her and feed her to the fishes!" Unable to hit Lin Lan, Zhao Guixiang was so angry she kept spewing wildly.
Lin Lan stood a bit further away, afraid her... spittle carrying bacteria would spray on her.
"I say, why are you guys so dirty? Suddenly rushing into someone else's house to accuse them of being pregnant, are you sick?" Lin Lan decided to deny it to the death and be unreasonable; this was a shrew's special skill.
"She is pregnant, someone reported it! She went to the county hospital for a checkup, and there's even a lab test slip." Zhao Guixiang boasted of having a witness and spoke righteously.
Lin Lan sneered. "Is there a chamber pot sitting on your neck specifically to stink people out? Empty words are no proof. You go to the county hospital first to find the lab test slip, and then find a doctor to testify for you. Falsely accusing others with just your red mouth and white teeth, do you think eating is that casual?"
If a shrew doesn't show her might, do you think she's a sick cat?
Zhao Guixiang was so angry she wanted to hit Lin Lan again, but was stopped by Han Qingfeng.
Han Qingfeng said: "This really isn't us falsely accusing her. She took her saozi's booklet to the county hospital, it's written on it."
Zhao Guixiang immediately climaxed, jumping up and shouting: "How about it, do you want her saozi to come back and confront her? Her saozi isn't pregnant, which proves it's her!"
Liu Xiuyun's ersao just had a baby last year, so she was certain she wouldn't be pregnant. Her dasao hadn't been pregnant for three years, so it definitely wasn't her either.
Lin Lan mocked: "Indeed a chamber pot, without a bit of brain inside. How do you know Sister-in-law Xiuyun isn't pregnant?"
"Then go get checked! There's a barefoot doctor in the village, no, go to the commune health center to get checked. Whether there's a child or not will be known once checked." Han Yonglu was extremely proud. Liu Xiuyun being pregnant was definitely true, and even if Lin Lan quibbled, it would be useless.
Dong Huaihua said: "You don't need to make trouble out of nothing, let's wait until the party secretary comes."
When she came in, she had already sent the Liu family's children to find the party secretary, believing he would come over soon.
Dong Huaihua truly hated Han Yonglu, this old thing. Tell me, why are you so ignorant of the big picture? Even if you know about this, you should try to cover it up as much as possible.
What good does exposing it do for you?
The two families don't have any deep-seated hatred, must you do this?
Truly despicable!
Soon, Han Yongfang and the brigade captain ran over.
Han Yongfang shouted: "What are you doing! Where did you get the authority to run to the security director's house to arrest people?"
Even if Han Yonglu was confident, he didn't dare to challenge Han Yongfang. He quickly went over and smiled: "Party Secretary, reliable information, Liu Xiuyun is acting like a broken shoe and got a big belly!"
Han Yongfang's gray eyebrows furrowed tightly, forming a deep crease between his brows. He looked at Liu Xiuyun, then at Han Yonglu. "I say, Yonglu, don't make enemies over nothing."
Han Yonglu patted his chest. "I won't, there's evidence."
Han Yongfang: "Where's the evidence? For this kind of thing, you have to catch them in the act, catch the man together."
Zhao Guixiang said proudly: "Anyway, she's pregnant and her belly is big. In another two months, when it bulges, she won't be able to hide it. Let's see how she quibbles then." She glared fiercely at Lin Lan.
Lin Lan was furious. "What are you staring at other people's bellies all day for? Wait until your own belly gets big first."
This instantly stepped on Zhao Guixiang's sore spot, because she hadn't been able to have a child in all the years she had been married.
She let out a howl and was about to hit Lin Lan.
The brigade captain was holding a horsewhip in his hand and whipped it over with a crack. "Behave yourself!"
Although that whip didn't hit Zhao Guixiang, it gave a crisp warning, showing he was angry.
Zhao Guixiang had no choice but to stand aggrievedly next to Han Qingfeng.
Han Qingfeng glanced at Lin Lan.
Lin Lan immediately glared back. What are you looking at! "I say, you're a grown man, not thinking about doing big things for men, but staring at women all day! Is this your family's tradition?"
Han Qingfeng instantly looked as ugly as if he had been slapped hard, his face flushing red.
Being humiliated by Han Qingsong's woman, the humiliation was doubled!
Han Yongfang stood with his hands behind his back, his face dark. "You came to arrest someone without evidence and without catching them on the spot, this is simply nonsense. This matter ends here, no more fussing!"
Han Yonglu, however, refused to let it go. Although generally one had to catch both parties in an affair, he didn't care if it was an affair. He was catching Liu Guifa's guinv acting like a broken shoe!! Pregnancy out of wedlock was enough to prove her crime, he wasn't afraid whether there was an adulterer or not.
He said proudly: "Secretary, letting this kind of person stay in our brigade is simply ruining the village ethos of Shanzucun, dragging down the commune members of the whole team to be laughed at and become notorious."
Han Yongfang's face grew even darker. He didn't want to pay attention to him at all and turned to leave.
Han Yonglu shouted loudly: "It was reported by Zhiqing Chen, he has evidence. When he went to the county that day, he ran into Liu Xiuyun going to the county hospital for a checkup!"
What?
Dong Huaihua was as if struck by lightning. This scum!! If I catch him, I'll skin him alive!
Lin Lan also hadn't expected this scumbag to actually refresh her understanding.
He hooked up with Liu Xiuyun, used her kindness and love to keep his secret, letting her bear the bitter fruit of pregnancy alone. Not only did he not admit it, but he actually took the opportunity to report her!
What the actual fuck!
If you run away, you run away, but reporting Liu Xiuyun before running away, what kind of brain circuit is this?
Lin Lan felt she was already deeply doubting this world.
Han Yongfang was stunned for a moment. He also hadn't expected this problem. He turned to the brigade captain and said: "Zhiqing Chen?"
The brigade captain's brows twisted into a knot. "He came to get a letter of introduction last night, his father is seriously ill and he asked for leave to return to the city."
Han Yonglu said proudly: "He came to borrow money from me and took the initiative to report this news to me!"
Dong Huaihua immediately cursed: "Zhiqing Chen isn't present, can his damn casual words be taken as evidence? That's too damn ridiculous. I could even say you spent money to buy a fake report to harm people!" She was trembling with anger.
Liu Xiuyun beside them couldn't hold on any longer. She swayed, her face as white as paper, and fainted directly.
Lin Lan had been keeping an eye out. Seeing Liu Xiuyun fall, she immediately rushed over to support her, preventing Liu Xiuyun from falling directly to the ground.
Liu Xiuyun fainting seemed to confirm her crime, and Han Yonglu and Zhao Guixiang became even more excited.
"Look! She fainted from fear!"
Han Yongfang immediately sensed something was wrong. "How did Zhiqing Chen's telegram come so coincidentally?"
Lin Lan had to resort to conspiracy theories. Did this scumbag plan his retreat long ago, sending a telegram to his family and asking them to help put on an act?
She also nodded and said: "It really is too coincidental, it's simply like it was intentional. If he reported it, why didn't he stay to testify? If he didn't report it, then why did someone make him testify while he wasn't home? It's too fake."
Zhao Guixiang: "Who are you calling fake? You're the fake one, acting hypocritical and pretending to be a fairy all day."
Lin Lan: "I don't talk to a chamber pot whose brain is full of urine."
"You, I'll tear your stinking mouth apart!" Zhao Guixiang went completely mad. "Party Secretary, you're still shielding her. She's scolded me several times today, she called my head a chamber pot! I'll fight you to the death!"
The brigade captain couldn't help but laugh heartily, trembling so much he couldn't even hold his whip. Especially since there was actually a black chamber pot in the courtyard for comparison, looking at it this way, it really did look alike.
Hahaha.
Han Yongfang: "... Be serious! Quickly help the girl inside."
Unable to get strong support, Zhao Guixiang had to resort to stomping on the broken shoe to vent her anger. "She is pregnant, in another two months she won't be able to hide it. Let's see what she says when her belly gets big? I have to keep an eye on her every day, don't let her run to the hospital for an abortion. Humph, thinking she can fool me..."
"It's almost midnight, aren't you annoying nagging endlessly." Han Yongfang said angrily, "Everyone leave quickly. If I find out you trespassed into the security director's house again, don't blame me for not giving face."
Saying that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.
The brigade captain's whip cracked again. "Leave, leave, aren't you annoying standing in someone else's house. If you have the ability, come when her die is home. Taking advantage of no one being home, aren't you ashamed."
...
Lin Lan and Dong Huaihua carried Liu Xiuyun onto the kang and pinched her philtrum, finally managing to wake her up.
Liu Xiuyun's small face was pitifully white, and her two eyes were incredibly hollow, as if her soul had been sucked out.
Lin Lan knew that such a blow was enough to make someone despair.
Especially for a simple, ignorant, kind, and weak girl like Liu Xiuyun. On one hand, they stayed strong for love, using what they thought was dedication and sacrifice to protect the scumbag. On the other hand, they were used and betrayed by the scumbag, receiving a fatal blow.
They simply couldn't bear it.
Seeing Liu Xiuyun unconsciously shedding tears from her hollow eyes, she said: "This kind of man who deserves to be shot, once caught, must be sent to eat bullets!"
She was afraid Liu Xiuyun would give up hope and couldn't help but pierce her illusion. "You don't still want to shield him, do you? He's already done this!"
Liu Xiuyun, however, had no reaction, truly as if she had lost her soul.
Dong Huaihua was exasperated: "Let Qingsong take people to catch him. Whether he returns to the city or goes wherever, even if he runs to the ends of the earth, we'll catch his damn ass back!"
Whenever she got angry, she would curse, completely forgetting that as a female cadre, she needed to maintain decorum.
As they were talking, Liu Guifa's angry roar, like a loud bell, came from outside. "Liu Xiuyun, roll out here for me!"
Lin Lan was so shocked her heart and liver trembled. She immediately pushed Dong Huaihua. "Director, you go!"
Dong Huaihua: "... I, I can't. I'm afraid."
Immediately after, Xiuyun's niang's bitter pleading sounded. "Her die, what are you doing, what are you doing, keep your voice down, do you want to take the child's life? Her fate is already bitter enough."
Liu Guifa's angry roar shook the sky: "I told you long ago to find her a pojia, but she herself wasn't willing. Why now... don't pull me, let go!"
Like a gust of wind, the security director rushed in from outside, holding an arm-thick stick in his hand, and swung it toward his guinv on the kang.
Lin Lan shouted crisply: "You hit her, let me see you hit her?"
The stick swung over with a gust of wind, but stopped abruptly when Lin Lan spoke. In the next moment, it would have smashed Liu Xiuyun's head open.
Lin Lan scolded him, "Are you showing off? You're a man, and a die. If you want to hit your child, can the child even hide? And you're using such a thick big stick, are you an enemy? Besides, even if she broke the law, there's the public security bureau. What right do you have to beat and kill? This domineering patriarchal style of yours is very unacceptable. This is the behavior of a feudal patriarch, you're going to make a mistake!"
Dong Huaihua was already speechless. Today, she had been shocked by Lin Lan so many times that her eyeballs popped out and she silently stuffed them back in.
This really, really... was a different person!
Liu Guifa was scolded by Lin Lan and didn't recover his senses for a moment.
No one had ever scolded him like this before.
Especially after his die and niang passed away, even the party secretary wouldn't scold him.
Seeing him dazed, Lin Lan continued her efforts. "When something happens, you only know how to beat and kill this one and that one? Why don't you examine yourself? Why did such a thing happen? Is it because you lacked education in the past? Is it because you cared too little about your guinv normally? You don't show concern for your guinv daily, but when something happens, you jump out to exercise your power as a father and beat her to death."
"How are you so capable, do you think you are the law of the People's Republic of China!!!"
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