Chapter 37 Did I do something wrong?
After Guo Xiuqin finished speaking, she went directly to Wang Lianhua's house. Guo Xiuqin was the women's director of Lujia Village. She had been to school and received education from the organization. Most importantly, her sister-in-law's younger sister married the cousin of the director of the commune's revolutionary committee.

Although the relationship is complicated, she is capable. For a woman who married from outside the village, she has become the director of the women's department and can receive benefits and salary every month. She is not without any ability. She is indeed fair in what she says and does, which convinces the people in the village.

Shen Meng blinked a few times and finally squeezed out a few tears, but they dried up in an instant. She clicked her tongue and gave up showing weakness, so when Guo Xiuqin came out of Wang Lianhua's house, she put on a face filled with righteous indignation.

"The village chief was busy paying the public grain to the grain station, so I came here today. Mingyang didn't explain it very clearly on the way. What exactly is going on? Sister Chen, please tell me."

Chen Zhaodi has been a fierce person for many years, but she still gets nervous when she sees Guo Xiuqin, who is a dozen years younger than her.

"It's nothing serious. It's normal for a family to have some bumps in their lives. Who knew Shen Meng was such a good-for-nothing? When she heard about Lianhua's incident, she was so scared that she asked Mingyang to look for you. It's a pity for you to make the trip. It's not a big deal."

"Second Aunt, how can you lie with your eyes open? Director Guo, you are the most fair person. You can't stand us women being bullied. This is not the old society anymore. Women are oppressed at every turn. I didn't do well in the past. Thanks to Daqing and Erqing who felt sorry for Mingyang's cousins, they helped my Mingyang children. After I got better, I wanted to thank them, so I made some dumplings with cabbage stuffing and gave some to Daqing and Erqing. As a result, Daqing was kind-hearted and felt sorry for his mother, so he took them back. Sister Lianhua couldn't bear to eat them and gave them to Yaoyao. Unexpectedly, Sister Jingui saw them in the morning, and the pot exploded. They said that Sister Lianhua had hidden food and money. Second Aunt and Sister Jingui beat her to death, and Brother Yonggang did the same. They kicked her several times. Xifeng couldn't pull her back alone. Sister Lianhua was beaten badly, and the children were scared half to death. Director, you can't just ignore it!"

"You're talking nonsense, I...she...director, I didn't do that. I didn't do that. It was my second brother who did it himself. He beat his own wife whenever he wanted. It has nothing to do with me!" Zhao Jingui's face turned pale with anxiety.

Chen Zhaodi's face was also very unpleasant. She originally wanted to fool them and let it go, but she didn't expect that Shen Meng, this troublemaker, just didn't want their family to have an easy life, so she revealed everything.

"Xiuqin, this is a family matter. It's no big deal. Lotus will be fine after lying down for two days."

After being flattered, Director Guo straightened her back immediately. Shen Meng was a smart person in the past and had a good relationship with her. Besides, her husband was a regimental commander in the army. Others might not know, but she knew that he had power in his hands. As long as she had a good relationship with Shen Meng, if anyone had a boy who wanted to join the army in the future, they could come to her for help.

"Hmph, if it was really a quarrel between a young couple, it would be fine, but sister-in-law, go and see Lianhua. If Xifeng hadn't been there, she would have been beaten to death. She is the daughter-in-law of your Lu family, and the woman who gave birth to three children for your Lu family. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. Sister-in-law, don't you brag every day that you are capable of managing several daughters-in-law? If you are so capable, how could Lianhua hide the food and money? And you, Jingui, as the eldest sister-in-law, not only did you not persuade her, you also hit her. Is she your sister-in-law or your punching bag? And when you scolded Yaoyao, I heard it from a distance. Aren't you women yourself? You look down on girls so much. I can't let this matter go easily. I must set an example for her."

"Hey, Xiuqin, we are from the same village. You can't make a big deal out of it. Their father died early, and it was not easy for an old woman like me to raise the children and help them get married and have children. Now I can't even treat them like a mother-in-law when I'm old. Besides, didn't the old ladies treat us the same way when we were young?" Chen Zhaodi didn't understand. She really didn't understand. When she was young, her mother-in-law beat and scolded her. She finally became a mother-in-law, and used the methods she learned from her mother-in-law. Why did they want to make an example of her?

"What era is it now? You're still torturing your daughter-in-law? Now it's a new society. The leaders have said that women can hold up half the sky. You beat Lianhua like this. Isn't that half the sky collapsed in your family? You can't live a good life, but you insist on doing it. We will be busy planting wheat soon. Sister Lianhua can't earn work points with her injuries. Director, I'm really afraid that after we leave, Sister Lianhua will be tortured again." Shen Meng lifted a handful of hair and said to Guo Xiuqin.

"You are right, sister-in-law. Jingui, you beat someone like this, the organization will definitely criticize you, and you have to compensate Lianhua. I will report the situation here to the organization, you just wait for the notice. Xifeng, you did a good job, you should take good care of your second sister-in-law in the future, if anyone dares to look at her in a bad light, come to me, Yonggang, what are you still doing standing there, go find Doctor Lu quickly, do you really want your child to be motherless?"

Guo Xiuqin's words were very weighty. There was no need to argue like Shen Meng. Whatever she said was the truth, and no one in the Lu family dared to say a word. Chen Zhaodi was jumping like a chicken just now, but now she was standing there twisting her hands like a grandson.

At noon, Shen Meng simply cooked a pot of tomato, egg, corn and noodle dumpling soup and went back to the house. The children saw that her face looked strange and did not dare to speak, for fear that she would suddenly jump up and turn back into her previous appearance.

Shen Meng sat on the kang for a long time without moving. Wang Lianhua was beaten really badly, with bruises all over her face. Daqing's three children lay beside her, crying, frightened like little animals.

She didn't expect that just a simple gesture of goodwill would bring such a disaster to Wang Lianhua. She knew that the countryside in the 1970s was very poor, extremely poor, but she didn't let this word stay in her heart. She didn't expect that a dumpling made of mixed grains could bring such a disaster to people.

For the first time, Shen Meng examined herself and her thoughts. Was she wrong to send dumplings to people last night? Should she keep good things tightly to herself? She suddenly remembered that when Mingfang went out wearing clean and tidy clothes, many people in the village did not praise her. Instead, they said a lot of sarcastic words to her. The girl did not go out all day.

How did she tell Mingfang at that time?
"It's not your fault. It's because your father is excellent. They envy you and are jealous of you, but they are not as good as you."

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