Chapter 40
Recently, some discordant voices had suddenly risen amongst the voices of sympathy and admiration for Xu Man
They said that Xu Wen was a lone star who had a hard life and was a bad influence on her husband
She said that she was first matched with Wen Yiming, who was sent to jail
Lu Yuanzheng married her and was directly killed
When these rumors first came out, Xu Wen also thought it was funny that such ridiculous words were believed?
As it turns out, some people do believe them
Xu Man doesn’t care, but the Xu family doesn’t Zhu Meizhen has been working with her since she was in the production team
Zhu Meizhen quarreled with someone in the production team, threatening to tear the mouths of gossips
But the Xu family can not go to quarrel with everyone, people gossiping behind the back of the Xu family, they can not do anything about it
Zhu Meizhen was so angry that she wiped her tears at home every day, “Why is it so hard for us to ask? We met Wen Yiming, who is a black-hearted man, on a blind date! It was hard to find a reliable one, but he sacrificed himself! She was widowed at such a young age, and these blood-eaters still won’t let her go Isn’t this rubbing salt into her heart?”
Xu Wen did not want to care about these rumors, but the Xu family’s life has obviously been thin to the impact, the family atmosphere is very wrong
Xu family members go out, others look at their eyes full of inquiry
The most uncomfortable thing is, originally a group of people talking on the side of the road, the Xu family past, everyone suddenly silent
This kind of situation is hard not to let people think too much
Most importantly, Dongsheng came back one day and asked her, “Ma Ma, did you really kill Dad? Can you bring dad back?”
Even if Xu Man was a Buddha, she would have a temper even if she heard such a heartbreaking statement, not to mention that she just didn’t take the initiative to cause trouble, not that she didn’t really have a temper
In the heat of anger, Xu Man patiently explained to Dongsheng: “Dad died while protecting the country’s territory, he was a hero He was a hero It’s not like mom killed him Mom loves dad as much as you do, so of course she wants him to come back”
Dongsheng tilted his head up, tearful: “Does being dead mean you can never come back? Does that mean I won’t have a father anymore?”
Xu Man didn’t reply to him, but just held him in his arms and coaxed him gently, “In the future, you still have me”
Dongsheng lay on Xu Man’s shoulder and cried his heart out
When Dongsheng had been coaxed, Xu Man did two things
First, she rummaged through the leftover sugar cubes from her wedding and gave them to Xu Che, while also giving him a task She also gave him a task She told him to go to the school and find out where the rumors were coming from
The adults were guarded against the Xu family, so even if the Xu family went out to inquire, others would only say they had heard about it or that they hadn’t heard about it and didn’t know
The children, however, were not so tricky and were easy to trap
The commune is not too big, not too small, really want to check the source is not really can not be found
A piece of sugar can not be solved, then ten pieces, to see who provides more on the line will give who sugar
For example, Doudou is heard from his mother, his mother is heard from his aunt, that aunt is a neighbor that heard in turn, can always find the source
The second thing, Xu Wen wrote an article and sent it to the newspaper
She is a good writer, and the thing that broke out is more eye-catching The newspaper accepted it and gave her a fee
It wasn’t long before Xu Man saw her article in the newspaper, with a particularly eye-catching title
“Top Scholar Xu Man’s Husband? Soldier Lu Yuanzheng died in peace!
Subtitle: warrior for the country was killed but was said to be his wife to death, feudal superstition and rumors which is more heart-breaking?
Xu asked with the most simple words to tell their own experience
One of the paragraphs is: [I don’t mind the slander I received myself, but I mind that my lover Lu Yuanzheng was subjected to such injustice He clearly died on the battlefield for his country, a hero worthy of everyone’s respect But such a hero in the mouth of the people but just a by me such an “unknown person” killed
A light word “gram” wiped out the blood, sweat, and sacrifices made by Lu Yuanzheng
Our children were tortured and suffered a lot because of this
Because in the eyes of the child, his father is no longer a hero, and his mother is just an executioner who killed his father
And what did I do wrong to deserve such humiliation?
Lu Yuanzheng and I were separated on our wedding day, and he received orders to end his leave early】
This article caused a big stir and was highly discussed by the whole nation
Naturally, it attracted the attention of the authorities
From top to bottom, they demanded that this matter be thoroughly investigated and that the families of the martyrs not be left in the cold
Orders were sent to the city, the county, and the community
The president personally went to Xu Wen’s home to sympathize
Before the president arrived, Xu Wen had just arrived and they found the source of the rumors
Surprisingly, it was the Lu Family Production Brigade The Lu family to be exact
Lu Yuanzheng’s great-uncle and young aunt
Without saying a word, Xu Wen handed them over to the community for justice
The president of the community was furious and had the two families of the eldest and youngest uncles brought over
Xu asked Dongsheng to open the gate for the neighbors to watch
Rumors are spread by them, and it is also up to them to spread the results of the matter
The eldest uncle, without saying a word, slapped his wife in public, and then slapped his youngest uncle in the face
Little Uncle cried out, “Big Brother, I really didn’t know about this”
“You don’t know should beat you! Who told you not to control your own mother-in-law!”
Uncle Junior grumbled, “Didn’t you fail to take care of her too?”
Big Uncle heard Little Uncle’s words, and without saying a word, slapped himself in the face with Xu Man: “Ask, it’s Big Uncle’s fault! I didn’t take care of your aunt and uncle Don’t worry, I’ll give you an explanation”
His movements were too fast for Xu Man to stop him
Big Uncle had already turned around and questioned Big Mother and Auntie: “Why did you two trample on people so badly? Don’t you realize how much you’re poking at people’s hearts? Not to mention the fact that Expedition is a martyr, but just the fact that Xu Man is his nephew’s daughter-in-law, you shouldn’t have spread such unethical words! Lu Yuanzheng put his life on the line to earn this honor, and you two bitches just chewed it up and said he died in vain?”
Auntie and Uncle Niang never dreamed that Xu Wen would be able to take them out, plus the people from the commune and the team were all there, they were scared silly, and would only sob and cry
“Why are you crying? He didn’t even cry, so why do you have the face to cry? Say! Why did you do so and so?”
The two people still only cried and didn’t say anything
“You say!” The eldest uncle angrily pointed at Uncle Niang
Auntie shivered, her fear of her eldest uncle deep in her bones over the years, and hurriedly spoke, “It was my younger siblings who urged me to do this”
Auntie became anxious: “Sister-in-law you can’t push things so cleanly! Did you not spread the gossip first? It was you who said that your family had many people coming and going all day long, so you could spread the news”
“Then was it your idea? You said that Xu Man would have to leave Dongsheng with us once he went to college? If you didn’t want to raise Dongsheng, you said that if Xu Man’s reputation was ruined, she wouldn’t be able to remarry so that she wouldn’t send Dongsheng to us”
Auntie was silent for a moment, then retorted, “Isn’t that what you think? If you were willing to raise Dongsheng, would you have rushed to my home to discuss it with me? And spread gossip outside so aggressively?”
“Enough!” Eldest uncle roared, so angry that his hands shivered, turning back towards Xu Wen and bending over to bow, “Xu Wen, Eldest uncle makes amends to you, it’s me who didn’t take care of your uncle’s mother, it’s me who’s sorry for the expedition’s entrustment”
Xu Wen snorted coldly, “What’s the use of apologizing? Now Xu Wen’s reputation has been tarnished by you all How will she be able to live her life in the future?”
The president also spoke up, “Old Lu! You’re an old captain, it’s not right that you’re still so confused That child is your Lu family’s seed, you should take care of it Even if you don’t want to, you can discuss it with Comrade Xu Wen, but you shouldn’t ruin the girl’s reputation! The sacrifice of Comrade Lu is the pride of your Lu family Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning? In my opinion, you can’t even manage your family well enough to be in charge of the brigade The captain first let others do, you first home management As for you ”
The president pointed to the younger uncle’s two families, “It seems that they are too full to have the strength to make up people like this Deduct three months of rations from one person in their family”
The eldest uncle didn’t say anything
Uncle’s wife, younger uncle, and aunt pleaded for mercy
“President, this is all my fault as a woman, it has nothing to do with our family’s Lao Lu, don’t dismiss him! He’s been the captain for more than twenty years, if he’s removed like this, how will the people in the team look at him?”
The president snorted coldly: “Why didn’t you think of what others think of Comrade Xu Wen when you spread the rumor?”
Uncle Junior begged for forgiveness, “President, isn’t a three-month ration deduction too much? We won’t have enough to feed our family!”
“It’s better to be hungry than to have so many bad intentions of counting on others I’ve also heard that the child almost died in your hands! You are also the child’s own grandparents, why are you so heartless?”
After the president finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Xu Man, “Comrade Xu Man, do you think this is okay? Do you have any other requests?”
Xu Man first asked Xu Wen to take Dongsheng out, bringing the gate with him in the process
“President, today you’re here to give a testimony In the future, no matter if I go to college or not, I will not leave Dongsheng to anyone He is my son!”
The president froze and answered, “Good” He couldn’t help but point at the four members of the Lu family, “The four of you together are all over two hundred years old and you still don’t have the same level of awareness as other young lesbians”
The eldest uncle quickly stated, “How can you go to college with a child? Just leave Dongsheng at home and we’ll take care of him! I promise that what happened last time won’t happen again This is our grandson, it’s only right that we look after him”
Xu Man shook his head, “He’s not your grandson”
The dozen or so people in the patio were suddenly quiet
“This child is the child of Lu Yuanzheng’s comrade-in-arms, and his parents are both soldiers He’s a martyr’s orphan and has been raised in a big home since he was a child The reason why Lu Yuanzheng returned to the village was to entrust the orphan to you He was afraid that you would not treat Dongsheng with sincerity, so he kept his life secret Now it seems that he still has blind faith in you Even if it’s his blood and bones, you guys don’t seem to care much”
Xu Wen mockingly hooked his lips, “In the future, you guys don’t need to think about how to pass the buck, Dongsheng has nothing to do with you guys and needs you to raise him However, I hope that you can keep what I said today a secret Of course, I’m afraid you guys can’t trust that mouth It doesn’t matter, anyway, I’ll start school after the New Year, and I’ll take Dongsheng away”
The president was also confused
No one had expected that this child really had no half-relationship to Xu Man, and was a pure orphan
After a long time, the president gave Xu Man a thumbs up, “Comrade Xu Man, good job! In this way, in the future, Dongsheng’s living expenses will also be partially funded by the society”
Xu Man hesitated but shook his head, “Thank you, President, for your kindness, but I can’t take it The reason why Lu Yuanzheng adopted this child is because he doesn’t want him to know that he’s an orphan If the society wants to pay for living expenses, it’s bound to go through many hands, and that would be an open secret I still hope that the fewer people know, the better You guys just treat him as my own son”
The president nodded, “Still, you’re thoughtful” Turning his head again, he asked them, “Do you all understand? If this matter gets out again, all of those present will be held responsible, and no one will be able to escape”
In addition to dismissing the eldest uncle’s position as captain and deducting the rations of the younger uncle’s family, the entire commune also criticized the eldest uncle and younger uncle’s families
This is a very serious punishment
And it didn’t end there
Some newspapers and radio stations followed up and wrote about it
Every day, there were letters from all over the world scolding Uncle and Uncle Junior
They said they were the ones who ate human blood
The members of the commune’s after-dinner talk has become a common accusation of the two families of the eldest uncle and the youngest uncle
Xu Man and Dongsheng’s life gradually returned to calm
Near the New Year’s Eve, there was a phone call to the commune and then transferred to the brigade, naming Xu Man
Xu Man answered the phone
The caller asked, “May I ask if you are Comrade Xu Man?”
“I am, may I ask who you are?”
“Sister-in-law, hello, I’m Lu Yuanzheng’s comrade-in-arms He’s not dead yet!”