amaotonovel Chapter 177 The Cowshed: One Year of Labor Reform!
Chapter 177 The Cowshed: One Year of Labor Reform!
Many of those who were sent down to the countryside were also locked up in cowsheds.
This suggests that humans are no different from animals.
Also known as the "cowshed labor reform".
Upon hearing this, Huang Yingying naturally didn't want to be sent to the cowshed, but at least it was much better than reporting it to the police.
It was at this time that another unexpected event occurred!
"Huang Yingying once told me in private that she likes Gu Nan, hates Su Niannian, and wants to take Gu Nan away from Su Niannian!"
At that moment, a voice rang out from the crowd.
The speaker was none other than Zhao Sulan.
Zhao Sulan stepped out from the crowd and stood boldly in front of everyone, looking at Huang Yingying and speaking word by word.
Huang Yingying was dumbfounded, and not only Huang Yingying was dumbfounded, but everyone else was dumbfounded.
Zhao Sulan's words were tantamount to convicting Huang Yingying.
Huang Yingying stopped crying and looked at Zhao Sulan in surprise. She tried to stand up, but because she was still tied with ropes and had no support, she couldn't stand up after two attempts.
Naturally, no one was willing to help Huang Yingying at this time.
"You're talking nonsense, when did I ever say that to you..." Before Huang Yingying could finish speaking, Lu Xingguang stepped forward at that moment.
“You did say that you like Gu Nan, want to be with Gu Nan, and that Su Niannian is not good enough for Gu Nan. I can vouch for that,” Lu Xingguang said.
Huang Yingying was completely dumbfounded at this point.
When Zhao Sulan saw Lu Xingguang step forward and stand on her side, she felt a warmth in her heart.
Huang Yingying had never told Zhao Sulan that she wanted to be with Gu Nan; it was just something Zhao Sulan said casually to get revenge on Huang Yingying.
What Huang Yingying didn't expect was that Lu Xingguang would actually side with Zhao Sulan and frame her.
Huang Yingying looked into Shanglu Xingguang's eyes and saw endless mockery and hatred in them.
They immediately realized that Lu Xingguang had learned something else.
He probably guessed why he had forced himself on Su Niannian...
"Now that there are two more witnesses, are you going to plead guilty or not?" It was time for Jiang Aiguo to speak up and ask Huang Yingying.
Huang Yingying is currently being roasted over a fire, and she really feels suffocated.
He couldn't catch his breath and fainted.
"Huang Yingying?"
The aunt standing closest to the scene checked and found that Huang Yingying had indeed fainted.
"So what do we do now?" Li Guofu looked at Jiang Aiguo and raised an eyebrow as he asked.
"What can we do? Report it to the police," Jiang Aiguo said with a serious expression.
“But after all, they are young educated youth who came to our village. If we really report them to the police, their lives will be ruined,” Li Guofu said again.
"Why do I feel like you're always protecting this little girl?" Jiang Aiguo felt something was off.
Li Guofu seemed reluctant to report the incident to the police.
"Hey, what are you saying? What kind of protection could I possibly have? Don't you know who I am?" Li Guofu said with a serious expression.
Who is he? Everyone in the village knows!
He's greedy and acts like a tyrant in the village. Does he think he's something special?
However, after thinking about it carefully, Jiang Aiguo realized that what Huang Yingying did tonight was not a big deal, and even if she reported it to the police, the crime probably wouldn't be too serious.
If she goes to the police station, she'll probably be sent back. And if Huang Yingying insists that she was drunk and went into the wrong room, it will be hard to reach a conclusion.
“Reporting to the police is too much trouble, and it won’t do our village any good if the matter gets out, will it? Let’s just throw her in the cowshed for a year; that’ll be considered labor reform,” Li Guofu said again.
This time, Jiang Aiguo also wavered.
Thinking about it, shouldn't we ask the victim what they mean now?
Jiang Aiguo looked at Gu Nan, "How do you plan to resolve this matter?"
Gu Nan knew that even if the matter was reported to the police, it probably wouldn't be a serious crime, since it hadn't actually caused him any real harm. A year of labor reform in the cowshed would be about right.
Moreover, with things turned out this way, Huang Yingying's reputation is completely ruined. Tomorrow is her big day, so she'll just leave it at that for now.
Thinking it over, Gu Nan nodded to Jiang Aiguo without saying another word.
Seeing that Gu Nan had also agreed to Li Guofu's solution, Jiang Aiguo also agreed.
“Do as you say!” Jiang Aiguo said to Li Guofu.
Li Guofu immediately instructed his two aunts to take Huang Yingying into the cowshed.
Then they sent two female educated youths back to the educated youth settlement, took all of Huang Yingying's luggage, and sent it to the cowshed as well.
That's how this matter is resolved.
Although the result was less than satisfactory, Huang Yingying did not cause any substantial harm to Gu Nan. In this era, with imperfect laws, such an outcome is reasonable.
After everyone left, the two female educated youths went back to the educated youth settlement to help Huang Yingying with her luggage.
She then told Su Niannian and Song Zhaodi everything that had happened at Gu Nan's house that night.
Song Zhaodi was greatly shocked.
"I really didn't expect Huang Yingying to dare to do this? The result is just that the cowshed renovation is over?"
"What else could happen? There was no real harm done. Even if we reported it to the police, they would probably just give us a lecture, and maybe things wouldn't have turned out like this."
It makes sense. A young girl likes a young man, and then, in a moment of despair, tries to ruin her reputation by framing him. But she gets caught. How serious could that be?
Thinking about it, Song Zhaodi felt relieved.
As for Su Niannian, she didn't express any opinions throughout the process. She just felt that Huang Yingying's methods were a bit crude, after all, she had also lived a second life.
Gu Nan definitely didn't give Huang Yingying any chance; the man he had his eye on was quite shrewd.
Huang Yingying had quite a lot of things, and two more male educated youths came to help deliver them to the cowshed.
"Huang Yingying really went to great lengths to ruin your relationship with Gu Nan." After the group left the room, Song Zhaodi sat down next to Su Niannian and murmured to herself.
“Yes, we didn’t invest well and lost everything,” Su Niannian replied.
"Your wedding is tomorrow, so you should wash up and go to bed early tonight," Song Zhaodi said, and went to help boil water.
After washing up, the two went back to their room to sleep.
On the other side, Sun Siyuan saw many educated youth returning and hurriedly went up to borrow a bar of soap.
After all, he still smells quite bad.
"What's wrong with you? Why do you smell so bad? You didn't eat poop, did you?" The male educated youth joked, smelling the stench emanating from Sun Siyuan.
Upon hearing this, Sun Siyuan's expression turned ugly.
"I was just kidding. If you need soap, I can lend it to you." The man said, and went into the house to get soap for Sun Siyuan.
Sun Siyuan stood outside the door, his gaze fixed maliciously on Su Niannian's room.