After being beaten by Er Laizi's mother and sister, Granny Chen's anger turned to He Hongyu. "He Zhiqing, tell me, who do you want to marry?"
Er Laizi's mother also looked at He Hongyu and threatened, "He Zhiqing, my son has seen you naked, so you must marry him. Otherwise, I'll make him sleep with you right now." Granny
Chen retorted angrily, "Er Laizi's mother, your son only saw you. My son and He Zhiqing have already slept together. He Zhiqing is already my son's woman. You still want to take her away? Don't you have any shame?"
"What's the use of shame? I want a daughter-in-law."
"You...you old hag, trying to act like a scoundrel in front of me? I'll beat you to death!"
"Come on, who's afraid of who?"
Seeing the two women about to fight again, the village chief hurriedly scolded, "Alright, stop arguing! He Hongyu, tell me, what's going on? Why did you come to the Chen family all of a sudden?"
With such a big incident in the village, and the newly arrived female educated youth caught in the middle, the village chief couldn't even worry about distributing grain; he rushed to deal with this.
But the Chen family and Er Laizi's family were both scoundrels, each wanting He Hongyu as their daughter-in-law, neither willing to give in. The village chief was so angry he wanted to split He Hongyu in two, one for each family.
"He Hongyu, say something!"
Seeing He Hongyu remain silent for so long, the village chief lost his patience.
Someone jeered, "He Zhiqing, you weren't kidnapped by Chen Shengjun, were you?"
Another chimed in, "No way, if Chen Shengjun really kidnapped you, someone would have seen it. He Zhiqing was just watching the grain distribution in the square."
"Definitely. Don't forget, Chen Shengjun tried to molest Yuan Chun before."
"Tsk tsk tsk, could it really be that Chen Shengjun kidnapped He Zhiqing and then raped her?"
"Why didn't He Zhiqing cry for help?"
"Yes, yes, why didn't He Zhiqing call for help? She even seemed to be enjoying it. Look at her little face being pampered by Chen Shengjun, oh my, even I, an old woman, blushed with embarrassment."
"Pah, shameless."
"She's from the city, huh? So city girls are all this slut. She just arrived in our village and she can't wait to climb onto a man's bed."
"Oh dear, just now in the square, I was praising He Zhiqing for being sensible... Pah, pah, pah, now I want to slap myself."
"It's fortunate that Yuan Chun didn't agree to teach her farm work, otherwise, working with such a little slut would corrupt Yuan Chun."
Grandma Feng had just arrived when she heard this. She glared at Zhang Pozi, who was speaking, and was somewhat angry. "You can talk about He Zhiqing, but don't drag my Yuan Chun into it. My Yuan Chun has nothing to do with He Zhiqing."
"Oh dear, it was just a slip of the tongue, Sister Ding, don't be angry, I admit my mistake." Granny Zhang and Grandma Feng were good friends, so Granny Zhang apologized on the spot.
Grandma Feng didn't hold a grudge either, and the two sisters even held Granny Zhang's hand, watching the commotion together.
Chen Shengjun, falsely accused of kidnapping and rape, and mocked, immediately stopped hiding and explained, "I didn't kidnap anyone, nor did I rape He Zhiqing. He Zhiqing and I were consensual. I...he Zhiqing and I were dating. If you don't believe me, you can ask He Zhiqing."
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to He Hongyu.
He Hongyu finally couldn't hold back her sobs and began to cry, "I...I don't know what happened. I wasn't kidnapped by Comrade Chen Shengjun. I came to Comrade Chen Shengjun to ask him to teach me farm work, sob...Before, I asked Comrade Feng Yuanchun to teach me, but she refused, so I came to Comrade Chen Shengjun..."