I Became Rich by Eating Melons in the Era of Literature (1970s)

　　Zhao Chunhua suddenly smiled, and she even took the time to tidy up her clothes.

　　Everyone was watching her abnormal behavior.

　　Xu Dazui asked doubtfully: "What does she want to do?"

　　"How should I know? She's not crazy, is she?" Aunt Jiang hated Zhao Chunhua so much that she wouldn't even blink an eye even if Zhao Chunhua died in front of her.

　　Aunt Zhang is also very cold and indifferent. She hates all women who destroy other people's families.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei looked at each other and said, "Is she going to be upset?"

　　"It's possible." Gu Nianwei's face was solemn. As people from the future, they couldn't watch someone commit suicide in front of them. It had nothing to do with morality, but they felt that life shouldn't be trampled on like this.

　　"Let's pay more attention to her. If anything really happens, we should rush over as quickly as possible." Jiang Youtao whispered to Gu Nianwei, and Gu Nianwei also conveyed this sentence to Li Yunying.

　　Zhao Chunhua did not do anything out of the ordinary. She sat down on the ground without looking at Su Changshan or Luo Xuemin. She just stared at the soil on the ground in a trance.

　　She could deny it to death, as long as she had nothing to do with Su Changshan, Zhu Yuemei couldn't do anything to her, and Zhao Xiaotao couldn't get involved. But she was too confident, she thought that at least one of the captain and Su Changshan could protect her.

　　Hasn't it been like this all these years? She has information about Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan's feelings for her.

　　But she didn't expect Zhao Xiaotao to be so cruel. She thought Zhu Yuemei and Zhao Xiaotao were cautious and would not ruin their man's future for her.

　　It was her fault.

　　She looked at Zhao Xiaotao: "You're cruel."

　　Zhao Xiaotao smiled at Zhao Chunhua and said, "How can I defeat you if I'm not ruthless?"

　　Zhao Xiaotao had been waiting outside the crowd for a long time, and she came in only after Zhao Chunhua arrogantly admitted her affair with Su Changshan. She wanted to kill him with one blow, and only when Zhao Chunhua admitted it in public could she not stand up.

　　Zhao Chunhua stopped talking. Zhao Xiaotao walked over and stood with Zhu Yuemei. The two did not speak, but at this moment they were natural allies.

　　Silence fell again.

　　Zhao Yonglan finished the last melon seed in her hand and suddenly felt something was wrong. After thinking for a while, she remembered: "Well, let's talk about your business later. When will you pay me the money you owe me?"

　　Zhao Yonglan was so absorbed in watching the excitement that she forgot that she was the Su family's creditor.

　　Zhao Yonglan's words made everyone dazed for a moment, and they finally remembered what the excitement they came to see in the first place was.

　　Zhu Yuemei also forgot. To her, she still didn't want to pay back the money, but she didn't want to pay back the money before because she wanted to leave some money at home for the sake of the old Su family. Now that she sent Su Changshan to the commune, her eldest son's attitude just now might blame her. So why did she leave money for the Su family?

　　If she keep this money, she still don't know what the couple will do. It would be better to return the money to Zhao Yonglan and take away her private property, so as to leave some assets for her youngest son.

　　In a flash, Zhu Yuemei weighed the pros and cons: "Okay, I'll give it to you."

　　Zhu Yuemei said this and went back to her room, looking so cheerful that it was unlike herself.

　　Zhao Yonglan was ready to fight with Zhu Yuemei again, but Zhu Yuemei was so straightforward that she couldn't even react.

　　Jiang Youtao complained: "It would have been better if it had been so easy earlier, so that these things wouldn't have been involved."

　　Xu Dazui and the others nodded. If Zhao Xiaotao filed this lawsuit, not only would the Luo family be ruined, but the Su family would also be ruined. Not to mention Zhao Chunhua, she would definitely be paraded through the streets in the future.

　　She could no longer dream of the leisurely life she had before in the village. She had to do the hardest and most tiring work in the production team, and she earned the least work points. She probably couldn't even afford to eat at home.

　　As for Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan, they are cadres and they know better than anyone what they can and cannot do. Knowingly breaking the law is a heavier crime, and the hardest and most tiring farm corps is waiting for them.

　　Two hundred and twenty yuan and a small stack of bills were returned to Zhao Yonglan exactly. When Zhao Yonglan received the money, she felt it was very unreal. She thought it would take several years for her to get the money back.

　　Not long after Zhu Yuemei paid back Zhao Yonglan's money, Zhao Xiaotao's son finally arrived with a group of people. The commune leader was in the front, followed by several people wearing military uniforms and red armbands.

　　They were from the Revolutionary Committee, and even people from the Youth League Office came.

　　The commune leaders were very familiar with Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan. They could see each other every week when they went to the commune for meetings. The commune leader never imagined that one day they would bring people to arrest them.

　　If it was corruption or bribery, it would be fine, but it was promiscuous! And it was the same woman, who would believe it if he told anyone about it?

　　Ridiculous! Absurd!

　　The Revolutionary Committee was well-informed, but they still felt that they had learned a lot today. When they arrived at the place, they looked at Zhao Chunhua first. Apart from being a little bigger in front and having whiter skin, what other advantages did she have?

　　How could such a woman stir up trouble in three families?

　　I've lived long enough to see everything.

　　Zhao Xiaotao had already thought about the words of complaint in her mind thousands of times, and without waiting for the commune leader to ask her, she told the story. Zhu Yuemei didn't say a word, but she did not back down when she was asked.

　　The two women raised the hammer of thunder and hammered Zhao Chunhua, Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan to death on the pillar of shame.

　　After learning the details, the commune leader looked around and said, "Where is Zhao Chunhua's husband? Find him. I have something to ask him."

　　Such a big thing happened that even children of three or four years old came out to watch the fun, but there was no sign of Lin Lao Zhuang. This was obviously not in line with common sense. Not only him, but even his son and daughter-in-law were nowhere to be seen.

　　As soon as the commune leader finished speaking, an old voice came from the yard: "I'm here."

　　Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man on the east wall of the Su family. Lin Laozhuang climbed down the wall, glanced at the three people on the ground, and said expressionlessly, "Leader, I am Lin Laozhuang, and I am also Zhao Chunhua's husband."

　　When Lin Laozhuang said the word "Zhao Chunhua's husband", his cheeks were almost broken: "Leaders, just ask whatever you want to ask."

　　The commune leader looked him up and down for a long time before asking, "Are you aware of the fact that Zhao Xiaotao and Zhu Yuemei accused your wife Zhao Chunhua of having an affair with their husbands Su Changshan and Luo Xuemin?"

　　"I know." How could Lin Lao Zhuang not know what Zhu Yuemei knew? He simply couldn't say anything. Because Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan were powerful in the village, he didn't dare to say anything.

　　"Zhao Chunhua started having an affair with Su Changshan thirty-three years ago. Luo Xuemin followed him half a year later. They have a son named Lin Jianzhong, who is now the director of the commune's supply and marketing cooperative."

　　Lin Laozhuang honestly told everything he knew. It was funny to say that before Lin Jianzhong was born, his family always thought that Lin Jianzhong was his own. After all, although the affair between Luo Xuemin and Zhao Chunhua was a hot topic at that time, they really didn't roll around in bed.

　　When Lin Lao Zhuang took Zhao Chunhua back, he was furious because he had slept with her several times. Zhao Chunhua got pregnant within a month after he left. No one thought much about it at the time, even when Lin Jianzhong was a little over a year old. After all, the villagers always spoke after the event. Those so-called stories of seeing Luo Xuemin and Zhao Chunhua going up the mountain to collect firewood one after the other were spread later.

　　No one talked about this at that time.

　　When Lin Jianzhong was two years old, he looked exactly like Luo Xuemin when he was a child, which confirmed the fact that the two had committed adultery.

　　At that time, Luo Xuemin was already the team leader of the village and had great power. Even if the Lin family knew about it, they could only swallow their anger.

　　Lin Laozhuang was originally considered a talkative man, but because of the green hat on his head, he has become the taciturn man he is today.

　　Lin Lao Zhuang only discovered the affair between Zhao Chunhua and Su Changshan after Lin Jianhua was born. He even caught them in bed.

　　At that time, Su Changshan and Zhao Chunhua were not panicked at all. Su Changshan even threatened Lin Laozhuang, who hated the two bastards. If it weren't for his son Jianhua, he would have poisoned the three bastards to death.

　　"The heaven has eyes, the heaven has eyes. The wicked will get their retribution, the wicked will get their retribution!" Lin Laozhuang knelt on the ground and cried, kowtowing.

　　After being a cuckold all his life, Lin Lao Zhuang already felt tired.

　　Why has Zhao Chunhua been able to bully the Lin family for so many years? Isn't it because she has the support of two men behind her? As an ordinary family, how can the Lin family fight against the village party secretary and the captain? Without the letter of introduction from the village party secretary and the captain, their family could not even leave Zao Township.

　　When the leader of the Revolutionary Committee saw this, he waved his hand and said, "Take all three of them back and interrogate them overnight."

　　After so much trouble, it's already past three in the afternoon.

　　After they had finished their work, the Youth Office staff came to Wang Shanxi and his friends to learn about the situation. Jiang Youtao and the others had seen him before, so they ran over when they saw him coming.

　　The person who came was Section Chief Yang, who was in charge of them.

　　After knowing that Zhu Yuemei had already been paid back her money, he said, "Don't be so reckless in the future. If you have any problems, come to the commune and find me. I will solve it. This happened today. Otherwise, you will have a bad ending."

　　God knows how horrified Section Chief Yang was when he found out that this incident was instigated by the educated youth. He started managing the educated youth in the commune in 1966 or 1967, and it has been many years now. This is the first time he has seen such a reckless educated youth.

　　"Zhao Yonglan, right? You, young comrade, should be more careful in the future. Not to mention the fact that you should not show off your wealth, you did something wrong in lending money to your fellow villagers, and you lent so much money at once."

　　"How much do the villagers earn in a year? If you lend them more than 200 yuan, isn't that just throwing it down the drain?" Section Chief Yang felt that his heart was broken. "It's better to throw it into the water. At least you can hear the sound and make you happy. The money is still yours after you lend it to others."

　　Zhao Yonglan knew she was wrong, but she lowered her head and said nothing, and Section Chief Yang continued to scold her. She already knew she was wrong.

　　After Chief Yang finished speaking, he added: "Remember, if you have any problems, come to the commune to find me. Don't be so reckless again."

　　The people from the commune were about to leave, and Section Chief Yang wanted to go with them, but that was after giving them a few more instructions, that he followed them.

　　Zhao Chunhua, Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan were taken away. Zhao Xiaotao, Zhu Yuemei, Lin Laozhuang and others, who were victims, also went with them to explain the situation.

　　The villagers did not disperse yet and gathered together to discuss for a long time.

　　Some people who were just looking for trouble even shouted at Zhu Yuemei's eldest son Su Zhengping: "Zhengping, your mother sent your father to prison. What are you going to do in the future?"

　　Su Zhengping was feeling annoyed, so he yelled at everyone to get out and kicked them out of the Su's house one by one, then slammed the door.

　　Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the villagers dispersed.

　　Just what happened today is enough for them to talk about for a year or two.

　　Jiang Youtao and others returned to the educated youth site.

　　The food on the table had already gone cold. They had only started eating when they left, and now everyone was hungry.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei ate too many melon seeds and were very thirsty, so after arriving at the educated youth site, they went to the dormitory and drank two large glasses of boiled water.

　　Wang Shanxi and other male educated youth were heating up food in the kitchen, while Zhao Yonglan was sitting on the kang in a daze.

　　The words she said when she parted with the educated youth group were still ringing in her ears. Now she really couldn't bring herself to come back and live with them again.

　　Seeing her like that, Li Yunying went to the kitchen and came back to say to Zhao Yonglan, "Zhao Yonglan, you can come back and eat with us. It's okay if you can't cook, but you have to collect firewood and participate in the labor on the private plot. Otherwise, you can just eat with whoever you want."

　　Li Yunying's words were very blunt, but Zhao Yonglan was overjoyed when she heard them: "I understand."

　　After what happened with the Su family, Zhao Yonglan understood a truth. This little advantage really can't be coveted casually.

　　At the dinner table, Zhao Yonglan sincerely apologized to everyone and thanked them, and the matter was over.

　　After dinner, everyone helped Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei move.

　　They didn't have much stuff, so each of them could move it in one trip.

　　Looking at the small but bright room, Li Yunying and the other two were envious: "This room makes my heart beat."

　　A room of one's own, who can resist this temptation? Li Yunying even had the urge to spend money to build a house, but the thought only lasted for a moment and she put it out of her mind. She didn't have much money, so every penny had to be spent wisely. She couldn't be as wasteful as Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao.

　　After all, if they return to the city someday, they can't take the house with them, so isn't this just giving it away for nothing?

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei followed them around to visit, and they didn't persuade Li Yunying after hearing what she said. Building a house is not a trivial matter, and there are not many years left before the resumption of the college entrance examination, so it is better for them to save their money for future use.

　　Li Yunying and the others were envious for a while and then left. Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao closed the door of the corridor and ran around the room excitedly.

　　The living room is located inside the corridor. The living room is very small, only about eight square meters at most. There are two rooms side by side. The one outside is Jiang Youtao's room, and the one inside is Gu Nianwei's.

　　Jiang Youtao suggested to Gu Nianwei: "While it's still early, why don't we go to sleep?"

　　This proposal was approved by Gu Nianwei: "Let's go."

　　The two of them went back to their rooms. Jiang Youtao covered the 1.2-meter-wide kang with a mattress and sheets, leaned on it and shook her legs, and took out the meat buns that she had been rewarded with from the system backpack.

　　The meat buns had thin skin and thick fillings, and they were still in the same state as when they were just out of the pot. Jiang Youtao ate one in two bites, and the fillings was overflowing. She was so happy that her legs were shaking. She also placed beef jerky on the bedside and took a bite from time to time, feeling as happy as a god.

　　After eating and drinking, she turned over and sat on the quilt and slept soundly.

　　Gu Nianwei finally had her own private space. She took a nice bath there, took out her favorite bedding and spread it on the kang, and happily filled the whole room with her usual things. A feeling of happiness surged in her heart.

　　Tired from all the hard work, she ate a bucket of instant noodles, which was the junk food she once hated the most, but now she ate it with great satisfaction.

　　.....

　　The commune took the Zhao Chunhua incident very seriously. The Revolutionary Committee interrogated her all night long. The next day, the commune leaders held a meeting and finally decided to send Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan to the frontier corps to reclaim wasteland. Since Zhao Chunhua was a woman, she was paraded through the streets as a warning to the public and had to report her repentance regularly every week.

　　Zhao Chunhua's parade was scheduled for the fifth day of August, which was also the day of the commune's big fair and many people came.

　　Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan will also participate in the parade.

　　On the fifth day of August, the people of Liushugou set out early.

　　The story of Zhao Chunhua spread throughout the entire commune, so a lot of people came. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a huge crowd.

　　At eight o'clock, Zhao Chunhua and two other men appeared. Their hands were tied behind their backs. The two men were shirtless. Zhao Chunhua had a pair of worn-out shoes hanging around her neck. They walked step by step along the street, driven away by the soldiers of the Revolutionary Committee.

　　All three of them lowered their heads.

　　Some people couldn't stand the worn-out shoes, so they picked up rotten vegetable leaves, stones, mud and other things from the ground and threw them at them.

　　The stone hit Luo Xuemin's forehead and blood came out instantly.

　　After the parade, Zhao Chunhua was taken back to Liushugou, while Luo Xuemin and Su Changshan were sent to the Frontier Corps, and their return date seemed far away.

　　Lin Jianzhong also lost his position as director of the supply and marketing cooperative. He returned to the village and was in the midst of a fierce competition with Lin Jianhua for a house. He had no time to bother with Gu Nianwei.

　　The tenth day of August is the day when Zhu Yuemei's eldest grandson Su Yang is going to get married, but the Su family has already started preparing for this day.

　　But the Su family went to pick up the bride in the morning, but they didn't bring her back until the afternoon. In the evening, a girl in a red wedding dress ran to Liushugou and lived in the Su family.

　　The next day, this incident caused a stir in the village again.

　　As a spectator, Jiang Youtao rushed to the front line as soon as possible and just saw Su Yang's young wife. The spectator system had been upgraded and she came back.

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