Because she refused to succumb to the oxen's fortune, she was suppressed and made things difficult for her.
She and the educated youths all lived in the educated youth colony, but her bed was broken and only had three legs.
She looked for rocks and bricks to prop up the bed, but from time to time the rocks and bricks disappeared, and the bedding would get dirty.
The roof above the bed was leaking, and whenever it rained, her bed would get so wet that she couldn't sleep on it.
The same goes for labor.
When mowing grass, other educated youths would get ten work points if they cut 100 kilograms, but she had to cut 200 kilograms.
When harvesting corn, other educated youths could earn ten work points for harvesting ten baskets, but she had to collect twenty baskets.
When planting rice seedlings, other educated youths planting four-quarter fields counted as ten work points, while she had to plant one acre of rice fields.
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This meant that she could not finish the farm work during the day and had to work until dark or even late at night every day.
At the beginning, there were a few educated youths who saw that she was having a hard time and helped her with some farm work.
But the educated youth who helped her with farm work also encountered the same difficulties, and no one dared to help her anymore.
She could understand them. How could they help her when she couldn't protect herself!
Some frivolous and shameless villagers had evil intentions when they saw her busy in the fields until dark every day.
Some pretended to help her with farm work, but in fact they wanted to get something from her. Some took advantage of the dark weather and wanted to violate her.
Later, she bought a dagger and carried it with her for self-defense.
Since then, this has become less common.
But there were more people scolding her, especially men, who would spread rumors and slander her if she couldn't get it. Her reputation in the village was that of a slut who could do everything she wanted.
Not only that, when other educated youths are sick, they can take time off to rest and see a doctor, but she cannot. Other educated youths can go home to visit relatives every year or two, but she cannot.
In this way, more than a year passed by gritting one's teeth and living like a year.
On November 5, 1975, that night, she came back from the fields and met the village women director on the road.
In the village, the female director left a better impression on her than others because the female director never scolded her or spurned her like other women.
Moreover, in this ignorant and arrogant place, men think that it is natural for them to hit women, and women who are beaten also think that they are beaten for granted.
Only this female director told them that men and women are equal and women can hold up half the sky.
She thought that the female director was at least an educated and sensible person.
That night, the women's director was very happy to meet her and said, "Oh, that's great. I can meet Wen Zhiqing here. I'm going to ask an educated youth to help me."
Wen Qiuning asked her, "Director, do you need help with anything?"
"I don't know who messed up a section of the blackboard newspaper in the village office. Please help me rewrite it."
Wen Qiuning was still wary. She said, "It's so late and I can't write. I'll write tomorrow morning."
"I'll shine a flashlight on you to write!" the women's director said in a very anxious tone, "The village leaders will be here early tomorrow morning. If you see this on the blackboard, who can take the responsibility?!"
Wen Qiuning said: "Then I will get up early tomorrow morning and come to the village office to write."
The women's director was dissatisfied and said: "Are you afraid that I will harm you? It means that I can't be mentioned on the stage, and there is no one in the village office now, otherwise why would I go there to ask for help!"
Hearing that there was no one in the village hall, Wen Qiuning felt much less defensive.
Besides, at this time, everyone went home early to have dinner and go to bed.
Wen Qiuning agreed to the woman's request.
The two of them walked to the village hall with flashlights. Sure enough, it was dark and no one was inside.
The women's director asked Wen Qiuning to wait for her in front of the blackboard while she went to the office to find chalk.
In the dark night, Wen Qiuning stood in front of the blackboard newspaper with a flashlight. As expected, the blackboard newspaper cost a dollar.
While she was studying the blackboard report seriously, she was suddenly hugged from behind and her mouth was covered.
She struggled desperately, but the man behind her was much stronger than her and dragged her into a room. The flashlight in her hand also fell off.
The man pushed her to the ground and tore off her pants.
Wen Qiuning called for help, her body resisted desperately. The man grabbed her hair, knocked the back of her head heavily to the ground, and said proudly: "No one will come to save you!"
She recognized that this was Captain Niu Luck's voice, and she instantly understood that she had been deceived!
In the darkness, she fumbled for the dagger from her bag and stabbed it hard. She didn't know where she hit Niu Shengyun, but she only heard him howl in pain.
The force pressing on her suddenly disappeared, and she fled the room in haste.
But the flashlight she dropped on the ground was gone. When she looked again, there was no female director anywhere.
She fled back to the educated youth spot in a hurry, shivering.
She needs to call the police and get them punished!
She invited two male educated youths to accompany her to the police station in the countryside to call the police, and they walked most of the night before arriving at the police station.
The police made a record of her and drove them to the village hall the next day to investigate the situation.
Niu Shengyun and the women's director were both in the village office. They denied what happened last night without any panic, as if they really had nothing to do with it.
The women's director criticized her with integrity, "Wen Zhiqing, you are also a person who has read books, how can you slander others?! Isn't it Captain Niu who criticized you a few days ago, saying that you are not serious about your work? Is this for revenge?"
"Let's talk about me again. I think I care enough about you female educated youths on weekdays. Where on earth have I offended you? Do you want to wrongfully accuse someone like this?!" the women's director said plausibly, "I was at home all night last night. I’ve been out before, when have I seen you?!”
That female director who was full of morals turned out to be such a person!
Wen Qiuning didn't bother to argue with her, and led the police to check the room where he was last night. It was clean and no traces were left.
Wen Qiuning asked the police to check Niu Shengyun's body again. She must have stabbed him last night, but she didn't know exactly where.
The police told her seriously, "You will check whoever you say you will check?! If you continue to slander others like this, we will arrest you!"
Then, he left without looking back.
Niu Shengyun gave the three of them a cold look and turned back to the office. The women's director was still criticizing her sanctimoniously.
Naturally, the two male educated youths who accompanied her to call the police were also made things difficult for a long time.
All the educated youth stayed away from her and looked at what she suffered with cold eyes.
Not only that, there was also a criticism meeting held in the village. She stood on the stage and was insulted and spurned by everyone!
She seemed to have returned to her childhood. There were many times when she was tricked out by other children. They beat her, peed on her, and called her a bastard who had a mother but no father.
Wen Qiuning laughed at herself in her heart, why did she still believe in others? !
At that moment, she told herself that no one could believe it!
