Traveling through the 1970s: The young wife loves to make trouble

Chapter 113 Defamation and Framedness

The team leader went to the next team to pick up my mother today, so he is not in the village and naturally doesn't know about this.

He remembered that his wife had been making cotton-padded clothes for the past two days. He asked who they were for. His wife said that Tao Qiuyi asked her to make cotton-padded clothes for Wei Jingyuan and Xiao Huai.

At that time, he thought Tao Qiuyi was a spendthrift and didn't know how to take care of the family. He wondered what she would do after the money from the house sale was spent. Unexpectedly, before she had even finished spending the money from the house sale, she had already received another thousand yuan.

He felt as if he had been slapped in the face.

Even Mr. Wei Sanye, who rarely goes out, heard about it. Doesn't that mean that the matter has spread throughout the village? Li Hongying regretted why she was not at home today.

Boss Wei stood up, picked up the kettle, and filled the old branch secretary's cup. He asked casually, "Old branch secretary, you brought those people to our house today, so you must know what they said, right?"

"It was indeed me who brought the public security and military comrades to the Wei family." The old branch secretary glanced at Wei Lao Da and said directly, "I only brought them here, and I didn't ask about anything else."

There's no way you can get anything out of him.

"I thought the old branch secretary could know some inside information." Boss Wei was a little disappointed and turned around to fill Third Grandpa Wei's teacup.

"What inside story do you think there could be? Why not tell it out loud for everyone to hear." The old branch secretary didn't like what Boss Wei said, as if there was something going on between Girl Tao and those two.

People who make things up without knowing anything are the most annoying.

Wei Lao Da was surprised to find that the old Party Secretary would be so serious. He quickly explained, "Old Party Secretary, you misunderstood me. I just said it casually. I didn't mean anything else."

"I don't mean anything else." With a snort, the old branch secretary looked at Wei Jingyuan who was sitting by the door.

Seeing that he had his head down and didn't know what he was thinking, I didn't say anything to disturb him.

Today, Jing Yuan's performance surprised him.

What is Wei Jingyuan thinking?
Of course, he was thinking about Tao Qiuyi... Well, he was thinking about when Tao Qiuyi got the quilt back and smugly told him that she also found some money and tickets and took them away.

She also went to her grandmother's and aunt's houses and ransacked them, saying that this was compensation for her mental damages.

He didn't ask about the specific amount. Looking at her smug look, he gave up his previous insistence for the first time and agreed with her approach.

He still clearly remembered her horrified expression at that time, and her trembling little finger pointing at him and saying that he had become bad.

"No one in our brigade has ever had the honor of having public security and military comrades come together to present the reward." Wei Lao San asked Wei Jingyuan directly, "Jingyuan, what exactly did your wife do?"

Wei Laosan thought about it over and over again, but still couldn't figure it out.

Wei Laosan is not the only one who can't figure it out.

Tao Qiuyi was a village girl, with nothing to show for it except her incredible strength. What had she done to deserve a thousand-yuan reward? Boss Wei was completely baffled.

When asked, the old branch secretary refused to say.

Seeing Wei Lao San asking Wei Jingyuan directly, Wei Lao Da also pricked up his ears to listen, for fear of missing out on any important information.

The same goes for others, especially Li Hongying, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"It's just a small favor." Wei Jingyuan replied calmly.

"Just for doing a small favor, you can get a reward of one thousand yuan?" Wei Laosan obviously didn't believe it.

It was just a small favor, that's all. Others didn't believe it either.

Boss Wei said, "Jingyuan, Tao Qiuyi is your wife now. What did she do to earn the reward? Is she unwilling to explain it to you, or did you not ask her?"

"Jing Yuan, don't blame your uncle for meddling in your affairs. He's saying this for your own good."

"You know what kind of person Tao Qiuyi's grandfather is. Just imagine how capable the granddaughter of a labor camp inmate could be. Is a 1,000 yuan reward so easy to come by?"

These words clearly had the meaning of sowing discord. Grandpa Wei San and the old branch secretary looked at Wei Lao Da with disappointment in their eyes.

This Boss Wei is really...even worse than the Third Boss Wei.

His sharp gaze fell on Boss Wei, and Wei Jingyuan sneered, "For my own good? You're trying to sow discord, you're hinting at something, you even bother dragging Tao Qiuyi's grandfather into this. Is that really for my own good?"

"Besides, you guys are not judging how much money was stolen from you by looking at the money in Tao Qiuyi's hand. Who would believe that?"

His thoughts were pointed out directly and laid out in the open. Boss Wei suddenly felt ashamed and stared at Wei Jingyuan with a vicious look.

Zhou Mei looked at Wei Jingyuan with deep resentment.

"You treacherous bastard, what nonsense are you talking about?" Li Hongying jumped up from the kang and pointed at Wei Jingyuan and cursed, "Boss is your uncle, how dare you say that about him? Do you still have a conscience?"

"I'm your grandmother. It's true that I lost over 200 yuan and tickets. Do you think I'm wrongly accusing you?"

"You guys?" Wei Jingyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, his lips curled up. "Grandma, you mean Tao Qiuyi wasn't the only one who stole the money and tickets. It was also me, Li Zi, and Xiao Huai?"

It was just a casual remark at first, but when Li Hongying saw Wei Jingyuan questioning her like this, she began to think that she might have hit the jackpot, and that the people who stole the money and tickets might actually be Wei Jingyuan's three siblings.

Li Hongying said: "If you think so..."

"Mom." Sister Zhou hurriedly interrupted her mother-in-law, turned to look at Wei Jingyuan, and explained, "Jingyuan, you misunderstood your grandmother. We didn't suspect you, let alone Xiao Huai and Xiao Li."

"We just suspect Tao Qiuyi. After all, we, the Wei family, are one family, and Tao Qiuyi is the only outsider."

"You don't know, Tao Qiuyi is a habitual offender. She often stole food when she was at the Huang family. Wang Chunjuan and her grandmother beat her a lot for this, but she just wouldn't change."

"She refuses to listen to advice, doesn't correct her mistakes, has a bad temper, and spends money like water. She's the only one who has the greatest motive to steal money and tickets from me, your grandmother, and Third Aunt."

Accusations came out one after another, shocking Grandpa Wei San, the old branch secretary, and the team leader.

"A habitual offender, with a bad temper and a tendency to spend money like water, she has the most motive?" Wei Jingyuan sneered, "Aunt, I just want to know how you came up with the idea of applying these words to her."

"I only go home once every few years and have occasionally heard a few words about her life at the Huang family."

"Aunt, you've been living in the village and walking around every day, how could you not have heard of it?"

"Wei Jingyuan..." Zhou Mei was speechless.

Not bothering to pay any more attention to Zhou Mei, Wei Jingyuan stood up with his cane, his cold gaze sweeping around Li Hongying and the others. "You insist on suspecting that Tao Qiuyi stole your money and tickets, and I won't stop you from suspecting that."

"But you have to produce evidence to prove that it was Tao Qiuyi who stole your money and tickets. Without evidence, it's slander and false accusation. You slandered her, framed her, and wanted to search our house."

"All I can say is, I'm sorry."

(End of this chapter)