Xia Yuan ran to the captain and cried, "Captain, you must do something for me. I was looking for wild vegetables in the mountains, and I don't know who knocked me out. I woke up and found myself here, and saw Zhao Facai who was also unconscious here. Captain, you must do something for me. I don't know who is so vicious."

Although she was frightened, Xia Yuan quickly came to her senses. After sorting out the current situation, she quickly formulated a strategy, first to clear herself, and second to let everyone know that she was innocent.

The captain heard Xia Yuan's crying and felt that the matter was of a bad nature. He must investigate it thoroughly, otherwise what would happen if everyone followed suit?

"Go and wake up Zhao Facai for me." The captain said to the two people next to him.

After hearing what the captain said, the two men rushed in excitedly and woke up Zhao Facai. They had long been fed up with Zhao Facai, and took the opportunity to secretly pinch him several times while waking him up.

Zhao Facai woke up with a cry of "Ah". He was shocked to see so many people gathered around him, thinking that he had been discovered.

The captain told him what Xia Yuan had said and asked him if he knew what was going on.

Zhao Facai breathed a sigh of relief, as long as his secrets were not exposed. Of course, he said he didn't know, and he didn't know who had knocked him out and brought him here.

When Xia Yuan saw Chen Baozhu in the crowd, and then thought of herself standing here being discussed and stared at by everyone, it was as if she saw herself and Chen Baozhu in her previous life. It was the same in her previous life. She was despised, while Chen Baozhu was high above. The jealousy and resentment in her heart instantly burst out.

"It's her, it's Chen Baozhu. She must have knocked me out and put me here. She must be jealous of my good relationship with Brother Jingwen, so she hurt me like this." Xia Yuan pointed at Chen Baozhu and cried loudly.

When everyone heard Xia Yuan's accusation, they immediately turned to look at Chen Baozhu.

Chen Baozhu's family members glared at Xia Yuan angrily when they heard her nonsense. Her grandmother, Old Lady Zhao, could not help herself first and rushed out to yell at Xia Yuan, "Bullshit! You said it was my Baozhu, so it is my Baozhu. Do you have any evidence to prove that it was my Baozhu who did it? Maybe you just had a unique vision and fell in love with that bachelor Zhao Facai, so you did all this yourself."

Everyone laughed when they heard what Old Lady Zhao said. Everyone knew that what she said couldn't be true, but they still didn't expect her to say such outrageous words. It was truly vicious and was simply trampling Xia Yuan into the mud.

Look at Xia Yuan, she was so angry that she was like a Buddha born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. She pointed at the old lady and kept saying "you you you...", but she couldn't say a complete sentence.

The captain saw that Mrs. Zhao was getting more and more outrageous, so he quickly stopped her and said to Xia Yuan, "Everything must be based on evidence. If you have evidence, just say it. If you don't have evidence, don't blame others casually."

At this time, Chen Baozhu stood up and said to everyone: "I was digging wild vegetables in the mountains today. Several people saw me and can prove it for me."

After Chen Baozhu finished speaking, an aunt in the crowd shouted, "Yes, yes, I saw Baozhu digging wild vegetables in the mountains today."

Several other middle-aged women nearby echoed: "Yes, we all saw it."

Xia Yuan's face turned ugly when she heard the words of testifying for Chen Baozhu. Although there was no evidence, Xia Yuan was sure that all this was done by Chen Baozhu. This was her intuition.

Moreover, it was Chen Baozhu who was supposed to appear here, but it was herself who appeared here instead. Xia Yuan felt so angry when she thought about it.

Seeing that everyone was talking more and more outrageously, the captain quickly said, "Disperse, everyone go home. We will continue to investigate what happened next and give you an explanation after we have thoroughly investigated it."

After everyone saw that there was no more excitement, they all followed the captain's advice and dispersed.

Bai Yin also understood after watching this play that Xia Yuan must have wanted to harm the heroine Chen Baozhu, but she didn't expect that the heroine had used some tricks to replace her with Xia Yuan, so that Xia Yuan had to swallow the bitter fruit herself. However, this was also her own fault, and she couldn't blame others.

Aunt Fengmei and Aunt Lanhua beside them were both sighing that after this incident, Xia Yuan's reputation was completely ruined.

Everyone could see that Xia Yuan had been ambushed, and they also knew that nothing had happened between her and Zhao Facai, but in everyone's eyes her reputation was still ruined because she had been seen lying together with Zhao Facai.

This is the harshness towards women, from ancient times to the present, this kind of thinking has never been extinct. Baiyin sighed deeply when he thought of this.

In the next few days, Baiyin could hear people discussing this matter wherever he went. The most common thing he heard was insults and abuses against Xia Yuan. Although they didn't know the truth, it didn't stop everyone from speculating about her with the greatest malice.

The other protagonist in the incident, Zhao Facai, was more invisible in this matter. At most, everyone said that they knew he was such a person, and then turned around and talked about Xia Yuan with dirty words. Although Baiyin knew that Xia Yuan had brought this upon herself, she still felt a little sad when she saw these behaviors.

The world is always so harsh on women. Baiyin used to watch the news and saw that men and women who made the same mistake were always evaluated and treated very differently.

Although the captain said that he would investigate the matter thoroughly, he was disappointed in the end. The matter ultimately did not come to any conclusion, and he was so worried that the hair on his head became thinner.

Xia Yuan was also picked up by her family from Beijing. On the day she left, everyone was at the Youth House. Bai Yin saw Xia Yuan's eyes full of hatred and knew that she had not given up. Perhaps when the male and female protagonists arrive in Beijing, they will appear in front of them again.

Since Xia Yuan left, life seemed to have become peaceful. Baiyin still ate melons happily every day, occasionally went up the mountain to hunt for treasures, and ate some delicious food. Even the study group did not disband. Reading and studying every day seemed to make life more hopeful.

Time passed so quickly that on October 1977, 10, an exciting news was announced. The state officially announced the resumption of the college entrance examination and decided that this year's college entrance examination would be held one month later.

The educated youth put down their tools, cheered and jumped for joy, hugged each other, cried and laughed. They had finally waited for it, they could finally go back to the city!

The captain standing nearby saw them dropping their tools and crying and laughing, and rarely bothered them. He also understood their feeling of finally finding hope amid despair.

After the emotions gradually calmed down, everyone started to feel a little anxious. There was only one month left until the exam. Although they studied regularly, they had never done any specific review, so they were still very nervous.

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