Qiao Lanshu was also quite surprised. The person who put up the big-character poster about her was actually Wei Hongmei?
No matter how she thought about it, something didn't seem quite right.
But then again, Wei Hongmei's husband, Sun Mingyong, was sent to a labor camp because of Qiao Lanshu.
Wei Hongmei's father, Wei Zhengye, also lost his job and was expelled from the Party because Qiao Lanshu discovered he was reselling fried dough twists from the food factory.
Looking at it this way, it seemed quite normal for Wei Hongmei to have a grudge against her, didn't it?
When Qiao Lanshu arrived at the food factory director's office, she saw that it was packed with people.
Besides the factory director Yang Wenyan, Secretary Wen, and various department heads, the logistics minister in charge of the family service team and others were also present.
Everyone stood in the office, looking at Wei Hongmei in the middle, and listening to Factory Director Yang Wenyan questioning her.
Standing there, Wei Hongmei stiffened her neck and shouted, "Don't you all know what grievances I have with her? She ruined my husband, and she was the one who reported my dad. I just can't stand the sight of her, so what? Is that a crime?"
Yang Wenyan slammed the table and pointed at Wei Hongmei, saying, "Your husband committed marriage fraud and impersonated a military officer, and now he has another charge of embezzlement for stealing our factory's fried dough twists! Sending him to a labor camp is already letting him off easy. What, you still have a problem with that?"
Yang Wenyan continued, "And as for your dad, I don't even want to talk about it! The announcement was made, and we emphasized it several times in meetings. If you think your dad was wronged and you are dissatisfied with the previous verdict, I can apply for a retrial for you! Let me tell you, if this case is retried, Wei Zhengye will definitely be sent to a labor camp!"
Last time, Wei Zhengye was lucky and wasn't sent to a labor camp.
He was only fired from his job and expelled from the Party, with a lifetime ban from being hired by any major work units.
That was only because the food factory decided not to pursue his legal responsibility. Yang Wenyan considered that he was an old employee who had worked hard even if he had no great merits. Plus, Wei Hongmei didn't have her husband around and had two children to raise, so the family needed someone to help out, which was why he showed leniency.
But now, Wei Hongmei had stirred up this kind of trouble again.
Yang Wenyan was furious. He pointed directly at Wei Hongmei and asked, "Tell me, do you want a retrial? Are you still not convinced?"
Wei Hongmei was speechless.
She shrank her neck, lowered her head, and stopped talking.
Anyway, she was just a member of the service team, not an official worker at the factory.
At most, they would just fire her; they couldn't really do anything else to her.
The work in the service team was hard and tiring. She had to mend clothes and shoes for the factory workers every day, and her hands were almost pierced into sieves by needles. The pay was also very low, only a few yuan a month!
She suffered and worked so hard just to earn these few yuan!
If she wanted to mend clothes, didn't she have clothes to mend at home? Why come to the service team to do it?
Wei Hongmei had wanted to quit for a long time.
Therefore, she stood there now, acting like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, and said, "Director, I put up the big-character poster. If you want to punish me, then just punish me. My dad has already been fired, so please stop holding onto his matter."
Yang Wenyan snorted coldly, "I thought you weren't satisfied with your dad just being fired and wanted to send him to a labor camp too."
Wei Hongmei had nothing to say.
The people present were also very speechless.
The head of the logistics department scolded her, "Hongmei, your dad fought hard to get you this job. Why don't you know how to cherish it?"
When Wei Hongmei was in the family service team, she didn't actually work hard.
However, the service team always moved and worked together as a group, so Wei Hongmei's laziness didn't affect the overall progress.
It was just that the people in the team had a lot of complaints about her.
Several people had already reported Wei Hongmei, saying they didn't want to be in the same team with her.
Wei Hongmei now only had one sentence to say, "I admit that I put up the big-character poster. Just tell me directly how you want to deal with me, and don't waste everyone's time."
Yang Wenyan and Secretary Wen exchanged a glance. Secretary Wen pondered for a moment and said, "Putting up a big-character poster to report a colleague is not a huge deal, but it's not small either. Why don't we just fire her and be done with it?"
After all, it was impossible to give a heavy sentence for this kind of thing.
At most, it would just be a dismissal and a public criticism.
Yang Wenyan felt quite annoyed. He really didn't expect Wei Hongmei to be so unreasonable.
Her father had lost his job, and now she had lost hers too. Was her whole family going to live on thin air in the future?
Just as Yang Wenyan was about to speak, Qiao Lanshu stepped forward.
Qiao Lanshu said to Yang Wenyan, "Director, I suggest we hand this matter over to the military for processing. Because the content of the big-character poster involves slandering a military officer, our food factory should handle this matter jointly with the military."
Hearing this, Wei Hongmei immediately became anxious and said, "I am a worker in the food factory's family team. The food factory can just deal with me directly. Why do you have to hand me over to the military? The military has no authority to punish me."
Neither Yang Wenyan nor Secretary Wen spoke; they both subconsciously looked at Qiao Lanshu.
Qiao Lanshu was the person involved, and her husband was a military officer. If she wanted to blow the matter out of proportion, Yang Wenyan couldn't do anything about it.
When Qiao Lanshu had just entered, she had observed for a while. Wei Hongmei saw her coming but didn't pay attention to her, let alone curse at her.
Even Liu Weihong would curse a couple of times when she saw her. Why was Wei Hongmei so calm?
Obviously, deep down, Wei Hongmei didn't hate Qiao Lanshu as much as she claimed.
Then why did she put up the big-character poster?
Qiao Lanshu looked at Wei Hongmei and said, "If you dare to slander a military officer, you should expect the consequences. The crime of impersonating a military officer gets six years. Do you know how many years you get for slandering a military officer?"
At this point, Wei Hongmei began to panic.
Her face turned slightly pale, and she asked in a panic, "How, how many years?"
Secretary Wen spoke up, "It should also start at six years. This kind of thing is no joke."
The head of the personnel department also chimed in, "Yes, if it was just an internal matter of our food factory, it would be easy to handle. But since it involves the military, she might even have to face a military court."
Everyone chimed in one after another, making the situation sound increasingly serious.
Wei Hongmei was badly frightened.
Yang Wenyan roughly understood Qiao Lanshu's intention. She was trying to bluff her and see if she could get some information out of her.
So Yang Wenyan added fuel to the fire and said, "Speaking of which, when I went to a meeting in the provincial capital before, I heard about an incident. In a unit in the neighboring city, someone put up a big-character poster reporting a military officer and was subsequently shot."
This was complete nonsense.
Yang Wenyan deliberately made it up to trick Wei Hongmei.
Yang Wenyan, who rarely lied, coughed guiltily a few times, feeling a bit awkward.
Secretary Wen looked at Yang Wenyan in confusion and asked in surprise, "Huh? Did that really happen?"
Why didn't he know about it?
Yang Wenyan was speechless.
How could Wei Hongmei know that everyone was just scaring her?
She was so nervous that her face turned pale, and she started to stutter, "Y-y-you can't arrest me! I didn't put up the big-character poster! It has nothing to do with me!"
