Chapter 5 — From Today I Only Speak the Truth

There was no mention of one hundred thousand. There was no mention of surveillance cameras. There was also no mention of her parents' responsibility in the accident. I finished watching and then forwarded the video to the academic advisor. At the same time, attach an explanation of the situation from the verification team and the police station. The next day, the school posted a notice clarifying the incident in the class group. I am still Luong Tue before. But I know, there are things that once touched by dirty hands, are very difficult to return to the way they were. After the incident was clarified, the village was quiet for two days. It's not like there aren't people talking anymore. It's just that the people who gossiped when they saw my family lowered their voices. Some people say Luong Uyen Ninh is too impatient. There were also people who said my parents should have told her parents' story sooner, otherwise the child would have misunderstood. My mother heard those words and just continued to apply plaster on her fingers. When she applied it to her joints, she was in so much pain that she took a deep breath. "We protected it, but in the end it became our fault." My father did not answer. He rearranged the wooden planks taken from the tent in the field, preparing to drag them to the village committee's meeting place. The small agricultural vehicle is still parked in the corner of the yard, not allowed to be used. He had to borrow a neighbor's rickshaw and push it one trip at a time. Previously, he helped repair the roof of Luong Uyen Ninh's old family house, helped water the two acres of barren land her parents left behind, and helped pay all kinds of fees in the village. He never calculated. Now, he took out an old notebook. He clearly listed each item including land, old house, allowance and insurance in Luong Uyen Ninh's name and handed it to Khau village chief. "In the future, if there is any problem in the village, contact him directly." Khau village chief was stunned. "Hau Son, something just happened, the unit still hasn't made a decision. Are you really not in charge anymore?" My father raised his head. "He's already grown up." "He knows how to denounce, knows how to record videos, knows how to open his mouth and ask for a hundred dollars." thousand." "Then he knows how to manage his own affairs." In the evening, Luong Uyen Ninh arrived. She stood outside the yard gate, not entering. The white shirt on his body was wrinkled, and there were dark circles under his eyes. "Eldest uncle." My father was sharpening his sickle in the yard, not raising his head. She placed an envelope next to the door step. "There are two thousand yuan in here, which is the money I saved from my part-time job. I'll pay it to you two first." My mother came out of the house. "Pay what?" Luong Uyen Ninh pursed her lips. "Money for exam preparation, money for accommodation, and also... the money you two have spent on me over the years." My mother's smile was even more ugly than crying. "The money can be paid slowly." "But what you said was If you post it out, can you record every sentence?" Tears fell from Luong Uyen Ninh's eyes. "Auntie, I really don't know what happened to my parents that year..." My mother interrupted her. "What you don't know is the accident." "But I know we raised you for seven years." "I know how much your hands hurt, and I also know that every time the price of garlic drops, you and I can't sleep all night." "But you still say we're the ones who swallowed your money." Luong Uyen Ninh bowed her head. "Auntie, I'm sorry." My mother did not accept the envelope. Luong Uyen Ninh raised her head to look at my father. "Eldest uncle, the investigation team asked me to add an explanation of my family's circumstances. Can you help me write one?" "You just need to say that I did not intend to slander, it was all just a misunderstanding." My father's working movements stopped. He finally raised his head. "You can write the truth." Luong Uyen Ninh's eyes lit up. Dad continued to say: "Write that you lived in my house for seven years." "Write that we never took compensation money." "Write that you brought someone to the house to rummage through the closet and opened your mouth to ask for fifty thousand." Luong Uyen Ninh's face changed. "Eldest uncle, uncle

must I do that?" My father put down the sickle. "What you want is not an explanation." "I want you to erase my mistakes on my behalf." Luong Uyen Ninh cried and said: "It was very difficult for me to pass the exam." Dad looked at her. "I know it's not easy." "So you shouldn't use someone else's family as a stepping stone." Luong Uyen Ninh picked up the envelope on the doorstep and turned and ran. Three days later, the group The examiner called my father. When my father received the phone call, he was digging a ditch in the field. The other party asked: "Comrade Luong Hau Son, please ask if the additional statement about the family situation submitted by Luong Uyen Ninh was signed by you?" "At the same time, he confirmed that comrade Luong Uyen Ninh grew up in difficult circumstances but was still able to maintain principles and supervise relatives who violated regulations." The water bucket in my mother's hand fell to the ground with a bang. My father's face gradually turned pale. "I did not sign."