Chapter 8 Parading Through the Streets (1/4)

The next day at noon, many neighbors came out to see what was going on.

"Have you heard? Zhang Hongwei, the director of the steel plant, has been arrested by the Revolutionary Committee!"

Why?

"He abused his power, oppressed the women in the factory, and engaged in illicit sexual relationships!"

"Pah! His daughter's all grown up, and he's still messing around outside?! How shameless!"

"The woman he persecuted was the factory's most beautiful girl! She was the same age as his daughter!"

"Did you see the statement the steel mill issued? The steel mill removed him from his position and fired him!"

"I heard he's being paraded through the streets with a sign hanging over his head right now!"

"Let's go take a look!"

Su Wantang heard her neighbors talking about it, so she went over to see what was going on.

The group arrived at a street, splitting into two groups, with the group piled up in layers around the street in the very center.

At this moment, Zhang Hongwei had a wooden sign hanging around his neck that read "hooligan" and his hands were tied behind his back with rope.

He was still wearing the same clothes he had been wearing before he was arrested. His clothes were dirty and wrinkled, clinging to his body. He looked as if he had aged more than ten years overnight, with gray hair at his temples.

Following behind him were members of the Revolutionary Committee wearing red armbands.

The leader, wearing a red armband, carried a large white megaphone with a pre-recorded audio message: "Zhang Hongwei, the steel factory director, abused his power and coerced women, committing the crime of hooliganism. He is now being paraded through the streets as a warning to everyone."

The audio played on a loop, loud enough to carry throughout the entire street.

Many people gathered around, and the crowd grew larger and larger.

Many people carried baskets and threw rotten, smelly vegetable leaves from their baskets at Zhang Hongwei.

Children on the street picked up stones from the ground and threw them hard at Zhang Hongwei.

Many small stones hit Zhang Hongwei's head and face, scratching his face and leaving deep red marks.

Blood was slowly flowing from a cut on his forehead.

As he passed by, someone even carried a chamber pot and poured a whole bucket of urine on him.

A strong, fishy stench filled the air, and a considerable amount of urine even splashed into Zhang Hongwei's mouth and eyes.

Zhang Hongwei was choked and coughed repeatedly, gagging violently.

"Pah! What a load of rubbish!"

"How disgusting!"

"Like father, like son! Yesterday, his daughter was caught cheating on him in the street, and everyone saw her. Now, her father is also messing around!"

"This kind of beast is a disgrace to Shanghai! He's disgusting!"

Everyone scorned it.

Zhang Hongwei was so disgusted by the spitting and cursing that he couldn't lift his head!

Originally, his relationship with that factory beauty was consensual, but now he's been labeled a hooligan by everyone.

His back was hunched over, and he couldn't hold his head up properly. He was bent over with his head hanging down.

Thinking about the prospect of being sent to the countryside for reform through labor, and the harsh conditions there, Zhang Hongwei felt that his life was over, completely over.

Looking at Zhang Hongwei, who looked like a stray dog ​​in the crowd, Su Wantang smiled slightly.

This is nothing.

Next, once Zhang Hongwei is transferred to a lower-level position, he'll have "good days."

In the crowd, Su Wantang spotted Sun Xiaoli and her daughter at a glance.

At this moment, the mother and daughter were hiding not far away, secretly watching Zhang Hongwei. The expressions on their faces were extremely unpleasant.

Sun Xiaoli's face turned pale, and she refused to look Zhang Hongwei in the eye when he passed by, her face showing disgust and embarrassment.