Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1039: Creating Something from Nothing 8

Chapter 1039: Chapter 1039: Creating Something from Nothing 8

Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue simultaneously sheltered the elderly couple behind them, looking at the group of people who rapidly approached.

The self-introduced Li Chengdong, escorted by others and around forty years of age, was a short and thin middle-aged man with naturally shifty eyes and a rodent-like face, his gaze filled with the smug arrogance of a petty man seizing power and replete with greed and slyness.

When he reached Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue, Li Chengdong’s gaze swept toward Feng Qingxue.

In recent years, Feng Qingxue had either been living in the military compound or traveling on business, appearing in official settings and thus always well-groomed. She would only disguise herself when visiting black markets with Lu Jiang or when out alone.

At that moment, though she hadn’t made any special effort to dress up, she was still elegant and resplendent, beautiful and dignified.

In her radiance, everything else seemed to fade into insignificance.

"Impudence!" Lu Jiang, standing alone before his wife, scolded with a harsh voice, his commanding presence forcing Li Chengdong and his entourage to hastily retreat.

Remembering he was an official from the Caohu Brigade, with no reason to be intimidated, Li Chengdong puffed up his chest and said with ill intent, "Who are you? How dare you run wild in Li Chengdong’s territory? Ask around and see who doesn’t know Li Chengdong!"

Before his words died, a robust laborer behind him tugged his sleeve.

Feng Qingxue recognized the sturdy laborer as Hongling’s husband, Guo Guangcheng. She hadn’t expected to see him mingling with Li Chengdong. Was it truly a case of birds of a feather flocking together?

"What is it?" Li Chengdong said irritably.

Guo Guangcheng whispered, "Commander, they are from the Wanglou Brigade, Lu Jiang, the army commander! In charge of tens of thousands of border troops, even city committee officials have to show utmost respect to him. His wife is one of our Caohu girls, who enlisted and was awarded first-class merit, even personally met by the old leader."

Li Chengdong suddenly remembered and, pointing at Feng Qingxue, whom Lu Jiang was sheltering, said, "You’re Feng Qingxue? The niece of Zhao Guihua and Li Guohong, those two old women? You’ve changed so much I didn’t recognize you! Those two and your brother went back on their word after taking my grain, making me the laughingstock for miles around. Now I’ve caught you."

The previously cautioning Guo Guangcheng was frantically signaling with his eyes. Didn’t he see the fury on Lu Jiang’s face?

Without needing to ask further, Lu Jiang knew that Li Chengdong was the old bachelor whom Feng Lei and Feng Yu had once coerced their sister into marrying. Hearing his mouthful of obscenities, Lu Jiang stepped forward and kicked him to the ground, then swiftly dislocated his jaw.

"Ajiang!" Hitting someone for no reason could result in a military punishment!

Feng Qingxue stepped forward to grab her enraged husband, "There are a hundred ways we can deal with such a person; don’t make a joke of your own future for him! You are a Jade Vase, and he’s just a stinking old rat. Why would you damage a Jade Vase just to kill a rat?"

Lu Jiang turned and gently pushed her toward Feng Gu Aunt, "Gu Aunt, please take Xiaoxue and the elders inside. Leave this to me."

A military punishment?

If his wife was being harassed, let alone a simple punishment—even if he were dismissed from his post—he had to defend his wife’s honor!

Lu Jiang rubbed his wrists, his joints cracking ominously, his expression stern and his demeanor formidable. Li Chengdong, with his dislocated jaw, was in too much pain to utter a word, though saliva continued to dribble all over the ground.

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