Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 800 - 0800: Blessing in Disguise 4_1

Chapter 800: Chapter 0800: Blessing in Disguise 4_1

Wang Xinru shrugged, "There’s no other way. If the person who reports is punished, who would dare to expose any injustice in the future? Whether they do this out of jealousy or not, it will not be taken into consideration by those in charge. But, even if Cao Hongzhu is not punished, nobody would truly want to associate with her. They’re all afraid that she might report them someday."

Huang Xiuzhi murmured: "Qingxue, don’t feel upset. Let me tell you, this kind of situation is actually favorable."

"Our being reported is considered favorable? Does it mean that it would be serious only if we got killed?"

Huang Xiuzhi glanced up at the sky, then continued quietly: "At least after she reported, the authorities investigated and cleared your and Lu Jiang’s names. In our hometown, someone got jealous because a family was better off, reported them for corruption, and the higher-ups pronounced them guilty without any investigation. Where could the reported person vent his grievances? Things like this are not uncommon. My hometown’s Little Stone’s third uncle once caught a hare, didn’t hand it over to the team, and secretly cooked it at home. Guess what happened?"

"He was reported?" asked Feng Qingxue.

"Correct!" Huang Xiuzhi sighed, "The smell of the rabbit cooking at midnight wafted out, it was like shaking the heavens! Our third uncle had his rabbit confiscated and was scolded. He was nearly beaten to death and it was only after I put in a good word for him, considering Little Stone’s dad’s face, that he was spared. Before I took Little Stone with me to join the army, the campaign against corruption, theft and waste was in full swing. Our team’s secretary was denounced just because his standard of living was above average, or so they said, he too was reported by someone who was green-eyed."

Guo Xiuying and Wang Xinru, who had spent most of their time in the army, knew little about this kind of situation and couldn’t help but listen attentively.

Huang Xiuzhi opened her mouth as if to say something but didn’t continue. She quickly changed the subject and not until after lunch when she came over to the Lu Family for a visit, did she lower her voice to tell Feng Qingxue: "Qingxue, in our team, there are no landlords. During the campaign against landlords, the county committee insisted that our team should expose a landlord, so someone who should have been classified rich was labelled a landlord instead. That person and his family were constantly criticized and struggled against, and they died early on. It is said that the landlord of the team next door had more than a hundred accusations against him. Not that he was a particularly good person, but he didn’t do that many bad things, yet the people insistently said that he did."

Feng Qingxue was shocked, "Can they really do this?"

"That’s why Sister Xinru says Cao Hongzhu is not likely to be punished!" Huang Xiuzhi shook her head, "Did Cao Hongzhu’s report mention Lu Jiang’s class status yesterday? I heard some relatives talking privately; Cao Hongzhu reported you all based on some gossip spread by Lu Zhaodi, you tell Lu Jiang to write a letter to ask his father to be careful!"

Feng Qingxue thanked Huang Xiuzhi and relayed the message to Lu Jiang that evening.

Lu Jiang gently stroked her smooth back, "Don’t worry, my father won’t give anyone a chance to exploit his situation. Besides, we have acquaintances in both the county and city committees who wouldn’t find people to force accusations on my father. If they wanted to do so, they would have done it years ago and not have waited until now. When I was a soldier in the Southwest Military Region, I visited an exhibition gallery with the troops, I’ll tell you about it later, but first let me tell you some good news."

"What good news?"

"Guess!"

Feng Qingxue shook her head, unable to guess.

"Starting from today, I’ll be temporarily taking over the duties of Vice Marshal Qi."

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