Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 867 - 0867: Turn Against Each Other 1

Chapter 867: Chapter 0867: Turn Against Each Other 1

Before the troops could call Jiu Hong for a talk, Lu Zhaozhi had already found her way there.

She approached Lu Jiang and Zheng Xuefeng and got straight to the point, "I want to know what kind of order was issued from above that’s making Jiu Hong insist on divorcing me, regardless of our revolutionary sentiments."

"You knew that Jiu Hong filed for divorce?" Zheng Xuefeng was astonished; he had thought that Jiu Hong had merely filed an application.

After all, if the army didn’t agree, then Jiu Hong’s plans would have to be abandoned.

"He brought it up to me, he wants a divorce!" Lu Zhaozhi sobbed uncontrollably, "Commander Lu, Commissar Zheng, tell me, is he even human? He’s been in the army for so many years while I stayed at home taking care of the elderly and the young. At first, it was attending to his parents and looking after his younger siblings; Zhaozhi was born several years into the marriage, coming last. I’ve put in so much effort and energy, during those years of disaster and famine, his parents ate rice and flour, while I and Zhaozhi ate bran and choked down vegetables. Finally, when we were looking forward to joining the army with him, my daughter and I arrived here, and we haven’t had a single good day before he now wants to divorce me! Talking about obeying orders from above, I was confused; does ’above’ really teach their subordinates to abandon their wives?"

Lu Jiang remained silent.

He and Feng Qingxue hadn’t sought Lu Zhaozhi for a reckoning, but that didn’t mean they had forgotten her actions; her careless talk had almost brought disaster to their entire family. How could they forgive her?

No matter how pitiful Lu Zhaozhi appeared, Lu Jiang couldn’t muster any sympathy for her.

Of course, he was also dissatisfied with Jiu Hong’s actions. He knew the high-ranking officers had held a meeting, trying to obey the higher-ups’ commands without affecting the morale of the troops and forbidding such behavior as undermining revolutionary sentiments. What was Jiu Hong trying to do? Didn’t he realize that by citing this reason for divorce, he would be setting a precedent? What would happen if others followed suit?

It was now a chaotic and strange era; outside it was practically madness, and Lu Jiang himself was struggling to control the situation within the army. To make matters worse, Ye Zhengjun and his deputy had both gone to the Capital without any news.

Seeing that Lu Jiang wasn’t speaking, Zheng Xuefeng took it upon himself to ask, "Comrade Lu Zhaozhi, did Jiu Hong talk to you about the divorce?"

Lu Zhaozhi nodded, her voice choked with emotion, "He did, he did. He is determined to divorce me, claiming he must follow orders, to break free from my feudal thoughts. I said, before Commander Lu and others went on leave, why was Jiu Hong always picking on me, quick to scold at any provocation. It turns out he had been contemplating divorce all along; he just lacked a good excuse!"

"Preferring sons over daughters is indeed a feudal thought." Zheng Xuefeng made a poignant comment, "If you hadn’t always shown such a preference, how could you have given Comrade Jiu Hong the leverage to do this?"

So, it could be said that Lu Zhaozhi had brought this upon herself. The army had talked to her many times before, saying women could hold up half the sky, but she wouldn’t listen.

Of course, the primary reason for the divorce was Jiu Hong, and Zheng Xuefeng would not show bias just because Jiu Hong was a soldier.

Lu Zhaozhi cried out, "I understand my mistake, I understand it; can’t I change? To know one’s mistake and to change can be called sublime. I’ll change, I’ll turn it around; I won’t favor boys over girls, I’ll treat them all equally! Don’t think I’ve always been stuck in old thoughts; I’ve suffered from that bias myself. I had made up my mind to treat my children equally!"

"Then why did you keep preferring boys over girls after coming here? You’ve made it so obvious?" Zheng Xuefeng asked.