Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 869 - 0869: Turn Against Each Other 3

Chapter 869: Chapter 0869: Turn Against Each Other 3

Lu Jiang fell into a brief contemplation, "Marriage and divorce are all matters for the military to handle. Your urgent task is to perform your duties well and not to think about all sorts of nonsense. When you meet Director Jiu, don’t mention that we’ve been here, understood?"

"Yes, you all need to remember this." Zheng Xuefeng, who had caught on, also reminded the soldiers on guard a few sentences.

"Understood, rest assured, leaders!" The young soldier consciously lowered his voice.

Although they were young and hadn’t been in the military long, they were sensible and knew clearly what should and shouldn’t be said. After all, it was not a glorious matter that Jiu Hong was threatened by Lu Pendi while trying to divorce her. It might even lead Jiu Hong to trip them up if he found out they had heard about it.

So, Lu Jiang and Zheng Xuefeng walked back on the return path.

"What do you think we should do about this?" Zheng Xuefeng asked, "Jiu Hong’s reasons are too compelling. If we approve it, there will undoubtedly be countless others who will follow suit, taking liberties as they please. But if we don’t approve, with the current chaos outside, there will definitely be those who attack us saying that we are not following the ideological directives passed down from above."

The renewal of ideology and culture has now evolved into an action to disprove old thoughts, old cultures, old customs, and old habits by destroying things. Smashing, looting, and burning have become the norm.

Commissar Zheng’s wife and children were in the Capital, and they all had jobs, so they would discreetly convey some information to him.

He shared all these pieces of information with his own people like Lu Jiang, Zhao Yong, Ouyang Zijin, and others.

Lu Jiang spoke indifferently, "Let’s wait and see how things unfold."

"Wait and see? Just let the couple make a fuss endlessly?" Zheng Xuefeng frowned.

"Didn’t Lu Pendi say it herself? She claimed that her old thoughts came from the influence of Jiu Hong’s family. If she has old thoughts, so does Jiu Hong. If she’s smart, she could start from Jiu Pendi’s name to prove that Jiu Hong is the same as herself. In the mind of a person like Jiu Hong, his future is the most important. Perhaps he might compromise for this reason."

Zheng Xuefeng pondered for a moment, "Fine, we’ll just wait and see. However, we must pay attention and control the situation, not letting this couple turn the military into a mess."

Lu Jiang said, "Now every afternoon we study the guiding thoughts from above, right? Everyone studies the old leader’s poetry and quotations, reciting them sentence by sentence, and those who are illiterate should learn to read."

This was something Feng Qingxue had urged Lu Jiang in secret. She always felt that instead of letting the soldiers listen to this directive or that order, or blindly following commands, it was better to focus their attention on the old leader’s quotations. The reason was also very noble—after all, who would dare oppose everyone learning? Besides, it could also change some of the illiteracy among rural soldiers.

Although the old leader’s quotations had not been officially distributed everywhere, they had been published for several years. Otherwise, how could Feng Qingxue buy them to give away? Which high-ranking military officer didn’t have a few copies?

Lu Jiang strongly agreed, so he specifically reminded Zheng Xuefeng about this.

Zheng Xuefeng quickly understood the intention and patted Lu Jiang’s shoulder, "You’re clever. I’ve been anxious recently and hadn’t thought of this. Alright, I’ll go and gather the instructors. They all have copies of the old leader’s quotations, so let them use those to convey the old leader’s guiding thoughts. Especially those classic examples that guide people on the right path should be promoted. I’ve heard from Zheng Bin’s mother that there is an intention to continue printing in the Capital. By the time everyone can afford a copy of it, it’s just two or three mao."