Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 873: Hesitant due to Concerns Over Valuables 1

Just because Jiu Hong’s report was posted, would Jiu Hong not divorce her?

No, the first thing would be Jiu Hong losing his official position, right?

"Hongzhu, are you telling the truth? As long as I can stop Jiu Hong from divorcing me, I am willing to do anything." Seeing Cao Hongzhu nod her head, Lu Zhaozhi said excitedly, "Tell me how to write it, or you write it down, and I will copy it. You know, I only learned a few characters after getting married to Jiu Hong and attended a literacy class for a few days; unlike you, who really went to school."

Cao Hongzhu smiled and said, "It’s simple. I’ll tell you what to write; you just need to copy it when you get back home. If you don’t have paper and pen at home, I have everything here, white paper, brush pen, and ink."

Lu Zhaozhi said embarrassingly, "There are some words I can say but cannot write."

In a nutshell, she was semi-illiterate, something she had already told Cao Hongzhu about before.

After thinking for a while, Cao Hongzhu took out paper and pen, spread out a piece of white paper, and handed a brush full of ink to Lu Zhaozhi, "You write as I dictate. When you come across a word you don’t know how to write, I will show you how, and you just copy it."

The title was made up by Cao Hongzhu, called "On Whether Jiu Hong Who is Filled with Feudal Old Thoughts Can Continue to be the Political Commissar."

These words in the title were particularly large, although they were crooked and skewed, they were clear at a glance.

Out of the twenty-one words in the title, there were seven words that Lu Zhaozhi did not know how to write, so she handed the brush to Cao Hongzhu to write for her.

The main content that followed was to reveal Jiu Hong’s past remarks on preferring sons over daughters, criticizing his actions as out of touch with the times, and it quoted the leader’s saying "Women hold up half the sky," pointing out how Jiu Hong, as a military officer, greatly violated the old leader’s guiding principles, suggesting his heart should be condemned, and so on.

Compared to the title, these words were smaller. Lu Zhaozhi’s writing was all over the place, some words were wrong and directly covered in a blob of ink, and the words she did not know how to write were penned by Cao Hongzhu.

After half a day’s time, a newspaper was finally written and dried.

Cao Hongzhu said to Lu Zhaozhi, "You post this paper, and you’re sure to achieve what you wish for."

"Hongzhu, if I achieve my goal, I will definitely come thank you, and thank you properly," said Lu Zhaozhi as she carefully rolled up the paper and placed it in her bosom, "I’m going back now, I can’t let Jiu Hong go push for the army’s approval of his divorce request."

"Go ahead, go ahead, I hope you achieve swift success!"

After sending Lu Zhaozhi off, Cao Hongzhu was beside herself with joy, her face beaming with smiles.

When Li Shuitian returned home, he felt very peculiar, "Hongzhu, have you come across some good fortune? You look so happy?"

These days, Cao Hongzhu rarely left the house; firstly, because Li Shuitian did not let her go out, and secondly because she did not want to see people avoiding her and giving her sympathetic looks, sympathy for experiencing the grief of losing a son.

For this reason, Li Shuitian had become a bit more attentive than before, always watching over his wife’s words and actions.

Hearing this, Cao Hongzhu wiped her face, her laugh finally easing a bit, and said, "Of course, it’s certainly something good. Isn’t that Jiu Hong scheming against you behind your back? Isn’t he conspiring with others to bring you down, so he can take your place? Now, I’ve just made him get toppled by his own wife, letting him taste what it feels like to be conspired against."

Li Shuitian hastily said, "Hongzhu, what have you done? Please don’t do anything foolish! Chen Ju has already faced retribution, her son has been sent back to his hometown by Comrade Qi Gang to be raised by his first wife, and his life surely won’t be as comfortable as before. Shouldn’t your anger have subsided? Can’t we live a good life, just the two of us?"