Once their luck ran out, she wanted to see how they could be so domineering in the army and how Xibao, that fat lard, could be so much in demand. It was all because he was riding on his father’s coattails, wasn’t it?
Were it not for Lu Jiang’s rank, no high-ranking officer would give Xibao a second glance!
Chen Ju knew better than anyone else the benefits of wielding power.
Like her, originally a poor high school girl, no matter how hard she studied, she had to endure being belittled and unfairly treated due to the preference for boys over girls. It wasn’t until she met Qi Gang, married Qi Gang, and bore a son for Qi Gang, that everyone in the neighborhood, including her own parents and siblings, complimented her excessively whenever they saw her.
Every time she went back to her parents’ house, even city and county officials would greet her with smiles and perfectly arrange everything for her stay.
"I’m not saying you did anything wrong, following the leaders’ thoughts is the right path."
Hearing Chen Ju say this, Cao Hongzhu immediately relaxed, her face showing a smile and fervor again, "Of course, every word and sentence from the leaders are correct, we have to follow the leaders’ instructions, eliminate those shady elements and resist the bad habits of bad elements."
"Since you think this way, then put it into action!" Chen Ju encouraged, "Without reporting, no official from above will come to investigate, and we, who are upright, will never achieve fairness."
"Action?" Cao Hongzhu bit her lower lip.
Chen Ju, with a smiling face, gently said, "Without action, how would the higher-ups notice the injustice below? Don’t you think? We all work for the Old Leader, so of course we should help him eliminate those who harm the group."
Cao Hongzhu nodded vigorously, "Sister-in-law is right, we can’t turn a blind eye to this!"
"Oh yes, don’t give your whistleblowing letter to the army, there are too many people there who favor those two. It may not be accepted. If you send it to the leaders in the Capital specialized in managing these issues, the outcome will be different," Chen Ju reminded her.
Cao Hongzhu immediately remembered this and hurried off to write the whistleblowing letter.
Watching Cao Hongzhu’s retreating figure, Chen Ju felt extremely satisfied, laughing happily all day, unable to stop grinning. This surprised Qi Gang when he came home to find her still smiling in the evening.
"Did something good happen?" Qi Gang asked while taking off his military coat.
Before Chen Ju could answer, their beloved son Qi Xiang, dropped his egg cake and started hopping around on the kang bed stomping his feet. "Dad! Ride the horse, you get down and let me ride the horse!"
"Alright alright, dad will let you ride the horse!"
Qi Gang, who was always over-indulgent to his son, immediately took off his shoes and lay down on the kang bed. His 50 pound chubby son sat on his back, nearly breaking his spine.
"Yah! Yah!" Qi Xiang, not being polite at all, was patting on his father’s head. "Faster, crawl, Yah!"
Qi Gang, with his son on his back, was crawling around the kang bed. Chen Ju, used to this scene, did not think her son was being disrespectful to his father. She happily told Qi Gang about the day’s events.
Qi Gang stopped abruptly and frowned deeply after hearing her story.
"Go find Comrade Cao Hongzhu first thing tomorrow, and stop her from stirring up trouble in the army!"