Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack
Chapter 19 - 019. Letter of Introduction (Collection 400+)

Chapter 19: 019. Letter of Introduction (Collection 400+)

It’s hateful that the broke woman didn’t cry herself unconscious like before when I ridiculed her, nor did she cause a scene by seeking death over her frustrations. Instead, she shamelessly played along, acting overly familiar, calling me Honghua sister and referring to my husband as her brother-in-law, even more so than when she was actually a daughter-in-law of the Dai family.

It’s as if she completely ignored all the previous insults and talks of divorce, not taking them to heart at all.

An introduction letter to the provincial capital?

Humph, if it were for a trip to the underworld, she could have her man write her one swiftly, without any delay!

Dai Honghua was fuming inside but had to pretend to be thoroughly troubled while playing Tai Chi with Shuzhen.

From the increasingly tense external situation, pulling back to the severe management demands from above, in short, unless there’s something earth-shattering, we cannot accommodate. Minor ailments, just overcome them. For serious ones, see the village barefoot doctor; why go to the provincial capital?

We must uphold the spirit of arduous struggle, actively saving medical resources for the country. Frivolously running to the provincial capital over minor things is making a big fuss over nothing, is an extreme waste. The great leader has said, corruption and waste are the biggest crimes!

Hey, isn’t that indeed the active person from the villages around here!

Look, with one fitting remark after another thrown, she’s audaciously turned the refusal to help into thinking for the country. In general, wouldn’t a bit timid person be scared out of their wits by such imposing pressure?

Shuzhen curled her lips, her eyes suddenly becoming icy cold: "Look at how impatient Honghua sister is. I haven’t finished speaking, and you’ve already drawn a whole bunch of principles. Those who know would think you’re considering for me, those who don’t might believe you want to use me as a stepping stone for achieving merits and rewards!

But our family has supported the military and loved the country through generations; we siblings are all children of heroes, having contributed to the country’s construction. Speaking of supporting Socialist New China, we three siblings certainly aren’t ones to fall behind.

For example, this time we are going to the provincial capital to make efforts to kindle the revolutionary spirit.

Everyone knows my uncle and my third uncle are heroes who gave their precious lives for the revolution. My father was sad they left young, without leaving heirs. Early on, he advised my older brother and my second brother to place their second sons under the name of my uncle and third uncle to continue their bloodline. But my eldest brother and Wu Xia have been married for eight years without any good news.

We heard there’s some ultrasound machine in the provincial capital that can detect any ailments inside the organs clearly, right?

Although the cost is a bit high, for the sake of extending my hero uncle’s bloodline, no matter how much money, we must spend it, right?"

The many observers summoned by her were now faintly siding with the opponent, Dai Honghua was extremely frustrated, just about to say something unpleasant, when her man hastily interjected: "Yes, yes, yes. Sister-in-law’s words make sense, for the sake of continuing the hero’s bloodline, spend as much money and effort as necessary.

I’ll write an introduction letter for Liu family’s eldest brother right away, this illness, we must treat it properly, treat it thoroughly, strive for curing it soon to continue Acheng uncle’s bloodline."

And for you, just slightly overcome it!

After all, our country is currently experiencing a shortage of resources, high-end medical facilities like the ultrasound machine should be reserved for those who truly need them. Sister-in-law, you should just have the barefoot doctor look into it. Appointed by the great leader, it surely can’t be wrong!"

Seeing the nods and affirmations from the crowd around, Shuzhen felt amused. After a lifetime apart, it seemed the bootlicker couple’s ability for nonsense had improved! Look at this wordplay, sentence after sentence digging traps, simply laughingly burying people. By a mere word, they categorized her speech, calling her sick, treating her is probably their aim to disrupt her relationship with her brothers, making her unable to stay with her family?

If she reacted a bit slower, a tad suspicious of the barefoot doctor’s medical skills, would this couple then lead the conversation towards how to fight her?

Unfortunately, she wasn’t the same Shuzhen as before, who foolishly only thought of Chen Shimei and Dai Weiguo, utterly forgetting how to use her mind. This couple’s back-and-forth minor traps, simply aren’t enough to take notice!

"I’ve divorced your brother-in-law, Captain Lin shouldn’t call me sister-in-law anymore. Otherwise, if your new sister-in-law hears it and feels a certain way, that would be my fault, wouldn’t it! Given her current condition, she can’t handle the slightest stimulation."

Watching the crowd’s fleeting looks of understanding and disdain; successfully making Dai Weiguo’s already unflattering reputation worse by three degrees while he got promoted and rich, Shuzhen only then caressed her flat abdomen devoid of any hint of pregnancy: "I am not questioning the barefoot doctor’s medical skills, it’s just that I’ve traveled several thousand miles and recently fell into water by mistake, fearing something might go wrong with the little rascal in my belly. That’s why considering going with my brother, properly having the ultrasound check."

Even though I have separated from your brother Weiguo for various reasons, the child is ultimately innocent. His father is a patriotic public servant and his mother a hero’s daughter, he’s inherently red-rooted! We can’t let him miss his chance to be born just because the adults don’t get along, right?"

Rhetorically invoking big principles? Ha, even if the bootlicker couple had all the relevant experience, their limited cultural level wouldn’t stand the chance against a reborn, well-prepared me.

Defeat is simply an unquestionable outcome. Plainly and directly, it didn’t even require the trump card Shuzhen had prepared.

Seeing their defeated faces turning purple out of frustration, yet having to publicly issue the introduction letters under the persuasion of the old and young present, Shuzhen felt utterly satisfied from inside, completely unaffected by Dai Honghua’s gritted teeth demeanor.

Who told her to be reborn with golden fingers wide open!

Casually dodging Lin Zhiyuan’s sight while Dai Honghua glared daggers at her, making a mouth gesture, she effortlessly turned her from a strutting rooster ready to peck anytime into a dish waiting in despair for the butcher’s knife. Shuzhen was immensely grateful for her street-crisscrossing craze back then; otherwise, where would she have all these deeply humiliating, highly destructive private information and perfect leverage?

Intimidating Dai Honghua was equivalent to having them in the palm of her hand!

No matter sincerely or insincerely, at least until Dai Weiguo falls out of luck, Lin Zhiyuan has to treat Dai Honghua like a Buddha. Of course, the extent of sincerity mainly depends on the relationship between Dai Honghua and Dai Weiguo and Dai Weiguo’s success after attaching to the daughter of a high official.