Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack
Chapter 42 - 042. New Superpower Discovery, Captain Loses Face

Chapter 42: 042. New Superpower Discovery, Captain Loses Face

After the sound of a neat cut, Mrs. Wu’s face turned completely dark.

Originally, the plan was to spread the word that Liu Shouren was the reason they couldn’t have children, so they could avoid burdening their daughter with such rumors.

Then their daughter would show an attitude of preferring to stay childless rather than parting with Liu Shouren, come what may. If the Liu family cared even a little about their reputation, they would laugh off the divorce talk.

Who would have thought that dead girl had such thoughts and courage?

Claiming she couldn’t have children and even accusing the doctor of saying it was a man’s problem—this rumor was not just about whether the Wu family’s daughter could have children, but about their integrity and character!

Thinking about how their daughter had been married for nearly four years without a child, and with three granddaughters aged fifteen, fourteen, and thirteen.

Mrs. Wu almost wished to strangle Wu Xia, that girl with nerves as big as pumpkins, and crush Shuzhen, who was smiling triumphantly like a little victorious rooster. If it hadn’t been for that dead girl’s instigation, Liu Shouren would have continued believing he was ill, treating Xia with tolerance and guilt.

Even the divorce matter arose because Xia was caught red-handed by Shouren with Liu Shuzhen’s meddling...

Thinking this, all the trouble seemed to have been stirred by Liu Shuzhen?

Staring hard at Shuzhen, she mentally marked her as a home-wrecking jinx, waiting for the day she could repay her and let Shuzhen take a hard fall.

The adversarial relationship was irreconcilable, yet Shuzhen didn’t care how much the Wu family hated her. After all, they were like grasshoppers after autumn—they wouldn’t last much longer, right?

Shuzhen remembered how in her past life, Wu Xia’s ruthless and unscrupulous climb over her husband’s blood had chilled others.

People who feared meeting the same fate as the Liu family kept their distance from the Wu family. Their sons couldn’t find wives, their daughters couldn’t get married, and even Wu Jing, who had been married for years, was divorced for being childless.

Being implicated, Wu Jing hated Wu Xia deeply, and the two sisters constantly competed, making the already not-so-harmonious Wu family even more chaotic!

This time, although there was no whistle-blowing, the bad reputation of blaming her husband for her own infertility would soon make Wu Jing’s in-laws follow suit, eager to find a new wife for their son.

As long as the reason for the divorce was linked to the Wu family’s daughter’s reputation, it wouldn’t be long before the sisters would be at each other’s throats!

Watching Mrs. Wu’s indignant back, Shuzhen smiled gently: Take your time, the Wu family, your bad days are ahead!

Frightened and angry, Wu Xia and her mother left one after another, leaving Lin Yuanzhi, the mediator, awkwardly on the spot.

With no way out, Lin Yuanzhi forced himself to say, "Cough cough, you see, Brother Liu, I never expected things to turn out this way. After all, Mrs. Wu cried so pitifully at our house, making firm promises.

She said Wu Xia would restrain her temper and work together with you to earn work points and live well.

I thought, as people often say, it’s better to reconcile than to separate. If a couple can work side by side, why divorce?

That’s why I came by. Fortunately, Shuzhen had the foresight to keep the doctor’s diagnosis. Otherwise, my good intentions would have been ruined!"

Knowing he was talking nonsense, Liu Shouren still had to reluctantly nod and respond rigidly, "How can I blame Captain Lin? After all, you were also thinking about the stability and unity of our Liu family village."

"Haha, I knew, Brother Liu, with your revolutionary spirit, you wouldn’t hold a grudge against me. Well, I have a lot to do over there, so I won’t stay long. Brother Liu, Second Brother Liu, Sister Shuzhen, let’s chat another day!" Satisfied with the answer, Lin Yuanzhi laughed, nodded, and made a gesture of farewell to the Liu siblings, then turned to walk home.

His smug face, assuming they wouldn’t dare confront him, made Shuzhen grit her teeth in frustration, thinking: You damned bastard, twisting words to your advantage, just because you’re now the captain of the production brigade of Liu family village?

What a pity my powers aren’t strong enough, or I’d have the water foxtails trip you. Even if I can’t make you fall from the captain’s chair, watching you take a nasty fall would be delightful!

Shuzhen’s thoughts were merely to vent her anger, but who would have thought Lin Yuanzhi would soon provide a spectacle with his foolish antics?

Though the original goal hadn’t been achieved, watching the Liu brothers stifled with resentment, forced to smile and nod, Lin Yuanzhi was quite pleased. Happily making his way home, intending to show his wife the embarrassment of the Liu siblings, he suddenly felt a soft, tingling sensation around his ankle, as if a snake had wrapped around his foot.

Terrified as he was of such creatures, Lin Yuanzhi screamed, "Mommy, mommy!" and, like Shuzhen wished, fell flat, wetting his pants in his paranoia of being entwined or bitten by a snake.

The villagers who came to help, upon hearing there was a snake, were stunned: finding no snake in the grass thickets wasn’t surprising, as an overactive imagination could easily cause panic.

But wetting himself over a possibly non-existent snake? Could this still be called a man? Tsk tsk, it was a complete disgrace to the reputation of the "Northeast Tiger," the pure men of the Northeast!

Could such a coward, probably with courage smaller than a sparrow, truly lead them to follow the Party and become loyal warriors of the great leader?

The honest villagers began to doubt, and those already itching to act became even more active.

There was no need for the Liu family to push things further; the captain of the Liu family village production brigade, who had been terrified by a few blades of grass and suspected a snake, along with Wu Xia’s vile act of blaming a man for her infertility, became enormously infamous.

Even though, due to his position and the reckless Wu family, the villagers didn’t want to stir trouble or openly discuss it.

Yet the meaningful glances they gave were enough to make the involved parties grit their teeth in anger. At least until this autumn harvest, Lin Yuanzhi, as captain, didn’t have the spirit to provoke the Liu family.

Since becoming the village leader and feeling triumphant, he didn’t even want to leave his house, fearing people’s mocking glances, or worse, sly looks toward his pants.