Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife

Wang Xinru shrugged, "There’s no other way. If the person who reports is punished, who would dare to expose any injustice in the future? Whether they do this out of jealousy or not, it will not be taken into consideration by those in charge. But, even if Cao Hongzhu is not punished, nobody would truly want to associate with her. They’re all afraid that she might report them someday."

Huang Xiuzhi murmured: "Qingxue, don’t feel upset. Let me tell you, this kind of situation is actually favorable."

"Our being reported is considered favorable? Does it mean that it would be serious only if we got killed?"

Huang Xiuzhi glanced up at the sky, then continued quietly: "At least after she reported, the authorities investigated and cleared your and Lu Jiang’s names. In our hometown, someone got jealous because a family was better off, reported them for corruption, and the higher-ups pronounced them guilty without any investigation. Where could the reported person vent his grievances? Things like this are not uncommon. My hometown’s Little Stone’s third uncle once caught a hare, didn’t hand it over to the team, and secretly cooked it at home. Guess what happened?"

"He was reported?" asked Feng Qingxue.

"Correct!" Huang Xiuzhi sighed, "The smell of the rabbit cooking at midnight wafted out, it was like shaking the heavens! Our third uncle had his rabbit confiscated and was scolded. He was nearly beaten to death and it was only after I put in a good word for him, considering Little Stone’s dad’s face, that he was spared. Before I took Little Stone with me to join the army, the campaign against corruption, theft and waste was in full swing. Our team’s secretary was denounced just because his standard of living was above average, or so they said, he too was reported by someone who was green-eyed."

Guo Xiuying and Wang Xinru, who had spent most of their time in the army, knew little about this kind of situation and couldn’t help but listen attentively.