Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack-Chapter 88 - 0. Kill multiple birds with one stone (Recommended 3500+)
Chapter 88: 088. Kill multiple birds with one stone (Recommended 3500+)
The man tirelessly protected her, always considering her first. Just thinking about it made Shuzhen’s heart sweet and warm, soothing her entire soul.
As a result, she couldn’t help but show him more care and affection.
Even her eyes, when she looked at him, were warm and sticky, filled with endless affection. It stirred Lianshan’s heart, making him wish he could transform into a wolf, and with a howl, swallow this sweet little bunny that was willingly approaching him whole.
Soon, soon, the pregnancy will be stable in three months.
Once the fetus is secure, he can start to relieve this burning desire of his.
Using the excuse of feeling sticky in the summer heat without washing, Lianshan took a third cold shower, smiling wryly to comfort himself.
But after he came out, his eyes still couldn’t help but fixate on Shuzhen. He thoroughly enjoyed her caring warmth and especially savored the affectionate glances from her eyes. Cough, cough, even if taking cold showers gave him a cold, he would have no complaints!
Giving such a big favor to the villagers wasn’t because Shuzhen was a naïve saint.
She clearly understood that in this era, there’s no room for standing out and getting rich first.
Thanks to her father who gave up all visible assets to support the anti-Japanese war, and her uncle and father’s brother who even sacrificed their lives for the resistance, the three siblings received such grace and were not classified as black elements. If she wanted to live a good life in this era where the whole nation advocates for frugality and sacrifice, she either had to melt into the herd and learn to be a good sheep. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Or, she had to stand up with a posture of sacrifice and bring a group of nearby sheep to learn how to eat meat!
As everyone’s standard of living improved, naturally, they wouldn’t see anything wrong with Shuzhen often eating fine grains, buying meat every now and then, and getting new clothes for the kids and adults with the seasons.
What? Extravagance?
Waste?
Capitalism’s decadent thoughts?
Bah, bah, bah!
This is a sign of the significant success in socialist construction, the people gradually achieving prosperity and striving for a moderately prosperous society!
If they keep saying socialism is good, socialism is good, and even a new piece of clothing is scrutinized, does that mean they lack confidence in socialism?
Shuzhen firmly believed that if everyone’s life got better, anyone daring to criticize someone for wearing new clothes would surely be met with such a retort.
Being able to win the favor of many villagers, allowing them all to owe her and her husband a bit of gratitude, reversed the bad reputation given to her by the old friends and relatives of the Dai family. When everyone’s life gets better, if their family became prosperous, it wouldn’t be so conspicuous, and she could give a strong counter to Lin Yuanzhi. With this method that brings multiple benefits, there’s no way Shuzhen would miss out.
Wait until the villagers finish selling the medicinal herbs, mushrooms, and black fungus.
Shuzhen called on Lian Yue and his wife, Lian Hai and his wife—six adults from three families—and they grandly marched into Captain Lin Yuanzhi’s office.
They picked the early morning when a few team leaders had just finished a meeting, the time when the staff were most complete and the news spread fastest.
As soon as they entered, Lianshan raised his voice eight octaves and shouted, "Captain Lin! We brothers are here to pay back the old debt! This is 126 yuan and 6.3 cents. We earned this with my two brothers-in-law and their wives helping us climb the mountain to pick mushrooms and black fungus. Although we’re a few days late from your set time, we’ve done our best. We’ve strived not to add burden to the Party and the country, not to hold them back..."
He continued on for quite a bit and then pulled out a bunch of small bills and coins, no more than two yuan each, and handed them over to Lin Yuanzhi.
Lin Yuanzhi glared, wanting to grab him by the collar and ask what he meant by being two days late from his deadline?
It’s true he mentioned the old debt on their wedding day, but after that, he hadn’t brought it up again!
Why was he being so blatant about labeling him? Didn’t he see everyone’s eyes were turning odd?
Filled with resentment but not daring to express it, he looked at them arriving together clearly unified against him, fearing if he made a fuss, he’d rather end up with nothing than receive a good beating. It was also feared that fussing could hurt relations, and these folks might directly take their money back.
It wasn’t easy to collect such a big old debt, better not ruin the achievement with senseless chatter!
Later, using them as ’model leaders’ in examples, it wouldn’t be hard to develop a second, third, and fourth!
With such psychological preparation, Lin Yuanzhi immediately put aside his resentment. Quickly squeezing out a three-fraction smile, after affirming the three brothers’ efforts and consciousness, he gestured to the accountant beside him to take the money from Lianshan and count it carefully.
Unbeknownst to him, this behavior was directly taken as an admission, confirming the widespread rumor: Lin Yuanzhi had used every dirty trick to collect the old debt and smoothly complete tasks assigned from above.
Even ruining the joyful occasion of a wedding by disgusting everyone with debt collection at the marriage feast.
Sinking to such lows while using the Party and the country as an excuse...
Ah, it’s rather ironic.
If it weren’t for clinging onto Dai Weiguo’s leg, in Liu family village, anyone randomly picked would have more integrity. How did he end up as the leader?
The sighs and laments grew thicker as members repeatedly came to pay back debts, privately rendering Captain Lin’s reputation increasingly unfavorable!
Didn’t you hear how those coming to repay debts spoke?
As good citizens, red and upright under the glow of socialism, they didn’t want to burden the Party and the country.
But alas, work points were worthless, food apportioned sparsely, and no other income sources!
Now, with a little money earned thanks to Lianshan and his wife, the first thought was to come and pay back the old debt. The moment there’s any spare capacity, everyone would strive. Who would want to be that falling-behind element dragging the Party and the country?
Listen, the Liu family’s production team members have such high ideological consciousness!
Only because of bad years was there old debt, and there was no need for any lowly tactics to coerce them.
If the Captain, like Lianshan’s wife, made positive solutions instead of using coercive tactics, the old debt would have been settled long ago!
With more such comments, Lin Yuanzhi’s reputation declined further. Despite Liu family’s village being ranked first in debt clearance activities that year, as the leader, Lin Yuanzhi didn’t recover an ounce of his reputation. Even when looking at the big award, the corners of the members’ mouths couldn’t help but curl in a mocking arc, silently spitting in their hearts: Advanced worker? Quite the face, clearly riding on Lianshan’s wife’s coattails!
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