Chapter 3

The Zhan family had been hunters for generations. When they went up the mountain to hunt, they would make their own drugs to subdue wild animals to escape attacks. They still had some incense left at home.

“Can, can this work?” Chen Juxiang asked in a trembling voice.

“Mom, don’t you want Dad to be a squad leader? If he becomes a squad leader, you won’t have to work so hard. You can just pretend to work.”

Having been reborn, Zhan Hongyan had become a little smarter. She knew that Chen Juxiang was lazy. In the Chang Hong brigade, as long as there was an official in the family, those who recorded work points would turn a blind eye and just go through the motions.

A squad leader was a small official, but an official nonetheless.

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Chen Juxiang nodded and went to find the incense.

“Mom, go and invite the company commander over. I’ll drug Zhan Xinyue.” Zhan Hongyan took the incense and urged Chen Juxiang to go quickly and come back quickly.

In her previous life, she had been tortured by Huang Jianjun to the point of death. She still felt pain now, and Zhan Hongyan didn’t dare face him alone.

Chen Juxiang nodded, “Alright, you’re a girl, it’s not suitable for you to walk at night.”

“Mom, when you go to find the company commander, just say there’s an emergency at home. He’s a hypocrite. If you directly tell him to sleep with Zhan Xinyue, he’ll definitely refuse. After you get home, don’t go in. Let the company commander come in directly and then close the door.”

Zhan Hongyan said sinisterly, “I’ll strip Zhan Xinyue naked, and the company commander won’t be able to resist. Then, I’ll go out beforehand, and when they’re done, we’ll go in and catch them in the act, and then we can blackmail the company commander.”

Chen Juxiang nodded repeatedly, praising Zhan Hongyan for being smart and capable.

After saying this, Chen Juxiang didn’t waste any time, she quickly went out. She was doing something shameful, and she didn’t dare to use a flashlight. Fortunately, the moonlight was bright in the countryside in the 1970s, and she could see the road clearly.

As soon as Chen Juxiang left, Zhan Hongyan couldn’t wait to pour the incense into a small bamboo tube. She lit it with a match, then put the small bamboo tube through the hole in Zhan Xinyue’s room door and started blowing into the tube.

“Huff…cough, cough…” The smoke from the incense was just blown out, and it seemed to be blocked by something. The smoke flowed back into Zhan Hongyan’s mouth through the bamboo tube, choking her to the point of coughing.

“1, 2, 3,” Zhan Xinyue, who was inside the door, calmly counted to three while using her finger to block the smoke outlet.

“Bang!” Outside the door, Zhan Hongyan fainted, her eyes rolling back, and her body fell heavily to the ground, not waking up.

“Creak,” the dilapidated door opened from the inside. Zhan Xinyue walked out, covering her nose, and immediately extinguished the small bamboo tube containing the incense.

“Even after being reborn, you’re still so bad!” Zhan Xinyue put the small bamboo tube in her pocket and kicked the unconscious Zhan Hongyan.

Bad people who do bad things must be punished!

Zhan Xinyue dragged Zhan Hongyan into the room and threw her on the bed. She roughly pulled off her clothes. She had heard everything Chen Juxiang had said before.

Since she was going to punish the bad people, the best way to get revenge was to use their own methods against them.

Just then, there were hurried footsteps outside the door.

Zhan Xinyue immediately went out through the back door, quietly circled around to the front, and hid in the corner under the cover of night.

It was Huang Jianjun and Chen Juxiang.

“Sister-in-law Juxiang, what’s the emergency?” Huang Jianjun was woken up by Chen Juxiang, and when he heard about the emergency, he rushed over. He didn’t even have time to put on his coat. The night wind blew on him, making him shiver from the cold, and he became sober.

“It’s, it’s an emergency.” Chen Juxiang stammered, “Company Commander, you’ll know when you go in.”

“You don’t tell me, I’m not going in.” Huang Jianjun was impatient.

His wife died a few years ago, and his two children got into the city’s textile factory through connections. He was the company commander, with power and allowances. He was alone and nobody cared about him, so he would occasionally make an appointment with a widow, and his life was very comfortable.

Tonight, he originally planned to go find the widow, but she had her period. Huang Jianjun went there excitedly but returned disappointed. He had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by Chen Juxiang. Now, Chen Juxiang was still stammering and not saying anything, and Huang Jianjun was filled with anger.

“It’s, it’s about our old Zhan, he wants, he wants to be a squad leader.”

Chen Juxiang, a rural woman, was most afraid of officials, and in the Chang Hong brigade, the village secretary had no real power. Huang Jianjun was the most powerful person.

Now that the company commander’s face darkened, Chen Juxiang was so scared that she pointed at the door, “Company Commander, you, you go in and enjoy yourself.”

She didn’t explain, but Huang Jianjun understood the implication. The Zhan family wanted to sell their daughter for glory.

If it were another family, Huang Jianjun would have hesitated, thinking it might be a trap. But he had heard from his own mother that Zhan Xinyue wasn’t a biological daughter of the Zhan family.

Now, it made sense that the Zhan family would use Zhan Xinyue to exchange for the position of squad leader. Besides, Zhan Xinyue was beautiful, and Huang Jianjun had long coveted her. But he didn’t dare to force himself on her. Now, Chen Juxiang had sent her over. He was a man, how could he refuse?