Luo Chunhua’s lips trembled as she asked.
She couldn’t read.
Su Yun put away the letter and looked up at her.
She omitted the insulting words Qin Aiguo had written in Luo Dazhuang’s record and only relayed the key contents.
After she finished, Su Yun comforted Luo Chunhua, telling her not to let anyone know about what had happened today.
“No matter who it is, don’t tell them.”
“Wait until I come back from the city.”
Su Yun had taken the evidence and was preparing to go into the city.
Qin Aiguo was so arrogant that it proved he definitely had people backing him.
She couldn’t trust the commune-level authorities.
She would go directly to the county.
Luo Chunhua nodded repeatedly.
“Okay, okay, okay… be careful. You must help my son get justice.”
“Don’t worry, Auntie.”
After leaving Luo Chunhua’s house, Su Yun went straight back to the First Production Team.
She found Wu Jianguo and asked him to issue her a letter of introduction.
“You’re going to the county?”
Wu Jianguo was somewhat puzzled and didn’t know what she intended to do there.
Su Yun smiled and said, “I want to practice medicine, but I don’t have any tools yet.”
“I want to go to the county to see if I can buy what I need at the hospital.”
The excuse was perfect.
Wu Jianguo didn’t suspect anything.
Others didn’t either.
So Su Yun successfully obtained the letter of introduction.
She returned home to inform Xiao Yuan that she would be leaving for the county immediately.
Before leaving, she also showed him the letter Luo Dazhuang had left behind.
After reading it, Xiao Yuan’s expression turned serious, his fists clenched tightly.
“That scum!”
Anyone with even a shred of conscience could not tolerate what Qin Aiguo had done.
While angry, Xiao Yuan also felt a deep sense of helplessness.
With such a demon nearby, he could do nothing but watch his wife go out to take risks…
“It’s fine. I’ll go and come back quickly. No one will suspect me.”
She just didn’t know whether the county also had Qin Aiguo’s accomplices.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yuan said, “Xiaoyun, when you get to the county public security bureau, find the deputy director Zhang Chenggong.”
Zhang Chenggong was his former comrade-in-arms.
After demobilization, he had been assigned to the county public security bureau as deputy director.
He was a very upright person.
“Tell him the situation and have him take you to find the right people.”
“Okay.”
With Xiao Yuan’s guidance, Su Yun felt much more at ease.
“So I’m going?”
“Mm.”
“Be very careful on the road,” Xiao Yuan reminded her uneasily. “If you encounter danger, make sure to protect yourself first.”
“Don’t worry, I’m very alert.”
Su Yun smiled and waved at him before leaving the house with her things.
She headed to the commune.
She walked quickly and just happened to catch the bus to the county.
Using the introduction letter Wu Jianguo had written, she bought a ticket for two mao and headed to the county seat.
The ride from the commune to the county wasn’t far—about fifty minutes.
By 1972 standards, the small southern county town wasn’t large.
There were only two main streets.
The buildings were dull gray; a few were two or three stories, but single-story houses were more common.
Bright red slogans painted along the street walls were especially eye-catching.
The public security bureau Su Yun was looking for was on the main road, next to a three-story department store.
She walked along the street.
Along the way, she was stopped a few times by people wearing red armbands checking introduction letters.
Only after verification did they let her pass.
She arrived at the bureau and, after asking around, found Zhang Chenggong.
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Zhang Chenggong was an honest-looking man. Hearing that a comrade’s wife had come, he immediately put down his work and came over.
Su Yun stood up from the bench where she was waiting.
“Comrade Zhang Chenggong? Hello, my name is Su Yun. I am Xiao Yuan’s wife.”
Although she was simply dressed, she showed no nervousness when speaking.
Her gaze was calm and composed.
She didn’t look like a rural girl, but rather like someone who had seen the world.
Zhang Chenggong smiled and nodded.
“Comrade Su, hello. What brings you here? Did Ah Yuan send you?”
“Yes.”
Su Yun did not beat around the bush and directly explained that she had some very important materials she wanted to hand to higher authorities.
But she was unfamiliar with the county and didn’t know whom to contact.
“Oh, I see. Then come with me.”
Zhang Chenggong understood and directly led her out.
They found a trustworthy leader.
Su Yun handed over the ledger and Luo Dazhuang’s letter together.
As the leader read while listening to her explanation, he became furious.
“Preposterous! Absolutely preposterous!”
“A mere team leader, not serving the people, yet daring to act so lawlessly?”
He closed the ledger and said coldly to Zhang Chenggong, “Deputy Zhang, send a few comrades to the Qianjin Brigade to investigate. Also have your public security bureau send people to arrest this lawless Qin Aiguo!”
The leader knew very well that someone like Qin Aiguo could not act alone.
He must have accomplices and backing.
Sending only one or two officers might not be enough.
They needed a full team.
It was almost New Year, time to write reports anyway—this would be used as a key case.
“Understood,” Zhang Chenggong replied.
After confirming the operation, Su Yun took her leave.
Her goal was achieved: getting Qin Aiguo arrested.
She did not want to expose herself.
Both Zhang Chenggong and the leader understood her intentions.
“Thank you, Comrade Su. Don’t worry, we will keep this confidential and ensure your safety.”
“Thank you.”
After leaving the meeting, she went to the grain supply station, bought two jin of rapeseed oil and a jin of pork, then returned to the commune and took a bus back.
When she arrived at the commune, she saw a jeep heading toward the Qianjin Brigade.
It was full of people.
A faint smile appeared on her lips as she went behind the feed factory to find Li San.
She was there to retrieve her silver needles.
Seeing her, Li San greeted her with a smile.
“Doctor Su, how did you know I already got the things back?”
He teased.
Su Yun smiled faintly.
“Brother San, don’t call me doctor yet. I’m not one.”
“With those skills of yours, not being a doctor would be a loss for any hospital.”
Li San laughed and took out the silver needles, handing them to her.
“Take a look—eighty-six needles, old craftsmanship.”
Su Yun didn’t hesitate and opened the set for a look.
As someone deeply trained in traditional medicine since childhood, she immediately recognized their quality.
“Thank you, Brother San.”
She put them away and smiled.
“You really helped me a lot.”
Li San chuckled.
“I took money for it—just business.”
Then he asked if she could help treat a patient for him, assuring her she would be paid according to market rates.
Su Yun had bought the needles precisely to treat patients.
Now that she could earn money, she naturally agreed.
“I wonder who Brother Li is talking about? What symptoms does the patient have?”