Reborn in 1977, starting with severing ties with family.

"We received a tip-off that someone here is engaging in inappropriate relationships and harassing others! Who is Jiang Lei?" A man who looked like an official had just finished speaking when he saw Jiang Sen on the ground. "What's going on here?"

Jiang Lei's face was ashen, and he pointed at Jiang Sen, shouting, "It was him! He framed us! Dad! Mom! I'm innocent!"

"It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!" Jiang Dayou quickly stepped forward to explain, "It's a family matter, the two brothers were just joking around!"

"Yes, it was just a joke!" Bai Jing panicked and quickly explained with a smile.

"Are you kidding me?" Aunt Zhao was indignant and immediately stood up, saying, "I came to talk to Jiang Dayou about Jiang Sen, but I found his brother and his girlfriend doing that shameless thing in bed! Ugh! I'm too embarrassed to even say it, ptooey! And now they're going to beat someone to death! I saw it all with my own eyes!"

"This is intentional assault, take him away!" Upon hearing Aunt Zhao's words, the man immediately ordered the police to arrest Jiang Lei and take him away.

"No!" Bai Jing screamed and lunged forward, turning to Jiang Dayou for help. "Old Jiang, say something! We can't let them take our son away!"

Jiang Dayou quickly said, "Comrade! You see, this is just a misunderstanding, really!"

Aunt Zhao went over to help Jiang Sen up, then turned around and scolded, "Someone's already died, and you still say it's a misunderstanding? Everyone says that if you have a stepmother, you'll have a stepfather! It's one thing for you to bully him all the time, but now you've beaten him up like this, and you still say it's a misunderstanding? You just want him to die!"

Jiang Sen happened to "wake up" and weakly pointed at Jiang Lei, saying, "You actually tried to kill me just to steal my girlfriend and my job..."

"I didn't! You hit me with the brick yourself, not me!" Jiang Lei shouted even as his arm was twisted.

Aunt Zhao had already recounted the events, and Jiang Lei's protest of innocence confirmed Aunt Zhao's statement.

The newcomer frowned and sternly looked at Jiang Lei. "Go ahead and smash your head with a brick! Stop talking nonsense and take him away! By the way, where's the woman you were having an affair with?"

Huang Liping, who was hiding in her room, trembled upon hearing this and dared not show her face. However, Aunt Zhao and her men came in and dragged her out. She and Jiang Lei were taken away together.

Jiang Sen was helped to his feet by Aunt Zhao. He was still thinking to himself, "The letter of complaint didn't just mention Jiang Lei and Huang Liping, but also Jiang Dayou and Bai Jing. Is that all?"

Bai Jing hated Jiang Sen to the core.

She threw herself into Jiang Dayou's arms, crying and shouting, "I don't want to live anymore!" She even looked at Jiang Sen with feigned fear, "Old Jiang, what if someone treats me like this in the future? Maybe I should just take my son and leave, so I won't always be hated!"

I rely on!

Jiang Sen was amused by Bai Jing's shamelessness.

Aunt Zhao was about to take Jiang Sen to the hospital when she heard this and almost broke down. Just as she was about to speak again, the person from the Revolutionary Committee spoke up again.

"Jiang Dayou! This isn't over yet! You've been reported too, accused of serious misconduct! After getting married, you committed adultery with another woman! Come with us!"

Aunt Zhao stared in astonishment, pointing at Jiang Dayou and cursing, "Jiang Dayou, you look so handsome with your thick eyebrows, I never imagined you were such a hypocrite! Xiaomei died with her eyes wide open in disbelief!"

Xiao Mei is the name of Jiang Sen's mother, whose name is Lu Xiao Mei.

These words were so impactful that even Jiang Dayou was speechless with shock.

In this day and age, having sexual relations between men and women is euphemistically called promiscuous behavior, which is considered immoral and indecent. To put it bluntly, it's called having an affair. Being paraded through the streets is the least of your worries; you might even be convicted of indecent assault and sentenced to prison.

Adultery was far more serious than these things. Not only would you be paraded through the streets in tattered shoes and subjected to public criticism, but you would also be subjected to a public trial and could even be executed. How could Jiang Dayou not be nervous?

"Is there some misunderstanding?" Jiang Dayou's smile was extremely unnatural. He touched his hair with his hand, trying to appear calm. "I remarried after my ex-wife passed away. The neighborhood committee... yes, Aunt Zhao can testify. When we got our marriage certificate, we went to her place to register and get a letter of introduction."

Aunt Zhao was also stunned. Although Jiang Sen's mother had only passed away a month ago, he had brought Bai Jing back, which had caused a lot of gossip, but they had indeed registered their marriage first.

However, the cadre from the Revolutionary Committee sneered, "Is that so? Then show me Jiang Lei's birth certificate."

In this day and age, a child's birth certificate must include the names of both parents; otherwise, it is impossible to obtain one.

Without a birth certificate, a child cannot be registered in the household registration system and will be considered an unregistered resident. The mother will suffer contempt, and the child will be bullied.

Bai Jing panicked and shouted in a shrill voice, "Don't take it!"

Jiang Sen whispered in Aunt Zhao's ear, "Jiang Lei's birth certificate is locked in their room drawer, and the key is with my dad."

Aunt Zhao nodded and patted his arm. "Don't worry, everyone will stand up for you today." She looked coldly at Jiang Dayou. "Jiang Dayou, things have come to this point. If you have any sense of right and wrong, hand over Jiang Lei's birth certificate and see whose name is listed as the father. If you are innocent, the leaders of the Revolutionary Committee and the police station will not wrong you!"

Jiang Dayou finally panicked. His eyes darted around, and his expression was worse than if he were crying.

"Give it to me!" Aunt Zhao stretched out her hand. "If the Revolutionary Committee people take action, you won't have any chance at all."

The Revolutionary Committee cadres stared coldly at Jiang Dayou. "You won't hand it over? Then we'll confiscate your property! There might be other problems too!"

"Searching the house" is a serious matter, and Jiang Dayou chickened out, hanging his head and saying, "I'll go get it myself!"

"Jiang Dayou!" Bai Jing called out his full name.

Jiang Lei's birth certificate lists Jiang Dayou as his father, so even if he had a hundred mouths, there's no way to deny it.

The few people brought by the Revolutionary Committee cadres were eager to rush in, but seeing that Jiang Dayou was cooperating, they did not make any rash moves.

The atmosphere above is a bit different this year.

Unlike in the 1960s and early 1970s, when no evidence was needed, people were simply rushed in, arrested, and their homes were ransacked before any interrogation was conducted.

At that time, the person who was arrested may not even know what mistake he had made.

Jiang Dayou came out a short while later, holding a cardboard card in his hand.

Aunt Zhao snatched it away, and after reading the contents, she almost poked Jiang Dayou's face with her finger.

"What else do you have to say? Huh? Poor Xiaomei only gave birth to Jiang Sen a year ago, and you've already had another son with this woman outside! Fine! Now you're going to gang up on Jiang Sen and beat him to death, how can you be so heartless!"

"Such a serious matter of conduct, let's see what you have to say now. Take this adulterous couple away!" The Revolutionary Committee cadre took Jiang Lei's birth certificate, waved it around, and said, "The evidence is conclusive, you can't deny it!"

"Aunt Zhao!" Jiang Sen saw that the time was right. "I'm severing ties with them! I feel utterly ashamed to be associated with them!"

“You’re so much more conscientious! I agree! Go to the neighborhood committee to get the certificate, and go to the police station to register your household separately! We must resolutely sever ties with morally corrupt people like them!” After saying that, Aunt Zhao turned to Jiang Dayou and cursed, “Have you lost all your conscience?! No wonder I saw Xiaomei crying on her way to work the day she had the accident. Did you find out about the shameful things you’ve done?”

Jiang Sen's heart skipped a beat; he had no idea about this in his previous life.