Chapter 069 (Two in One)
Pengcheng Women's Prison had long known that reporters would come to interview the prison's most severely punished prisoners, so Lin Shuyue's arrival was within their expectations. After seeing Lin Shuyue's stack of questionnaires, the women's prison guard was obviously stunned, but after seeing the content, she still took it.
"Reporter Lin, I will distribute this questionnaire in the evening when everyone is resting and reading newspapers. Come and get it at 8 o'clock."
"Thank you, Officer Du." Lin Shuyue thanked the prison guard who received her.
Officer Du shook his head: "No need to thank me, we also hope to have domestic violence legislation."
As prison guards, they feel more deeply about domestic violence. As a woman, Officer Du fully supports this questionnaire.
Lin Shuyue came out of prison and went to the shopping mall near the newspaper office, where Li Weisheng and Huang Qiang were distributing questionnaires.
As the largest and most famous shopping mall in Pengcheng, there were many people here even on a hot afternoon. Lin Shuyue approached them with three bottles of iced drinks in her hand and gave one bottle to each of them.
Li Weisheng and Huang Qiang's hair was soaked with sweat.
, he took the water given by Lin Shuyue and started drinking it gulps. Afterwards, the three of them found a shady place to chat.
Huang Qiang closed the lid of the drink he had drunk half a bottle of in one go and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "We went to several places this afternoon, all of which had a lot of traffic. We did 30 or 40 questionnaires, both men and women did it, and the results are not ideal."
Li Weisheng answered from the side: "I interviewed ten men, and four of them admitted that they had beaten their wives or daughters, and two admitted that they were victims of domestic violence when they were children."
What kind of ratio is this? There are four out of ten, so if you enlarge the proportion, there will be 40 out of 100 and 400 out of 1000.
Huang Qiang took a deep breath and said, "I just flipped through the questionnaire while taking a break. Among the 100 questionnaires, 40 said they had experienced domestic violence, and 70-80 said they had witnessed domestic violence. Almost all women who had been subjected to domestic violence had never sought help from the relevant authorities. I asked them why. They said that even if they reported the matter to the relevant authorities, they would only mediate the matter on the grounds of family conflict."
"This is especially true for conflicts between couples. Before marriage, if a man hits a woman, the woman can sue him for intentional injury. But after marriage, if a man hits a woman, in the eyes of these mediators, it is a family matter, and mediation is also based on the excuse of persuading reconciliation. It is completely useless. The man will continue to hit her and even more severely."
Lin Shuyue looked at the people coming and going in the mall. She knows that even if domestic violence is legislated, it will not stop such violent people, but it is at least a deterrent and a weapon that women can use to seek help, isn't it?
It was getting dark, and Lin Shuyue arrived at the women's prison before eight o'clock. Officer Du from the women's prison handed her the questionnaire.
Lin Shuyue returned to the newspaper office with the information. Huang Qiang and Li Weisheng were summarizing the data they had sent out and received back today. Lin Shuyue sat down at her workstation.
There are four prison areas in Pengcheng Women's Prison, each of which can accommodate two hundred people. Lin Shuyue gave Officer Du two hundred questionnaires. Officer Du was obviously not idle this afternoon. She summarized the incarceration situation of all the inmates in the prison. Among the 689 people serving sentences in Pengcheng Women's Prison, 45% had experienced domestic violence, and 37% of the crimes were directly or indirectly related to domestic violence.
This data is nothing short of shocking. Huang Qiang just came over to Lin Shuyue to get the stapler and took a breath after seeing it.
Li Mingfang had already gone back after get off work in the afternoon, and she brought back data on domestic violence suffered by women in their village.
The four of them worked overtime, and Wang Mingzheng did not go home. He brought his son Wang Jiaxing back to work overtime.
Wang Jiaxing is fifteen years old this year and is still in his rebellious period. If Lin Shuyue had come out one day later after her secret visit to the Internet addiction school, Wang Jiaxing would have had to go to the Internet addiction school for reform.
After that, Wang Jiaxing came to the newspaper office. Since then, Wang Jiaxing has had a special liking for Lin Shuyue. Every time he came to the newspaper office and saw Lin Shuyue there, he would chat with her for a while.
Today was no exception, but after seeing Lin Shuyue busy, he obediently went to his father's office. The things that happened at the Internet Addiction School really scared him. He studies much more seriously now and doesn't play computer as much as before. They conducted a baseline test this time and his academic performance was very good. Wang Mingzheng rewarded him with a game console and he is having a great time playing with it.
That night, Lin Shuyue and her friends were busy until eleven o'clock before they returned home.
This report was signed by Lin Shuyue, Huang Qiang, Li Weisheng and Li Mingfang.
After a debate, Lin Shuyue and three other people decided to title the report: "A set of data tells you the harm caused by domestic violence." 》
Still the front page headlines.
Lin Shuyue went home alone, and Li Mingfang was sent back by Li Weisheng who was going the same way.
When she got home, Lou Fengqin was still awake. Hearing that Lin Shuyue was coming back to stay tonight, she prepared a midnight snack in advance. As soon as Lin Shuyue came back, she started cooking. Bai Pingping was also awake and came over with Bai Wenhua to eat.
Lin Shuyang and Zeng Xiaoyi naturally couldn't miss this opportunity to have a snack, so they sat under the grape trellis again.
The grape vine in her family has produced a lot of fruits, but after these days of continuous picking, there are not many left. Lin Shuyue picked the few remaining bunches of grapes and washed them. Bai Pingping took out the cold watermelon from the refrigerator. While Lou Fengqin and Bai Wenhua were busy in the kitchen, the children sat under the grape vines, eating fruit and chatting.
Bai Pingping is studying hard in a cram school. She has decided to join Lin Shuyang's school next semester. No one cares whether her grades are good or not. As long as she can make it, it will be a great joy.
Lin Shuyue asked Zeng Xiaoyi about what was strange about the hotpot dinner. Zeng Xiaoyi knew that Lin Shuyue would ask, so she said, "I saw my parents, my brother and my sister."
Lin Shuyue was stunned for a moment. Zeng Xiaoyi had lived in her house for more than four months, and her parents had only come to see her once, hoping that she would marry the man with two children in their clothing trade market. After Zeng Xiaoyi clearly expressed her unwillingness, they never came to see Zeng Xiaoyi again.
They never cared about Zeng Xiaoyi's life or death.
Lin Shuyue looked at her: "Do you want to go see them?"
Zeng Xiaoyi shook her head. "I don't want to go back. I'm actually quite confused. If they don't like me because I'm a girl, then why do they dote on my sister so much since she's also a girl? Xiaoling also has everything Xiaocong has, but I don't have it."
"Sister Ayue, I've been wondering if I would be like Sister Pingping, not their child." Zeng Xiaoyi knew that her idea was ridiculous, but after Bai Pingping's incident, this idea took root in her heart and grew. Sometimes when she had nothing to do, this matter would occupy all her thoughts.
Lin Shuyue didn't know how to comfort her. Zeng Xiaoyi's thoughts were what every child who was not favored by their parents had.
But in Guangdong and Guangdong, there are many dolls with straps. She looked at Zeng Xiaoyi and asked, "Do you look like them?"
Zeng Xiaoyi thought about it, shook her head, and then laughed at herself: "Yes, I look more like my second aunt."
Lin Shuyue patted her shoulder, and everything was said without words.
Lou Fengqin brought out the noodles, which were rice noodles with leeks and lean meat, and were very delicious.
After eating and washing up, Lin Shuyue went back to her room to rest. Lou Fengqin also packed up and went to sleep with Bai Wenhua. She has already obtained a marriage certificate with Bai Wenhua and they are already husband and wife.
Lin Shuyue slept very soundly. When she woke up the next morning, it was already past nine o'clock. She and Bai Pingping were eating the breakfast left by Lou Fengqin when there was a knock on the door and Lin Shuyue went to open it. A young woman in her twenties was standing outside, holding a bucket in her hand, and following her was a skinny but neat little child.
"You are Ah Yue, right? I just moved to the house across from you a few days ago. My name is Feng Sumei. The faucet in our house is broken, so I came to your house to borrow a bucket of water."
Lin Shuyue heard from Lou Fengqin and the others that the small house opposite her house was rented out, so she stepped aside to let them in.
"Come in, come in." Lin Shuyue moved aside to let her in, and pulled her son with her. Her son smiled at Lin Shuyue shyly.
Feng Sumei was a little reserved. She didn't say anything more. She took the water and left with her son.
Lin Shuyue returned to the kitchen, and Bai Pingping said, "She is quite pitiful."
Lin Shuyue looked at her. Bai Pingping was at home all day and had almost found out everything about Feng Sumei: "Her husband is in his thirties and almost forty years old, working on a construction site. Her mother-in-law is in her sixties and doesn't even take care of the children at home. She just wakes up, eats, and then sleeps. She has to do the housework and handicrafts by herself, which is very tiring."
After Bai Pingping said this casually, she started talking to Lin Shuyue about other things. The atmosphere between the two sisters was very harmonious.
After dinner, the two sisters went out together. After Lin Shuyue sent Bai Pingping to the supermarket entrance to meet Bai Wenhua and Lou Fengqin, she drove to the newspaper office. When she passed by the newsstand outside the village, she got off the car to buy a newspaper.
The owner of the newsstand knew her, so she was not in a hurry to leave. She bought a bottle of water and stood in front of the newsstand to chat.
"Auntie, is the Pengcheng Metropolitan News selling well today?"
It was already past the busiest time in the morning, and the newsstand owner was bored. Someone approached her, and it turned out to be a regular customer, so she started chatting with Lin Shuyue.
"Sales are pretty good. Recently, everyone who comes to buy a newspaper will bring a copy of Pengcheng Metropolitan Daily. It's much better than the previous ones. Especially this morning's report, which many people are discussing." The proprietress gestured to Lin Shuyue to read the newspaper.
Lin Shuyue glanced at the bold and black title and asked, "What are you discussing?"
"Let's discuss the issue of domestic violence. If you ask me, it would be great if domestic violence could really be included in the criminal law. I'm in my forties now, and I've seen a lot of cases of men beating women, both adults and children. Some people are really bad guys, beating their wives and children to death, and when you call the police, the police always try to smooth things over, thinking that it's someone else's family affair and not easy to intervene. No matter how severely they beat their wives and children, they don't get any punishment." The proprietress sighed.
Lin Shuyue also said: "Yes, it would be great if there could be legislation. At least it would be a protection for those who suffer from domestic violence." Lin Shuyue said.
"Yes, the current law does not protect women."
Lin Shuyue chatted with her for a few more sentences, and then left when she saw someone coming to buy magazines.
As soon as she entered the newspaper office, the phone in the office kept ringing. Xiao He, the front desk clerk, handed Lin Shuyue another stack of letters. This time, there were letters from Huang Qiang, Li Weisheng and Li Mingfang. !
Lin Shuyue sat down at her workstation and opened it to take a look. These letters were written by people who read this morning's newspaper. Most of them are women, and they all agree with domestic violence legislation. Only a few of them are like maggots in the toilet. They think that the data given by Lin Shuyue are false and do not support domestic violence legislation. In their opinion, there is no such thing as domestic violence.
In their view, fighting between couples and educating children are family affairs. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that even a fair judge cannot judge family affairs, and that family disgrace should not be made public. In the letter, they accused Lin Shuyue of provoking other people's family relationships. His heart is despicable.
Lin Shuyue didn't even bother to roll her eyes. To this kind of gutter bug, any extra look from her would be an insult to her. She only responded to letters from women who supported the legislation and spoke out about their own experiences of domestic violence.
On Penguin, the secretary of the Women's Federation also sent Lin Shuyue several thumbs-up emojis.
This matter seemed to be very successful, but her ability had reached this limit, and she would be powerless to do anything more. All her hopes now lie with the Women's Federation.
Just when Lin Shuyue placed all her hopes on the Women's Federation, Chairman Zheng of the Women's Federation took the plan and questionnaire that Lin Shuyue had handed to her yesterday, as well as this morning's newspaper, and took the company's car to Yangcheng.
The 10th National Women's Congress will be held in October. If possible, Chairman Zheng hopes that the domestic violence legislation will be brought to the Standing Committee meeting, and Chairman Wei, the chairman of the Provincial Women's Federation who invited her to come, obviously thinks so too. Even though the world is short, there is nothing that cannot be done as long as you want to do it!
Chairman Zheng is full of confidence in this regard.
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Time passed day by day, and the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived in the blink of an eye.
Mid-Autumn Festival is a major festival that is given special attention across the country. The day before Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Shuyue received a Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the newspaper.
Two grapefruits, a box of oranges in a gift box, and two boxes of mooncakes.
Colleagues also gave each other mooncakes. Lin Shuyue’s mooncakes were bought at a flash sale in the system mall. They were said to be a time-honored brand of mooncakes from another world. She spent 100 points to buy 30 boxes, each box containing four fillings.
Classic five-nut, lotus paste, red bean paste and barbecued pork.
Lin Shuyue went to the Public Security Bureau, called He Yuling out, gave her more than ten boxes of mooncakes in one breath, and asked her to divide them herself. Before He Yuling could react, Lin Shuyue had already driven away.
When I got home, there were a lot of mooncakes at home. Some were mailed from all over the country. Most of them were sent by members of the search team that Bai Wenhua had formed before.
Lou Fengqin looked at the nearly ten boxes of mooncakes in Lin Shuyue's car and felt her eyes go dark: "There are so many mooncakes, how long will it take to finish them all?"
"Eat slowly for three meals a day." Lin Shuyue brought the mooncakes to the living room.
Today's meal was especially early, and Lin Shuxing and Luo Zhengjun also came back.
Today is the first campus event after Lin Shuyang was found, plus Zeng Xiaoyi will also sing at the party.
The whole family will go to show their support.
After dinner, two cars just picked up all the family members.
The entrance of Experimental Middle School was very busy tonight. Teachers and students from the Student Union stood in two rows, and parents of students walked into the school in groups of three or five.
This was a rare school open evening for Pengcheng Experimental Middle School. Almost all families with children who wanted to perform on stage came.
Lin Shuyue saw Zhou Bingrong at the school gate. He had been studying at the Experimental Middle School for three years and had long since become a member of the Student Union. He was very happy to see Lin Shuyue's family. After saying goodbye to his classmates, he personally led Lin Shuyue.
Bai Pingping was not used to this kind of crowded atmosphere. She wore a mask, but her delicate eyebrows and eyes still attracted many people's attention.
The party was held in the school playground, where the stage had already been set up. According to Zhou Bingrong, in order to express the school's importance to this matter, even the stage lighting technicians were professional.
Lin Shuyue's family was arranged by Zhou Bingrong to sit in the front row, and the person who maintained order in the front row happened to be Lin Shuyang and Zeng Xiaoyi's homeroom teacher, Mr. Chen. Lou Fengqin walked up to him and started chatting very naturally and generously.
Teacher Chen knew about Lin Shuyang's situation. He paid close attention to him and Zeng Xiaoyi. Especially after they studied hard and achieved good results, Teacher Chen liked them even more.
Lou Fengqin asked about their performance in school, and also asked about Zhou Bingrong and Ah Hao. Zhou Bingrong listened on the side and felt warm in his heart.
His parents never called the teacher to ask about his study and life in school. They always cared about his academic performance. If his academic performance was not good, he would be greeted with endless criticism and his mother's disappointed eyes with sighs.
At 6:40, dusk fell, a teacher walked to the center of the stage with a microphone, tested the sound, said a few words of welcome, and then quickly left.
At exactly seven o'clock, two students, a boy and a girl, came on stage. They held a program, said words welcoming the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then announced the start of the show.
There are many students and classes in Pengcheng Experimental Middle School. By the time Zeng Xiaoyi went on stage, it was already half past eight and the show was almost over. Lin Shuyue and others in the audience were all alert. Lin Shuyang, Zhou Bingrong and Ah Hao had finished the class chorus and came to Lin Shuyue and the others.
Zeng Xiaoyi was wearing a light yellow dress that Lin Shuxing had specially bought for her, and white sneakers, with her long hair hanging softly behind her.
After she came on stage, she bowed to the audience below, and then introduced her class, name and the song she was going to sing in a trembling voice. She sang the high-pitched song she was still good at - "Heavenly Road".
The music soon started and the light shone on her head. She took a deep breath, listened to the beat quietly, and entered into the song accurately.
Her voice is ethereal. Even though she had no professional training, you couldn't hear any breathing sounds, and when it came to the high notes, she sang them without much effort.
At this moment, the playground, which was originally noisy, became quiet. Zeng Xiaoyi stood on the stage, immersed in the music wholeheartedly. The nervousness she had at the beginning had completely disappeared at this moment.
At this moment, Zeng Xiaoyi seemed to be glowing all over, not because of the lighting technician, but because of the light that emanated from her soul to her body.
Lin Shuyue raised the camera in front of her countless times and took picture after picture of her.
When the song ended, applause resounded through the sky. Zeng Xiaoyi subconsciously glanced at where Lin Shuyue and the others were. Lin Shuyue, together with Lin Shuyang and the others, raised their hands and waved at her. Zeng Xiaoyi said thank you and then walked briskly off the stage.
After the performance, they couldn't leave yet. They had to be scored by the school judges and could only go back after receiving awards.
After Zeng Xiaoyi, there were three more programs, the last of which was a violin solo. After the performance, two teachers walked onto the stage and performed a crosstalk, which made all the audience burst into laughter.
Two young hosts walked up to the stage, gave closing remarks, and read out the judges' scores. Zeng Xiaoyi's solo "Heavenly Road" deservedly won first place. She was smiling happily holding the certificate, and Lin Shuyue took another photo of her.
The event was over and Lin Shuyue and her friends were about to go back. Lin Shuyue drove home. Her car was full of children, all of whom were chattering and congratulating Zeng Xiaoyi.
Bai Pingping looked at her with envy from time to time. She also likes singing and dancing, but after passing by Wangjiang Villa, her love is no longer pure.
Zeng Xiaoyi was already very familiar with her. She quietly held Bai Pingping's hand, and the two of them leaned against each other, like two injured little animals keeping each other warm.
They were not in a hurry to go home. Because Zeng Xiaoyi won first place in the singing competition and to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, they decided to have a midnight snack outside tonight.
Bai Wenhua found a food stall and everyone ordered seafood porridge, grilled oysters, boiled oysters, and barbecued snails and had a delicious meal.
After returning home, Lin Shuyue sent Mid-Autumn Festival greetings to her frequent Penguin friends on time. After waiting for a reply, she chatted with the acquaintances for a few minutes and then went to bed.
In the middle of the night, Lin Shuyue was awakened by the ringing of her cell phone. She got up from the bed with dazed eyes. The person calling was Jiang Xinxin, whom Lin Shuyue hadn't contacted for a long time.
All of a sudden, all sleepiness disappeared. She sat up from the bed and pressed the answer button. The voice on the other end of the phone was extremely noisy. Lin Shuyue called twice, and then Jiang Xinxin's voice came through.
"Sister, are you asleep? I'm drunk. Can you come to the 0 Degree Bar to pick me up?"
After Jiang Xinxin finished talking to Lin Shuyue, she turned to her people and said, "Brother Lu, my sister will come to pick me up soon, so you don't have to send me off."
Lin Shuyue didn't hang up the phone, but she got up from the bed, opened the wardrobe, put on her clothes, and hurried to the Zero Degree Bar.
When Lin Shuyue arrived at the Zero Degree Bar, Jiang Xinxin was standing on the side of the road, with a few people who looked like gangsters or small leaders standing beside her. Lin Shuyue parked the car on the side of the road and rolled down the window. Jiang Xinxin waved to the group of people, then giggled and staggered into the passenger seat of Lin Shuyue's car.
After the car drove away for a distance, Jiang Xinxin took off the wig and calmly apologized to Lin Shuyue: "I'm sorry, Yue, for dragging you down with me."
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