While Li Sanhua was resting, Shen Anyian went back to the commune and submitted the plan he had prepared to Secretary Chen.
Secretary Chen looked over her proposal and said after a long while, "The comrades in the Women's Federation have also been working hard on the things you mentioned, but with little success."
"Secretary Chen, I have my own opinion on this matter.
I think the reason why the Women's Federation's propaganda efforts in the countryside were ineffective is that the Federation did not have any compulsory measures.
Those people bullied female comrades, and the people from the Women's Federation said a few words to them, but it didn't matter to them at all.
A few days ago, a woman in Gaoshan Village had a difficult delivery, but the elderly man in that family was unwilling to send her to the hospital, which almost resulted in two deaths.
Later, because the woman gave birth to a girl, the old man in the family stole the child and threw her away. This was murder.
A great man once said that women hold up half the sky, but in this new society, such things still happen. It is truly heartbreaking."
Secretary Chen understood that what she said was exactly the difficulty faced by the Women's Federation. The Women's Federation had no real power and could only give advice but not punish.
Therefore, the people will not take the words of the Women's Federation seriously, and those who want to take action will still take action.
"You want to catch a typical example?"
Shen An Nian nodded, "Yes, if there is only thunder but no rain, the prestige of the Women's Federation will decline further and further, and seeking help will be useless. Who will trust the Women's Federation in the future?
So we need to implement the punishment effectively. I think as long as we arrest the perpetrators, it will definitely have a good deterrent effect."
"You mean you want the police to cooperate, but they haven't broken any laws. It's hard for the police to arrest them, let alone lock them up."
“We don’t have to rely on the police station; we can arrest people in the name of the commune and parade them in every production team to show everyone what the consequences are for abusing women.
We can also detain people on farms for reformation, and then release them once they have been successfully reformed.”
Secretary Chen nodded, this is a good idea.
"Go and notify everyone. Let's hold a meeting first. We'll discuss this at the meeting. Also call the director of the Women's Federation."
"Yes, Secretary Chen."
Soon the director of the Women's Federation came over. Secretary Chen briefly explained the purpose of the meeting and then asked Shen Annian to speak.
“I have visited many villages these days and found that people’s legal awareness is very weak.
There are still a large number of cases where husbands beat their wives, mothers-in-law torture their daughters-in-law, and parents beat their children.
So I think the communes could go to the countryside to spread legal knowledge and strengthen everyone’s legal awareness.”
The director of the Women's Federation looked a little unhappy.
Is this comrade criticizing that the Women's Federation is not doing its job well?
But they have tried their best. Whenever they receive a report, they will go and check it out immediately, but the effect is not good.
Sister Yang was the first to jump out and oppose it.
“You came to the commune late, so you may not be familiar with the commune’s affairs, but if you ask other people, you will know that we used to go to the countryside every year.
Young people always take things for granted, thinking that what you think of is what others can't think of.
When we went down to carry out propaganda and education, those people were either eating sunflower seeds and chatting, or knitting and sewing shoe soles. No one listened to what we said.
Shen Annian's expression remained normal, and he was not angered by her sarcasm.
“Before the meeting, I had already asked about it. The commune had indeed carried out propaganda activities in the countryside before, but I felt that once a year was too infrequent.
If we ourselves do not attach importance to this work, how can the people take it seriously?
Going to the countryside once a year is too little. Can we change it from once a year to once a month or once a week?
I believe that as long as we treat propaganda and education in rural areas as a priority task, we will definitely achieve better results.
My current idea is to let every comrade in the commune be responsible for the propaganda and education work of a brigade.
Assign responsibilities to individuals, and at the end of the year, we can compare the performance of each brigade."
Sister Yang continued to object, "We have our own jobs. If we follow your advice and frequently go to the countryside, and we can't even handle our own jobs, how can we talk about serving the people?"
“We can draw on the power of the educated youth. Every village has educated youth. They know much more about national laws and hospital hygiene than ordinary villagers.
We persuaded the educated youth to help us set up a propaganda group in the brigade to gradually spread this knowledge. I believe it will be twice as effective with half the effort.”
Every time she said something, she would contradict her without giving her any face at all, which made Sister Yang particularly annoyed.
After all, she was an old revolutionary, and everyone in the commune gave her some face. But this new educated youth always went against her.
"I almost forgot that Secretary Shen is also an educated youth and understands their thoughts best.
Does Secretary Shen think that just because he's here at the commune, he thinks the educated youth can interfere in our commune's affairs?"
Shen Annian looked at her with a stern face, "I never meant that. My idea has always been to solve the problem."
The tension between the two of them was growing, and no one dared to interrupt.
Secretary Chen tapped the table twice and said, "Everyone is speaking enthusiastically, please share your opinions.
We can't just let these two officials speak; if there are any good ideas, everyone should bring them forward for discussion."
Some people support Shen Annian's point of view, but some people still support Sister Yang.
Shen Annian knew that they were talking nicely about worrying about affecting their jobs, but they just felt that the workload was too heavy.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
