Chapter 015: All of them are watching with indifference
Xia pulled her son over and slapped him hard, crying as she did so: "You know how they treat us, yet you still play with them. How can you be so stupid? How can you be so stupid?"
"Sister-in-law." Shen Heng wanted to persuade her, but was stopped by Xie Jian.
Shen Heng looked at him in confusion.
"He should learn his lesson."
Having said this, Chen Heng turned to Xia and said, "Sister-in-law, after this incident, Min'er will definitely learn a lesson. After all, he's only five years old and can't think about such a problem. Playing is a child's nature, and Min'er has always longed for the company of his own age. It's normal for him to be invited to play by other children. The child who pushed him into the pond was wrong."
"No, it's Min'er's fault. Min'er shouldn't have followed him. If he hadn't followed him, this wouldn't have happened." Xia said sternly.
This reminded Chen Heng of a controversial incident online: "A girl dressed nicely and attracted men's attention. In the end, everyone blamed the girl for asking for it, but few people blamed the man for being wrong."
There is nothing wrong with Miss Xixi wanting to dress more beautifully or Min'er wanting to play with other kids, but everyone thinks they are wrong.
Chen Heng looked at Xie Jian, the scholar, and asked, "Do you also think what my sister-in-law said is right?"
Xie Jian glanced at her and said nothing.
Seeing Xie Min crying so hard, Shen Heng couldn't bear it: "Min'er is not wrong. He didn't do anything. Why is it his fault?"
"He didn't protect himself." Xie Jian looked at her coldly. "If you really cared about Min'er, you wouldn't say such things. If you knew the situation in our family, you wouldn't think so highly of others. The person who pushed Min'er was wrong. There's no point in questioning him like this. The damage has already been done. If the person who pushed Min'er had any morals or conscience, would they still do it?"
Chen Heng couldn't refute this. In this matter, the child should first be made aware that he is not wrong, and the one who is wrong is the one who harms others. A person must first establish a correct view of right and wrong from an early age, and then teach the child to be vigilant and not to trust others easily.
The way Sister-in-law and Xie Jian scolded Min'er would only make the child lose track of right and wrong and think that everything was his fault. He had already been hurt by playing with other children, and being blamed by his parents and relatives was another insult.
Growing up with this kind of education, they will be wary of outsiders, and may even become cowardly and inferior. Once hurt again, at best they will isolate themselves, and at worst... forget it, let it be.
"After my father-in-law got into trouble," Xia said, taking a deep breath, "we had no recourse. The government didn't even investigate the case. We even went to the government office, but they kicked us out. Min's father disappeared, and then Jian was expelled from school. Min'er and I were bullied. We had to be very careful to survive."
Chen Heng knew all of this.
She suddenly remembered that Xie Jian in history had no relatives. It was only said that his parents died young, and he was extremely lucky to pass every exam and have a successful career.
Even historians have never mentioned the injustice of Xie's father, the eldest brother of the Xie family, Xie Min, and the Xia family.
Without these people, does it mean that they would have died early?
Xie Jian saw that his sister-in-law had calmed down. Min'er was probably tired from crying and fell asleep again. Just as he was about to leave the room, he saw Chen Heng sigh.
This woman never considered them as a family from the beginning to the end. She used to, and now she says she wants to start a new life, but in fact, she just watches coldly as if it has nothing to do with her.
He thought that after seeing that she and her elder sister-in-law Min'er got along well, both her elder sister-in-law and Min'er smiled more often in the past two days, and he actually had some expectations of getting back together with her.
It's ridiculous.
At noon, Chen Heng still made lunch, but no one came to eat.
Xia lay on the bed holding her son. Beating and scolding her were just a cover for her fear of losing him. Only by holding her son tightly could she feel the warmth.
Xie Jian wrote, but the pen never moved.
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