Chapter 57: Domestic Violence in the Era 12
"Sister Fang Fang, why are you here?" Lin Xia was surprised.
"I came to see you, are you okay?" Fang Fang's eyes were full of anger and sighs.
Although she taught in the commune, she married into the town, so she rarely paid attention to the brigade.
Today, I suddenly heard the kids in my class talking about this world-shattering thing. I was stunned for a long time. Thinking of the poor educated youth sister, I decided to give it one last try.
Seeing her cautious look, Lin Xia didn't know that she had beaten Sun Changjian in the past month.
"Sister Fang Fang, please come in and sit down. What can happen to me? I don't care. Don't you have classes this afternoon? How come you have time to come here?" Lin Xia took out a porcelain bowl and scooped a bowl of boiled water while asking.
Fang Fang hasn't been here for three years. She didn't expect that Lin Xiaoqing was still living like this and her family was so poor.
Lin Xia was thick-skinned and had no embarrassment. It was obvious that there were no cups or candies at home.
To be honest, I have to find a way to make money, and it has to be a visible way to make money. Otherwise, I can just take advantage of this incident to ask Zhang Qiang for compensation.
"Thank you. I switched classes with someone this afternoon."
Fang Fang took the water, hesitated for a long time, and said: "Xiaoqing, why don't you take this opportunity to get a divorce? Divorce is not shameful. You know how you lived before. If you continue like this..." Your life will be ruined.
"Sister Fang Fang, I know you really care about me. You can ask the team. Sun Changjian listens to me completely now. I am the boss at home. I will not let myself be beaten again. Now I am the one who beats him, so forget about the divorce."
Fang Fang put down the bowl, feeling suspicious and angry. She felt that Lin Xia totally ignored her advice and still liked Sun Changjian, so she was unwilling to divorce and kept jumping into this fire pit.
"Okay, just think it over. Divorce is not a trivial matter. It's fine as long as he treats you well."
Being nice to you but still making this big news. Lin Xiaoqing is a person that cannot be persuaded. She is also too full to meddle in other people's business.
Then he stood up and said goodbye.
Lin Xia didn't know whether to laugh or cry, knowing that she had misunderstood. "Sister Fang Fang, you can really go to the brigade and ask around. I'm really not someone you can easily bully."
Fang Fang left in suspicion.
This educated youth sister is indeed kind and clear-headed. She is only two years older than the original owner, but her thinking is much more mature than the original owner.
She went to the countryside in 1968 and was one of the first batch of educated youth to come to the brigade.
At that time, the educated youth were so new, they were intellectuals from the city. People in the team vied to introduce her to potential partners, but she refused no matter how hard her life was.
She originally wanted to return to the city, but later more and more people went to the countryside, and her family could not provide support. Considering that she could not return to the city, she dated a man from the Youth League Office. After they got married, she was sent by her in-laws to teach in the commune primary school.
At first, she tried to persuade the original owner not to get married, but when it didn't work, she gave up.
Later, the original owner had a hard time. She heard that the original owner was beaten badly and gave the original owner some advice again. If the original owner had listened to her advice, he would not have died from domestic violence at such a young age.
At that time, the original owner had been married for more than a year and had just been subjected to domestic violence for two months, each time more excessive than the last.
Fang Fang was not married at that time and was still in the brigade. She couldn't bear to see this, so she went to visit again.
She knew that domestic violence was a lifelong thing. Before she went to the countryside, a neighbor's sister-in-law was beaten to death. As a result, the sister-in-law's husband was not harmed. Later, he beat his wife again when he remarried. He could not change.
She was angry at the original owner's irrationality, but also felt that the original owner was deceived and was well-behaved, like her sister, so she wanted to help her.
She advised the original owner to divorce and not be afraid of being looked down upon. After the divorce, she should return to the educated youth point. If Sun Changjian dared to beat her just once, her then educated youth office partner would have a reason to transfer the original owner to another place in the countryside.
There is a characteristic of this era: divorce is very difficult, but it is also easy. There is a special way - divorce by publishing in the newspaper.
Because the original owner just had a wedding banquet and asked the brigade to write a marriage certificate, there was no official marriage certificate, so the divorce was simpler than in the city, and there was no need to get a divorce certificate.
It is not easy to publish in newspapers, but Fang Fang said she could ask her classmates who work in newspapers for help.
After the divorce, Sun Changjian could go to jail for beating someone, or at worst he could find the educated youth to make trouble and have them move to the countryside.
However, the original owner refused at that time. First, she had been brainwashed since childhood and could not accept divorce; second, she still had hope for Sun Changjian at that time.
From then on, Fang Fang never came to visit again. The only person who cared about the original owner gave up on her. The whole team ignored her, and the original owner was left alone and helpless. Even if she regretted it, she could only endure it silently.
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After Fang Fang left Sun's house, she originally wanted to go directly to Shunxing Brigade, but after thinking for a moment, she turned her bicycle around and headed to where the educated youth went to work.
Lin Xia said goodbye to Fang Fang, turned around, locked the door and walked towards Zhang's house.
"Hey, Zhang Qiang, you want to run away with all these bags."
It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early.
When Zhang Qiang heard Lin Xia's voice, his face froze and his body shook.
Thinking back to last night's despair and this morning's humiliation, his eyes were filled with resentment, but then he quickly calmed down.
"What else do you want to do? Isn't it enough that you have ruined my reputation?" Zhang Qiang was desperate. Didn't he believe that Lin Xia would dare to kill someone in front of him?
Of course Lin Xia would not kill anyone. "You slept with my man and destroyed my family. Shouldn't you give me some compensation?"
Zhang Qiang was furious. This woman was so shameless.
The people in the room could no longer sit still after hearing this and came out to stop them.
"I don't agree. Sun Changjian destroyed my family. Why should I be asked to pay compensation?"
It was the furious Zhou Guilan. She felt like the sky had fallen when she heard what happened this morning. She was too ashamed to face everyone and simply refused to go to work.
"Why did Sun Changjian marry me in the first place? Who asked him to marry me, huh?" Lin Xia looked down on Zhou Guilan because she was the one who first proposed to Sun Changjian to get married.
This matter has been weighing on Zhou Guilan's heart, making her feel guilty. If she hadn't brought it up, Sun Changjian would not have targeted the new educated youth.
But she would also speak up for Lin Xiaoqing every time someone gossiped about her.
Zhou Guilan stammered and couldn't say anything, and Lin Xia laughed again.
"Zhang Qiang, tell me, should you compensate me?"
Zhang Qiang would be a fool to agree, "My family has no money. I only have one month's salary to support my family, so there is really nothing left."
"I heard you make 32 yuan a month, and you told me you have no money. Don't you support your whole family without working? I don't want to waste my time talking to you. 200 yuan, if you can't come up with it, don't leave."
"200! You are robbing me, Miss Lin. My family of more than a dozen people all rely on Zhang Qiang for support. I have no money, so I can only give you 20 at most."
Zhou Guilan was terrified. Her family could only save 50,000 yuan in a year without any illness or disaster. Now they were asked to take away four years of savings. She didn't agree!
Lin Xia ignored Zhou Guilan and looked at Zhang Qiang.
"I really don't have any, my family..."
Not wanting to listen, Lin Xia stepped forward and gave him a big slap, "F*ck, you slept with my man and don't want to take responsibility, so why are you still sleeping with him!"
"Ah, I'm going to fight you. How dare you hit my man in front of me?" Zhang Qiang didn't move, but Zhou Guilan was eager to hit someone.
Lin Xia was not going to give in to her either, and she also rewarded her with a big slap. Then she fell to the ground, covering her face and timidly not daring to look at Lin Xia.
"Zhang Qiang, my patience is limited. I'm here to inform you, not to discuss with you." His tone was gentle, and he pinched Zhang Qiang's neck with his palm and slowly applied force.
Zhang Qiang tried to struggle, but Lin Xia used her other hand to knock him off balance.
His face turned purple and he opened his mouth to speak. Zhou Guilan saw that it was not good, so she boldly pulled Lin Xia and said in a crying voice, "Sister, let's talk about it. Zhang Qiang is dying, you let go first."
Lin Xia let go.
So fragile! Useless thing!
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