Old Lady Xia: "I don't even want to tell you that, as someone who benefits, you simply can't understand how hard it is for those who suffer losses in their families."
The factory manager said, "We're all family. If you're so fussy about it, how can we live together? I think you're just being too fussy and overthinking things."
Jiang Wenhua touched his nose and said, "How about I say a few words?"
Factory Manager: "You can talk, I didn't tell you to shut up."
Jiang Wenhua: "Weren't we just talking about husband and wife? Since you don't care, you and your wife are also a family. Why is she the one who suffers and you are unwilling to suffer? You also said that this is a woman's job, we are all family, and there is no such thing as a woman or not. Why do you care about gender when talking about this? If I were to say, you are also biased towards boys."
Factory Manager: "Why are you talking about me again? I earn money, and I take care of all the household expenses, don't I?"
Jiang Wenhua: "Everyone at the factory says that I, Jiang Wenhua, am greedy and like to take advantage of others, and they don't want to play with me. But I think you care about money more than I do. Even if I earn money and give it to my mother to spend, and she does housework at home, I will still be grateful to her. I don't think that she should help me because I raised her."
The factory manager said, "That's because she raised you first. Isn't it your responsibility to raise her?"
Jiang Wenhua: "Oh, I see. What the factory director means is that your money can buy a woman's entire life. During this time, she will not only have to give birth to children but also raise them alone, serve you and your parents, and most of this money will be spent on you, your parents, and your children?"
The factory director fell into deep thought.
Old Lady Xia added, "So the factory director is even more ruthless than the landlord. How is this any different from working for nothing?"
Fang Yingdi's eyes were completely devoid of light. "If you really count the cost, a lesbian like me who has a job would marry me and become a slave in his family. Only a fool would get married, right?"
The factory manager opened his mouth and said, "This...but hasn't everyone gone through this before? No one in the past said anything."
Old Lady Xia: "Maybe there's a bad guy among the crowd telling everyone that women who don't live such a miserable life are not good women. I wonder who this bad guy is?"
The factory manager's voice trembled: "If you want to scold me, be direct, don't be sarcastic."
Old Lady Xia: "Director, please stop trying to persuade women to get married. You'll go to hell if you keep doing this."
The factory director trembled and looked at Director Yuan, who had been silent since the beginning: "Old Yuan, as a female comrade, what do you think?"
Director Yuan sighed: "Director, I'm a little bit thinking about getting a divorce."
Old Mrs. Xia and the others were kicked out and stood in the corridor looking at each other.
Jiang Wenhua put his hands behind his back and said, "This mentality of the factory director is not acceptable."
The factory manager suddenly rushed out and stood behind them, complaining, "Don't talk nonsense when you get out. And don't say anything like it will destroy the ability of gay men to reproduce. It's illegal. Don't lead them astray, okay?"
After everyone agreed, they walked back slowly.
Not to mention that after the factory director returned home, he stared at his wife and daughter for a long time, and then started working as if he were alive again, which almost made his wife want to ask a fortune teller to exorcise the evil spirits.
After returning to the workshop, Old Lady Xia saw that the female comrades had changed their previous discussion about the male comrades in each workshop and group, and instead started talking about how to fight for their rights at home. Old Lady Xia suddenly felt relieved. She felt a little puzzled. Obviously, those female comrades had nothing to do with her, but she was inexplicably happy.
Because she was so happy, after get off work, Grandma Xia went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some newly-arrived pastries to take home. They were sweet and soft, and she thought her sister would definitely like them.
Xia Yu'e listened to her sister chattering about things in the factory, talking about how she angrily confronted the factory director, how she and Xiao Jiang and Xiao Fang left the factory director speechless, how men like the factory director were really despicable, etc. Anyway, the two sisters were very happy.
"I think you look a little pale lately. Did you eat well at noon?" Old Lady Xia lifted her sister's face and looked around. "Why are you thinner?"
Xia Yu'e: "My appetite is not very good due to the change of seasons, but I listen to you and eat an egg every day. Don't worry about me, I will gain weight in a few days."
The two sisters were affectionate and said, "I think I'm doing really well now. Before, I couldn't even take care of my own family affairs. I was angry every day and had no energy to see other things or chat with others. Now it seems really different. When I saw them saying that they would tell their grievances at home and ask their parents for fairness and justice, I was a little moved."
Xia Yu'e: "Yes, even if I can't get it, at least I'm clear-headed now. It's better than being taken advantage of by my relatives and feeling wronged."
Old Lady Xia: "I wish my Xiang Hong could stand up like this."
Xia Yu'e: "Take your time, don't rush. She's twenty years old, and she's been watching you and imitating you for so many years. Change also requires time."
Old Lady Xia: "Sister, do you think I don't know how to teach my children? They are like this, in fact, it is largely because I didn't teach them well."
Xia Yu'e: "Then I might as well blame our parents. They didn't raise us well, and we don't know how to raise our own children. How should I put it? Few parents reflect on themselves, and few children grow up to be independent and sober. Children definitely have the shadow of their parents on them to some extent. If you want to change them, you may not be able to change them, but at least you tried. If you can't teach them well, you can only leave it to fate."
Old Lady Xia thought for a while and asked, "Sister, have you ever thought about changing Chengping?"
Old Lady Xia shook her head. "I didn't think about it after he grew up. I was afraid he would beat me to death. His father raised him from a young age and didn't let me interfere. Rather than saying he's my son, it's better to say I was just a tool to give birth to him. The child doesn't look like me at all, but the way he curses is a bit like our mother."
Old Lady Xia: "Can I bring my children back?"
"Who knows? Anyway, you don't have anything to do right now, so go when you're free. They won't beat you." Xia Yu'e smiled, "Just think of it as finding something to do."
Old Lady Xia: "Will you make yourself unhappy? I finally have a peaceful life."
Xia Yu'e: "If it's too peaceful, wouldn't it be boring?"
Just as Old Mrs. Xia was about to answer, she heard frantic knocks on her door, accompanied by Zheng Qianlan's anxious voice.
"Comrade Xia, have you seen my Yu Yan?"
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