As for the divorce, Old Lady Xia was quite open-minded. Not only was she, but Director Yuan and many of the other women at the textile factory were also quite open-minded.
Old Lady Xia has said this many times to persuade female lesbians, but this is the first time she has persuaded male lesbians. However, it can’t be called persuading, it should be called "persuading".
"Director Li, from what you said, I always heard that you seem to care about the families of the workers in the factory." said Old Mrs. Xia.
Director Li nodded. Although he wasn't particularly concerned, as long as this could keep the textile factory under control, he did care. He was just saying it, as no one would actually go to their factory to argue about this matter. "Yes, our factory's humanistic care should be better than yours. We will do our best to resolve any problems our workers have, and divorce will definitely not happen."
Old Lady Xia: "Then how does Director Li deal with domestic violence in workers' families?"
Director Li was bewildered. How could he know? Wasn't this the factory union's business? Besides, he hadn't heard anything about this matter in the previous union report. Their factory union was only responsible for distributing some benefits and promoting some notices issued by the higher-ups. They would only visit the factory to make the reports look good. So when Mrs. Xia asked him this question unexpectedly, he was a little unsure how to answer.
After thinking for a moment, Director Li said with a stiff upper lip, "Our factory workers would never behave in this way."
Old Lady Xia smiled, and that smile made Director Li break out in a cold sweat. No matter how he looked at it, he felt something was wrong. "What are you laughing at?"
"Director Li's words really make me distrust the humanistic care you just mentioned. I won't talk about those small things. Although I know about a few of them, the fact that Director Li can say such words means that you definitely don't know about the small things.
A few years ago, when you were here, a worker in our area beat his wife so badly that she became paralyzed in bed. A few years later, that poor woman died. Now that man has remarried, and just last week, he beat her again and sent her to the hospital. Director Li, how could you not know about this?"
Director Li felt guilty. He was still doubting whether this worker was from his factory. If he was not, he would be laughed at by the old man if he said he knew. But if he was, he would still be laughed at for not knowing about it. He was in a dilemma for a moment.
At this time, Director Shao, the women's director of the food factory, walked up behind Director Li, introduced herself, and said to Old Lady Xia, "I'm aware of this matter. Our factory union also went to the hospital to express our condolences immediately. I wonder what Comrade Xia wants to say?"
Old Lady Xia pretended to be surprised. "So you just went there to offer condolences?"
Director Shao: "We even went to persuade him."
Old Lady Xia: "And then, did he listen?"
Director Shao: "Yes, that comrade said he would never hit his wife again, and his wife also said she would avoid conflicts with him in the future."
Old Lady Xia: "After you persuade him, he'll be fine for a while and then beat her again. After beating her, you go to persuade her again. After persuading her, he'll beat her again. In the end, that poor woman was beaten to death, just like his last deceased wife. You go to persuade her again. Then, he swears to you that he will never beat his wife again. What a humanistic concern!"
Director Shao frowned: "Do you really want to see a happy family broken apart? They even have children."
Old Lady Xia: "A broken family is better than a broken body, right? With the situation at your factory, how could you leaders be so useless? It really opened my eyes. Someone was beaten to the hospital, and Director Li still has the audacity to mock our textile factory. Our textile factory is the only one that truly respects women.
Director Li, how dare you laugh at others? Not only are you behind on production, you don't even know how to resolve issues between workers. How dare you laugh at us? If something like that happened in our factory, Director Song would be so ashamed that he would hang himself. Did you become deputy director because of your thick skin?
Director Li: "Watch your mouth."
Old Lady Xia: "I've said it clearly enough. Do you know what your persuasion means? You are accomplices, accomplices in his murder. You would rather he beat another wife to death than persuade his wife to start a new life. Director Shao, you are also a woman. Would you rather be beaten to death by your lover than get a divorce?"
"You can all judge what I said. If there's anything wrong, please speak up now. Don't always play tricks and talk about us lesbians behind our backs. Domestic violence is something I can't tolerate the most. If I see it, I will persuade that woman to leave her husband even if I have to talk her mouth off.
If she said she couldn't live without a divorce, I would discuss with several leaders at our factory to see if there was any way she could live on her own, rather than trying to persuade her to just endure it. How long should she endure it? To death, or until she could no longer bear it and turned her knife against the perpetrator?
We lesbians are not subordinate to you men. We are independent individuals. We are not to be beaten at your whim, nor will we rely on you for our entire lives. Given the opportunity, we are capable of supporting ourselves.
On the contrary, you men have enjoyed our efforts all your lives, and in the end you find fault with us and say we are wrong. If you put yourself in the shoes of the women who have been silently giving at home, you should always be grateful.
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