"Dad, did you hear what I told you? When you wanted to marry this woman, I had no objection at all. Although I'm married now, you still have to help me solve the problems that need to be solved." Xin Xin said angrily.
Father Xin sat on the sofa, smoking a cigarette, "What woman? This is your Aunt Huang."
Xin Xin shouted unhappily, and the woman smiled at her.
If Old Lady Xia were here, she would definitely recognize this person as the famous Widow Huang who had taken away half of the wages of all the men in their alley, and who disappeared with her two children after being forced to pay back the money.
But I never thought that she would appear in the next city.
Widow Huang Li laughed, "Old Xin, the child finally came back, so it doesn't matter whether you address her or not. Look at the scars on her face, so pitiful. When she was a daughter at home, she wasn't so careless."
Father Xin frowned after hearing this. "I already said hello to Old Song from their textile factory last night. His master, the former director of the textile factory, was a good friend of your grandfather, so I know him a bit. But first, tell me, what exactly happened between you and that kid Qin Jiang?"
Xin Xin said nothing, but just kept saying that Qin Jiang treated her very well.
Father Xin was furious. "Look at my granddaughter Xiaozao's body. There are scars from being beaten with a stick. Are you telling me this was also caused by a fall?"
Huang Li patted his chest and said, "Old Xin, don't be angry and don't scare the child. Xin Xin, what do you have to hide from your dad?"
Xin Xin said angrily: "Don't bother with my business."
Father Xin stood up, not wanting to listen anymore. "If you don't tell the truth, I won't help you anymore. Since you don't want those directors you mentioned to get involved, I'll tell them."
Xin Xin wanted to call out to her father, but was frightened by Huang Li's sudden change in expression. "You...what do you want to do?"
Huang Li turned around and saw that Father Xin had left, and she stopped acting. "What do I want to do? I don't want to do anything. I just want to see how stupid you are."
Xin Xin was confused. Although she and Huang Li had lived together for a period of time, she got married off within two years after she married Xin's father. Although Huang Li was not close to her during those two years, she never called her stupid like she did now.
She asked loudly, "You are an old woman with a family to support who depends on my father for food. What qualifications do you have to laugh at me?"
Huang Li: "I laugh at you for being so ungrateful. You're so useless that you're bullied like this by your in-laws. You went to the factory to complain, and several women's directors from the factory came to help you and seek justice for you, but you ended up resenting them. You really deserve to be bullied to death."
Xin Xin hadn't expected this old man to guess the truth she hadn't even said. With such a confident tone, he must have been spying on her family from behind. She was furious and said, "You're really a scheming person. I've been married for so many years, and you're still secretly watching me. Are you afraid that I'll come and steal my father's property?"
Huang Li sneered, looking at Xin Xin's miserable state. "With your brain, why should I be afraid? Not to mention me, even your father or a stranger outside would know what happened just by looking at you and your daughter coming back injured. You are so tender-skinned, how dare you say that."
Xin Xin refused to give in. "You have time to laugh at me, why don't you look at yourself? You don't know, but one of the women's directors of those factories is your sworn enemy. If I'm guessing correctly, that Xia Yue'e I just mentioned is the reason why you can't even stay in your own home and have to go to my dad, right?"
Huang Li was very calm. If she could be angered by such a girl, she wouldn't be able to coax so many men. "You mean Xia Yue'e, the women's director of the textile factory? She really made things difficult for me. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have married your father. I'm free and happy all by myself."
Xin Xin looked smug, "Since he's your sworn enemy, why don't you help me convince my dad and suppress all these bastard directors?"
Huang Li frowned, looking at her like she was a fool. "Xin Xin, how on earth did your father raise you? How could such a smart man like him give birth to something like you? Regarding Xia Yue'e and me, let's put it this way. I'm not someone who can't afford to lose.
Since she caught me in a trap and gave me a good beating, it means I'm not strong enough. I didn't expect her to treat me like this. I'm a very open-minded person. If you want to use this to provoke me, you underestimate me."
Xin Xin: "But you've been able to remember it for so long, so you must be feeling uneasy, right?"
Huang Li sat down calmly, "You don't think she's jealous because she's become a leader and I'm still like this, do you?"
Seeing Xin Xin's expression, Huang Li said, "She can sit in this position and help so many women. No matter what happened in the past, I admire her.
Everyone has their own way of survival. It's normal for you to look down on me for being so dependent on men, but if you can't figure out how to take revenge on someone like her, then you're stupid."
Xin Xin was unconvinced, "You are the stupid one, what right do you have to say that to me?"
Huang Li's eyes were dark and unclear: "You are also a woman, you should understand our difficulties. We are already in a weak position in this society. We have been beaten and bullied in the past, and we can only endure it silently. It's okay to have your natal family to support you, but there won't be such a good natal family that will allow you to live at home after the divorce, and it will be even worse without your natal family.
But what Xia Yue'e and the others are doing now is to help us women when we are bullied. The more people help us, the less bullying we will suffer. If more women think like this, we will suffer less in the future."
Xin Xin listened blankly to this woman whom she had always looked down upon. She rarely spoke so much to her. Huang Li had quickly integrated into their family, and even her grandparents liked her.
She seldom cared about her own affairs or her brothers' affairs, but only tried to please her father. She adopted a conciliatory and indifferent attitude towards her stepchildren, which greatly reduced the chances of her making mistakes.
Although she is looked down upon by her stepchildren, she still maintains her own pace and style of doing things. She speaks when it is her turn to speak, and stays away from it when it is not her turn to speak.
But this time, she actually said such a long string of words to herself, and her words were all defending those hateful women's directors.
"What's your purpose? You're not the kind of person who would advise me with good intentions." Xin Xin was extremely alert to her. People often say that stepmothers are not good people, and this person must have something bad in her heart.
Huang Li closed her eyes. Her stepdaughter was so stupid that she didn't want to waste time talking to her.
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