"If you have a chance, ask her out for a talk. What women care about most is their children. A few more words of advice will always be effective." The director encouraged Zhao Tingting.
"Will it really work?" Zhao Tingting didn't understand.
"Did she react when you mentioned the child today? It's easier to mediate with people like this.
You haven't seen those women who are completely out of the matter. I once counseled a woman who was obviously abused to the point of being unrecognizable.
But every time we went there, she would make excuses for her husband's family, saying that she fell down herself.
Because her family was very poor, her husband's family was her home. No matter how bad her life was here, at least she had a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
"Where do you want her to go after leaving here? Back to her parents' home? She might be even more miserable if she goes back there," the director said.
"So what happened to that woman in the end?" Zhao Tingting asked.
"In the end!" The director glanced at Zhao Tingting and said, "In the end, the woman was beaten to death by her own man, and she was still smiling before she died.
Because she felt liberated!"
"Well, what else do we need to do?" Zhao Tingting was a little confused.
"This just shows that women need us. We need to tell them that there is a vast world for women outside, not just the small plot of land at home.
We not only make adjustments, but also go to the grassroots level regularly to do ideological work for them and solve the problem fundamentally.
Liberating women is not just a phrase or a slogan, but something that requires long-term persistence.
You have to think about it, even if this generation cannot be retained, what about the next generation?
As long as each generation improves, our work is meaningful, isn't it? "The director smiled and looked at Zhao Tingting.
"Don't be impatient, you will understand what I mean after more contact.
These things still need you young people to do, we are old."
Zhao Tingting felt like she understood, but also like she didn't.
She nodded, maybe she would understand after more contact.
For the next two days, Zhao Tingting went to see the silent woman, but she didn't say anything.
Instead, her family members were staring at her covetously.
Although Zhao Tingting failed to pry the woman open her mouth these days, she learned a lot.
One of the two large thatched huts was for the three of them, mother and daughter, and the other was for the daughters of the other two sisters-in-law.
The old couple occupied one of the four main rooms, and the other three brothers each occupied one.
But now the third brother’s room has been divided among his nephews because his wife has gone to live with her daughter.
It’s a good opportunity for the third child to experience the feeling of having a boy.
The old lady has three sons. Her husband and sons all work in a steel mill, but not in the same mill.
My husband works in the main factory, my eldest and second sons work in the first factory, and my third son works in the second factory.
The eldest and second sons married city dwellers, but the third son was not very popular and the relationship between the two was not good, so he was only married to a villager.
Although the girl was from the village, it was the third son who chose her.
The girl was also a beauty in their village. Because of her lively and cheerful personality, she was favored by the aunt's honest third son.
Because the man's conditions were really among the best in the village, the relationship was settled after a brief discussion.
Although the girl's family did not dote on her that much, they still gave her a lot of dowry.
However, because the third son was not favored, everyone had no good opinion of this village girl from the countryside.
This little peasant girl was bullied at will, just like a lamb that had strayed into a pack of wolves.
A woman who marries a man will provide her with clothes and food. As a married woman, she cannot go back to her parents' home to complain all day long, as her parents' home cannot help her at all.
I can only endure it blindly.
Before I knew it, the situation had become like this.
Especially since her sisters-in-law all gave birth to sons, while she only had two daughters, she had to endure the scolding of her mother-in-law for three meals a day.
Do the most tiring work and eat the worst food at home.
At first it was just because she was a country girl, but gradually she became everyone's servant.
Everyone in the family, young and old, can ask her to do things, even her two daughters have to do the work, in contrast to the daughters of her eldest and second sisters-in-law.
Although I live in a thatched hut, I have my own private room.
All the housework in the house was done by this so-called third aunt, who instead raised them to be like delicate young ladies who had never had to do housework.
The more Zhao Tingting learned, the more incredible it seemed to her. How could someone live their life like this?
But the neighbors seemed to be used to it.
Now I am just someone's daughter-in-law, isn't this all normal? Once a daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, life will be better.
On the fourth day, Zhao Tingting stopped the woman while she was washing clothes.
"Do you really intend to continue living like this with your current life?
Do you want your daughter to suffer from the moment she is born, and when she grows up and gets married, she will continue to suffer like you, and never know what a happy life is?
You are their role model now, and your life is their template.
Your current life will make them feel that this is what married life is like. They don’t know how to resist and just let themselves be bullied.
Look at your daughter, then look at your sister-in-law's daughter. Who would believe you if you said you were a family member? If you said she was their maid, you'd have to think twice.
As far as I know, you haven't divided the family business at all, and the three brothers have almost the same income.
You three sisters-in-law all have city household registration, and you all receive the same amount of food every month.
Your daughters also have city hukou, and they have their own supply every month.
So, you are not any worse than them, right? Why are their lives so different from yours? "Zhao Tingting talked to her while watching her wash clothes.
The woman still didn't say anything, but her falling tears betrayed her.
In the end, Zhao Tingting still didn't talk to her, which made her feel a little frustrated.
"Nothing can be successful all at once. You have done a great job," the director comforted.
Zhao Tingting nodded, but she was still a little disappointed. This was her first work object, so it always had some special meaning.
On the fourth day, Zhao Tingting was thinking about whether to change her approach or give up on this person.
After all, people still have to save themselves. Otherwise, even if she helps her solve the problem this time, there will still be new problems.
On the fifth day, just when Zhao Tingting was struggling, the woman came to her door.
She still didn't say anything, just sat there crying quietly, crying all the time.
Zhao Tingting took her to a small compartment and let her cry quietly for a while.
After venting her anger, the woman finally spoke to Zhao Tingting for the first time in so many days.
"Thank you, and I'm sorry."
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