Chapter 396 The Second Scene
"From now on, you have no right to be my slave! My money belongs to me!"
Wang Xiuyun fiercely wiped the tears from her cheeks. Without even looking at her stunned husband, she turned around and used her last bit of strength to pick up her daughter who was coughing up blood and dying. Like a mother wolf protecting her cubs, she used her body to push away Li Dazhuang who was blocking her way, and stumbled towards the endless darkness outside the door!
The lights suddenly went out.
All that was left were the confetti floating above the stage and the glaring blood-stained handkerchief!
Many people couldn't help but stand up and asked anxiously: "Can Xiaoya survive?"
"Can the little girl be saved?"
"This father is too cruel!"
…
In the audience, there was a woman crying uncontrollably.
Xiaoya is dead.
Dead.
She was the one who killed him.
She was obviously a worker and could earn money, but the money was taken by a man. She wanted to save the child, but her husband said it was a minor illness and would not kill the child.
After being beaten.
She didn't resist anymore.
The child is gone.
She covered her mouth tightly and trembled all over.
He was so heartbroken that he fainted.
The man sitting next to her lowered his head, not daring to look at the stands or his unconscious wife beside him. His fingers nervously scratched the edge of the bench, not even noticing that his nails were split.
And there are many men around who are muttering.
"It's better to live in a big city. We live here. How could something like that happen in the countryside?"
"Yeah, crying again, country folk drama."
"It's boring. I don't know what those women are angry about. They are just making such a fuss."
…
Director Lin stood on the stage and asked, "Comrade workers, what did you feel after watching the performance just now?"
All eyes were focused on her.
Director Lin said, "I was sitting down there just now and heard some people talking about how you guys don't look like Li Dazhuang just now."
"You don't feel bad about those work points? Then when have you ever felt bad about your wives' never-ending food money? When have you ever felt bad about them having to look at your face when they want to buy a piece of candy for their kids?!"
"You're scolding Li Dazhuang for being a country boy who doesn't have enough money? Then pat your chest and ask yourself--"
"Then in our machinery factory, in the tube-shaped building in the family compound, is there a 'civilized version' of Li Dazhuang? Is there a 'head of the family' who treats his wife as a farmhand and his salary as a chain?!"
In the auditorium, you could hear a pin drop.
Countless gay men looked awkward and felt very uncomfortable.
Countless pairs of lesbians' eyes were incredibly bright as they stared at the director of the Women's Federation on the stage!
There was no applause in the auditorium.
There was only a silence so heavy that it made one breathless.
Even the children kept their mouths shut and didn't make any sound.
Chen Qing came on stage at the right time to make time for the props team and introduced the background and names of the actors in the next scene.
Soon, the next scene slowly unfolds.
The stage background is no longer a farmer's mud house, but a single room in a tube-shaped building made with simple scenery.
On the wall are posted awards for “Work hard in the fourth quarter” and faded New Year pictures.
What surprised everyone was.
There are two private rooms on the stage.
Liu Yumei came on stage carrying dumplings, and her hands shook even more violently.
Zhang Zhigang didn't even taste it, and threw his chopsticks down: "Pig food! It's a million miles worse than what Old Zhou's makes! You're a useless thing!"
Zhang Zhigang drank and hurled insults: "Look at Xiufen, she has a respectable job! What about you? You're just making paper boxes, what a disgrace!"
Zhou Zhenhua's gentle voice came from next door: "Xiu Fen, you have worked hard. This is the braised pork I bought. Come and try it."
Li Xiufen smiled gently: "Okay, Juanjuan, come quickly, Daddy has bought some delicious food."
Everyone felt warmed at heart when seeing the happy family of three, but when they saw Zhang Zhigang's single room, their brows furrowed.
Suddenly, a burst of firecrackers was heard at the scene.
Zhang Zhigang was provoked and smashed the bottle.
“Snap——”
Glass splattered everywhere!
"You're causing trouble for me during New Year's Day!"
He grabbed Yumei's hair and slammed her against the metal cabinet.
"Bang--"
Liu Yumei screamed in pain and held on to the edge of the cabinet with her hands.
She raised her head, and for the first time, a strong resistance mixed with pain and anger appeared in her eyes.
The female comrades in the audience held their breath nervously.
Zhang Zhigang became even more furious when he saw the resistance in Liu Yumei's eyes.
He pointed at her nose and roared loudly, his voice so loud that it seemed to penetrate the wall and be heard by the Zhou family next door: "What are you looking at! Don't you accept it? I beat you because I respect you! I beat you to teach you how to be a man! Go ask around, who doesn't say that beating your wife is natural? A man who doesn't beat a woman? He's a spineless coward, a loser, what kind of man is he?!"
Some people laughed and cheered.
Some female comrades also agreed with Zhang Zhigang's words.
Men are the pillars of the family, it is normal for them to have temper!
She doesn't have a proper job, so shouldn't she just be patient?
Many comrades also angrily cursed:
"brute!"
“Nonsense!”
"He farted!"
…
The characters on the stage paused, with only Liu Yumei's voice and Director Lin's conversation with her in the dark.
The plot is that she recalled going to the Women's Federation to ask Director Lin what he said.
Liu Yumei asked in confusion: "Director Lin, can I really resist my husband?"
Director Lin's voice was warm and firm: "Of course. Comrade Yumei, it's not your fault that you were beaten, and it's not a rule. It's against the law! Stand up straight. We women are first people, and then women. We have human rights. Don't be afraid. You are not a human being. The door of the Women's Federation is always open to you."
…
The words of the women's director came to my mind.
Let her straighten her back suddenly!
Liu Yumei ignored the pain of her torn scalp, blood flowing down her forehead, and her eyes flashed with a cold and resolute light.
She stopped looking at Zhang Zhigang and scanned the audience, especially the men who were laughing, and made a shocking accusation:
"Beat your wife to teach her a lesson?"
"That's a beast running wild, a mean creature at heart, a pathetic creature that can't even control itself!"
"A man who doesn't hit a woman is a coward? A spineless man?"
Liu Yumei's voice suddenly rose, with tears of grief and extreme sarcasm: "The one who can punch a woman weaker than himself is a real coward! A real spineless person! A scum worse than an animal!"
"A real man uses his strength to be a model on machines, to work hard for the country, to make his wife and children stand up straight and look proud, not to beat his wife to show off his power or to bully others at home!"
"A man who beats a woman? That's not a man."
"They are waste from the factory, a cancer in the family compound, and beasts that don't deserve to stand under the sun!!"
The reaction from the audience was at the nuclear bomb level.
Many gay men blushed, ashamed and shocked.
The female comrades stood up and cheered enthusiastically.
"Well said!"
"A real man shouldn't point his fist at a woman."
“I’m a gay man, I support it!”
"Comrade Yumei, well done!!"
…
(End of this chapter)
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