Chapter 84 Think about yourself.
Only Tong's father and mother were at home. Chen Xiumei's sister-in-law Tong Nianqing was out. When they saw Director Ji and his group coming over, the two of them didn't take it seriously.
When asked about Chen Xiumei being beaten, Tong's mother laughed and said, "Oh, it was just a little thing between husband and wife. I yelled a little loudly and people misunderstood me."
"The wound on her face? She fell down by herself. She was so clumsy and stupid."
Tong's mother thought that Director Ji would definitely believe her.
Director Ji felt even more disgusted with them. The Women's Federation had done so many things, including repeated publicity work, just to prevent something like what happened to Chen Xiumei from happening again.
But there are always people who are optimistic.
As the saying goes, unless the stick falls on yourself, you will never know what pain is.
Director Ji spoke directly, "We have arrested Tong Mingxin, and he has admitted that you made him do it in order to let Tong Nianqing take over Chen Xiumei's job."
"You caught Mingxin?" Tong's mother's face changed.
When Tong's father heard that his son was arrested, he could no longer sit still.
"Director Ji, this is all a misunderstanding. It's a misunderstanding."
Director Ji has seen this kind of situation many times and he knew what was going on at a glance.
Now that their lifeblood had been snatched away, the two men began to get anxious.
Director Ji sneered at the old couple, "Why, you guys are so anxious, why didn't you say anything when Comrade Chen Xiumei was beaten? If it's not your own child, you wouldn't feel bad, right?"
The couple was scolded so badly that they didn't dare to refute at all.
Director Ji didn’t know what they were thinking, and she didn’t want to know what these two people were thinking.
Tong Mingxin can’t escape the blame for beating someone up.
So many people who oppressed female comrades were arrested before, and the commune Women's Federation also carried out strong propaganda efforts, but they still committed crimes. This means they committed crimes knowingly, and their situation is more serious than those who were arrested before.
We'll have to take a closer look at his job at the factory. If it doesn't work out, he'll be fired directly. I think other people would be happy to see a vacancy in the factory.
And there is Tong Nianqing, who instigated his brother to beat his sister-in-law. He is also a capable person. What kind of job can such a person take over? Can't such a capable person even solve his own job?
After learning that the consequences of beating were so serious, the factory was planning to fire their son, and now they were going to hold their daughter responsible. The old couple could no longer sit still.
"Director Ji, this is all a misunderstanding. It's not Mingxin's fault. I was confused for a moment and let my son do it. If you want to arrest someone, arrest me."
The more they favor their own children, the less likely Director Ji will show favoritism.
Now that you realize you have caused trouble, you are getting scared. Isn’t it too late? Why didn’t you think about the consequences when you took action?
If the older ones are asked to take the blame for the younger ones' mistakes, then what are the people in the Women's Federation doing?
Besides, Tong Mingxin is not a child anymore. It is obviously not a good person for him to beat his wife because of instigation from his family.
Seeing that Director Ji was unmoved and even approached the neighbors to confirm the situation, the two of them wanted to die.
It happened that Tong Nianqing came back from outside at this moment. As soon as he entered the house, he was seen by Tong's mother.
She loves her daughter, but all this is done without regard to her son's interests.
Seeing Tong Nianqing coming back, thinking about her son being arrested and that it was all Tong Nianqing who instigated this, Tong's mother was furious and slapped her in the face, "You bastard, you are an unmarried girl, why do you care about your elder brother and his wife's affairs? Now your elder sister-in-law has reported it to the commune, why don't you quickly admit your mistake to the leaders?"
After all, having loved her daughter for so many years, Tong's mother still loves her daughter very much. But now that the leader has come to their home, she can only use this method to let the leader calm down first. The important thing is to release the person quickly.
She had a good idea, but Tong Nianqing was stunned. She covered her cheek and looked at Tong's mother in disbelief.
"Mom, you hit me."
Tong's mother tried her best to wink at Tong Nianqing, hoping that she would cooperate quickly. If their family admitted their mistake more sincerely, maybe the leader would soften his heart and release Tong Mingxin.
But Tong Nianqing was filled with the thought that he was the one who got beaten.
Tong's father didn't see Tong's mother's expression, and he also came over to blame her, "Nianqing is still young and doesn't know anything. Can't you say it properly? Why hit her?"
Tong's mother knew that her husband favored his daughter, but now that her son has been arrested, he is still partial to his daughter at this critical juncture.
"Don't you see what time it is now?" Tong's mother yelled back, unable to bear it any longer.
Director Ji looked at this family farce and didn't know what to say.
In fact, she saw the look from Tong's mother most clearly.
It’s just that Tong’s father was so unexpected that he was so protective of his daughter. It was rare to see such a man in Baihua Commune.
Just when the family was arguing, Chen Xiumei came back.
Seeing her, Tong's mother no longer cared about the father and daughter and quickly ran towards Chen Xiumei.
She grabbed Chen Xiumei's arm, ignoring her frown, and said anxiously, "Xiumei, Mom knows you are a good child. Mingxin hit you because he was confused. He never touched you before. Xiumei, couples always quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. You must not be confused. If something really happens to Mingxin, it will not be good for you."
Director Ji didn't expect that Tong's mother could confuse right and wrong in front of her. So was there a quarrel between Tong Mingxin and Chen Xiumei?
It was clearly a one-sided beating on his part.
Just as she was about to speak, she saw Chen Xiumei look up, meet her gaze, and gently shake her head at her.
Director Ji then swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
I hope Chen Xiumei will not be confused about this kind of thing. Once this kind of thing happens, it will happen again and become commonplace in the end.
Tong's mother was only thinking about making the matter smaller than it actually was, so she just kept grabbing Chen Xiumei's arm, hoping for some reaction from her.
Chen Xiumei struggled to break free from her restraints, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Mom, you're hurting me."
The bruises on his arms were all caused by Tong Mingxin.
Even if Tong's mother couldn't see the wound on her arm, wouldn't the wound on her face be obvious?
"This is all Nianqing's fault. She was confused at the time. Please ask the leader to let Mingxin go."
Tong's mother glanced at Chen Xiumei's face and gritted her teeth and said, "Just consider it as compensation for not giving Mingxin a child in the past two years."
Director Ji was stunned. What kind of compensation is this?
Is there some serious disease in the brain?
Fortunately, Chen Xiumei was sober. She looked at Tong's mother and asked, "Mom, why do you think that it must be my fault that I haven't given birth to a child in the past two years? Have you ever suspected that there is something wrong with your son's body?"
"Impossible." Tong's mother directly refuted, "How could there be something wrong with Mingxin's body?"
"Are you a doctor? Can you tell at a glance if there is any problem with a person's body? You are so capable, why don't you ask Secretary He to write you a letter of recommendation and send you to the provincial hospital to be a doctor? With this ability, you can save so many sick people." Li Lingling couldn't help but speak.
Tong's mother still didn't believe that there was anything wrong with her son, but she couldn't find any words to refute it.
Chen Xiumei looked at her and couldn't help but twitching the corners of her mouth.
Because she has not had a child in the past two years, she is more anxious than anyone else. Her parents-in-law are also urging her overtly and covertly. Fortunately, Tong Mingxin comforts her, saying that they are still young and there is no need to rush for a child.
She was just deeply touched at that time, but when she thought about it carefully, even if Tong Mingxin was comforting her, the implication of her words was that there was something wrong with her body that made her unable to have children.
Ever since she entered the pickle factory and came into contact with the members of Taohua Brigade, she also realized that sometimes the inability to have children is not necessarily the woman's problem, but the man's problem may also be there.
I heard that the man who is the current director of the Women's Federation of Taohua Brigade, was injured when he fell into the water when he was a child. Although it cannot be seen from the outside, there is a problem. He has only one daughter, and the daughter has been in poor health since she was born.
Knowing that Director Ji had taken the militia to arrest Tong Mingxin, Chen Xiumei was confused for a moment. She didn't know whether what she was doing was right or wrong.
She asked for leave from her team leader and wanted to come back and take a look.
As soon as I left the factory, I met Secretary Zhou.
I heard that Secretary Zhou was the director of the Women's Federation of Taohua Brigade before. Because of her good performance, she was transferred to the Women's Federation of the commune. The plastic greenhouse and the current pickle factory were all proposed by her. She is very smart.
Now he has been transferred to be Secretary He's secretary.
It only took her a few months to go from being the director of the Women's Federation of the brigade to the secretary of the party. It shows how capable she is.
The members of Taohua Brigade said that they had many things told by Secretary Zhou.
Such a capable person should know how to deal with this matter, right?
Chen Xiumei hesitated for a moment and found Zhou Xian who was about to go to the office.
When she sat opposite Zhou Xian, she had some self-doubt, but she soon relaxed. Although Secretary Zhou was very young and had never been married, she made people feel very sincere when she spoke.
And for some reason I feel very relieved about her.
Chen Xiumei talked more and more, pouring out all her troubles.
She asked, "Secretary Zhou, what do you think I should do?"
Secretary Zhou was silent for a while, then looked at her and asked, "Have you ever thought about divorce?"
Chen Xiumei looked up at Zhou Xian, her eyes full of shock.
Divorce?
She clenched her fists, but it didn't seem that hard to accept.
But what to do after divorce?
No matter how she explains it to her family, people around her will definitely point fingers at her, and her family members won't accept it.
She had too many concerns, but not one of them was about divorce.
She wanted to leave, but was worried about the strange looks from people around her.
"Think about it again, think about yourself."
Think about yourself.
Chen Xiumei was stunned.
Want to think for yourself?
No one has ever asked her to think about herself. In her parents' home, she is a girl and doing housework is her duty. Even her family members said that if she can't do housework, she will bring shame to her family when she gets married.
After getting married, one has to work in the husband's family and be a diligent daughter-in-law. However, her parents' family also says that even after getting married, she should not forget to help her brothers at home.
This was the first time someone advised her to think about herself.
She stood up in a daze and walked aimlessly. When she came to her senses, she was already at the door of her house.
The mother-in-law rushed over and grabbed her arm regardless of her injuries.
The pinch became tighter and tighter, causing her to frown in pain.
But the mother-in-law didn't care at all. She just wanted her to give in and get her son released.
Chen Xiumei looked up and saw Director Ji.
When she saw Director Ji wanted to speak, she stopped him.
She thought, she had already thought it through.
"Director Ji, Tong Mingxin beat me, and I want to divorce him."
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