Chapter 69: The person who was hurt is not wrong, the one who is wrong is...
People love to join in the fun. At first, Xiang Yao let out a loud shout, which passed through the air and the fields and was immediately noticed by the people living nearby.
Today was a day when relatives gathered together, and soon a group of people gathered and walked over quickly.
If you look closely, you can easily find that these people all have a strong interest in gossip on their faces.
Of course, this is exactly the effect Xiang Yao wants. Public opinion is always a powerful weapon to win.
Especially in this situation where the weak are against the strong, the power of the onlookers becomes particularly important.
When these people rushed over, they were actually talking quietly, but Xiang Yao's voice was too loud. At that time, there was a line of ducks quacking by the reeds, mixed with the sound of the wind and water birds by the river, so Lu Ping didn't even notice that anyone was coming.
Doesn’t this provide Xiang Yao with a better stage to perform?
The people who came heard the last few words of conversation between Xiang Yao and Lu Ping. They first looked at each other with the same surprise on their faces, and then they rushed forward a few steps and stopped the two sisters Xiang Yao and Xiang Chun behind them.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? This is Aunt Juhua's grandson-in-law. Why is he hitting someone for no reason?"
"Even if we're arguing, you can't hit a woman. Not only do you hit your wife, but you also hit your sister-in-law? What kind of thing is this?"
"I think your name is Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu. I never thought you were such a person. It's such a big holiday, and you're so rude, aren't you?"
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Everyone was talking and the spit was almost drowning Lu Ping. He wanted to explain that he was beaten by Xiang Yao, but every time he tried to explain, he was drowned out by the crowd.
Xiang Yao held Xiang Chun's hand tightly, looking like he had been wronged.
In the eyes of the people in Xiangjiawan, she was originally a well-behaved and sensible girl. But now, with her red eyes and the look on her face, everyone's anger increased.
This foreign son-in-law actually dared to beat someone in his wife's family home? This must not be tolerated!
Everyone looked at Lu Ping with extremely unfriendly eyes, and clamored to take him to Lao Xiang's house to resolve this matter.
Of course, the solution they were talking about was to teach Lu Ping a lesson.
Xiang Yao had no objection at all. He pulled Xiang Chun and walked behind the crowd. Looking at Lu Ping being pushed by the villagers, a hint of satisfaction finally appeared on his face.
She turned her head to look at Xiang Chun and saw that her expression was full of hesitation and confusion, as if she didn't know what to do, so she slowed down her pace.
"Sister, does he often beat you like this at home?" Xiang Yao asked.
Xiang Chun was dazed for a moment, his eyes vacant. After a long while, he nodded gently. "It wasn't like this at the beginning. Later, he treated me well in front of others, but beat me from time to time behind their backs. But every time he beat me, he regretted it and begged for my forgiveness..."
Mustering up the courage to speak out about this matter, Xiang Chun's frustrations that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time finally burst out like a flood, pouring down towards Xiang Yao.
"At first I thought he really didn't mean it, and I really regretted hitting me. After all, he was always very nice to me. Whenever his family bullied me, he would always stand up for me and never let me get the better of him."
"But later I found that the more he helped me, the worse his family treated me. In the end, I couldn't figure out whether he was really good to me or not. I really couldn't tell..."
Tears slid down Xiang Chun's cheeks like a sudden summer rain, falling silently to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust that was almost invisible to the naked eye.
She glanced at the crowd in front of her and saw that no one was looking at her, so she carefully rolled up her sleeves and gestured to look at Yao.
"He hit me yesterday, and the marks haven't gone away yet. They're all over my stomach and legs..."
Xiang Yao's eyes fell on Xiang Chun's arm. Seeing the purple-red bruises showing from under the yellowish skin, he couldn't help but gasp.
After a long while, she finally found her voice: "This, it looks like the attack was really not light."
Xiang Chun hummed softly, "Maybe it's because I haven't had a child yet. Every time my mother-in-law scolds me, he advises her in front of everyone, but behind my back he always gets back at me with his fists."
To be honest, she is a little numb now.
If Xiang Yao hadn't seen what happened today, she might, might have continued to keep it a secret and endure it.
She clenched her fists, but was surprised to find that one of her hands was still being held by Xiang Yao. She felt a little embarrassed and quickly retracted her hand.
Xiang Yao blinked and thought to herself that she was right. People like Lu Ping were the kind of scumbags who were good at PUA that were often summarized on the Internet in later generations.
Fortunately, Xiang Chun now seems to have understood a little that her husband is not good to her at all.
She carefully considered her tone, afraid of hurting Xiang Chun, and said softly, "This isn't a solution. He's a human being, and so are you. You can't be beaten all the time. This isn't a healthy relationship."
Xiang Chun glanced at Lü Ping, whose face was covered with frost, in the crowd, with a look of boundless disappointment in his eyes:
"But when a woman gets married, whether she marries a good man or a bad man, it's for life. I don't want to do that either, but I have no choice."
Xiang Yao raised his eyebrows and retorted: "How can there be no solution? There are quite a few solutions!"
Xiang Chun turned his head, a hint of doubt in his eyes: "Is there any way..."
Xiang Yao thought for a moment and said, "Marriage is not a one-size-fits-all deal. If you don't like it, just return it."
Xiang Chun frowned, not quite understanding: "Return?"
Xiang Yao nodded as a matter of course: "Yes, if you can get married, you can also get divorced. If this man is not good enough, just return him. If you still want to get married, find someone else to marry. If you don't want to get married, it's actually not a big deal. Who says women can't live well if they don't get married."
In the next ten or twenty years, divorced people will be everywhere, and there will be countless women living a very free and easy life as singles. It will not be a rare thing at all.
But obviously, in this day and age, and in such a poor and backward place, this idea is still a little too advanced.
Xiang Chun was a little frightened by this statement, and his words began to stutter. "But, but if we get divorced, we'll be ridiculed. And... and how can a woman stay single for her whole life? Her family won't allow it."
Xiang Yao sighed secretly, knowing that what Xiang Chun said was not unreasonable. In particular, she looked like someone who cared a lot about other people's opinions and regarded marriage as the most important thing in her life. It would be really difficult for her to cross this line easily.
But, there are other ways.
Xiang Yao pondered for a moment and continued, "Since you don't agree with this method, let's discuss the second one."
"Everyone has hands and feet. If he uses violence against you, you can also use violence against him. If he hits you once, you hit him back ten times. If he hits you with his hands, you use a stick. If he uses a stick, you use..."
She originally wanted to say "use a knife", but then she thought that using a knife was not advisable in a society ruled by law, so she swallowed the words.
"Anyway, you can't give him the signal that you're easy to bully. If you feel you can't win, just go crazy and disturb his entire family. You'll also have to let all the neighbors know what kind of people the Lu family is secretly like."
"If all else fails, we can return to Xiangjiawan. The Xiang family has so many men, and you have so many brothers. Lead them all to attack the Lu family. I don't believe they won't be afraid."
Just thinking about this massive fight scene, Xiang Yao felt his blood boiling.
This is one of the reasons why people in rural areas always want to have more sons.
If there are few men in a family, they are likely to be bullied, but if there are many men in the family, it is almost impossible for them to be bullied.
And a very realistic problem is that the same is true for women.
When a woman marries into her husband's family, if she has many brothers and is willing to stand up for her sisters, her husband's family will be wary of whatever they say and will not dare to bully her easily.
But on the contrary, it will often inspire the other party to become more unscrupulous.
So Xiang Yao didn't quite understand why Xiang Chun kept it a secret and didn't tell his family a single word even though he was being bullied like that.
Obviously, her uncle and aunt-in-law really value Xiangchun, their eldest daughter.
Xiang Chun seemed to be lost in thought, and even his face showed a hint of brightness.
In the past, she was indeed afraid that others would know that she was beaten, so she kept the matter secret and didn't tell anyone.
And didn't Lu Ping become even more vicious because he knew that she wouldn't dare to speak out easily?
She couldn't help but recall that when Lu Ping first beat her, he was extremely afraid that she would go back to her parents' home to complain. At that time, with tears on his face, he knelt on the ground, hugged her legs and begged her not to tell anyone, saying that he would never touch a hair on her head again...
Just because she really endured it silently in the first few times and didn't show any abnormality in front of others, Lu Ping became more and more presumptuous.
What if she really did as Xiang Yao said, and went crazy, not only telling the whole brigade about the incident, but also coming back to her parents' home to ask her uncles and brothers to come and seek justice?
In that case, would Lu Ping, his mother, his brother and sister-in-law, or even the children in his family dare to bully her like that?
Xiang Chun suddenly felt a little stupid. If she just sacrificed her face, this kind of thing could be solved immediately, but she just endured it for so long.
Just think about it, it’s a big loss...
And Xiang Yao's next words made her feel even more that she should have made a change long ago.
Xiang Yao said in a very firm tone: "Don't think it's shameful for a woman to be bullied by her husband's family. The Lu family bullies a daughter-in-law who married into the family, and the men of the Lu family even beat women behind their backs. For all these things, they should be the ones to be ashamed."
"As long as those who are bullied and hurt have the courage to fight back, even if someone says something unpleasant behind their back, it's the person who's doing the gossiping who's at fault. I believe that in matters like this, people still have a balance in their hearts and won't confuse good with bad."
Xiang Chun felt that she heard nothing. The only thing left in her mind was "The person who was hurt is not wrong. The person who hurt others is wrong." This sentence kept lingering in her mind, giving her a sense of enlightenment.
Yes, she works diligently to be a good daughter-in-law and takes care of the housework honestly. What's wrong with her?
Aren't the ones who deserve to be beaten, scolded, and humiliated the ones who bully her for no reason? Shouldn't it be those who beat women for no reason?
As they were about to reach the Xiang family after passing these acres of land, Xiang Chun's eyes finally lit up.
She held Xiang Yao's hand again, as if holding a firm heart——
"Yaoyao, I understand. I know what I should do."
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