These words were like a bomb, leaving the relatives and friends outside utterly shocked and scrambled.
That's blatant robber logic. Does that mean if you don't have sons or grandsons, you can't own the house and the money?
Unable to bear it any longer, Zhou Jiuzhen struck out with his palm, breaking the only two tables in the room in half.
"Old man, do you think this is still your era? Nowadays, women can hold up half the sky. Are you saying that women are born without a home and don't even have the right to own property?"
"Of course!"
My second great-uncle answered with his head held high as if it were a matter of course, as if he were proud of being a man.
"Women are always outsiders in their husbands' families and guests when they go back to their parents' homes. Their children will grow up and start their own families!"
"Women are born with a lowly fate, without a home, drifting wherever they may, like dandelions. If they land in a fertile place, they will thrive in the wind; if they land in a barren place, they will suffer their whole lives. This house, if it falls into a woman's hands, is already given to outsiders. Therefore, this house belongs to the Ling family. You, a girl, have no right to inherit it, so the property certificate is invalid!"
My second uncle spoke with great passion and an air of self-righteousness.
All the women present lowered their heads and remained silent, as if acquiescing to his words.
Even the relatives and friends who had just mocked their second uncle for usurping their place fell silent, nodding as if they agreed with him.
Ling Huanwu trembled with anger. She looked around at the crowd and finally pulled out the female newspaper reporter who had been holding a camera. With a serious expression, she said, "Comrade, I ask you to be my witness!"
The female reporter was also quite angry about what the old man had said, and nodded with a righteous expression.
"Comrade, could you help me find a leader at the Cultural Relics Bureau?"
Ling Huanwu turned around and asked the police officer with a serious expression, then, amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, she said clearly and forcefully, "I want to donate my property!"
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