Xia Liang looked at them and said, "You're all a bunch of brainless idiots! You lost your minds just from listening to this man's few words and even tried to attack me. I hereby solemnly announce that you are all fired." She hadn't initially realized these men were her factory employees, but when she heard the man grabbed by the back of his neck call out "Jiang Liang," the name sounded familiar. Then, upon closer inspection, she realized it was the very responsible shift leader her father often talked about! Knowing they were her employees, Xia Liang became even angrier. People like this, so easily provoked and emotionally charged, were more terrifying than time bombs. Who knew what they might do to harm the factory if someone else stirred things up again? Therefore, they had to be fired today.
Hearing Xia Liang's words, Wang Lele's mother instantly forgot the fright she had just suffered. Although she hadn't physically attacked her, her husband had brought a full ten people, who had been dealt with in less than ten minutes by the four people opposite, two of whom were women. Their fighting power was terrifying. However, upon hearing Xia Liang mention firing several people, she immediately looked at Xia Liang with disdain: "You really can say anything! Do you think you're the boss? You can fire whoever you want!" Before Xia Liang could say that she was the boss, Xia Dahe's voice came from outside: "She really can fire whoever she wants." Jiang Liang turned around and saw Supervisor Xia, his factory manager's father. Looking at Xia Liang standing in front of the crowd, a terrible thought rose from the bottom of his heart: Could it be...?
Today, Xia Yunxi went home after school. Her younger sister is only in first grade and has two fewer afternoon classes than them, so they go home separately after school. When Xia Liang arrived at school today, Gu Yunxi was already in her second-to-last class. Xia Liang was in her younger daughter's classroom when get out of class ended, so Gu Yunxi had no idea what had happened to her mother at school. She only realized how strange it was when she got home and didn't see her mother or sister. Her mother is usually very busy and not home, which is normal, but her sister is always home when she gets home from school. The little girl, who was watching TV, asked her aunt and found out that her mother had gone to school with her younger sister. She immediately ran towards the door and bumped into Xia Dahe, who had just come home from get off work. Xia Dahe helped his eldest granddaughter up and asked, "Yunxi, what's wrong? Why are you running out so fast? What if you fall?" The little girl was too anxious to explain to her grandfather and grabbed his hand, running towards the school. Although Xia Dahe was puzzled, he knew that his eldest granddaughter was a calm person, so he didn't say much and ran after her. Just as they reached the door of his younger granddaughter's classroom, they heard a conversation coming from inside.
Seeing his eldest daughter running breathlessly, Xia Liang quickly reached out to catch her, asking, "Dabao, Dad, what brings you here?" Xia Dahe replied, "I just got home from get off work, and Yunxi dragged me towards school. She looked panicked and I was worried something might happen, so I followed her." Jiang Liang, who had witnessed the whole thing, awkwardly stepped forward to greet him, "Manager Xia." Xia Dahe then noticed Jiang Liang and asked, "Hey! What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be with Wang Peng to uphold justice?" Hearing this, Jiang Liang felt even more speechless. What was this? Being ordered by the boss's father to uphold justice for the boss? What utter nonsense!
Wang Peng, standing to the side, turned pale with fright. This woman was actually his boss? He was doomed! What had he just said? Thinking about how everything had happened today because of his good-for-nothing wife and his mischievous son—it was all that wretched woman's fault—he flew into a rage. He grabbed his bewildered wife and slapped her twice across the face: "I told you not to cause trouble! I told you not to raise the child properly! I'm so sorry! Director Xia, it's all that wretched woman's fault! I always try to persuade her to be kind to others!" He continued hitting and cursing. The onlookers understood: these young men had come to teach their boss a lesson, and one of them, realizing his job was in danger, was taking his anger out on his wife.
Xia Liang looked down on this kind of man. Although Lele's mother was indeed annoying, Wang Peng was the most disgusting. Not only was he incompetent, but he was also irresponsible to his family and the education of his children. He also ignored all his wife's efforts. If there were no problems, it would be fine, but if there were, he would blame it on his wife for not educating the children well. He would push everything onto his wife.
Xia Liang had Tian Longhui and Zhou Xiong pull the two apart: "That's enough. Only incompetent men beat their wives. Even if you beat her to death, it won't change the fact that you're going to be fired." Xia Liang looked at her father, Xia Dahe: "Dad, fire everyone except Jiang Liang." After saying that, he grabbed one of his daughters and took her home. Those who remained were stunned. Wang Peng's beaten coworkers felt like the sky had fallen. They had only come out to uphold justice, and yet they were fired. Looking at the culprits in front of them, the coworkers were filled with rage. They grabbed Wang Peng and beat him up, cursing: "It's all your fault, you bastard! If you hadn't offended the factory manager, we wouldn't have been fired!" How familiar this scene was! The scene that had just happened to Wang Peng and his wife was now repeating itself. Jiang Liang rubbed his forehead and shouted angrily, "Enough! If you want to go to jail, then keep making trouble." The others stopped, after all, losing their jobs was terrible, but going to jail would be the end of them.
Xia Liang returned home and said to her two daughters, "My dears, you must remember, you can't date men who beat their wives, okay? No matter how sweet their words or how good their actions are, it's not acceptable. Got it?" The two little ones didn't know why their mother was telling them this, but they always nodded obediently, as always. Xia Liang felt that raising children was truly exhausting. She worried about whether they were eating or dressing well, cared about their mental health, and feared they might meet the wrong person when they grew up. After all, even in future generations, there were still many chauvinistic men who committed domestic violence. Many daughters-in-law in the 1960s and 70s who encountered domestic violence would choose to swallow their anger and forgive their scumbag husbands for the sake of their children. However, their concessions and forbearance did not earn their husbands' soft hearts or pity, but only countless more instances of domestic violence.
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