When Li Fugen's mother heard Yang Weihong mention her previous daughter-in-law, her crying paused noticeably, but soon resumed, but it was much softer than before.
Yang's mother was startled by Yang Weihong's sudden outburst. She felt embarrassed and ashamed when she noticed the gazes from the people around her. She gritted her teeth and raised her hand to hit Yang Weihong in the face again. "You prodigal girl, I don't even think about you. I worked so hard to raise you three siblings. Have I ever told you how much hardship I endured? Your grandmother was so mean back then. She made me wash with cold water in the dead of winter. My hands are now covered with chilblains. If I hadn't done so much work back then, you wouldn't be living such a good life now!"
"What's wrong with me picking a widower for you? The Li family is well-off, and they can pick any girl from the surrounding area. I just want you to live a good life. You're such an ungrateful person, now you're turning your back on me. What's the matter? Didn't I tie you up to get married? And you agreed to it yourself!"
Mother Yang was about to continue, but Father Yang grabbed her arm and said, "Stop talking!"
"Why shouldn't I say it? I have to. You got hit twice and you're saying you're wronged and wanting a divorce. Every woman would get hit a few times, but why are you the only one who has so much trouble?"
Father Yang shouted angrily, "I said it's okay, don't you understand?"
His loud shout startled the absent-minded Mother Li, and her wailing stopped abruptly. She watched coldly as the little whore was beaten by her mother, feeling extremely happy. When she heard Mother Yang's words, her eyes flashed and she echoed, "That's right. Besides, Fugen just accidentally hit her a little harder that time. How could you, how could you kill her——"
As she spoke, she thought of her son who was silent outside, and she slapped her thigh and cried again, "Oh my God, what sin has our Li family committed to marrying such a female evil star? Fugen, why did you leave like this? How can I live the rest of my life? You should have taken me with you. I could have been your companion on the road."
Yang Weihong felt it was ironic when she thought about her body without any good flesh, and she didn't want to waste time talking to these people anymore.
Soon, people from the Public Security Bureau came and Yang Weihong was escorted out. She walked in the middle with her head held high and her chest puffed out. She didn't look like she was going to die, but rather like she was going to do something particularly meaningful.
Tian Cai felt sad watching this, as if she understood the leaders' original purpose of liberating women.
Let them stand up bravely and make their own decisions, instead of being bought and sold by their families like commodities without any resistance.
In the era when Tian Cai lived, if you encountered domestic violence, you could get a divorce smoothly, whether with the help of government departments or the Internet. There might be some twists and turns in the process, but the result was generally good.
Now, if a woman wants to divorce, it's fine if she is a decisive person, but if not, she needs the support of her family. Once she is cowardly and her family does not support her, the divorce will not be successful.
Shi Fulan was able to divorce because she had the support of Old Lady Shi, Luo Xiujuan was able to divorce because she had the backing of her father Luo Xiangli, and Yang Weihong wanted to divorce, but she only had a group of family members who wanted to push her to "live a good life", which led to today's tragedy.
After the people were taken away, the people around them had not yet dispersed. Everyone was looking at the bright red ground in the Li family's yard and talking about it. The person who had just heard the conversation between Yang Weihong and her mother suddenly became the center of the discussion and learned everything Yang's mother said.
"What her mother said is not wrong. Fugen's family is one of the best in our village. His grandfather used to be a steward for the landlord Shi's family. I heard that he was quite favored by the landlord. Back then, Fugen's grandmother would use several drops of oil when cooking. Yang Weihong will definitely live a good life if she marries into our family!"
"What good days are you talking about? Do you remember Li Fugen's previous wife? They said she died of a sudden illness, didn't they?"
"Yes, yes, yes, but she died suddenly of illness. I saw her wandering around in the yard the day before. I don't know how she died overnight!"
The person who had just spoken lowered his voice and said, "Look at how Fugen treated Yang Weihong. Could he have beaten the previous one to death?"
"Ah, no way?"
They looked at each other and believed what was said. Seeing that Mother Li was still crying, they immediately lost their sympathy.
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On the way back, Tian Cai and the others heard the news from Qin Ling.
Tian Cai snorted softly, "This is also a rare time for Yang Weihong to stand up, but she is still too soft-hearted."
Qin Ling nodded, "Indeed."
"If it were me, that mother-in-law Yang Weihong, or that other aunt or whatever, we wouldn't let them see the sun today."
The main culprit has been killed, so how can we let the other two accomplices go? Killing one will kill him anyway, and killing two more will be the same. We must make sure that we die before we leave.
This incident caused a sensation in the entire Huang County that day. The county directly used Yang Weihong's case as a negative example. The communes also held many meetings because of this. They all asked the team leaders not to just focus on production, but also to pay attention to the ideological and family problems of the members. They repeatedly emphasized that men and women are equal, and that divorce is allowed if they can't live together. The government supports freedom of marriage and divorce.
During that period, the team had more learning activities, and Tian Cai would sometimes go over to sign in, and he only listened a few times once or twice.
Zhang Defa spoke more directly and called over several men he knew who liked to beat their wives, with Li Dasheng being the first one.
He exaggerated the situation of Yang Weihong, mainly talking about how she resisted under long-term oppression.
More than one criticism meeting was held for Yang Weihong. The county had different opinions on this case. Most people advocated the execution of the death penalty according to the criminal law. Another small group of people had similar ideas to Zhang Defa. After they learned the whole story in detail, they felt that this was just like the farmhands who had been oppressed by landlords for a long time in the old society. They just didn't control their strength well when they rose up to resist, which led to the murder.
But at this time there was no such thing as manslaughter or excessive self-defense. Tian Cai specifically asked Huang Zhengguang about it, and most people supported shooting. If Yang Weihong was not punished, it was inevitable that similar incidents would occur in the future. How would he be sentenced then?
So even though the county party committee holds meetings and discussions every day, no one can convince anyone else. It is actually a waste of time. Judging from Yang Weihong's behavior, this girl will not escape death.
Knowing that the place where the prisoners were held was cold and damp, Tian Cai asked Du Chunyan to help get a set of old bedding, and sent it in with the help of Huang Zhengguang's relationship, so that the girl would not have such a hard time in her last days.
Half a month later, news came from the county that Yang Weihong had been executed.
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