Chapter 10 Legal Publicity
Qi Tongwei followed Li Dalong's instructions and came to the village office.
Zaoshuwan Village has a total of three old houses with outdated facilities and bumpy courtyards.
It reminded him of Qijia Village, which was just as poor and backward.
Looking at the environment in front of him, Qi Tongwei felt very uncomfortable. At this moment, he thought of himself.
Because his family was poor, he grew up eating and wearing clothes from many families. Because of his childhood experiences, what he always thought about was to climb up and no longer be looked down upon.
It’s a pity that I met Liang Lu, a crazy woman. If it weren’t for this crazy woman, maybe my fate would have been different.
Shaking his head and putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Qi Tongwei walked towards an old man holding a pipe.
"Hello, uncle. May I ask where your village party secretary is? I am Qi Tongwei, a cadre of our township judicial office. I am here to do legal publicity in the village." Qi Tongwei said to the old man.
"I am the village party secretary Huang Guiping. I am here to promote legal knowledge? I am not here to promote family planning." Village party secretary Huang Guiping looked at Qi Tongwei and said.
"It's not family planning. Family planning is the job of family planning cadres." Qi Tongwei explained. He knew that what villagers fear most nowadays is family planning.
He did not comment on the family planning policy. It is unfair to evaluate current policies with the eyes of future generations.
"It's good that it's not family planning. How can you expect the village committee to cooperate with you?" Huang Guiping was relieved when he heard that it was not family planning.
"Is there any abuse of the elderly or beating of women and children in our village?" Qi Tongwei asked about the most common phenomenon in rural areas.
“Elderly abuse doesn’t really exist in Zaoshuwan, and no one dares to do it.
Beating your wife and children is very common, but beating your wife and children is not against the law, right?" Huang Guiping asked doubtfully.
"Why not? Beating women and children is a violation of the Law on the Protection of Women and Children's Rights.
These are legal books, put them in the village office for villagers to read." Qi Tongwei handed Huang Guiping two legal books that he bought with his own money.
"Beating your wife and children is against the law. How can this be true?" Huang Guiping looked incredulous. How come the tradition has changed?
"Secretary Huang, it doesn't mean beating your wife and children is illegal. It depends on the circumstances.
In general, fighting is a conflict between husband and wife. As the saying goes, pots and bowls will inevitably bump into each other, and the same is true between husband and wife.
But if the person is beaten to death or maimed or injured, it is a crime.
The same is true for children. Some parents abandon their children because they don't give birth to sons, which is also a crime. "Qi Tongwei grew up in the countryside and knew that it was common for husbands to beat their wives during this period.
There are also cases of abandonment of girl children!
He also advocates to put an end to the beating to death, maiming and abandonment of children.
He didn't think of making a big deal out of an ordinary fight.
“What you said makes sense, and there are indeed fights to the death in the village.
I have a nephew named Huang Yongwei, who beats his wife without mercy, and he might have sent his wife Niu Erchun away that day." After listening to this, Huang Guiping felt that what Qi Tongwei said made some sense.
"Then let's go and see your nephew." Along the way, Huang Guiping gave a brief introduction of his nephew's situation.
Qi Tongwei also asked about Li Dalong's situation indirectly, but in order not to arouse suspicion, he only asked about his home address and did not ask other details.
When we arrived at the yard of Huang Yongwei's house, we found that the yard was unusually quiet. Occasionally, we could hear a woman sobbing. We knew it was Huang Yongwei's wife Niu Erchun without having to guess.
Pushing open the door, I looked over and saw Huang Yongwei lying leisurely on a chair, humming a folk song.
His wife Niu Erchun was sobbing as she added firewood to the stove, rubbing her cheeks and eyes from time to time, looking bruised and battered.
"Yongwei, why are you still lying there? Didn't you see Director Qi coming?" Huang Guiping stepped forward and kicked Huang Yongwei.
"It's uncle!
Come if you want, what does it have to do with me, how can I be afraid of him?" Huang Yongwei said unconvinced.
Qi Tongwei had some understanding of this kind of people. They had no culture and thought that they married their wives with their own money and it was their right to beat them.
Qi Tongwei raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but was not angry. In his previous life, he was the director of the Public Security Department. Regardless of other things, he did master the skill of nourishing his qi.
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Why don't you apologize to Officer Qi?" Village chief Huang Guiping kicked Huang Yongwei again.
Qi Tongwei looked at Huang Yongwei, who looked stubborn and didn't seem to be convinced by him, and said in a deep voice: "There's no need to apologize to me, he should apologize to Comrade Niu Erchun!"
Seeing that the other party still didn't say anything, Qi Tongwei continued: "Tell me, why do you beat your wife? This is not what a man should do."
"What's wrong with me beating her? I married her with my own money. I can beat her however I want. No one can interfere." Huang Yongwei looked indifferent.
"No one can do anything about it, don't you know this is domestic violence?
Your behavior has already constituted a crime. If you really want to make a fuss, I can take you to court, sentence you to domestic violence, and send you to labor camp," Qi Tongwei threatened.
He threatened, but he was not prepared to resolve the matter through legal procedures.
Nowadays, there are very few people who don't beat their wives, especially in rural areas, where beating wives is almost commonplace.
"Who are you trying to scare? I'm not the only one who beats my wife. How can I be considered a domestic violence offender?" Huang Yongwei didn't believe what Qi Tongwei said at all.
"Look for yourself, what you have done to Comrade Niu Erchun? This is the most direct evidence.
I'm telling you, I'm not trying to scare you. If you don't believe me, go out and ask around to see if I'm lying."
Seeing that Qi Tongwei didn't want to lie, Huang Guiping pretended to be tough, but he was actually a little scared in his heart.
Who is Qi Tongwei? He is the former Public Security Director of Handong Province. He had long seen through Huang Yongwei's weak character.
Then he changed the subject and said, "However, if you sincerely apologize to Niu Erchun now and promise not to do it again, I can forgive you and not send you to labor camp."
Although Huang Yongwei was afraid, he still forced himself not to apologize because of his dignity as a man.
Qi Tongwei secretly gave Huang Yongwei a wink, hoping that he would cooperate, but unfortunately his action was like talking to a deaf ear.
However, when Niu Erchun heard that her husband was going to labor camp, she hurried forward to plead for him.
"Secretary Qi, this is all my fault. I didn't give birth to a boy or girl for the Huang family. Don't blame my man."
Qi Tongwei's mouth twitched, and he thought that female comrades who had not been feminized were really virtuous and would not forget to protect their husbands even when they were beaten.
"You two have been married for several years. Have you ever been to the hospital for a check-up?" Qi Tongwei asked following Niu Erchun's words.
"We got married two years ago. Why do we need to go to the hospital?" Seeing that Qi Tongwei no longer asked about the beating of his wife, Huang Yongwei was happy to talk about other things.
"You got married two years ago, so you should have a child. Given your situation, you two should go to the hospital and have a doctor check you out while you're still young.
Inability to have children is not necessarily a woman’s problem, it could also be a man’s problem. ” Qi Tongwei believes that it is very necessary to popularize science in rural areas.
"Nonsense, it's clearly a woman's matter, how can it be related to men." Huang Yongwei thought Qi Tongwei was talking nonsense.
"How can women give birth to children without men? Have you ever seen a woman giving birth to a child without getting married?" Qi Tongwei was a little amused.
"Are you telling the truth?" Niu Erchun stared at Qi Tongwei closely, as if she wanted to see through him. She was afraid of hearing a bad answer. She had always blamed herself for not giving birth to a child for the Huang family.
"Of course it's true. You two should go to the hospital for a check-up. If it's a physical reason, you can get timely treatment. If it's other reasons, you'd better make plans early." Qi Tongwei said seriously.
"Yongwei, Secretary Qi is an educated man, you two should just listen to him and go to the hospital." Huang Guiping also advised.
"Uncle, I'll go tomorrow." Huang Yongwei missed his child so much that he agreed immediately.
After leaving Huang Yongwei's home, the two went to other villagers' homes to mediate, which lasted until five in the afternoon.
"Secretary Qi, thank you so much today. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know there are so many problems in the village!" Huang Guiping said sincerely.
Qi Tongwei smiled and said, "This is what I should do, they are all small things.
Your village committee can report this to the township government and ask them to send someone to do some popular science propaganda.”
Huang Guangping nodded repeatedly in agreement, but in his heart he was thinking, as expected of a college student, he is very organized in his words and deeds.
Qi Tongwei politely declined Huang Guiping's offer to keep him for dinner and rode his scooter out of the village!