Chapter 28 70 Little Widow (7)
"Mrs. Zhou, it's the new China now. You can't engage in feudal autocracy. Your daughter-in-law is free in marriage. No one can stop her," said Zheng Yuan, who worked at the Women's Federation in the slum.
As for the wound on Mrs. Zhou's face, it was most likely caused by a fight with someone outside.
These neighbors often saw Mrs. Zhou with a bruised face.
"Why don't you take care of other people's affairs? Your own family is a mess, and you still have the nerve to care about others. If I were you, I would be embarrassed to work in the Women's Federation. You keep talking about gender equality all day long, but in fact you only want to have a son and leave your daughter in the countryside." Lin Zhou said unhappily.
Damn it, the dog is meddling in other people's business and actually started to interfere in her daughter-in-law's remarriage.
Zheng Yuan was so angry that her face turned red. She glared at Lin Zhou and said, "Anyway, if you stop your daughter-in-law from remarrying, I will report you."
"Then I will report you too. How can someone who favors boys over girls have the nerve to work in the Women's Federation?" Lin Zhou rolled her eyes, as if she was no one who would threaten others.
She jumped up, pointed at Zheng Yuan's nose and cursed: "Get out of here, you are not welcome in my house."
"Mom, that's enough. Don't vent your anger on others about our problems." Xu Jinhuan scolded, and then said to Zheng Yuan, "Sister Zheng, don't bother with my mother-in-law. She's always like this..." and was making a fuss.
She didn't finish her words, but Zheng Yuan understood and looked at Xu Jinhuan with sympathy.
Such a good girl, how could she have such an evil mother-in-law like Lin Zhou.
She said: "If you encounter any problems, you can come to me. Your sister Zheng will definitely help you with anything that she can help with."
Xu Jinhuan nodded and said thank you.
Zheng Yuan came out of Lin's house and the cold wind made her much more sober.
She couldn't lose her job, so the first step was to bring her daughter back from her hometown so that people wouldn't think she favored boys over girls.
She was forced to do so at the time. Her mother-in-law was so crazy that she wanted her to give birth to a boy that she found a fortune teller who said that the reason she didn't have a son was because a daughter had taken the position.
Her mother-in-law believed the witch's words and bullied her daughter behind her back. She was busy with work at the time, so she had to send her daughter to the countryside.
My daughter is fourteen years old this year and it’s time for her to go to high school. We can’t delay any longer.
After Zheng Yuan left, the people who had gathered at the Lin family also dispersed. It was lively and interesting, but the premise was that they would not be involved.
It would be bad if Xu Jinhuan followed Lin Zhou's example and reported them. In this era, everyone has the old idea of favoring boys over girls.
Lin Zhou was dumbfounded.
Why are everyone gone?
Shouldn't I stay and make the decision for her?
She met Xu Jinhuan's half-smiley eyes and couldn't help but shrink her neck and step back.
"Ah...wuwuwu..."
Xu Jinhuan picked up the towel on the table and stuffed it into her mouth again. Then he picked up the shoe soles he was making on the kang table and slapped Lin Zhou's face hard, again and again. The sound was crisp and pleasant.
The redness and swelling on Lin Zhou's face had not gone away, and now it was even more swollen, almost like a pig's head.
“Wuwuwu…” I was wrong, let me go, Lin Zhou was in so much pain that tears came out of her eyes.
My face hurts so much! I feel like it's going to rot.
If she had known this, she wouldn't have made such a fuss.
Ouch…it hurts!
at this time.
The neighbors who were lying at the door and listening were stunned. It really was the young daughter-in-law beating up the evil mother-in-law.
They wanted to say something, but when they thought of how the old shrew Lin Zhou was so annoying in the past, they thought of how the little shrew Xu Jinhuan was two-faced in front of others and behind their backs, and how she liked to cry, make a fuss, and bang her head against the wall.
Forget it, never mind. At most I will look down on this little shrew with contempt in the future.
Those who had been bullied by Lin Zhou had bright eyes and cheered for the young widow in their hearts.
Lin Zhou was also in despair.
After hitting the man for more than ten times and scaring him, Xu Jinhuan finally let go and said, "Behave yourself from now on."
Lin Zhou nodded hurriedly.
Honest, she must be honest.
You can offend anyone but not this little bitch.
She really hits, without mercy.
After a few days, Lin Zhou finally became obedient. He was arrogant and aggressive to outsiders, but submissive and willing to work at home.
Xu Jinhuan also sent the two children to the Yuhong class. They played with other children every day and were not scolded at home. Their personalities became much more cheerful.
Xu Jinhuan also got the hang of his job. After finishing his work every day, he would write articles about the stories of Xu Lingling and Song He.
Since they have the nerve to do it, they should have the nerve to admit it, let the whole society know about their love and praise the greatness of their love.
After two days of writing, I finally finished it. I revised it for another day and decisively submitted it to the largest newspaper in the provincial capital.
A week later.
Six o'clock in the morning.
Xu Lingling got up very early, made breakfast for the family, ate her own breakfast in a hurry, and then rushed to work at the Women's Federation. There was an inspection by the higher authorities today, and she could not be late or leave early as usual.
After she married Song He, she gave birth to a daughter. After her daughter went to school, her in-laws arranged for her to work as an officer in the Women's Federation.
With her husband's family background and her own hard work, she was promoted to deputy director in two years. She then accumulated another two years of experience. Now that the director is about to retire, she has a great advantage over several candidates.
When she thought that once she became the director, those who used to look down on her would think she was a capable person, the corners of her mouth curled up with joy.
As soon as she entered the office, she saw her colleagues looking at her strangely. Before she left far, they gathered together and whispered to each other.
She looked at herself and found that her clothes were not on backwards, so she wondered what was going on.
She came to the office with a puzzled look on her face, and saw the usually gentle director said to her with a stern face: "Come with me."
Xu Lingling was a little dissatisfied with her attitude, but she still followed her and asked with a smile: "Sister Zhang, what's wrong? Is there any gossip?"
"What's wrong? You still ask me what's wrong. Don't you remember anything you did?" Sister Zhang said with a cold face.
Xu Lingling frowned and said unhappily, "What exactly do you want to say? Don't beat around the bush."
Sister Zhang sneered.
He really thought the position of director was in her pocket and didn't even take her seriously.
She pointed at the newspaper on the table and raised her eyebrows: "Look!"
Xu Lingling picked up the newspaper on the table and started reading. The more she read, the uglier her expression became.
The newspaper wrote in a careless manner that she had snatched away her stepsister's fiancé on the pretext of love, and that this stepsister was a poor little girl. Her biological mother died of complications during childbirth, and her biological father disliked her and was his nemesis, so he threw her into her hometown in the countryside to be treated harshly by her grandmother, and also wanted to marry her to an old man who smoked and drank and had a limp.
The poor little thing finally succeeded in its rebellion, found its father, and started dating an excellent partner. It seemed that he was going to live a good life.
As a result, her stepsister fell in love with her boyfriend, and had an affair with him. She got pregnant, which made the poor girl give up and the boyfriend was snatched away from her.
Later, this stepsister and her poor boyfriend got married, and with the help of her in-laws, she got a job in the Women's Federation.
The article ends with a question: Is this kind of love right or wrong? If it is right, should it be promoted? If it is wrong, how can a person like my stepsister work in a company that advocates for the rights of women and children?
At the bottom it says everyone is welcome to contribute and participate in discussions.
Although the article uses a pseudonym, people around her can tell it’s her at a glance.
She was done, gnashing her teeth in hatred, "This bitch."
Because she had no man, she wanted to destroy her marriage and take advantage of the situation.
Seeing that Xu Lingling had no idea that she had made a mistake, Sister Zhang shook her head and said, "Go back and have a rest first! Come back to work after you have resolved this matter."
"But isn't there a leader coming to inspect our work today?" Xu Lingling was anxious.
She worked day and night for a week to prepare for this report.
She pleaded, "Sister Zhang, wait until I finish reporting my work before you rest. Okay?"
"No." Sister Zhang refused. "The company won't be unable to carry out its work without you. Don't worry, there are other colleagues who will take on your work."
Xu Lingling's face turned pale, she bit her lip and said, "Since we used to get along well, can I call my father-in-law first?"
Sister Zhang thought, this is someone trying to use someone to pressure me, she shrugged and said, "Go ahead and fight! After you're done, we'll solve this problem!"
She just didn't believe that this article had no impact on Deputy Director Song.