70s factory beauty, transform villain cubs to become rich

Chapter 397, Scene Two
"From this day forward, you have no right to enslave me! My money is mine to manage!"

Wang Xiuyun fiercely wiped away the tears on her cheeks, not looking at her stunned husband again. She turned around and, with her last bit of strength, picked up her daughter, who was coughing up blood and on the verge of death. Like a mother wolf protecting her cub, she used her body to push aside Li Dazhuang, who was blocking her way, and stumbled towards the endless darkness outside the door!

The lights suddenly went out.

All that remained were scraps of paper floating in the air above the stage and that blood-stained handkerchief that was glaringly obvious!

Many people couldn't help but stand up and anxiously ask, "Will the little girl survive?"

"Can the little girl be saved?"

"This father is too heartless!"

……

In the audience, a woman was crying uncontrollably.

Xiaoya is dead.

died.

She killed him.

She was a worker who could earn money, but her husband controlled it. She wanted to save her child, but her husband said it was just a minor illness and wouldn't kill anyone.

After being beaten up.

She did not resist anymore.

The child was gone.

She covered her mouth tightly, her whole body trembling.

Heartbroken, she fainted.

The man sitting next to her lowered his head, not daring to look at the stage or his unconscious wife beside him. His fingers nervously dug at the edge of the bench, oblivious to the splitting of his nails.

Meanwhile, there were many men around them muttering to themselves.

"It's so much better to live in a big city like this. How could something like what happens in the countryside happen here?"

"Yeah, more crying and wailing, just like a country folk drama."

"It's boring. I don't know what those women are angry about. They're so effeminate."

……

Director Lin stood on the stage and asked, "Workers, what were your impressions of the performance just now?"

All eyes were on her.

Director Lin said, "I was sitting down there just now and I heard people talking. You don't seem like Li Dazhuang from before."

"You don't care about those few work points? When have you ever cared about the fact that your wives never have enough money for groceries? When have you ever understood how embarrassing it is for them to have to put up with your attitude just to buy a piece of candy for the kids?!"

"You're calling Li Dazhuang a poor country bumpkin? Then ask yourselves honestly—"

"In our machinery factory, in the staff quarters of the residential compound, are there any 'civilized' versions of Li Dazhuang? Are there any 'heads of the household' who treat their wives like farmhands and their wages like chains?!"

Inside the auditorium, you could hear a pin drop.

Countless gay men looked awkward and felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

Countless pairs of eyes of the women were shining brightly as they stared intently at the Women's Federation director on the stage!
There was no applause in the auditorium.

There was only a heavy, suffocating silence.

Even the children kept their mouths shut and didn't make a sound.

Chen Qing took the stage at the right time, giving the props team some time, and introduced the background and actors' names for the next scene.

Soon, the next scene slowly unfolds.

The stage backdrop is no longer a farmhouse, but a single room in a tenement building constructed with simple set pieces.

On the wall are certificates of merit for "going all out in the fourth quarter" and faded New Year pictures.

To everyone's surprise...

There are two private rooms on the stage.

Liu Yumei brought out the dumplings, her hands trembling even more violently.

Zhang Zhigang didn't even taste it, slamming his chopsticks down: "Pig slop! It's a hundred thousand times worse than what Old Zhou makes! You useless piece of trash!"

Zhang Zhigang forced her to drink and verbally abused her: "Look at Xiufen, she has a respectable job! And you? You're just a cardboard box maker, a disgrace!"

From next door came Zhou Zhenhua's gentle voice: "Xiufen, you've worked hard. This is braised pork I bought. Come and have a taste."

Li Xiufen laughed gently: "Okay, Juanjuan, come quickly, Daddy bought some delicious food."

Everyone felt a warmth in their hearts seeing the happy family of three, but their brows furrowed when they saw Zhang Zhigang's single room. Suddenly, a burst of firecrackers exploded.

Provoked, Zhang Zhigang smashed the wine bottle.

"Clap-"

Glass shards flew everywhere!

"You're making my life miserable during the New Year!"

He grabbed Yu Mei by the hair and slammed her head against the metal cabinet.

"boom--"

Liu Yumei cried out in pain, desperately bracing herself against the edge of the cabinet with her hands.

She raised her head, and for the first time, a strong resistance mixed with pain and anger appeared in her eyes.

The women in the audience held their breath nervously.

Seeing the resistance in Liu Yumei's eyes, Zhang Zhigang's rage intensified.

He pointed at her nose and roared so loudly it seemed to penetrate the walls and reach the Zhou family next door: "What are you looking at! You don't like it? I'm beating you because I'm doing you a favor! I'm teaching you a lesson! Go ask around, who doesn't say that beating your wife is a matter of course! A man who doesn't beat women? That's called a spineless coward, a wimp, what kind of man is that?!"

Some people laughed and cheered.

Some women also agree with Zhang Zhigang's words.

Men are the pillars of society, so it's normal for them to have tempers!

She doesn't have a proper job, shouldn't she just put up with it?
Many comrades also angrily cursed:

"brute!"

"Nonsense!"

"He farted!"

……

The characters on stage paused, and only Liu Yumei's voice and Director Lin's voice from the shadows spoke to her.

The plot involves her recalling her visit to the Women's Federation to inquire about Director Lin's words.

Liu Yumei asked, bewildered, "Director Lin, can I really resist my husband?"

Director Lin’s voice was warm yet firm: “Of course. Comrade Yumei, being beaten is not your fault, nor is it against the rules; it’s against the law! Stand tall. We women comrades are first and foremost human beings, and only then are we women. We have human rights. Don’t be afraid. You are not alone. The doors of the Women’s Federation are always open for you.”

……

The words of the women's director came to mind.

Make her straighten her back abruptly!

Ignoring the excruciating pain of her scalp being torn, blood streaming down her forehead, Liu Yumei's eyes flashed with a cold and resolute light.

She stopped looking at Zhang Zhigang and instead scanned the audience, especially the laughing men, before launching a shocking accusation:
"Beat your wife to teach her a lesson?"

"That's a beast running wild, it's despicable to the core, it's a pathetic creature that can't even control itself!"

"A man who doesn't hit women is a coward? A spineless coward?"

Liu Yumei's voice suddenly rose, filled with heartbreaking grief and extreme sarcasm: "Anyone who can throw their fists at a woman weaker than themselves, that's a real coward! A real spineless coward! A piece of scum even worse than an animal!"

"A real man uses his strength to be a role model on the machine, to contribute to the country and sweat for it! He uses it to make his wife and children stand tall and proud, not to beat his wife to show off or to be a bully at home!"

"A man who hits a woman? That's not a man."

"That's factory waste, a cancer in the residential compound, and beasts that don't deserve to stand in the sunlight!!"

The reaction from the audience was like a nuclear bomb.

Many of the gay men blushed, feeling ashamed and shocked.

The women jumped to their feet and cheered enthusiastically.

"well said!"

"A real man shouldn't point his fists at a woman."

"I'm gay, I support it!"

"Well done, Comrade Yumei!!"

……

(End of this chapter)