The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

Seeing his expression, Hua Rendong felt sympathy for him, but she didn't know how to comfort him, so she could only say, "It's not okay for a man to hit his wife. Similarly, it's not okay for a wife to hit a man. As long as it's domestic violence, our Women's Federation will take care of it."

When Zhou Shoujia heard this, his hunched back seemed to straighten up. He stopped hugging Zhou Laifu's thigh, stood up from the ground, and ran towards Hua Jindong.

Zhou Laifu was afraid that he would hug Hua Rendong's thigh again. If a grown girl was hugged by him, people would talk about it, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Shoujia, let's talk nicely. Don't get excited."

Zhou Shoujia smiled at him, "Captain, I'm not excited. I just want Erhua to come to my house and tell the tigress what I just said to her. Let her know that this is a new society. It's not acceptable for men to beat women or women to beat men as in the old society."

Zhou Laifu was speechless and looked at Hua Rendong, who also looked helpless, "Second uncle, this is within my job scope. I will go to the house with Uncle Shoujia first and try to reconcile everything."

"That's fine. We still need to persuade her." Zhou Laifu naturally couldn't let her go alone, so he called the kid who was wearing open-crotch pants to watch the fun, "Liu Haier, go to your second uncle's house and tell him that he and your second aunt Hua went to your uncle's house. Don't wait for us to eat."

Liu Haier said "OK" in a baby voice, and ran towards Zhou's house with his two short legs crossed, shouting as he ran: "Uncle Shoujia got beaten again, Second Aunt, Second Aunt, Second Uncle and Second Hua... Go to Uncle Shoujia's house."

Everything else sounded very silly, but the line "Uncle who guards the house got beaten again" was the clearest. Zhou Laifu cursed angrily and amusedly, "This little bastard!"

The doors and windows of several nearby houses were opened, and heads were poking out.

"What happened? Did Shoujia get beaten by his wife again? I just heard the noise and was wondering which couple was arguing."

"You can't be a good housekeeper. It's embarrassing for us men to always let women ride on our necks and shit on us. Next time she fights you, you have to fight back! You have to let her know that you are also a man."

Zhou Shoujia hid himself behind Zhou Laifu. He was short, thin and small, so hiding like this could pretend that no one could see him.

Zhou Laifu put one hand on his waist and pointed at those who were watching the fun and not minding any trouble. "Why are you beating them? Don't you know that beating your wife is no longer accepted in the new society? Didn't you read the posters Erhua wrote a few days ago? Don't blame me for speaking out in advance. If anyone gets to the top because of beating his wife and causes our team to lose the advanced grade, don't blame me for going to his house and giving him a slap in the face!"

Zhou Lai Fu's words successfully scared a few people and made them shrink their heads back, but there were still some brave ones who were still joking with Zhou Lai Fu.

Zhou Laifu waved his hands and said, "Go away, stop talking nonsense here. When I start working, I will assign you all those awkward jobs that no one likes to do."

This time, the remaining heads also shrank back.

The houses in the center of Taohuawan Village are built in rows, one next to the other, with only a narrow aisle leading to the backyard in between. Zhou Shoujia's home and Zhou Laifu's home are only three houses apart.

When I entered the door, I saw Zhou Shou's wife, Bai Kangdi, standing in the yard with a basin in her hand, scooping water with her hands and sprinkling it on the bluestone paved ground.

Although the house was built of stone and mud, the roof was covered with new tiles. The yard was very clean, and the firewood sticks on the pile were all about the same length and size, neatly stacked together. As soon as you walked in, you could tell that this was a family that lived a normal life.

Zhou Laifu greeted her first, "Housewife, are you sweeping the yard?"

Bai Kangdi saw someone coming into the yard and greeted with a smile: "Captain, Erhua is here, come in and sit down."

Seeing Zhou Shoujia hiding behind Zhou Laifu, he said unhappily, "You still remember to come back? Did you find someone to back you up?"

Zhou Shoujia relied on the presence of Hua Rendong and Zhou Laifu, walked out from behind Zhou Laifu, put his hands on his waist and shouted at Bai Kangdi: "I called the city leader, the leader said it is wrong for a man to hit his wife, and it is also wrong for a wife to hit a man. If you dare to hit me again in the future, I will ask the leader to take charge of it for me!"

Bai Kangdi snorted at him with disdain, and when her eyes fell on Hua Rendong's face, she smiled again, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Erhua, your uncle who guards the house has only this much. Don't listen to his nonsense outside, he just likes to rest. I called him to work, but he didn't move. I slapped him, and he said I hit him. He bumped into me, but I was fine, and he bounced back by himself. His waist was bruised on the corner of the table, and he turned around and said I pinched him. How can a man be like him?"

Since Hua Rendong was called by Zhou Shoujia to deal with the domestic violence issue, she couldn't just listen to Bai Kangdi's one-sided statement and conclude that she didn't commit domestic violence. She smiled and said, "I came here with Uncle Shoujia today for no other reason than to mediate family conflicts. If you two have any dissatisfaction with each other, just say it while I'm here. I'll try my best to reconcile you. If I can't, then there's nothing I can do. Although it's better to demolish ten temples than to destroy a marriage, this is a new society. We can't always live with old ideas. Daring to resist an unhappy marriage is also a sign of social progress."

"How come it's unhappy?" Bai Kangdi was annoyed by Hua Rendong's words. "How can this couple live without any conflicts? Even Er Dezi in the front yard beats his wife black and blue all day long, but they still live a good life. How come it's an unhappy marriage just because we complain a few times?"

Hua Honeysuckle took out a small notebook and wrote something about Er Dezi on it: Because of the frequent beatings, my wife often has bruises on her body, and she needs a home visit!

After taking notes, he looked up at Bai Kangdi, with another smile that seemed to have been practiced in front of the mirror hundreds of times, "I have written down everything that Aunt Shoujia said, and will use it as a basis for judgment. However, life is a couple's life, and whether it is fortunate or unfortunate is not decided by one person. I have to listen to what Uncle Shoujia says."

Zhou Shoujia immediately jumped up and down and shouted, "It's unfortunate, it's unfortunate. She complains that I don't earn as many work points as other men outside, and she also complains that I can't always help her with housework at home. But look at whose men are around the stove? Who is the man washing clothes by the river?" "It seems that she has a big problem!" Hua Rendong nodded, and then asked Zhou Shoujia curiously, "Uncle Shoujia, before Aunt Shoujia came, who cooked for your family? Who washed the clothes?"

"It's...it's...the same as other families." Zhou Shoujia hesitated for a long time, but Hua Rendong didn't understand what he meant by the same as other families.