After the female supporting character in the quick transmigration series realized her mistakes

(Previous context: The female lead in this story has questionable values ​​and is considered a "third party." If your values ​​don't align with hers, please don't read this, as I'm a bit sensitive and might get criticized.)

(Please note in advance that the protagonist's values ​​are not the same as the author's values.)

June 1963.

In a narrow attic in a small alley in Shanghai.

Lin Yueyao, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up with a start, her brows furrowed. She hurriedly sat up.

His dark pupils were filled with terror, and even after he came to his senses, his eyes were still full of panic and helplessness.

Lin Yueyao looked around with her eyes and saw that this was the familiar little attic.

Her heart, which had been pounding wildly, finally calmed down. She patted her chest to soothe her racing heartbeat.

Thinking about the dream she had just had, Lin Yueyao subconsciously dared not recall it.

Lin Yueyao climbed to the only small window in the attic, glanced at the weather outside, and realized it was getting late.

There was no time to think about it; it was almost time for her to cook again.

Lin Yueyao got up, dressed, braided her long, black hair into a plait, and looked at herself in a small mirror.

This small, uneven mirror was a round mirror that Lin Yueyao picked up after her mother accidentally broke it.

This is still the largest piece among those fragments.

Seeing that her skin looked a bit pale, Lin Yueyao applied more cream and lotion to her face. Only when her skin looked less noticeable did she go out.

The attic was poorly lit, so Lin Yueyao had to be careful when going down the stairs, otherwise she would fall and suffer the pain for nothing.

Lin Yueyao was like a nanny in this family.

Her parents, brothers, and other relatives disliked her from childhood, thinking she was the dumbest in the family.

Unfortunately, in the end, she, the least intelligent daughter in the family, got into the same university that her father had hoped her older brother would attend.

Actually, the Lin family is well-off. Lin's father is a middle school math teacher, and Lin's mother is a hospital nurse.

Brother Lin failed to get into university after graduating from high school, so he found a temporary job at a cloth factory. I heard he'll be able to get a permanent position this year.

Lin Xiaodi graduated from junior high school last year and is going to high school this year. He didn't get into high school originally, but his father used his connections to get him in.

As the only daughter in the Lin family, and currently the only college student in the family.

Normally, she should be very pampered by her family, but the opposite is true.

Lin Yueyao was at the bottom of the social hierarchy in her family. She was often ignored by the Lin family members. She did a lot of work but ate very little, which perfectly describes Lin Yueyao's status at home.

In short, they have a very low profile.

She got up and went to the door to light the fire in the coal stove, and then Lin's mother got up.

Seeing Lin Yueyao busy at work, Lin's mother didn't go forward to help, but urged, "Hurry up, don't wait for your brother and the others to get up, they'll have to wait for you."

Without waiting for Lin Yueyao's reply, she went to wash up. She needed to get herself ready quickly so she could buy fried dough sticks for the three men in her family.

Lin Yueyao's originally bright eyes lowered meekly upon seeing her mother, trying her best to minimize her presence.

Sometimes Lin Yueyao couldn't help but wonder if she was really a child of the Lin family, otherwise why would Chen Zhaozhao hate her so much?

Lin's mother couldn't stand Lin Yueyao being pretty; she couldn't stand her being idle; she couldn't stand her getting good grades; she couldn't stand her wearing new clothes; and she couldn't stand her eating good food.

She couldn't even stand the men in her family giving her, her daughter and sister, a kind look.

Lin Yueyao remembers that when she was little, her father gave her a piece of milk when he came home from outside, and her mother saw it.

Later, when no one was home, they not only confiscated a piece of milk candy that Lin Yueyao was reluctant to eat, but also pricked Lin Yueyao's thigh with a thin needle.

Lin Yueyao still remembers that feeling of being completely open and connected.

Actually, Lin Yueyao was very cute when she was little. She was soft and cuddly, and her older brother liked her very much. Her younger brother was also very attached to her.

Even because she was the only girl in the family, Lin's father had high hopes for this child, as evidenced by the thoughtfulness behind her name.

But at some point, Lin Yueyao became disliked by her entire family, and it was even considered her fault for sitting at the same table as the Lin family.

Gradually, Lin Yueyao became estranged from the men in the Lin family.

Lin Yueyao didn't even dare to get close to her father and brother. Every time she got close, her older brother would dislike his younger sister even more.

Over time, Lin Yueyao inexplicably became an unpopular person in the Lin family.

When Lin's mother came out, she saw Lin Yueyao staring blankly and roared fiercely, "You wretched girl, what are you daydreaming about? If you don't hurry up and cook the rice porridge, see if I don't punish you when I get back!"

Knowing that the three men in the house would be getting up soon, Lin's mother quickened her pace as she headed out the door.

After Lin's mother cut up the two fried dough sticks she had bought and put them on the table, she went to the stove outside the door and brought in the porridge that Lin Yueyao had cooked.

Seeing that the brat had refrained from getting in her way, Lin's mother felt a little better.

Lin's mother served her husband a large bowl of rice porridge, and her two sons a large bowl as well, before serving herself a small bowl of thin porridge so thin that one could see their reflection clearly.

She didn't even touch the fried dough sticks on the table.

Lin's mother grew up in a family that favored boys over girls. Her parents instilled in her and her sisters the idea that boys should be respected.

She's been used to it since she was a child, so she doesn't think there's anything wrong with her current behavior.

She even felt a sense of accomplishment watching the men eat to their hearts' content.

I don't know where she gets her sense of accomplishment from.

Perhaps Lin's mother didn't understand before, but since she started working, she has been constantly reminded by the people around her.

In fact, she knew very well in her heart, and gradually came to understand the free ideas of gender equality nowadays.

But her upbringing instilled in her the idea that men are superior. Why should everyone now be promoting gender equality, saying that men and women are equal?

What kind of education did Chen Zhaozhao receive from a young age? Did she deserve it?

So why should Lin Yueyao be treated equally in the Lin family, just because she can't enjoy the same treatment?

Why can't her daughter suffer the same pain? We're all women; she went through that too.

If she can live that kind of life, why can't her daughter live it too?

Even now, Lin's mother is literate and has a certain level of education.

But in the Lin family, she still insisted on the old ways.

Men are the pillars of the family, and they should enjoy all the good things in the family, such as good food, good drink, and good clothes.

As women, they neither do physical labor nor have to support their families, so they save money wherever they can.

So during the famine a few years ago, the men in the family didn't suffer much, only Lin's mother and Lin Yueyao became skin and bones.

This also led to Lin Yueyao, who was originally honest, obedient, and followed her mother's rules, developing her own little schemes.