She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Chapter 398

"Tell me, what are you saying to those unmarried female colleagues every day?" In the office, the factory director looked at the three people standing in front of him. He didn't want to talk about yesterday's events for the time being; he needed to explain things to Comrade Xia first.

Grandma Xia stared at a wisp of hair sticking up on the factory director's head, wondering what he was thinking.

Jiang Wenhua and Fang Yingdi had no idea what had happened. Old Mrs. Xia was summoned by the factory director, while the two of them were summoned by Director Yuan.

“The comrades in our factory are all good comrades. Don’t keep saying bad things about them. Your past actions were just isolated cases, and Fang Yingdi’s family situation was also an isolated case. Don’t generalize. If you keep doing this, you’ll scare the women and cause discord in their families.” The factory director said earnestly.

Grandma Xia lowered her head and said politely, "I know, but I didn't say it. They said it, not me."

Factory manager: "You...you...if you don't stand up, how would they think so much? Just go to work peacefully, get married happily in the future, isn't that great? Look at how many couples you've broken up in such a short time? People would rather destroy a temple than break up a marriage, but you, you'd rather pay to break up other people's marriages."

Grandma Xia pointed to herself: "I don't have that much ability. If I did, I would have demolished your house first."

The factory manager's face turned green. "What have I done to offend you this time?"

Grandma Xia: "I can tell you're no good. I didn't want to say it, but you're the boss, you're powerful, and I was afraid you'd make things difficult for me. I was thinking of just letting it go, but since you insisted on talking to me, I'll just say what I think. You're the factory director, you should be magnanimous, otherwise we subordinates wouldn't respect you so much. So even if what I say is harsh, you can be annoyed with me, but you can't cause trouble."

The factory manager rolled his eyes at her. What could he do? This old Xia had been with the factory longer than him. How could he dare to actually resort to underhanded tactics? Underhanded tactics were the behavior of a petty person, and he disdained them.

Grandma Xia: "Let's talk about their relationship first. If the guy is really a good comrade, why would the woman not be with him? Don't tell me it's because I advised them. They're not children anymore; they know what's good and what's bad. If the woman is really that easily swayed, even if I don't say anything, she'll break up with him if someone else does."

Factory manager: "But without you, it would be impossible for them to get divorced after getting married. Apart from you, who else here gets divorced?"

Fang Yingdi interjected, "It's even worse after marriage. Everyone will stop you from getting a divorce, and you can only swallow all the grievances and hurts you suffer. If the man doesn't hit you, then the woman will take care of the whole family until she dies. If the man does hit you, then you'll either die early, become paralyzed early, or go crazy and go to jail."

The factory manager couldn't sit still any longer. "Comrade Xiao Fang, I understand that your parents' influence has cast a shadow on your marriage, but not all families are like that. You can't always be so pessimistic. You have to think positively. What if your future spouse is gentle and considerate to you?"

Fang Yingdi rolled her eyes. "Gentle and considerate? Factory director, are you gentle and considerate to your partner?"

The factory manager raised his head: "Of course."

Fang Yingdi: "Do you cook at home? Do you wash the dishes? Do you do the laundry? Do you take care of the children? Do you take care of her during her pregnancy and childbirth? Do you constantly comfort her when she's feeling down? Do you let her cry to you without any reservations when she's wronged?"

Factory manager: "I'm not a turtle in a wishing well, how could that be possible?"

Fang Yingdi: "Can your wife do that? Is our factory director's wife such a virtuous person?"

The factory manager scratched his head: "...Yes, but what you're doing is something women should be doing. I'm a grown man, doing this..."

Fang Yingdi interrupted him: "Does our law stipulate that men who do these things should be executed?"

Factory manager: "You can't say that..."

Fang Yingdi: "Aren't you a model of being strict with others and lenient with yourself? You're even trying to persuade us women. You can't even do it yourself, yet you want to tell us how great men are? We've all been to school, we're not stupid."

Factory manager: "How can that be the same? I earn money and go home. I'm in charge of external affairs, and she's in charge of internal affairs."

Grandma Xia scoffed, "I've met our factory director's wife before, and her abilities are no less than yours. If you're going to say that, I'm going to get serious. You're in charge of external affairs, but what have you actually done? Besides taking that pittance in salary, what have you contributed to your family?"

You neglect your parents, you don't raise your children, you don't cherish your wife, and you don't care about anything around the house, big or small. All you do is bring money home. Outside, you're a boss, everyone bows and scrapes to you; at home, you're a king, pampered and waited on hand and foot by your wife. And then you say your wife doesn't have to do anything at home while taking your money, right?

Factory manager: "I didn't say that."

Grandma Xia: "You didn't say that, but that's what you think. Otherwise, how can a perfectly healthy man like you enjoy being served by others with a clear conscience? Are you a landlord from the old days, able to hire a farmhand just by spending a little money? And not only that, you expect her to bear your children."

Factory manager: ...Oh no, I've been tricked. I suddenly feel guilty. What's going on?

He looked to Jiang Wenhua, who was also a man, and pleaded for help.

Jiang Wenhua felt embarrassed by the factory director's intense gaze. "Director, don't look at me. I'm not married."

Factory manager: "Then tell me your thoughts on marriage? This is what the women think, and what do you, as a man, think?"

Grandma Xia and Fang Yingdi both looked at him, and Jiang Wenhua suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"What I think is that I don't want to get married," Jiang Wenhua answered honestly.

The factory manager asked in confusion, "Why?"

Jiang Wenhua gestured with his chin toward Old Lady Xia, "Didn't Old Xia say that getting married is like buying a long-term laborer who can have children? I don't want to be a landlord. I feel guilty that a woman would spend her whole life on me and my family. If we really did that, I'm afraid I'd end up in hell and boiling oil."

Factory manager: Did I not check the almanac before going out today? I ran into three lunatics. The scariest thing is that they can't even refute themselves. Their logic seems to be correct.

"But you two can't just not get married, can you? What young person doesn't want to get married? Getting married and having children are major life events. Do you want to skip them?"

Fang Yingdi: "What's the point of getting married, having children, and being someone's nanny for the rest of my life?"

Jiang Wenhua: "You won't be executed for not getting married, right?"

Factory manager: I really can't explain this to people like you.

The factory manager didn't know how to persuade him for the time being, and he himself was also confused, so he had to change the subject, "Let's not talk about marriage for now, Comrade Xia, what did you mean by talking to those young people in the workshop about valuing sons over daughters?"