Chapter 79: Wake Up, Who Is He?

Starting from January next year, women will enjoy the same collective rights as men. Divorced women can freely choose to stay in their current collective or return to their original collective to work. The commune will receive and arrange for them and provide assistance. They cannot be refused to participate in collective labor for any reason. They cannot be discriminated against, abused, or harmed based on any old ideas of male superiority and female inferiority.

“Will this be useful?” Ye Zhiqiu leaned over and took a look. “Some people have been spoiled for so long. They don’t take women seriously at all. And almost no one in the village can read. The village head just mentions it briefly at the meeting. It’s not as effective as Brother Rui and the Women’s Federation’s speeches in the countryside.”

Although Zhou, the village head, seemed to be doing well, many men still held traditional views. They might not intentionally abuse or disrespect the women in their families, but they would never allow them to rise above them.

In their words, it would be a reversal of the natural order. The position of men in a family is like heaven.

“Nothing happens overnight, especially when it comes to feudal ideas that have been around for centuries. To change them completely, it will take a long time to guide people. And then there’s reading and learning. The purpose of reading is not to achieve great things in the future. It’s more about teaching yourself to understand right and wrong and distinguish between right and wrong as you grow.”

Li Rui suddenly understood why Jiang Nian was so powerful but didn’t care about Zhao Heiping stealing her credit.

Although he was the one who first thought of starting a literacy class, it was Jiang Nian’s idea. It was like Zhao Heiping was stealing Jiang Nian’s credit indirectly.

If he had started the literacy class, he wouldn’t have hidden the fact that it was Jiang Nian’s idea. But Zhao Heiping took all the credit for himself.

It wasn’t because Zhao Heiping was a good person, or because there was nothing they could do about it. It was simply because this place really needed a school.

Some things aren’t about right or wrong, but about the outcome.

Zhao Heiping was a bad person, but he was able to succeed in building the primary school, which meant he had some ability.

“But even with guidance, it’s not something one or two people can do. I don’t know if the Women’s Federation has any plans.”

Jiang Nian smiled, but Li Rui said, “Little Zhiqiu, are you stupid? Your teacher said that this kind of change doesn’t happen overnight. Even if it can’t be changed for now, when the primary school opens, the next generation’s thinking will become more open as they learn more. There will be changes one day.”

As for the others, they could only do so much.

They had fought for their chance to survive. They didn’t have to teach people how to live their lives.

Brave people would use the existing conditions to fight for their own interests. Weak people, even if you threw the opportunity in their face and told them to catch it, they might not be able to grasp it.

“I’m not stupid.” She just… hadn’t caught on yet.

With Jiang Nian’s words, the food was very plentiful today. But Jiang Nian ate the least. It wasn’t because the food wasn’t good, but because she was too tired and her appetite wasn’t very good.

Ye Zhiqiu and Zhang Er also ate their fill, but the happiest one was Li Rui, the glutton. When he got up, he patted his stomach contentedly. Of all the food, only a little bit of soup was left on the table.

Fortunately, he still had a conscience. As soon as the food was served, he took the cat bowl and tore half a bowl of meat for the tabby cat.

Half a year had passed, and the little tabby cat had grown into a big fat cat. It had improved significantly in the past few months. Jiang Nian hadn’t seen any rats in the house.

But she couldn’t be as carefree as Ye Zhiqiu and let a cat sleep on her bed.

But the tabby cat was very attached to Ye Zhiqiu, so she could only put a cat bed next to the bed for it.

City Hospital.

Song Yanbai woke up and looked blankly at the white ceiling.

He instinctively moved, but it pulled on his wound, causing his handsome face to contort in pain.

“You’re awake?” The female nurse rushed over to check on him when she saw him wake up.

“You… who are you?” Song Yanbai’s head was spinning, and he couldn’t move. He could only let the nurse check his body.

“I’m a nurse at this hospital. The director asked me to watch over you. You must be a relative of the director, right?” The nurse asked him a few more questions, making sure he was okay. Then she said, “You can lie down for now. I’ll go get the director.”

But after notifying Director Qi, he asked her to go to the police station to report the case.

The nurse was confused at first, but she could only follow orders.

In the ward, Director Qi approached Song Yanbai with a kind smile. “Comrade, you’re awake? How are you feeling? Is there anything that’s particularly uncomfortable?”

These were just routine questions. Song Yanbai said in a hoarse voice, “My chest hurts, and my head hurts too.”

“That’s normal. You just had surgery on your chest, and you also have signs of a blow to the back of your head.” Director Qi probed further. “Comrade, where are you from? When we rescued you, you didn’t have anyone with you. Now you need someone to take care of you. We need to notify your family to come as soon as possible.”

Song Yanbai’s eyes became confused again. “I… I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?” Director Qi’s eyes widened in surprise. “How can you not know? The clothes you’re wearing don’t look like you’re homeless. You wouldn’t be trying to avoid paying medical expenses, would you?”

He was deliberately trying to trick Song Yanbai.

But Song Yanbai really didn’t know.

After a long time, Director Qi finally realized a serious problem. “You wouldn’t have amnesia, would you?”

Whether friend or foe, amnesia was a bit of a problem.

“Amnesia?” Song Yanbai murmured in confusion, looking at Director Qi with determination. “I… I think I have amnesia!”

Director Qi: “!!!”

Yan Jin had just brought breakfast back to the ward when he saw a nurse with two police officers walking past the door.

Yan’s mother was old and had been through a lot. Although she was awake, she wasn’t in good spirits.

Yan Jin quickly handed the breakfast to Li Qing. “You feed Mother first. I’ll go see what’s going on outside.”

“Okay, go ahead, Brother.” Li Qing nodded and took the lunchbox.

Yan Jin followed the police officers to the door of the ward and saw Director Qi standing there with a dumbfounded expression.

The police officer was very alert. He pointed at Song Yanbai on the bed. “Director Qi, is this the… spy you were talking about?”

“No, no, no. I didn’t say that. It’s just that the gunshot wound he has isn’t from an ordinary hunting rifle. I have to report this…”

Before Director Qi could finish, Yan Jin, who had rushed ahead of the police officer, exclaimed, “Major Song? What happened to you?”

Yan Jin explained that he was the commune director and had just been discharged from the army last year, which proved Song Yanbai’s identity.

Director Qi was even more grateful for his decision to bring the man back yesterday. He was only in his twenties and was already a major. Such a talented young man, if he had died in a place with poor medical care, it would have been a pity.

But the most pressing problem was that this talented young man had amnesia!