Chapter 56: Domestic Violence

The Health Center.

Jiang An’an lowered her head and looked at Huang Sanshen’s medical report, her heart sinking.

Besides a lumbar fracture, there were six other fractures, six muscle ruptures, multiple soft tissue lacerations, and anemia from blood loss.

The injury assessment was classified as Grade 2 minor injury.

“According to the patient’s account, the domestic violence has been going on for 30 years. That is to say, she has been beaten since the first year of their marriage. Domestic violence is either zero times or countless times, once it happens, it will happen again, and later, she was beaten so badly that she lost two children.” The doctor, having practiced medicine for so long, had never encountered such a serious case of domestic violence before, he felt both sympathy and sadness for Huang Sanshen.

As the saying goes, it’s hard for a clear official to settle family matters. What else could the Women’s Federation and the police do besides verbally educating and criticizing Wang Laosan?

Once the matter is settled, when the couple returns home, the woman will face even more severe retaliation.

The doctor looked around, seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said, “By the way, I also found that Wang Laosan seemed to have taken some kind of aphrodisiac, mixed with alcohol, it’s easier to make people lose their minds. Do you think I should write this in the report?”

“Wang Laosan was drugged…”

Jiang An’an closed the medical record with a complicated expression and walked towards the ward.

Huang Sanshen’s fever had subsided, she was lying quietly in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. Her eyes were swollen, her face was covered in bruises, not to mention the countless scars under her clothes.

“Are you really sure about this?” Jiang An’an sat down by the bed, in this era, it took great courage and determination to dare to report and resist a domestic violence husband.

“Once the Women’s Federation gets involved, you will face not only Wang Laosan, but also the misunderstanding and scolding of your in-laws and your own family, and even rumors from the brigade. So, are you ready to fight the whole world?”

Huang Sanshen’s eyes moved to her, her voice hoarse and unpleasant, “I have no choice, he will kill me.”

Tears rolled down her cheeks, her expression became extremely agitated, “Wang Laosan has a bad temper, he beats me at the slightest provocation. Anyone who contradicts him at home will be beaten, even his mother-in-law.”

Huang Sanshen half-sat up, suddenly grabbing Jiang An’an’s hand tightly, her grip was so strong that it made Jiang An’an’s finger bones ache.

“I don’t want to die, I want to live, you’ll help me, right?”

Her face was sunken due to malnutrition, making her eyes appear even bigger, looking a little scary.

Jiang An’an remained unmoved, “So you deliberately planned last night’s scene?”

Huang Sanshen’s face showed a clear sign of panic, she denied, “I didn’t, it was Wang Laosan who went wild, I didn’t do anything wrong, I was protecting the safety of the brigade’s property.”

“Really?” Jiang An’an’s lips curled into a mocking smile, she continued to reveal the truth, “As long as Wang Laosan stands against the brigade, the commune members will help you. Didn’t you plan this from the beginning, drugged Wang Laosan, and deliberately lured him to the pigsty?”

“I didn’t, I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

Huang Sanshen let go of her hand, her whole body curled up into a ball, trembling, her eyes darting around in panic, she screamed frantically.

Jiang An’an lowered her eyes, ignoring her.

Huang Sanshen was certainly pitiful, but she shouldn’t have been so clever as to try to use her. If she had softened her heart and helped her cover up the matter of drugging Wang Laosan, and punished him. When the truth came out, she would face legal sanctions and her reputation would be ruined.

After a long time, the room finally fell silent.

After venting her anger, Huang Sanshen lay exhausted on the bed, the anger in her heart seemed to have subsided, she said calmly, “The brigade leader has been to the Wang family many times, Wang Laosan agreed readily on the surface, but as soon as the brigade leader left, he would beat me until I couldn’t get out of bed. My mother-in-law thought I had ruined the Wang family’s reputation and wouldn’t give me food. If it weren’t for the brigade leader’s pity and assigning me the job of looking after the pigsty, maybe that mother and son would have killed me long ago.”

“That day, when I heard you giving a lecture on marriage law at the commune, I had hope again. I knew that if I simply reported him, Wang Laosan wouldn’t be punished, but if he was about to beat me to death and also destroyed the brigade’s property, what awaited him wouldn’t be just a verbal reprimand.”

“I admit, at first, I did take advantage of your young age and wanted to trick you into helping me, but I didn’t expect you to see through my actions.”

After saying all this, her lips turned white, and she was having trouble breathing.

Just then, a glass of water was handed to her.

Huang Sanshen looked up.

It was Jiang An’an’s determined face!

She said, “I will help you get him imprisoned, but you will also be punished for drugging him.”

Tears instantly blurred Huang Sanshen’s eyes, she was filled with hatred, she gritted her teeth, “As long as Wang Laosan can go to jail, I’m willing to be sent to a farm for the rest of my life!”

Jiang An’an had three plans, first, to send Huang Sanshen to a large hospital for a more comprehensive injury assessment, which was crucial for sentencing;

Second, there were specific laws in place for serious domestic violence. For example, the 1950 Marriage Law prohibited abuse and abandonment, the Public Security Administration Punishment Law had penalties for beating others and abusing family members, and the Criminal Code also had corresponding crimes of abuse, abandonment, injury, and murder;

Third, to use the pressure of media publicity to get the whole country to help Huang Sanshen, in order to achieve the goal of severely punishing Wang Laosan.

Hearing that Jiang An’an was going to pay for her to go to the provincial hospital for an examination, Huang Sanshen wiped away her tears, “I have money, you don’t need to pay. My dowry from back then, plus the money I saved from being frugal all these years, adds up to two yuan, I hid it under the big banyan tree next to the pigsty.”

Huang Sanshen’s refusal to take advantage of the situation made Jiang An’an like her even more, “Okay, I’ll find a car to take you to the provincial capital now.”

The ox cart was too slow, they needed a car.

Jiang An’an asked a few nurses and learned that Wu Jian’an was on the second floor guarding Wang Laosan. As soon as she went upstairs, she heard a piercing scream.

“Damn bitch, she dared to report my son, I’m going to find her and settle the score.”

She followed the sound and saw a burly old woman, who had shaken off two policemen, charging towards her aggressively.

“!!!”

The few big men were no match for the old woman, they were quickly left behind, and she met Jiang An’an face to face.

“Jiang An’an? Good, it’s all your fault for promoting women’s rights, otherwise, how could my daughter-in-law rebel? I’ll tear you apart first, then go teach that woman a lesson.”

The old woman raised her hand and slapped Jiang An’an.

Unexpectedly, her hand was only halfway there when she was kicked away, landing on her bottom, her face full of bewilderment.

Jiang An’an cried out, “Help! The crazy old woman is trying to kill someone!”

Wang Po: …

The policemen: …