Director Wu said, "Child! Child! This is not your fault! Do not blame yourself for other people's wrongs. You are a good child, you just didn't meet good in-laws. What they did was a form of control, forcing things onto you and exploiting you. It is their fault, child, you did nothing wrong."
Unable to help herself, she reached out to stroke Ke Xiaohong's cheek, offering her comfort.
"Exactly! Your in-laws are just a bunch of bad people. Whose daughter-in-law is treated like a landlord's long-term laborer nowadays? Our Chairman has said that women can hold up half the sky. Why should we have to live dependent on men? We have our own hands and feet, we won't starve to death. We can live just as splendidly without men."
Chapter 23