A transformation of private life

One night in 1990, Old Li of Xia Cape Village committed suicide by drinking pesticides, and the reason for his suicide was clear to everyone in the village: Old Li had a long-term relationship with his daughter-in-law. According to the old custom, Lao Li and his son and daughter-in-law lived together, but he was arrogant and stubborn, and he was overbearing at home, but his daughter-in-law was also a strong personality and very independent, so the two often quarreled. However, the village cadres and most of the neighbors were on the side of the daughter-in-law, which made Lao Li very difficult to accept, so it led to the unfortunate incident.

The backbone family refers to a three-generation co-family structure, with the patriarch leading the entire family. The nuclear family refers to the structure of a family of three, which is more free and flexible, and important decisions are usually decided by the young couple. In China, the main family was once the main family type, but with the development of society, this family type is no longer dominant. The transition process is the early separation of small families, and the gradual transition even if the main family structure power center is maintained. Young couples are the main financial bearers of the family, and they naturally become the core of the family, so that the corresponding traditional patriarchy has a contradiction.