Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

Chapter 282: Justice

Seeing that Liu Haizhong was about to beat him up on false charges, Liu Guangtian quickly slid down to his knees and hugged Liu Haizhong's thighs.

"Dad, I have important information!"

But Liu Haizhong, who was furious, would never believe what he said. Besides, the belt had already been pulled out, so there was no reason for it not to fall off.

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After three belts were applied, Liu Guangtian straightened his back instantly. It hurt, it hurt so much.

Even though he had been beaten countless times, the pain was still unbearable for him.

Perhaps the three belts had vented his anger, Liu Haizhong kicked Liu Guangtian away and asked, "What information do you have to tell me? If it's useless, I'll see how you die!"

Liu Guangtian's anger grew even stronger, and he wished he could switch roles and force Liu Haizhong to kneel down with his belt. However, now was not the right time, so he could only endure it. "Old man, wait until you are old, and then you will see what I will do to you."

Seeing that Liu Guangtian didn't say anything, Liu Haizhong thought he was deceiving him again and was about to raise the belt in his hand again.

Liu Guangtian quickly spoke up and told the rumors he had heard today between Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family.

Liu Guangfu also joined in.

Unexpectedly, Liu Haizhong only listened halfway and then swung his belt and hit his sons.

"You two bastards! How dare you lie to me! Last time, you said there was something fishy going on between Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi, and asked me to find trouble with them. What happened? I was forced to apologize to them, and I was completely humiliated! Now you're still using that excuse. Do you really think I, a blacksmith, have no brains?"

The veins on Liu Haizhong's forehead bulged like the twisted roots of an old tree. He felt like he had lost his mind, actually believing Liu Guangtian's words. What kind of intelligence could he have? Or maybe he hadn't hit him lightly. How dare he deceive him like this?

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The sounds of whipping and screams resounded throughout the backyard, and Xu Damao couldn't help but frown. He had just coaxed his son to sleep, and if he was woken up by the noise from the Liu family, he would be in a difficult situation.

Thinking of this, Xu Damao took two steps towards the Liu family, turned around and ran to the front yard.

"Jiang Fan, come quickly and follow me to the backyard to watch the fun."

"The backyard? Isn't it just Liu Haizhong beating his son? He whips him with a belt all day long, or hits him with his bare hands. He doesn't seem to get anything done, so it's boring."

Jiang Fan shook his head; he wasn't interested. However, a rather absurd thought occurred to him: Liu Haizhong didn't hold back when beating his son. Besides Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu weren't beaten every day, but they were pretty much the same.

But these two boys not only did not break their arms or legs, they also grew up normally. How did they survive?

Jiang Fan was very curious. Could it be that children of this era were really tough and resistant to beatings?

"Don't be uninterested. Let's take a look together and stop Liu Haizhong's wrong behavior. If you continue to hit him, your godson will wake up. Then I will throw him to you and you can coax him." Xu Damao said shamelessly.

Jiang Fan immediately grabbed Xu Damao by the collar and said, "Hurry up and leave! How can we, the young people of the new era, watch this kind of child abuse happen right before our eyes and do nothing?"

Jiang Fan didn't want to bother with that kid Xu Xiao. He would poop whenever he hugged him. Jiang Fan hugged him twice and got two sets of clothes dirty.

From then on, he made it clear that he would never hold this little guy until Xu Xiao mastered the skill of pooping.

Arriving at the backyard, Jiang Fan slowed down his pace. Xu Damao, who was following closely behind him, surpassed him and arrived at the Liu family's door. He pushed it open and shouted, "Liu Haizhong! Stop it!"

It was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, just like the beheading in the TV drama, and Liu Haizhong actually stopped.

But he soon realized why he should listen to Xu Damao since he was not his son.

"Xu Damao, if you have nothing to do, go home and play with the children, don't worry about our family's affairs, otherwise..."

"What else? Do you still want to try with me?" Xu Damao did not give in.

Liu Haizhong was about to agree, but the men of these cities were no pushovers. But he saw Jiang Fan behind Xu Damao, and through Jiang Fan, he saw Jiang Daniu, the forging workshop director, and his tone softened instantly.

"Xu Damao, it's none of your business if I beat my son, right?"

"It's none of my business if you beat your son, but it's my business if your son barks and disturbs my son's sleep. Do you know how hard it is to get a child to sleep?"

Xu Damao protested in dissatisfaction. Before he had a son, he always thought it would be great to have a child. What kind of trouble could a child cause? Now that he has a child, he really wants to go back and slap himself. Why did he have a child so early?

Without waiting for Liu Haizhong to speak, Xu Damao continued, "Also, we don't care how you beat the children. Even if you beat them to death, it's none of our business. But can you please stop disturbing the neighbors? Look at Uncle Xu in the backyard. He's so old, but he still has to be disturbed by your noise. He can't even sleep well. It's disturbing the neighbors!"

Xu Damao's words were unanimously agreed by the residents in the backyard. They had no right to interfere with Liu Haizhong beating his son, but the noise of ghosts howling and wolves howling did affect their lives.

It's just that no one said anything when he was usually photographed in a rage. After all, his fat body and the strength of a blacksmith were still very intimidating.

"Old Liu, what Xu Damao said is not wrong. It's not a big deal for you to make such a fuss every day."

"Those howling ghosts, if you know it's a child being beaten, but if you don't know it, you might think it's prison torture."

"Liu Haizhong, why don't you just knock them out with a stick? No matter how much you punch and kick them, as long as they don't make any noise, we won't care."

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were already in despair. In just a few minutes, their moods fluctuated like a roller coaster.

First, Xu Damao's arrival stopped them from being beaten, and then after he gave them some explanation, a little hope emerged in their hearts, and they thought that he had come to rescue them.

But they had never expected it to be like this. There was no hope for life in their eyes. There was only hatred for Liu Haizhong and the world.

Liu Haizhong clearly didn't take the neighbors' accusations to heart. He wasn't a leader, so why should he interfere in his family affairs? Furthermore, he already had a bad temper, and now it was even more irritable.

"Quiet, all of you!"

Liu Haizhong roared angrily, startling the neighbors. They didn't know why Liu Haizhong suddenly got so angry.

"Who do you think you are? You are neither leaders nor officials. Why do you care about my family affairs? I would rather beat them both to death than have anything to do with you."

Xu Damao bared his teeth. "Hey, you Liu Haizhong, you're not getting the point, are you? What does your son's life or death have to do with us? I'm asking you not to disturb the people, understand?"

Chapter 283 Director Wang Arrives

"Hmph, Xu Damao, go play somewhere else. We are all ordinary people in our courtyard. We are on the same level. You are not qualified." Liu Haizhong said arrogantly.

"Liu Haizhong, you're quite capable. The people in the courtyard can't control you, so can I control you?"

When a familiar voice came, Liu Haizhong shuddered all over and looked out of the crowd in disbelief.

The same thing happened to everyone else, and Director Wang made his grand appearance under the spotlight of the crowd.

"Liu Haizhong, you're pretty amazing. If I hadn't come here this time, I wouldn't have known that there was a domestic violence man in this courtyard."

Director Wang said sternly, her expression serious. She had just asked outside why Liu Haizhong hit the child. If the child had truly committed a serious offense, it would be normal for Liu Haizhong to do something wrong in his rage.

But when she asked, she found out that Liu Haizhong never needed a reason to beat his children. He would beat them when they were angry, and he would beat them when they were not angry. He would beat them when they were drunk, and he would beat them when they were not drunk. He would beat them when they were happy, and he would beat them even more when they were unhappy.

In short, beating the child is like eating with others.

Liu Haizhong dropped the belt in his hand, ran to Director Wang, and said in awe, "Director Wang, please listen to my explanation. I have a reason for beating the children. They made a mistake. And as the old saying goes, a good son is born under the stick. I am doing this for their own good."

Director Wang ignored him and came to Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu to check their injuries.

Even though he was wearing thicker clothes, Liu Haizhong had hit him really hard. The purple marks on his back showed how strong his force was.

Director Wang was becoming increasingly horrified the more she watched. Her expression instantly lost control, and her anger burned even more fiercely. She hadn't expected Liu Haizhong, a man with a human appearance but no human qualities, to hit a child so harshly. This was his own son.

"Kids, you've suffered. It's my fault for not doing my job. I didn't realize that Liu Haizhong was such a beast in human form."

Director Wang hugged Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu and shed tears of heartache.

The hearts of the Liu brothers seemed to be touched at this moment, and they both burst into tears.

Years of grievances and sorrows poured out at this moment like a flood.

They have been beaten since they can remember, and they can't remember how many times they have been beaten until now, nor can they remember why they were beaten.

Even the scars on the body disappeared with the passage of time, but the scars in the heart remained forever.

They also remembered that it was their biological father, not their stepfather, who beat them, and their biological mother was watching next to them and even gave Liu Haizhong a weapon.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the two of them got beaten, while the eldest brother Liu Guangqi could sit aside safely, as if nothing had happened.

What’s the matter? Liu Guangqi is not his biological son.

"Director Wang, don't be fooled by these two evil bastards. I really have a reason for beating them." Liu Haizhong was anxious and sweating profusely.

When Liu Guangtian and the others cried, he felt that it was all over. If he couldn't come up with a good excuse, his image in Director Wang's eyes would be ruined.

"Reason? You can't hit a child like that for any reason! What you're doing is child abuse, it's against the law, I can arrest you!"

Director Wang roared, she was a mother and had children, even if her eldest son was still alive, he would be about the same age as Liu Guangtian and the others.

So when she saw what happened to the Liu brothers, she felt very sad.

Liu Haizhong was horrified. He never thought that he was just beating his son. Even if he was a little bit too harsh, it wouldn't be illegal and he would be arrested.

Not only him, but everyone else was also shocked. Every family has spanked their children. After all, every child makes mistakes. But they wouldn't beat them to death like Liu Haizhong did.

But now when they hear that beating children is illegal, they are a little scared.

Even Xu Damao whispered to Jiang Fan if this was the case, and Jiang Fan nodded. Although there were no laws protecting minors, there were women's federations and related associations.

This is a force that cannot be ignored.

Liu Haizhong's face turned pale with fear, but he still insisted, "Director Wang, it has been natural for a father to beat his son since ancient times. I've never heard of beating a son being illegal. I just hit him a little too hard, but haven't they been fine all these years?"

Jiang Fan smiled. He knew that he couldn't look at the people in the courtyard from a normal person's perspective. Of course, he was not a normal person either.

What does it mean to say, "It's just a little harsh, they're fine?"

Why is it so much like "I was just drunk, speeding, going the wrong way, ran a red light, and almost hit you, but you're fine."

What fairy words.

However, Director Wang is obviously a normal person with normal logical thinking.

"Liu Haizhong! Today I will talk to you properly."

Director Wang pointed at Liu Haizhong, and she really wanted to pull out her gun and shoot him.

"Not only Liu Haizhong, but everyone in the yard is doing well. Now it's..."

In a speech lasting more than ten minutes, ten minutes were spent criticizing Liu Haizhong, which made his face turn red like a burning pig's head.

The remaining minutes were essentially a rote reading of some regulations. The bottom line was that children who make mistakes need to be educated, and the subdistrict office won't intervene with standard corporal punishment. However, behavior like Liu Haizhong's is abuse, illegal, and must be stopped.

This made everyone feel relieved, but also made some filial sons very disappointed.

"Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, you two come here. And you, Liu Haizhong, come here too!"

The father and his two sons stood face to face, but unlike the powerful Liu Hai in the past, he now lowered his head, looking at a loss like a child who had done something wrong, and even more angry and embarrassed as if someone had revealed the secret in his heart.

The two brothers of the Liu family seemed to have found the support of their biological father. In an instant, the pain in their backs and waists was gone, and they felt very energetic.

"Don't be afraid, both of you. Tell me how Liu Haizhong treated you. I'm here to give you justice today."

The two people who received support quickly exaggerated the treatment they had received over the years.

Beating with belts and sticks were considered mild punishments. They also told us about the ten cruel tortures of the Qing Dynasty and the severe tortures of the Japanese dogs that they had heard from others.

Everyone present twitched their lips at this. This wasn't the right way to make up a lie. According to the Liu brothers, Liu Haizhong really had become Inoue Goroku, a bastard with a shaved head, a long braid at the back, and a little moustache under his nose.

Chapter 284: Punishing Liu Haizhong

"Director Wang, listen to what they are saying. Is this human language?"

Liu Haizhong was in tears. The two sons' stories were getting more and more outrageous, mentioning torture, bamboo sticks, tiger benches, and pepper spray. If he really used these methods, would Liu Guangtian still be alive?

Director Wang also looked at the Liu brothers with some hostility. She wanted to be fair, but she was not stupid. Now she had already reduced her points towards the Liu brothers in her heart.

"You two should talk nicely and don't say anything useless."

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangtian stopped spreading rumors and causing trouble, but honestly told the story of how he had been beaten over the years for various reasons, including all kinds of strange ones.

Although Liu Guangtian and his friends cannot guarantee that all these reasons are true, they are sure to miss some of them.

After hearing this, the others looked at Liu Haizhong with a playful look. Everyone was wondering about one thing: were the Liu Guangtian brothers Liu Haizhong's biological sons?

Otherwise, what kind of good person would beat his son just because he stepped into the door with his left foot?

Director Wang even asked on the spot, "Liu Haizhong, are Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu your biological sons?"

Liu Haizhong was stunned for a moment, then he reacted with a sudden surge of shame and anger. "Although I really don't want to acknowledge these two unfilial sons, they are indeed my biological sons."

No matter how embarrassed Liu Haizhong is, he will never take the initiative to wear a green hat that does not belong to him.

The eyes of the Liu Guangtian brothers dimmed for a moment. They actually hoped that Liu Haizhong would say that they were not biological father and son, so that they would have a reason to leave the Liu family and live independently.