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

"Liu Guangqi is a piece of shit. Everything he does is for your money. If you don't believe me, ask him when your and my mom's birthdays are. Do you think he can tell? He might not even know the year you were born."

So this time Liu Haizhong did not give Liu Guangqi the money directly, but told him that if he wanted the money, he could come home and get it today.

Liu Guangqi argued for a while, but Liu Haizhong never mentioned giving money and let him go home that day.

Liu Guangqi was confused, but he didn't dare to resist Liu Haizhong, whose face was getting darker, so he could only agree.

Today, Liu Haizhong has been waiting for Liu Guangqi after get off work. He hopes that his eldest son, whom he has high hopes for, can remember that today is his father's birthday.

He hoped that Liu Guangqi would bring him a gift when he returned to show his filial piety. Even if there was no gift, it would be fine as long as he could say happy birthday to him.

Chapter 428 Liu Guangqi Returns to the Courtyard

But he was disappointed. Liu Guangqi had no idea what day it was. Not only did he come back empty-handed, he also planned to take something away.

On the way back, Liu Guangqi was thinking about how to get more gold coins from Liu Haizhong.

"Oh, I don't know what's wrong with Liu Haizhong again. He won't even give me the money when I ask for it."

Liu Guangqi had a worried look on his face. His relationship with Li Yi had recently reached a critical juncture. To please her, he bought her everything she wanted, spending money like water on frequent dates.

After finally getting to the point of officially meeting the parents, Li Yi put forward some difficult conditions, such as gifts at home.

According to Li Yi, their family has no sons and she is the only daughter, so if he wants to marry her smoothly, he must let her parents see Liu Guangqi's sincerity.

And this sincerity is the expensive and considerable gift of meeting.

This gave Liu Guangqi a headache. It wasn't that he couldn't afford these gifts, but he just didn't have the tickets. He had to go to the black market to buy tickets and then buy them.

The cost of this trip is huge. Actually, Liu Guangqi can still scrape together this much money with his savings.

It’s just that there’s Lao Deng at home that can drop gold coins, so why should I use my own?

And he was quite confident that gold coins would burst out from his bangs.

"I'll tell you when I get home that if I can't buy you a gift, I won't be able to visit you. If I can't visit you, Li Yi and I will break up, and I won't be able to be an official anymore. Can't you control Liu Haizhong?"

When Liu Guangqi thought of this, the sadness on his face immediately disappeared. He was sure to succeed on this trip!

At the entrance of the alley, Liu Guangfu was sitting there with a piece of wild grass in his mouth, waiting for his elder brother to return.

Seeing Liu Guangfu waiting here as before, Liu Guangqi felt relieved and more confident.

After seeing Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangfu patted his butt and stood up, but did not speak to Liu Guangqi. After Liu Guangqi came over, he turned around and left.

The two brothers entered the yard one after the other.

As soon as the two of them entered the backyard, Jiang Fan ran over to find Xu Damao.

"Why are you here? Why don't you go on a date with Comrade Xiao Zhong?" Xu Damao teased with a smile when he saw Jiang Fan coming over.

"A meeting between the parents of both sides has been arranged this Sunday, and I think it will be finalized."

Xu Damao's eyes lit up, "You can do it. If you work hard this year, you can become a father next year."

"Thank you for your good wishes." Jiang Fan also responded with a smile.

"How about we discuss something?" Xu Damao raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of a good idea.

Jiang Fan glanced at him and said, "Other matters are easy to discuss, but child marriage is out of the question."

"How did you know I was going to say that?" Xu Damao asked in surprise. He was thinking that if Jiang Fan's child was a girl, he would arrange it with Xu Xiao. If it was a boy, he would wait until he gave birth to a girl.

Anyway, there is definitely no harm in marrying Jiang Fan.

"I've known you for so many years, and even if you don't stick your butt out, I know what you're going to do."

Turning his head and giving Xu Damao a look, Jiang Fan continued, "Don't even think about it. I won't arrange any marriage for my child, nor will I force him to get married. It's fine even if he doesn't find a partner in the future."

Xu Damao was shocked, "Then you are the last one!"

"What do you mean by 'unprecedented'? Can you speak? This matter has not been decided yet."

"My bad, I misjudged you." Xu Damao apologized repeatedly, his attitude quite sincere. Then he asked, "Then why did you come here today? You can't just talk about this matter. Or do you need some support, money or people? You say, I'll do it."

"Don't worry, you won't be able to escape when we really need you. Now go make two dishes and I'll give you a meal tonight."

"How can you say you're just eating for free so confidently? Wait." Xu Damao clapped his hands, "I'll serve the food, and you serve the wine."

Jiang Fan said indifferently, "Okay!"

"Ezi, Jiang Fan is coming to have dinner tonight."

At the Liu family, when Liu Haizhong saw Liu Guangqi coming back empty-handed, the joy on his face immediately disappeared by one third.

Liu Guangqi's eyes lit up as he looked at the table full of dishes. Could it be that this scale of dishes was meant to entertain him?

Of course it is!

Besides Liu Guangqi, who else in this family is qualified to eat such dishes?

"It seems that Liu Haizhong still values ​​me very much. I guess he missed me after I haven't been back for a long time, so he refused to give me money and used it to blackmail me. Humph, Liu Haizhong, I have seen through you! This time I must ask for more money!"

Liu Guangqi, who had already prepared a plan, automatically sat down on the chair and pretended to ask, "Dad, why are there so many dishes today?"

Liu Haizhong was a little disappointed, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Today is a good day, don't you know?"

"A good day? I don't know about that, but I have good news for you." Liu Guangqi picked up an egg and put it in his mouth. After chewing it for a few times, he praised, "Mom, your cooking skills haven't improved much."

Ever since he became confident at work, he has become more and more courageous. In the past, he wouldn't even dare to pick up his chopsticks unless Liu Haizhong spoke!

It’s not like now, where people are even commenting on it.

"Didn't you say you had good news to tell me? Tell me." Suppressing the anger in his heart, Liu Haizhong closed his eyes and didn't look at Liu Guangqi.

"Oh, it's that thing again. Didn't I say last time that I was going to Li Yi's house to meet her parents? I found out that in half a month, it will be her father's, our leader's, 44th birthday."

"I thought this was a good opportunity to show off. I planned to buy his father some nice gifts and send them over. Maybe then Li Yi and I could get together. Then I could be promoted and become a leader, the first leader of our Liu family!"

Liu Guangqi looked up, expecting Liu Haizhong to praise him, but he didn't hear a single word. He turned his head and saw Liu Haizhong's face was ashen, staring at him angrily.

"Something's not right. How did it turn out like this? Shouldn't Liu Haizhong be clapping and cheering, and then asking me how much money I want?" Liu Guangqi thought to himself.

Liu Haizhong gritted his teeth and asked, "You said your leader is having a birthday. When is it exactly?"

"The 25th of this month," Liu Guangqi replied, then continued, "But Dad, don't even think about going. I was able to go that day because of Li Yi's favor. If she takes you with her, it might affect our relationship."

"Dad, you don't want to see my career as an official ended, right?" This statement with a very local flavor made Liu Haizhong angry and deeply disappointed.

He didn't expect Liu Guangqi to remember a stranger's birthday but not his own father's birthday, and even use his own father's money to buy a gift for the stranger.

"Liu Guangqi! Stand up right there!"

Chapter 429: Liu Guangqi Gets Beaten

The angry roar startled Liu Guangqi, who stood up straight as if in a stress response. He wondered what he had said wrong to make Liu Haizhong so angry.

Could it be that they are going to celebrate the birthday without inviting him along?

The more Liu Guangqi thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He knew best how much Liu Haizhong wanted to be an official. When facing a leader, even if it was just a small leader or a clerk, Liu Haizhong would flatter him as if he were meeting his own father.

I just hope that the other person can remember my name, as if that will give me the chance to become an official in the future.

Going to celebrate the birthday of Li Yi's father, Li Guangming, was a great opportunity to meet the leader. Given Liu Haizhong's personality, how could he let it go?

After figuring this out, Liu Guangqi was no longer afraid.

Before Liu Haizhong could start to lecture him, he said, "Dad, what are you doing? I told you not to take you to the Li family, and you can't go."

Liu Haizhong instantly became furious. Was he angry because of this?

"How about this? Give me some extra money and I'll buy you a gift and send it over. Then I'll definitely speak well of you in front of Director Li. That should be fine, right?"

Liu Guangqi said this very embarrassedly, as if this was a very difficult matter. In fact, he wanted to get more money and buy expensive gifts to send in his own name.

Looking at Liu Guangqi's expression, Liu Haizhong suddenly laughed out of anger.

He grinned and said, "Okay, okay! You're so good, Liu Guangqi. Even at this point, you still don't understand why I'm angry, right?"

"Liu Guangfu!"

"My son is here!"

Liu Guangfu walked to his side and bowed his head respectfully, but his slightly trembling body showed that he was not actually calm.

"Use my family rules!"

"Son, obey your order!" Liu Guangfu instantly pulled out a feather duster from behind and handed it to Liu Haizhong, then stepped aside and waited excitedly.

Liu Guangqi had already retreated to the wall, his brain working rapidly, wondering what was wrong?

This is different from what he imagined. And Liu Haizhong said that he still doesn't know he is wrong. Isn't he angry because he can't go to celebrate the birthday?

Liu Guangqi still didn't realize what Liu Haizhong said, "Today is a good day."

"Dad, put the feather duster down. If I've made any mistakes, just tell me no. There's no need to take it. There's no need for this between us, father and son."

Liu Guangqi spoke tremblingly. He no longer had the mind to think about what was wrong. Liu Haizhong was already in front of him.

Endless fear instantly took over Liu Guangqi's entire body and mind, although he had never been hit by the feather duster or belt since he could remember.

But he still had the memory of Liu Haizhong beating Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu. At this moment, the shadow of his childhood instantly emerged in his mind.

He could no longer remember the reason, but he could clearly remember that day when Liu Haizhong used a feather duster to whip Liu Guangtian's back hard.

Liu Guangtian was only eight years old at that time. He was beaten to the point of almost fainting and didn't move at all.

As for Liu Guangqi, he was ordered by Liu Haizhong to stand aside and watch the consequences of Liu Guangtian's disobedience.

"Is it unnecessary? I think it is necessary. You were never beaten when you were a child, so you don't know where you are wrong now. Today I must make up for this beating you received!"

shhhhhh

The sound of breaking air made Liu Guangfu next to him tremble slightly.

Liu Guangqi, who was being whipped, experienced this kind of pain for the first time. He had no experience in being beaten and no ability to withstand blows, so he screamed like a pig being slaughtered the first time he was hit.

"Ouch!"

Listening to the painful howl, Liu Guangfu suddenly felt a sense of pleasure from the bottom of his heart, just like those few seconds, which was very refreshing.

Every time Liu Guangqi screamed, he had this feeling, which made him intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.

"Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangqi, you are such a beloved guy, and now you have finally come to this day. It feels so good!"

Liu Guangfu shouted in his heart and secretly cheered Liu Haizhong on.

"Old Liu, use all your strength! Pull out your hammer-swinging stance and hit him hard!"

While cheering for Liu Haizhong, Liu Guangfu also felt sorry for Liu Guangtian.

"Second brother, why did you go in so early? If you were still here, wouldn't you have seen this scene?"

As soon as the screams were heard, someone came out from the backyard. Jiang Fan was the first to arrive, followed closely by Xu Damao who was wearing an apron.

"What's going on? Liu Haizhong beat his son again? How dare he do that? Isn't he afraid that Liu Guangfu will ask Director Wang to come and educate him?" Xu Damao was a little surprised when he heard that the noise came from Liu's house.

Ever since Liu Guangtian was arrested, no one has seen Liu Haizhong beat Liu Guangfu, and some people were not used to it for a while.

Jiang Fan looked at the Liu family's gate with an amused look on his face. "If it was Liu Guangfu, he would have run away long ago. That kid is quite shrewd."

"Could it be that Liu Guangtian escaped from prison? Is Liu Haizhong killing his own relatives for the sake of justice?" Another absurd reason popped out of Xu Damao's mouth.

"Liu Guangtian doesn't have that ability, and after he recovered from his injuries, he was sent to the northwest to dig rocks. The one who got beaten should be Liu Guangqi."

"Liu Guangqi? That's impossible." Xu Damao shook his head and for the first time had strong doubts about what Jiang Fan said.

It’s not that I don’t trust Jiang Fan, but what he said is really not credible.

Everyone in the entire courtyard knew the Liu family, except Liu Guangqi, who had never been beaten.

Do you believe that it was Liu Haizhong who beat Liu Guangqi?

It would be better to believe that it was Liu Guangfu who turned against Tiangang and beat up Liu Haizhong.

Jiang Fan stretched out his hand, "Do you want to bet on this amount?"

"Let's bet. I don't believe Liu Haizhong is willing to do it." Xu Damao agreed without any hesitation.

Jiang Fan smiled even more. Stereotypes are really harmful.