Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

The moment Liu Guangtian and his brother took off their clothes, Yi Zhonghai, Yan Fugui, and the other residents of the courtyard saw the shocking wounds on their bodies.

Most of the wounds were whip marks. Many had scabbed over, but there were still many new wounds, especially a dozen or so that looked fresh. The dense, interwoven whip marks were horrifying.

"this……"

Yi Zhonghai was at a loss for words. He took a deep breath. No matter what, he didn't want any incident of beating an elderly person to happen in the courtyard.

He must convene a hospital-wide meeting to nip this unhealthy trend in the bud.

Thinking of this, he looked at the Liu brothers and said in a deep voice:

"Guangtian, Guangfu, no matter what, it's wrong of you to hit your father. Now, let's have a hospital-wide meeting and let everyone in the hospital judge this matter."

Liu Guangtian snorted coldly: "Fine, I'll open it then. I've had enough of this house. If this continues, Guangfu and I will be beaten to death by Liu Haizhong."

When Liu Haizhong heard Liu Guangtian stop calling him "Dad" and instead call him by his name, he trembled with anger, pointed at Liu Guangtian with a trembling hand, and gritted his teeth, saying:

"You unfilial sons, you unfilial sons! Very well, you two little brats have grown up, haven't you? You eat my food, wear my clothes, live in my house, and now you want to beat me. From today onwards, if you two have the guts, don't come home. I'd rather feed the dogs with my own food than raise two ungrateful wretches like you."

The second aunt chimed in, "Guangtian, Guangfu, you two better apologize to your father right now, or he won't take care of you anymore."

Yi Zhonghai gestured for them to stop, saying, "Old Liu, his second aunt, please calm down. Let's discuss this at the hospital-wide meeting."

As he spoke, he looked at Yan Jiekuang, who had just run over from the front yard, and said, "Jiekuang, go and inform them to hold a general meeting for the entire hospital immediately."

Yan Jiekuang didn't agree immediately. He looked at Yan Fugui, and seeing Yan Fugui nod slightly at him, he began shouting from the backyard:

"A hospital-wide meeting is being held! A hospital-wide meeting is being held!"

"Come out quickly for a hospital-wide meeting."

Hearing that another hospital-wide meeting was going to be held, Qin Jingru was so excited that she quickly pulled Wang Feng and headed towards the central courtyard.

As soon as the three of them returned to the house, Qin Jingru and Lu Banxia each carried a stool and headed towards the conference venue.

As Qin Jingru walked, she looked at Wang Feng and asked, "Brother Wang Feng, how did you know beforehand that we were supposed to go to the backyard to watch the show?"

Wang Feng smiled and waved his hand, pretending to be mysterious, "We're going to hold a college-wide meeting first, and I'll tell you about this tonight."

"All right."

When the group arrived at the conference venue, quite a few people had already arrived. Xu Damao and Li Sumei had arrived earlier than them.

"Brother Wang Feng, over here."

Xu Damao waved to Wang Feng and asked Li Sumei to move the stools a little so that Wang Feng and the others could put two stools down.

Wang Feng stepped forward, handed him a Daqianmen cigarette, and said with a smile, "Brother Da Mao, you're recovering quite well. You should be able to go back to work at the factory soon, right?"

Xu Damao took the cigarette, lit it, blew a smoke ring, and let out a long sigh:

"I estimate it will be another month or so before I can go back to work at the factory. Brother Wang Feng, once my injury heals, I'll cook a couple of hearty dishes, and we'll have a good drink together."

"Okay."

Wang Feng smiled and nodded in agreement.

Just as Wang Feng was talking to Xu Damao, the standard eight-immortal table for the general meeting of the whole institute was set up, and most of the people in the institute came over.

It was right after lunch, and it was Sunday, so the residents in the courtyard were mostly free and arrived very quickly.

The three old men were seated as before, with Yi Zhonghai in the middle and Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui on either side, making it look like a joint trial.

Sitting on the left, with his bangs swollen and bruised, he looked rather comical.

Two minutes later, seeing that everyone had arrived, Yi Zhonghai stood up and said loudly:

"Today, a very serious incident occurred in our facility: an elderly person was assaulted!"

"As the old man in charge of the compound, I deeply abhor disrespect for the elderly and children, especially the act of beating the elderly."

"Respecting the elderly and caring for the young has always been a traditional virtue of our institution. No matter how angry or aggrieved the younger generation is, they must never be violent towards their elders or hit them. Doing so would not only disgrace our institution, but also destroy our institution's traditional virtue of respecting the elderly and caring for the young."

"Think about it, everyone. We'll all get old eventually. If young people can easily beat up the elderly, what will happen when we're old and can't move? Wouldn't that create chaos?"

"Guangtian, Guangfu, do you two admit your mistake?"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the courtyard turned their gaze to Liu Guangtian and his brother, making the two brothers feel extremely uncomfortable.

Liu Guangtian took a deep breath, pulled Liu Guangfu to the front of the stage, and the two of them took off their shirts again.

Liu Guangtian pointed to the whip marks on himself and Liu Guangfu's bodies, and bowed to the crowd in the courtyard:

"Dear elders, uncles and aunts, take a look. Guangfu and I have been beaten by Liu Haizhong since we were little. The whip marks on our bodies are proof."

"Liu Haizhong would take his anger out on me and Guangfu whenever he was in a bad mood, without asking why. I believe everyone in the hospital knows about this, especially after my older brother Liu Guangqi ran away. Liu Haizhong beat us even more severely after that."

"Everyone, please help us judge this. Is it okay for a father to beat his own son like this?"

When the people in the courtyard saw the whip marks all over Liu Guangtian and his brother's bodies and heard Liu Guangtian's words, they all fell silent.

Everyone living in the courtyard knows that Liu Haizhong had only three hobbies in his life: being an official, eating eggs, and beating his son.

Although they sympathized with the two unfortunate brothers, most of them didn't want to offend Liu Haizhong, after all, Liu Haizhong was the second oldest man in the courtyard.

Old Hu lived in the backyard, and he was the one who disliked Liu Haizhong the most. While everyone else remained silent, he stood up and said:

"Second Uncle, you're in a bad mood, so you take it out on your sons. That doesn't fit our traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young. Guangtian and Guangfu are your own sons. Now that Guangqi has run away, aren't you afraid you'll beat them both to death? Then when you die, you won't even have anyone to smash a pot for?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong immediately flew into a rage, stood up, pointed at Lao Hu, and shouted:

"Old Hu, what nonsense are you spouting? This is my son, I can beat him however I want. It's not illegal for me to beat my son. If you're so capable, go home and beat your son too!"