By then, Liu Guifa came in from the outside and saw this scene. His eyes burned with fire, “To Hell with all of you!” He slapped Zhao Guixiang’s head before grabbing her arm and throwing her out.
Zhao Guixiang fell towards the wall like a sack. Her body came in contact with the pile of urine tiles that was broken by her and suddenly, she let out a scream.
Zhao Guilian hurried to help her and shouted, “Liu Guifa is beating people up!”
The women immediately picked up the stone to throw at Liu Guifa.
Liu Guifa fanned his arms out to protect his wife and daughter. All the while, Xiuyun’s mother shouted, “Hurry, get in the house, get in the house…”
When the Commune members outside saw the commotion, they hurried to report it and some people even came to try and reason with them, “What are you doing? You’re all breaking the law!”
“Screw the law, we’re punishing the broken shoes!” Zhao Guilian shouted, “No matter the Gods of the Heavens or the Underworld, no one can stop us from dealing with this pair of broken shoes!”
As soon as the reasons were stated, some people even joined in the fight. The men who would usually laze around all day, stick their tongues out and utter profanities also came to enact ‘justice’.
Liu Guifa was smashed to the point where he couldn’t open his eyes and a man took a stick to hit him. He could only protect his daughter and wife by having his back faced towards the attackers.
At this time, Liu Xiuyun didn’t know where her strength came from, but she pushed away Liu Guifa and a man next to him. After grabbing a stick, she too started to smash the group of assaulters.
With a pale face, she didn’t say a word, merely mechanically swinging her stick. The people who were beaten up by her, both men and women alike, cried out in pain.
Liu Guifa suddenly realised that his daughter seemed to have changed entirely. Even so, he hurried to protect her, not wanting anyone to have a chance to hit her as he grabbed a stick as well. In a few swipes, he managed to beat the men, who were all talk, into a pulp as they ran for cover.
In the end, the father-daughter duo held their sticks and chased Zhao Guilian and her group around the yard.
Presently, Han Yongfang, the Brigade Leader and others hurried over. They were faced with a messy scene that still had blood on the ground. Han Yongfang’s face soon turned as dark as the night of an impending storm.
Those father-daughter duo that came to stir trouble yelled for help once they saw the Secretary Head and the Brigade Leader.
“Help us, Secretary Head, the Security Director is going to kill us!”
Liu Guifa threw the stick in his hands.
Liu Xiuyun was also like being taken away. She was shaking as Xiuyun’s mother supported her daughter’s frame, ushering her back to the room.
Han Yongfang’s face was as dark as night. Not only did he not offer help, but he even scolded, “You all are truly braver than the Gods. Every single one of you is even more daring than the next! And none of you are willing to show kindness to a child!”
Someone was still unconvinced, so they murmured something along the lines of the broken shoes lacking morals.
Han Yongfang took the whip from the Brigade Leader’s hands and swung it, “How is it that you’re so eager to answer me? What are you trying to do, interrupt me while I’m still speaking?”