Chapter 3071 Hu Dazhu
Bai Shan simply shook his head and sighed, "I'm too busy."
Zhou Man was about to say that he was busy, but then he thought of something and said happily, "I have a long break, so maybe I can go."
Bai Shan turned to look at her, "When will the rest time be longer?"
Zhou Man: "It's the New Year."
Bai Shan was shocked and asked, "Aren't you going to celebrate the New Year with me?"
Yin Huo lowered his head and calmly drank his soy milk. When he looked up, the two of them had already come to a conclusion. After a compromise, he nodded and said, "Okay, it wouldn't be bad if we could live there together for a while."
Zhou Man also invited Xiao Qianshi, "When the time comes, ask Liwei's wife and sister-in-law to go with us."
Speaking of Zhou Liwei, Xiao Qianshi suddenly remembered to ask, "How are Liwei and the others doing at the salt field?"
Bai Shan said as he ate, "Everything is going well at the salt works."
"When should I ask them to come back and see me, or should I go and see them?"
Zhou Man glanced at his sister-in-law, then turned to look at Bai Shan. "Next time you go to Dajiawa, will you take your sister-in-law with you?"
Bai Shan understood and replied with a smile, "Okay." "Sister-in-law, you've been in Beihai County for so long, you haven't seen the sea yet, right?"
Mrs. Qian was stunned for a moment before she smiled and said, "Yes, I haven't seen it, but there's no rush. Manbao is still young. I'll have to take care of the child for a while after he's born. There's plenty of time. I'll go when I have the chance."
The family was chatting and laughing when Xibing walked in quickly and said, "Madam, there's something wrong at the hospital."
Zhou Man was stunned and asked hurriedly: "What happened? Is it an emergency?"
As he spoke, he put down his chopsticks and stood up.
"It's not an emergency. A man came in and said he was Hu Dalang's father. He was making a scene at the door of the hospital, saying that Hu Dalang was unfilial. Old Man Fei didn't dare let him in for fear of disturbing the patients staying there. He rolled around at the door and refused to get up no matter what. A lot of people came to watch the scene."
Zhou Man sat back down, picked up his chopsticks and picked up another bun. "That's fine, report it to the county government. It's related to public security, so it's under the jurisdiction of the county government."
Xibing looked at Bai Shan who was sitting next to him and said, "Aren't we all one family?"
Zhou Man took a bite of the bun and looked up at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan could only call a servant and said to him, "Go find Mr. Cui, and have him go find County Magistrate Dong, and have them handle it."
The servant responded and left.
Although someone else had already gone, Zhou Man still quickened his pace in eating. He put down his chopsticks in less than a quarter of an hour, drank half a bowl of soy milk, and stood up. "I'll go check it out."
Bai Shan thought about it and said simply, "I'll go with you to take a look."
Yin Huo followed him.
The people at the door of the hospital did not disperse, nor did they take Hu's father away, but he did not dare to cry anymore.
County Magistrate Dong and two yamen runners surrounded him and were lecturing him, "This is the medical office. What else do you think it is? Why are you making such a fuss?"
Hu Dazhu's hair was disheveled, his clothes were filthy, and he looked like a homeless beggar, his face covered in beard, with only his eyes visible. In front of County Magistrate Dong, he didn't dare cry or scream, but still tried to defend himself, "But the hospital wouldn't let me in, and they wouldn't let my son and daughter out. I can't see anyone, so this is the only way."
He said, "Sir, the hospital has been treating my wife for several months, and they haven't returned home. Now I want to visit them but they won't let me. Are they treating them, or are they holding them captive to work here?"
County Magistrate Dong frowned. He didn't know the situation of this family, but how could he not know the situation of the medical department?
The Medical Bureau has been doing a losing business, just like the Yushan Hall. It was specially opened by His Majesty and the Empress out of pity for the poor. How could they do such a thing?
"Who in your family works at the hospital? What's your wife's name? What's your son's name?"
"It's me!" Before Hu Dazhu could say anything, a young man came out of the half-open door of the medical office. Although his face was a little pale, he still walked up to County Magistrate Dong and said in a bad tone, "I'm his son. This matter has nothing to do with the medical office."
As soon as Hu Dazhu saw him, he reached out and grabbed him, questioning with a grim expression: "It would be fine if you ran away alone, but you actually took your brothers and sisters with you. You haven't been home for several months and you didn't even go back to see them..."
Hu Dalang ripped his hand away with all his might and glanced at him with disdain. "I told you before I left. I brought my mother to the hospital for treatment. It's been five months, and you haven't come to see us, have you?"
"Unfilial son, you stole all the money from home. If I'm not at home harvesting grain and doing farm work, will the whole family starve to death?"
Hu Dalang's face flushed red as he shouted, "I didn't steal! I just took the money I had saved up privately."
"Bullshit, what can you do with the few coins you saved? You and your brothers and sisters, if you don't steal money from home, how will you live in the county town? Now my family has no money to pay taxes, you have to give me the money you stole, otherwise my family will not be able to survive..."
"You're lying, I didn't steal any money!"
"You still dare to say you didn't steal," Hu Dazhu raised his hand to hit him. Zhou Man held his waist and stood far away, shouting, "No fighting here."
Seeing Zhou Man and Bai Shan coming, County Magistrate Dong hurriedly stopped Hu Dazhu. Hu Dazhu couldn't help but jump up and down, "I hit my son."
Zhou Man sighed at Bai Shan, "It seems that there is still a long way to go in terms of educating people."
Bai Shan: ...
County Magistrate Dong felt that their county magistrate was being mocked by the deputy magistrate. Although they were family, he did not dare to ignore it. So he immediately reached out and twisted Hu Dazhu, shouting, "So what if it's your son? Even a father cannot beat his son at will!"
Even though he had just slapped his own son last night, County Magistrate Dong still shouted righteously, "Didn't your village head say that even fathers are not allowed to beat their sons?"
"It's only natural for a father to beat his son!"
County Magistrate Dong also felt that it was a matter of course, but there were different levels of beating. A light pat for the purpose of teaching was fine, but it was like what happened to Jia Dalang in Dajing Village, where he was forced to kill and set fire, which was not a matter of course.
Seeing Hu Dazhu's face twisted with anger, Zhou Man couldn't help but talk to him in a twisted way, "Do you know who he is?"
Hu Dazhu's hands were pressed behind his back, and he could only try hard to see Bai Shan. He wanted to spit and say he didn't know, but they seemed to be officials, so he didn't dare.
Zhou Man then said, "He is the Magistrate Bai, the father and mother official of Beihai County."
Hu Dazhu looked at Bai Shan in surprise.
Zhou Man smiled and said, "He is your father and mother, so let's just consider him as your father and mother. If it is natural for a father to beat his son, then is it also natural for him to beat you?"
Hu Dazhu: "...it's not a kiss."
Zhou Man: "The word 'natural and right' is based on righteousness, not blood relationship. If you say the words 'natural and right' again, be careful that your parents will beat you for no reason."
Bai Shan coughed lightly and said, "Nonsense, am I such an unreasonable person?"
Zhou Man nodded. "Well, let's talk some sense. Hu Dalang is your son. You've come just in time. Let's settle the bill at the medical office."
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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