"Nonsense, what law do I break by hitting my own child?" Hu Xiaoying opened her eyes and dodged, but she was still sharp-tongued. "Dr. Li, don't scare me. I'm not easily frightened."
“As parents, it’s okay to discipline your child occasionally when they make a mistake, but if you don’t care whether your child is right or wrong and beat and scold them every day, and now there’s blood, that’s a crime, child abuse. The penalty is three years in prison for minor offenses and ten years for serious offenses. Now that Pandi is so badly injured, you will have to serve at least ten years in prison!”
Anyway, Hu Xiaoying doesn't understand the law, so let her say whatever she wants, as long as it can intimidate her.
Hu Xiaoying was indeed frightened and stammered, "No, it's impossible."
"If you don't believe me, ask Teacher Xu." Li Xiyue looked at Xu Hongmei and winked at her.
Xu Hongmei was very clever and immediately understood Li Xiyue's intention. She chimed in, "Dr. Li is right. Auntie, you have indeed committed a crime."
Hu Xiaoying might not believe Li Xiyue's words, but she believed Xu Hongmei, the only teacher in the brigade.
Hu Xiaoying took a step back, still trying to argue, "I... I didn't do it on purpose. I was just taking the cotton and cloth. It was that brat Pandi who came to snatch it. I accidentally bumped into the wall. It has nothing to do with me."
"Mom, it was clearly you who hit my older sister on the head with the stick!" Zhao Di shouted.
Lai Di cried and said, "That's right, Mom lied!"
"You two brats, shut up!" Hu Xiaoying instinctively reached out to hit the two children.
Li Xiyue stopped her, "Comrade Hu Xiaoying, in front of so many people, you still want to commit violence? Aren't you afraid we'll report you to the police?"
Xu Yongshun, who was standing to the side, did not say anything. Of course, he disagreed with calling the police, but he could also tell that Li Xiyue did not really want to call the police, but was just trying to scare Hu Xiaoying.
He won't undermine Li Xiyue.
Li Xiyue certainly didn't really want to report it to the police. This was a family matter, and even if the police came, they would only give her a few words of reprimand and then let it go.
She didn't want the matter to end there; she wanted to completely help her three children escape from this family that favored sons over daughters.
"I...I was just trying to scare the child," Hu Xiaoying said, withdrawing her hand and taking a few steps back, trying to justify herself.
Pandi cried and said, "Mom often beats my sister and me, saying that we are a waste of money and do not deserve to be fed and clothed. We have never been to school, never eaten a full meal, and have endless chores every day... I raised my two sisters and my brother by myself, but my brother always framed us and made us get beaten. Dad did not care and even helped Mom scold us."
“We were hungry, we were cold, we didn’t have any warm clothes or blankets. At night, Zhaodi, Pandi, and I had to hug each other to fall asleep. We didn’t dare ask our parents for food or new clothes… This time, we finally managed to find some cotton and cloth outside, and I was thinking of making a set of cotton-padded clothes for my two younger sisters. But Mom found out and tried to take it away from me, and even hit me hard on the head with a stick…”
"Mom's going to beat me to death..."
After Pandi finished speaking, large tears rolled down her cheeks, mixed with blood, like tears of blood.
Zhao Di and Lai Di also started crying.
The three children were thin and pale, their thin clothes patched up, and now they were crying so sadly. Everyone who saw them felt heartbroken.
"Child, don't cry. Grandma is here. She will never let your parents hit you again."
"Yes, with the Party Secretary here, your parents won't dare to hit you anymore."
Grandma Wang and Su Fengying coaxed her.
"Grandma, I want to move out with my sisters," Pandi said, pulling Su Fengying along.
Su Fengying asked in surprise, "Move out to live? But how can you girls do that?"
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