“Jinli, since your father liked gambling and had lost all your family’s money for gambling more than once, how did you buy vegetables and rice?” Liao Tingyu asked.

“Answering the magistrate, this is because my mother helps others sew clothes or wash clothes for them to earn some money, and we sell tea at home. We can earn some money by running a tea stall on weekdays, so we can maintain our lives.”

Liao Tingyu nodded, “So you all rely on the tea stall to make a living, and then your father will spend all the money you earn the next day. Right?”

Jinli nodded, “Yes, every day when my mother earns money, he secretly hides some to buy, and then accumulates it to buy rice, noodles, and so on.”

“Then your father. Did he suspect that your mother is hiding something? After all, he took the family’s money, so how did the family get the rice and noodles?” Liao Tingyu asked.

“He knows it, when he needs money, he will go to my mother and ask for it. If mother don’t give it to him, he will take the rice and noodles and pawn them off. If he can’t find the rice and noodles, he will rummage around the room. It’s okay if he finds money, but if he doesn’t find it, he will beat my mother and take the valuables in the house to the pawn shop,” Jinli thought of every time his father lost a bet, he would beat his mother until he couldn’t get up for several days.

“And my father is very cruel. Every time he lost a bet, he would punch and kick my mother, saying it was all my mother’s fault.”

“Then did your mother resist?”

Jinli shook his head, “Mother is the only child in my grandpa’s family. Grandpa and his family died early, so no one supports my mother, not even the clan members.”

Liao Tingyu nodded knowingly that the husband was just a bad gambler. People like this always tended to do domestic violence, there should be some record about his bad behavior.

Liao Tingyu asked the clerk to look for any information about this person and see if he was arrested a long time ago.

The secretary received the order and rummaged carefully and found that this person was actually the first batch of labor reformers.

“It is indeed recorded in the record that he is a good person, and he has been reformed for more than half a year. I didn’t expect that this person is so stupid and makes the same mistakes over and over again.”

“Really? It turns out that it is written in the record, so Jinli, has he changed after he was in prison?” Liao Tingyu nodded in understanding and asked.

Jinli shook his head, “No, since the first day he was back, he has beaten my mother during the day and night, and he does not allow my mother to find help.”

Liao Tingyu was a little angry: “Even if he beats people at night, there should be voices. What do your neighbors do? And you are so old, why did it take you so long to come and sue? You clearly knew that your father was violent, but you didn’t know how to stop it. It was all in vain for your mother to raise you so big.”

Jinli lowered his head and said nothing.

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Soon the yamen officer brought the two people over. Jinli’s mother came to the court for the first time, trembling, not even knowing what to say, and kowtowed to the ground.

Quan Cai was really frightened. He looked at the familiar faces on the high podium and the familiar people around the magistrate, recalling the hellish life he once had.

“Quan Cai, we are old acquaintances and have been seeing each other day and night for more than half a year. How about revisiting old places and meeting old friends?” Liao Tingyu took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Quan Cai was completely frightened. Meeting an old friend, this person was like a living king of hell.

“My lord, I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please give me a chance. If I don’t get the last chance, I will correct it. I will correct it well and never hit anyone again. Please give me another chance.” Quan Cai was very humble and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy.

Liao Tingyu shook his head and said with a smile: “I don’t like giving people second chance. One is enough. Let’s ask the doctor to examine the wife’s injuries first, and then the secretary will write the reconciliation, you give the wife a small shop to manage as his compensation.”

“It just so happens that my land is still short of people and you came to my door like this. Sure enough, you miss me very much, because with you, I can save the cost of labor. You are indeed a good citizen of mine.”

Quan Cai was going crazy. He knew that the people who worked there were basically prisoners with no life.

Some of them had to wear chains while working, they had to work hard every day digging the lands until their hands numb, then walked back to sleep in a dim dark prison.

“No, please don’t, I was wrong, I was really wrong, I will never gamble again.”

Liao Tingyu turned a deaf ear to his shouts. The doctor came out of the inner room to examine the injury and said to Liao Tingyu.

“My lord, this person does have wounds over the years, and there are also many new wounds. I think your labor reform has not left an unforgettable memory on him. I suggest that you change your methods and increase your efforts so that he can learn his lesson.”

“Yes. That’s right, let’s start three in a row.” Liao Tingyu’s gentle words laid the foundation for his three years of hard work.

The clerk also dealt with this kind of scum very quickly. He quickly wrote out the written form, and then asked for Quan Cai’s hand to stamp it with a red seal.