Quan Qiao Qingqing did not show up.

So, when the Qiao brothers received the news from the security comrades and rushed to the county town, what they saw was their mother who had been beaten severely and was lying on the hospital bed.

"After investigation, it was found that these scars were left by the Ning family and Shi Lanlan. The Ning family hated Comrade Liu Mei for beating Ning Suxiang, so they lied to the neighbors that they had brought her in for treatment, but in fact they locked her up and abused her. Later, in order not to arouse suspicion, they sent Comrade Liu Mei to Ning Rong to rent a house for Shi Lanlan, and Ning Suxiang would often go there to torture her."

Qiao He's eyes instantly turned red, and he turned around and glared at the eldest and fourth brother.

"What the hell are you doing! To please a woman, you sent your own mother to be abused by them!"

Qiao Chuan was full of self-consciousness at this time, but he still felt that he was innocent, and muttered: "No one knew it would turn out like this... In my opinion, it was because my mother was still uneasy after going to the Ning family, and she always angered my sister-in-law and her family, so they..."

Under Qiao He's increasingly cold gaze, Qiao Chuan slowly closed his mouth.

"My wife is pregnant. She may have a little impatient temper, but she is a decent woman. She must not know about this. My father-in-law and his family took action because they felt sorry for their daughter." Qiao Shan, who was standing aside, spared no effort to defend Ning Suxiang.

However, after hearing this, Qiao He could no longer bear it and punched him in the face: "Qiao Shan, you bastard! That's your mother!"

This roar seemed to awaken the conscience of the Qiao brothers, and they all quieted down at once.

As for Qiao He, his mind was in a mess. He just felt that something was wrong and that they shouldn't be like this.

Qiao He murmured, "Mom loves us so much. When we were young, people outside called our mom a mute, but we still knew to protect her and rushed up to fight with them. Even at home, Dad would not allow us to disrespect Mom, so every time one of us made a mistake and was about to be beaten, Mom was the first to come out and stop Dad. She was also hardworking. When mending clothes, she would embroider small animals for us brothers, and embroider small flowers for Lanlan, who she thought was our little sister at the time..."

"She always has a faint smile on her face, as if she would be happy and satisfied as long as she looks at us... When did you become so strange? When you saw your adopted mother getting hurt, your first reaction was not to feel sorry for her, not to angrily seek redress for her, not to hate the culprit, but to blame her for what she deserved! Do you think that she was hurt because of herself!?"

As Qiao He was talking, his mind flashed back to the first time he met his younger sister - his real younger sister - last year. She was standing alone in the corridor of the hospital, opposite Shi Jingye and his family of three. She was wearing old clothes that were washed and patched. She was as thin as a bamboo pole, with blood stains at the corners of her mouth and her hair was torn into a mess. She looked miserable. But because of her resentful and cold expression, and her eloquent arguments to protect herself, her family subconsciously concluded that she was not as weak as Lanlan.

Therefore, when Lanlan later proposed to sever ties with the Qiao family, they subconsciously thought that it was this tough and aggressive younger sister who caused this, and believed that her appearance destroyed their family's happiness... From then on, they had a different first impression of their own sister.

Even though they later learned that my younger sister was treated poorly or even abused by her family when she was a child, they only sympathized with her for a moment. Just because of their conflicts with her and their first impression of her, they said that she deserved it.

If he hadn't been punished by his father that time and replaced by the Hongsheng Brigade, and had seen with his own eyes how gentle and soft his little sister was in front of other people, perhaps he would be like Qiao Shan and the others, and still not wake up.

Only by trying to understand Qiao Qingqing carefully can you see her completely different side and then discover her true self.

But now, Qiao Qingqing has severed ties with the Qiao family and has completely distanced herself from the Qiao family. Qiao Shan and the others are so blind that they have shifted their focus to their own mother!

How is Qiao Shan and Qiao Chuan's current attitude towards their mother different from their attitude towards Qiao Qingqing in the past?

But they forgot that the biggest difference between their mother and the sister who was taken away by mistake is that their mother is the one who raised them, the one who took care of them from childhood, the one who fed them, the one who clothed them...

"Qiao Lao Da, Qiao Lao Si, you two beasts, you treat your own mother like this, have your consciences been eaten by dogs!"

Qiao He finally roared out these words.

After hearing what he said, people coming and going in the hospital all looked over at him.

Everyone looked at Qiao Shan and Qiao Chuan with contempt in their eyes.

"What's your reply? These two are unfilial to their mother?"

"How dare you be so unfilial? You should be dragged to the pig cage and thrown into it!"

"Which brigade is this guy from? Public security comrades, you have to take care of it and don't let this unfilial guy dirty our county!"

Unfilial people are despised by everyone.

So the two brothers were pointed at and scolded by everyone, but they didn't dare to say a word.

Qiao Shan wanted to defend himself: "Second brother, what are you talking about? When have we ever been unfilial?"

"Second brother, you are trying to kill us on purpose. I just said that Mom became abnormal after being stimulated. I didn't say that I would ignore her!" Qiao Chuan looked at Qiao He with complaints in his eyes.

Qiao He did not argue with them, but turned to Qiao Hu who was invisible in the corner.

He asked calmly, "Third brother, tell me something. Are the eldest and fourth brothers unfilial to mom?"

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Qiao Hu.

Becoming the focus, Qiao Hu's expression was not very natural.

He glanced at his second brother, then quickly looked away and lowered his eyes: "Second brother, I know you are very excited and angry about Mom's injury. We are all Mom's children, so how can we not be anxious? It's just that the eldest brother speaks like this, but you know what he is thinking..."

"Third brother, I'm asking you a question. Answer my question." Qiao He's tone became stern.

Qiao Hu was forced to grit his teeth and say, "Second brother, you misunderstood."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qiao Shan and Qiao Chuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Shan straightened his back and looked at the people around him.

"Did you hear that? My third brother said it himself. It was the second brother who misunderstood us brothers."

"If you don't know the inside story, don't say anything. Just go away. What are you looking at?"

Qiao Shan and Qiao Chuan drove away the crowd of onlookers, leaving only their brothers - oh, and two security comrades.

Zhao Chujian looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and he didn't talk too much.

So the Qiao Shan brothers also relaxed their vigilance against them.

"Second brother, what are you doing? You are happy to ruin our reputation, right?"

At this moment, Qiao Shan was teaching his second brother a lesson viciously.

However, before his hand touched Qiao He's collar, Qiao He moved away.

Qiao He looked at the three siblings in front of him. The eldest and the fourth were not important, but as for the third...

Haha, I didn’t expect that the third brother would collude with the two of them!

Fortunately, the third child has read so many books.

Qiao He looked at the third brother coldly: "Qiao Hu, all the books you read have gone to the dogs' stomachs."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Qiao Hu's face.

"Second brother," he lowered his voice, pleading, "Please stop making trouble. Didn't Dad say that we brothers should work together? Even if there is something wrong between the eldest brother and the fourth brother, you can go home and teach them a lesson in private. Why do you have to belittle your brothers in public? How will it benefit us if their reputation is ruined?"

"Now you still only care about reputation?" Qiao He's head was buzzing, and he questioned him in disbelief.

Qiao Hu took a deep breath: "Second brother, you have to calm down! Mom is already injured. Even if you scold the eldest and fourth brothers, it won't change anything! What we should think about now is how to use Mom's injury to seek the greatest benefit from the Ning family! You also know that the Ning family is rich, and there is Ning Rong in the Ning family. I heard that Ning Rong is a worker of a government department. What do you think? If we ask the Ning family to compensate us and arrange jobs for us brothers, otherwise we will make a big fuss and affect Ning Rong's official career. Will the Ning family agree?"

As Qiao Hu continued to narrate, Qiao Shan and Qiao Chuan's eyes lit up.

Why didn't they think of this alternative?

The two of them just thought that the Ning family was rich and powerful, and there was no point in going against the Ning family. Instead, they might lose their daughter-in-law Ning Suxiang and end up with nothing.

Therefore, even if they were caught, their first reaction would be to calm down and keep the peace.

Although my mother was beaten, she was not dead or disabled. She would be fine after a period of treatment.

However, Qiao Hu thought much more than they did. He actually wanted to use this to threaten the Ning family and pave the way for them brothers.

This made Qiao Shan and Qiao Chuan admire the third brother.

"Third brother, it has to be you!"

Qiao Shan put his arm around the third brother's shoulder.

But Qiao Hu's attitude towards him was also indifferent.

"Brother, please don't misunderstand me. I am doing this for the sake of the overall situation. It doesn't mean that I am on the same side as you and Old Four. I also despise your behavior."

"However, the most urgent thing is that we should unite and not give the Ning family the opportunity to defeat them one by one."

At this point, Qiao Hu looked at his second brother.

But after a moment of silence, Qiao He suppressed his anger and said, "From now on, don't say that you and I are brothers. I don't have brothers like you!"

After saying that, Qiao He turned and went to the ward.

When Zhao Chujian saw the situation develop to this point, he walked over leisurely.

"Everyone, I seem to have forgotten to tell you that your mother's treatment fee has not been settled yet. Someone should settle the bill now, otherwise the follow-up treatment will be stopped. The hospital is not a place for charity."

Hearing this, the Qiao Shan brothers were stunned.

Qiao Hu frowned: "How much does it cost?"

"I don't know about that, but a few yuan is essential. After all, Comrade Liu Mei is seriously injured this time, not an ordinary minor injury. You can ask the specific amount yourself." Zhao Chujian said very frankly.

He had also made his greetings at the medical staff. As Captain Zhao in the county, his reputation was still worth something, so the medical staff was happy to cooperate with him.

When the Qiao brothers went to ask, they found out that the treatment fee was 280 yuan, which frightened them so much that their faces turned pale.

This is simply a sky-high price. Where can they get the money?