Qiao Guilan was also puzzled. "I don't know what Yunyun is thinking. Given Han Zhiyuan's family situation, if she marries him, she'll have to take care of her paralyzed father-in-law and be a stepmother to two children. I heard from Zhou Qiaoyun that Yunyun has been brainwashed by Han Zhiyuan and is determined to marry him. The wedding hasn't even taken place yet, but she's already moved into Han Zhiyuan's house with a big belly. Han Zhiyuan's mother tells everyone that her son is capable, and both of his wives were willing to pay extra to marry him."
Hearing that her great-uncle had fallen ill from anger and that Tang Su'e was lying in bed refusing to eat or drink, Qiao Guilan felt incredibly relieved.
They used to bully her family and even secretly switched her daughter; now it's finally their turn to suffer.
"According to Zhou Qiaoyun, your sixth cousin now hates Qiu Xue. She blames Qiu Xue for promising to take good care of Yunyun on the phone, but when Yunyun arrived in the provincial capital, she didn't even show her face, which allowed Han Zhiyuan to take advantage of the situation."
"But Zhou Qiaoyun said that Qiu Xue did not neglect Yunyun and had always taken good care of Yunyun in the provincial capital. It was Yunyun who insisted on being with Han Zhiyuan, so it was not her fault. Zhou Qiaoyun also said that Qiu Xue calls back every week now and is very close to her."
At this point, Qiao Guilan felt somewhat unhappy.
“Our family has raised Qiuxue for eighteen years. Now she doesn’t come back for the New Year, and she doesn’t call home. She goes to your great-uncle’s house to spend the New Year with Zhou Qiaoyun and Tang Youliang.”
Song Baogen comforted her, "Mom, you have me and your older sister here. Qiu Xue now has the surname Tang, so if she doesn't want to come back, she doesn't have to."
“But how much money has our family spent on Qiu Xuehua!” Qiao Guilan felt resentful. “To let her study, Cai Xing dropped out of school early, and even you didn’t get to go to university.”
"What does my failure to pass the exam have to do with Qiu Xue?" Song Baogen said casually, and Qiao Guilan fell silent.
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After preparing lunch, Qiao Guilan wiped her hands and called out to her son.
“Your dad must have gone to your uncle’s house again. Go and call him back for dinner.”
When Song Baogen arrived at his uncle's house, he saw a group of people surrounding the courtyard.
It sounds like people are arguing inside.
When a villager saw Song Baogen, he said, "Baogen, hurry up and call your dad away. Tell him not to meddle in other people's business. Your aunt and uncle's family are fighting, and your dad is in poor health. He's trying to mediate and break up the fight. If he gets hurt, he'll have to go to the hospital again."
When Song Baogen heard that his own father was getting involved in his uncle's family's affairs again, he immediately became furious.
He squeezed into the crowd and saw Tang Su'e and Zhou Qiaoyun pulling each other's hair and fighting, revealing each other's secrets.
Tang Suxiang, her two sons, and her daughter who had returned to her parents' home all went up to try and take sides.
Some of them held Zhou Qiaoyun tightly, some grabbed her arms, and others blocked her hands to prevent her from fighting back.
Tang Su'e unleashed her fury on Zhou Qiaoyun, pulling her hair, slapping her, and cursing Zhou Qiaoyun and her daughter Song Qiuxue for ruining her daughter's life.
Zhou Qiaoyun angrily tried to fight back, but Tang Suxiang and her children stopped her by breaking up the fight.
"You ruined my daughter's life!" Unable to fight back, Zhou Qiaoyun exposed Tang Su'e's past, "You said I gave birth to a girl, and you secretly gave her away without telling me. You also gave birth to a girl, so why didn't you give your own daughter away?"
While trying to persuade her, Tang Suxiang held onto Zhou Qiaoyun tightly to prevent her from hitting Tang Sue.
Zhou Qiaoyun was furious. "You, your fifth sister, and your own father conspired to steal Song Erzhuang's third daughter and drowned her in a chamber pot."
"Qiaoyun, why are you dragging me into this?" Tang Suxiang said anxiously. "I didn't switch the child, it has nothing to do with me."
"You admitted it before, so why don't you dare admit it now? You think you're so capable of getting close to Qiao Guilan and switching the child without anyone noticing? If you didn't switch it, who did?!"
Zhou Qiaoyun's words reminded Song Erzhuang, who was trying to mediate the fight, of his third daughter who had been switched at birth and died. He asked Tang Su'e, "You switched my daughter, so why did you kill her?"
"Whoever takes your daughter away will have their whole family die!" Tang Su'e said, then reached for Zhou Qiaoyun. "Your son Dafei hired a group of people to rape Qiu Xue and get her pregnant. Hanwen found an anesthesiologist to impersonate a doctor and perform an abortion on Qiu Xue, causing her to bleed so badly that she can never have children again. You're all just jealous of my daughter and plotting against her!"
Zhou Qiaoyun retorted, "Don't talk nonsense. My Qiuxue is dating a rich man in the provincial capital, she's pregnant, and we're getting married soon. My Qiuxue is going to be a rich lady!"
The two sides started arguing and then started cursing.
Tang Suxiang and her children sided with Tang Su'e, and Song Erzhuang also tried to persuade them. Song Baogen went over and dragged his own father away.
"Haven't you been hurt badly enough by them? Why are you still running here?"
"How dare you talk like that? When did they ever hurt me?" Song Erzhuang had no memory of anything since his brain injury. "They're all family members, shouldn't they try to break up the fight?"
"They conspired to switch your own daughter with them, making you and Mom raise Qiuxue for eighteen years for nothing. Don't you remember?" Song Baogen asked angrily.
"Has Qiuxue come back?" Song Erzhuang only wanted to hear what he wanted to hear. "She went to study in the provincial capital and hasn't even called home. She's all alone out there. I wonder if she has enough money? Is she doing well?"
Song Baogen was always driven half to death by his own father.
When the father and son returned home, Qiao Guilan said a few words to him.
"When your daughter goes back to her parents' home, why don't you stay home? Why are you running to your older brother's house every day? Does he have any gold? Why do you keep going there?"
"Qiuxue is back?" Song Erzhuang ran in excitedly, "Qiuxue..."
Song Yinhua was chatting with Li Wenxiu while holding her daughter when she turned her head and saw her father running in. "Dad, it's me, Yinhua."
"Where's Qiu Xue? Your mother said Qiu Xue came back to see us!" Song Erzhuang looked around, searching for the Third Sister.
Li Wenxiu said, "I heard from Aunt Qiaoyun that Qiuxue didn't come back this year. Even if she did come back, she would go to Uncle's house. She's a member of Uncle's family now, so she doesn't come to our house."
“Qiuxue…” Song Erzhuang looked disappointed and kept muttering to himself.
He poured all his heart and soul into the Third Sister, spending most of the family's money on her, but now she belongs to someone else.
Song Erzhuang suddenly got angry, "Qiuxue is my third daughter, how did she become my uncle's daughter? I'm going to find Qiuxue!"
Qiao Guilan quickly came over to stop Song Erzhuang, "Qiuxue is the old uncle's granddaughter. Our own third daughter was switched by your sister-in-law and drowned in a chamber pot."
Song Erzhuang asked Qiao Guilan, "Why did my sister-in-law do this? Why did she switch places...?" Looking up at the food on the table, she exclaimed, "I'm hungry, come and eat!"
Li Wenxiu whispered to Song Yinhua, "Dad is like this now, sometimes he's lucid and sometimes he's confused."
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