The next morning, the unconscious Song Erzhuang was carried onto the health center's ambulance and transported to the county hospital for treatment.
Song Yinhua and her daughter Qiao Guilan went to the county hospital in the car.
On the bus, Qiao Guilan wiped away her tears, muttering to herself, "What am I going to do now?"
There are only two men in the family; one is seriously injured and unconscious, and the other is being held in detention.
Who will she rely on in the future?
Qiao Guilan secretly glanced at Song Yinhua, looking at her again and again.
Song Yinhua: "Mom, just say what you want to say!"
"Nothing much!" Qiao Guilan carefully observed the eldest daughter's expression. "It's just about your father being injured... can... can we let it go..."
"No!" Song Yinhua refused decisively. "Tang Dafei, his father, and Song Hanwen beat Dad up like this, so they must bear the medical expenses and pay legal responsibility."
“How can you be so cold-blooded? Hanwen is your cousin, Dafei is Qiuxue’s brother, and Qiuxue is your sister. We can’t go too far.” Qiao Guilan spoke up for the murderer.
"Qiu Xue has been looking for you?"
"No!" Qiao Guilan's eyes flashed, not daring to look at her eldest daughter.
When Song Yinhua saw her mother's expression, she knew she was lying.
"Was it Qiuxue who told you not to pursue Dafei and the others?"
"No matter what, Dafei is Qiuxue's younger brother. Yinhua, why don't we just let it go and not sue Dafei and the others?" Qiao Guilan felt heartbroken and pained when she thought of Song Qiuxue. She had given so much, only to find out that he wasn't her biological son.
"If we don't sue them, will you pay for Dad's medical expenses?" Song Yinhua asked Qiao Guilan. "Mom, what time is it now? You're still taking Uncle's side! Look at what they've done to our family! Their husband switched your biological daughter, then they ruined my reputation behind my back, and they even hired a swindler to impersonate a fortune teller to swindle people in the village and almost ruined Caixing. Then they burned down the house, and now they've beaten Dad up like this, and you still want to plead for them?"
Song Yinhua said helplessly, "Mom, can you please wake up? The real Qiuxue was stolen at birth and drowned in a chamber pot. Aren't you heartbroken?"
These words struck a nerve with Qiao Guilan, and her tears fell even harder.
“The fact that the real Qiu Xue was stolen and murdered must be investigated to the end. I reported it to the authorities when I went to the police station yesterday afternoon.”
Qiao Guilan wiped away her tears with difficulty, "Qiu Xue said that if we don't let Da Fei and the others go, she will disown us."
"If you don't want to acknowledge it, then don't. She was never part of our family to begin with."
"Yinhua, how can you say it so easily?" Qiao Guilan burst into tears. "Your father and I have sacrificed so much for Qiuxue over the years. We made you and Xiao Si drop out of school, and even burned Baogen's college admission notice, all to support her education..."
"Baogen's university acceptance letter?" Song Yinhua looked at her mother in surprise. "Mom, you said Baogen received a university acceptance letter?"
"You...you misheard. I didn't receive Baogen's admission notice." Qiao Guilan lowered her head, hating herself for letting those words slip out.
"Mom, how could you burn Baogen's college acceptance letter?"
“I didn’t burn it, it wasn’t me who burned it, it was your dad who burned it.” Qiao Guilan shifted the blame. “Your uncle told your dad to burn it. He said that Baogen is a son, and he won’t come back after going to study. He wanted Qiuxue to go to study, because a daughter has to get married eventually. If Qiuxue has a college degree, she can find a rich husband, and we can benefit from it too.”
"You just do whatever your uncle tells you to do?" Song Yinhua asked, suppressing her anger. "Hanwen and Dafei beat Dad up like this. When have they ever been kind to our family? If you had listened to your uncle, you wouldn't even know how you died!"
After being scolded by the girl, Qiao Guilan could only wipe away her tears and complain, "Your dad listens to his older brother in everything. He has to go and discuss everything with his older brother. I can't stop him. Your dad and I have argued a lot. When my family had something to do, I took the money back to my family home, and your dad almost beat me to death. As for himself, he takes all the money from the family to his relatives, and his relatives don't even acknowledge the debts after borrowing money... Why is my life so miserable!"
Song Yinhua was so angry that she didn't want to say another word.
"Yinhua, what will happen to Mom in the future?" Qiao Guilan asked, wiping away her tears. "Why don't you let Mom live with you from now on? Mom is getting old and can't work anymore. Your dad is in this state now, and your brother is locked up too. Mom can only rely on you from now on."
"Baogen is only detained for a few days, and he will be released in a few days."
“Yinhua, let Mom stay at your place. Mom wants to stay at your house while I can still move around and help you with chores,” Qiao Guilan said ingratiatingly. “You don’t know how much Wenxiu dislikes Mom. She tells your aunt everything. People who don’t know better would think she’s your aunt’s daughter. She believes what the fortune teller said and won’t let Baogen associate with you. I’ve told Wenxiu off several times, and she gives me the cold shoulder…”
"Mom, please stop talking." Song Yinhua didn't want to listen.
"Sigh, Mom's not saying anything now." Qiao Guilan finished speaking and then muttered to herself, "Wenxiu seemed quite reasonable before she got married, but why is she so unreasonable after marrying into our family? She's as short and fat as a gourd. Baogen was lucky to marry her, but as soon as she got married, she wouldn't let Baogen have anything to do with you, and she makes me, her mother-in-law, suffer. She threatens Baogen with the baby in her belly all the time..."
"Mom, please be quiet."
“I didn’t say anything.” Qiao Guilan continued to mutter to herself after she finished speaking, “What’s going on with Wenxiu? If I stay at home, my wife will nag me to death. Yinhua, let’s go stay at your house.”
Song Yinhua remained silent.
Qiao Guilan wiped away her tears again, "I'm old, I'm useless, my children all despise me, so let me starve to death on the street."
Song Yinhua, unable to bear it any longer, said, "Mom, who didn't feed you? Or who didn't give you a place to sleep? How can you say such things? You're only in your forties, you have hands and feet, you're healthy, and you're just waiting for your children to take care of you in your old age?"
“Your brother has been locked up, so Mom won’t be able to rely on you to take care of her anymore.”
“Baogen isn’t going to be locked up for life. He’ll be released in a few days. What’s the rush? Besides, you’re only in your forties. When you’re really old and can’t move, will Baogen and I just abandon you?”
"Mom wants to stay at your house, but you won't allow it."
"Isn't there room for you at Baogen's house? Wenxiu is due to give birth in three or four months, which is exactly the time when she needs someone to take care of her the most. What are you thinking, leaving at this time?"
The eldest daughter saw through Qiao Guilan's thoughts, so she remained silent.
The daughter-in-law is close to her sister-in-law and listens to her in everything. She also gives her a hard time. As a result, her sister-in-law doesn't want to take care of her during her postpartum period and wants to go to her daughter's house to enjoy a life of luxury.
The eldest daughter is unreliable; they won't even let her stay there. The fourth daughter will definitely be unreliable after she marries and moves away; we'll still have to rely on the third daughter.
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The afternoon after Song Erzhuang was admitted to the county hospital, the Tang family and Song Dazhuang's family went to the hospital to make a scene.
After Tang Youliang, Tang Dafei, and Song Hanwen were arrested, Tang Youliang tried to take all the blame, claiming that he was the one who did it and that his son had nothing to do with it.
When Song Baogen gave his statement, he also described the situation at the time, insisting that his father was hit by Tang Dafei with a chair.
Even Song Hanwen confessed that Tang Dafei hit Song Erzhuang on the head with a chair, not that he hit his own uncle like that.
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