"Hey, I heard today that there was a disturbance in the orthopedic department on the second floor by a family member. Do you know... what it was about?"

Ma Xiufen's eyes were full of gloating, she asked this question on purpose.

She was there watching the fun at that time.

She saw with her own eyes that the entrance to the ward was packed with people, three layers inside and three layers outside. She had to work very hard to squeeze in. She saw the mother-in-law of her youngest son Li Honggang, who was said to be sitting on the floor of the ward crying and shouting as if she was at a funeral.

Chen Xiaoying was not stupid. She knew that Ma Xiufen was deliberately trying to make fun of her, so she glared at her coldly and said, "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, don't ask me anymore, because people with bad intentions will easily get liar when they tell lies!"

She couldn't talk to Ma Xiufen at all.

After saying that, she turned and left.

Ma Xiufen was furious and cursed behind her: "You old woman have a bad tongue, you have a bad tongue!"

Chen Xiaoying ignored her completely.

Ma Xiufen angrily carried the lunch box back to her daughter-in-law Li Hongli's ward.

Li Hongli was sitting in bed eating an apple. Thinking of her arrogant mother Chen Xiaoying, she couldn't help but put the lunch box heavily on the table next to her: "What kind of life do I have? Your eldest brother is still in the detention center. When he comes out of prison, I don't know if he can get married..."

Li Hongli swallowed the apple in her mouth impatiently and said, "My elder brother is doing well in the village. I don't have a elder brother in jail."

Ma Xiufen was choked up and couldn't speak: "Dadong is Xiaodong's brother, isn't he also your brother?"

Li Hongli sneered, "Mom, I haven't forgotten how I came to the hospital. He wanted to beat me at that time. Look at my belly. I'm carrying his brother's child. He dared to hit me. Do you still expect me to care about such a person?"

"I'm not crazy?"

Ma Xiufen was extremely annoyed. How could this mother and daughter be so selfish, only caring about their own lives and not caring about the lives of others?

"Hongli, please give your big brother some of that money. Let's try to get Dadong a lighter sentence."

Ma Xiufen had no money and her youngest son was stingy, so she had no choice but to keep begging her daughter-in-law Li Hongli.

Li Hongli is rich, she has tens of thousands of dollars in her credit union savings account.

Li Hongli was almost annoyed to death, so she simply changed the subject: "Mom, I heard from others that yesterday a man's mother-in-law came to the orthopedics department to make trouble. Whose family is it? It can't be mine, right?"

Her mother-in-law, Ma Xiufen, was already angry, and she gloated: "Whose family could it be except yours? Your mother is so fierce and cruel. I heard that she slapped her mother-in-law twice."

Li Hongli was startled: "Is it really mine?"

She suddenly became anxious: "No, no, Mom, please call my eldest sister and ask her to come over. Such a big thing happened at home, and we can't do without her."

Ma Xiufen thought of Chen Xiaoying's capable daughter Li Hongyan: "Okay, I'll call her right away."

Originally, Chen Xiaoying didn't want to let her other children know what happened in the hospital. She had already explained everything to Yang Xiaohui's mother. The Yang family was going too far, and even if Yang Xiaohui didn't go back to her parents' home, no one would blame her.

They all have their own things to do, so they don't need to worry about this.

As a result, Ma Xiufen called Li Hongyan to the hospital the next day.

Li Hongyan did not go to see her fourth brother Li Honggang, but went to find her second sister Li Hongli to inquire about the news first.

"What's going on? Why did they start fighting?" Li Hongyan felt that ever since she stopped caring about her mother's family's affairs and let her mother make the decisions, there would be a fight in the family every now and then, which showed that her mother's family couldn't do without her.

Li Hongli said: "When they fought yesterday, I didn't know and didn't go to see the doctor. Look at my big belly, it's hard to squeeze it."

Seeing that her second sister's belly was already round, Li Hongyan knew that it was not appropriate.

Li Hongli's mother-in-law Ma Xiufen said, "I know."

She immediately told him everything that happened in the hospital yesterday: "But the door was closed afterwards, and I don't know what was said inside."

When Li Hongyan heard this, she stood up and said, "I'll go ask Lao Si right now."

She is the eldest sister and has four younger brothers. Except for the eldest brother Li Hongwei who doesn't listen to her, the other three brothers all listen to her.

Li Hongyan left as soon as she said she would.

Ma Xiufen pretended to see someone off, but when she got out of the door, she winked at Li Hongyan: "Hongyan, I have something to tell you, let's go over there."

Li Hongyan followed her to the side in confusion, and her second sister's mother-in-law Ma Xiufen began to wipe away tears: "My Dadong has been in the detention center for more than two months. If he is not released, he will go to jail. Hongyan, I heard from Hongli that you are the smartest person in your family. Please think of a way for your aunt to deal with this matter."

Li Hongyan frowned. Xu Dadong was a fat and strong man who did not work properly and spent all day hanging out on the streets. He was already thirty years old and still had not married.

Why was he detained in the detention center? He was arrested by the police station because he stole a car from a provincial government unit, returned to the county town to sell the stolen goods, and cheated her son out of 3,000 yuan.

How can Ma Xiufen feel comfortable asking her to find a way to rescue her now?

"What can I do? My mother is ignoring me because of these three thousand yuan." Li Hongyan said meaningfully.

Ma Xiufen was really helpless: "Hongyan, to put it in a broader sense, we are actually a family. If Dadong is really sent to jail because of this, won't Xiaodong and Dadong become enemies in the future?"

"The two brothers have become enemies, and your sister will also feel uneasy living in her husband's house, right?"

Li Hongyan blinked her eyes and thought deeply. It was indeed true. It was not easy for family members to fall out.

"But your Xu Dadong's matter involves the provincial government, and we can't help."

Ma Xiufen said quickly: "It's okay, I'll just lend you 3,000 yuan to rescue Dadong first, and then I'll pay you back when he makes money."

Li Hongyan felt that this sounded familiar. What did she mean by "pay it back when you have money later"? Wasn't this the excuse she often gave to others?

She felt very uncomfortable and thought that such words could not be believed at all. The money she lent out would definitely be thrown away like a meat bun to a dog and would never be returned.

"Auntie, I have no money, I can't help you."

Ma Xiufen then said, "Your mother is rich. Could your mother really bear to see her daughter suffer in her husband's family? My son was selling a car at the time because your son liked it. He sold it to him. Now he is in jail because of this..."

She rolled her eyes and said deliberately, "Dadong has always had a stubborn temper since he was young. As a mother, nothing I can say will work. Tell me, if he is really sentenced, when he comes out, will he come to you to reason with you?"

Reasoning?

Li Hongyan's heart skipped a beat. This was not reasonable. It was obvious that he was seeking revenge on them after being released from prison.