How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 366 - 368: Exception_1

Li Qiao: "It’s all about the face."

Everyone burst into laughter. Wasn’t that blatantly lecherous?

As the dishes were served, Li Qiao began to eat and urged Ma Hongxiang not to be shy and to stand up and reach for the food if necessary.

"I can reach." Ma Hongxiang said.

During the meal, many people came over to offer Li Qiao a toast, but all were stopped by Qin Jin.

In a low voice, Ma Hongxiang said, "I didn’t expect your partner to be so considerate."

"He has always been like this, but don’t you ever think that all uneducated men are like him. He’s a rarity, an exception. There is always a huge gulf between the highly educated and the illiterate." Li Qiao whispered carefully, worried that Ma Hongxiang might be influenced by her and end up with an uneducated man in the future.

Ma Hongxiang grunted in agreement.

You could tell he was different just by looking at him.

At the same age, he could be a factory director while others were his workers, and he was able to command everyone’s respect. That wasn’t something ordinary people could achieve.

Li Qiao’s words were understood by Ma Hongxiang, and she was grateful.

"........"

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When it was almost time to finish eating, Qin Jin had the prepared rewards brought out.

Upon seeing two televisions and two bicycles, everyone was instantly abuzz with excitement.

Were these gifts for the workers? It was a mystery who would be lucky enough to receive them.

Qin Jin signaled for everyone to quiet down, "Yesterday, I had the accountant tally up each employee’s output and error rate to select two labor pioneers with the highest annual productivity..."

After some long-winded speech, he called out names from the list for people to come up and claim their TVs.

From the garment section, it was Hu Zhuyun.

In the shoe factory, it was someone named Xiang Lihong.

One of the bicycles was awarded to Xu Maimiao, who had gone back to her hometown; Hu Zhuyun received it on her behalf.

The other bicycle was given to a female worker from the shoe factory.

Everyone felt a mix of envy and jealousy, secretly resolving to work harder next year to have a chance at winning a TV or a bicycle.

Those who didn’t get a major prize also received some gift bags.

They contained peanuts and sunflower seeds.

It wasn’t until ten o’clock that everyone dispersed.

Liu Er was carrying the television, while Hu Zhuyun was riding Xu Maimiao’s bicycle with Ma Hongxiang on the back, beaming with happiness. She had always felt that Liu Er was aimless, not understanding why a grown man would often stick close to Qin Jin.

Now she could see that he had the right idea — keeping close to Qin Jin would pay off.

In just half a year, they had earned more money than they’d ever dared to dream of, and now they even had a TV to show for it.

Qin Jin was genuinely generous.

Li Qiao, meanwhile, was riding on the back of Qin Jin’s bicycle.

Hu Zhuyun said with a laugh, "Just a few days ago, my fellow here was talking about buying a TV. I didn’t agree, and it’s a good thing he listened to me and didn’t buy it."

Li Qiao: "You didn’t know there would be TVs as gifts?"

"We had no idea." said Hu Zhuyun.

Li Qiao also smiled, "When do you plan on going back home?"

Hu Zhuyun: "The whole family is here, so we won’t go back before the New Year. After the holidays, once you’ve all returned, we’ll go back home together, visit some relatives, drop by here and there."

"Will you be at the garment section during this time?"

"I will. Old Mrs. Qin told me to come over in the mornings to take the dog for a walk."

Li Qiao took the opportunity to discuss Ma Hongxiang’s clothing order.

"Sure, it’s just that I’m not sure if the lightweight clothes will sell in this cold weather."

"When the time comes, give me a price list for my classmate; sell it cheaper than the factory price, and I’m sure it will sell."

"Done," Hu Zhuyun said, straightforward as always.

Those surplus stocks were just taking up space anyway.

Old Mrs. Qin had always told them to take the excess clothing for themselves to wear or to give away, just not to take more than five pieces each. But nobody dared to, mainly because Qin Jin himself knew how to check the accounts. He would personally inspect the books every month, and once Hu Zhuyun had miscounted a package of clothing, leaving out fifteen items.

He had immediately questioned it, and only later did she remember.

Thankfully, the accounts were still correct.

Otherwise, she would have had a hard time explaining.

If each of them took five pieces, with eight people currently working, that would mean dozens of items missing.

If he noticed and questioned them, or even just remembered it, wouldn’t that put them in an awkward position?

At this point, Ma Hongxiang proactively arranged a time with Hu Zhuyun.

"Okay, I’ll wait for you then," Hu Zhuyun responded enthusiastically. She definitely wanted to take good care of Li Qiao’s classmate.

"......"

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At the school gate, Li Qiao and Ma Hongxiang got out of the car and entered the school together. They talked about the next day’s learning tasks and discussed what to have for breakfast, as well as where to hang out during breaks.....

Three days later, Li Qiao personally took Ma Hongxiang to the leather shoe factory again.

He instructed the gatekeeper not to stop Ma Hongxiang from entering during the holidays. He also made arrangements with Li Jianguo to help her pick out shoes.

After everything was set up, Li Qiao moved back home.

The next day, after cleaning the house and packing his luggage, he went back to his hometown with Qin Jin on the following day.

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, at noon,

Li Qiao and Qin Jin finally reached the bounds of Feng Family Village.

From a distance, they could see the multi-story buildings of the Feng Fugui and Feng Kui families.

But they were only large frameworks.

"How are they going to live there if their house is only built up like this?"

"I heard the front passageway hasn’t been demolished."

After entering the village, they encountered fellow villagers and happily greeted each other.

"Qiaoqiao, it’s been a year since we last saw each other, right? I almost didn’t recognize you."

Li Qiao: "I came back once during the summer vacation."

"Didn’t see you then. I heard Jin made it big, started a factory outside, and everyone around her has been buying cars and building houses. Can she take in our whole family for the New Year?"

Qin Jin: "Why couldn’t she?"

"Really? I’ll tell my kids right away." The villager was overjoyed, ran a couple of steps, then stopped: "How much does it pay per month?"

"It depends on what he can do. Different jobs pay differently."

"What’s the minimum wage?"

Qin Jin: "The minimum is 35."

"Why do Daxue and the others get so much then? She said she gets 150 a month, and so does Cuiying who joined later." The few people from the village who had gone out had changed the way they spoke, full of confidence. They must have struck it rich.

"She’s in the sewing group, and the factory is doing well, so she gets a bit more. If your family member is capable, they will also get that much," said Qin Jin.

"That’s great. How much did you earn this year? Must be at least ten thousand, right?" If she could offer such high salaries to others, her own wallet must be even fatter.

Qin Jin: "I couldn’t possibly tell you that."

"Haha... You’re afraid I’ll covet it," the villager laughed and said.

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Qin Jin made some perfunctory replies and walked home alongside Li Qiao.

At the crossroads, when they turned the corner, they met Li Jinhua.

Li Jinhua had gained quite a bit of weight.

She had the look of pregnancy.

Hadn’t Qin Jin said that her own due date was around the same as hers?

She wasn’t showing yet, but Li Jinhua was already showing.

By this time, Li Jinhua had already learned from Jin Daxue about Qin Jin buying land and starting a factory in Beijing.

Beyond disbelief, there was still incomprehension.

Why didn’t Qin Jin go into the antiques business?

Moreover, wasn’t opening up businesses supposed to happen after the 1980s?

She remembered in her previous life, her husband brought back a newspaper that had reported on the opening up of business practices. It was cold then, and the persimmons in the yard were red.

It must have been around autumn or winter.

It had all started almost a year ahead of schedule.

And that Li Jianguo, his path was also completely different.

In her previous life, he was a bachelor.

In this life, when she went back to her mother’s house, she heard people in the village saying he had found a partner from Beijing, a woman with a formal job.

His house construction had resumed and they were planning to build a multi-story building.

After the New Year, he was even planning to get his two younger brothers and their wives jobs at Qin Jin’s factory.

What was infuriating was that Li Jianguo connected with Qin Jin through her.

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But now, he was prospering off her coattails while she lived a bitter life.

She even had to bear children for that singleton Feng Erguanggun, doing worse than in her previous life.

She was seething with anger.

It was all because of that outsider Li Qiao changing history.

If not for her, she definitely could have led a good life.