My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 187: About to swing the Qilin arm

"I originally thought about dragging it out indefinitely. The Lin Family would become anxious and eventually take the initiative to call off the engagement."

"I never expected that old fox, Lin Qingshan, wouldn’t be anxious at all. It’s even caused Siyu to become not so young anymore..."

It could be said that he had been quite satisfied with Lin Qingya as a prospective son-in-law.

But that satisfaction evaporated the moment his daughter met someone from the county with a formal job.

What use was it for Lin Qingya to be diligent and capable when he was just a peasant?

How could he compare to a worker with a steady wage?

So, he decided to drag out the wedding date for Zheng Siyu.

Zheng Er was an honest man and had always felt that what his family was doing wasn’t right.

The only decent man in the Zheng Family hesitated, his lips moved as if to say something, but then the woman beside him held him back.

Ya Chunchong shook her head at him, gesturing for her husband to keep quiet.

The people of the Zheng Family had long since lost their integrity. What good would advising them do?

Zheng Er read the message in his wife’s eyes, his gaze dimmed, he sighed in his heart, and ultimately chose not to speak.

Let them be!

Zheng Da was the eldest in the family, tasked with looking after the elderly parents, and had a significant say at home.

He could say whatever he wanted.

"...But dragging this on isn’t a solution. My sister is already nineteen. The other girls in the village have children who are several years old. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

If we delay further, I’m afraid for my sister..."

It would backfire, harming ourselves in the process.

He spoke halfway and stopped, his words left unspoken.

The elder Zheng knew the subtext of what his eldest was trying to convey.

After a glance at Zheng Da, the old man’s eyes hardened, "...It will be soon."

Siyu’s reputation couldn’t be tarnished, and the disgrace of breaking off the engagement couldn’t fall on their own family, so their only choice was... to deal with Lin Qingya.

People aspire to rise!

The Lin Family couldn’t blame them afterward.

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The Lin Family of Shuangshan Brigade was oblivious to the looming small tempest.

In an era where a job could cause a fight to the death.

Lin Tang easily obtained two job opportunities, it’s imaginable the kind of waves this would cause.

Early the next day.

Lin Qingshan and the others returned to Shuangshan Brigade from the county seat.

Upon arriving home, they learned about the sister-in-law managing to secure two jobs.

After giving them a few seconds to react, Lin Lu shared the job arrangements with them.

Ning Xinrou was stunned, unusually dumbfounded.

"For me?" She seemed to not have grasped it yet.

Li Xiuli patted Ning Xinrou on the shoulder and said warmly, "You’re educated and meticulous, and the clothes you make are beautiful and fashionable. The job at the Garment Factory is tailor-made for you, isn’t it?"

’Tailor-made’ was a phrase she had just learned herself.

With the household about to have two workers, she, as an old woman, had to learn some fashionable terms.

Ning Xinrou looked at Lin Qingshan, feeling a bit dizzy from the unexpected good news.

Lin Qingshan nodded to his wife, "It’s true."

After he spoke, his gaze towards Lin Tang was full of gratitude.

"Tangtang, thank you."

Lin Tang waved a hand dismissively, "What’s there to thank between family? I’m not giving this for nothing."

Lin Qingshan’s heart, moved by his sister’s straightforwardness, immediately deflated.

Cough, why is my sister becoming less and less tender and cute?

Lin Qingshui noticed her honest daughter-in-law hadn’t interrupted the occasion, which he found quite unaccustomed.

He looked at her with an odd expression.

Zhou Mei, engrossed in peeling oranges one segment after another and savoring them deliciously,

when she noticed her husband’s inexplicably intricate gaze, she needed only a moment to understand his thoughts.

Zhou Mei rolled her eyes.

"Why are you staring at me like that? Are you not used to me not making a fuss? Or should I force a scene for you to see?" she said deliberately.

Lin Qingshui: "..." No thank you!

"Cough, no, just feel that you’re very sensible today," he praised.

Zhou Mei was especially delighted by the flattery.

She stuffed the whole orange she had just peeled into the man’s mouth.

It almost choked Lin Qingshui to the point of meeting the Buddha.

Yet, Zhou Mei didn’t notice at all and tightened her lips, "Humph, I’ve always been virtuous and capable, it’s just you who looks at me through colored glasses."

She didn’t understand what ’colored glasses’ meant, she was just copying her little sister-in-law.

Saying this made her sound so high-class!

The corners of Lin Qingshui’s mouth twitched madly.

So, I’ve always been wrong about you, what a disgrace.

Struggling to swallow the massive orange that almost blocked his throat, Lin Qingshui laughed helplessly, "Yes, yes, yes, I’m in the wrong, I have been looking at you through colored glasses."

Giving in a bit to his own wife didn’t hurt his pride at all.

Zhou Mei laughed triumphantly, "Glad you know!"

"I don’t like making clothes, why would I compete with my sister-in-law for a job at the Garment Factory.

Plus, it’s so far from home, I don’t want to go.

Besides, Tangtang has said she will get me a job at the Sauce Factory, I’ll just wait for that.

Right? Tangtang?"

At this point, Zhou Mei turned to Lin Tang, rubbing her hands expectantly.

The little sister-in-law keeps her word, right?

Lin Tang nodded, "Right, just wait, it shouldn’t be much longer."

Zhou Mei, with her legs crossed, let out a burst of strange laughter, "Oh ho ho... oh ho ho ho..."

Lin Tang’s mouth twitched slightly, "..." That laughter was quite magical.

Goudan and the others came out from the backyard, heard their second aunt’s (mother’s) laughter, and all four little ones were puzzled.

Niuniu looked at Zhou Mei and with the softest, cutest voice, delivered the most face-slapping remark.

"Mom, don’t laugh, your laugh sounds so weird and so ugly!"

Hutou nodded on the side, adding fuel to the fire, "Sister is right, it sounds like a ghost howling."

Zhou Mei’s laughter stopped abruptly as she glowered at her two children.

She almost couldn’t hold back the urge to wave her mighty arms.

Zhou Mei: "..." These kids are impossible!

Niuniu was devilishly clever.

Seeing her mother’s gaze turning fierce, she quickly pulled her brother over to their little aunt’s side.

"Little Aunt, the movie was really good, huh, can we watch it again next time?" Niuniu asked, raising her little face.

The two boys couldn’t hold back either and rushed over, looking eagerly at Lin Tang.

Lin Tang lifted Niuniu onto her lap and tickled the little girl’s nose, "You want to watch it again, huh? Well, wait patiently."

Goudan’s little face fell.

Alas!

Looks like I’ll have to retell that movie.

Niuniu, hearing this, didn’t get discouraged and said with a smile, "It doesn’t matter, Brother Goudan will tell us stories, it’s all the same."

"Oh?" Lin Tang raised an eyebrow, "Goudan can tell stories now?"

Niuniu nodded, "Yeah, Brother Goudan is so amazing, he told us about the movie yesterday, it was really nice listening to him."

Goudan, flattered by his sister, couldn’t help but puff up a little, straightening his little chest.

He touched his mouth, trying to keep the corners from turning up unwillingly.

"...Just telling them casually."

Lin Tang ruffled her elder nephew’s slightly prickly hair and praised, "Goudan is a good brother!"

Children need to be praised more.

Praise makes them confident.

Goudan’s face turned red, full of joy inside.

Oh my, once again praised by the most awesome little aunt.

So happy... He might just become the second most impressive person in the family after the little aunt, true to the name Goudan.

Thinking this, Goudan felt even more elated and led his brother and sister out the door to continue telling stories.

As the four little ones left, Lin Tang stood up.