My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 155: Honest people can’t be honest anymore.
Chapter 155: Honest people can’t be honest anymore.
"Tangtang, since everyone is curious about why you were featured in the newspaper, why don’t you tell everyone, let them all know and share in the joy?"
The more weight Tangtang had in the hearts of the brigade’s members, the more convincing those two Sauce Factory positions would be when allocated.
Although the idea of starting the factory was Tangtang’s, giving Lin Lu’s family two vacancies was not unjustified.
But these were paying jobs we’re talking about.
Who knew if some people in the brigade might make trouble?
Lin Fu gave a look, and Lin Tang understood immediately.
She stepped up confidently, not a hint of timidity.
Directly taking the stage.
"Hello uncles and aunties, I’m sorry for taking your time..."
She hadn’t finished her sentence when the crowd below began to laugh kindly.
Voices saying, ’it’s nothing’, ’it’s a good thing’, ’let’s all bask in this glory together’ and the like.
Lin Tang smiled and continued: "All the uncles and aunties know that I received a silk banner from the Police Station for helping to fight against the human trafficking gang, right?"
The brigade’s members nodded in agreement.
"Because of that, I wrote an article and submitted it to the Provincial City’s Xiangyang Newspaper.
I just wanted to try, and didn’t expect that the editors at Xiangyang Newspaper would like it and decided to publish it..."
Lin Tang succinctly shared her journey of submitting the article, and her wish to spare womankind and children from the pain of being separated from their loved ones.
At that time, electricity hadn’t reached the brigade, and the members’ lives were short of excitement.
Gossip-worthy events were few and far between.
Thus, Lin Tang’s narrative, mundane in her eyes, struck a chord with them.
They all wished she would just go on and on.
Listening and simultaneously educating their own children.
The scene was bustling and lively.
Liu Guohui had just arrived at the threshing ground when he learned that Lin Tang’s submission had actually made it into the newspaper.
Looking at the girl on stage, radiant in every way, his eyes suddenly gleamed.
The thought of re-engaging to Lin Tang grew stronger.
Miao Cuicui, holding her son Fu Gui, stood in a corner beside Liu Guoqiang, who had an honest look on his face.
Glancing at Lin Tang, transformed on stage, she then cast a look at her desolate-looking younger brother-in-law.
A cold sneer formed in her heart.
Karma!
All those calculations, bound to backfire sooner or later.
The elders were right after all, one must remain sincere and kind-hearted.
However, since their own branch of the family was divided off, whatever happened to Liu Guohui no longer concerned them.
Miao Cuicui didn’t care much, smiling, she said to her son Fu Gui: "Fu Gui, be good, grow up and study well, and try to become a worker too..."
Liu Jiaojiao was dissatisfied with the sister-in-law who had persuaded her older brother to separate the family.
Hearing her coaxing her nephew, she immediately let out a cold laugh.
"Hah, thinking of becoming a worker when you’re so poor, as if it’s that easy? Without connections or money, wanting to be a worker is a big joke!"
Her words were venomous!
Especially since she was speaking about a child not even five years old, it was cruelty upon cruelty.
Moreover, it’s not nice to say something like that even to a stranger, let alone to one’s own family.
Liu Dazhu and Yang Chunfang’s expressions changed slightly, looking somewhat displeased.
Even if they had separated from the eldest brother’s family, Fu Gui was still their eldest grandson.
The grandparents felt uncomfortable, and one could imagine how this comment would feel to the mother.
Miao Cuicui was never one to tolerate much.
Her gaze darkened.
She handed her son over to Liu Guoqiang.
Approached Liu Jiaojiao, and slapped her across the face.
"If you little sister-in-law can’t speak kindly, then shut your mouth! Fu Gui is your nephew, I don’t expect you to be nice to him, but don’t go too far."
Liu Guoqiang was completely baffled by Miao Cuicui’s boldness, never expecting his wife to be so fiery!
The spectacle of a sister-in-law slapping a younger sister-in-law was witnessed by the neighbors of the Liu Family.
The neighbors’ faces were filled with helplessness.
Ever since the Lin Family’s temporary work quota, bought with money and grain, was discovered by Liu Dazhu’s wife, the Lin Family’s days had never been peaceful.
Even dividing the household wasn’t enough.
There was a dramatic scene every two or three days, no one giving in to anyone else.
It was even more entertaining than the opera.
But, as Lin Family issues were domestic matters, no one could intervene, and it especially distressed the neighbors.
There was never a moment of peace.
Yet, when they saw the Liu Family tearing into each other again, the only neighbor who took any notice didn’t get too involved.
This was the first time Liu Jiaojiao had ever been slapped across the face, and she was stunned.
A few seconds passed before she snapped back to reality.
Raising her hand, she tried to slap back.
But before her slap could land,
Liu Guoqiang grabbed her wrist with one hand.
"...Liu Jiaojiao, that’s your sister-in-law. Are you really thinking of hitting her back?" Liu Guoqiang’s tone was slightly stern.
Even the honest man couldn’t remain calm now!
He thought his wife hadn’t taught the wrong lesson; Jiaojiao had indeed gone too far.
Liu Jiaojiao looked at her elder brother in disbelief, holding her slapped face, her voice tinged with sobs.
Her tears fell like a flood.
"Are you still my elder brother? Your wife slaps me and you do nothing about it. Even mom and dad have never hit me; what gives her the right to slap me?"
Liu Guoqiang’s face remained honest, but his words were not so simple.
"If it weren’t for what you said about Fu Gui, would your sister-in-law have slapped you? Remember why she did it and don’t be so thoughtless next time."
Worried about causing a scene outside, he then took Miao Cuicui away to another place.
Liu Jiaojiao was so furious that her chest heaved violently.
Feeling wronged, she turned to Liu Dazhu and Gao Chunfang.
"Dad, Mom, look at what my sister-in-law has done."
She stamped her foot, tears flowing like water from an open sluice gate.
Hoping her parents would cut down her sister-in-law’s arrogance.
Since the family split, the amount of work Liu Jiaojiao had to do had increased by who knows how much.
She had already harbored resentment against Miao Cuicui in her heart.
Gao Chunfang glared at Liu Jiaojiao and said displeasedly, "Why did you provoke that crazy woman? We’re already separated, how am I supposed to intervene?"
If she intervened too much, even the brigade would gossip.
Liu Jiaojiao’s crying face froze.
"...So I just got hit for nothing?" She asked, dumbfounded.
Liu Dazhu frowned and scolded, "It takes two hands to clap. If you hadn’t provoked your sister-in-law, she wouldn’t have hit you.
Fu Gui hasn’t done anything to you, so why as an aunt did you say such nasty things?"
As a grandfather, he had high hopes for his eldest grandson.
Why couldn’t Fu Gui be a worker?
Liu Jiaojiao was completely dumbfounded.
Seeing Gao Chunfang’s face showing agreement made her feel even more stifled.
Covering her face, she ran off.
Guohui completely ignored his sister’s hasty retreat and cast his eyes towards Lin Tang on the stage, his gaze lowered, pondering some cunning scheme.
Gao Chunfang sighed looking at the stage, her eyes filled with regret.
Alas, if she had known this day would come, she would have never agreed to Guohui breaking off the engagement.
"Never expected that Guohui would lose his job, and Lin Tang would turn from an ordinary clerk into a celebrity of the newspapers in the blink of an eye. How did things come to this!" She said, her face full of vexation.
Ever since Guohui was driven out of the steel plant, and Guoqiang’s wife insisted on splitting the household, she felt as though she had lost all face.
Liu Dazhu’s gaze darkened, his eyes fixed on Lin Lu, his expression difficult to read.
He suddenly thought back to what he had said about Guohui rashly breaking off the engagement when he went to the Lin Family.
Perhaps the boy would be sent back in a few days...
And hadn’t he been sent back indeed?
"It’s all fate!" Liu Dazhu said with a wry smile.