How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 114: Benefit by Association_1

Dogs barking came from the yard.

Dong Lamei guessed that Li Jinhua had entered the yard, but the persistent barking of the little dog made her especially nervous.

Old Mrs. Qin turned her head to look, then continued with her work nonchalantly.

Dong Lamei’s heart rose to her throat, but she found it even more strange that Old Mrs. Qin didn’t go home to check why the dog wouldn’t stop barking. She tentatively asked, "Is there... someone at home?"

"Hmm, Jin came back early this morning, she’s sleeping inside."

Dong Lamei’s face immediately turned pale with shock, "Jin came back? Wasn’t he dealing with fertilizer with friends? I see no fertilizer in your yard either?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "You haven’t even entered the gate, how would you know it’s not there?" The yard was piled with fertilizer reserved for her daughter-in-law’s classmates; the rest had been taken to the fertilizer station. "The fertilizer has arrived, thirty cents a pound, take it away for nine yuan."

"Nine yuan? That expensive? We’re talking about money even with our relationship?"

"Do you want it or not?" Old Mrs. Qin was somewhat impatient, not to mention their relationship was not as good as before, even in the good times, three hundred pounds of fertilizer couldn’t just be given away for free.

Nine yuan, not ninety cents, one couldn’t even earn nine yuan from a month’s work during the slack farming season.

Moreover, it wasn’t overpriced, as just the other day she had heard the villagers saying that the fertilizer station’s price had gone up to forty-five cents a pound, yet it was still in short supply. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Jin was a conscientious person, knowing it wasn’t easy for everyone to save money, just looking to make a bit of hard-earned cash, yet this shrewd woman still found it expensive.

They were in the middle of talking.

A scream pierced the air.

Li Jinhua was kicked out of the yard by Qin Jin.

"Mom, Mom, my legs are broken." Li Jinhua wailed hauntingly.

It took a while for Old Mrs. Qin to come to her senses; no wonder Dong Lamei kept chatting with her here. She was stalling her, allowing Li Jinhua a chance to sneak into her yard. However, she still couldn’t guess the mother and daughter’s purpose. "What are you doing at my house?"

The young man’s cold face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, "What else? Stealing Qiaoqiao’s acceptance letter!" If it weren’t for the dog’s constant barking, he wouldn’t have known that a stranger had come into the house. When he checked, he found a piece of meat thrown in front of the doghouse; the dog was furiously barking at grandma’s room.

Li Jinhua was unlocking the door; who knows where she got the key from, but she managed to open it.

He immediately understood that Li Jinhua was there to steal the acceptance letter.

Luckily, grandma had two locks on the door.

Otherwise, Li Jinhua would have probably gotten her hands on the acceptance letter by now.

"What?" Old Mrs. Qin could no longer maintain her composure, grabbed a broom to chase them away, and announced Dong Lamei and Li Jinhua’s actions to the curious neighbors.

Everyone showed a look of contempt, with incessant chatter:

"Such a wicked stepmother, trying to steal the acceptance letter for her own daughter to go to college, not caring about the life and death of others. I’ve been wondering why she keeps coming this way lately, turns out she was scoping the place out."

"Lucky that Jin came back."

"Indeed, otherwise, Qiaoqiao definitely wouldn’t be able to go to college."

"..."

Dong Lamei’s face flushed with embarrassment and guilt. Facing Qin Jin, she didn’t dare to act rashly and helped the limping Li Jinhua to flee in a disheveled retreat.

Qin Jin didn’t chase after them, but after this incident, he placed the acceptance letter into a box in his room, wrapped it with several turns of an iron chain, and locked it twice more, eager to see who still had the capability to steal it.

After finishing all this, he tidied up a bit and rode his bike toward school.

He stopped by the supply and marketing cooperative to park his bike and went in to buy the snacks that Li Qiao loved to eat.

He chatted with Gao Dagang for a bit, who mentioned the fertilizer.

"You didn’t manage to get it either, huh." Qin Jin decided to give the three hundred pounds of fertilizer reserved for Dong Lamei’s family to Gao Dagang.

Gao Dagang had also helped him out a lot.

Gao Dagang felt awkward accepting it for free, and after a round of politeness, he sold it to Gao Dagang at cost price.

Leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Qin Jin went straight to the school, and the gatekeeper recognized him, "Looking for Li Qiao, huh? She hasn’t finished class yet. Come in and sit down to wait."

Qin Jin was a bit startled by the welcome; wherever he went, he was usually faced with disdain.

Now, basking in the light of his wife, he commanded respect from others too.

He offered a cigarette to the gatekeeper, who initiated a chat while smoking. Qin Jin gave ready repartee. After a short while, the bell for class sounded. He said goodbye to the gatekeeper and carried the snacks to the classroom door.

Everyone turned to look at him.

Li Qiao was engrossed in her exercise with her head down. Only after Hu Xiufang nudged her did she notice, and in a second, her face broke into a smile. She rushed out excitedly, took the snacks from his hand and stashed them under the desk, then asked Hu Xiufang to cover for her absence and walked off with his hand in hers towards the grove.

The poplar trees there were now lush and verdant, the breeze making them refreshing and pleasant to be amidst.

It was a good place for a talk.

"Look, they’re holding hands. Li Qiao has quite the thick skin," Liu Lanlan commented on the trivial matter of Li Qiao’s grasping his hand.

"Making a mountain out of a molehill."

"..."

Being apart for a while made their reunion all the sweeter, like newlyweds who had too much to catch up on until the bell for class rang again.

Qin Jin said, "We should get back to class now, right?"

"I asked my desk mate to excuse me. How’s the fertilizer thing? How much does it cost?" Li Qiao remembered the errand she had promised to help her classmates with.

"It’s all good, most of it has already been taken away by the fertilizer station, but I’ve set aside some according to your list. It’s three for a pound. You can tell your classmates to have their families come to our place to pick it up," Qin Jin replied.

Li Qiao agreed.

They reminisced for a while longer.

The surroundings were incredibly still, as if they were the only two people in the world.

Li Qiao looked at the young man’s handsome face, which was faultless from every angle, and her heart fluttered. She couldn’t resist getting closer, but Qin Jin raised his hand to cover her mouth: "You’re pretty bold, but it would be better to show some restraint in public."

Li Qiao felt embarrassed, her cheeks flushing red as she pouted: "There’s no one around."

"Shall we go back home?" Qin Jin suggested.

Li Qiao replied, "If I go home today, won’t others guess what I’m up to? I don’t want to go back."

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Qin Jin’s mouth as he thought, now she’s scared? He didn’t tease her further to avoid upsetting her, because then he’d have to console her. He changed the subject: "Li Jinhua came to our house to steal your admission notice. Grandma said she wanted to hit you..."

Qin Jin recounted Old Mrs. Qin’s words and spoke of retaliating against Li Jinhua in the end.

Li Qiao suddenly realized why Li Jinhua didn’t score well and Lamei no longer persuaded her to tutor Jinhua—it turned out she had her sights on stealing her admission notice.

Ignorance!

This was an admission spot she had won through a competition, one of only ten people. Each student was going to a different school, and the schools had assigned counselors to make contact.

Li Jinhua didn’t even resemble her, so when it came time for Counselor Xiang to meet her, wouldn’t he immediately spot Li Jinhua’s deceit?

Moreover, without her admission notice, couldn’t she just get a replacement?

Li Jinhua and Lamei must be lacking brains!

She prevented Qin Jin from seeking revenge: "Never mind them."

The two chatted until class was over, and then Li Qiao went back to the classroom to discuss the fertilizer issue with Hu Xiufang and the others.

The decision was made to inform their parents right after school to go to Feng Family Village to get the fertilizer.

Some classmates asked to reserve some.

Li Qiao said, "There isn’t any left. My partner mentioned the fertilizer station just got in over ten tons of fertilizer, and the price should be lower than before. You could mention this to your parents."

"If the fertilizer station has plenty, then why should we go over to your place to get some?" Liu Lanlan asked.

Li Qiao was indifferent: "You don’t have to come." She wrote down the address and handed it to Hu Xiufang.

Those who wanted the fertilizer crowded around Hu Xiufang to copy the address.

Compared to the fertilizer station, they trusted Li Qiao more.