How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 16 - Interested in _1
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Cai Hechuan didn’t take Li Qiao seriously either, and lowered his head to get busy again.
Seeing this, Li Qiao was so angry she clenched her teeth.
Treating the farmers’ harvest settlement so irresponsibly was simply outrageous.
She slammed the table hard with a bang.
Silence fell around her.
The girl’s soft voice was forceful as she spoke, “Our family’s accounts don’t match up, which means others might have problems too.
If you, who usually keep the books, don’t hurry to find someone who can calculate to check whether your own accounts match with the team’s before rushing to settle, aren’t you afraid others will deduct or embezzle?
Afraid of being shortchanged?
Mr.
Cai, I warn you to recalculate quickly.
If you don’t clear up our family’s accounts today, wait until Qin Jin comes to see what happens to you!”
Upon hearing this, everyone grew anxious; a whole year of hard work wasn’t easy, and missing several dozen work points could affect a family’s livelihood for a couple of months.
It really couldn’t be taken lightly.
Those who hadn’t settled accounts and couldn’t do the math themselves sought help from the educated to double-check their accounts.
Even those who had settled and came back to join the excitement started to have second thoughts.
Cai Hechuan was very displeased, for earlier, for his sake, she had been ready to fight tooth and nail, but now she was seeking trouble with the Qin family on his account.
“Your team leader asked me to do the books, and it’s not me holding the money.
How could there be deductions?
It’s clear your Qin family has fewer laborers, and Qin Jin is slacking off, fishing for three days and drying the nets for two.
Naturally, you’d have fewer work points.”
Li Qiao was seething with rage.
This guy, not only did he not admit to having calculated the accounts wrong, but he also used the team leader as a shield.
She argued with a firm grip on the facts, “Are you having trouble understanding?
Your miscalculation of the accounts has nothing to do with how many work points we’ve earned.
Don’t try to confuse the issue!
Hurry up and bring out the original ledger for comparison, or this matter isn’t over!” That money was related to her tuition fees!
Cai Hechuan swept a glance at the crowd waiting to settle accounts.
If he refused Li Qiao, it would certainly make him appear guilty, so he promptly called someone to bring a large stack of account books.
Li Qiao had no more complaints and took the ledger as Old Mrs.
Qin hurried over.
“Qiaoqiao, how’s it going?”
“About to start checking.” Li Qiao found a quiet spot to flip through the ledger.
With several dozen families in the brigade, she searched page by page for the Qin family’s records.
They all matched up, but some of the 5s looked too much like 6s, which was abnormal.
She compared them, and for others, 5s were 5s and 6s were 6s.
She showed it to the old lady.
Old Mrs.
Qin squinted for a long while before saying she couldn’t see it clearly.
Li Qiao then asked her to shield her.
Turning back, she carefully counted the 5s that looked like 6s, which were exactly the number of work points her family was short.
What did this indicate?
It indicated that Cai Hechuan had fiddled with the numbers secretly.
Without a hint of emotion, she tore out the page recording her family’s accounts and put it in her pocket.
“Qiaoqiao, what are you doing?” Old Mrs.
Qin whispered.
Li Qiao held a finger to her lips, signaling Old Mrs.
Qin not to speak further.
After closing the ledger, she returned it to Cai Hechuan and left.
Cai Hechuan, quite self-satisfied, said, “The accounts I calculate won’t be wrong.”
His companions all chanted their agreement.
….
After they had walked a distance away, Old Mrs.
Qin spoke up, “Qiaoqiao, has someone tampered with the ledger?”
Li Qiao hummed in acknowledgment, “Cai Hechuan was hired by our team leader.
If I proved he tampered with the ledger, everyone would certainly blame the team leader for poor judgment in hiring.
It could lead to everyone demanding a recalculation.
I’ve heard the team leader is petty; he would take it out on me, wouldn’t he?
After the New Year, could he deliberately make things difficult for our family?
So, I chose not to expose him.”
Old Mrs.
Qin found this quite reasonable, “You thought this through better.
Later, I’ll have Jin speak to the team leader in private with your account book.”
Li Qiao disagreed, “Don’t tell Jin, he has a temper and will surely end up hitting someone.
You go back first, I’ll wait here for Cai Hechuan to come out.
If he’s miscalculated, he’ll have to pay.”
Old Mrs.
Qin had more to say but ultimately did not.
She left after instructing Li Qiao to come home early.
Li Qiao waited at a spot where Cai Hechuan had to pass for nearly an hour and a half before she saw him.
She immediately approached him.
Cai Hechuan thought she was waiting for him to apologize and catch up.
He curled his lips slightly and casually tidied his hair.
Li Qiao pulled out the piece of paper she had torn from the ledger, “A 5 written like a 6, modified overnight, right?
Exactly 56 in total, give me the money.”
Cai Hechuan’s face darkened, “You waited here for half a day just for this?”
“What else did you think?”
Cai Hechuan cleared his throat, “Your team’s accounts have already been settled.”
Li Qiao was annoyed, “I gave you face by not exposing you in public.
If you insist on talking like this, then I can only discuss things with the village chief.
My words might not carry much weight, but the evidence I have will certainly affect your reputation if it gets out.
You better hurry up and pay back the five yuan and sixty cents you owe us.”
“Your family?
Loser Qin lacks education and reputation, what are you after?” Cai Hechuan reluctantly admitted his loss.
As a college graduate, he didn’t mind her rural household registration or her low educational credentials, and he was still willing to accept her even after she got married.
The problem was, she had quickly fallen for someone else after getting married.
Li Qiao said, “Cut the crap, pay back the money, or the story about you abusing your official position for personal revenge will spread throughout the entire commune.”
Cai Hechuan clenched his fists and finally took out the money, but he threw it on the ground. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Li Qiao immediately bent down to pick it up.
Cai Hechuan suddenly got angry, “Following Loser Qin, have you lost all your pride?”
Li Qiao was completely confused, where had she lost her pride?
She was picking up her own money.
Han Ting said that the tuition fee for high school was two yuan per semester, and lodging was one yuan and fifty cents, so five yuan and sixty cents was more than enough.
And yet here he was, throwing her family’s hard-earned money on the ground and accusing her of lacking pride.
It was truly excessive.
She counted the money and put it in her pocket, “First, my man has a name, Qin Jin.
Second, you are shameless.”
Cai Hechuan took a deep breath, sighed, and said, “Alright, very good!
Qin Loser smokes, drinks, and is lazy; you just prepare to live in poverty with him forever.”
Li Qiao immediately retorted, “Smoking your family’s cigarettes, drinking your family’s alcohol?
How is it any of your business that he’s idle?
You’re just looking for trouble; dousing you with water the other day was really too gentle.”
Cai Hechuan couldn’t believe it; he had blacked out from drinking, only remembering someone pouring water all over him; he thought it was Loser Qin who did it, but it turned out to be her.
“Are you possessed by a ghost or something?”
Li Qiao unconsciously stammered, “How, how can…”
“Sooner or later you’ll regret this.” Cai Hechuan left with a stern face.
Li Qiao let out a sigh of relief, almost giving herself away.
She thought since being belittled by his mother started her cold attitude towards him, it could be a reasonable explanation.
She scratched her nose and turned to walk home.
Passing by the entrance of the village, she found Qin Jin leisurely lying on top of a haystack, basking in the sun, with a blade of grass in his mouth, looking completely carefree.
She waved at him excitedly, “Jin!”
Qin Jin glanced over, spat out the grass, and with a slightly softer attitude than before, asked, “What brought you here?”
Li Qiao smiled, “Aren’t you going to pull me up?”
Qin Jin hesitated for a moment before sitting up straight.
He stretched out his long arm, and Li Qiao climbed onto the haystack with his help, landing right in his arms.
Qin Jin’s scalp tingled, and his heartbeat sped up.
It felt as if his heart was filled with a layer of softness.
Perhaps it was the sunshine, but his whole body felt warm and comfortable, as if bathed in the spring breeze.
After a pause, he asked, “Have you taken a liking to me?” He had come looking for her immediately after hearing from Old Mrs.
Qin that she was waiting for Hechuan to settle the account, and he had just overheard her argument with Cai Hechuan.
Li Qiao was taken aback, then hummed in agreement.
Not that she had a choice; she was assigned to him by fate, like it or not.
Qin Jin heard a hum so faint it was almost inaudible, which made his heart race even more.
Li Qiao, worried that someone might pass by and see them, sat to the side.
From this spot, she could see far off, including where she and Cai Hechuan had been standing just before.
This guy, he must have asked her why she was there on purpose after seeing her with Cai Hechuan, right?
She candidly explained the cause and effect of what had happened.
Qin Jin had no intention of settling scores with Hechuan—getting into a fight during the festive season would make Old Mrs.
Qin kick him to death—but he pretended to be furious just to see her cute and panicked expression when she tried to pull him back; it was both adorable and fun.
Li Qiao took it seriously and hurried to stop him, “I got the money back; let’s just forget about it, better to avoid trouble.”
“The more you act like this, the more you’ll be bullied,” Qin Jin said.
Li Qiao didn’t quite agree with that; being powerless and lacking influence, wasn’t it necessary to suffer some disadvantage?
To change her situation, she had to become someone of stature, to hold absolute power of speech.
