My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 197: He has gone to the green grassland.

After Lin Shou had spoken these words, Zhang Hongyan paused, then continued, "Tangtang said she saw Zheng Siyu with a man in the county..."

She didn’t finish her sentence, for fear of upsetting her son.

However, just this hesitance from his mother was already enough to break Lin Qingya’s composure.

Lin Qingya took the red hair tie and saw that it was indeed something he had given away.

He wanted to find an excuse for Zheng Siyu, even if it were simply an accident that she lost it, but he soberly knew that the person indeed looked down upon him.

He should have known this from the start...

The young man’s eyes drooped, obscuring his expression from view.

Zhang Hongyan felt terribly heartbroken.

"Qingya, it’s Zheng Siyu who doesn’t deserve you, don’t feel bad! Once the engagement is called off, mom will find someone even better for you to match with..."

Every time she mentioned Zheng Siyu, she got so angry her veins nearly burst.

Lin Qingya laughed, his voice low, with a touch of irony.

His laugh immediately frightened his parents, Lin Shou and Zhang Hongyan.

Could their son have been driven mad by anger?!?!

Lin Shou wondered to himself.

He reached out his hand.

’Smack’ sound.

It landed on the back of Lin Qingya’s head.

"What’s wrong with you? Are you okay? A man won’t be lacking a wife, without the Zheng family’s, there are still the Zhou Family’s, Wang family’s..." he tried to reassure.

His voice carried a trace of concern.

Any negative emotions in Lin Qingya’s heart were gone after that knock. freewebnσvel.cøm

He clutched his head, looking aggrieved.

"Dad, if you hit me with any more strength, I’ll be knocked senseless," Lin Qingya complained with a hint of resentment.

He was already feeling beaten down, and yet here he was getting hit.

Life was becoming unbearable.

Seeing that Lin Qingya’s mood seemed relatively okay, Lin Shou breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you thinking about?"

The smile faded from Lin Qingya’s face, as he suppressed the bitterness within.

"Let’s call off the engagement," he said.

"If she doesn’t appreciate me, I can’t very well force her to, can I?"

Zheng Siyu might look down on him, but she shouldn’t step on the face of his family.

Zhang Hongyan didn’t know if these were truly her son’s sentiments, after all, Qingya really liked the girl from the Zheng Family.

Uncertain, she asked, "Are you serious? Then shall your father and I handle this?"

Lin Qingya looked at his parents’ wrinkled faces filled with worry, feeling as though something was squeezing tightly around his heart.

It was oppressive.

The engagement should have been called off long ago.

If we aren’t on the same path, what’s the use in forcing a journey together?

"Yeah, you handle it," he replied.

Lin Shou patted Lin Qingya’s arm.

The gesture was tender, but the words spoken weren’t so loving.

"Alright, go to work now. You can’t miss out on those work points."

Being busy meant less time to dwell on idle thoughts.

Lin Qingya: "..." Dad, your son’s heart just got a hole punched through it, isn’t talking about work points a bit too much?

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Lin Tang didn’t stay at home long. After speaking about the serious matters with her uncle and aunt, she headed back to the county.

Once in the county, she took some grains and fruits from the System Space and made her way to the steel mill workers’ compound.

She went to find the steel mill worker whom she had made her first pot of gold with.

The sudden sound at the door startled Yang Wanqin.

Opening the door, she saw a young girl with delicate features, as pretty as a little fairy.

Yang Wanqin was puzzled, "Who are you?"

Lin Tang didn’t speak, simply lifting the tattered cloth covering the basket.

Upon seeing the contents of the basket, Yang Wanqin’s eyes lit up.

Ah? It’s that person.

At last she came!

She had thought she would never see her again.

With that thought, the woman quickly stepped aside.

"Come in quickly!"

Both of them entered the room.

"Comrade, what’s this?" Yang Wanqin glanced at the large basket beside Lin Tang.

Lin Tang gave a slight nod, "Selling it, interested?"

Yang Wanqin’s face brightened, "Yes, yes, I’ll take it all."

The last batch she bought had long since run out.

We’ve been relying on that bit of supply these days.

Lin Tang said with a smile, "I have one jin of oil, ten jin of white flour, five jin of rice, ten jin of coarse flour, a fish, half a jin of soybeans, and three pieces of date cake..."

The prices she asked for were not high, the same as the last time she sold them.

Oil for forty cents, white flour for thirty cents, rice for twenty-five cents, coarse flour for fifteen cents, a jin of fish for fifty cents, half a jin of soybeans for fifty cents, and date cake for fifty cents each.

All these items totalled eight yuan and ninety cents.

When Yang Wanqin heard this, she thought the prices were fair!

She couldn’t help but smile at the corners of her mouth.

"Alright, I’ll go get the money for you."

With that, she turned and went back into the house to get the money.

She came out with the money and handed it to Lin Tang.

"...This is the money ticket, thank you," Yang Wanqin said gratefully.

The reason she thanked Lin Tang was that the new grain hadn’t arrived yet, and the county’s supply had been shrinking.

Her family’s food supply had already run out long ago.

She and her husband were adults and could bear it, but the child couldn’t.

Watching her son grow thinner was unbearably painful for her.

Lin Tang was not there to make money.

She smiled and replied, "No need to thank me after you’ve paid."

Her tone changed as she continued.

"...I’d like to inquire about something."

Yang Wanqin couldn’t wait to get close to Lin Tang.

"What is it? If I know, I won’t hide it from you."

Lin Tang asked, "Is there a man at the steel factory with a face full of pockmarks, over one meter seventy, with small eyes and very thick lips?"

Saying his eyes were small was actually quite polite.

In reality, the man’s eyes deviated from normal human aesthetics.

The distance between his eyes was so wide it could cost over two hundred by cab.

His lips looked like sausages.

On that face.

It was a disaster.

Pockmarks, small eyes, thick lips...

These characteristics all pointed to one person.

"You’re talking about Wang Dagui!" Yang Wanqin said.

She hesitated for a moment, "He works in the same workshop as my husband, Comrade Yang. Do you know him?"

Wang Dagui did not have a very good reputation.

Lin Tang thought Yang Wanqin might need to ask around since there were so many people in the steel factory.

She didn’t expect her to actually know who he was.

"His name is Wang Dagui? Is he married?"

Yang Wanqin didn’t understand the reason for the question but replied without hesitation, "Wang Dagui was married, but his wife is no longer with us. He has a daughter in elementary school."

He has a daughter too?

Lin Tang was shocked.

So, what was Zheng Siyu after?

Before she could express her opinion, Yang Wanqin continued, "I heard that Wang Dagui has found a new partner, who seems to come from the countryside."

Lin Tang had a good idea of what was going on.

"I’d like to ask you for a favor."

Yang Wanqin was eager to have a closer relationship with her, hoping to occasionally buy some good stuff from her.

So, she nodded again and again.

"Tell me! What do you need?"

Lin Tang’s features softened as she spoke, "I’d like you to help me pass a message to Wang Dagui’s ears."

"What message?" asked Yang Wanqin.

A bitter smile appeared on Lin Tang’s face.

"...It’s quite embarrassing to talk about this."

She sighed.

"The new partner of that Wang Dagui should be someone I know.

This person has been engaged to my cousin for two years without marrying,

and today I saw her walking together with your Wang Dagui..."

Yang Wanqin’s brows furrowed tight.

Her impression of Wang Dagui’s new partner plummeted.

What kind of person was this?

Wasn’t she just wasting the man’s time?

"Do you want me to tell Wang Dagui that this girl has a fiancé?" she asked.

A dark light flickered in Lin Tang’s eyes, "Yes, he doesn’t have to believe it completely, just knowing it is enough, can you do that?"