Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 75 - 74 Bitter Fate (Eleven more updates)
75: Chapter 74 Bitter Fate (Eleven more updates)
75: Chapter 74 Bitter Fate (Eleven more updates)
“What?” Lin Aiguo’s eyes bulged, “Did that brat Lin Xia tell you?
What exactly did she tell you?”
He was so angry.
What kind of stories was Lin Xia spreading about him outside!
Yu Hongmei felt it was unfair to Lin Xia and the others.
It didn’t matter when she didn’t know, but after hearing Lin Xia’s side, she had come to understand what was really going on.
“It wasn’t Lin Xia who told me, I was there with my mom the day Lin Qiu’s arm got twisted.
It was clearly the children brought by our aunt who were stealing, how can you still make Lin Xia and the others bow their heads and apologize?”
Lin Aiguo shook his arm in frustration, “She doesn’t even understand basic respect for elders and superiors.
It’s belittling her to make her apologize.
You don’t get it!
Go back to work!
I’m leaving!”
Yu Hongmei saw that her words had only made her uncle even angrier!
She couldn’t help but regret, wondering if she had spoken out of turn.
She hoped she hadn’t made things worse for Lin Xia!
Lin Aiguo left Lin Xia’s workplace in a huff and headed straight for Lin Chun’s.
He simply couldn’t believe that this kid could also be skipping work.
However, people at Lin Chun’s factory said he hadn’t shown up either.
Lin Aiguo wanted to withdraw Lin Chun’s salary, but the factory’s accountant asked for Lin Chun’s seal, which he couldn’t produce, so he couldn’t take out the money.
Lin Aiguo’s anger intensified, and after leaving Lin Chun’s workplace, he went to Lin Dong’s school.
Outside the school, he saw Lin Qiang with two boys, one tall and one short, but Lin Aiguo didn’t pay attention to them.
He asked Lin Qiang, “Is Lin Dong at school?”
On the way there, Lin Aiguo had decided.
He would drag Lin Dong back home from school.
He didn’t believe that the brat Lin Xia wouldn’t be worried, and by pressing further, he would surely find out where they were hiding!
Lin Qiang frowned and looked distressed, “Dad!
His classmates said he didn’t come to school!”
“What?” Lin Aiguo was infuriated, “Which classmate did you ask?
Don’t be fooled by them!
Which class is he in?
I’m going to talk to his teacher!”
Seeing Lin Aiguo react this way, Lin Qiang was quite unhappy, but he thought it better not to anger Lin Aiguo further, so he told him.
This was the first time Lin Aiguo stepped onto the campus where Lin Dong studied.
He found Lin Dong’s teacher and asked if Lin Dong had gone to school.
The teacher told him Lin Dong hadn’t come to school that day, and only then did Lin Aiguo fully believe it.
After a morning of hustle without catching anyone and unable to withdraw any salary, Lin Aiguo returned home in a fury.
When he arrived at the doorstep of his home, he thought it over and decided to go to his sister Lin Aijia’s place.
What were Lin Chun and the others up to?
They were honestly napping at home, not going anywhere, and doing chores around the house.
When they moved in, there were still some logs that hadn’t been sawed or split.
Lin Xia had bought a handsaw and a large axe on the day of the move, as it’s not feasible to always borrow from others for everyday living.
Besides, since they had moved to this place, they didn’t know anyone and had nowhere to borrow from.
In the morning, Lin Xia had made rice porridge, boiled eggs, and cornmeal pancakes leftover from the previous day.
At noon, Lin Xia asked everyone what they wanted to eat.
In the end, they fried potato shreds and cooked oil pancakes.
After eating and resting for a while, Lin Xia told them to stay home while she went to check on Lady Zhao.
Lin Chun, worried, repeatedly instructed her to come back soon, to not go to Lady Xu’s place, and to avoid being seen by them.
Lin Xia knew what her older brother was worried about, and although she didn’t feel there was anything to worry about, she didn’t show it and agreed nicely.
Lin Xia first bought some canned food and sugar cubes, then went to Lady Zhao’s house.
On her way there, Lin Xia wondered about the situation at the Xu family’s mother and daughter’s place, having no idea what kind of scene Lin Aiguo and his family had caused there.
Zhao Da Nainai was padding cotton pants on the heated brick bed, and in the room sat a young woman holding a child, whom Lin Xia guessed was Zhao Da Nainai’s daughter-in-law.
Zhao Da Nainai, seeing Lin Xia’s arrival, warmly invited her to sit at the edge of the kang.
She also introduced the young woman as her daughter-in-law, named Yang Wenliu.
Lin Xia politely greeted her, and Yang Wenliu, who was quite demure, smiled and said hello to Lin Xia before taking the sleeping child to the Western House.
After her daughter-in-law left, Zhao Da Nainai finally started, “Xiaolin ah!
What’s been going on with you all?
Why haven’t you stayed at the old Xu’s place?
You have no idea, your family went looking for someone at the old Xu’s place last night!
What exactly happened?”
Today, the wife of Old Xu came to my place and complained a whole lot about this and that.
But I don’t believe Xiaolin is a swindler.
It can only be said that those two women from their family can’t stand others!
Lin Xia and they must have their difficulties.
As soon as Lin Xia heard Zhao Da Nainai ask like this, she knew Mrs.
Xu must have said something, but seeing Zhao Da Nainai’s attitude, she felt a warmth in her heart.
“Their mother and daughter are alright, aren’t they?”
Zhao Da Nainai waved her hand, “No worries!
Your family came around quite fiercely, and it just so happened that our neighborhood’s Security Chief was there, along with some neighbors who came to help.
You know that old Xu’s two sons are both working out of town, so they all had to lend a little support!
Then, later on, they went in with your family to make sure you had moved out, and after that, they left.
However, Mrs.
Xu came over this morning and had a rant at me, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known!
Xiaolin ah, you and I clicked from the moment we met, and I’ve always thought you were a good kid.
What exactly is going on with your family?”
Lin Xia didn’t hold back or hide anything, and talked about their family’s situation, and how they had been forced to leave home, about Lin Qiu’s arm being fractured and that her father still insisted on sending her to the soy sauce factory, and so on…
Zhao Da Nainai was on the verge of tears upon hearing this, “Why are you kids so unlucky!
It’s really true that a stepmother comes with a stepfather!”
Lin Xia had always had a good impression of the newly met Zhao Da Nainai, so she was willing to share these things with her.
“Zhao Da Nainai!
It’s alright now!
All that’s in the past!
Now the few of us are together and doing well, which is better than anything!”
Zhao Da Nainai nodded her head, wiping her eyes as she said, “Xiaolin ah!
I always speak my mind straightforwardly, and I say what I think.
But I heard from Mrs.
Xu that you’ve been staying out all night since leaving!”
Lin Xia gave a wry smile, “Zhao Da Nainai!
I won’t hide it from you, we didn’t have much money when we left, and before that, my wages were always held by my father!
My sister can’t work because of her arm, and my brother is still in school, so I thought I’d work hard and go out of town to get some goods to sell, earning a bit here and there;
I didn’t want to wait for our unit to pay our salary, there are so many expenses, and we can’t wait around…”
For some reason, upon meeting Zhao Da Nainai, she truly regarded her as an elder and was willing to talk to her about anything.
Not only did Zhao Da Nainai show no disdain, but her words also took Lin Xia by surprise.
“Xiaolin ah!
You’re really smart!
I won’t lie to you, my second son is also hustling and selling things!
What’s wrong with that?
We haven’t stolen or robbed anyone!
We even earn more and have more freedom than regular workers!
Just a couple of days ago, he went out to restock…
I guess he’ll be back in the next few days…”
Zhao Da Nainai spoke of her second son, and that was when Lin Xia learned that Jiang Mingyuan, like her, was also selling goods and had traveled for his business.
