Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 510 - 502: Bluffing

In her eyes, Liang Hongmei was always inferior to her. After all, she married a capable husband, with three sons and two daughters. Everything about her is better than Liang Hongmei.

"Aunt, even if the furniture is good, it’s not ours." Lin Wan suddenly spoke from behind Liang Weixiang, startling Liang Weixiang, who quickly turned around, glanced at her, and upon seeing Lin Wan, her face immediately filled with a smile. "Oh, it’s Xiao Wan, gosh, you’ve become so pretty over the years."

As she was about to laugh heartily, she suddenly saw Han Yi holding a child behind Lin Wan. The astonishment in her eyes spread all over her face.

"And who is this...?"

"My husband, Han Yi."

"The young man is really impressive." Last time, I heard from Mom that Lin Wan’s husband had returned, but I didn’t see him at the time. I heard from the villagers that he was very capable, but meeting him in person is indeed different.

Han Yi smiled politely and addressed her as Aunt.

"The child in your arms is Xiao Wan’s, right? Wow, I can’t believe how big the child has gotten in just a few years we haven’t seen each other." As Liang Weixiang spoke, she moved to Han Yi’s side, looked at the child in his arms, and took the child into her own arms.

"Over the past six months, my Dan Dan has troubled you a lot. I was worried about her, so I came over this year to look after her. I was hoping your mom could arrange a job for me at the shop. But who would have thought your mom would disagree? Xiao Yi, you have to help me plead with your mom!"

"Aunt, you’re asking the wrong person. My mother-in-law is the one who’s in charge at home," Han Yi flashed a smile and, after saying this, went to the mother-in-law’s room with Little Star to soothe the child.

Judging by the situation, my mother-in-law and Xiao Wan can handle it completely.

Lin Wan chuckled from the side, glancing at Zhang Dandan, who had been sneaking looks at Han Yi since they entered, and then gave a glance at Liang Weixiang, who was complaining to Han Yi. "Aunt, my partner usually doesn’t handle family affairs. It’s useless to ask him as he’s not in charge."

Liang Weixiang didn’t expect it; she saw this tall and mighty man was actually like a soft dough, turns out he’s afraid of his wife.

"Xiao Wan, you help your aunt persuade your mom to let me work at the shop. Serving tables, welcoming guests, I’m very skilled at that. When Dan Dan was home, she didn’t do anything but did well working there, so surely I can do better, doing housework all day. Besides, it’s better to have someone from the family in the shop rather than outsiders who aren’t of the same mind."

Lin Wan pretended to be troubled for a moment, then said, "Aunt, mom says the shop is full, so it’s full. If you want to go to the shop, that’s fine; maybe let Dan Dan rest at home for a few days, and you go work at the shop. Or should I find you another job? Oh, right, yesterday Uncle called and told you to go back quickly."

"Your uncle called?" Liang Weixiang said anxiously, "Since I’m here, I won’t go back. Tomorrow, no, this afternoon, I’ll go with your mom to work at the shop."

Zhang Dandan protested, "Mom, what are you doing? You’ve never done this kind of work. You should just stay at Auntie’s place properly."

"At our house?" Lin Wan questioned, "Didn’t Aunt say she came because she was worried about you? Why is she not staying with you but with us instead? Besides, our landlord is very picky and doesn’t want us bringing too many people over. If she knows we turned the lights off late at night, she’ll come over to scold us, let alone having one more person staying."

"Landlord? Isn’t this house yours?"

"Aunt, this courtyard is rented by us, including all the furniture inside. It all belongs to the landlord’s family, and we take good care of it. We usually are very cautious, afraid of breaking anything."

Before Lin Wan could finish, they heard Aunt Qin Xiu’s voice from outside.

"Liang Hongmei, why are there so many people at your house today? I’m telling you, they can’t spend the night here. If my furniture gets damaged, I will deduct it from your rent."

When Liang Hongmei heard the voice, she quickly came out of the kitchen, wore a smile toward Qin Xiu, and said humbly, "Sister Qin, rest assured, they won’t be staying here overnight. Nothing will get broken in the house."

"Hmm, this month’s rent is due."

"I know, I know. I’ll bring the money to you tomorrow, is that okay?"

"Okay." Qin Xiu said, glancing at the few people inside, "I’ll come to check tonight. If there’s one more person staying, I’ll raise your rent starting tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, I understand." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Good." Qin Xiu glanced at Liang Hongmei, barely holding back a stern expression.

After seeing Qin Xiu out the door, away from the sight of those inside, Qin Xiu burst into laughter, "Hongmei, are those two the relatives you mentioned from your family?"

"Yes, indeed! Stop laughing; I’m really worried here."

"What’s there to worry about? If they’re not gone today, I’ll come and help you get rid of them tomorrow."

"Thanks for today; you don’t know my cousin is just obsessed with my little things. Taking advantage of small gains is one thing, but she’s insatiable, always wanting more."

"For people like this, there’s no need to be courteous. Just kick them out."

Liang Hongmei rolled her eyes, "I’m in the process! I won’t keep you for dinner today though; we’ll have a meal together at the shop another day."

"Alright, go deal with it, I’m leaving."

"Hmm."

... "Cousin, this courtyard is rented by you?" Zhang Dandan had always thought they bought this house, having lived there so long without seeing the landlord.

"Yeah, we’ve only been in S City for a short time. We can’t afford such a big courtyard, mostly because we don’t have money. You’ve seen it; the landlord here is so stingy. Every few days, she’s over to check, way more hassle than your small courtyard," Lin Wan said, then looked at Liang Weixiang, "Aunt, as you just heard, the landlord doesn’t allow more people to stay. Luckily, Dan Dan has a small courtyard; after dinner, let Dan Dan take you over there. Dan Dan lives in a standalone courtyard on her own, which is more than enough for you two."

"There’s another courtyard? Didn’t Dan Dan say she’s always been living with you?" Liang Weixiang could already see that her daughter was deceiving her.

"Yes, when Dan Dan first came, she stayed here for a while. My mom was afraid the landlord would disapprove, so she found her another courtyard, standalone and very comfortable. To make commuting to work easier, my mom even gave Dan Dan her bike to ride and paid half a year’s rent... Dan Dan, didn’t you tell your aunt?" "I... I haven’t gotten the chance to say it," Zhang Dandan regretted; she shouldn’t have flaunted when she got back, attracting Mom.

With Mom around, life is never going to be easy.

"Oh dear, Dan Dan, you should’ve made it clear to your aunt! Getting off the bus in this cold weather, you should warm up at home first. No need to rush coming over to visit. It’s such a long distance, it’s the same anytime. Technically, because Aunt is older than my mom, we should be visiting you first."

"Xiao Wan, we’re all relatives, no need for formalities. Ah Xiang Sister, Dan Dan, let’s eat first, we can catch the bus after," Liang Hongmei said, having served the food from the kitchen after sending Qin Xiu off.

Liang Weixiang glared at Zhang Dandan, thinking her daughter didn’t handle matters well, really foolish. Such a big courtyard left unoccupied, choosing to live elsewhere.

Doesn’t she know she’s missing a great opportunity? These years of education were for nothing, she’s not even as smart as her.

The past six months were wasted.

"Ah Mei, wouldn’t it be costly for Dan Dan to live alone in a courtyard? It’d be more convenient if we both moved over to live with you instead," during the meal, Liang Weixiang persisted.

"You see, we’re unfamiliar with everything here. We’d be at a loss going out. "

"Dan Dan has roamed around S City plenty these past six months. She knows more places than I do, so you can rest assured, Aunt. When my mom and I first arrived, we couldn’t tell north from south, yet now we get by just fine."

"Ah Xiang Sister, you saw just now, our landlord doesn’t like too many people staying. If she finds out you’re living here, she’ll take back our house for sure. Then we’ll really have no place to stay. Oh... the courtyard where Dan Dan is living now is one we rented. We’ll have to move there as a family if it comes to it."

"Aunt, Sister Xiao Wan, my mom and I will go back after eating. It’s been half a month away from home, and there must be a lot of dust. We’d better go back and clean up quickly," she couldn’t let go of that little courtyard.

Staying in S City for half a year wasn’t for nothing; she naturally knows the housing prices here and how hard it is to find a place.

Over the past six months, she realized that going against Lin Wan always ends up with her losing.

Hence, it’s better to stay honest in front of them.