Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 631 - 612: Scheming
Wang Lu heard that Liang Hongmei bought a plot of land, and felt surprised. Truly, the rich can buy houses on a whim, and it sounds like she plans to rebuild it.
"I thought you would want the one on Agricultural Road."
"Yesterday, I took Xiao Wan to see it, she said it wasn’t quite suitable. Luckily, we passed by Wutong Road on the way back. This area seems to be quite fitting."
"Alright, let me ask around for you. I actually know someone. How big is it?"
"Over five hundred square meters, maybe."
"That’s quite large, alright, I’ll ask around for you."
Liang Hongmei hung up the phone, not long after, Wang Lu called again. She agreed on a team to demolish it, 500 square meters total, it would cost two hundred dollars. Demolish it clean, clear it out.
Liang Hongmei agreed quickly, which made Wang Lu feel a wave of emotion, not even bargaining over two hundred dollars. This big sister is truly wealthy.
Everyone in the Old Lin Family works in the government, and each of their salaries isn’t low. The benefits are good too, so how much money do they have? The old couple should have quite a bit. They don’t know. The couple could have around four or five thousand dollars.
The son and his wife can save up one or two thousand dollars now, which is pretty good.
This big family, aside from the eldest just starting work, doesn’t have much money. But Guowen said, a batch of subsidies was given to the older brother, which should be around four or five thousand dollars. Now, a person’s monthly salary is around two hundred dollars.
Currently, some savings are in hand. Nowadays, it’s said that doing business is very profitable, don’t underestimate the daily nickels and dimes. In the end, it accumulates to quite a lot.
A few days ago, someone came here selling sunflower seeds, bragging how he had tens of thousands. No one really believes such exaggeration.
But who knows, maybe what he said is true.
By the time brother and sister-in-law came back, it was already past one in the afternoon. No need to guess, Mu Guomin and Li Suolan definitely kept them at home to eat.
Lin Wan anticipated as much, seeing how Li Suolan and her husband are eager, they certainly wouldn’t miss a chance to please their son-in-law.
A seven-day break for National Day, two days spent on the road, and been three or four days here. The couple clung to each other, unwilling to separate.
"Time flies, just a few months left until the New Year. Once it’s over, we’ll be graduating before we know it."
"Hmm, by then, Little Star will be two years old, time passes so fast. Alas, it’s too quick, I might age faster."
"Don’t worry, isn’t there me to grow old with you."
Lin Wan smiled; these words truly soothed her ears.
"Once we return, Little Star and I will wait at home for you. We made a deal to return to the old house during New Year, don’t break your promise."
"Rest assured, this time I will definitely accompany mom and dad back. Remember to not go to class when it snows."
"Yes, I know. Since brother left, Xiao Lan has been helping with the child at night. Oh well, one more year and I’m graduated."
"With your grades, I reckon you can graduate smoothly even without studying." Han Yi observed Lin Wan’s dedication and believed in her ability.
"Still, can’t just idle away, there’s still much to learn."
Han Yi held his wife and child close, the family cozily spent the night together. The next morning, they took the train back to Capital City.
Lin Wan didn’t leave that day, she stayed at her parents’ home for two days before heading back.
The new restaurant had already started construction. Demolishing a house isn’t easy, it might take about ten days to complete.
Dad worried about her traveling alone with a child and so much stuff, so he had Xiao Chen drive her home.
Thus, saving herself a lot of hassle.
When Lin Wan brought the child home, she found that their knitted sweaters became a hot commodity, last year they couldn’t sell enough, and as soon as they hit the market this year, all the merchants scrambled for them.
But Lin Wan had anticipated this.
Another exciting news was, Xiao Lan got pregnant.
Everyone said right, pregnant as soon as she was pregnant.
"Pregnant, you shouldn’t be doing these work, why not hire someone?"
"Hiring someone means casually saying such things, the recipes might get exposed. No, no way."
Lin Wan disagreed with her doing it herself, "In the afternoons, I’ll help you, you shouldn’t do it yourself."
"Just washing mushrooms, cutting mushrooms, it’s nothing exhausting."
Lin Wan wouldn’t allow it. Now every morning she would tally, organize, prepare her clothes, and in the afternoon help Shi Lan make sauce.
Unexpectedly, not yet a month passed, and Yin Peibai also got pregnant.
Zhang Hanfu cherished her, directly granting her a three-month leave to stay home and nurture the fetus.
This kept Lin Wan and Su Ling very busy. While taking care of the child, they had to prepare their winter goods.
Mother-in-law worried about her, hoping she would live with them. But considering Lin Wan had classes at night, occasionally, either Hu Dong or she would stay over at Lin Wan’s place for two nights to help with the child.
In October, S City welcomed the first snowfall of winter. Lin Wan’s school also halted classes.
These days, she could rest at home for a few days.
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"Sister, the snow today is heavy, you must be careful, don’t mess with Boss Ma. You wouldn’t know, yesterday Boss Ma made that young girl look unrecognizable, and threw her out in the heavy snow at night. I saw she was almost frozen to death." Ding Dongqin packed up her belongings in the dormitory. Heaven has eyes, just in time before winter came, she was released.
No longer having to stay here freezing in the bitter cold all day, labor camp isn’t just physical reform, the real suffering was from bad food and sleepless nights.
"Sister Ding, thank you. I will remember this." Ye Qing appeared gaunt and thin, she’s been bullied a lot by Boss Ma these days.
But it wouldn’t be long now, yesterday Mei Langchi visited, saying soon she would be out. This place is really damn cold. The kang beds aren’t allowed to be heated, even if lit, they don’t warm up, just a stove in the workshop is permitted.
Otherwise, work couldn’t be done.
If her mother hadn’t visited a few days ago bringing thick cotton garments and pants, she would have been frozen by now.
At least Mei Langchi proved to have some sympathy, not having entirely forgotten her. Dragging through this winter, probably leaving scars all over her body, leaving her with lifelong pain.
Just a few more days, she could endure it, but before leaving, she must deal with that dead fat pig. After sending off Ding Dongqin, Lin Wan secretly approached Boss Ma’s dormitory door. Seeing the thin blanket wrapping around a frail body, nestled like a summer quilt, it seemed she hadn’t even had breakfast.
Disregardful guards at the labor camp, turning a blind eye to such obvious things without even questioning.
In this era, darkness lurks everywhere.
Ye Qing handed her a warm steamed bun, a daily ritual, which was the main reason Boss Ma harassed her every day.
But better this way, it made the young girl more appreciative of her.
"Eat, it’s still warm." Ye Qing said, pretending to look up, "accidentally" glancing into her dormitory, seeing it empty, Ye Qing quickly supported her inside.
Then cautiously shut the door, whispering near her ear, "Do you want revenge?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
One sentence made the little girl ravenously eating pause abruptly.
Ye Qing saw her interest and continued, "You’ve about six more months to endure here. I guess, with how things are, in this half year you might not make it through, possibly being tormented dead by Boss Ma before time." Ye Qing intentionally paused, looking into the hopeful eyes of the girl, "I know a way to end Boss Ma’s life while keeping you safe."
The girl, upon hearing this, stopped eating her bun, urgently grasping Ye Qing’s hand, "Sister, sister, I beg you, help me."
"Do it this way..." Ye Qing smiled brightly, whispering for long into the little girl’s ear, then secretly handing her something.
"Sister, will this work? Won’t it be discovered?" The girl’s body suddenly trembled apprehensively.
"Just be proactive, and secretly tuck it in without letting her notice. It won’t cause immediate death." Ye Qing knew this well, back then with Mei Langchi, she used this method to make her hand bleed.
The labor camp acknowledged Ren Min as Boss Ma’s, even if she didn’t work for a day, no one pressed her.
