Chapter 741: Even With a Second Life, She Still Can’t Measure Up
Chapter 741: Chapter 741: Even With a Second Life, She Still Can’t Measure Up
Old Mrs. Li sat cross-legged on the kang, shaking her head indifferently.
“How would I know where she is? But Dongmei went over, so presumably the two sisters will still send letters back home in the future. You don’t need to worry too much. Hongmei can manage well on her own outside, and now that Dongmei joined her, there’s nothing to worry about. Both Hongmei and Dongmei have poor judgment, picking unreliable men. Now that they’re earning money themselves, they ought to keep their eyes open when choosing men in the future.”
After talking about her daughters, Old Mrs. Li looked disdainfully at Li Guangyuan.
“You’re no good either, letting a woman control you. Our good home is shattered by that little slut, even my little grandson got lost. Such a woman should’ve never entered our home. It was her who wanted the divorce back then, and now she wants to come back into the Li Family. It’s not that easy. If you listen to me, you’ll kick that woman out. Every time I see her, I think of Genbao. If she doesn’t bring back my Genbao, she’ll never enter our family’s door again.”
“I’ll find you a good match later, let’s find a pure maiden to spite that little slut. Then you can have kids with another woman, see if she dares to ignore you. Let her regret it…”
Old Mrs. Li spoke as she wiped away tears.
Li Guangyuan seeing this knew she longed for her grandson again. Her feelings for him were mediocre, but her love for her grandson was genuine.
Thinking of his son frustrated him too, he uttered a sentence and went back to his room.
Today he didn’t want to return to the county, he planned to sleep at home for the night, and go back tomorrow morning.
On the other side, after Li Guangyuan left, the Zhang Family continued their persistent pestering. Lin Jiayi had to use every gentle and firm tactic to eventually send them away.
Once the Zhang Family was gone, she sat in front of the vegetable stall, lost in thought.
Lin Jiayi recalled the past life when she had dealings with the Zhang Family, although primarily with Zhang Wenbin.
In that lifetime, Qin Juan didn’t divorce and lived with Zhang Wenbin throughout her life.
Their family moved to Yan City early on, Zhang Wenbin was highly valued by his superiors and was promoted to a section chief at a young age.
Though it was just a small section chief, his department held some real authority.
Every time the couple returned to the Qin Family, it was apparent that Zhang Wenbin carried a strong sense of superiority, and the Qin Family treated this son-in-law favorably.
In contrast, whenever Qin Juan stood beside Zhang Wenbin, she seemed out of place, even at her own parents’ place, she seemed nonexistent.
Only during meals would Qin Juan be pulled aside by Mrs. Qin for chats.
Most people gathered around Zhang Wenbin.
At that time, Lin Jiayi even felt some envy for Qin Juan. Despite both coming from the countryside and marrying city men, Zhang Wenbin climbed the ranks and made Qin Juan a respected official’s wife.
Though Qin Yang wasn’t a true city dweller, he had a college job placement and his household registration was changed from agriculture to non-agriculture, practically making him a half-city person.
Furthermore, he too gained a promotion eventually, yet as an official’s wife, she was nearly invisible, less so than common couples.
Later, their daughter Zhang Ningning inadvertently revealed during a visit with the Qin Family, that Zhang Wenbin had a tendency for domestic violence, frequently beating Qin Juan.
At the time, Qin Yang was away, and the couple Qin Han stormed the Zhang Family.
Considering the impact on his workplace, Zhang Wenbin appeased them, and Qin Juan stayed because of their daughter without mentioning divorce.
In that previous life, until she died, the couple remained together.
But in this life, Qin Juan divorced Zhang Wenbin early, and the Qin brothers even caused Zhang Wenbin to lose his job and led him to jail.
All changes originated from Lin Chuxia.
Nearby, people were talking again about today’s opening ceremony of Xiyang Group Building.
How ironic, living another life, everything still falls short.
Now, she no longer hoped for Li Guangyuan to become the admired President Li like before, just wished to get through the days peacefully.
To live daily life well with Li Guangyuan, like ordinary couples.
But it seemed impossible.
“Sister-in-law, sister-in-law?”
A man’s voice pulled Lin Jiayi’s thoughts back, a man next to her stall reminded her, “There’s almost no one left, it’s time to pack up. Brother Li isn’t here today, can you manage alone?”
As soon as he finished his sentence, the woman beside him pinched his arm hard, causing him to let out a cry.
Lin Jiayi pretended not to see their little actions, nodded, and said, “I can manage myself.”
Today, selling vegetables by herself, she felt unsettled and didn’t attract customers well, business was worse than usual, leaving many vegetables unsold.
She packed the vegetables in containers and bags, then loaded them onto the cart.
As vendors around packed up and left one by one, she finally tidied up her stall.
Fortunately, they rented a room in the county, no need to pedal the cart back to Xiaoqingshan Village.
Lin Jiayi pedaled the cart home, the road was already quiet.
The street lights were dim, occasionally someone would pass quickly on a bicycle.
Passing a building, Lin Jiayi slowed down.
Looked up at the four large characters on the building’s roof.
Even at night, the words Xiyang Group were clearly visible.
Imposing and majestic.
Lin Jiayi didn’t know how long she stared before she finally looked away, continuing to pedal the cart forward.
Their rented place wasn’t in the county center, near the center, rent was too high.
Once leaving the main street, the street lights disappeared.
They walked this road every night, Lin Jiayi was quite accustomed to it.
But just then a burst of rapid footsteps emerged from behind, before she could react, her sling bag was yanked away forcefully.
Lin Jiayi was pulled off the cart, falling to the ground, her money bag taken too.
She lay half on the ground, stunned by the fall, and after recovering she yelled, “Robbery, catch the thief…”
Yet in the dead of night, no matter how piercing her voice was, no one came to help, only watched as the thief faded away into the darkness…
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“Guangyuan, this is the money we earned today, count it, it’s a full twenty dollars. I told you this can work, if we just go about it steadily, why should we worry about having good days?”
“Guangyuan, I did some calculations today, the money we saved is enough to rent a shop. It’s about to get cold soon, I want to rent a place to open a bun shop. I’ll make buns in the kitchen, you can greet customers in front, at the end of the day, we should earn a few dollars, no need to endure wind and sun by the roadside. What do you think?”